"A well-dressed crowd stand outside, enter, or struggle to enter a wide doorway, above which in large letters is No 5, flanking an elaborate fan-light. They mount steps from the street, throng the vestibule, and are seen through an open window (right) ascending a staircase. A man in the vestibule shouts: Ladies and Gentlemen! I have the honour to inform those who are dissapointed of places that it comenses again at 1, 2 and 3 and at 7, 8 and 9 in the Evening. On the inner wall is inscribed Panor[ama] . . . Falls [of] Clyde Glascow Greenock. On the left a lady says to the man whose arm she takes: I am told the King looks very Majestic and Elegant! He answers: He is positively moveing like life, and as large too! Many others, of different types and classes, make remarks expressing their desire to see the show: Do you think it is worth half a Crown . . .? and Half a Crown! I assure you its worth a Sovereign! . . .; I really thought myself in the Abbey."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Spring Garden rout
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Advertising -- Shop windows -- Crowds -- City life., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill.
Hayter, George, Sir, 1792-1871, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1823]
Call Number:
Drawer 823.00.00.28+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The interior of the House of Lords, crowded with nobles in the benches and galleries on either side, attending the trial of Queen Caroline for adultery with Pergami, her Italian secretary; George IV stands, hands on hips, in the left gallery, the editors of the Times and Courier lean over the front bench below it, Robert Gifford, attorney general, stands in front of them holding a finger to his chin thoughtfully while Spinetti interprets for a witness, Majocchi, at the bar, behind which Tyrwhitt, Long and Castlereagh, sit sifting papers to the left of the Queen's solicitor and Denman, who takes a paper from Henry Brougham, the Queen sits to the right in front of the bar, Earl Grey stands in the right aisle, pointing with his right arm towards the witness, and the artist is shown standing with a folio under his arm on the far right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Initial letters of printmaker's name form a monogram., Sheets trimmed within plate marks., Five of the six prints comprising this image were issued as illustrations in: Descriptive catalogue of the great historical picture painted by Mr. George Hayter ... London : Gold and Walton, 1823. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.7373.1-5., and Annotated in black ink by an unidentified hand with numbers by each image matching those used for the printed key to the later published state.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
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,, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830,, Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826,, Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820,, Tyrwhitt, Thomas, 1762 or 1763-1833,, Long, Charles, 1760-1838,, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822,, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854,, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868,, Lushington, Stephen, 1782-1873,, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845,, Hayter, George, Sir, 1792-1871,, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Subject (Topic):
Scandals, Trials (Adultery), Government officials, Judicial proceedings, Queens, and British
Toothache, or, Torment and torture, Torment & torture, and Torment and torture
Description:
Title etched below image., 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:
Published August 1, 1823, by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Topic):
Toothache, Dentistry, Quacks and quackery, Dental equipment & supplies, Pain, Birdcages, Wigs, and Dogs
Three smartly-dressed man demonstrate the allure of roller-skating. The one in the lead calls back to an officer who attempts in vain to deliver a warrant
Alternative Title:
Summer and winter skait and Summer and winter skate
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Several lines of verse below and next to title: Three children skaiting on the ice, upon a winters day, as it fell out they all fell in, alack what dire dismay ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: 1819.
Title from first line of text., Printed handbill with ornamental border soliciting funds and warning against persons who "go about with intent to defraud us and impose upon you ... ", and For further information, consult library staff.
