"Ten ladies, arranged in two rows, with numbers referring to notes etched beneath the design, their proposed offices etched above their heads. ... '(1) First Lady of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer.' The 'Duc - ss of Gor-n' (Pitt's friend), wearing a tartan drapery, sits at a writing-table. Facing her, with outstretched right arm, is '(2) President of the Council and Duc-ss of Ric-nd.' '(3) Lady High Chancellor is the Coun-ss of Buc-s-e', very short and fat, in wig and gown and holding the purse of the Great Seal. Facing her is '(4) Chamberlain', who is 'Margr-ne of Ans-h', wearing a coronet and feathers, and holding a long wand of office. '(5) Mistress of the Horse' holding a whip is 'Lady Arc-r.' '(6) First Lady of the Admiralty' is 'Mrs Jo-n', with her arms folded, in profile to the right, as if playing the part of Priscilla Hoyden in 'The Romp', see British Museum Satires No. 6875, but wearing a naval cocked hat, emblem of her liaison with the Duke of Clarence, see British Museum Satires No. 9009. Facing her is '(7) Secretary of War & Capn of the Guards, La-y Wa-ce' (sister of No. 1); she wears a military cocked hat and coat with epaulettes, her hands placed truculently on her hips. (Her friendship with Dumouriez is perhaps hinted at.) '(8) Mistress of the Buck Hounds', is 'March-ss of Sa-ry', thin and weatherbeaten, holding two hounds on a leash, '(9) Ranger of Hyde Park', is 'La-y La-e' (wife of Sir John Lade) wearing a riding-habit and holding a riding-switch. '(10) Post Mistress General and Inspector of Mis-sent Letters' is 'La-y Je-y'. She sits at a round table on which are many letters and appliances for opening and re-sealing them, including a spirit-lamp inscribed 'Hot water'. She holds a lighted candle and peers through spectacles at a sealed letter."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist and printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... folio's of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and With illegible monogram, perhaps a collector's mark, written in brown ink in lower margin.
Publisher:
Pubd. Febry. 1st, 1797, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville St. ...
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Gordon, Jane Gordon, Duchess of, 1748-1812, Richmond, Mary, Duchess of, 1740-1796, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Craven, Elizabeth, 1750-1828, Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, Lady Wallace, -1803, Cecil, Mary Amelia, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1750-1835, Lade, Letitia, Lady, -1825, and Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821
A satire on the Prince of Wales's relations with Lady Salisbury, the pair shown holding hands on the right, while her husband, drawn as a block of stone, stamps angrily in the center. Between them is Mrs. Robinson, who had been deserted by the Prince, and on the left 5 figures are dancing in a circle
Alternative Title:
Monuments lately discovered on Salisbury Plain
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of explanatory text below title: The figures No. 1 & 2 are judged by conoiseurs [sic] to have lately been animated with the coelestial fire ..., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 15th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Salisbury Plain (England) and England
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Cecil, Mary Amelia, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1750-1835, Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, and Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800
