Illustration of the interior of the House of Lords during the trial of Queen Caroline, consort of George IV. Seated around a table in the center are the Queen, the Judges, the Bishops, the Lord Chancellor, the Attorney General (Sir R. Gifford), the Solicitor General (Mr. Serj't. Copley), and Mr. Gurney, the short-hand writer; standing in the foreground are Mr. Maule, Solicitor to the Treasury, Theodore Majocchi, first witness against Her Majesty, and the Marquis of Spinette, interpreter. Mr. Brougham, Attorney General to Her Majesty, Mr. Denman, Solicitor General to Her Majesty, and Dr. Lushington sit on the Queen's left. Supporters of the Treasury fill the gallery on one side of the room and supporters of the Opposition fill the gallery opposite. An empty throne occupies the center space in the background
Description:
Title from text above and below image., Aritst and printmaker tentatively identified as H.R. Cruikshanks and Robert Roberts, based on attributions in the British Museum online catalogue for an 1821 engraved portrait of Queen Caroline that was likewise published by H. Rowe. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1865,0114.247., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression at the Library of Congress., and Laid in: one page on newspaper stock, three columns entitled "From Queen Caroline to His Majesty" and signed at the end of column three: Caroline R. Brandenburgh-House, Aug. 7,1802.
Publisher:
Published Octr. 1st, 1820, by H. Rowe, 2 Amen Corner
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821,, Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826,, Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820,, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854,, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868,, and Lushington, Stephen, 1782-1873,
Subject (Topic):
Trials, litigation, etc, Judicial proceedings, Adultery, and Divorce
"Portrait of George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend, half-length, facing the viewer, wearing coat open over cuirass, both hands on his belt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Proof state, with the word "proof" etched beneath title., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., "From a series of 313 small mezzotints after the paintings of Reynolds, produced by S.W. Reynolds in the years between 1820 and 1826 with the aim of forming a complete set of illustrations of all the known works by Reynolds"--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1832,1211.20., and Mounted on board to 31 x 25 cm.
A caricature of Queen Caroline embracing her lover Bartolomeo Bergami
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to William Heath; see Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue registration no.: 1949,1008.49., Probably a later state, with the text "Le cannon est en bas" added at end of title. For a variant state lacking this text, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 820.08.28.01+., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. Aug. 28, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
"Two ladies embrace, seated on a sofa, not noticing the entry of their husbands. One, Lady Strachan, says: "You know my dear Sarah I love you very well yet I must reserve a few Kisses for the worthy old Ad-l." Lady Warwick: "Oh never mind him, my Sweet Louisa he's undeserving your embrace's and only fit for walking the Quarter Deck." In the doorway is Sir Richard Strachan, in admiral's uniform, followed by Lord Warwick, indicated by a paper or pamphlet: 'Warwick Gude' [sic]."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Amorous Ladies, or, Tete-a-tete ex strachnary, Tete-a-tete ex strachnary, and Tete-a-tete exstrachnary
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to William Heath from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Sex behavior., and Stamp in ink in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. June 9th, 1820, by E. Brooks, 16 Panton Street
Subject (Name):
Strachan, Louisa, Lady, -1868, Strachan, Richard John, 1760-1828, Warwick, Sarah Elizabeth, Countess of, 1786-1851, and Warwick, Henry Richard Greville, Earl of, 1779-1853
Subject (Topic):
Homosexuality, Admirals, British, Couches, Kissing, and Doors & doorways
"Portrait of the landlord of the White Lion in Richmond; standing full length, holding out tankard of foaming beer in left hand; wearing wide-brimmed hat; in exterior setting with fields in background, and fence on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: Caulfield, J. Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons ... London : H.R. Young and T.H. Whitely, 1820, v. 3, opposite page 173., Copy of an earlier print by George Bickham the Elder after Goodall; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits., and 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 25.2 x 15.7 cm, on sheet 30.2 x 23.4 cm.
"Portrait of the landlord of the White Lion in Richmond; standing full length, holding out tankard of foaming beer in left hand; wearing wide-brimmed hat; in exterior setting with fields in background, and fence on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: Caulfield, J. Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons ... London : H.R. Young and T.H. Whitely, 1820, v. 3, opposite page 173., and Copy of an earlier print by George Bickham the Elder after Goodall; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 28); standing whole-length to front in woodland, resting her left arm on the pedestal of a statue of the Comic Muse, head inclined to left, eyes to front, holding mask in her right hand; wearing floral gown, sash and her hair up."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Proof state, with the word "Proof" etched beneath title., "Samuel William Reynolds I issued a series of upwards of 350 small mezzotints after Sir Joshua Reynolds, from Bayswater, in four volumes. The engraved title-page is dated 1820, but many plates were issued a few years later. ... Some of these plates are stated to have been engraved by Samuel Cousins when an apprentice to S.W. Reynolds, according to Algernon Graves in his List of the works of Samuel Cousins (Whitman, p. 147)"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.8282., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 176 (leaf numbered '214' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 327); standing whole-length to left about to descend steps at left, her right hand on balustrade; her hair high and dressed with feathers and pearls; park beyond."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Dibdin, T.F. Aedes Althorpianae ... London : Printed by W. Nicol ..., 1822., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 107 (leaf numbered '159' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published for the Revd. T.F. Dibdin
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806,
Portrait of William Hogarth; half length, to the right, head turned towads the viewer; with short curly hair; part of a curtain in background
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date based on known dates of activity for W. Read. See British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
