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- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 June 1820]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 17. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The King, in Chinese costume and seated on a cushion, among the chinoiseries of the Pavilion (cf. British Museum Satires No. 12749), throws up his arms in terror at the entry (right) of the Queen, closely followed by Alderman Wood. Her demure dress contrasts with that of a woman, who, much alarmed, runs off to the left from beside the King. Sidmouth (left) and Castlereagh (right), both in Chinese dress, are equally terrified, and Lord Eldon peeps anxiously from behind a little pagoda. Both visitors extend an arm towards the King in an authoritative gesture. Words float from them towards the King: 'Nothing extenuate nor set down aught in Malice [Othello, v. ii] men sleeping with her at Black Heath 1808 v. call Hoods [sic].'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- More free than welcome
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Mounted on page 17 of: George Humphrey shop album., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25.6 x 33.7 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pub. June 17th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 50 Picadilli [sic]
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, and Quentin, Georgina
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Costumes, and Chinese
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The unexpected visit, or, More free than welcome [graphic].