"An imitation of British Museum Satires No. 15733. The Duke of Cumberland, dressed as a guard with broad-brimmed hat, gold-laced greatcoat, pouch or satchel, with breeches and top-boots, holds a cocked blunderbuss by the barrel in his right hand, a coach-horn in his left. He says: 'Hullo Governer [Eldon] if you dont take care, you'll be floord by the leaders of the Sovereign' [see British Museum Satires No. 15720]; cf. British Museum Satires No. 15752."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., In the style of William Heath but lacking his "Paul Pry" signature; attributed to Heath in the University of Manchester library catalogue (Tabley House Cartoon Collection 149.2 (112) S124)., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Text following imprint: Every new caricature soon as published. Portfolios of caricatures lent out for the evening., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Field, 65 Quadrant Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851 and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838.
"On a grassy plateau projecting from a rocky mountain are Wellington, Peel, and an old woman, as doctor-accoucheur, apothecary, and nurse. Where mountain joins plateau there is a shallow cavity in which is a tiny mouse, 'Emancipation'. On the top of the mountain is a royal crown from which float the words: 'Its our Royal Will & pleasure to be delivered.' Wellington, in profile to the right, holds with silent concentration huge 'Ministerial Forceps'. The nurse sits on a low seat holding a spoon and a steaming bowl of 'Political Caudle'. A large open book against her knees, 'THE TIMES', and a large watch (indicating the clock device above the leading article) show that she personifies "The Times". She looks up at Wellington with bleary bonhomie, saying, 'Oh! the dear creature, how many will accompany it to Ireland, to spend thier money--no doubt Dublin will become more fashionable than Paris--now Doctor never mind the windy warfare of those Gentlemen above!' She refers to three "winds": heads issuing from clouds below the mountain-top, each inscribed 'Faction', which blow blasts towards the cavity where the mouse emerges. The centre and principal head is Eldon's; the one on the left says to the third: 'Blow away Wind-chelsea kill the Brat.' The third (Winchelsea) answers 'Aye, Aye, or Cripple it.' Peel, standing behind Wellington, holds up a big medicine-bottle; he says: 'I used to think that Paliatives were the right Medicine, but the Doctor has convinced me something more active is wanted.' In the foreground, standing just below the plateau, are the heads and shoulders of spectators. On the left are two frenzied bishops; one (? Howley) holds up a crozier to which is attached a little 'No Popery' flag; he bellows: 'Brethren, Brethren, Mother Church is in danger.' The other holds up a large mitre extinguisher-wise towards the mouse, shouting: 'Oh the imp, if we catch it we'll Burke it!' [see British Museum Satires No. 15707, &c.]. As a pendant to the bishops are two non-Anglican ministers. One, evidently Irving, in gown and bands, as in British Museum Satires No. 15658, stands with raised arms as if in the pulpit, declaiming, 'The Sword of the Lord, and of Gideon, peradventure we may destroy this fiend of Satan.' Beside him is a minister of lower status, with lank hair and a large 'Book of Faith' under his arm. He says: 'A beast of the bottomless Pit--a beast of the Seven Hills--a horned beast with fire and sword.' Facing him is a startled yokel who asks: 'Pray Sir what sort of a beast be it?' In the middle distance (left), behind the bishops, O'Connell, in wig and gown, stands on the side of the mountain, addressing a band of his followers just below him. They ask him questions, to each of which he answers 'Yes' with a bland gesture: [1] 'I say Dan, will Mancipation make the Prates grow?' [2] 'Dan, shall we get plenty of Whiskey?' [3] 'Will bogs breed Pigs & shall we all wear warm wigs & silk cloaks like you Dan?' On the opposite flank of the mountain (right), much higher up and on a smaller scale, stands Cumberland, in hussar uniform, with a handkerchief to his eye; he addresses a body of dismayed clerics, only one of whom is characterized: 'No doubt this will become a Popish Country, that is if they get the loaves & fishes.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Much ado about nothing
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to Seymour from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Apothecaries -- Crowns -- Forceps -- Spoons -- Dishes -- Bowl -- Mice -- Croziers -- Popery -- Mitres -- Ministers -- Barristers' wigs -- Military Uniforms: Hussar's., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Midwives and Accoucheurs -- British politics., and 1 print : etching ; plate mark 247 x 345 mm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Winchilsea, George William Finch-Hatton, Earl of, 1791-1858, Howley, William, 1766-1848, Irving, Edward, 1792-1834, O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847, and Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Bishops, Physicians, Pharmacists, Nurses, Clocks & watches, and Medicines
"On a grassy plateau projecting from a rocky mountain are Wellington, Peel, and an old woman, as doctor-accoucheur, apothecary, and nurse. Where mountain joins plateau there is a shallow cavity in which is a tiny mouse, 'Emancipation'. On the top of the mountain is a royal crown from which float the words: 'Its our Royal Will & pleasure to be delivered.' Wellington, in profile to the right, holds with silent concentration huge 'Ministerial Forceps'. The nurse sits on a low seat holding a spoon and a steaming bowl of 'Political Caudle'. A large open book against her knees, 'THE TIMES', and a large watch (indicating the clock device above the leading article) show that she personifies "The Times". She looks up at Wellington with bleary bonhomie, saying, 'Oh! the dear creature, how many will accompany it to Ireland, to spend thier money--no doubt Dublin will become more fashionable than Paris--now Doctor never mind the windy warfare of those Gentlemen above!' She refers to three "winds": heads issuing from clouds below the mountain-top, each inscribed 'Faction', which blow blasts towards the cavity where the mouse emerges. The centre and principal head is Eldon's; the one on the left says to the third: 'Blow away Wind-chelsea kill the Brat.' The third (Winchelsea) answers 'Aye, Aye, or Cripple it.' Peel, standing behind Wellington, holds up a big medicine-bottle; he says: 'I used to think that Paliatives were the right Medicine, but the Doctor has convinced me something more active is wanted.' In the foreground, standing just below the plateau, are the heads and shoulders of spectators. On the left are two frenzied bishops; one (? Howley) holds up a crozier to which is attached a little 'No Popery' flag; he bellows: 'Brethren, Brethren, Mother Church is in danger.' The other holds up a large mitre extinguisher-wise towards the mouse, shouting: 'Oh the imp, if we catch it we'll Burke it!' [see British Museum Satires No. 15707, &c.]. As a pendant to the bishops are two non-Anglican ministers. One, evidently Irving, in gown and bands, as in British Museum Satires No. 15658, stands with raised arms as if in the pulpit, declaiming, 'The Sword of the Lord, and of Gideon, peradventure we may destroy this fiend of Satan.' Beside him is a minister of lower status, with lank hair and a large 'Book of Faith' under his arm. He says: 'A beast of the bottomless Pit--a beast of the Seven Hills--a horned beast with fire and sword.' Facing him is a startled yokel who asks: 'Pray Sir what sort of a beast be it?' In the middle distance (left), behind the bishops, O'Connell, in wig and gown, stands on the side of the mountain, addressing a band of his followers just below him. They ask him questions, to each of which he answers 'Yes' with a bland gesture: [1] 'I say Dan, will Mancipation make the Prates grow?' [2] 'Dan, shall we get plenty of Whiskey?' [3] 'Will bogs breed Pigs & shall we all wear warm wigs & silk cloaks like you Dan?' On the opposite flank of the mountain (right), much higher up and on a smaller scale, stands Cumberland, in hussar uniform, with a handkerchief to his eye; he addresses a body of dismayed clerics, only one of whom is characterized: 'No doubt this will become a Popish Country, that is if they get the loaves & fishes.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Much ado about nothing
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to Seymour from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Apothecaries -- Crowns -- Forceps -- Spoons -- Dishes -- Bowl -- Mice -- Croziers -- Popery -- Mitres -- Ministers -- Barristers' wigs -- Military Uniforms: Hussar's., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Midwives and Accoucheurs -- British politics., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 171.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Winchilsea, George William Finch-Hatton, Earl of, 1791-1858, Howley, William, 1766-1848, Irving, Edward, 1792-1834, O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847, and Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Bishops, Physicians, Pharmacists, Nurses, Clocks & watches, and Medicines
"A mail-coach inscribed 'Sovereig, Windsor and London', with high-stepping horses, is driven, left to right, by Wellington, who wears fashionable coaching dress with multiple-caped coat and broad-brimmed hat. He has just passed a rival coach, 'the Humbug & Co London Windsor', which has overturned, after colliding with a roadside post inscribed 'Emancipation'. An alarmed face looks out of the window; the traces have broken, the front wheels are off; the driver, Eldon, has fallen on his back on to the prostrate wheelers. The Duke of Cumberland falls head first from the frail dickey; another man (? Winchilsea) falls from the roof, which is stacked high with bulky petitions, one inscribed 'Old Womans Petition']; a paper also falls to the ground inscribed 'Bigotry, Ignorance, Intolerance, Loaves, Fishes, Pensions, Places'. Behind Wellington, on "The Sovereign", sit four men: Brougham, in barrister's wig and holding a brief-bag, a bishop, Burdett, a judge (probably Lyndhurst). The guard is Peel, who stands up, horn in hand, to say to the Duke: 'I say governor we've done em up at last, they will never recover themselves any more.' Wellington, looking over his shoulder, answers: 'No No, they are quite done up that post has smash'd them.' The inside passengers are George IV and Lady Conyngham; he leans out to watch the catastrophe, saying with a smile, 'Floored by George.' She says: 'Aye Aye George we've gotten a Coachman now vot is up to a thing or two, and knows vot is vot.' Brougham: 'Why the concern has been in a bad way some time they say that it is so rotten that all the Rats abandoned it.' The bishop: 'Its lucky they had few passengers.' Burdett: 'No wonder they upset they had too much rubbish on the roof'. The coach flies a flag inscribed 'True Patriotism Honor Truth Liberality'; it is decorated with the Royal Arms: shamrock and roses. There is a background of trees dominated on the right by Windsor Castle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Approximate date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 210.
Publisher:
Published by J. Field, 65 Quadrant, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, Winchilsea, George William Finch-Hatton, Earl of, 1791-1858, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861
On Tuesday next a grand spectacle will be exhibited by the managers ...
Description:
Caption title., Dated in lower left: Oct. 26, 1812., A mock theater advertisement satirizing the controversial election in Weymouth when Prince Ernest Augustus was accused of influencing the election result in favour of the Tories., First lines: In the course of this farce, will be presented to the public, a splended [sic] procession in the order following: Britannia veiled, mourning her lost freedom ..., and With contemporary manuscript notes on the blank verso. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
G. Kay, printer, adjoining the Guildhall, St. Edmund-Street, Weymouth
