"George IV sits on Lady Conyngham's lap, kissing her amorously; he wears a dressing-gown with ungartered stockings. Lady Elizabeth (right) bends over him, supporting his elbow, while her sister, Lady Maria Harriet, stands behind the sofa, close to her mother. All three women are in evening dress. In the foreground (right) Lord Francis, tall and fashionable, stands directed to the right, looking furtively over his right shoulder. He holds a large purse, and is slipping coins from it into his trouser-pocket; he says: Well as this Purse must go to Knight-on [the K scored through] I'll make the most of it. At his feet is an open book: Lord C . . . Advice to his Son * Get money . . . it Honest if you can--. The words are partly hidden by a smaller book: Cunningham Poems. Behind, on the extreme left, and directed to the left, Lord Conyngham, with small horns and large ass's ears, sits on a chamber-pot inscribed Chamberl . . . [ain], holding a long wand of office. He scowls over his shoulder at his family, saying, It's a Blessing to be Happy and Contented. Behind him is a (pictorial) fire-screen mounted on a pole which terminates in a crown: Conyngham crawls on hands and knees, blindfolded and bound; his wife sits on his back, with the King on her lap, embracing her. Behind the closely grouped heads of the King and the three ladies are hanging bookshelves, two of the books being open: A Lecture upon Horns facing a stag's antlers, and Jerry Sneak [the hen-pecked husband in Foote's Mayor of Garratt]. On the floor in the foreground are an open book: A Mothers advice to her Daughters [cf. British Museum Satires 14401] and a paper: A List of Choice Plays She stoops to Conquer. All in the Wrong. Bold stroke for a Wife. Every Man in his Humour--Careless Husband. Way to keep Him, Tender Husband, School for Wives [scored through], Inconstant &c &c &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Imprint truncated; publisher's name possibly erased from plate., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 25 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Ld. Conyngham," "Lady Conyngham," and "Geo. IV" identified in ink below image; date "Nov. 1820" written beneath lower right corner of image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by [...]
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Huntly, Elizabeth, Marchioness of, 1799-1839, Athlumney, Harriet Maria Somerville, Lady, -1843, Conyngham, Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, Marquess, 1797-1876, Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861., Conyngham, Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, Marquess, 1797-1876., and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
[1 November 1794] and [printed approximately 1822]
Call Number:
794.11.01.03++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Design consists of eight pairs of figures in two rows, with lines of dialogue etched above each figure., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., Plate numbered in upper right corner: Vol. 1, pl. 7., Temporary local subject terms: Beggars -- Watchmen -- Reference to poaching -- Parsons., Watermark: J. Whatman 1822., and Restrike.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Effects of disapointment and Effects of disappointment
Description:
Title from caption below image., Design consists of eight pairs of figures in two rows, with lines of dialogue etched above each figure., For other plates in the set, see no. 8545 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Numbered in upper right corner: Pl. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Bachelors -- Domestic service: Footmen -- Elections -- Children's nurses -- Male costume: Dressing gown -- Physicians., and Watermark: John Hall.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Title from caption below image., Restrike. Date of printing based on watermark., Design consists of eight pairs of figures in two rows, with lines of dialogue etched above each figure., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., Numbered in upper right corner: Pl. 1., For earlier state with "June" in place of "Nover." in imprint, see no. 8541 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: Male costume, 1794 -- Riding habit -- Female costume, 1794 -- Naval uniforms -- Clergy: Church warden., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1822.
Publisher:
Published Nover. 1st, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. Piccadilly
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Restrike. Date of printing based on watermark., Design consists of eight groups of figures in two rows, with lines of dialogue etched above each group., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., Plate numbered in upper right corner: Vol. 1, pl. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Clergy: Tutors -- Prosperity -- Physicians -- Booksellers., Watermark: J. Whatman 1822., and Restrike.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novemr. 1st, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Title etched below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Belch, 258 High Street, Borough, London
Title from text at top of sheet., "Entered at Stationers' Hall, Thursday, September 26th, 1822.", Numerous individually-titled and numbered woodcuts with accompanying columns of letterpress verse, on a broadside., "Price twopence"--Upper right corner., and For other editions, see no. 14393 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Publisher:
Printed and sold wholesale and retail by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
"Social satire; the image is divided into four parts, with speech below each: a soberly dressed man bows before a lady in a bonnet who stands in front of a work table, on which is a paper labelled "The Desponding Maid", and asks him haughtily what his business is; they both sit, the man with his hand on his heart, and a book entitled "agreable Surprise" on the table behind, the lady looking more interested and enquiring if that is really his business; the lady smiles as the man kneels to kiss her hand, saying he is very pleasing, and a paper on the table behind reads "The Conquring Hero"; they embrace, the man knocking his chair back, in front of a table with biscuits, two glasses and a bottle labelled "Parfait Amour"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Later printing. Date of printing based on watermark., Publisher's advertisement below lower right image: Folios of carracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Four designs on one plate, each individually captioned., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1822.
Publisher:
Pubd. Febr. 19th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville St.
