Print shows King George IV fallen to the floor, he clutches his stomach, near him are a "Plan for Divorce," a decanter and cup, cards and dice. In the background sits his estranged wife Caroline about to be crowned by Justice while surrounded by her loyal supporters
Alternative Title:
Grand Lama sick of the horn cholic
Description:
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 27 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Liverpool," "Sidmouth," "Londondery [sic]," and "Eldon" identified in ink below image; date "1 Dec. 1820" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 1st, 1820, by W. Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, Sick persons, Medical equipment & supplies, Gambling, Bottles, Crowns, Justice, and Scales
"Ministers and others dance in a ring round a Green Bag (see British Museum Satires No. 13735) resting on a horizontal beam which is supported on a post. Round post and bag cling poisonous plants labelled 'Devils Bit', 'Enchanters Nightshade', 'Scorpion Grass', and 'Henbane'. The wide-mouthed bag is filled with Italian witnesses, clamouring with eager hands stretched towards Leach, the Vice-Chancellor, who stands in the centre of the bag, towering above them. In each hand he holds out a sheaf of bills or notes inscribed 'Promise'; he says: "Gentlemen a [sic] we are now about brining [sic] this business to a close, allow me to address a few words to you; as its not at all improbable that you may be d . . . d roughly handled by my Countrymen, be sure and be firm, stick one and all of you to your depositions--don't be brow beaten and thrown of your guard your priest will give you absolution, and here are some promises that will enable you to return home and buy Principalities.!!!" The witnesses answer: "Me want l'Argent"; "de Monte ... "; "Sacre Bleu de Monie"; "Monie M ..."; "Me no Sware widout Monie"; "No promise, de Monie"; "Si, Si, Diavilo de monies." The King stands behind the post, concealed from the waist up by the bag; his words float up towards Leach: "Why Deputy Bags [i.e. deputy to Eldon] could you not have picked out a more respectable set of Scoundrels." Facing the King, and in back view, are Sidmouth and Castlereagh, holding hands and capering delightedly. The former says: "Derry we want music, can't you whiste [sic] Lillibulero?" Castlereagh answers: "Faith Doctor I sing small, and can't whistle at all; you had [sic] give us a tune on your pipe" [the clyster-pipe hanging from Sidmouth's pocket, cf. British Museum Satires No. 9849]. The Attorney-General, Gifford, holds Sidmouth's left hand; he looks up at Leach, saying, "He is exalted sure enough! well! I hope to be in time! else wherfore breathe I in a Christian Land!" Canning, on the extreme left, holding the hands of Gifford and (?) Lord Harrowby, exclaims: "Egad I hope they won't cut his throat before he gets rid of them! what an exit for Vice!--" In his pocket is a paper: 'Canning jests'. Between Harrowby and the (concealed) King stands Wellington, less caricatured than the others; he says: "Why he has skimed the Very Scum of the Country Sire!" Holding Castlereagh's right hand is Lord Eldon, in Chancellor's wig and gown; he looks up at Leach, saying, "There you are Vice! up to your knees in iniquity!--" Next him and on the extreme right is Wilberforce, with lank hair and drawn-down mouth. He cries: "The Lord have mercy upon him and help him safe down again! what a cut throat Crew." Facing the Chancellor, and holding the King's left hand, is the Archbishop of Canterbury, fat and grinning (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13276); he says: "Our pious brother there Will by-force ejaculate something holy!" Between them is a partly concealed head."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Revels round the Vice Post
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Four lines of quoted text following title: "Round about the Vice Post how they trot, "Soft heads hard every one has got; "Canting, ranting, then recanting, Round about the Vice Post &c. &c., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 37 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Canning," "Wellington," "Sidmouth," "Londondery [sic]," and "Wilberforce" identified in black ink in lower margin. Date "July 1820" written in ink in lower right corner, beneath which the attribution "By Williams" has been added in pencil. Typed extract of seven lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1820 by J. Johnston, 98 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Leach, John, 1760-1834, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Harrowby, Dudley Ryder, Earl of, 1762-1847., Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Politicians, Bags, Dance, Plants, Witnesses, and Bishops
"On the left is a pleasant old-fashioned tavern, 'The Kings Head', with a half length portrait of George IV in crown and robes. Ministers are seen within the open window, Castlereagh's profile on the left. A sturdy John Bull in top-boots stands outside, watching with distaste a disorderly and drunken rabble crowding round the door and (broken) window of the opposite house, the sign 'Mother Red Cap', a half length portrait of Queen Caroline, raddled and disreputable, a tricolour cockade in her conical hat. From the end of the beam supporting the sign hangs a pear (emblem of Bergami, see British Museum Satires No. 13869). The house (right) is a ruinous timber structure, shored up by beams. The crowd have a banner of a woman's shift inscribed 'Un Sun'd Snow NB "The Times" Taken in Here.' A man plays drum and pan-pipes. One man empties a bottle of spirits inscribed 'Queens Mixture' down the throat of a drunken fellow lying on his back. A fat man has a tankard of 'Qu[een's] Entire'. The two inns are respectively placarded 'The Original Brunswick House of Call for Loyalists--Pure Wine--Good Spirits --Sound Ale'; and 'The Brunswick Radical House of Call Italian Wines Bergamy Perry [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13869] No Adulteration! NB Good accomodation for all sorts of Cattle. Whitbread's Entire [cf. British Museum Satires No. 10414]--Small Beer.' In the background is a church tower among trees."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a smaller version of the same design
Description:
Title etched below image., A smaller version of this design, signed "G. Cruikshank fect.", was published 11 November 1820 as a plate to The Loyalist's magazine; see no. 13975 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10. This larger version is briefly mentioned at the end of the above catalogue entry: "This was also published by Humphrey as a caricature without verses, 4 Aug. 1821 ...", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 101 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Date "4 Aug. 1821" written in ink in lower right corner. Typed extract of seven lines from the British Museum catalogue description for No. 13975 (which mentions this print) is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., and Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815.
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Taverns (Inns), Crowns, Robes, Crowds, Intoxication, Alcoholic beverages, Pears, Banners, Street musicians, and Churches
"The Queen, grossly caricatured, sits on a zebra which stands in a round band-box with a hinged and upturned lid inscribed 'a Present from Baro Bergami'. The zebra has the (profile) head of Wood, looking with greedy and imbecile satisfaction towards a sieve of food inscribed '[Wa]rden of St Catherine'. This is held out by two hands projecting from the left margin. The Queen, with a grin both calculating and insane, sits full-face, negligently holding reins attached to Wood's mouth, her left hand on her hip. She sits in a smaller (bottomless) band-box which surrounds her from hips to knees, the left leg, in frilled drawers, being thrust forward from beneath it. She wears a décolletée dress; on her head is an erection of feathers and flowers rising from a circlet inscribed 'Wood'. An owl (cf. British Museum satires no. 14199) flies by her head. In the background is Brandenburgh House, in front of which is a braying ass."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Queen's ass in a band-box
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Mounted on page 7 of: George Humphrey shop album., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 28.3 x 21.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., and Brandenburgh House (London, England),
"The Queen, grossly caricatured, sits on a zebra which stands in a round band-box with a hinged and upturned lid inscribed 'a Present from Baro Bergami'. The zebra has the (profile) head of Wood, looking with greedy and imbecile satisfaction towards a sieve of food inscribed '[Wa]rden of St Catherine'. This is held out by two hands projecting from the left margin. The Queen, with a grin both calculating and insane, sits full-face, negligently holding reins attached to Wood's mouth, her left hand on her hip. She sits in a smaller (bottomless) band-box which surrounds her from hips to knees, the left leg, in frilled drawers, being thrust forward from beneath it. She wears a décolletée dress; on her head is an erection of feathers and flowers rising from a circlet inscribed 'Wood'. An owl (cf. British Museum satires no. 14199) flies by her head. In the background is Brandenburgh House, in front of which is a braying ass."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Queen's ass in a band-box
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., and Brandenburgh House (London, England),
"The Queen, grossly caricatured, sits on a zebra which stands in a round band-box with a hinged and upturned lid inscribed 'a Present from Baro Bergami'. The zebra has the (profile) head of Wood, looking with greedy and imbecile satisfaction towards a sieve of food inscribed '[Wa]rden of St Catherine'. This is held out by two hands projecting from the left margin. The Queen, with a grin both calculating and insane, sits full-face, negligently holding reins attached to Wood's mouth, her left hand on her hip. She sits in a smaller (bottomless) band-box which surrounds her from hips to knees, the left leg, in frilled drawers, being thrust forward from beneath it. She wears a décolletée dress; on her head is an erection of feathers and flowers rising from a circlet inscribed 'Wood'. An owl (cf. British Museum satires no. 14199) flies by her head. In the background is Brandenburgh House, in front of which is a braying ass."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Queen's ass in a band-box
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., 1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 30.7 x 22.7 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 23.1 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 45 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Ald. Wood" and "Caroline" identified in ink below image; date "22 Jan. 1821" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of seven lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., and Brandenburgh House (London, England),
"A frigate with a life-like bust of Queen Caroline as figurehead runs down a similar vessel with a huge and grotesque head of George IV. The latter heels over and is about to be swamped; the King's head looks up in terror at the complacent features of his wife bearing down upon it. The head is further threatened by the jaws, bristling with teeth, of two whales in the foreground. On the level deck of the 'Queen Caroline' stand Brougham, holding a broom, and Denman, both in wig and gown and holding a document inscribed 'Defence'. Behind them is (?) Lushington (not characterized); more prominent is Wood, in a court-suit, holding a pole supporting a block of wood inscribed 'A Chump' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13899]. The other two are Burdett, holding out a paper inscribed 'Westminster', and his fellow member Hobhouse. The crew of the 'Royal George' are either in the water or falling from the mast-head among spars and ribbons of sails. Castlereagh and Wellington are in the sea; one says: "My fall has been Triangular" [cf. British Museum Satires No. 14135], the other: "Oh! this is worse then the Grape Shot at Waterloo." On top of them falls Sidmouth with his clyster-pipe; he vomits, &c., saying: "this will a cooling Draughts [sic] and purge our foul stomachs." Two green bags (see British Museum Satires No. 13735), inscribed 'Bag', fall into the water; just above them is Eldon, dropping the mace and the Purse of the Great Seal; he exclaims: "O my Wool sack." Liverpool falls head first, dropping a large purse and coins; he says: "This Pool goes against my Liver." By his toe is a paper: 'Tresury'. Sir John Leach, with a paper inscribed 'Milan' [see British Museum Satires No. 13755, &c.], also falls. Nearest the masthead is the Archbishop of Canterbury. Beside him, sirloin, bottle, plates, knife, &c., are falling. On a smaller scale is Majocchi, dandified, and exclaiming "Non mi recordo" [see British Museum Satires No. 13827]."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and year of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., Mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 2 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Leach," "Liverpool," "Sidmouth," "Wellington," "Londondery [sic]," and "Eldon" identified in ink below image; date "25 Oct. 1820" written in lower right. Typed extract of twenty-four lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 25 by John Marshall Junr., 24 Little St. Martins Lane
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Lushington, Stephen, 1782-1873, Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Leach, John, 1760-1834, Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828, and Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Warships, Shipwrecks, Whales, Bags, Medical equipment & supplies, Ceremonial maces, and Bishops
In a large circle at center is Queen Caroline, dressed as Britannia and riding a horse that tramples a four-headed dragon lying on its back on the ground; the dragon has the human heads of the George IV and his ministers. The Queen, wearing armor and a helmet topped with a crown, shoves a long pike into the mouth of Liverpool; Castlereagh's head has been decapitated, Sidmouth's head has its eyes closed and seems to be unconscious, and the King's head looks on in horror. The border of the large circle reads "Carolina D.G. Britaniarum Regina" and a buckle at the bottom reveals it to be a belt. Four smaller circles in the corners of the design are labeled "Britannia," "Hibernia," "Cambria," and "Caledonia," and they contain symbols representing each region
Description:
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Watermark: J. Whatman 1820., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 47 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Liverpool," "Geo. IV," "Londondery [sic]," and "Sidmouth" identified in ink below image; date "Jan. 1821" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Published January 1821 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Dragons, Horses, Pikes (Weapons), Armor, Crowns, and Symbols
"George IV, much caricatured, and naked except for breeches, reclines on a bed of roses, attended by three plump ladies who bend over him, and whom he regards amorously.They are Mrs. Q-- (Quentin), see British Museum Satires No. 13889, and, apparently, her two young daughters, with whom the King plays. For the King as an infant cf. British Museum Satires No. 13764, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Royal great baby among the roses
Description:
Title etched below image., Frontispiece to: Hunter, R. A peep into the cottage at Windsor, or, "Love among the roses". London : Printed and published by W. Benbow ..., 1820., Approximate month of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 8 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and With "Peep into Cottage at Windsor" written in upper margin and date "1820" written in lower right, both in black ink. Also with four lines in sepia ink concerning Geroge IV's mistresses, written vertically in the left and right margins. Figure of "George IV" identified in pencil on mounting leaf below print, beneath which is pasted a typed extract of two lines from the British Museum catalogue description.
Publisher:
W. Benbow
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Quentin, Georgina
"George IV sits on the throne with Caroline beside him; his arm is round her shoulders and he turns to her to say: "(He that findeth a wife findeth good.) My dear Q***n, If constancy & love can make any amends for my past follies, I still may hope of a Reconciliation, do not go abroad again, to stay at home, is a great sign of the loyalty of marriage. ''Beneath the glitt'ring weight of crowns he'd groan", "Unless the genial bed relieve the throne." You may depend on it, I have turn'd up all those wanton Devils, I am sick of fat, I think no better of them than M. Raggou's Mistress who was whore to the whole troop. "A worthy Woman, saith Solomon is a Crown to her Husband!" He is caricatured, wearing royal robes and ruff. The Queen, who wears a small crown and royal robes, is handsome, affectionate, and unrecognizable. Her foot is on the royal footstool, and the crown is beside her. Leaning against the dais is an open book: 'Proverbs. She will do him good not evil all the days of her Life.' In the foreground (right) lies a portfolio of 'Bought up Caricatures'. On a projecting print is 'Marks fect', which serves as signature. The King's left arm is extended towards a crowd of angry and weeping women who are in a landscape which serves as background. Five in the forefront wear coronets. These say: "Oh! the wicked deceiver he shall know that women are either Angels or Devils"; "Oh! the Jerry Sneak" [from Foote's 'Mayor of Garratt']; "Let me come past, let me come past I'm going to drown'd myself"; "I shall hang myself"; "I wont go home to the Old Stick of my husband he can do nothing for me"; "Who would have thougt [sic] it after I experienced so much of his favour." One of the undifferentiated crowd says: "I shall go to the Magdalen" [asylum]. In the background are tiny figures: on the left a woman hangs from the branch of a rotten tree, above water in which one woman is almost submerged; another is about to plunge in, while a third runs towards it. On a hill on the right six lean and antlered men wearing court-suits dance holding hands; one says: "Dance away my Bucks, we shall have all our Ribs returned.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Royal libertine reclaimed, or, The anticipation of a reconciliation and Anticipation of a reconciliation
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed by the printmaker in lower right portion of image., and Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J.L. Marks, 37 Prince's St., Soho
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
