"Eldon, in wig and gown, seated in an armchair, on which are the Royal Arms, leans forward to place a paper folded to form an extinguisher and inscribed Judgment over a tiny man who leans back, terrified. Eldon gazes sternly down at the mannikin, Wellesley-Pole, who holds out a large paper: Purity of my Morals--Constancy Shewn to my Wife. On the floor (left) is another paper: Grounds on which I claim the Education of Childr[en]."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vice and proeligacy extinguished by equity
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using the letter "Q" within an open pentagon. Questionablly attributed to T.H. Jones in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mattet to: 44.5 x 30.9 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 1827 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., London
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Mornington, William Long Wellesley, Earl of, 1788-1857, and Wellesley, Catherine Tylney-Long, -1825.
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Coats of arms, Wigs, Robes, and Fire extinguishers
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10, p. 683., Questionable publication date from the arrival of the Queen of Württemberg in London, 15 June 1827., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Ships -- Royal Sovereign -- Rowing-boats -- Sailors -- Naval uniforms -- Officer uniforms -- Bayonetted guns -- Oars., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 10.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Charlotte, Queen, Consort of Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1766-1828
"Portrait of Catherine of Braganza, three-quarter legth, seated to left on a chair in front of a curtain; wearing pearl earrings and necklace, and low-cut dress decorated with pearls and jewels; her right hand resting on a shawl she holds with her left hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger. and Plate from: Jameson, A. Court beauties of the reign of Charles II. London : Colburn & Bentley, 1827.
"In a grassy glade an ape lies as if asleep. His desolate mate sits on her haunches, watching him. They do not wear clothes. Below: '"-- now will canker Sorrow eat my bud, / And chase the native beauty from his cheek," Shakespeare.' ['King John', III. iv.]"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue. and Plate from: Monkey-ana or Men in miniature ... by Thomas Landseer.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 1, 1827 by Moon, Boys & Graves, 6 Pall Mall and Chez Piers Bernard Boulevar des Italiens
