"Caricature on George IV who looks with horror at a projection on the wall from a magic lantern of a vision of the future with soldiers fighting an insurrection and politicians hanging from a lamp-post."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Peep in the magic lanthorn and Peep in the magic lantern
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 59 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Londondery [sic]," "Sidmouth," and "Liverpool" identified in ink in lower right margin, followed by the date "Aug. 1820" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 1820 by Dolby, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
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
Sir Matthew Wood, naked except for the skin of the Nemean Lion, wields a club at the Hydra, which has four heads, saying "Down, down to Hell! / and say I sent thee thither". The nearest head (probably King George IV) says, "Thou shalt not / commit Adultery." The second (probably Bartolomeo Bergami) says, "Non mi ricordo!" The third head, wearing a judge's wig and collar, has no speech bubble, but printed beside beside its profile is "Bill of Pains &c." The fourth head is unidentified, and silent, as is a shadowy fifth at the bottom right. Another unidentified head rests at the center bottom of the image; Wood is either standing on or just behind it.
Alternative Title:
Alderman Wood in the character of Hercules : encountering the Hydra!
Description:
Title from text below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 14 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Letters "oo" added in ink to the blank spaces in title to spell out the censored name "Wood." Figure of "George IV" identified in pencil below image. The note "Suppressed" and the date "Nov. 1820" are written in ink in lower right.
Publisher:
Published by Benbow, 269 Strand
Subject (Name):
Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, and Hercules (Roman mythological character)
Subject (Topic):
Hydra (Greek mythology), Clubs (Weapons), and Adultery
"A scene in the Lords. A large Green Bag stands wide open on the floor before the Woolsack; John Bull, a fat 'cit', takes from it a bottle inscribed 'Imputation' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13796]; the cork, in the form of a crown, flies up, and smoke rises. Eldon, seated on the Woolsack, one foot regally on a sack inscribed 'Mother Coal', scowls at the bottle; his mouth, like those of the other peers, is closed by a padlock, but he holds up a paper inscribed: 'My Lords-- Right or Wrong we will proceed'. J.B. faces him with arm flung back, exclaiming: "Stop--hear me first--step one Inch if you dare without my consent-- I protest against your Secret Tribunal I'll protect the Queen look at this Bottle--and look at that Reptile." He refers to a serpent wearing a royal crown and representing the King; this issues from a rent in the bag which is inscribed 'The Green Bag Opened'. Peers are grouped near Eldon, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Wellington, and Liverpool being the most prominent. On the right, behind a bar, stands the Queen wearing a small spiky crown, surrounded by three counsel (Brougham, Denman, and Lushington)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bull and the secret committee
Description:
Title etched below image. and Mounted on page 46 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Published July 1820 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
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., Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Lushington, Stephen, 1782-1873, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Legislative bodies, Interiors, Bags, Bottles, Crowns, Smoke, Locks (Hardware), and Snakes
"A scene in the Lords. A large Green Bag stands wide open on the floor before the Woolsack; John Bull, a fat 'cit', takes from it a bottle inscribed 'Imputation' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13796]; the cork, in the form of a crown, flies up, and smoke rises. Eldon, seated on the Woolsack, one foot regally on a sack inscribed 'Mother Coal', scowls at the bottle; his mouth, like those of the other peers, is closed by a padlock, but he holds up a paper inscribed: 'My Lords-- Right or Wrong we will proceed'. J.B. faces him with arm flung back, exclaiming: "Stop--hear me first--step one Inch if you dare without my consent-- I protest against your Secret Tribunal I'll protect the Queen look at this Bottle--and look at that Reptile." He refers to a serpent wearing a royal crown and representing the King; this issues from a rent in the bag which is inscribed 'The Green Bag Opened'. Peers are grouped near Eldon, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Wellington, and Liverpool being the most prominent. On the right, behind a bar, stands the Queen wearing a small spiky crown, surrounded by three counsel (Brougham, Denman, and Lushington)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bull and the secret committee
Description:
Title etched below image., 1 print : etching ; sheet 23.6 x 34.6 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 32 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Typed extract of seven lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Published July 1820 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
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., Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Lushington, Stephen, 1782-1873, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Legislative bodies, Interiors, Bags, Bottles, Crowns, Smoke, Locks (Hardware), and Snakes
"A parody of G. Cruikshank's 'My Eye', see British Museum Satires No. 14168. The eye is as before but much enlarged, filling the design. It contains a printing-press, inscribed 'Radical Press', and on it rests the Queen's bust portrait wreathed in laurel, closely copied from British Museum Satires No. 14150. Below the eye: 'See Hone's eulogium on the Radical Press. I'll watch them [him] tame. Shakespeare' ['Othello', III. iii; quoted in British Museum Satires No. 14168]."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Text at bottom of image: See Hone's eulogium on the Radical Press., Text in lower right corner of image: I'll watch them tame. Shakspeare., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 45 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1821 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., London
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
"A parody of G. Cruikshank's 'My Eye', see British Museum Satires No. 14168. The eye is as before but much enlarged, filling the design. It contains a printing-press, inscribed 'Radical Press', and on it rests the Queen's bust portrait wreathed in laurel, closely copied from British Museum Satires No. 14150. Below the eye: 'See Hone's eulogium on the Radical Press. I'll watch them [him] tame. Shakespeare' ['Othello', III. iii; quoted in British Museum Satires No. 14168]."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Text at bottom of image: See Hone's eulogium on the Radical Press., Text in lower right corner of image: I'll watch them tame. Shakspeare., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching ; sheet 14.9 x 22.3 cm., Printed on wove paper., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 69 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Q. Caroline" identified in ink at bottom of sheet; date "May 1821" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1821 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., London
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
"Caricature with Britannia and her lion, with the help of 'A Nation's Love', protecting Queen Caroline from the attacks of her accusers in Parliament."--British Museum online catalogue and Portrays Princess Charlotte defending her mother against attacks by George IV and his ministers
Description:
Title etched below image., With large manuscript lettering "Oh my mother, my mother" in ink above image; impression at the British Museum (registration no.: 1983,0305.31) has the same phrase written in the same place., "Argus" was an early pseudonym of Charles Williams; however, three other prints signed "Argus" from 1820 have been attributed in the British Museum catalogue to William Heath (as have others from this time period with S.W. Fores's address spelled "Picadilli" in imprint). See page 799 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., Possible artist's device follows the "Argus" signature in lower right: A cross above a circle divided into quarters., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Watermark: Weatherley & Lane 1818., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 70 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Caroline," "Eldon," "Londondery [sic]," "Sidmouth," "Liverpool," and "Geo. IV" identified in ink below image; date "23 Aug. 1820" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. Aug. 23, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, 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, and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, Britannia (Symbolic character), Lions, Shields, Spears, and Politicians
"The Queen (left), short, fat, and grotesque, stands on tiptoe, on an ornamental slab, to reach Bergami who stoops to kiss her. She wears feathered hat, lace-edged pelisse, and short, projecting skirt. He is dressed as a postilion, with a short furred jacket, his whip projecting from a pocket. The floor is carpeted. Below the design: 'This, to be fact is now admitted even by the Opposition!!! She doesn't stand upon trifles.' The plate is depicted in British Museum Satires No. 14206."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Armful of love
Description:
Title etched above image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 4 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pub. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
"The Queen (left), short, fat, and grotesque, stands on tiptoe, on an ornamental slab, to reach Bergami who stoops to kiss her. She wears feathered hat, lace-edged pelisse, and short, projecting skirt. He is dressed as a postilion, with a short furred jacket, his whip projecting from a pocket. The floor is carpeted. Below the design: 'This, to be fact is now admitted even by the Opposition!!! She doesn't stand upon trifles.' The plate is depicted in British Museum Satires No. 14206."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Armful of love
Description:
Title etched above image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching with roulette ; plate mark 31.6 x 24.9 cm, on sheet 31.9 x 25.1 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 67 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Caroline" and "Bergami" identified in ink at bottom of sheet; date "30 Ap. 1821" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
