"George IV, dressed as a Turk, marches arrogantly past a row of ladies of his harem, holding a large goblet whose contents are spilling. He wears a jewelled turban with the high peak of a fool's cap, terminating in a bell. The end of his long furred robe is held by a thin man (left) wearing a turban decorated with antlers to indicate Lord Conyngham; the latter's arms and legs are bare, and he shambles along, carrying a decanter. The King says: "Variety is charming. Constancy is not for me, so Ladies pray take warning." The seven ladies, all fat and all in quasi-Turkish dress with turbans, watch him intently."--British Museum online catalogue and "Illustration to a verse satire on the life of George IV, in which the villain is Queen Charlotte. The design may derive from prints of the Prince and Lord Jersey in 1796, especially Gillray's 'Grand-Signior retiring' (British Museum Satires No. 8807). In British Museum Satires No. 8809 there is a picture of the Prince as a Turk among his harem. Among the seven here depicted, but scarcely characterized, are probably, besides Lady Conyngham and Lady Hertford, the Duchess of Richmond, and Mrs. Quentin. The print appears in British Museum Satires No. 14030; a similar print is in British Museum Satires No. 14049."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Frontispiece to: Hudibras, the younger. Sultan Sham, and his seven wives. London : Printed and published by W. Benbow, 1820., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 5 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Manuscript title "Front. to Sultan Sham & his seven wives" written in ink at bottom of sheet. Figures of "Ld. Conyngham" and "Geo. IV" identified in ink below image; date "Nov. 1820" written in lower right. Typed extract of six lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Benbow, 269 Strand
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834., Richmond and Lennox, Charlotte, Duchess of, 1768-1842., Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861., and Quentin, Georgina.
Print showing George IV, horned and with wings which are spread to provide a protective, umbrella-like shell for his supporters, a gouty foot well wrapped, a ribbon around the other labeled "Infidelity - Honi Soit," holding a bottle labeled "Peoples Tears," and sitting with his mistress, "Care-away Cunningham" i.e., Lady Conyngham. In the background, to the left is a line of armed cavalry "Civil Gentleman or a Rod in Pickle," at center sits Britannia covering her face in shame, and on the right, beneath "A Storm gathering," are huddled "The People."
Alternative Title:
Royal cock and chickens and Father of his people!!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 31 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Geo. IV" and "Lady Conyngham" identified in ink below image; date "12 Dec. 1820" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 12, 1820, by W. Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Adultery, Politics & government, Gout, Bandages, Horns (Anatomy), Wings (Anatomy), Bottles, Mistresses, and Cavalry
"Satire on George IV who starts back as a long petition is presented to him."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Serio comic extravaganza lately performed at a great house entitled Conglomoration and Seriocomic extravaganza lately performed at a great house entitled Conglomoration
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Watermark: 1818., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 33 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Wellington," "Sidmouth," and "Geo. IV" identified in ink below image; figure of "Wood" identified in pencil. Date "16 Dec. 1820" written in ink beneath lower right corner of image.
Publisher:
Pub. Dec. 16, 1820, by E. King, Chancery Lane
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
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, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844
"A brandy-faced Archbishop places a large crown on the head of George IV, who sits in profile to the right on a double coronation chair, the seats back to back; the seat on the left is filled with a huge bottle of Brandy (here pertaining to the King not the Queen as in British Museum Satires No. 14175, &c). The coronation is described as 'One-eyed' (as in British Museum Satires No. 14193) because of the Queen's exclusion, see British Museum Satires No. 14196, &c. See British Museum No. 14199, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to The one-eyed coronation, or, A peep into Westminster Abbey
Description:
Title etched below image., Tentative attribution to J.L. Marks and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Frontispiece to a satirical pamphlet entitled: The one-eyed coronation, or, A peep into Westminster Abbey., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 95 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "George IV" identified in pencil below image; date "July 1821" written in ink in lower right corner. Typed extract of one line from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted below print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Coronations, Chairs, Crowns, Bishops, Bottles, and Alcoholic beverages
Lady Conyngham sits at a table in front of a fireplace, quill pen in hand, writing a letter by candlelight; her large figure is exaggerated and her legs are spread far apart, causing her nightgown to billow. A clock sits on the mantle in front of her. In the background on the right, a bed in which Lord Conyngham sleeps can be seen beyond a curtain; a cloud of dreams rises from his head, filled with a crown and the word "Sinecures." A cat sleeps on a stool beside the bed
Alternative Title:
Expanded sentiments of Liddy Cunning-game
Description:
Title etched below image., Date from manuscript annotation in lower right corner of sheet., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 24 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Lady Conyngham" identified in ink below image; date "Nov. 1820" added in lower right corner, preceded by the word "Suppressed" written in pencil.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
George IV, looking into a full length mirror, is startled by the sight of the likeness of his estranged wife, Caroline looking back at him over the shoulder of his reflection in the mirror. He wears a crown, his coronet and feathers discarded on the floor beside him. The carpet, chair, and table-cloth are decorated with the Royal Arms
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 11, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly, London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
"A design in two compartments. [1] 'Billy, in the Devil's claws'. Fox as the Devil (left) grasps the thin and terrified Pitt round the waist, pointing with his left arm to a serried rank of French soldiers, landed from the boats of French men-of-war and marching up the steep coast. He is a grotesque hairy creature, short and heavy, with webbed wings attached to his ragged coat, a barbed tail and talons, and wearing a bonnet-rouge. He says, turning a glaring eye-ball on Pitt: "Ha! Traitor! - there's the French landed in Wales! what d'ye think of that, Traitor?" [2] 'Billy, sending the Devil packing'. Pitt kneels on one knee in profile to the right, holding up a paper: 'Gazette Defeat of the Spanish Fleet; by Sir John Jarvis.' He looks up at Fox with a contemptuous gesture and a subtly triumphant smile, saying: "Ha! Mr Devil! - we've Beat the Spanish Fleet what d'ye think of that Mr Devil?" Fox springs upwards with a terrified expression, his hands held up as if asking for mercy, his cap falls off and his tail is between his legs. On the right is the sea, with a naval battle in progress."--British Museum online catalogue, description of state with publication information
Alternative Title:
Tables turned
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Caricatures of Gillray, London, John Miller, [ca. 1824-1827]., Date of publication inferred from John Miller's entry in London Publishers and Printers, by Philip A.H. Brown (London, British Library, 1982)., Reduced copy of a print with the same title etched by Gillray and published by Hannah Humphrey in 1797., Two images with caption titles on one plate; the one on the left is entitled, Billy in the Devils claws, the one on the right, Billy sendindng [sic] the Devil packing., and Temporary local subject terms: Invasions: French landing in Wales -- Spain: Spanish Fleet -- Reference to the battle of Cape St. Vincent, February 14, 1797 -- Newspapers: Gazette Extraordinary.
Publisher:
Published by John Miller, Bridge Street, and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
A portrait of Ignatius Sancho, in an oval, half-length facing three-quarter to left, with his right hand on stomach inside vest. Born a slave, he was self-educated and became known as a scholar, playwright, poet, and composer
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Copy of a 1781 print made in London by Francesco Bartolozzi, after a painting by Thomas Gainsborough and published by John Nichols., and Mounted to 27 x 19 cm.
"Fox (right), a news-boy (as in BMSat 8458), ragged and unshaven, stands in profile to the left, his right hand on the knocker of the gate of the 'Treasury'. He wears a bonnet-rouge on the front of which is a tricolour placard: 'Daily Advertiser' (like those worn by news-boys); his horn is thrust through his belt. He shouts: "Bloody-News! - Bloody-News! - Bloody-News!! - glorious-bloody News for old-England! - Bloody News! - Traitrous- Taxes! - Swindling-Loans! - Murd'ring-Militia's.' - Ministerail-Invasions! - Ruin to all Europe! - alarming - bloody - News! - Bloody-News!!!" The knocker is a ring in the mouth of a Medusa head with the face of Pitt. From above the spiked bars of the closed gate issues a label: 'Lord! Fellow! - pray don't keep such a knocking & Bawling there; - we never take in any Jacobin papers here! - & never open the doors for any, but such as can be trusted: True-Briton's & such!' Under Fox's left arm is a roll of 'Paris-Papers'; in his left hand a large sheet of the 'Daily Advertiser' with three columns of advertisements, headed, 'Places Wanted, Wants Places', and 'Wanted: Wanted, - a Place in the Treasury. Wanted, an Appointment in the Exchequer. Wanted, a Situation at St James's. Wants a Place a thorough-bred Secretary. Wants a Place. A Man of all Work. Wants Employt a true Greek-Patriarch. Wanted, a Place in the Pension-List. Wanted, a comfortable Annuity for Life. Wanted, a snug Sinecure for Life. N.B: The above Mouth-stoppers will be purchas'd upon any Terms; - !!! For particulars apply to the Fox & Grapes in Starvation Lane - or, at the Box & Dice in Knave's Accre'. On the wall behind his head (right) is posted a bill: 'Just Publish'd a new Edition The Cries of the Opposition, or, the Tears of the Famish'd Patriots, dedicated to the consideration of the Ministry.' After the title: 'Vide, Dundas's Speech in the House of Commons. - "for a dozen Years past, he has follow'd the business of a Daily-Advertiser, - daily stunning our Ears with a noise about Plots & Ruin & Treasons & Impeachments; - while the Contents of his Bloody-News turns out to be, only a Daily Advertisement for a Place & a Pension.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Imprint from untrimmed impression in Caricatures of Gillray. Cf. Yale Center for British Art L296.32 (Folio A)., Date of publication inferred from John Miller's entry in P.A.H. Brown's London publishers and printers. London: British Library, 1982., Plate from: Caricatures of Gillray. London: John Miller, [ca. 1824-1827]., Reduced copy of a print with the same title etched by Gillray and published by Hannah Humphrey in 1797., Letter 'R' in 'Treasury' etched as 'P'., Three lines of text below title: "for a dozen years past he has follow'd the business of a Daily Advertiser ... . Text differs slightly from the original 1797 Gillray print and another reduced copy., Temporary local subject terms: Treasury -- Newspapers: allusion to French newspapers-- Speeches: Dundas's speech in the House of Commons, 30 Dec., 1796 -- Bonnet rouge -- Door knockers., and Mounted to 37 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
Published by John Miller, Bridge Street, and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
An equestrian portrait of the Marquess of Anglesey shows him riding a prancing horse in a park. Both his hands grasp the horse's reins
Description:
Title from caption below image., Possibly a variant of no. 14066 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10, where the rider is described as having his right hand on his hip., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Anglesley, Henry William Paget, Marquis of, 1768-1854,
"The roofed gateway of a great man's house. In front of an archway (left) through which appears a staircase, an obese porter stands in profile to the right, lifting up both hands to show the impossibility of access to his master. He is addressing a would-be visitor, middle-aged and stout, who faces him with an insinuating smile, hat in hat, pointing with his right hand towards his companion, a slim young man (right), who stands full-face, his right hand in his breeches pocket. The young man is dressed like, and resembles, the 'Modern Fine Gentleman' in British Museum Satires No. 6342, a companion print. His right hand is in his breeches pocket, his left, holding his hat, rests on the head of his tall cane."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with new imprint statement added below image in lower left; previous imprint "London, Publish'd Marh. 24th, 1783, by J.R. Smith, N. 83 opposite [the] Pantheon, Oxford Street" still present below title. Cf. No. 6343 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Date of publication based on publisher's street address. See British Museum online catalogue., Companion print to: Front, side view, and back front, of a modern fine gentleman., and Figures identified by ms. notes in pencil at bottom of sheet.
Title etched below image., Engraved after a sketch by Charlotte Edgeworth. See page 302 in v. 2 of Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth., Plate from: Edgeworth, R.L. Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Esq. London : Printed for R. Hunter ..., 1820, v. 2, opposite page 496., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Characters -- Man.
Publisher:
Published March 30, 1820, by Rowland Hunter, St. Pauls Church Yard
Title from letterpress text below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Below image are four paragraphs of letterpress text with the heading "William Beckford" that contain biographical information; the number "23" is printed below the final paragraph in the lower left., Plate from: The biographical magazine. London : Printed for Effingham Wilson and Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, v. 2 (1820), Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., and Mounted to 41 cm in card stock folder.
"Portrait of Henry Blacker, whole length, standing to left with his right hand inside the breast of his jacket, surrounded by onlookers, three gentlemen and a lady; copy after a contemporary print."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which this plate was made., and Plate from: Caulfield, J. Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons ... London : H.R. Young and T.H. Whitely, 1820, v. 3, opposite page 35.
Whole-length portrait of the Irish beggar Jack Haugh; facing slightly left, standing, holding a walking stick and a cap
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 275., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"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 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.
Title from text etched below images., Engraved after a sketch by Charlotte Edgeworth. See page 302 in v. 2 of Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth., Plate from: Edgeworth, R.L. Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Esq. London : Printed for R. Hunter ..., 1820, v. 2, opposite page 497., Two images on one plate, each with a caption etched below., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right edge., and Watermark: 3 1819.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 30, 1820, by Rowland Hunter, Saint Pauls Church Yard
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 73., and Copy of a portrait by David Ogborne; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
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.
"View of Bermondsey Abbey, taken from the steeple of the church of St Mary Magdalen; the graveyard of the church in the foreground, the manor house and related buildings next to graveyard with gardens behind and to the left; fields surrounding and in the distance"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
General view of the remains of Bermondsey Abbey, Surrey
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: Bermondsey was originally an alien priory of Cluniuc Monks founded by Aylwin Child, anno 1082 ..., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., and Plate from: Londina illustrata : graphic and historic memorials of monasteries, churches, chapels, schools ... London: R. Wilkinson, 1819-25.
Publisher:
Published 27th September 1820, by Robert Wilkinson, 125 Fenchurch Street
"A young man, [Friedrich Christian Accum (1769-1838) misidentified by Dorothy George as] Humphrey Davy (1778-1829), stands on a platform in a crowded lecture-room, circular in shape, an arc of the wall being shown. He pours liquid from a kettle into a beaker. His table is covered with similar beakers, a tiny retort, &c. Behind him is a door inscribed 'Surrey Institution'. The absorbed audience consists chiefly of pretty women in evening dress and ugly and elderly men. Men are seated on the platform; one is standing. In the foreground (left) a much caricatured elderly man in old-fashioned dress and bag-wig leans forward on his stick, registering anguished jealousy. In his pocket is a book: 'Accum's Lectures' .... Spectators look down from a balcony immediately above the platform."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from Grego. A date of ca. 1810 is given in the British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.8 x 33.4 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of statement of responsibility from bottom edge., and Mounted on leaf 10 of volume 14 of 14 volumes.
"Caricature on George IV, standing holding a placard wearing cuckold's horns."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Printmaker's name in statement of responsibility in the form of a monogrammatic device formed by the letters "SV" followed by a depiction of an owl and the letters "es"., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Pubd. 24 Augt.1820 by one of the Society for Exposing of Vice
"Caricature on George IV, seated on his throne, to whom John Bull presents the Queen's letter."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Printmaker's name in statement of responsibility in the form of a monogrammatic device formed by the letters "SV" followed by a depiction of an owl and the letters "es"., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Pubd. 29 Augt. 1820 by one of the Society for Exposing of Vice
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, John Bull (Symbolic character), and Thrones
"The Queen (right) and Mrs. Wood, a stout virago and a lean one, fight, clutching each other's hair. The Queen's large feathered hat is on the floor. A curtain is draped on a pillar (right), and from behind a curtain on the left, Alderman Wood, wearing his furred gown, watches the fray, drooping apprehensively; he says: "He Jests at Scars who never felt a wound!" Mrs. Wood: "I'll teach you to play at Bergami with my Husband indeed--no--no I've read Jane Shore, & knows how things goes on in Courts, & Palace's, in Como's [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13857], Virgin's Waters, Cottages, Pavilions, Yachts, & such like. An Honest Citizen has no business in such bad place's & I'll Tear your Eyes out before you shall make a Bergami of him." The Queen shrieks: "Avaunt ye Termagant I'll stop the Tongue of Slander & Level to the Dust, the proudest Foe that dares suspect my Chastity I'd tear you limb from [sic] tho you be made of Wood." Behind, on a small chimney-piece, is a bust, perhaps that of Lady Craven."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pub. Sep. 20, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadill [sic]
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Maria, approximately 1770-1848, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Subject (Topic):
Fighting, Hats, Columns, Draperies, Robes, Chimneypieces, and Adultery
"The Queen (left), irradiated, wearing a gown patterned with astrological symbols, and holding a wand inscribed 'Vox Populi', steps from a circle of cloud, an apparition which terrifies the King and three of his Ministers (left). The King wears coronation robes, his crown rises from his head. The Queen says with a commanding gesture: "That Cap becomes you not alone [sic] Off with the Bauble tread it under foot! ['Taming of the Shrew', V. ii] tis not the time for Pageantry & Waste, while thousands starve for Want? & while your Royal Mistress suffer [sic] Scorn, Reproach & Persecution, from the Dastard Hands of Secret Enemies." The Ministers are Canning (?), Castlereagh, and Sidmouth. The King's chair is overturned. See British Museum Satires No. 13769, &c."--British Museum online catalogue., Title from etched below image., Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1818.
Publisher:
Pub. July 13, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844
Caricature of the British Prime Minister presenting crowns to King George IV in the Brighton Pavilion, surrounded by Chinese objects and figures. The King is seen from behind, brandishing a scepter and sovereign's orb
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly by William Heath, to which the British Museum catalogue attributes many prints from this time period with S.W. Fores's address spelled "Picadilli" in imprint., A speech bubble from the Prime Minister reads: I can't indeed I can't consider the poor Starving Manufacturers., A speech bubble from the King reads: Now if you don't Increase my Salary half a Million, I'll send you to Liverpool., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and With a watermark: Ruse & Turner 1816.
Publisher:
Pub. Ma[r]ch 30, 1820, by S.W. Fores, Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England), George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., and Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828.
Subject (Topic):
Crowns, Scepters, Art objects, Decorations, and Furnishings
"From slits in a huge green bag, labelled 'Evidence against the Q...n', peer the heads of five witnesses against the Queen. Round it stand puzzled and apprehensive Ministers discussing their plans. Castlereagh, on the extreme left, faces Sidmouth who stands with flexed knees holding a constable's staff, one hand on the bag. He says: "Well Gentlemen! we are pretty well in for it now--we must lie through thick and thin to do any good, and get as many as we can to do the same, or it is all up with us; what say you Doctor have you any specific for the occasion." Sidmouth: "Friend Derry I could as soon produce the Philosophers stone or Elixir of Life but if your brazen face can't bring us through it is a forlorn hope, however here is some chance in the Bag!" The head of a man crouching in the Bag looks up to say: "Yes I have some choice Tales to communicate what with Bargemen--Chambermaids--W....s and Rogues, whom I have had the honor to associate with. I shall be able to COOK up a high seasoned dish that his M.....y will relish." On the right of the Bag stands Canning, scratching his head with a puzzled expression; he says: "Curse that City Hop Merchant [Wood] he has thrown bitter into this Brewing with a vengeance! I'll try what a dash of my wit will do, or we shall be obliged to swallow it ourselves!" A pretty female head looks up at him from the Bag, to say: "I say Mr. Flashman! don't stand scratching your head in that manner but hear what I have to tell you when a woman is determined on revenge she will stick at nothing to accomplish it--turn me away indeed for a little amusement with Peter, when my husband was out I hate such scrupulous Modesty. I'll swear any thing you wish." Three faces appear at smaller slits, saying respectively: "I'll swear!"; "So will I!"; "So will I to any lie." Eldon (right) in Chancellor's wig and gown, walks off to the right, holding a rolled document: 'Rex [vers]us Regina'. He says with a meditative frown: "Well Gentlemen I shall go home and consult about it. I dont like to decide too hastily Look before you leap ought to be the Motto of my Seal" [cf. British Museum Satires No. 15139, &c.]. Behind Castlereagh (left) is a table with writing materials; at his feet are bundles of papers labelled 'Foreign Newspapers' and 'Foreign Correspondence private'.."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 24.7 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 25 x 35.5 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted (with one other print) to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 19 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Londondery [sic]," "Sidmouth," "Canning," and "Eldon" identified in black ink above title; date "June 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of five lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1820 by J. Johnston, 98 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843., Demont, Louisa, active 1814-1820., Cooke, William, 1757-1832., Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Bags, Witnesses, Documents, Newspapers, and Tables
"Stoddart sits in the centre of the design blowing through a trumpet a blast of abuse towards the newly-arrived Queen (left) while holding out copies of his newspaper towards four ragged little newsboys (right), who also blow their horns with great vigour. Queen Caroline, tall, dignified, and demurely dressed in black, flinches from Stoddart's blast, and is protected by Britannia and Alderman Wood. She says: "Surely thos Fellows will not be suffered to Insult me in this manner? who is it that Sets them on? who encourages them." Britannia, seated on a very angry Lion, extends her arms, saying: "Welcome Beloved of thy People, the Mother of Englands lost -- & ever to be lamented Hope, will ever be dear to the Hearts of every true born Englishman." Wood, wearing an Alderman's gown, tries to protect her with a shield inscribed: 'No more Douglas's an Englishman's Rights, Justice & Truth'. From Stoddart's trumpet issue the words: 'Treason, Crim Con, no Rights, no Claims, no pretensions, no Prerogatives, no Patronage, no Property, no Soul to be Prayed for, no Justice, no Law, no Protection, Woe to them that espouse her Cause, Woe to them that Speak well of her!!!' At his feet lie newspapers: 'New Times', 'Morning Post', 'Courier'. Castlereagh and Sidmouth (right), who extend admonitory fingers, urge him on: the former says: "hit hard--dont spare now Dr Slop here is a fine Oppertunity for you to indulge your Spleen." Sidmouth, larger than life and shockingly malevolent, says: "Blow away my boys, spread it far and near, lay it on thick, do not stand for Trifles!!!" The biggest newsboy has a bill headed 'New Times' in his hat; another holds a bundle of the 'Courier', 'New Times', and '[Morning] Post'. A third has 'News' in his hat. Behind and between Stoddart and Castlereagh a man capers in ecstasy, waving a hat in which is a paper: 'Pardon for Edwards'. He exclaims: "Now I shall have a Job again and get better paid than before.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Spies, spawns & spewers of scurrility, abuse & defamation set to work and Spies, spawns and spewers of scurrility, abuse and defamation set to work
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 24.8 x 35 cm, on sheet 25 x 35.5 cm., Printed on laid paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 16 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and The figures of "Q. Caroline," "Ald. Wood," "Dr. Slothard Ed. of New Times," "Londonderry," and "Sidmouth" are identified in ink above title; date "8 June 1820" is written in lower right. Typed extract of eight lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pub. June 8th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Stoddart, John, 1773-1856, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Horns (Communication devices), Newspaper vendors, Newspapers, and Lions
"Queen Caroline, dignified and regal, stands with extended right arm facing Lord Hutchinson (identified by Reid as Liverpool), a thin man in court dress who bows low, holding out a large purse inscribed '£50,000'. He looks up at her with a servile and apprehensive grimace, saying: "Abandon your claim to the Throne, Change your Name & the Livery & retire to some distant part of the earth were you may never be seen or heard of any more; & if 50,000£ pr Annm will not satisfy you, what will?" She answers: "Nothing but a Crown!" In her left hand is a paper: 'Lawful Claims'. At her side (right) stands Alderman Wood, noble and stalwart in Roman armour; he holds a sword, whose wavy blade (representing flame) is inscribed 'A Swoard for the Guilty', and a shield: 'A Shield for the Innocent--'. Behind Hutchinson and in back-view stands Brougham in barrister's wig and gown; he holds a broom, and says: "I turn my back on such dirty work as this." The Devil, on the extreme left, clutches his arm, saying: "Well done Broom! you have done your business well." Behind Wood is a ship at anchor, her poop inscribed 'The Wooden walls of Old England'; she flies a Union flag inscribed 'Caroline'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Bribery & corruption rejected!!! and Bribery and corruption rejected!!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed only with Robert Cruikshank's name, but a collaboration with George Cruikshank is suggested in the British Museum catalogue., "No. 1"--Upper left corner., 1 print : etching ; sheet 26.4 x 36.4 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left side., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 18 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Brougham," "Q. Caroline," and "Ald. Wood" identified in black ink at bottom of sheet; date "11 June 1820" written in lower right corner. Pencil annotation "+ GC" added beneath Robert Cruikshank's signature, noting George Cruikshank's contribution to the production of the print. Typed extract of twenty-four lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Pubd. by Benbow, St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Donoughmore, John Hely-Hutchinson, Earl of, 1757-1832, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, and Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843
"The King is on the throne (right), with five advisers seated at a round table at the base of the dais; all are thrown into confusion by the arrival of a top-booted messenger (left) who rushes into the room, hair on end, yelling, "The Queen's Arrived!!!" The terrified King screams: "The Devil!!!!" His wig stands on end and his crown falls off; a bottle of 'Curacoa' is upset. The Ministers are engaged on 'Plans for Divorce', a paper so inscribed is on the table; all register terror. The Archbishop of Canterbury says "The Lord have mercy on our vicked Souls," the pious Liverpool says "Amen." All are broadly burlesqued, with goggling eyes and large heads in the manner of Woodward's 'Long Heads' or 'Lilliputians' (cf. British Museum satires nos. 10604, 10889). See British Museum Satires No. 13730, &c."--British Museum online catalogue, description from probable copy of this print
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Robert Cruikshank based on expertise of Andrew Edmunds., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Plate 2"--Upper left corner., For an Irish copy of nearly identical composition, see no. 13728 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 24.9 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 25.3 x 35.5 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 19 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Londondery [sic]," "Liverpool," "Sidmouth," and "Eldon" identified in black ink at bottom of sheet; identification of "Geo. IV" follows in red ink. Date "June 1820" written in lower right corner. Printmaker name "Robt. Crknk.[?]" added in pencil in lower left. Typed extract of four lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1820 by Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yd., Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, and Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, Politicians, Bishops, Messengers, Tables, Crowns, Wigs, Bottles, and Fear
Caricature of George IV in the Brighton Pavilion, sitting on a sofa next to Marchioness Conyngham and groping her; he has an amourous look on his face, while she looks unamused. A portrait of Queen Caroline hangs on the wall behind them, her face obscured by a purse(?) hanging from above the picture frame. An older woman (Lady Warwick?) stands on the right by an open door, glancing over sideways at the scene and saying "I shall retire: is Warwick come to this? Oh this Cunning-- poor Hertford, ho[w] I pity her well may she exclaim false Lothario." Roses are seen through the doorway on the right; a round table with decanters of 'Brandy' is seen on the left, in front of a large window with curtains
Alternative Title:
Peep into the Chinese temple
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other item) on leaf 12 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and The figures of "Marchioness Cunningham" and "Lady Warwick" are identified in brown ink in lower margin. Date "May 1820" written in lower right, in black ink.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1820 by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly corner of Sackville St.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., and Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England)
"Alderman Wood, dressed as an elderly woman (as in British Museum Satires No. 13858) in bonnet with a lace frill, worn over a cap, and tippet, comes out of his house in South Audley Street, grasping in a gloved hand a large bottle inscribed 'Popularity'. He stands, directed to the right, between the pillars of the porch; above the porch in large letters: 'Refuge for the Destitute'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed only with Robert Cruikshank's name, but a collaboration with George Cruikshank is noted in the British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching ; sheet 35.1 x 24.6 cm., Printed on wove paper., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 26 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Alderman Wood" identified in pencil below image; date "24 June 1820" added in ink in lower right corner. Typed extract of five lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
"Caricature with a bag being held up bearing the Royal arms, with the head of George IV on the mace and the Speaker and Parliament appalled."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Another ministerial scare crow
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 35 x 24.5 cm, on sheet 35.4 x 24.8 cm., Printed on laid paper with watermark; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 17 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Geo. IV" identified in red ink beneath image, and figure of "Londonderry" identified in black ink. Date "10 June 1820" added in black ink in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. June 10, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Legislative bodies, Bags, Ceremonial maces, Crowns, and Coats of arms
"An elaborate symbolical clock has a dial on which the hands are represented by the arms of the Queen, who kneels within it. Canning stands within the smaller disk of the pendulum. The dial and pendulum hang from a curved bar supported on two uprights, one (left) representing the forces of the Army and Navy, the Crown and the Church, and the other the Radicals and their pikes. A fat and carbuncled John Bull, much larger in scale than the other figures, and wearing a huge judge's wig, sits astride the dial where it is surmounted by a crown; he holds a paper: 'Chief justice Bull--Jurisdiction--ad Infinitum'. On the rim of the dial: (left) 'King', 'Lords', (right) 'Commons'. The Queen kneels in profile to the right, her left arm pointing to the crown, her right towards the 'Commons'. The supports of the dial are (left) a cornucopia filled with sovereigns, and (right) a giant cap of Liberty, shaped like the cornucopia, from which project the heads of men wearing bonnets-rouges. On the cornucopia are Liverpool, holding out the 'Green Bag', see British Museum Satires No. 13735, Eldon, Sidmouth with his clyster-pipe, and a fourth Minister. On the bonnet rouge stand four of the Queen's supporters, one (apparently Wood) holding out to her a cap of Liberty. A small scene is inset below the dial, flanked by cornucopia and cap of Liberty. The Green Bag lies on a table, across which Castlereagh (left) and Brougham (right), both wearing boxing-gloves, are fighting, the former on the defensive. Each has a second, Brougham's is a second barrister (? Denman). Below this appear seven vertical rods to which the disk of the pendulum is attached. The centre one is 'Unhappy Medium'. On the left, held by cross-bands inscribed 'Golden Argument' and 'Valuable ties', are 'Royal Sunshine', 'Sinecure', and 'Tangible etcetrias'. On the right, held by 'Magnanimity' [tricolour], are 'Quixotism', 'Public Champion', and 'Radical Celebrity'. Canning stands within the disk of the pendulum, both hands held up, looking in gloomy perplexity to the left. He hesitates between the contrasted lures of the pendulum bars. He is standing between a crown and a cap of Liberty. On the left a winged infant flies off with a money-bag, inscribed '1000', saying, "Adieu!" A similar infant (right) proffers a cap of Liberty, saying, "See here Glory waits thee." Above the disk: 'The Uncertainty of all Sublunary Honors'. The design is bordered, left and right, by the two supports of the beam. On the left a jovial sailor and a handsome soldier stand on a base formed of a 'Treasury Iron Chest'. The corresponding figures on the right are two ragged ruffians with linked arms, each holding a spiked bludgeon and a dagger, who stand on a similar chest: 'Pandora's Box'. Flags are draped above the heads of both: the Royal Arms and Union Jack with a crown (left), and a tricolour flag and a (piratical) black flag (right). Above these are (left) a mitre resting on a Bible, crossed swords, and bayonets, supporting a block on which is a crown. On the opposite side are three caps of Liberty, crossed bludgeon and dagger, and pikes, supporting a block on which is yet another cap of Liberty."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Time piece! & Canning Jack o' both sides, Time piece! and cunning Jack o' both sides, and Time piece! and Canning Jack o' both sides
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "u" in "cunning" is etched above a scored-through letter "a", altering the name "Canning"., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 39.1 x 25.8 cm, on sheet 40.3 x 26.7 cm., Printed on wove paper with watermark "J. Whatman 1820"; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 28 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and With manuscript annotations within image that identify several of the persons depicted. The figures of "Sidmouth," "Liverpool," and "Caroline" are identified in red ink; "Londondery [sic]" and "Brougham" in black ink; and "Canning" in pencil. Date "June 1820" added in black in ink lower right. Typed extract of forty lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1820 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, and Canning, George, 1770-1827
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Clocks & watches, Soldiers, Sailors, Spears, Wigs, Crowns, Cornucopias, Liberty cap, Bags, Medical equipment & supplies, Boxing, Lawyers, Money, and Putti
"Two designs. [1] Scene outside the Queen's house (left) in Portman Street. Four men in court-dress hurry across the street from the door assailed by the mob. In front is Wilberforce (right) holding a 'Petition to the Queen'; he exclaims "Oh! Dear! Saints never were so served before." From the other three (Stuart-Wortley, Bankes, and Sir T. Acland) ascend the words "These are aw-full times as the Scot's man said" [ ? the 'Scotsman', a conspicuously Queenite paper]. In the foreground (left) a man, saying "There he goes Dr Cantwell," and a boy spit copiously at them. The crowd: "Hiss! hiss"; "No Cantwell"; "out out"; "Spit on 'em." Brougham stands in the doorway; Denman behind him; he says "What quantities of rabbid saline!!" The Queen stands on a balcony, the base of which is 'a Good Foundation--(ie) Innocence--'. She says "No Tricks, you faithful representitaves [sic] of the people." [2] A corner of the House of Commons with the Speaker (Manners-Sutton) in the Chair (right), calling "Order! Order!" Beside the table and on the Speaker's right a member stands shouting "Privilege! Privilege." Behind is a group of members, freely sketched. One man looks down from the gallery."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching ; sheet 26 x 37.9 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 31 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and The figures of "Denman," "Brougham," and "Sidmouth" are identified in black ink in lower margin; date "3 July 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of sixteen lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Pubd. July 3d, 1820, by W. Benbow, St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, Wharncliffe, James Archibald Stuart-Wortley, Baron, 1776-1845, Bankes, Henry, 1757-1834, Acland, Thomas Dyke, Sir, 1787-1871, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, and Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, Viscount, 1780-1845.
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Crowds, Balconies, and Legislative bodies
Print showing George IV dressed as a woman sitting in a parlor greeting his female guests, one guest kneeling on a cushion and kissing his hand may be Lady Conyngham
Alternative Title:
Pleasures of petticoat government
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Robert Cruikshank; see description of later state in the British Museum online catalogue., For a later state with several speech bubbles added to the design, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1975,0621.13., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Window mounted to 27.7 x 38.6 cm, the whole then mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 20 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Date "June 1820" written in ink in lower right corner of window mount.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1820 by Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
"Satire on the royal divorce: George IV as Falstaff in armour facing a motley assemblage of testifers."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Witnesses arrived
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; sheet 23.1 x 33.5 cm., Printed on wove paper with watermark "R. Barnard 1815"; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 25 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and With pencil annotation "The Kings witnesses" beneath image, referring to the figures depicted in the center and on the left side of the design; additional pencil annotation identifies the figure of "Geroge IV" on the right side of the design. Date "20 June 1820" added in black ink in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. June 20, 1820, by H. Fores, 16 Panton Str., Haymarket
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., and Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character)
"An owl, with the head of Alderman Wood realistically drawn and a good portrait, stands directed to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Identified by Andrew Edmunds as a copy of a print by Richard Dighton; see Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1985,0119.97. For an impression of the print by Dighton, entitiled "Absolute wisdom, or, Queen's owl taken from a wood," see National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG D13489)., Variant state lacking publication line. For a state with the imprint "London, Oct. 23, 1820, Pub. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly," see no. 13899 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., Watermark: [...?]th 1818., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 23 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Ald. Wood" identified in ink below image. Typed extract of four lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
"Satire on George IV who sings while Lady Conygham plays at the organ; at the side a table laden with decanters of drink."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 30 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Lady Eliz. Conyngham" identified in black ink below image.
Publisher:
Pub. July 2, 1820, by H. Fores, Panton St., Haymarket
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Organs, Singing, Tables, Bottles, Alcoholic beverages, Hats, and Pineapples
Heading to a printed broadside in support of Queen Caroline, with a depiction of the Queen in the upper left, riding in a chariot pulled by a lion under a banner reading "Innocence and Triumph." The Italian witnesses against her are being led in chains to the gallows, the man at the back of the line remaking "This is past a joke O! Majocc"; a hangman smoking a pipe awaits them at the top of a ladder, noose in hand. Three figures with bags over their heads are already hanging, with a fourth hanged figure being fed by a devil with a pitchfork into the flaming mouth of a demon on the right, a "Green Bag" falling into the flames next to him. Another victim is skewered by a second devil standing inside the demon's mouth; the words "Milan Commission Receiving Office" are written amid the flames. A John Bull figure with a walking stick watches the scene from the right, remarking: "Well now if this h'ant a sight that pleases John Bull - Go & be hang'd to ye you Italian scoundels - come to swear an innocent womans life away." In the center foreground, a dog tears at a second "Green Bag" with its mouth
Alternative Title:
Exaltation of my jockey & his brave confederates and Exaltation of my jockey and his brave confederates
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image., Remnants of etched title are visible beneath image, suggesting that the plate was originally larger and cut down at some point., Date of publication from manuscript note "Aug. 1820" in ink beneath lower right corner of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Song printed in letterpress in two columns below title, beginning with the line "Oh, there never was such times!" and ending "Here's the triumph of brave Caroline our Queen O.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., and Mounted on leaf 58 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Witnesses, Shackles, Chariots, Lions, Gallows, Hangings (Executions), Ladders, Devil, Demons, Fire, Bags, and Dogs
"Caricature with the oak of England, weighed down by George IV and his mistresses swinging on its branches, being undermined by devils, watched by an appalled John Bull."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Old oak in danger
Description:
Title etched below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1983,0305.33., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 59 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Date "1820" written in ink in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Published September 1820 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, and Windsor Castle,
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Adultery, Mistresses, Trees, Oaks, Swings, Devil, Axes, Soldiers, Bridges, and Castles & palaces
"George IV (right), as Henry VIII (see British Museum Satires No. 13664, &c.), wearing ermine robes and ruff, sits on a dais under a canopy, his eyes turned sideways to the right. In his right hand is a goblet; on a table before him is a decanter of 'Curacoa'. Against this, at a lower level, is a second table on which is the mace; on each side sits a cardinal, gaping in astonishment at Queen Caroline, as Katharine of Aragon; she stands facing the King at the end of the table (left), wearing quasi-Tudor robes. She declaims Queen Catherine's speech, abridged: "Sir, I desire you do me right and justice, And to bestow your pity on me: for I am a most poor woman, and a stranger, Born out of your dominions; -- If, in the course And process of this time, you can report, And perove [sic] it too, against mine honour aught, My bond to wedlock, or my Love and duty Against your sacred person, in Gods name, Turn me away ;-- and so give me up To the sharpest kind of justice." Under Castlereagh's foot lies 'Mag[na] Charta'; his vis-à-vis cardinal is Sidmouth. Next Castlereagh (right) sits a lawyer, writing (? Leach). Beside him is a large bag with its neck encircled by hissing serpents; it is placarded: 'A Green Bag! filled with Spite Envy Malice. Hatred Lies &c &c &c' [see British Museum Satires No. 13735, &c.]. On each side of the King stands a bishop holding a crosier, one the Archbishop of Canterbury, the other probably Pelham of Exeter, see British Museum Satires No. 13946. Behind the Queen and on the extreme left stands Wood in his alderman's gown. Beefeaters stand against the wall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Text following title: Principal characters, King of England by the ****, Queen of England by the Q****, Cardinal Wolsey - L**d C*********h [Castlereagh] &c &c &[c]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement below title: Just Pubd. "How to get un-married" [British Museum Satires No. 13770]., 1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 24.7 x 34.8 cm, sheet 25 x 35.4 cm, Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 56 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Wood," "Caroline," "Sidmouth," "Londondery [sic]," and "Leach" identified in ink at bottom of sheet; date "1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of seven lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J.L. Marks, 37 Princes St., Soho
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828, Pelham, George, 1766-1827, Leach, John, 1760-1834, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
George IV stands at the center of the design, a smirk on his face and an arm around each of his two mistresses: Lady Hertford on left, and Lady Conyngham (who reaches up to touch his chin) on the right. Two pictures on the wall in the background identify the women: "Hertford Lodge" on the left, and "Cunningham Castle" on the right. Caroline looks in at the scene through a window on the right, her speech bubble reading "What do I behold." The King wears ornaments on his chest that include a corkscrew; a tapped barrel on wheels rests on a table on the left, a glass sitting underneath its spigot
Alternative Title:
Scene in The beggers opera wih a new cunning-m actress and Scene in The beggars opera wih a new Cunningham actress
Description:
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Watermark: Edmeads & Pine 1801., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 62 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Lady Hertford," "George IV," "Lady Conyngham," and "Caroline" identified in pencil on mounting sheet below print; date "12 Aug. 1820" written in ink in lower right.
Publisher:
Pubd. Aug. 12, 1820, by John Marshall Junr., 24 Little St. Martins Lane
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834.
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Mistresses, Corkscrews, Barrels, Drinking vessels, and Pictures
"A illustrated broadside engraved in two columns. A stalwart Highland soldier, with plumed bonnet, stands outside an open doorway (left) crowded with cringing Italians. He lunges furiously towards them with clenched fist, saying: "Filthy brutes! i 'ts for new boots, That a' you Rogues are swearing at her". The most prominent of the witnesses (cf. British Museum satires no. 13762) are Majocchi (see British Museum satires no. 13827) and Demont, see British Museum satires no. 13856. Over the doorway: 'Rogues Retreat'; at the corner of the building: 'Cotton Garden' [see British Museum satires no. 13824]. Behind (right) is the Thames. The Highlander's words are from the second verse of the song: 'Air Tibby Fowler o' the Glen'. The third of five verses: 'Fie upon the filthy louns! There's o'er mony swearing at her; Fifteen came frae German towns; There's eight and fifty swearing at her; Swearing at her, mumbling at her, Tumbling at her, canna hit her; Tawdry louns! its for new gowns, The hizzies a' are swearing at her.'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image, Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right edge., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 36 x 25.3 cm, on sheet 36.4 x 25.7 cm., Printed on wove paper with watermark "J. Whatman 1820"; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 60 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Date "Aug. 1820" written beneath lower right corner of image. Typed extract of two lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Demont, Louisa, active 1814-1820, and Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820
"Heading to a printed broadside. Four Ministers, summoned by the King, sit at a table bending over a crown broken into two pieces. Sidmouth (right), tilting forward his seat, which is a commode, holds his clyster-pipe; in his pocket is a bottle labelled 'Strong Mixture'. He says: "There seems to have been a flaw in it for some years it only required a slight tap to do all the mischief." Liverpool, next him, says: "Some Foreign Cement or a decoction of steel lozenges [see British Museum Satires No. 13513] properly applied may stick them together for the present, but I'm afraid it won't last long, the parts seem of opposite compositions." Castlereagh says, with a sinister smile: "By the Ghost of my Father I will hold it together by a Tringular [sic] Proceeding. & whip it all round" [see British Museum Satires No. 14135]. Wellington, dressed as a field-marshal, and wearing cavalry boots with huge spurs, sits in a chair decorated with military emblems; he says: "Steel filings and leaded paste is the only Composition to be depended on." At his feet are bayonets and cannon-balls, with (left) a cannon, and a huge ball inscribed 'Bolus'. Behind Sidmouth stands George IV (right) in consultation with Eldon; he weeps, holding his handkerchief to his eye, and says, pointing to his Ministers: "Cant Sid my Tool and L--r--pl, Some how contrive to mend it." Eldon, in Chancellor's wig and gown, holds the lower end of the mace against his chin with a puzzled scowl. He answers: "Dash my Wig if I know what to do! my head's in Chancery." Beside him are two 'Old Green Bags done with' [see British Museum Satires Nos. 13735, 13986]. At the King's feet is a paper: 'Straight Jacket'. By Sidmouth's chair are papers: 'A Blister for the Radicals if they Kick up a Row'; 'A Gagging Bandage', with a pot of 'Poison for the Q . . .' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13868]. Also the words 'Filth', 'Dirt'. On the extreme left, John Bull, a stout and formidable 'cit', is seated on a bale inscribed 'Knowledge is Power' [see British Museum Satires No. 14005]. One hand is on his hip, the other on a bludgeon of 'English Oak'. He says, frowning at the Ministers: "I think the following prescription would be the best Cement, a handful of reformation; a large portion of the abolition of Sinicures [sic], a ladle full of the reduction of Taxes, with a plentiful solution of the Oil of Just Claims, and attention to the wants of an industrious part of the Community, would more safely ensure a permanent union with the separate pieces than all the cement or steel lozengers [sic] in the world." The Queen looks in through a small window, Wood looking over her shoulder; they watch the proceedings, tense and indignant. Above the King's head is a shelf of 'Chinese Toys from Hot Creek': a little pagoda flanked by figures of (left) a fat lady and a thin man (the Conynghams) and (right) a squatting obese man (the King). The last two of seven verses (of a 'New Version'): "She claims a share "To all (I swear!) "That I possess;--but mind her "Good C--tl--gh, "Look sharp--d'y' see "There's Radicals behind her. "A stronger pill "'S required still "Than G--ff--d's famous lotion; "Your brains well shake, "The corners rake, To give the jade a motion."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Disasters of a green-bag chief!!!
Description:
Title from letterpress text below image., Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., "Price one shilling"--Below imprint., Watermark: Fellows 1819., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 65 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "J. Bull," "Ald. Wood," "Q. Caroline," "Wellington," "Londonderry," "Liverpool," "Sidmouth," "Geo. IV," and "Eldon" identified in ink below image. Typed extract of ten lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Printed for O. Hodgson, 43, King Street, Snow Hill
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861., and Conyngham, Henry, Marquess, 1766-1832.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Tables, Crowns, Medical equipment & supplies, Bayonets, Cannons, Cannon balls, Crying, Ceremonial maces, Bags, and Windows
"A leech with the head and barrister's wig of Leach is coiled round an upright cylindrical document to which is tied with red tape a second bill; these are respectively 'Bill of Pains . . .' [see British Museum Satires No. 13825] and 'Divorce'. Propped against the former are two green bags (see British Museum Satires No. 13735), both closed with a large red seal on which is a 'G.R.' monogram. These are inscribed 'Fill'd with Filth and Lies!!!' and 'Lies . . . [L]ies'. With them are other large documents: 'List of Witness[es] against Q . . . N'; 'Expen[ces] & Bribes at Milan'; 'Protoc[ol]' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13764). The small shambling Wilberforce is being pushed towards the leech by Castlereagh (left), who is a pendant to the more stalwart and bulky Duke of York (right). The Duke wears uniform, holds his unsheathed sword, and has a pyramid of cannon-balls crooked in his left arm. A paper, 'Bp Osnabu[rgh]', is thrust through his sash. He says fiercely: "Rascals! Villains!! Traitors!!! I have set the Claret running in One Place, and if any of you attempt, to deprive me of My succession, I will make your Bodies, a thoroughfare for York dumplings!! alias Artillery Bolouses." Castlereagh, with a scourge hanging from his pocket, says to Wilberforce: "O dear! O dear! That Bishop quite alarms me, now my dear Christian Friend, pray do persuade that great Horse Leech to muster up all his Italian Witnesses [see British Museum Satires No. 13762, &c.] immediately or that Military Bishop [cf. British Museum Satires No. 11227] will send us to Kingdom come along with out Master." Wilberforce holds a book: 'New Litany &c'; a Pet[ition] To Q--N' is under his arm; a paper, 'Slave Tra[de]' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 8793) hangs from his pocket. He says: "Pray Sr--Horse Leech, endeavour to stop the Q--'s mouth by bringing the whole host of Witnesses, before the L--ds, so as to Crush Her at once, otherwise that Terrable Bishop, will send us into Abrahams bosom, sooner, than We wish.""--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Printmaker's name in statement of responsibility in the form of a monogrammatic device formed by the letters "SV" followed by a depiction of an owl and the letters "es"., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 69 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "D. York," "Sir John Leach," "Wilberforce," and "Londondery [sic]" identified in ink at bottom of image; date "16 Aug. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of five lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Carlile, 55 Fleet Stt
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Leach, John, 1760-1834, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):
Worms, Parasites, Wigs, Bags, Documents, Divorce, Military uniforms, British, Daggers & swords, and Cannon balls
"Castlereagh, wearing the caped coat (blue with red facings, for the Windsor uniform) of a bell-man over his own fashionable trousers, &c., stands in a London street in profile to the left, ringing his bell and shouting with his hand cupped to his mouth. The Queen looks from a first-floor window (in Wood's house in South Audley Street, see British Museum Satires No. 13734), holding a disk inscribed '2/6'. Castlereagh: "Stolen or Strayed, Lost or Miss led, a fine Old Buck of the Hanoverian Breed the Prime of the Herd in good condition, rather thick about the Ancle's, most graceful in his action, full about the Neck & Chops, his Rump erect, Haunches square, quick in his paces when persueing or persued, is extremely fond of his Antlers or Horns; which he seems particularly desirous of showing, was last seen in the Neighbourhood of Virginia Water, which it is supposed he mistook for the Lake of Como, being then seen toying with a remarkable fine Doe & her full grown Kid, having left his former Doe, who has been ever since worried by a set of Mongrel Animals, who ever will give information of his retreat or if any accident has befallen him, or if straying with any of the wild does of that neighbourhood [a phrase in brackets erased] so that he may be restored to the Herd a Crown will be the Reward!!" The Queen says: "aye Master Bell Man if you can but restore him it will be worth Half a Crown to me.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Saint Stephens bell man
Description:
Title etched below image., Tentatively attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching ; sheet 33.7 x 24.6 cm., Printed on laid paper with watermark; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 73 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Caroline" and "Londondery [sic]" identified in ink below image; date "25 Aug. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of nine lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pub. Aug. 25, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861.
"Heading to printed verses. Sidmouth, an old woman, nurses George IV, a whiskered infant (see British Museum Satires No. 13764)."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title printed in letterpress beneath image., Date assigned by cataloger., Imprint statement etched in lower margin of plate. Additional imprint in letterpress at bottom of sheet, followed by price statement: Printed and published by W. Benbow, 269, Strand. -- Price one shilling., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., Twelve stanzas of verse in two columns beneath title, printed in letterpress: Who taught thee to abuse thy wife, Who made up all this trying fuss, And who conspired to take her life-- Thy Nurse. ..., Watermark: D. & A. Cowan 1819., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 63 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Sidmouth" and "Geo. IV" identified in ink below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Benbow, No. 269 Strand
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844
"Heading to a printed broadside. Three Ministers in court suits with bag-wigs and swords sing outside Carlton House. Castlereagh in the centre holds a scourge, turning towards Liverpool (left); the latter and Sidmouth have misshapen gouty legs. Sidmouth's clyster-pipe hangs from his pocket. Above the gate (left) George IV and a fat woman (? Lady Conyngham) are seen watching from a window. She says: "Your M--y how well they Chord, it is like one Person." John Bull, a yokel in a smock holding money-bag and cudgel, stands with his back to the gate, watching the singers. He says: "They may Chord to please his M .... y but dang me If I dont wish the Three was in One Cord." Alderman Curtis (right), with enormous paunch and nose, approaches from the right, in the sailor's dress of Walcheren Expedition prints, see British Museum Satires No. 11353. He holds a long spoon labelled 'Orphans Fund' [see British Museum Satires No. 13706] and a large pot; under the left arm is a turtle. He says: "Who's for a Royal Tuck-out with our Fat Friend [cf. British Museum Satires No. 14017], bring your Loyal Addresses and he'll make you as drunk as a Prince. ..."."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from letterpress text below image., Attribution to Robert Cruikshank and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and left edge., Four numbered stanzas of verse in two columns below title, printed in letterpress: 1. Ye Radicals of England, who talk about reform, Whose object is to frighten us, by raising of a storm ..., "Price one shilling"--Below imprint., 1 print : etching ; image 16.9 x 23.2 cm, on sheet 37.8 x 24.3 cm., Printed on wove paper with partially-trimmed watermark "D. & A. Cowan 1819"; hand-colored., Imperfect; sheet trimmed resulting in loss of imprint statement and price statement from bottom edge., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 66 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Geo. IV," "Lady Conyngham," "Liverpool," "Londonderry," "Sidmouth," and "Sir W. Curtis" identified in pencil below image; date "1820" written in ink beneath lower right corner of image. Typed extract of nineteen lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Printed for O. Hodgson, 43, King Street, Snow Hill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and Curtis, William, Sir, 1752-1829
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Gout, Politicians, Daggers & swords, Singing, Whips, Medical equipment & supplies, Gates, Windows, Staffs (Sticks), Spoons, and Turtles
"King, Archbishop, Ministers, &c., and Green Bag are overturned or put to flight by the Queen mounted on a savage bull (J.B.). An 'Italian' dagger, a 'horse Leech', &c., &c., fall from the Bag."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionably attributed to Elmes in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching ; sheet 30.1 x 40.2 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom., Mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 61 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Liverpool," "Sidmouth," and "Eldon" identified in ink below image; date "Aug. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of two lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted to the left of print.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1820 by Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Leach, John, 1760-1834
Heading to a printed broadside that begins: "Pity the sorrows of a poor old man, whose worn-out limbs have borne him to your door ..." The King is shown as a haggard beggar, his clothes torn and a pack on his back. He holds out his inverted crown with his left hand, seeking donations; his right hand grasps the cane he is leaning on. The sign post behind him says "To Bradenburg [sic] House" and points to the right, the direction in which the King travels. Brandenburgh House is seen in the background on the right, the Queen looking sternly out the window at the disheveled King. A sign at the gate to the house says "Beware of steel traps and sping [sic] guns." In the left background is a smaller house labeled "The Cottage".
Description:
Title from letterpress text below image., Date inferred from the depiction of Queen Caroline at Brandenburgh House, where she lived in 1820-21., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., "Entered at Stationers' Hall. Price one shilling"--Below imprint and above printer's statement., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Watermark: T. Edmonds 1819., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 64 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Geo. IV" identified in ink below image.
Publisher:
Published by J. Dawson, Camden Town; and sold by every bookseller and newsman in the kingdom and Printed by W. Smith, King Street, Seven Dials
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, and Brandenburgh House (London, England),
"George IV, indecorously sprawling, sits on a settee between the Duchess of Richmond (left) and Lady Hertford (right), an arm round each. On the garter at his knee: 'honi . . .' Both ladies exclaim: "God! save the King," the latter's hands clasped as if in supplication. Identifications are given by a book at the feet of the Duchess: 'Second Edition The Spruce Widow in two sheets', and by pictures above the head of each (left to right): 'Richmond', a country inn, with a stag's head sign; 'Solomon in his Glory', the King (crowned) surrounded by fat ladies (the two most prominent wearing coronets), all eager for kisses; 'Hertford', a landscape coloured to indicate a sunset and partly covered by a curtain. Empty wine-bottles lie on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue and "On the death of George III the new king was seriously ill. For the ladies see British Museum Satires No. 13222, &c. For some time he had been seeing less of Lady Hertford and had become attached to Lady Conyngham, cf. British Museum Satires No. 13847."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., "Turn over"--Etched in lower right corner, beneath title., Publisher's advertisement written in ink in lower left corner of plate: Just pubd. "How to get un-married" &c., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 57 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Lady Conyngham" and "Lady Hertford" identified in ink in lower margin; date "1820" written in lower right. Typed extract of ten lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J.L. Marks, No. 2 Sandy's Row, Bishopsgate
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, Richmond and Lennox, Charlotte, Duchess of, 1768-1842, and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861.
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Mistresses, Crowns, Sofas, Books, Draperies, Pictures, and Bottles
George IV, wearing a coat and top hat, punches a plainly dressed Caroline in the face on a dirt street in front of buildings; blood gushes from her nose as she falls backwards from the blow. Lady Conyngham, elegantly dressed, stands behind the King and converses with a soldier on the left edge of the design. Another man, dressed as royalty in a fur-lined cape, stands in a doorway on the right, angrily pointing and yelling at a woman; a sign posted next to the doorway advertises "The Life of King Henry VIII." A dog runs in the foreground on the right, its collar reading "John Bull."
Alternative Title:
A Royal example!, or, A Westminster blackguard illusing his wife, Westminster blackguard illusing his wife, and Westminster blackguard ill-using his wife
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed twice; "Marks fect." is etched within bottom center portion of image, and "Marks" is etched beneath lower right corner of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Watermark (mostly trimmed)., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 62 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Lady Conyngham," "George IV," and "Caroline" identified in pencil at bottom of sheet; a mostly illegible note, with the date "1820" at the end, is written in pencil in lower right.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Benbow, St. Clemends [sic] Church Yard, Starnd [sic]
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861
Subject (Topic):
Fighting, Family violence, Mistresses, Soldiers, Doors & doorways, and Dogs
Caricature of the British Prime Minister presenting crowns to King George IV in the Brighton Pavilion, surrounded by Chinese objects and figures. The King is seen from behind, brandishing a scepter and sovereign's orb
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly by William Heath, to which the British Museum catalogue attributes many prints from this time period with S.W. Fores's address spelled "Picadilli" in imprint., A speech bubble from the Prime Minister reads: I can't indeed I can't consider the poor Starving Manufacturers., A speech bubble from the King reads: Now if you don't Increase my Salary half a Million, I'll send you to Liverpool., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., 1 print : etching ; sheet 24.6 x 34.8 cm., Printed on laid paper with watermark "G. Pike 1820"; hand-colored. Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 6 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Liverpool" and "Geo. IV" identified in ink above title; date "March 1820" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. Ma[r]ch 30, 1820, by S.W. Fores, Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England), George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., and Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828.
Subject (Topic):
Crowns, Scepters, Art objects, Decorations, and Furnishings
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., First in a series of four prints about the witnesses in the trial of Queen Caroline. See: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10, page xlviii, note 1., "No. 1"--Upper right corner., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 12.4 x 17.4 cm, on sheet 12.7 x 17.7 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 8 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and With pencil annotation "of the Queen" following title.
Publisher:
Pub. by Humphrey, St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Print shows a large concert-room, which is partly a music-shop, where the Regent sits playing a 'cello. At his feet is a paper: 'Proposals for Six Charity Concerts'. Facing him stands an elderly 'cit', a John Bull, who listens delightedly. The Regent says: "There Sir is one of the finest toned Instruments, I ever touched, and our own making. Nobody makes Instruments like us. That Humbug fiddle is out of Tune." The 'cit' answers "Charming." Behind the Regent are Bloomfield playing a flute, and a man wearing clerical bands playing a violin. Behind them is a counter on which are two piles of songs 'For Sale cheap'; one is 'Bold Flinty Rock', the other 'Beautiful Maid'. Behind the counter a man supports on his shoulders a musician holding out a violin, and declaiming: "This will do, and Sir give me leave to say, No Scholar of ours shall ever use any Music or Instruments but our own, What do you think of that eh? & I am a Director, what do you think of that eh?" Two fashionably dressed ladies in the foreground address the Regent. One kneels, extending her arms dramatically, saying: "Indeed if you will Engage us we will not only buy all our Music and Instruments of you, but make our Scholars do the same." The other, identified as Miss Stephens, the vocalist and actress (1794-1882): "Indeed we will!" A piano is on the extreme right, behind this stands Braham holding a piece of music and extending an arm to disgruntled performers who are hurrying from the room, saying: "Fly not yet." Three of those departing say respectively: "We are off"; "You had better open a Cook Shop next and sell Calves heads and Cow heels"; "I'll lend you no more 4.000.s C-ts." The music stacked behind them is inscribed 'Detached Peices' [sic]. On the left Lord Eldon and Chief Justice Abbott, both in wig and gown, stand together. Eldon says: "Since our Master has taken to this Concern all our Business is Suspended." Abbott answers: "Suspended, why I have here a list of 21 fellows who ought to be Suspended." A man standing behind them says, looking at the Regent: "What then you intend to ruin all the Composers, Music Sellers, and Instrument makers do you? & this is a specimen of your correctness is it? 36 blunders in 9 pages of one Peice. Cossac Song above 30 errors. Dramatic Air worse 2d do worse still." On the extreme left is Yarmouth's smiling profile; he says: "I'll bet a Crown to One and Twenty pence, against the Hazard of being blown up by the Gas." Music on the shelves behind them is inscribed: 'the Y-m-ih Waltz'; 'Jack Ketch set to Mus[ic]'. Behind the Regent: 'New Peices'; 'Rogues March'; 'Royal Airs'. Behind the Director: 'Catches Glees, Flats and Sharps.'
Alternative Title:
Monopoly a catch for 21 voices with a royal base
Description:
Title from text above image., Etched by Robert Cruikshank, with parts done by George Cruikshank; see British Museum catalogue., Later state, with title moved from below image to above and all text in lower margin (including imprint) re-etched; text also added to several of the speech bubbles, and changes made to the figures and their speech bubbles on the extreme right side of the image. For an earlier state, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 724 835G., Date of publication "March 1820" in imprint follows place of publication "London" and precedes publisher's statement., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Text below image consists of seven stanzas of verse in four columns, with the following heading: The Regents Harmonic Institution --A new song to the tune of a Cobler there was. --The English are a nation of shop-keepers French opinion., Verses begin: No more let V-t-t embarrass his mind, for ways or for means new expedients to find ..., Mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 5 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Central figure of "George IV" identified in pencil beneath image. Typed extract of sixteen lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Regent’s Harmonic Institution, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882, Braham, John, 1774-1856, Abbott, Charles, Baron Tenterden, 1762-1832, and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Music stores, Interiors, Fireplaces, Mirrors, Musical instruments, Violoncellos, Flutes, Violins, Pianos, and Drums (Musical instruments)
"Caricature on the trial of Queen Caroline: John Bull dances holding a card with the Queen of Hearts, while other hearts dance around his feet."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bull's trump
Description:
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with roulette ; plate mark 25.1 x 19.9 cm, on sheet 26 x 20.5 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 51 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Date "Aug. 1820" written in ink in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Published August 1820 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Playing cards, Hearts (Symbols), and Dance
"An intricate design with small inset scenes, the background being walls of a room covered with free copies of caricatures against George IV, chiefly relating to the Queen. On the extreme left is an open door, showing Napoleon as a tiny colossus on the summit of St. Helena (see British Museum Satires No. 12611, &c.), a steep rock. In the centre George IV, his forehead inscribed '0', stands in deep dejection, looking down; he has ass's ears, and from his fob, in place of seals, hang bottle, corkscrew (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13299), pie, &c. Loops of rope hang from his pockets. He stands on thorn-branches, as do his Ministers and brother-sovereigns, orientals excepted. No. '1' (a small scene in the background). Six Ministers dance round Britannia who is chained to the ground: Castlereagh, Sidmouth, Liverpool, Bathurst, Melville, and Wellington (names from initials); they say: "We have put him in a pretty Situation." Answer: "Laugh & Rejoice I have New Years Gifts for you in my Pockets." (He threatens them with dismissal for their failure to obtain his divorce.)The next are '2, K--g of Pru--a', a very tall officer wearing a mortar-board cap (see British Museum Satires No. 12283) who points derisively at George IV, saying: "Stupid Ass he is right enough to be ashamed of himself"; '3. Em--r of R--a', adapted from British Museum Satires No. 13010, and laughing as in that plate, but wearing a barber's bowl (Mambrino's helmet) inscribed 'New Don' [Quixote]; he says: "It is enough to set one mad"; '4. Em--r of A--a', thin and shrivelled, with his grandson, '18, Napoleon 2', a tiny figure in his pocket who says: "I wish I could move this bowl"; Francis says: "What a face." George IV's answer to the three sovereigns is "Go to School before you laugh at me Small Heads upon Tall Bodies had it not been for me you would have been on the Parish, a long time ago [an allusion to British subsidies, cf. British Museum Satires No. 12875]. Come Come you are as black as myself or our Infernal Brother." He answers 'Napoleon 2': "Be comforted, in a little time you will roll it." '5' and '6', seated together cross-legged in the foreground, are 'Great T--k' and 'Em--r of P--a', who say "Turn Turk then since thy wife no longer pleases thee" and "Prends garde qu'on ne te mette en perce." The King answers them: "For a long time I have had a great mind to do it" and "That is what I Dread." Nos. '7' to '12' are sovereigns standing in a row behind '2' and' 3'. '7 The K--g of S--n' says: "For this long year I pity but cannot help laughing in seeing you"; answer: "We shall see who will laugh the last" (Ferdinand VII since early in 1820 was in the power of revolutionaries); '6. K--g of Na--s', his head a block of 'Naples Soap', says: "My brother in misfortune speeks [sic] the truth." (There was revolution in the Two Sicilies, cf. British Museum Satires No. 14132.) Answer: "Nay all the little Dogs will Bark look at this Cake ['cake' (slang) = fool, gull, or blockhead, cf. British Museum Satires No. 10750] of Naples soap you would do better to eat your Macaroni and come and Drink with me to comfort us." '9. K--g of B--a', "It would have been better to have said nothing"; answer: "I confess it would have been better." '10. K--g of W--g'. "Clamour in such cases is wore [sic] than silence"; answer: "Experience has taught it me." '11. K--g of S--x--y.' "I in your case would have taken my wife and lived politically with her"; answer: "It would have been the most advisable Plan." '12. K--g of N--ds.' "Gratitude compels me to pity you" [see British Museum Satires No. 12102, &c.]; answer: "Think rather to preserve the Administration of thy Cheeses" [a remark borne out by the Belgian revolution of 1830]. Even bulkier than George IV is '14. L--s. tout de Suite [XVIII]', who sits on thorns, and has cloven hooves for feet and hands, animal's ears, and a small black cap or tonsure; from his shoulders hangs a long rosary with a dangling cross. Looking up at George IV with a cynical smile he says: "Poor fool"; answer: "At last comes the Kick of the Ass, But I have a Dish ready forhim." Behind Louis is '13. Em--r of Ch--na', saying: "You look a thousand times more like a Chinese than myself in your B--s pavillion"; answer: "Thou art the only one I could not deceive." Standing in the doorway are three well-dressed young men who are 'People', they are 15-17, and look at the King with smiling contempt; the third points to Napoleon. '15.' "You are the laughing stock of your faithful brothers who are no better than yourself"; answer: "It is true when too late I have open'd my eyes, but look at my pockets and you will find Ropes for my M--n--st--rs and my Brothers." '16' "We have found you out at length in spite of your mask do us justice or we shall give you your deserts Whitehall is not gone and there is room for you all" [an allusion to Charles I's fate, cf. British Museum Satires No. 13269]; answer: "Do it yourselves, it will be the shortest way." '17.' "Boney Boney you alone deserve our tears your fall has been as fatal to them as to ourselves your return would save us all." Answer: "He is a Man I must allow it." (For 18 see under 4.) '19' is "Green Bag [see British Museum Satires No. 13735], inscribed Milan Commission [see British Museum Satires No. 13755]; it says: / am cruelly thrown aside and fallen into very bad hands" [see British Museum Satires No. 13986]; answer: "However all my hopes are in the [sic]." Prints (uncoloured), or ad hoc designs, completely cover the walls; only a few can be identified. The lunette under the domed ceiling contains apotheoses of Queen Caroline; these are flanked by designs, both on the vaulted ceiling, depicting the joy of John Bull (left) and Britannia (right) on her return to England, cf. British Museum Satires No. 13743. Below, on the three walls, are thirty-one prints copied or adapted regardless of the size of the originals. The two largest, in the upper left corner, are from British Museum Satires No. 13843 (simplified and perhaps combined with British Museum Satires No. 13764) and British Museum Satires No. 13786. Others are British Museum Satires No. 13210, reversed and simplified; British Museum Satires No. 13998, reversed and altered, or a similar plate; British Museum Satires No. 13830, simplified, or a similar plate; British Museum Satires Nos. 13851, 13901, 14012; the King from British Museum Satires No. 13848 (throwing mud, the Queen not depicted, the right of the plate hidden by George IV). British Museum Satires No. 13508, a small woodcut, appears as a full-sized print; British Museum Satires No. 14029 is simplified and the domes of the Pavilion are introduced. The origins of twenty others have not been traced. On the floor behind Louis XVIII (left) are partly rolled caricatures, and on the right is a print (coloured) of Castlereagh standing behind a huge pie from which he carves portions for four supplicants, evidently the King of Prussia, the Tsar, the Emperor of Austria, and (?) Bernadotte (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13619). As a pendant to this is a battle scene: the statue of Napoleon presides over an empty throne; beside it stands a woman who offers crown and sceptre to a little boy (his son) who runs to take it, holding the hand of a Grenadier, beside whom is another soldier (cf. British Museum Satires No. 12707)."--British Museum online catalogue and "A Bonapartist satire in which the King's unpopularity and failure in the Queen's affair is related to the revolutionary state of Europe in 1820 (of which little specific knowledge is shown; cf. British Museum Satires No. 14113), and Louis XVIII is depicted as a priest-ridden fool. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 14050."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dialogue between King Naughty and his Brothers Consorts, Caracature of all caracatures presenting the joke of the day, and To every one his due
Description:
Title etched below image., Manuscript imprint "Pubd. by John Milleville, Hampstead" added in ink in lower right portion of image. Impression at the British Museum has an identical imprint written in the same spot., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Below the title is the 'Dialogue' in parallel columns: (left) speeches of persons numbered '1-19'; (right) answers from George IV headed 'Answers of No. 0 (K--G Naughty)'"--British Museum online catalogue., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 52 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Date "1820" written in ink in lower right corner. Two typed extracts (comprising twenty-four lines total) from the British Museum catalogue description are pasted above and below print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by John Milleville, Hampstead
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Melville, Robert Saunders Dundas, Viscount, 1771-1851, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1762-1834, Frederick William II, King of Prussia, 1744-1797, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Mahmud II, Sultan of the Turks, 1784-1839, Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies, 1751-1825, Maximilian I Joseph, King of Bavaria, 1756-1825, Friedrich August I, King of Saxony, 1750-1827, William I, King of the Netherlands, 1772-1843, Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824, and Jiaqing, Emperor of China, 1760-1820
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Politicians, Corkscrews, Dance, Military officers, Heads of state, Ethnic stereotypes, Prints, and Bottles
"The King stands waist-deep in a broad-based Green Bag (see British Museum Satires No. 13735), holding up his arms, and exclaiming: "A Rat! A Rat! my Kingdom for a Rat!!!" Huge rats climb up the bag and nibble at it, others run towards it, or emerge from holes. Ministers are imprisoned in the bag with the King, and struggle to get out. Near the base (left) emerge the head and arms of Castlereagh; he says: "Knaw away my fine fellows and extricate me." Above him is Sidmouth, crying: "I wish I could find some hole large enough to creep out at." Eldon's head and hands emerge from three holes; he asks: "Was the Pillory ever made for me? will no Rat assist me? let me out to consider of it." Above him is Liverpool, saying: "We shall certainly be all smother'd in this Infernal Bag." The Devil is between Castlereagh and Eldon, shovel in hand; he says: "I can make a hole for myself to creep out at." Each rat has an inscription: 'Church' and 'Corruption' are on the bag, flanking the King. Other nibblers are 'Pension', 'Place', 'Sinacure' [sic], and 'Dr Slop' [Stoddart, i.e. the 'New Times']; near the last is the 'Courier', and behind (right) the 'Vice C--' [Leach]. John Bull and Mrs. Bull, a farmer and his wife, stand on the left and right; John holds the chain of his savage dog, still attached to its kennel but eager to get at the rats; he says: "Odzooks, I'll let my Dog loose and worry them all." Mrs. Bull points angrily, and shouts: "Destroy the Vermin John--let our Dog loose.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
How to get out of the bag
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 54 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Londonderry," "Sidmouth," "Liverpool," and "Eldon" identified in pencil on mounting sheet below print; date "Aug. 1820" written in ink in lower right. Typed extract of two lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted above print.
Publisher:
Published August 1820 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):
Leach, John, John Bull (Symbolic character), Rats, Bags, Politicians, Devil, Shovels, Dogs, and Kennels
"The three witches of Macbeth, hooded and cloaked, each holding a broom, are Liverpool (left), Sidmouth and Castlereagh (right). They surround a huge cauldron inscribed 'Cast--gh & C° Brass Manufacturers Fecit.', each adding something to the flames which tower up from it, surrounded by heavy smoke. A winged Devil at the apex of the design empties into the cauldron the contents of an 'Infernal Green Bag'; from it fall a dagger, a leech, tiny figures, manacles, a razor, an antlered animal's head, many legal papers docketed 'Lies'. Others are contributed by the witches; papers inscribed: 'Divorce', 'Reports', 'Leach', and 'Cooke'. There are also flames under the pot, which, are tended by two naked demons, one with the head of Canning who uses bellows inscribed 'Mother Hunn' [see British Museum Satires No. 13617]; the other with the head of Wellington, who uses a red-hot 'Waterloo Poker'. The Canning-demon sits on the back of a naked female demon (? his mother) who is blowing the flames. On the extreme left and right, each attended by a 'Blue Devil' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 14598), stand George IV and the Duke of York. The King, his arms raised, exclaims: "Tell me ye d--n'd infernal Hags of Night, shall Fr--k reign?" [i.e. shall he get a divorce, remarry, and block his brother's succession, see No. 13789]. He stretches across the crown and sceptre which are on the ground. His Blue Devil, touching the George which is suspended from his neck, and his gartered leg ('Honi So[it]'), says: "All hail Macbeth! thou'rt now the cause of Laughter." The Duke of York, in uniform and holding a naked sword inscribed 'the Army', says: "I'll do!--I'll do!--I'll do!--" His attendant Blue Devil: "All hail Macduff!! that shall be K--g hereafter--." The witches chant their parodies. Liverpool: "In the Cauldron first we'll mingle, What shall make great Macbeth single; Oath of an Italian Slave-- Earth of Snuffy [Queen Charlotte] from the grave-- Blood of Radicals--and last In let the Divorce be cast, Hubble, bubble,Toil and trouble, Fire blase and Cauldron bubble!!--" Castlereagh: "Put in C--ke of Lincolns Inn, All that's evil, all that's sin, L--ch's honor--and Britain's shame, Put them in, and fan the flame, Now the broth is good and strong, Macbeth shall again be young." Sidmouth: "Cats, that draw the Soldiers blood, Chains, that bind the brave and good, Tongue of slander, Eye of hate, Mix--and now our charm's complete." He holds a scourge, the attribute of Castlereagh, cf. British Museum Satires No. 14135."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Shakespeare travestie and Shakespeare travesty
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 54 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "George IV," "Liverpool," "Sidmouth," "Londonderry," "Wellington," and "Duke of York" identified in pencil at bottom of sheet; name of "Canning" added in pencil on mounting sheet, beneath his depiction in the print. Date "Aug. 1820" written in ink in lower right. Typed extract of two lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Published August 1820 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Leach, John, 1760-1834., and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Witches, Cauldrons, Capes (Clothing), Brooms & brushes, Fire, Bags, Devil, Daggers & swords, Worms, Demons, Whips, Divorce, Crowns, Scepters, Military uniforms, and British
"Italian witnesses, in a large bare room or warehouse, where three are being washed in a large bath by Castlereagh, Sidmouth, and Liverpool. The bath is inscribed: 'Waters of Oblivion. Non mi Recordo [sic]--Ministerial Washing Tub--!' The three witnesses are villainous-looking, and coloured brown. Castlereagh empties a bucket over the head of one, saying: "Can the Etheopean change his Colour." Sidmouth, plying comb and scrubbing-brush, says: "Or the leper his Spots." Liverpool turns to a lawyer (right) saying: "I never had such a dirty job in my life." The lawyer, Gifford the Attorney-General, answers: "We must have them perfect in their Story before they go." He holds a document inscribed 'Milan' [see British Museum Satires No. 13755, &c.]. A second lawyer sits at his feet, mending a pair of breeches. He says: "They are truely a filthy set, we must clear them of Vermin." The discarded garments of the men in the tub lie on the ground, with combs, a lump of 'Itch Ointment', and a box of 'Sulphor'. There are also two boxes: one (left) of 'Windsor Soap', the other (right), 'New Rigging from Monmouth Street' (where second-hand clothes were sold). Three ragged ruffians wait their turn, seated on the ground. Two play cards; one says: "Quel Maledetto Sacco"; the other responds "Ah! quel Sacco" (the Green Bag, see British Museum Satires No. 13735). On the wall behind them hang 'Italian Masks and Daggers just imported.' A high shelf runs round the room, on which stand a pile of 'Dutch Cheese', bottles of 'Italian Oil' and 'Botled Frogs', casks of 'Shalots and Garlick', 'Sour Grout', 'Portable Soup', 'Salt Herrings', 'Butter', a huge basket of 'Eggs', and three jars of 'Pickle'. By the wall on the extreme right, next the lawyers, is a cannon pointing through an aperture."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mills., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 53 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Sidmouth," "Londonderry," "Liverpool," and "Eldon" identified in pencil at bottom of sheet; date "1820" written in ink in lower right. Typed extract of five lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 1820 by T. Dolby, 132 Strand
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, and Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826
"Majocchi stands shoulder deep in a transparent jar, inscribed 'Urinal', his feet resting on a sealed green bag, 'The Green Bag' (see British Museum Satires No. 13735), in front of which is a leech, 'Horse Leech', with Leach's head, see British Museum Satires No. 13740. Majocchi stares at the spectator, shouting: "Signior - "Non mi recordo" [see British Museum Satires No. 13827]. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 13857."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 55 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Typed extract of three lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Published August 1820 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820, and Leach, John, 1760-1834
Title etched above image., Frontispiece to: The Court of England, or, History of King Henry VIII and his wives. London : Printed and published by J. Bailey, [1820 or 1821]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of verse below image: Henry of haughty mind and sturdy mein, with fury reign'd and often changed his Queen ..., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 50 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Sheet annotated in ink with the phase "Frontispiece to History of" above title, and with the name "Geo. IV" below image. Date "1820" added in ink in lower right.
Publisher:
Published by J. Bailey, 116, Chancery Lane, Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
"Caricature on George IV who looks with horror at a projection on the wall from a magic lantern of a vision of the future with soldiers fighting an insurrection and politicians hanging from a lamp-post."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Peep in the magic lanthorn and Peep in the magic lantern
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 59 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Londondery [sic]," "Sidmouth," and "Liverpool" identified in ink in lower right margin, followed by the date "Aug. 1820" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 1820 by Dolby, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
The King sits on a couch with Lady Conyngham on his left knee, the large feathers of her headdress extending over their heads. The couple gaze at each other amourously as a woman holding a candle (a maid?) enters through a doorway on the left. On the wall behind the woman hangs a picture of an estate with the name "[C]unningh[am]" written on the frame. Another picture on the wall to the right shows a man, probably Lord Conyngham, full-length and facing away from the viewer, antlers on his head and the speech bubble "I dont see it" in the upper left. A document on the floor to the right of the couch reads "Hertford," with a speech bubble to the immediate left reading "The right owner is." A canopy bed is seen through the open door on the left side of the design
Alternative Title:
Cunningham outwitted, Conygnham outwitted, and Fair play at Brighton
Description:
Title etched below image., Description based on an imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark and also mutilated in lower right corner, with portions of the imprint statement lost. Missing text supplied from ink annotations on the repaired corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Window mounted to 24.1 x 34.1 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 49 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and The figures of "Lady Conyngham" and "Ld. Conyngham" are identified in ink at bottom of sheet; date "24 July 1820" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 24, 1820, by Be[nbow], corner of St. Clements Church [Yard]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, and Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834.
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Mistresses, Couches, Candles, Headdresses, Feathers, Antlers, and Canopy beds
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898, collector
Published / Created:
[ca. 1835?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G (Oversize)
Container / Volume:
v.1
Image Count:
226
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A collection of 256 mostly British satirical prints and broadsides commenting on the scandalous relations between Queen Caroline and King George IV including those commenting on the "Queen Caroline Affair" of 1820, purportedly assembled by William Gladstone and mounted in chronological order in two albums. Many of the prints and broadsides are annotated apparently in W.E. Gladstone's hand, with the exact month and date of publication and the identities of the person being satirized. Later pencil annotations have been added to mounting sheet along with extracts from the description of the print from the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, these later annotations probably added by the 20th-century owner of the volumes, Ernest R. Gee
Description:
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician for over 60 years, including 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as well as 12 years as Chancellor of the Exchequer., Title devised by cataloger., Laid in volume 1, two plates removed from Impartial historical narrative of those momentous events ...r 1816 to 1823 (London: Robert Bowyer, 1823). 1) Fac simile of the autographs of the royal family: Also of those peers who voted during the investigation of the charges against Queen Caroline in the House of Lords, 1820. 2) Autographs of those peers who voted during the investigation of the charges against Queen Caroline 1820 ... ., Also laid in volume 1, one leaf (pages 39-40) of an unidentifed work that includes a table: List of names on the two engraved plates of autographs., One French print included: L'amour ainsi qu la nature n'connaissent pas ces distances lá / by Williams Jonhson., Date based on latest annotation in the album., and Bound in later 19th- or early 20th-century black morocco, boards and spine elaborately tooled in gilt.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, and Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898, collector
Published / Created:
[ca. 1835?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G (Oversize)
Container / Volume:
v.2
Image Count:
222
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A collection of 256 mostly British satirical prints and broadsides commenting on the scandalous relations between Queen Caroline and King George IV including those commenting on the "Queen Caroline Affair" of 1820, purportedly assembled by William Gladstone and mounted in chronological order in two albums. Many of the prints and broadsides are annotated apparently in W.E. Gladstone's hand, with the exact month and date of publication and the identities of the person being satirized. Later pencil annotations have been added to mounting sheet along with extracts from the description of the print from the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, these later annotations probably added by the 20th-century owner of the volumes, Ernest R. Gee
Description:
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician for over 60 years, including 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as well as 12 years as Chancellor of the Exchequer., Title devised by cataloger., Laid in volume 1, two plates removed from Impartial historical narrative of those momentous events ...r 1816 to 1823 (London: Robert Bowyer, 1823). 1) Fac simile of the autographs of the royal family: Also of those peers who voted during the investigation of the charges against Queen Caroline in the House of Lords, 1820. 2) Autographs of those peers who voted during the investigation of the charges against Queen Caroline 1820 ... ., Also laid in volume 1, one leaf (pages 39-40) of an unidentifed work that includes a table: List of names on the two engraved plates of autographs., One French print included: L'amour ainsi qu la nature n'connaissent pas ces distances lá / by Williams Jonhson., Date based on latest annotation in the album., and Bound in later 19th- or early 20th-century black morocco, boards and spine elaborately tooled in gilt.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, and Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843
"A large quasi-cylindrical Green Bag, see British Museum Satires No. 13735, stands at an angle with the ground like a mortar (and suggesting the Regent's Bomb, see British Museum Satires No. 12799), aimed at the Queen (left), who stands with right arm raised, left hand on breast, demonstrating innocence. Castlereagh touches it with a firebrand inscribed Lies, as if putting a match to a touch-hole; flames and papers shoot from the bag, but strike against the large shield, inscribed "Truth" and "Inocence," held by a woman in classical draperies, who is air-borne above the Queen, and raises the flaming sword Justice. She says fiercely: "Back to your Native Hell." She and the Queen are irradiated by a sun in the upper left corner. The flames are inscribed "Adultry" and "Charges"; the papers are "Evidence of the Baron Ompteda Lies &c" [see British Museum Satires No. 13745]; "Adultry with a servant" [Bergami]; "Charges." The blasts of flame strike on the shield and ricochet back against Castlereagh and his supporters, and downwards upon writhing serpents and a skull which have come out of the bag. These boomerang-flames are "Charges Repeld" and "Charges"; they terminate in great clouds of "Smoke." Behind Castlereagh (the only one who stands his ground, though alarmed) are Sidmouth holding his nose, (?) Sir John Leach (see British Museum Satires No. 13740), and two others, poorly characterized; these four are escaping to the right."--British Museum catalogue and A satire on Viscount Castlereagh as a leader in the prosecution of Queen Caroline
Alternative Title:
Green bag open'd and Green bag opened
Description:
Title etched below image., "Argus" was formerly a pseudonym of Charles Williams, but in this case an attribution to William Heath is instead suggested; see page 799 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., Watermark: J. Whatman 1819., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 43 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and The figures of "Caroline" and "Londondery [sic]" are identified in black ink in lower margin; date "10 July 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of twelve lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Publd. July 10th, 1820, by Richd. Fores, 71 Leadenhall Street, Aldgate
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822., Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Leach, John, 1760-1834
"A hand, 'Manus Populi', extends into the design from the upper margin, holding a chain from which hangs a pair of scales. On one (right), close to the ground, sits the Queen, hands crossed on her breast, saying: "My innocence will support me & my Country will protect me-- 10 Great Men against one unprotected Woman are fearful odds." The other scale, high in the air, is completely filled by a green bag, see British Museum Satires No. 13735, from the mouth of which emerges the head of George IV, crowned. Attached to the beam, by a rope round his neck, hangs a military officer, holding a huge key; as a makeweight he dangles vainly against the left side of the King's bag. Three men standing below pull at the scale, trying to drag it down: they are Sidmouth (left), a judge in back view (? Leach), and Castlereagh (right), who says: "We cannot do it, and I told you so at first, & if she opens her bag we shall be stifled all of us." The King looks down at them with a distressed expression, saying: "Pull you lubbers.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Green bag, its contents and all its appendages are insufficient to turn the scale of public opinion
Description:
Title etched below image., Date precedes publisher's statement in imprint., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 1 print : etching ; sheet 33.9 x 23.7 cm., Printed on laid paper with watermark "J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1819"; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 35.1 x 25 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 44 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Liverpool," "Eldon," "Londondery [sic]," and "Caroline" identified in black ink below image; date "11 July 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of three lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Leach, John, 1760-1834
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Military officers, British, Keys (Hardware), Scales, and Bags
"A large green bag with broken seals, inscribed 'Private Property', stands on the ground filled with large ornate pieces of plate, decorated with crowns and the initials 'C.P.W.' This Ministers are rifling; Eldon places on his head a huge bowl, saying: "This Bowl will be an "heir loom" to my descendants--I have it Scot free and I shall have it inscribed with my Titles and emblazon'd with my Arms--" Canning holds on his head a tea-service, saying, "So help me G-- I should not touch an Iota of the Plate, was I not determined to prevent it falling into the hands of Such Rascals." Castlereagh, smiling, helps himself to an urn, saying: "This Urn will be an addition to my Side Board when I get a Dukedome--Our Master has desired us to divide the Contents of this Green bag--I obey orders--." In the doorway (left) stands John Bull in a smock; he waves his hat to a throng of country people who are running towards him, saying: "Theives! Theives!! Let us protect private property!!!" The country people shout "Stop Theif!!"; "Assist the Q--n"; "Robbers!!"; "Plunderers!!" On the right Sidmouth and a man in court-dress hurry off each with a (green) sack of 'Plunder' on his back; Sidmouth, carrying a tea-urn, says: "Let us make our Escape my L--d its all over with us let us take care of what we have got." The other, carrying a kettle on his head, says: "This is a pretty kettle of Fish that fellow has given the Alarm and we shall be pursued." They walk towards a flaming fire in the foreground, in which is the Devil pointing his trident at the plunderers, and shouting, "Gentlemen I am come for ye." A pendant to this on the left is a newly-made grave: 'The Grave', with skull, bones, pick, and shovel.."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Plundering the Q-n's plate and Plundering the Queen's plate
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 46 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Eldon," "Canning," "Liverpool," "Sidmouth," and "Castlereagh" identified in pencil at botoom of sheet. Typed extract of seven lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Published July 1820 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Canning, George, 1770-1827
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Bags, Robberies, Bowls (Tableware), Tea services, Urns, Doors & doorways, Fire, and Devil
Print showing George IV in a rage against family members (Frederick and William) who are unwilling to lend their support for the Bill of Pains and Penalties and his divorce from Caroline; he smashes a bottle of wine over the head of Frederick and prepares to throw another bottle at William. A woman, possibly Lady Conyngham, offers words of encouragement from behind a drape, while a man leaning through a window says, "Hollo Georgy, mind what y'our after if you offend Fred: he has got a Red Rod in Pickle for you."
Alternative Title:
Family quarrels
Description:
Title etched below image., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 48 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Duke of York," "Prince Leopold," "George IV," and "Lady Conyngham" are identified in pencil at bottom of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 23, 1820, by King, Chancery Lane
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827., and William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837.
Subject (Topic):
Family, Families, Divorce, Adultery, Anger, Brothers, Mistresses, Throwing, Bottles, Draperies, Pineapples, Military uniforms, and British
"Heading to a printed broadside. An enormous leech with the head and wig of Sir John Leach (see British Museum Satires No. 13740) advances menacingly upon three little men (right) who flee. Three others (left) register disgust, holding their noses. They say: "Tom T--dman's cart is nothing to compare to it; It stinks worse than a Pole-cat; D--n it what a Stench." A woman staggers backwards, saying: "Bring me a Smelling Bottle or I shall Die." One man lies on the ground fainting or dead. The leech is backed by clouds of smoke. Below the title: "The common damn'd shun its society, and think themselves fiends less foul." The text describes 'the Great Black Leech lately discovered at Milan . . .' procured 'at a great expense, at the special instance of the State "Doctor" [Sidmouth], . . . for 'the performance of an operation to relieve the Great Man's complaint' (a troubled mind). It was abortive and he is 'worse than ever'. Attempts to check its 'vicious propensities' were vain 'until Dr. Hone skilfully applied some "printer's ink" to it'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 42 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Leech [sic]" identified in black ink below image; date "1820" written in lower right corner of sheet. Typed extract of two lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Benbow, 269 Strand
Subject (Name):
Leach, John, 1760-1834, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
"Print showing George IV, in the title role of Mozart's opera, surprised by the sudden arrival of his wife, Caroline, as Donna Anna, lately returned from Italy, during the wedding feast scene, at which a number of bare breasted women are present; on the left, Lord Castlereagh, playing the role of Leporello, holds a long list of the King's female conquests."--Library of Congress online catalog
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: Don Giovanni by His M-y, Donna Anna by a celebrated actress, her first appearance on this stage these 7 years, Leporello by Derry Down Triangle, the other caricters [sic] by the Corps de Ballet., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; sheet 24 x 34 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 49 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "George IV" and "Qu. Caroline" identified in pencil at bottom of sheet; date "28 July 1820" written in ink in lower right.
Publisher:
Pub. July 23, 1820, by H. Fores, 16 Panton St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Subject (Topic):
Operas & operettas, Adultery, Surprise, Banquets, Dining tables, and Chandeliers
Depiction of George IV in a rage against family members (Frederick and William) who are unwilling to lend their support for his divorce from Caroline; he kicks a man (Bloomfield?) while pursuing his brothers, who are in uniform and seen fleeing on the right side of the design. Papers inscribed "Protocol" and "No devorce [sic]" fly in the air. A toppled chair rests on the floor to the left of the King; a bottle of wine falls off a table behind him, upon which fruit (including pineapples) rests. A John Bull figure watches the scene from the background on the left, an astonished look on his face
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 50 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Bloomfield," "P. Leopold," and "D. York" identified in ink at bottom of sheet; date "30 July 1820" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. by H. Fores, Panton St., Haymarket
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Bloomfield, Benjamin Bloomfield, Baron, 1768-1846, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, Adultery, Anger, Kicking, Brothers, Pineapples, Military uniforms, and British
"Caricature on the trial of Queen Caroline with her accusers on the stage of St Stephens with a cast of witnesses from the trial, addressing John Bull."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to William Heath from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Temporary local subject terms: Walking sticks -- Hampton Court -- Male costume: 1820 -- Italians., 1 print : etching ; sheet 24.2 x 33.9 cm., Prited on laid paper with watermark; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 48 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Castlereigh [sic]," "Londonderry," and "Sidmouth" identified in pencil below image; date "23 [sic] July 1820" writted in ink in lower right.
Publisher:
Pub. July 22, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic], London
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821. and St. Stephen's Chapel (Westminster, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Stages (Platforms), Horns (Communication devices), Ethnic stereotypes, Witnesses, Staffs (Sticks), and Signs (Notices)
"The King (right) and Queen (left) hurl mud at each other. By the former (who wears jack-boots) is a bucket of 'Italian Filth' [see British Museum Satires No. 13762, &c.]; the Queen's (similar) bucket is inscribed 'Filth from St Giles's, St James, Portman Sqr, Hamilton Place [the Conynghams' address, see British Museum Satires No. 13847] &c &c &c.'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching ; sheet 22.3 x 32.1 cm., Printed on laid paper with the watermark "G. Pike 1820"; hand-colored., Window mounted to 23.5 x 33.5 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 79 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Geo. IV" and "Caroline" identified in ink below image; date "5 Sept. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of three lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pub. Sep. 5th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861.
A satirical coat of arms, the supporters of which are a lion with the head of Queen Caroline (left) and a unicorn with the head of George IV (right). The crest is a crown, topped with a dog. The text above reads "The lioness and unicorn fighting for the crown," and within a banner at the bottom is the phrase "Dieu et mon droit." The shield at center contains four small scenes, labeled (clockwise) "Decapitation," "Martial Law," "Coronation," and "Reform"; the motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" appears on a belt surrounding the circular shield. On the left edge of the design, a John Bull figure stands on a pedestal inscribed "Constitution" and holds a spear with a banner reading "Justice" at top; on the right edge, a soldier stands on a pedestal inscribed "Despotism" and carries a sword and firearm. A blindfolded figure of Justice, holding a sword and scales, sits in the lower left; the contrasting figure in the lower right is a fat demon holding a scourge and a snake, a bottle next to him
Alternative Title:
Old oak in danger
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 80 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Date "Sept. 1820" written in ink in lower right.
Publisher:
Published September 1820 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Coats of arms, Crowns, Lions, Unicorns, Dogs, Spears, Sodliers, British, Justice, Daggers & swords, and Scales
"George IV, much caricatured, and naked except for breeches, reclines on a bed of roses, attended by three plump ladies who bend over him, and whom he regards amorously.They are Mrs. Q-- (Quentin), see British Museum Satires No. 13889, and, apparently, her two young daughters, with whom the King plays. For the King as an infant cf. British Museum Satires No. 13764, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Royal great baby among the roses
Description:
Title etched below image., Frontispiece to: Hunter, R. A peep into the cottage at Windsor, or, "Love among the roses". London : Printed and published by W. Benbow ..., 1820., Approximate month of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 8 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and With "Peep into Cottage at Windsor" written in upper margin and date "1820" written in lower right, both in black ink. Also with four lines in sepia ink concerning Geroge IV's mistresses, written vertically in the left and right margins. Figure of "George IV" identified in pencil on mounting leaf below print, beneath which is pasted a typed extract of two lines from the British Museum catalogue description.
Publisher:
W. Benbow
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Quentin, Georgina
"Caricature on George IV, standing holding a placard wearing cuckold's horns."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Printmaker's name in statement of responsibility in the form of a monogrammatic device formed by the letters "SV" followed by a depiction of an owl and the letters "es"., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 34.9 x 24.7 cm., Printed on wove paper with watermark "D. & A. Cowan"; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 71 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "George IV" identified in pencil at bottom of sheet; date "24 Aug. 1820" written in ink in lower right.
Publisher:
Pubd. 24 Augt.1820 by one of the Society for Exposing of Vice
"Scene in the House of Lords at the Queen's 'trial', showing the throne against the end wall, with the two (temporary) galleries. The Queen exclaims in terror, both arms raised, at the sight of the first witness against her, Majocchi, and of the ghost of Princess Charlotte, who stands, draped in white, beside him, holding her infant, with an arm extended towards the Queen. The latter shrieks: "Theodore!! my Daughter too! ah! what have I done!!! Oh speak." The ghost, garbling Hamlet's words (III. iv, ll. 40-5; 92-4): "Such an Act good Mother, as blurs the / "Grace and Blush of Modesty, calls Virtue Hippocrite / "makes marriage vows as false as Dicers Oaths--Oh / "such a deed! to live in the rank sweat of an / ensemen'd bed stived [sic] in Corruption." Majocchi says: "Non mi Ricardo" [sic]. Beside the Queen, and on the extreme right, are Brougham and Denman, her counsel; they hold documents inscribed 'Defence of the Queen' and 'Queens Defence'. Both register astonished horror: Brougham exclaims (misquoting 'Hamlet', I. ii): "All is not well--I doubt / "some foul play!--for foul / "deeds, will rise--." Denman: "'Tis very strange!" ['Hamlet', I. ii]. The prosecuting counsel (left) are equally disturbed: Gifford, grasping the 'Bill of Pains [and P]enalties', exclaims, misquoting Horatio ['Hamlet', I. i]: "Behold it starteth like / "a guilty thing upon a shamefull "Summons." Copley: "Angels and Ministers / "of Grace defend us" ['Hamlet', I. iv]. A seated judge turns to them, pointing to the Queen, saying: "Look to the Queen!!" ['Hamlet', v. ii]. There is a background of peers, freely indicated, all startled, while spectators watch from the galleries. In the centre foreground a large green bag (see British Museum Satires No. 13735) stands on the floor, from which clouds of smoke emerge; it has a strap (unbuckled) in the form of a huge Garter, inscribed 'Ho[ni]... Pense'. On the bag is a garbled version of Macbeth's words (I. ii): "Will all great Neptune's Ocean wash this Blood clean from this Bag? No! rather shall this Bag the multitudinous Realm incarnadine making the Green one Red.""--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching ; sheet 24.6 x 34.9 cm., Printed on wove paper., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 70 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Pss. Charlotte," "Theodore Majocchi," and "Caroline" identified in black ink above title; note "21 - Aug. 1820" added in ink in lower right corner, beneath the pencil annotation "Aug. 1820." Typed extract of fifteen lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Pubd. by R.A. Fores, No. 71 Leadenhall St., Aldgate
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817, Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826, and Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863
A caricature of Queen Caroline embracing her lover Bartolomeo Bergami
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum online catalogue., Probably an early state. For a variant state with the text "Le cannon est en bas" following title, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1949,1008.49., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Jewelry: Male earring., 1 print : etching ; sheet 23.9 x 34.6 cm., Printed on laid paper with watermark "Weatherley & Lane 1818"; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 75 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Caroline" and "Bergami" identified in pencil at bottom of sheet.
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 and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
"Heading to a broadside printed in two columns. In a coop (right) are cocks and hens with human heads, the foreign witnesses against Queen Caroline. Sidmouth empties coins from a large green bag into their feeding trough, resting one foot on an apothecary's pestle and mortar. On the extreme left is a countryman in a smock who hands a letter to Castlereagh, saying: "Your Servent Sirs, I be com'd from a great fat Gentleman at W--d--r who wishes to know whether your Foreign Brood feeds well and if they are likely to pay for their keeping and he hopes, you'll keep a strict Eye over 'em and not let 'em take Flight as he understands they are very shy--and he says you shou'd look to their Plumage as he dont know but they may soon be made a Show of." Castlereagh, who holds a scourge, answers: "They thrive so fast they'll soon be fit for use--The Napoleons are more fattening than Caroline Rice but I'm rather afraid of that Rastellian Capon he seems to wish to peck his way out and be off--I'm afraid he's drank too much from the Po-Well as the water at present is rather Stagnated and now he's in good condition the Milan Springs [see British Museum Satires No. 13755, &c.] must be more palatable." Liverpool stands with a hand on Castlereagh's shoulder, silently holding a large purse inscribed 'Treasury Grain'. His back is to Sidmouth, who says: "True good C--r--gh I do declare they have Molted well already what a wonderful change--& if Brougham dont clip their Wings they'll amply repay us for our trouble for they can (according to the Old Proverb) Lie as fast as a Cock pecks Barley." Majocchi looks out through the bars, saying: "I am Cock of the Walk. If you wish more to know I'm the Infamous Segnior Non mi Ri cor do" [see British Museum Satires No. 13827]. Louise Demont looks up pertly: "Once Femme De Chambre To the Queen Now I support Sids Bag of Green [see British Museum Satires No. 13735] Doodle doo." Rastelli: "I think I've had too much good living--and as I've a great weight in my Chest a Complain [sic] incidental to Cotton Yard I'll take the earliest opportunity of leaving the Coop-- besides who knows but that Phisicians Brougham and Co. might prescribe Rue and other obnoxious drugs as a remedy for the Complain." ...."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Peep into Cotton Yard Aviary, with the peculiar method of feeding to suit a Royal palate
Description:
Title from letterpress text below image., Questionable attribution to Robert Cruikshank from the British Museum catalogue., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Eight stanzas of verse in two columns beneath title, printed in letterpress: Most Noble Lords, cried G-e the Great, I have a cause of wond'rous weight ..., "Price one shilling. Entered at Stationers' Hall"--Below imprint., Publisher's advertisement at bottom of sheet: N.B. Just published, price sixpence, The cock of Cotton Walk, and the maid of all work., Watermark: J. Budgen 1819., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 67 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Londondery [sic]," "Liverpool," and "Sidmouth" identified in ink below image; date "Aug. 1820" written beneath lower right corner of image. Typed extract of nine lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Published by C.E. Pritchard, Islington Green
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820, Demont, Louisa, active 1814-1820, Rastelli, Giuseppe, active 1820, and Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868.
"Heading to a broadside printed in two columns. The King and Mrs. Nash, a very fat lady, sit facing each other, and kissing, on two chairs in the saloon of the royal yacht. He is in shirt and breeches, with dangling braces, she is elegantly dressed. He says: "I have great pleasure in visiting this part of my dominions." At his feet is a paper: 'The Loyal address of Cows.' Decanter, overturned goblet, and wine-cooler, are the chief objects in the room. In an adjacent room, partly concealed by a curtain, is seen the royal bed. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tom Tough in high glee
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Six numbered stanzas of verse in two columns beneath title, printed in letterpress: I. My name is Royal G-ge, I have seen a little service, Where pleasure like the Thames has its tide of ebb and flow ..., Price statement following imprint: -- Price 1s. coloured., Watermark: J. Budgen 1819., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 68 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Geo. IV" and "Mrs. Nash" identified in ink below image. Typed extract of eight lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Printed and published by J.L. Marks, 37, Princes-Street, Soho; and 23, Fetter-Lane, Fleet-Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Nash, Mary Anne, -1851
Interior of a large concert-room, which is partly a music-shop, where the Regent sits playing a 'cello. At his feet is a paper: 'Proposals for Six Charity Concerts'. Facing him stands an elderly 'cit', a John Bull, who listens delightedly. The Regent says: "There Sir is one of the finest toned Instruments, I ever touched, and our own making. Nobody makes Instruments like us. That Humbug fiddle is out of Tune." The 'cit' answers "Charming." Behind the Regent are Bloomfield playing a flute, and a man wearing clerical bands playing a violin. Behind them is a counter on which are two piles of songs 'For Sale cheap'; one is 'Bold Flinty Rock', the other 'Beautiful Maid'. Behind the counter a man supports on his shoulders a musician holding out a violin, and declaiming: "This will do, and Sir give me leave to say, No Scholar of ours shall ever use any Music or Instruments but our own, What do you think of that eh?" Two fashionably dressed ladies in the foreground address the Regent. One kneels, extending her arms dramatically, saying: "Indeed if you will Engage us we will not only buy all our Music and Instruments of you, but make our Scholars do the same." The other, identified as Miss Stephens, the vocalist and actress (1794-1882): "Indeed we will!" A piano is on the extreme right, behind this stands Braham, who is holding a piece of music entitled "Fly not yet" and looking to the left. Behind him, three of those departing say "off off" or "off off off"; another says "You had better open a Cook Shop next and sell Calves heads and Cow heels"; and another "I'll lend you no more 4.000.s C-ts." The music stacked behind them is inscribed 'detached pieces'. On the left Lord Eldon and Chief Justice Abbott, both in wig and gown, stand together. Eldon says: "Since our Master has taken to this Concern all our Business is Suspended." Abbott answers: "Suspended, why I have here a list of 21 fellows who ought to be Suspended." A man standing behind them says, looking at the Regent: "What then you intend to ruin all the Composers, Music Sellers, and Instrument makers do you? & this is a specimen of your correctness is it? 36 blunders in 9 pages of one Peice. Cossac Song above 30 errors. Dramatic Air worse." On the extreme left is Yarmouth's smiling profile; he says: "I'll bet a Crown to One and Twenty pence, against the Hazard." Music on the shelves behind them is inscribed: 'the Y-m-ih Waltz'; 'Jack Ketch set to Mus[ic]'. Behind the Regent: 'New Peices [sic]'; 'Rogues March'; 'Royal Airs'. Behind the Director: 'Catches Glees, Flats and Sharps.'
Alternative Title:
Monopoly a catch for 21 voices with a royal base
Description:
Title from text below image., Etched by Robert Cruikshank, with parts done by George Cruikshank; see description of a later state in the British Museum catalogue., Early state, before title moved above image and before other changes made to the plate (including re-etching verses and imprint in lower margin; adding text to various speech bubbles; and altering the figures and speech bubbles in the far right portion of the image). For a later state that includes these changes, see no. 13692 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10. See also: Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonné, 1894., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Text below image consists of seven stanzas of verse in four columns, with the following heading: The Regents Harmonic Institution. A new song to the tune of a Cobler there was. The English are a nation of shop keepers. French opinion., Verses begin: No more let V-i-t embarrass his mind, for ways or for means new expedients to find ..., Mounted to 39 x 58 cm., and Mounted on leaf 7 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Regent’s Harmonic Institution, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882, Braham, John, 1774-1856, Abbott, Charles, Baron Tenterden, 1762-1832, and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Music stores, Interiors, Fireplaces, Mirrors, Musical instruments, Violoncellos, Flutes, Violins, Pianos, and Drums (Musical instruments)
"Caricature with George IV as an auctioneer selling his royal crown with cuckold's horns to a group of ladies."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Extensive dealer, disposing of articles of his own manufacture
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1975,0621.18., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Temporary local subject terms: Crowns with cuckhold's horns -- Royal arms -- Furniture -- Auctioneer -- Costume: male, female, 1820 -- Coronets -- Cuckold's horns., 1 print : etching ; sheet 24 x 34.2 cm., Printed on laid paper with watermark "G. Pike 1820"; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 72 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "George IV" identified in pencil at bottom of sheet; date "1820" written in ink in lower right.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861.
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Crowns, Horns (Anatomy), Coats of arms, Auctions, Auctioneers, Women, and Sofas
"Caricature on the trial of Queen Caroline, with the King and Queen pulling in either direction on the two sides of gibbet on which hang four witnesses and the Constitution."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Political merry thought being a new way to get married
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 74 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Liverpool," "Londondery [sic]," "Sidmouth," "Geo. IV," "Caroline," "Ald. Wood," "Brougham," and "Denman" identified in ink at bottom of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. Aug. 28, 1820, by John Marshall Junr., 24 Little St. Martins Lane
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, and Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854
"Caricature on George IV, seated on his throne, to whom John Bull presents the Queen's letter."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Printmaker's name in statement of responsibility in the form of a monogrammatic device formed by the letters "SV" followed by a depiction of an owl and the letters "es"., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 23.4 x 33 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 76 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Date "29 Aug. 1820" written in ink in lower right corner of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. 29 Augt. 1820 by one of the Society for Exposing of Vice
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, John Bull (Symbolic character), and Thrones
"Caricature with Britannia and her lion, with the help of 'A Nation's Love', protecting Queen Caroline from the attacks of her accusers in Parliament."--British Museum online catalogue and Portrays Princess Charlotte defending her mother against attacks by George IV and his ministers
Description:
Title etched below image., With large manuscript lettering "Oh my mother, my mother" in ink above image; impression at the British Museum (registration no.: 1983,0305.31) has the same phrase written in the same place., "Argus" was an early pseudonym of Charles Williams; however, three other prints signed "Argus" from 1820 have been attributed in the British Museum catalogue to William Heath (as have others from this time period with S.W. Fores's address spelled "Picadilli" in imprint). See page 799 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., Possible artist's device follows the "Argus" signature in lower right: A cross above a circle divided into quarters., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Watermark: Weatherley & Lane 1818., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 70 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Caroline," "Eldon," "Londondery [sic]," "Sidmouth," "Liverpool," and "Geo. IV" identified in ink below image; date "23 Aug. 1820" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. Aug. 23, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, Britannia (Symbolic character), Lions, Shields, Spears, and Politicians
King George IV and entourage laden with provisions, about to embark from Brighton in the Royal Yacht; representing the extravagant monarch's distressed retreat from England at the time of the Queen's trial and "George IV leads a procession to the waterside to embark in the royal yacht, preceded by the Attorney-General with a 'Green Bag' [see No. 13735] under each arm, and a bottle of 'Milan Brandy' [see British Museum Satires No. 13755, &c.] in each hand. The latter, much caricatured and with a malevolent countenance, says: "The Tide is against His Ma--je--ty but should He be able to clear Cuckolds Point [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13769] no doubt he will easily weather Cape Horn." The King, wearing sailor's trousers, rollicks along between Lady Hertford and Lady Conyngham (see British Museum Satires No. 13847), arm-in-arm with both and looking towards the latter. He holds in one hand a purse inscribed '2/6', in the other a bottle: 'Decoction of Bergamy', and wears a long watch-ribbon inscribed 'Non mi ricordo' [see British Museum Satires No. 13827]. Both ladies carry reticules inscribed '2/6' [half a crown, cf. British Museum Satires No. 13826]. Lady Hertford: "I hope your Ma--je--ty will not forget your promise (when in Hertford) to take a peep in Y--amouth [sic] Roads--as the Sea breezes might be beneficial." Lady Conyngham: "Don't doubt us your Ma--je--ty we shall never be wanting to lend a Hand to raise the Royal G . . . e." Behind walk Sidmouth and Castlereagh, the latter wearing a triangular hat, holding a scourge and fetters and with a package inscribed 'Irish Wiskey Triangular Proceedings' [see British Museum Satires No. 14135] under his arm. Sidmouth carries a 'Royal Medecine Chest' under his arm, with a clyster-pipe (cf. British Museum Satires No. 9849) inscribed 'Portable Soup'; on his head is a commode-pan inscribed 'Stink Pot for the Radicals'. He says: "Take care of the Green Bags, Stow 'em safe-- for should the Sea Water touch them they'll rot sooner than is expected--and his Ma--je--ty would run the chance of loosing half a Crown" [see British Museum Satires No. 13826]. They are followed by Liverpool and Canning, both wearing, like the King, top-hats ornamented with crowns, to show they are the King's servants. Liverpool has a pen behind his ear and carries two bags, one inscribed 'Pursers Profits', the other 'Nip Cheese 75 Per Cent'. He says "one and one makes two. Canning carries a weathercock (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13737) and says: "A fine Breeze and we shall soon be out of the scent of Cotton Yard [see British Museum Satires No. 13824] theres a kind of Vapour gathering in that Quarter that's likely to be very offensive, unless the rubbish is shortly removed!!" In the foreground on the extreme left walks Sir William Curtis, in the sailor's dress of the Walcheren Expedition, see British Museum Satires No. 11353, &c. He has a vast paunch inscribed 'The Orphans Fund' [see British Museum Satires No. 13706] and 'Blubber', and carries a large turtle, a knife, and a long spoon. He says: "Who so blythe so blythe as we to take a voyage a voyage to Sea Along with his great Ma--j--ty." Behind is a man carrying on his head a basket of kitchen 'Stores': gridiron, kettle, &c. The yacht 'Royal George' is in the background (right), flying the Royal Standard and with sailors in the rigging."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Robert Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 78 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Curtis," "Liverpool," "Sidmouth," "Londonderry," "Hertford," "Conyngham," and "Eldon" identified in ink below image; date "Sept. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of six lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted above print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by E. Pritchard, Islington Green
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Curtis, William, Sir, 1752-1829, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Canning, George, 1770-1827., Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822., Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861., Curtis, William, Sir, 1752-1829., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826., Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828., and Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844.
"The King and Queen are tied together back to back, by a ribbon inscribed 'The Matrimonial Knot. Keep thee only.. unto her, so long as ye both shall live.' The Queen (left), richly dressed and with three feathers in her hair, stands looking towards Justice, who takes her right hand. She says, her hand on her breast, "Nothing but death shall e'er divorce my dignities" ['Henry VIII', III. i]. Justice stands among clouds; she says: "Your exemplary conduct is worthy imitation, as during your husband's ill treatment every effort you exerted to reclaim him, which failing, the world must approve your seeking refuge in the wholesome and protecting laws of your country.--I will be your guide." Brougham stands on the extreme left, poorly characterized but holding a rolled document inscribed 'To Mr Brougham'; he says: "Let slanderous tounges [sic] say what they will they are "Trifles light as air" ['Othello', III. iii] for "She is every inch a Queen." [Adapted from 'Lear', IV. vi]." The King leans against the bond that joins them, straining hard to break it; he puts his hands on the shoulders of Castlereagh who holds him round the waist, the first of a chain of three who pull hard to help him to break loose. The King: "Heigho! how to get un-married; thats the question! There is but little trouble in tying the knot, but your quizzes of the cloth draw it so d----nd tight, Pull away Derry, Pull away Deary Pull away Doctor." Sidmouth tugs at Lady Hertford (or Conyngham) whose arms are round Castlereagh. Castlereagh answers: "If we could entice that blind Lady from her, we might do some good." Sidmouth: "A long pull and a Strong pull and a pull alltogether.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
How to get unmarried
Description:
Title etched below image., Month of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Turn over-"--Lower right margin., 1 print : etching with stipple ; sheet 23.9 x 34.3 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of "Turn over-" text from lower right margin., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 76 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Brougham," "Caroline," "Geo. IV," "Londondery [sic]," and "Sidmouth" identified in ink below image. Typed extract of eight lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J.L. Marks, No. 2 Sandy's Row, Bishopsgate
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834
George IV and three of his ministers (Castlereagh, Liverpool, and Wellington) struggle to pull on a rope tied a mortar, which is shaped like a fantastical winged creature. Their targets are apparently the "Satirists" in the sky in the upper right, who wield pens and banners; an additional satirist, with the beaked face of a bird, is seen in the sky in the upper left, sitting on a wheeled hobby horse and ready to shoot an arrow inscribed 'Cradle Hymn" from a bow. Additional depicted figures included Gifford, wearing a wig and gown and holding a scourge; Sidmouth, using a clyster pipe to shoot at the satirists in the sky; and Canning, holding a cudgel above his head, ready to strike a fleeing Burdett. Following behind the mortar are several men, one wearing a liberty cap, two of them holding a banner inscribed "Life and amours of Madam Hunn[?]" between them. A monkey in military uniform rides a donkey towards the left edge of the design, exclaiming "Clear the way for his most gracious Majesty!" From the foreground on the left George III watches the scene; he wears a black shroud, and only his head and shoulders are visible
Alternative Title:
His Most Gracious Majesty Hum IVth and his ministers going to play the Devil with the satirists and His Most Gracious Majesty Hum the Fourth and his ministers going to play the Devil with the satirists
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the online catalogue of the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG D48670)., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Watermark: J. Whatman., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 78 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Geo. III," "Castlereagh," "Liverpool," "Wellington," "Geo. IV," "Gifford," "Sidmouth," "Canning," and "Burdett" identified in ink below image; date "Sep. 1820?" written in pencil in lower right.
Publisher:
Pubsed [sic] by T. Dolby, 299 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826, Canning, George, 1770-1827, and Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844
Subject (Topic):
Freedom of speech, Pens, Mortars (Ordnance), Pulling, Politicians, Hobby horses, Bows (Weapons)., Arrows, Donkeys, Monkeys, Whips, Medical equipment & supplies, Liberty cap, and Banners
"Ministers, much burlesqued, registering terror or anxiety, are grouped on either side of a large bottle of 'Evidence against the Queen' from which rise clouds of smoke, inscribed 'Lies' (four times) and 'Non mi Ricordo' [five times]. On the left sits Liverpool, saying: "We shall be all sent to the Devil." Next him Eldon scowls: "D--n that Non mi Ricordo." Wellington, fiercely anxious, stands behind Liverpool's chair holding a scimitar. Facing Liverpool sits Sidmouth, holding his clyster-pipe to his nostril, and exclaiming: "O! how reviving." Castlereagh exclaims: "Oh! L--d we shall be cast." Gifford says: "Oh! the secrets will come out." A seventh, (?) Harrowby, stands with a hand on the heads of Sidmouth and Castlereagh."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Song of sixpence
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Six lines of verse in two columns below title: Sing a song of sixpence a bag full of lies, Four and twenty witnesses all prov'd to be Spies, Before the bag was open'd the ministers 'gan to sing, Oh! here we have a dainty dish to set before the King. But when the bag was open'd the Lords began to stare, To see their precious evidence all vanish into air., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 80 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Wellington," "Liverpool," "Eldon," "Castlereagh," and "Sidmouth" identified in ink at bottom of image; date "8 Sep. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of two lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pub. Sep. 8, 1820, by John Marshall Junr., 24 Little St. Martins Lane
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826, and Harrowby, Dudley Ryder, Earl of, 1762-1847
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Anxiety, Fear, Bottles, Smoke, Evidence (Law), Chairs, Daggers & swords, and Medical equipment & supplies
"Heading to a printed broadside: '(Third Edition.)' and 'New Version', verses printed in two columns below the (printed) title. The Duke of York, with a gauntleted fist, strikes in the face the startled King, who staggers, decanter in hand, saying, "Theres no dependance on the Army." The Duke answers: "Not for you." A supper-table, with decanters, &c., overturns on the right, the King's chair on the left; the chair is decorated with an irradiated wine-glass flanked by bowing Chinese, and, like the table, is fringed by bells. Behind the King are two bottle-holders, the bottles in the shape of a 'Green Bag' [see British Museum Satires No. 13735], and so inscribed; they are Castlereagh and Liverpool, who are backed by Sidmouth and Canning. They say: "Never fear--we are here," and "Never fear." Behind the Duke is the Queen between two ladies; she says: "Fair play's a Jewell Face to Face Truith [sic] will come out." Four of her supporters watch from the left: Wood in his alderman's gown, and holding a 'City Address', says: "A blow has been Struck who feels it?" Burdett, next Hobhouse, and holding a 'West' [minster Address], says: "When Britons strike they strike home." The fourth is a barrister (one of the Queen's legal advisers, not resembling Brougham). The sixth and seventh of ten verses: Said Ca . . tl . . gh I know the Cause, Y . . k's for your 'R .... l Rib', Sire, Your M .... y shall have New Laws, You know we never gib, Sire. Said W . . b . . rce, with face demure, Divorce!...... we'll soon obtain it; Another Consort we'll ensure, His end......Y . . k ne'er shall gain it."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from letterpress text below image., Tentative attribution to Robert Cruikshank from the British Museum catalogue., Publisher and approximate publication date of August 1820 from the British Museum catalogue. The same print is dated March 1820 in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0214.831., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with probable loss of imprint statement from bottom edge., Ten stanzas of verse in two columns below title, printed in letterpress: Cried G......e, who dare my will resist, My word shall ne'er be shaken ..., Watermark: Cater., Window mounted to 34.7 x 25.8 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 54 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Sidmouth," "Canning," "Londondery [sic]," "Liverpool," "Geo. IV," "D. York," "Caroline," and "Wood" identified in ink below image. Various blank spaces in the printed verses have been filled in using purple ink, to complete the censored names and the words "Royal" and "King." Typed extract of eight lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
C.E. Pritchard
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869, and Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Fights, Bottles, Wine, Tables, Chairs, and Bells
"Heading to a broadside printed in two columns. A scene in the grounds of Brandenburgh House (see British Museum Satires No. 13852). Bergami (see British Museum Satires No. 13731), dressed as a courier, capers, flourishing a whip with a long heavy lash. He points complacently to the house, where a tiny figure, the Queen, extends welcoming arms. He has thick curly hair and moustache, and from his neck hangs a miniature portrait (of the Queen). Alderman Wood, as an old woman, dressed as in British Museum Satires No. 13736, advances towards him, holding out his furred alderman's gown. On the right is the river, with a large house on the opposite bank. The verses (87 ll.) grossly attack the Queen; they end: Let that Wooden Sluggist, that old Brewer's Druggist, Return to his business once more, Sir; In a Politic School, be no longer a fool, And an advocate for an old W-, Sir: For I swear by the Gods, the King has the odds In his favour, for the loyal are many, And the Q- will at length, have to trust in the strength, Of her great Mighty Courier B-."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from letterpress text below image., Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Imprint continues: ... where folios of caricatures are lent out for the evening., Two columns of verse in letterpress below title, beginning: The courier B-, unequall'd by any, Who abroad, and at home, hath made sport, Sir ..., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 60 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Count Bergami" identified in pencil below image; date "1821" written in ink in lower right corner of sheet. Several of the blank spaces in the first column of printed verse have been filled in using pencil, to complete the censored names. Typed extract of sixteen lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Printed for H. Fores, (successor to W. Holland), 16, Panton Street, Haymarket ...
Subject (Name):
Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., and Brandenburgh House (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Messengers, Whips, Miniatures (Paintings), and Robes
"A companion plate to British Museum Satires No. 13989 by the same artist, and with the same imprint. A Chinese interior resembling that of British Museum Satires No. 13986. George IV as a mandarin, languid and ill, sits cross-legged on a low settee. Peacock's feathers (cf. British Museum Satire No. 13299) decorate his round hat. Sidmouth as a Chinese doctor feels his pulse with concern. At the King's feet is a long rolled document headed 'List of Addresses presented to Caroline Queen of [Engla]nd'. Behind (right), a melancholy Chinese messenger hands Bloomfield (a Chinese wearing a large sword) a paper: 'Bill Thrown Out'. The latter registers dismay with raised arms. There is a slanting cloud of smoke as in British Museum Satires No. 13986. On the wall is a picture of the Queen, with sword and shield, fighting a dragon. Carved dragons decorate the King's settee (or throne), and there is a big dragon jar on the right; all the dragons look menacingly towards the King, who rests his right hand on a table on which are decanter, pill-box, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Approximate month of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: Moments of pleasure., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 27.6 x 21.5 cm, on sheet 28.9 x 22.7 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 6 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Geo. IV" and "Sidmouth" identified in ink below image; date "Nov. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of eight lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Bloomfield, Benjamin Bloomfield, Baron, 1768-1846, and Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844
Subject (Topic):
Costumes, Chinese, Interiors, Furniture, Draperies, Medical equipment & supplies, Physicians, Documents, Smoke, Messengers, Vases, Figurines, and Dragons
"Caricature with a boxing match between George IV whose nose is bloodied by the Duke of Clarence [Duke of York?]."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Battle Royal!
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1990,1109.78., Text below image, following title: This battle was lately fought in St. James's, the quarrel origentated [sic] concerning a poor injured Lady, when to the honour of the British Army, her cause was defended by an officer of distinction! Betting, ten to one on Y-k., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 55 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Lady Conyngham," "Ld. Londonderry," "Geo. 4," and "D. York" identified in ink at bottom of sheet; date "1821" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
J.L. Marks, 37 Princes Street, Soho
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Divorce, Mistresses, Fighting, Blood, and Bottles
Title from item., Etched illustration by George Cruikshank, entitled "Rumjumdildopunt's Dream!!!", is printed at top beneath imprint; it depicts George IV having a bad dream concerning Queen Caroline, with the Queen and the ghost of George III appearing at his bedside, and demons seen flying above the headboard. With letterpress description of the dream printed below., Letterpress text, printed in two columns, beginning: It was Thursday morning, the watchman of the Mall was hoarsely bawling the hour of five ..., "Price sixpence"--Following imprint., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 8 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Date "1820" written in ink beside etched illustration; "Nov. 1820" added in ink in lower right corner of sheet. Additional ink annotations identify the public figures (politicians, royal mistresses, and Royal Family members) alluded to in the text.
Publisher:
Printed and published by J. Turner, 170, Aldersgate Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Subject (Topic):
Political satire, English, Beds, Sleeping, Dreaming, Ghosts, and Demons
