"George IV (right) offers a purse to a pretty young woman in evening dress of theatrical type (right). Through a window (or in a picture) is seen a large signpost, pointing (left) to 'Chester' and (right) to 'Virginia Water' (the Cottage); behind is a race, two jockeys nearing the winning post (right). A large Chinese jar stands on the floor filled with flowers."--British Museum online catalogue and "An early allusion to Eliza Chester, b. 1799, a pretty actress who fascinated the King and according to Huish was appointed Reader to him at £600 p.a."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
R- method of colt-breaking, Royal method of colt-breaking, and A la Chester-field
Description:
Title etched below image., Text above image: A la Chester-field., Tentative attribution to William Heath from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Five lines of dialogue etched below title: Man, Delightfull [sic] task to rear the tender thought to teach the young idea how to shoot, to pour the fresh Instruction on the mind, to breath [sic] the enlivening spirit, & thus to aid the generous purpose in the glowing breast. Woman, Indeed, indeed, the temptation is so great, the prospect so flattering tis my ambition, not my will consents., Text at bottom of plate: Plate 1st a series of these subjects will be continued to exhibit the force of example above precept, & to shew the principles of morality emonates [sic] from Great Qui Capet Ille habet., Watermark: G. Pike 1820., Window mounted to 34.3 x 23.9 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 66 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Miss Chester" and "Geo. IV" identified in ink below image; date "22 Ap. 1821" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of two lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pub. Apl. 22, 1821, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Chester, Eliza, 1799-
Drawing of a tall sign, with a post similar to that of a street lamp, displaying a rectangular portrait of a man surrounded by ornamentation. The man, possibly a politician, is shown bust-length in profile to the left; he has a long nose that curls upward and wears a wig that likewise curls upwards in the back. The words "The saviour of his grateful country" are written on the sign directly beneath the portrait, indicating that the sign might in fact be a monument. To the right of the sign is a low milestone on which is written "To Kingston I mile, to London X miles".
Description:
Title written in image., Possibly drawn by James Sayers; the drawing is laid in a volume of prints that Sayers assembled., Approximate date of production from watermark: G. Pike 1817., and Attached to a lithograph with a metal pin that pierces the lower left corners of both sheets; laid in James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Subject (Topic):
Monuments & memorials, Traffic signs & signals, Milestones, and Portraits
"The King (right) and Queen (left) hurl mud at each other. By the former (who wears jack-boots) is a bucket of 'Italian Filth' [see British Museum Satires No. 13762, &c.]; the Queen's (similar) bucket is inscribed 'Filth from St Giles's, St James, Portman Sqr, Hamilton Place [the Conynghams' address, see British Museum Satires No. 13847] &c &c &c.'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 28 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pub. Sep. 5th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861.
"The King (right) and Queen (left) hurl mud at each other. By the former (who wears jack-boots) is a bucket of 'Italian Filth' [see British Museum Satires No. 13762, &c.]; the Queen's (similar) bucket is inscribed 'Filth from St Giles's, St James, Portman Sqr, Hamilton Place [the Conynghams' address, see British Museum Satires No. 13847] &c &c &c.'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching ; sheet 22.3 x 32.1 cm., Printed on laid paper with the watermark "G. Pike 1820"; hand-colored., Window mounted to 23.5 x 33.5 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 79 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Geo. IV" and "Caroline" identified in ink below image; date "5 Sept. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of three lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pub. Sep. 5th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861.
