"Caricature of elderly nursemaids treating the Cabinet as babies."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Watermark: J. Whatman 1820., Mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 41 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Sidmouth," "Bp. Howley," "Londondery [sic]," "Eldon," "Wellington," "Leech [sic]," and "Liverpool" identified in ink below image; date "Jan. 1821" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1821 by J. Johnston, 98 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Leach, John, 1760-1834
"A fashionably dressed man approaches the steps leading to a street-door, unconscious of a shower of oil which descends on hat and coat from a lamp-lighter on a ladder (left). The latter, can in left hand, tinder-box in right, looks to the left, carelessly tilting his can."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Reissue of a plate in a series that was originally published by G. Humphrey in October 1821. For the first plate of the original issue of the series, see no. 14289 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket, London
Subject (Topic):
Street lights, Oil cans, Ladders, and Doors & doorways
"Jerry Hawthorn handing a lady into a coach, Corinthian Tom following with a lady on his arm, both gentlemen dressed in dark coats, holding opera hats, both ladies wrapped in shawls with feathers in their hair, a coachman standing at the door to the coach, two link boys with flaming torches offering their services to Tom, a large crowd behind them in the colonade outside of the opera house, a beadle pushing his way through the masses and two infantrymen on guard at the near door, one chatting to a young girl, a man shouting to the right; illustration to Egan's "Life in London" (1821)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Plate from: Egan, Pierce. Life in London., Imprint statement erased from sheet. Publication information from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed wtihin plate mark.
"Print shows a man, the celebrated juggler, standing on a stage greeting the audience, sitting at his sides are two hurdy-gurdy players, one on a box labeled "Money Box" and the other on a box labeled "Quack Medicine." The stage projects from the back or side of a carriage with two panels that open to the right and left, each with two scenes, on the left, "shooting dint at yo inocent" (King George IV spraying Caroline) and "a bit of fun or a scene at Manchester!!!" (cavalry using swords to cut their way through a mob), on the right, "bank restrictions" (four people hanging from a gallows) and "Kinglike amusement" (the King(?) and bishop drinking). Includes lengthy verse which alludes to the trial of Caroline."--Library of Congress online catalog
Description:
Title from letterpress text below image., Date of publication from the Library of Congress online catalog, call number: PC 2 - Panorama of the times (A size) [P&P]., Annotation on Lewis Walpole Library copy suggests a date of July 1820., Text below title: The Sieur Kastleree (the celebrated juggler) is just arrived from the Continent, where he has been exhibiting in the capitals of all their Imperial and Royal Majesties, the sovereigns of Europe., "--Price 1s."--Following imprint., "Entered at Stationers' Hall"--Below imprint., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., 1 print : etching ; sheet 39.9 x 26 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of imprint statement and other text from bottom of sheet., and Mounted on page 39 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Printed and published by T. Dolby, 299, Strand, and 34, Wardour-Street, Soho
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, and Canning, George, 1770-1827
Subject (Topic):
Circuses & shows, Jugglers, Organ grinders, Stages (Platforms), and Spectators
"Print shows a man, the celebrated juggler, standing on a stage greeting the audience, sitting at his sides are two hurdy-gurdy players, one on a box labeled "Money Box" and the other on a box labeled "Quack Medicine." The stage projects from the back or side of a carriage with two panels that open to the right and left, each with two scenes, on the left, "shooting dint at yo inocent" (King George IV spraying Caroline) and "a bit of fun or a scene at Manchester!!!" (cavalry using swords to cut their way through a mob), on the right, "bank restrictions" (four people hanging from a gallows) and "Kinglike amusement" (the King(?) and bishop drinking). Includes lengthy verse which alludes to the trial of Caroline."--Library of Congress online catalog
Description:
Title from letterpress text below image., Date of publication from the Library of Congress online catalog, call number: PC 2 - Panorama of the times (A size) [P&P]., Annotation on Lewis Walpole Library copy suggests a date of July 1820., Text below title: The Sieur Kastleree (the celebrated juggler) is just arrived from the Continent, where he has been exhibiting in the capitals of all their Imperial and Royal Majesties, the sovereigns of Europe., "--Price 1s."--Following imprint., "Entered at Stationers' Hall"--Below imprint., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 35 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Canning," "Liverpool," "Londondery [sic]," and "Sidmouth" identified in black ink below image; date "July 1820" written in lower right corner. The blank space in the printed verses has been filled in using red ink, completing the censored line "To prove the Queen Consort a whore."
Publisher:
Printed and published by T. Dolby, 299, Strand, and 34, Wardour-Street, Soho
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, and Canning, George, 1770-1827
Subject (Topic):
Circuses & shows, Jugglers, Organ grinders, Stages (Platforms), and Spectators
Title from letterpress text on front wrapper., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Paul Pry is the pseudonym of William Heath., "N.B. None of Paul Pry's caricatures none are genuine without the name and address of T. M'Lean, 26, Haymarket."-- Following imprint., Contents also cataloged individually., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published by Thomas M'Lean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
London (England), Social life and customs, and Occupations
Title from caption below image., First issued 15 Oct. 1821, by G. Humphrey. Cf. No. 14289 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings.
Publisher:
Published Aug. 1st, 1821 by Thomas McLean, Haymarket