Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898, collector
Published / Created:
[ca. 1835?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G (Oversize)
Container / Volume:
v.2
Image Count:
222
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A collection of 256 mostly British satirical prints and broadsides commenting on the scandalous relations between Queen Caroline and King George IV including those commenting on the "Queen Caroline Affair" of 1820, purportedly assembled by William Gla...
Description:
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician for over 60 years, including 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as well as 12 years as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, and Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898, collector
Published / Created:
[ca. 1835?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G (Oversize)
Container / Volume:
v.1
Image Count:
226
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A collection of 256 mostly British satirical prints and broadsides commenting on the scandalous relations between Queen Caroline and King George IV including those commenting on the "Queen Caroline Affair" of 1820, purportedly assembled by William Gla...
Description:
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician for over 60 years, including 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as well as 12 years as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, and Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843
"The Prince stands in back view, his head turned to the left. His heels are together. His powdered hair or wig has a cockatoo-like crest, worn with a very small queue, round which his coat is thickly frosted with powder, cf. BMSat 8190. His neck, as i...
Alternative Title:
Prince of Wales from behind
Description:
Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 10th, 1802, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
"The Prince stands in back view, his head turned to the left. His heels are together. His powdered hair or wig has a cockatoo-like crest, worn with a very small queue, round which his coat is thickly frosted with powder, cf. BMSat 8190. His neck, as i...
Alternative Title:
Prince of Wales from behind
Description:
Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 10th, 1802, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Mathews (left) gives a selection from his "Entertainments"; he stands behind his accustomed small draped table, which is lit by candles in place of the usual lamps. A pianist sits at the grand piano. The King stands as if making a speech: he is giving...
Description:
Title and imprint from published state.
Publisher:
Sherwood, Jones, & Co.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
A view of the back of a horseman and the rump and hind legs of his horse. The rider is wearing a tall silk hat and holding a riding crop in his right hand
A view of the back of a horseman and the rump and hind legs of his horse. The rider is wearing a tall silk hat and holding a riding crop in his right hand
A view of the back of a horseman and the rump and hind legs of his horse. The rider is wearing a tall silk hat and holding a riding crop in his right hand
A rare surviving example of a volume that a printseller would put together in order to showcase for clients visiting the shop the satirical prints available for purchase, either from existing inventory or to be printed on order from copperplates in th...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Lockington, J., active 1776-1790,
"A scene in the House of Lords, the foreground being filled by a fantastic game of chess. Gifford (left) and Brougham (right) play on a large chess-board supported on the heads of three witnesses against the Queen: Rastelli (?), Demont, and Majocchi. ...
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
W. Benbow
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826, Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820, Demont, Louisa, active 1814-1820, Rastelli, Giuseppe, active 1820, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords,
