"Majocchi stands shoulder deep in a transparent jar, inscribed 'Urinal', his feet resting on a sealed green bag, 'The Green Bag' (see British Museum Satires No. 13735), in front of which is a leech, 'Horse Leech', with Leach's head, see British Museum Satires No. 13740. Majocchi stares at the spectator, shouting: "Signior - "Non mi recordo" [see British Museum Satires No. 13827]. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 13857."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 55 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Typed extract of three lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Published August 1820 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820, and Leach, John, 1760-1834
"Caricature of Queen Caroline, accompanied by Bergami, crowning with a wreath a bust with a Phrygian cap in the palace of Murat, accompanied by Pauline Borghese to whom a courtier hands a card labelled 'Principessa Paulina'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One line of quoted text below title: "The loyalty, well held to fools, does make our faith mere folly.", For a smaller version of this design, etched by George Cruikshank as one of four designs on a single plate, see no. 13731 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Bonaparte, Paolina, 1780-1825, and Joachim Murat, King of Naples, 1767-1815.
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces, Interiors, Sculpture, Liberty cap, and Wreaths
"Caricature of Queen Caroline, accompanied by Bergami, crowning with a wreath a bust with a Phrygian cap in the palace of Murat, accompanied by Pauline Borghese to whom a courtier hands a card labelled 'Principessa Paulina'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One line of quoted text below title: "The loyalty, well held to fools, does make our faith mere folly.", For a smaller version of this design, etched by George Cruikshank as one of four designs on a single plate, see no. 13731 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 27.5 x 22.5 cm, on sheet 27.7 x 22.7 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 76 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 pencil at bottom of sheet; date "1 June 1821" written in ink in lower right corner. Typed extract of twenty lines from the British Museum catalogue description for No. 13731 (which mentions this print) is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Bonaparte, Paolina, 1780-1825, and Joachim Murat, King of Naples, 1767-1815.
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces, Interiors, Sculpture, Liberty cap, and Wreaths
"George IV, seated in an armchair, plays a 'cello. Bloomfield stands behind, playing a flute; in his pocket is a paper: 'Farmer's Boy' [for this identification cf. (e.g.) that of Orger in British Museum Satires No. 11940]. Lady Conyngham stands beside the King, saying blandly: "Play Here we go Up Up Up." On the right is a dancing bear, facing a stout jovial man (identified, A. de R. xviii. 4 as Sir L. Neagle, i.e. Sir E. Nagle, appointed Groom of the Bedchamber on George IV's accession). No one notices John Bull (wearing top-hat and top-boots) who enters, shouting: "Rome's on fire, Haste Haste Help Help the People 's Roused, Perjurys allowed Conspirators are suffered to Escape, the Directors are impeached-- the World's in Arms." Behind the King hangs a large placard: Estimate of Expenses at the Chinese Temple One Million--Building Repairing & Furnishing Mark Anthonys State Barges Building two New ones . . . £150,000 Cottage seat Como [Countess Cowper (25 Sept. 1820): 'They say the story is really true of blundering Sir E. Nagel saying in the boat on the Lake near the New Cottage, "We have also got our little Lake of Como"--the King and Ly C present.' Airlie, 'Lady Palmerston', 1922, i. 67; 'The King laughed very much...' 'Journal of H. E. Fox', 1923, p. 38; cf. British Museum Satires No. 13857] formerly called V-g-o [sic] Water . . . 40,000 New Cottage at O-P Q . . . 20,000. Presents to Cleopatra. Horse 150 Diamond Necklace . . . 30,000. Pearl Ditto . . . to Cleo's Daughter 15000. Sinecure to Cleo's Boy Pr Anm 3000.' Above Lady Conyngham's head is a painting of a nude woman in bed; below this is an unframed print, a bust portrait of 'Caroline' with the head torn off."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Male costume: 1820., Watermark: J. Whatman 1820., and Manuscript "265" in upper center of plate.
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 11th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Bloomfield, Benjamin Bloomfield, Baron, 1768-1846, Nagle, Edmund, Sir, 1757-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., and Nero, Emperor of Rome, 37-68.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Adultery, Musical instruments, Violoncellos, Flutes, Trained animals, and Bears
"George IV, seated in an armchair, plays a 'cello. Bloomfield stands behind, playing a flute; in his pocket is a paper: 'Farmer's Boy' [for this identification cf. (e.g.) that of Orger in British Museum Satires No. 11940]. Lady Conyngham stands beside the King, saying blandly: "Play Here we go Up Up Up." On the right is a dancing bear, facing a stout jovial man (identified, A. de R. xviii. 4 as Sir L. Neagle, i.e. Sir E. Nagle, appointed Groom of the Bedchamber on George IV's accession). No one notices John Bull (wearing top-hat and top-boots) who enters, shouting: "Rome's on fire, Haste Haste Help Help the People 's Roused, Perjurys allowed Conspirators are suffered to Escape, the Directors are impeached-- the World's in Arms." Behind the King hangs a large placard: Estimate of Expenses at the Chinese Temple One Million--Building Repairing & Furnishing Mark Anthonys State Barges Building two New ones . . . £150,000 Cottage seat Como [Countess Cowper (25 Sept. 1820): 'They say the story is really true of blundering Sir E. Nagel saying in the boat on the Lake near the New Cottage, "We have also got our little Lake of Como"--the King and Ly C present.' Airlie, 'Lady Palmerston', 1922, i. 67; 'The King laughed very much...' 'Journal of H. E. Fox', 1923, p. 38; cf. British Museum Satires No. 13857] formerly called V-g-o [sic] Water . . . 40,000 New Cottage at O-P Q . . . 20,000. Presents to Cleopatra. Horse 150 Diamond Necklace . . . 30,000. Pearl Ditto . . . to Cleo's Daughter 15000. Sinecure to Cleo's Boy Pr Anm 3000.' Above Lady Conyngham's head is a painting of a nude woman in bed; below this is an unframed print, a bust portrait of 'Caroline' with the head torn off."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Male costume: 1820., 1 print : etching ; sheet 24.6 x 34.9 cm., Printed on laid paper with watermark; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 98 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Lady Conyngham" and "George IV" identified in pencil at bottom of sheet. Typed extract of eleven lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 11th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Bloomfield, Benjamin Bloomfield, Baron, 1768-1846, Nagle, Edmund, Sir, 1757-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., and Nero, Emperor of Rome, 37-68.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Adultery, Musical instruments, Violoncellos, Flutes, Trained animals, and Bears
Caricature of the British Prime Minister presenting crowns to King George IV in the Brighton Pavilion, surrounded by Chinese objects and figures. The King is seen from behind, brandishing a scepter and sovereign's orb
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly by William Heath, to which the British Museum catalogue attributes many prints from this time period with S.W. Fores's address spelled "Picadilli" in imprint., A speech bubble from the Prime Minister reads: I can't indeed I can't consider the poor Starving Manufacturers., A speech bubble from the King reads: Now if you don't Increase my Salary half a Million, I'll send you to Liverpool., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and With a watermark: Ruse & Turner 1816.
Publisher:
Pub. Ma[r]ch 30, 1820, by S.W. Fores, Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England), George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., and Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828.
Subject (Topic):
Crowns, Scepters, Art objects, Decorations, and Furnishings
Caricature of the British Prime Minister presenting crowns to King George IV in the Brighton Pavilion, surrounded by Chinese objects and figures. The King is seen from behind, brandishing a scepter and sovereign's orb
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly by William Heath, to which the British Museum catalogue attributes many prints from this time period with S.W. Fores's address spelled "Picadilli" in imprint., A speech bubble from the Prime Minister reads: I can't indeed I can't consider the poor Starving Manufacturers., A speech bubble from the King reads: Now if you don't Increase my Salary half a Million, I'll send you to Liverpool., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., 1 print : etching ; sheet 24.6 x 34.8 cm., Printed on laid paper with watermark "G. Pike 1820"; hand-colored. Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 6 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Liverpool" and "Geo. IV" identified in ink above title; date "March 1820" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. Ma[r]ch 30, 1820, by S.W. Fores, Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England), George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., and Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828.
Subject (Topic):
Crowns, Scepters, Art objects, Decorations, and Furnishings
"Majocchi, with brown face, debased features, and villainous squint, grotesquely dressed as a dandy, stands full-face, holding out a large rolled document: 'Orders for the Milan Commission' [see British Museum Satires No. 13755, &c.] and a large purse filled with gold coins: 'Secret Service Money'. He wears a small high-crowned hat: 'made by the Dandy Military Tailor in Pall Mall' [George IV, cf. British Museum Satires No. 13237, &c.]. On the lapels of his coat are two portrait medallions, one of 'Mrs Q' [see British Museum Satires No. 13889], the other of the 'K--g'. From a pocket hangs a long paper: 'Minutes of a conversation with a fat goodlooking Gentleman in Pall Mall on the Day George the III was Buried.' A long cylinder attached (?) to a coat-tail is inscribed 'Perjury . . . Per . . . Perjury'. He wears long trousers of hussar pattern, coat with small tails open over a tight white waistcoat: all his clothes are inscribed 'Government Stores'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Non mi ricordo
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 36 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 8th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadill [sic]
Subject (Name):
Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820, 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 Quentin, Georgina.
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, Documents, Purses, Coins, Hats, and Medals
"Majocchi, with brown face, debased features, and villainous squint, grotesquely dressed as a dandy, stands full-face, holding out a large rolled document: 'Orders for the Milan Commission' [see British Museum Satires No. 13755, &c.] and a large purse filled with gold coins: 'Secret Service Money'. He wears a small high-crowned hat: 'made by the Dandy Military Tailor in Pall Mall' [George IV, cf. British Museum Satires No. 13237, &c.]. On the lapels of his coat are two portrait medallions, one of 'Mrs Q' [see British Museum Satires No. 13889], the other of the 'K--g'. From a pocket hangs a long paper: 'Minutes of a conversation with a fat goodlooking Gentleman in Pall Mall on the Day George the III was Buried.' A long cylinder attached (?) to a coat-tail is inscribed 'Perjury . . . Per . . . Perjury'. He wears long trousers of hussar pattern, coat with small tails open over a tight white waistcoat: all his clothes are inscribed 'Government Stores'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Non mi ricordo
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching ; sheet 34.9 x 24.8 cm., Printed on laid paper with watermark "G. Pike 1820"; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 96 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Theodore Majocchi" identified in ink below image; date "8 Oct. 1820" written in lower right corner of sheet. Typed extract of five lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 8th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadill [sic]
Subject (Name):
Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820, 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 Quentin, Georgina.
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, Documents, Purses, Coins, Hats, and Medals
"Caricature of elderly nursemaids treating the Cabinet as babies."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Watermark: J. Whatman 1820., Mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 41 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Sidmouth," "Bp. Howley," "Londondery [sic]," "Eldon," "Wellington," "Leech [sic]," and "Liverpool" identified in ink below image; date "Jan. 1821" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1821 by J. Johnston, 98 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Leach, John, 1760-1834
