"Probably based on G. Cruikshank's 'Boney's Meditations . . .', British Museum Satires No. 12593 (1815), an adaptation of Gillray's 'Gloria Mundi', British Museum Satires No. 6012. The place of Napoleon is taken by George IV (right) who stands on the globe, staggering back from the rays of the sun which contains (in place of his own head) a bust portrait of the Queen (left). He repeats a parody of Milton's lines from 'Paradise Lost': "--To Thee, To Thee, I call!!! but with no friendly Voice & add thy Name oh Queen!! To tell thee how I hate those beams that bring to my Rememberance from what state I'm fallen." On the globe is a map with lines of latitude and longitude; the King's left foot is on a frontier between 'England' and 'Hanover' (towards which he staggers), as if to suggest that he will retire to Germany, cf. British Museum Satires No. 13974. A cherub flies above the Queen holding up a ribbon inscribed 'Innocent', and frowning down at the King. A woman resembling Mrs. Quentin in British Museum Satires No. 13897, emerging from behind the globe, tugs anxiously at the King's coat-tail."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Address to the Sun
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 38 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 20, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, and Quentin, Georgina
"Probably based on G. Cruikshank's 'Boney's Meditations . . .', British Museum Satires No. 12593 (1815), an adaptation of Gillray's 'Gloria Mundi', British Museum Satires No. 6012. The place of Napoleon is taken by George IV (right) who stands on the globe, staggering back from the rays of the sun which contains (in place of his own head) a bust portrait of the Queen (left). He repeats a parody of Milton's lines from 'Paradise Lost': "--To Thee, To Thee, I call!!! but with no friendly Voice & add thy Name oh Queen!! To tell thee how I hate those beams that bring to my Rememberance from what state I'm fallen." On the globe is a map with lines of latitude and longitude; the King's left foot is on a frontier between 'England' and 'Hanover' (towards which he staggers), as if to suggest that he will retire to Germany, cf. British Museum Satires No. 13974. A cherub flies above the Queen holding up a ribbon inscribed 'Innocent', and frowning down at the King. A woman resembling Mrs. Quentin in British Museum Satires No. 13897, emerging from behind the globe, tugs anxiously at the King's coat-tail."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Address to the Sun
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching ; sheet 32.8 x 22.4 cm., Printed on laid paper with watermark; hand-colored., Window mounted to 34.2 x 23.8 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 104 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Caroline," "George IV," and "Princess Charlotte" identified in pencil at bottom of sheet; date "20 Oct. 1820" written in ink in lower right corner. Typed extract of nine lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 20, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, and Quentin, Georgina
"George IV sits on a sofa holding the plump and pretty 'Mrs Q' (see British Museum Satires No. 13889) on his knee; they kiss each other. Objects of burlesqued chinoiserie surround them. Above his head, in a frame decorated with dragons, pagodas, and mandarins, is a view of the Pavilion: 'The Palace of Fum'. [See Moore's 'Morning Chronicle' verses 'Fum and Hum, the two birds of Royalty', reprinted 'Fudge Family', 1818.] An obese mandarin wearing a hat topped with antlers, and with half a crown (see British Museum Satires No. 13826) depicted on his paunch, is 'The great Fum', i.e. the King. This figure rests on the head of an obese dragon. Another figure of a squatting mandarin is on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from signature "I.R. Ck." on later state in the British Museum. A questionable attribution to William Heath is also suggested in the British Museum catalogue entry for that state, likely based on the "Argus" signature; see page 799 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., Early state, before printmaker signature added after imprint statement. For a later state that includes this signature, see no. 13897 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Printed on watermarked paper., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 105 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Mrs. Quintin [sic]" identified in ink below image; date "21 Oct. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of six lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 21, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Quentin, Georgina, and Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England),
"An imitation of British Museum Satires No. 13851, the lady being 'Mrs. Q.' The King hides from 'the Queenites'."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
King Cupid in the corner playing bopeep
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 85 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Identification of "George IV" and incorrect identification of "Lady Conyngham" added in pencil at bottom of sheet. Typed extract of one line from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sepr. 16, 1820, by Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yd.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Quentin, Georgina
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Mistresses, Couches, Fans (Accessories), and Feathers
"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
"The King, dressed as a mandarin, falls back fainting on a settee, attended by three stout ladies and General Bloomfield, all in Chinese dress. Behind is a slanting cloud of smoke, inscribed: 'The Bill is lost through your favorite Clause.' He murmurs: "Curse the Bishops, Oh I faint, I faint, I shall never survive this." Bloomfield, identified by a paper in his pocket: 'The Farmers Boy' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13237], bends towards him, saying, "aye that Cursed Adultery Clause has done the Business--"; he proffers a glass of 'Coniac'. A lady supports each arm, holding a bottle of 'Eau de Col[ogne]' to his nose; one, in back view, is (?) Lady Hertford; the other, Lady Conyngham, says: "Rouse my Love, & we will go, where the Rocks of Coral grow,! let us quit this Religious Country & go to Hanover." The third (? Mrs. Quentin) throws up her arms in despair. A huge Chinese jar (left) is decorated with a dragon; carved dragons or monsters support the sofa, and a table (right) on which is a decanter of 'Curacoa'."--British Museum online catalogue and A Chinese man falls back fainting onto a settee, attended by three ladies and a man all in Chinese dress; representing the King's anguish at the bill (which condemned the Queen's adultery and reduced her rights) being thrown out
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no: 1935,0522.12.138., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark: J. Whatman 1819., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 21 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "George IV" identified in pencil at bottom of sheet. Typed extract of twenty-four lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 15, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Grande-Bretagne
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Quentin, Georgina, and Bloomfield, Benjamin Bloomfield, Baron, 1768-1846
Subject (Topic):
Chinese, Fashion, House furnishings, National characteristics, Chinese, Chinois, Ameublement, Ethnic stereotypes, Mistresses, Sofas, Loss of consciousness, and Alcoholic beverages
"George IV sits on the throne, surrounded by kneeling women; he takes the hand of Lady Conyngham, who proffers their address: "Loyal Address of the Married Ladies." She says: "We the humble and Loyal Married Ladies feel ourselves bound in due veneration to your most sacred person to present to you our sincere thanks for the many tokens of Love we the Loyal Married Ladies have laid under and we humbly acknowledge the favours our Husbands as [sic] experienced through the medium of us the Loyal Married Ladies!!!--" Behind her, a second lady, resembling Lady Hertford, looks startled. With them is a third, perhaps Mrs. Quentin. Behind the throne, which he clasps, stands Hertford (or Conyngham, cf. British Museum Satires No. 13847) holding a staff topped by antlers; he gapes at the speaker, saying, "I never heard a speech from a Lady so Cunning--." The King adds "Hum!" On his right stands Bloomfield, looking slyly sideways at his master. Both wear frilled muslin boudoir-caps. There is no dais, and on the right two grovelling women kiss, one the King's left foot, the other his thigh. A third kneels beside them. On the left is a black woman, who says: "God bless Massa he kiss his black servant in the kitchen at Brighton [see British Museum Satires No. 13208, &c.], my good Massa, make no distinction, Black or White, Massa Love'm all." On the extreme left is the profile of a noseless prostitute. On the King's throne is half a (bisected) crown, emblem of the repudiation of Queen Caroline, see British Museum Satires No. 13826."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Loyal married ladies address to the King
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Two lines of quoted text following title: "Which both by Art and Nature made is, "The sport of sense, the toy of ladies. Royal Fable., Watermark, mostly trimmed: 1819[?]., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 82 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Typed extract of thirteen lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Pubd. by J.L. Marks, 28 Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, Quentin, Georgina, Hertford, Francis Ingram Seymour, Marquis of, 1743-1822, and Bloomfield, Benjamin Bloomfield, Baron, 1768-1846
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Mistresses, Thrones, Women, Kneeling, Kissing, Antlers, Prostitutes, and Crowns
"The King, in Chinese costume and seated on a cushion, among the chinoiseries of the Pavilion (cf. British Museum Satires No. 12749), throws up his arms in terror at the entry (right) of the Queen, closely followed by Alderman Wood. Her demure dress contrasts with that of a woman, who, much alarmed, runs off to the left from beside the King. Sidmouth (left) and Castlereagh (right), both in Chinese dress, are equally terrified, and Lord Eldon peeps anxiously from behind a little pagoda. Both visitors extend an arm towards the King in an authoritative gesture. Words float from them towards the King: 'Nothing extenuate nor set down aught in Malice [Othello, v. ii] men sleeping with her at Black Heath 1808 v. call Hoods [sic].'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
More free than welcome
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Mounted on page 17 of: George Humphrey shop album., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25.6 x 33.7 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. June 17th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 50 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, and Quentin, Georgina
"The King, in Chinese costume and seated on a cushion, among the chinoiseries of the Pavilion (cf. British Museum Satires No. 12749), throws up his arms in terror at the entry (right) of the Queen, closely followed by Alderman Wood. Her demure dress contrasts with that of a woman, who, much alarmed, runs off to the left from beside the King. Sidmouth (left) and Castlereagh (right), both in Chinese dress, are equally terrified, and Lord Eldon peeps anxiously from behind a little pagoda. Both visitors extend an arm towards the King in an authoritative gesture. Words float from them towards the King: 'Nothing extenuate nor set down aught in Malice [Othello, v. ii] men sleeping with her at Black Heath 1808 v. call Hoods [sic].'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
More free than welcome
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub. June 17th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 50 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, and Quentin, Georgina
"The King, in Chinese costume and seated on a cushion, among the chinoiseries of the Pavilion (cf. British Museum Satires No. 12749), throws up his arms in terror at the entry (right) of the Queen, closely followed by Alderman Wood. Her demure dress contrasts with that of a woman, who, much alarmed, runs off to the left from beside the King. Sidmouth (left) and Castlereagh (right), both in Chinese dress, are equally terrified, and Lord Eldon peeps anxiously from behind a little pagoda. Both visitors extend an arm towards the King in an authoritative gesture. Words float from them towards the King: 'Nothing extenuate nor set down aught in Malice [Othello, v. ii] men sleeping with her at Black Heath 1808 v. call Hoods [sic].'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
More free than welcome
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching ; sheet 24.2 x 34.9 cm., Printed on laid paper with watermark; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 22 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Lady Conyngham," "George IV," and "Caroline" identified in pencil in lower margin. Typed extract of four lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pub. June 17th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 50 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, and Quentin, Georgina
