Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Imprint continues: ... where political & other caricatur [sic] are daily pub., Text following title: Getting into an apparently empty bed, you find to your surprise you are smothering some unfortunate traveller ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Partial watermark.
Title from caption below image., Imprint continues: ... sole publisher of Mr. Heaths sketch [sic]., Text following series title: To be continued., 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:
Pub. July 14, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Viewed from the back. Lady Conyngham, immensely fat, and her size increased by inflated sleeves and skirt. The King advances from the right and takes her right hand. The back of her head is covered by a large '5s.' piece, showing the reverse or "tail", with St. George and the 'Honi Soit' ... inscription. The King's face is covered with a sovereign, showing the obverse, with his own head, the profile towards the lady, and 'Georgius IV'... inscription. She wears an enormous high-crowned hat trimmed with loops of ribbon, the brim extending beyond her vast shoulders. He wears a top-hat and braided coat with fur collar, the ribbon of the Garter, and the Golden Fleece, with knee-breeches. Above the design: 'If thou be a King, where is thy Crown! My Crown is in My heart, not on my head!' Shakspeare (from 3 Henry VI, III. i). At the bottom edge of the image: A- is 2s/6d to herr husband". See British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Crown piece and a sovereign
Description:
Title etched below image., Imprint continues: ... sole publisher W. Heaths ..., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. Sep. 30, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Name):
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two edges., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1828.
Title from text below first image upper left. Series title centered at top., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Questionable date of publication from British Museum cat., and Seven designs on one plate, each with lines of dialogue etched below.
Publisher:
Published by S. Gans, 15 Southampton Street, Strand
Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., With: What a treat!, and Partial watermark. Offsetting of another impression on verso.
Title from caption below image., Print signed using an imitation of William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Printmaker tentatively identified as Sharpshooter = John Phillips. See British Museum catalogue., Imprint continues: ... (sole publisher of P. Prys caricatures)., and Watermark: 1829.
Publisher:
Pub. July 1829 by S. Gans, 15 Southampton Street, Strand ...
An Irish schoolmaster-priest, sits in a chair taking a pinch of snuff from an open snuff box as he catechizes a dwarfish Irish peasant, ragged and barelegged, who answers with a sly grin: 'O'C -- for O'Connell thats right--now Pat what does MP stand for eh?' Answer: 'Mealy Potato'. On the table to the right is a crucifix used to prop open a book. Cf. British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Irish MPs
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Date of publication inferred from references to Daniel O'Connell and Catholic emancipation., Imprint continues: ... where political and other caricatuers are daily publishing., and For a brief description of this print, see entry for no. 15684 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 11, page 102.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847.
Subject (Topic):
Catholic emancipation, Crucifixes, Ethnic stereotypes, Peasants, Priests, Snuff, and Teachers
