Caricature of Queen Caroline, bedraggled and drunk as she sits slouched in an arm chair, her foot resting on a stool; she wears a hat with three ostrich feathers and around her neck hangs a small portrait (indistinct image) and holds a large glass of brandy while a servant (Alderman Wood wearing the fur-trimmed robes), his eyes cross-eyed, stands beside the chair in attendance with a decanter in hand
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum online catalogue., Digit "6" in day of publication "26" in imprint is etched backwards., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of verse in two columns below title: To brandy I flew to seek relief, but he's ne'er the less before me, ah no, no, no, brandy cannot cure, the pains I endure for Bergami., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with stipple and roulette ; sheet 29.8 x 20.7 cm., Printed on wove paper., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 100 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Caroline" and "Ald. Wood" identified in ink below image; date "26 July 1821" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843
The mast slants across the deisgn backed by a sail bellying in the wind. W.B. [i.e. William Blockhead] sits miserably with closed eyes astride a spar, to which he has tied his right thigh. His right arm encircles the mast, and to his wrist is tied an open book: Wilt thou upon [the] high & giddy mast scale the ship[?] bays. O yes & rock his brain. Below is a dialogue between the Lleutenant and Blockhead
Alternative Title:
Enjoying the fresh air for the 304th time
Description:
Title from text above image., Print singed using Frederick Marryat's device: an anchor slanted diagonally., Artist identified in British Museum catalogue., Two columns of dialogue below image: Dialogue - Lieut. - Pray Mr. B. Did you call the master? B. no sir I thought ..., Plate numbered in upper right corner: P. 4., and For reissue by Thomas McClean in 1835, see no. 14093 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Navy, Sea life, Reading, Sailors, British, and Ships
Title from text above image., Print signed using Frederick Marryat's device: an anchor slanted diagonally., Artist identified in the British Museum catalogue., Earlier state. For reissue published by Thomas McClean in 1835 cf. no. 14092 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Temporary local subject terms: Sailors -- Ships., and Watermark: J Whatman 1821.
"The Blockhead family, seemingly older by some ten years, admire W. B., now a sturdy young man, in smart tight-waisted lieutenant's uniform with knee-breeches. He looks over his shoulder at his reflection in a cheval-glass, beside which stands another young man dressed as a dandy (cf. No. 13029). A lap-dog shaved in the French manner looks at itself in the glass. Mr. B. sits delightedly in an arm-chair. Mrs. B., stouter and less fashionable, stands by W. B.; the toddling child of No. 14089, now a little girl, stands behind her. A tiny boy holds the sword and eclipses himself with the cocked hat. An elder daughter stands by her father's chair. Three admiring servants stand just inside the door: the fat cook (little altered), a neat maid, and a gawky footman. Below the design: '" Some are born great, some atchieve greatness" Twelfth Night"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mr. B. promoted to Lieutenant and first putting on his uniform and Mr. B promoted to Lieut. and first putting on his uniform
Description:
Title from text above image., Print signed using Frederick Marryat's device: an anchor titled diagonally., Artist identified in British Museum catalogue., Citation from Shakespeare below image: 'Some are born great, some atcheive [sic] greatness" -Twelfth Night., Plate numbered in upper right corner: P. 7., and For 1835 reissue by Thomas McClean, see no. 14096 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
"A boarding party on the deck of a French ship engaged in a furious mêlée. Mr. B. lunges forward, piercing an officer through the heart with his sword. A burly sailor stretches over his head to strike aside a spear which a Frenchman is about to plunge into the boy. Men are partly hidden by smoke; cannon-balls are in the air, dead or dying men on the ground. Frenchmen use muskets, English sailors axes and swords. Below: '"the pulse's maddening play That thrills the wanderer of the trackless way That for it self can woo the approaching fight And turn what some deem danger to delight No dread of death, if with us die our foes Save that it seems e'en duller than repose," Byron."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from text above image., Print signed using Frederick Marryat's device: an anchor tilted diagonally., Artist identified in the British Museum catalogue., Two columns of verse below image: "the pulse's maddening play that thrills the wanderer of the trackless way ... Byron., Plate numbered in upper right corner: P. 5., and Earlier state. For 1835 reissue by Thomas McClean cf. no. 14094 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Naval warfare, Ships, French, Sailors, and British
"Heading to printed verses ... A river scene, with Windsor Castle in the background (left). A boatman standing in a punt has fished from the water a 'cit's' wig, while another holds a grappling-iron. A fat woman on the bank throws up her arms at sight of the wig. Two 'Eaton boys', arm-in-arm in the background, watch the woman. Some 'vanton Eaton boys' had 'popt Vite in the vater'. He was drowned."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mr. and Mrs. Vite's journey to Windsor and West Wickham on Whitsunday
Description:
Title from letterpress heading to verses., Two lines of text below title: Written and composed by Mr. Rhodes; and sung with unbounded applause by Mr. Dowton, of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in his entertainment of summer-amusement., Four columns of verse below title: A vorthy cit von Vitsun-day ..., Publication line at end of verses: Published 13th January, 1818, by Whittle and Laurie, No. 53 Fleet Street, London., Plate numbered "490" in upper left corner., and For a reduced verson of this design, see No. 14971 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Publisher:
Published March 1st, 1821, by Richd. Holmes Laurie, 53 Fleet Street
"Caricature of Queen Caroline, accompanied by Bergami, crowning with a wreath a bust with a Phrygian cap in the palace of Murat, accompanied by Pauline Borghese to whom a courtier hands a card labelled 'Principessa Paulina'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One line of quoted text below title: "The loyalty, well held to fools, does make our faith mere folly.", For a smaller version of this design, etched by George Cruikshank as one of four designs on a single plate, see no. 13731 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Bonaparte, Paolina, 1780-1825, and Joachim Murat, King of Naples, 1767-1815.
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces, Interiors, Sculpture, Liberty cap, and Wreaths
"Caricature of Queen Caroline, accompanied by Bergami, crowning with a wreath a bust with a Phrygian cap in the palace of Murat, accompanied by Pauline Borghese to whom a courtier hands a card labelled 'Principessa Paulina'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One line of quoted text below title: "The loyalty, well held to fools, does make our faith mere folly.", For a smaller version of this design, etched by George Cruikshank as one of four designs on a single plate, see no. 13731 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 with stipple ; plate mark 27.5 x 22.5 cm, on sheet 27.7 x 22.7 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 76 in volume 2 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; date "1 June 1821" written in ink in lower right corner. Typed extract of twenty lines from the British Museum catalogue description for No. 13731 (which mentions this print) is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Bonaparte, Paolina, 1780-1825, and Joachim Murat, King of Naples, 1767-1815.
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces, Interiors, Sculpture, Liberty cap, and Wreaths
"A tinker standing in a street, holding baskets of goods on both arms, hands clasped in front of him, looking to left, wearing rags and a battered broad-brimmed hat, with a street lamp above and a woman in a doorway in the background to right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by J. Robins & Co., Albion Press, London
