"King, Archbishop, Ministers, &c., and Green Bag are overturned or put to flight by the Queen mounted on a savage bull (J.B.). An 'Italian' dagger, a 'horse Leech', &c., &c., fall from the Bag."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionably attributed to Elmes in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 40 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1820 by 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, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Leach, John, 1760-1834
"King, Archbishop, Ministers, &c., and Green Bag are overturned or put to flight by the Queen mounted on a savage bull (J.B.). An 'Italian' dagger, a 'horse Leech', &c., &c., fall from the Bag."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionably attributed to Elmes in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching ; sheet 30.1 x 40.2 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom., Mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 61 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Liverpool," "Sidmouth," and "Eldon" identified in ink below image; date "Aug. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of two lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted to the left of print.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1820 by 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, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Leach, John, 1760-1834
"Caricature on the trial of Queen Caroline, in sixteen small scenes, each with a character from the case and the words they have spoken."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Characters in the new piece now performing at the Theatre Royal Cotton Garden 1820
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker from the British Museum online catalogue., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Mounted on page 23 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 6, 1820, by John Marshall Junr., 24 Little St. Martins Lane, London
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, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Leach, John, 1760-1834, Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, and William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Military officers, Lawyers, Crowns, Bags, Gallows, Dandies, Justice, Scales, Brooms & brushes, Worms, and Ethnic stereotypes
"Caricature on the trial of Queen Caroline, in sixteen small scenes, each with a character from the case and the words they have spoken."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Characters in the new piece now performing at the Theatre Royal Cotton Garden 1820
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker from the British Museum online catalogue., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., 1 print : etching ; sheet 26 x 27.5 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 12 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Clarence," "D. York," "Caroline," "Liverpool," "Wellington," "Geo. IV," "Leach," "Eldon," "Brougham," and "Majocchi" identified in ink at the bottom of their respective panels in the design.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 6, 1820, by John Marshall Junr., 24 Little St. Martins Lane, London
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, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Leach, John, 1760-1834, Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, and William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Military officers, Lawyers, Crowns, Bags, Gallows, Dandies, Justice, Scales, Brooms & brushes, Worms, and Ethnic stereotypes
"A large quasi-cylindrical Green Bag, see British Museum Satires No. 13735, stands at an angle with the ground like a mortar (and suggesting the Regent's Bomb, see British Museum Satires No. 12799), aimed at the Queen (left), who stands with right arm raised, left hand on breast, demonstrating innocence. Castlereagh touches it with a firebrand inscribed Lies, as if putting a match to a touch-hole; flames and papers shoot from the bag, but strike against the large shield, inscribed "Truth" and "Inocence," held by a woman in classical draperies, who is air-borne above the Queen, and raises the flaming sword Justice. She says fiercely: "Back to your Native Hell." She and the Queen are irradiated by a sun in the upper left corner. The flames are inscribed "Adultry" and "Charges"; the papers are "Evidence of the Baron Ompteda Lies &c" [see British Museum Satires No. 13745]; "Adultry with a servant" [Bergami]; "Charges." The blasts of flame strike on the shield and ricochet back against Castlereagh and his supporters, and downwards upon writhing serpents and a skull which have come out of the bag. These boomerang-flames are "Charges Repeld" and "Charges"; they terminate in great clouds of "Smoke." Behind Castlereagh (the only one who stands his ground, though alarmed) are Sidmouth holding his nose, (?) Sir John Leach (see British Museum Satires No. 13740), and two others, poorly characterized; these four are escaping to the right."--British Museum catalogue and A satire on Viscount Castlereagh as a leader in the prosecution of Queen Caroline
Alternative Title:
Green bag open'd and Green bag opened
Description:
Title etched below image., "Argus" was formerly a pseudonym of Charles Williams, but in this case an attribution to William Heath is instead suggested; see page 799 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., Watermark: J. Whatman 1819., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 43 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and The figures of "Caroline" and "Londondery [sic]" are identified in black ink in lower margin; date "10 July 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of twelve lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Publd. July 10th, 1820, by Richd. Fores, 71 Leadenhall Street, Aldgate
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822., Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Leach, John, 1760-1834
"John Bull (left), wearing a star centred by a heart: 'Queens Order of Knighthood', furiously kicks Italian witnesses from a quay into the sea, where (right) a boat waits to take them to a packet-boat. His bull-dog is about to bite, and he raises a massive bludgeon, kicking a lean grenadier with an empty sleeve, to whose back is tied a large green bag (see British Museum Satires No. 13735) inscribed 'Infernal Lies from Como' [cf. No. 13857]. On this capers a demon, holding a noose above the Italian's head, and in the left hand a little gibbet from which hangs a tiny effigy of the Grenadier with his bundle. The Italian holds a stiletto and wears a high cap with dangling bell on which are skull and cross-bones. J. B. shouts: "This is Freedom's own Land, 'tis the land of the Queen, Where no hired traducers shall ever be seen, Be off each vile Eunuch--be off high and low or I'll knock you to H--ll with an Englishmans blow!!" The Italian looks back to say: "If thus you pay Italian Spies I'll bring no more Infernal Lies" Another Italian wearing braided livery is knee-deep in the sea, he looks back angrily at John, holding dagger and pistol. A terrified foreigner, ragged but fashionable, leaps towards the water, exclaiming: "Diable!! Jean Anglaise [sic]." A woman with a bunch of keys, in full flight, pours the contents of a 'Pot de Chambre' over a grotesque lawyer (Leach), who is racing down steps to the water with a green bag of 'Lies from Milan'. She says: "Dis Pot contains mine Evidence--do taste it Signor Horse Leach, you vill find very strong proof of Guilt." Leach, looking over his shoulder, says: "This Business smells strong We have kept it too long" A sturdy sailor standing in a boat at the foot of the steps fends him off with a boat-hook, saying: "Shew me a clean bill of health signed Caroline or by G d you sha'nt come on board here."."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Kick from Harwich to Holland
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionably attributed to William Elmes in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left side., "Vivant Regina!!"--Beneath lower right corner of image., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 41 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 J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821. and Leach, John, 1760-1834
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Witnesses, Ethnic stereotypes, Boats, Dogs, Staffs (Sticks), Demons, Nooses, Gallows, Daggers & swords, Handguns, Keys (Hardware), Bags, Lawyers, Sailors, and British
Lord Eldon (in gown and wig) and George IV (wearing the "Green Bag" of evidence against the Queen) ride on a crocodile whose head is labeled "Deception"; both Eldon and the crocodile have tears pouring from their eyes. The blindfolded figure of Justice is caught in the jaws of the crocodile, her sword sent flying but her scale still clutched in her left hand. At the feet of the crocodile, baby crocodiles emerge out of eggs with labels such as “Disgrace,” “Blood sucker,” and “Quack"; they bear the likenesses of government officials, including Liverpool, Castlereagh, Leach, and Sidmouth, as well as of the witness Majocchi. Eldon carries a scepter inscribed “Oppression” in one hand, and a document that reads “Pains and Penalties” in the other; both have been struck by lightning from ominous thunderclouds, breaking the scepter and setting the scroll (and Eldon's wig) on fire. In the top left corner stands Queen Caroline in the light of an eye in the sky; a soldier stands in front of Caroline wielding his bayonet and rifle, claiming “Justice and Innocence shall be protected.” A man with a sword stands on the left edge of the design, calling out to an army (of public opinion?) that must be advancing on the scene; he says "Steady boys - Firmness and Truth - Caroline and Virtue forever.”
Description:
Title etched below image., In the style of John Lewis Marks, who etched other prints published by Benbow during this time period., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Window mounted to 27 x 39.7 cm, the whole then mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 9 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Liverpool," "Eldon," "Londondery [sic]," "Leach," "Sidmouth," and "Majocchi" identified in ink below image; date "Nov. 1820" written in lower right corner of mount.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1820 by Wm. Benbow, 269 Strand
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, 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, Leach, John, 1760-1834, and Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820
"George IV (right), as Henry VIII (see British Museum Satires No. 13664, &c.), wearing ermine robes and ruff, sits on a dais under a canopy, his eyes turned sideways to the right. In his right hand is a goblet; on a table before him is a decanter of 'Curacoa'. Against this, at a lower level, is a second table on which is the mace; on each side sits a cardinal, gaping in astonishment at Queen Caroline, as Katharine of Aragon; she stands facing the King at the end of the table (left), wearing quasi-Tudor robes. She declaims Queen Catherine's speech, abridged: "Sir, I desire you do me right and justice, And to bestow your pity on me: for I am a most poor woman, and a stranger, Born out of your dominions; -- If, in the course And process of this time, you can report, And perove [sic] it too, against mine honour aught, My bond to wedlock, or my Love and duty Against your sacred person, in Gods name, Turn me away ;-- and so give me up To the sharpest kind of justice." Under Castlereagh's foot lies 'Mag[na] Charta'; his vis-à-vis cardinal is Sidmouth. Next Castlereagh (right) sits a lawyer, writing (? Leach). Beside him is a large bag with its neck encircled by hissing serpents; it is placarded: 'A Green Bag! filled with Spite Envy Malice. Hatred Lies &c &c &c' [see British Museum Satires No. 13735, &c.]. On each side of the King stands a bishop holding a crosier, one the Archbishop of Canterbury, the other probably Pelham of Exeter, see British Museum Satires No. 13946. Behind the Queen and on the extreme left stands Wood in his alderman's gown. Beefeaters stand against the wall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Text following title: Principal characters, King of England by the ****, Queen of England by the Q****, Cardinal Wolsey - L**d C*********h [Castlereagh] &c &c &[c]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement below title: Just Pubd. "How to get un-married" [British Museum Satires No. 13770]., and Mounted on page 21 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J.L. Marks, 37 Princes St., Soho
Subject (Name):
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, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828, Pelham, George, 1766-1827, Leach, John, 1760-1834, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
"George IV (right), as Henry VIII (see British Museum Satires No. 13664, &c.), wearing ermine robes and ruff, sits on a dais under a canopy, his eyes turned sideways to the right. In his right hand is a goblet; on a table before him is a decanter of 'Curacoa'. Against this, at a lower level, is a second table on which is the mace; on each side sits a cardinal, gaping in astonishment at Queen Caroline, as Katharine of Aragon; she stands facing the King at the end of the table (left), wearing quasi-Tudor robes. She declaims Queen Catherine's speech, abridged: "Sir, I desire you do me right and justice, And to bestow your pity on me: for I am a most poor woman, and a stranger, Born out of your dominions; -- If, in the course And process of this time, you can report, And perove [sic] it too, against mine honour aught, My bond to wedlock, or my Love and duty Against your sacred person, in Gods name, Turn me away ;-- and so give me up To the sharpest kind of justice." Under Castlereagh's foot lies 'Mag[na] Charta'; his vis-à-vis cardinal is Sidmouth. Next Castlereagh (right) sits a lawyer, writing (? Leach). Beside him is a large bag with its neck encircled by hissing serpents; it is placarded: 'A Green Bag! filled with Spite Envy Malice. Hatred Lies &c &c &c' [see British Museum Satires No. 13735, &c.]. On each side of the King stands a bishop holding a crosier, one the Archbishop of Canterbury, the other probably Pelham of Exeter, see British Museum Satires No. 13946. Behind the Queen and on the extreme left stands Wood in his alderman's gown. Beefeaters stand against the wall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Text following title: Principal characters, King of England by the ****, Queen of England by the Q****, Cardinal Wolsey - L**d C*********h [Castlereagh] &c &c &[c]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement below title: Just Pubd. "How to get un-married" [British Museum Satires No. 13770]., 1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 24.7 x 34.8 cm, sheet 25 x 35.4 cm, Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 56 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Wood," "Caroline," "Sidmouth," "Londondery [sic]," and "Leach" identified in ink at bottom of sheet; date "1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of seven lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J.L. Marks, 37 Princes St., Soho
Subject (Name):
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, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828, Pelham, George, 1766-1827, Leach, John, 1760-1834, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
"Leach (right), the Vice-Chancellor, dressed as a woman, with a trimmed bonnet over his wig, sits on a corded chest inscribed Commissio[n] ; against this leans a book: Justifia et honor. He grasps a moneybag inscribed 10,000, and holds the ear of a fox which crouches against his knee. He faces John Bull who is stripped to the waist, with a gigantic leech on his back. John, a countryman in patched breeches, registers angry terror and pain; he looks over his shoulder, exclaiming: "D--me what a monstrous Leech! it not only sucks blood but honor also!" Leach says: "I am not plain, Leech, Sir, but by vulgar denomination--I am called Miss Leech if you please--." Beside J. B., and pointing menacingly towards him, are the muzzle of a cannon, a sheaf of bayonets in a chest inscribed 'G R' and 'Steel Lozenges' [see British Museum Satires No. 13513]. Against this lie shackles inscribed 'Bandages', and cannon-balls inscribed 'Bolus' and 'Iron Pills'. On a hill behind a large cap of 'Liberty' dangles from a gibbet against which leans a ladder. Leach's fox turns its head towards John, saying: "In Law. what plea so tained [sic] and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Observes the evil? There is no Vice so simple, but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts Shak Mer of Ven--Act 3 Scene 2." Behind Leach, and on the extreme right, is a second chest inscribed 'French and Italian Monkey[s]'. A monkey wearing a fool's cap crouches on it, grinning at his reflection in a hand-mirror."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 39 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "John Bull" and "Sir John Leach" identified in pencil at bottom of sheet; date "July 1820" written in ink in lower right corner. Typed extract of eight lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1820 by Smolky, 18 Rupert Street
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821. and Leach, John, 1760-1834
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Cross dressing, Bonnets, Chests, Foxes, Worms, Parasites, Cannons, Cannon balls, Bayonets, Shackles, Ladders, Gallows, Liberty cap, Monkeys, Mirrors, and Fools' caps
"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 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
"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
"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
"Caricature on the trial of Queen Caroline, with the charges being laid before the Lord Chancellor."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
School boy and his master
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., 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 102 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Leach," "Majocchi," "Sidmouth," "Liverpool," "Eldon," "D. York," and "Wellington" identified in ink below image; date "Oct. 1820" written in lower right corner of sheet.
Publisher:
Published October 1820 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
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., Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820, Leach, John, 1760-1834, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Military officers, Military uniforms, British, Scepters, Daggers & swords, Worms, Coats of arms, Tables, Bags, Rats, and Books
"A sequence of six designs in two rows. [1] 'Begging before the Door of his Benefactor.' Young Leach, as a crossing-sweeper, holds out his hat to a gentleman who amiably puts in a coin. The latter walks away from a street-door with a plate inscribed 'Sir Robt Taylor'. [2] 'In the Service of his Benefactor.' Leach, as a young footman in livery, walks behind Taylor and his wife, who are returning from a country church. He carries cane and prayer-book. [3] 'As Clerk to his Benefactor.' Leach writes at a desk in a bare room, with a shelf of books high on the wall. [4] 'Now a Lawyer!!!' He sits in a well-furnished room, smilingly giving advice to a dismayed client (cf. British Museum Satires No. 11931, &c.). [5] 'Becomes a Counsellor!!! Thanks to his Benefactor.' Scene in court, with a crowded gallery. As one of a row of barristers Leach makes an impassioned appeal to the judge. [6] 'And now a Judge!!! Thanks to the Nation.' From the bench he looks down at a row of barristers. After the title: 'Every Merit should be Awarded to a Man for having raised himself from Beggary to so prominent a Station. The utmost Hatred, does that Man deserve who would create Despotism in our Land.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Gradations of a Vice Chancellor and "'Tis better to be born lucky than rich"
Description:
Title from text below image., Publisher's statement written in ink on separate piece of paper (11 x 38 mm) pasted below lower left corner of image., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with partial loss of statement of responsibility from lower right. Missing text supplied from the British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on page 22 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Garmeson, No. 2 St. Swithins Lane, Lombard Stt.
Subject (Name):
Leach, John, 1760-1834 and Taylor, Robert, Sir, 1714-1788
"Heading to a printed broadside. An enormous leech with the head and wig of Sir John Leach (see British Museum Satires No. 13740) advances menacingly upon three little men (right) who flee. Three others (left) register disgust, holding their noses. They say: "Tom T--dman's cart is nothing to compare to it; It stinks worse than a Pole-cat; D--n it what a Stench." A woman staggers backwards, saying: "Bring me a Smelling Bottle or I shall Die." One man lies on the ground fainting or dead. The leech is backed by clouds of smoke. Below the title: "The common damn'd shun its society, and think themselves fiends less foul." The text describes 'the Great Black Leech lately discovered at Milan . . .' procured 'at a great expense, at the special instance of the State "Doctor" [Sidmouth], . . . for 'the performance of an operation to relieve the Great Man's complaint' (a troubled mind). It was abortive and he is 'worse than ever'. Attempts to check its 'vicious propensities' were vain 'until Dr. Hone skilfully applied some "printer's ink" to it'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching with roulette ; plate mark 10.2 x 18 cm, on sheet 12.1 x 19 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Imperfect; sheet has been cut in half, with bottom portion (12.6 x 18.5 cm) containing most of the letterpress text mounted separately beside upper portion containing the engraved plate. Imprint statement has also been trimmed away., and Mounted on page 23 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Benbow, 269 Strand
Subject (Name):
Leach, John, 1760-1834, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
"Heading to a printed broadside. An enormous leech with the head and wig of Sir John Leach (see British Museum Satires No. 13740) advances menacingly upon three little men (right) who flee. Three others (left) register disgust, holding their noses. They say: "Tom T--dman's cart is nothing to compare to it; It stinks worse than a Pole-cat; D--n it what a Stench." A woman staggers backwards, saying: "Bring me a Smelling Bottle or I shall Die." One man lies on the ground fainting or dead. The leech is backed by clouds of smoke. Below the title: "The common damn'd shun its society, and think themselves fiends less foul." The text describes 'the Great Black Leech lately discovered at Milan . . .' procured 'at a great expense, at the special instance of the State "Doctor" [Sidmouth], . . . for 'the performance of an operation to relieve the Great Man's complaint' (a troubled mind). It was abortive and he is 'worse than ever'. Attempts to check its 'vicious propensities' were vain 'until Dr. Hone skilfully applied some "printer's ink" to it'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 42 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Leech [sic]" identified in black ink below image; date "1820" written in lower right corner of sheet. Typed extract of two lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Benbow, 269 Strand
Subject (Name):
Leach, John, 1760-1834, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
"A hand, 'Manus Populi', extends into the design from the upper margin, holding a chain from which hangs a pair of scales. On one (right), close to the ground, sits the Queen, hands crossed on her breast, saying: "My innocence will support me & my Country will protect me-- 10 Great Men against one unprotected Woman are fearful odds." The other scale, high in the air, is completely filled by a green bag, see British Museum Satires No. 13735, from the mouth of which emerges the head of George IV, crowned. Attached to the beam, by a rope round his neck, hangs a military officer, holding a huge key; as a makeweight he dangles vainly against the left side of the King's bag. Three men standing below pull at the scale, trying to drag it down: they are Sidmouth (left), a judge in back view (? Leach), and Castlereagh (right), who says: "We cannot do it, and I told you so at first, & if she opens her bag we shall be stifled all of us." The King looks down at them with a distressed expression, saying: "Pull you lubbers.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Green bag, its contents and all its appendages are insufficient to turn the scale of public opinion
Description:
Title etched below image., Date precedes publisher's statement in imprint., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
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, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Leach, John, 1760-1834
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Military officers, British, Keys (Hardware), Scales, and Bags
"A hand, 'Manus Populi', extends into the design from the upper margin, holding a chain from which hangs a pair of scales. On one (right), close to the ground, sits the Queen, hands crossed on her breast, saying: "My innocence will support me & my Country will protect me-- 10 Great Men against one unprotected Woman are fearful odds." The other scale, high in the air, is completely filled by a green bag, see British Museum Satires No. 13735, from the mouth of which emerges the head of George IV, crowned. Attached to the beam, by a rope round his neck, hangs a military officer, holding a huge key; as a makeweight he dangles vainly against the left side of the King's bag. Three men standing below pull at the scale, trying to drag it down: they are Sidmouth (left), a judge in back view (? Leach), and Castlereagh (right), who says: "We cannot do it, and I told you so at first, & if she opens her bag we shall be stifled all of us." The King looks down at them with a distressed expression, saying: "Pull you lubbers.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Green bag, its contents and all its appendages are insufficient to turn the scale of public opinion
Description:
Title etched below image., Date precedes publisher's statement in imprint., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 1 print : etching ; sheet 33.9 x 23.7 cm., Printed on laid paper with watermark "J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1819"; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 35.1 x 25 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 44 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Liverpool," "Eldon," "Londondery [sic]," and "Caroline" identified in black ink below image; date "11 July 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of three lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
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, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Leach, John, 1760-1834
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Military officers, British, Keys (Hardware), Scales, and Bags
Eighteen woodcut caricatures of people involved in the Queen Caroline Affair, arranged in three rows of six. Each figure has a satirical name printed in letterpress above, and all but one have quoted text beneath the name; six lines of verse are printed in letterpress beneath each figure
Alternative Title:
Members of the plot club
Description:
Title from letterpress text at top of sheet., Date from manuscript annotation at bottom of sheet., Four lines of quoted text beneath title: "'Tis the curse of kings, to be surrounded by a venal herd of flatterers, that soothe his darling vices, and rob their master of his subjects' love.", "Price sixpence"--Following imprint., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 26 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Names of thirteen of the depicted figures are added in ink, written beneath the individual caricatures; date "Nov. 1820" written in pencil at bottom of sheet.
Publisher:
Printed and published by J. Turner, 170, Aldersgate Street, London
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, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Leach, John, 1760-1834, and William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837
"Canning in a long robe and floating cloak stands on a Rock of Integrity, against which huge waves are dashing. He holds out a wand, saying, The Tempest has to the point obeyed my spells, | And cast my enemies within my power. The enemies are Eldon, whose head and arms emerge from the waves; Melville, leaning against an overturned (timber) Admiralty Board at the water's edge, and Wellington, in uniform, riding a prancing horse in the sea; a huge baton inscribed Comd in Chief floats away from him. Two big jack-boots emerge from the water, each clutched at by a drowning man. Near Eldon, a creature (? Caliban) supports above the water the head of a second judge and holds up a (?) mirror. Tossed by great waves at the base of the rock are three open boats, each having a small sail, manned by those who have succeeded the 'enemies'. One is The Copley; in it stands Copley (now Lyndhurst) who has just hurled a harpoon which transfixes Eldon's wig. A bird of prey is about to peck the latter's bald head. In an adjacent boat, The Leach, stands Leach holding a harpoon. Behind them is a slightly larger boat, The Anglesea Cutter, in which are three men: Anglesey in civilian dress holding out a drag-net towards Wellington's back; the (?) Duke of Devonshire holding a grappling-iron, and Scarlett. At the water's edge (right) stands a glorified Duke of Clarence as Neptune, holding a trident and supported by two tritons blowing cornucopia-shells. He is in full light and towers above Melville, who lies below in shadow. Behind Canning's back a figure kneels imploringly on the edge of his rock, saying, Oh! take me back to the hospitable shelter of the Duchy, showing that he is Bexley, who having resigned, withdrew his resignation on 12 Apr. (cf. BM Satires 15391). On the shore in the foreground (left) sits the largest and most conspicuous figure, John Bull (not named), with a big burden on his back: National Debt. He has a countryman's short gaiters, is ragged, with a broken shoe and bare toes, but has a grog-blossom nose and smiles delightedly towards Canning. From his pocket hang Petitions for Reform. Near him stands an elegant Erin, playing her harp, a rose-bush at her feet, emblem of Anglo-Irish conciliation. In the air is a demoniac creature riding a dragon, which breathes flames of Superstition. Holding out two firebrands, Bigotry and Intolerance, he looks down at the unconscious Erin; from his mouth issues a label: No Popery. Canning is lit by a beam of light from an irradiated sun containing the head of George IV looking towards his Minister. Behind Canning, among clouds, is a 'wind', a face directing a blast towards him. Near the horizon is a lighthouse. A little figure (? Cobbett) struggles towards it, holding above the water a large scroll inscribed My Comments."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Prospero triumphant
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state with aquatinting, added border, and street address in imprint re-etched from "27" to "24." Cf. no. 15384 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Reference to The tempest by William Shakespeare -- Military uniforms -- Field marshall uniforms -- Male costume: Gaiters -- Reference to Erin -- Reference to Ireland -- Mythology: Neptune -- Tritons -- Tridents -- Popery -- Shells: Cornucopiae -- John Bull -- Demons -- Dragons -- Tempests -- Boats -- Judges -- Mirrors -- Wigs -- Harpoons.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 6, 1827, by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Canning, George, 1770-1827, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Melville, Robert Saunders Dundas, Viscount, 1771-1851, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Anglesey, Henry William Paget, Marquis of, 1768-1854, Devonshire, William Spencer Cavendish, Duke of, 1790-1858, Scarlett, James, Sir, 1769-1844, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Vansittart, Nicholas, 1766-1851, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Cobbett, William, 1763-1835, and Leach, John, 1760-1834
"The Queen, crowned, in royal robes and with a sceptre in her left hand, sits regally in the Coronation Chair. Justice, blindfolded and menacing, stands at her right hand; Truth, irradiated and holding up her mirror so that its rays illuminate the Queen, is on her left hand. A stone slab supporting the throne rests on eight hydra-heads with serpents' masks. The centre head is that of Eldon, with two other judges, one with a leech on the cheek indicating Leach (see British Museum Satires No. 13740). Castlereagh, very Mephistophelian, is on the extreme left, Sidmouth and Liverpool on the right; there are two unidentified heads, one presumably Harrowby. Round Queen, chair, &c. are clouds. In the upper left corner, two demons, spitting and excreting thunderbolts, carry off the King 'To Hanover'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Triumph of innocence over perjury, persecution and ministerial oppression
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 40 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 6, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
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, 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, Leach, John, 1760-1834, and Harrowby, Dudley Ryder, Earl of, 1762-1847
"The Queen, crowned, in royal robes and with a sceptre in her left hand, sits regally in the Coronation Chair. Justice, blindfolded and menacing, stands at her right hand; Truth, irradiated and holding up her mirror so that its rays illuminate the Queen, is on her left hand. A stone slab supporting the throne rests on eight hydra-heads with serpents' masks. The centre head is that of Eldon, with two other judges, one with a leech on the cheek indicating Leach (see British Museum Satires No. 13740). Castlereagh, very Mephistophelian, is on the extreme left, Sidmouth and Liverpool on the right; there are two unidentified heads, one presumably Harrowby. Round Queen, chair, &c. are clouds. In the upper left corner, two demons, spitting and excreting thunderbolts, carry off the King 'To Hanover'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Triumph of innocence over perjury, persecution and ministerial oppression
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching ; sheet 33.3 x 22.4 cm., Printed on laid paper with watermark; hand-colored., Window mounted to 34.9 x 24.1 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 11 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Londondery [sic]," "Leach," "Eldon," "Sidmouth," and "Liverpool" identified in ink below image; date "6 Nov. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of ten lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 6, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
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, 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, Leach, John, 1760-1834, and Harrowby, Dudley Ryder, Earl of, 1762-1847
"A leech with the head and barrister's wig of Leach is coiled round an upright cylindrical document to which is tied with red tape a second bill; these are respectively 'Bill of Pains . . .' [see British Museum Satires No. 13825] and 'Divorce'. Propped against the former are two green bags (see British Museum Satires No. 13735), both closed with a large red seal on which is a 'G.R.' monogram. These are inscribed 'Fill'd with Filth and Lies!!!' and 'Lies . . . [L]ies'. With them are other large documents: 'List of Witness[es] against Q . . . N'; 'Expen[ces] & Bribes at Milan'; 'Protoc[ol]' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13764). The small shambling Wilberforce is being pushed towards the leech by Castlereagh (left), who is a pendant to the more stalwart and bulky Duke of York (right). The Duke wears uniform, holds his unsheathed sword, and has a pyramid of cannon-balls crooked in his left arm. A paper, 'Bp Osnabu[rgh]', is thrust through his sash. He says fiercely: "Rascals! Villains!! Traitors!!! I have set the Claret running in One Place, and if any of you attempt, to deprive me of My succession, I will make your Bodies, a thoroughfare for York dumplings!! alias Artillery Bolouses." Castlereagh, with a scourge hanging from his pocket, says to Wilberforce: "O dear! O dear! That Bishop quite alarms me, now my dear Christian Friend, pray do persuade that great Horse Leech to muster up all his Italian Witnesses [see British Museum Satires No. 13762, &c.] immediately or that Military Bishop [cf. British Museum Satires No. 11227] will send us to Kingdom come along with out Master." Wilberforce holds a book: 'New Litany &c'; a Pet[ition] To Q--N' is under his arm; a paper, 'Slave Tra[de]' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 8793) hangs from his pocket. He says: "Pray Sr--Horse Leech, endeavour to stop the Q--'s mouth by bringing the whole host of Witnesses, before the L--ds, so as to Crush Her at once, otherwise that Terrable Bishop, will send us into Abrahams bosom, sooner, than We wish.""--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Printmaker's name in statement of responsibility in the form of a monogrammatic device formed by the letters "SV" followed by a depiction of an owl and the letters "es"., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 69 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "D. York," "Sir John Leach," "Wilberforce," and "Londondery [sic]" identified in ink at bottom of image; date "16 Aug. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of five lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Carlile, 55 Fleet Stt
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, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):
Worms, Parasites, Wigs, Bags, Documents, Divorce, Military uniforms, British, Daggers & swords, and Cannon balls
