In a large circle at center is Queen Caroline, dressed as Britannia and riding a horse that tramples a four-headed dragon lying on its back on the ground; the dragon has the human heads of the George IV and his ministers. The Queen, wearing armor and ...
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Published January 1821 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Dragons, Horses, Pikes (Weapons), Armor, Crowns, and Symbols
"Caricature with the Archbishop of Canterbury joining the hands of George IV and Queen Caroline while the people kneel in delight and homage."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Things as they ought to be
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Published January 1821 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, Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Bishops, and Kneeling
"Satire on George IV who starts back as a long petition is presented to him."--British Museum online catalogue
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Serio comic extravaganza lately performed at a great house entitled Conglomoration and Seriocomic extravaganza lately performed at a great house entitled Conglomoration
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Pub. Dec. 16, 1820, by E. King, Chancery Lane
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., Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844
A torrent of taxes gushes from the mouth of Lord Henry Petty, chancellor of the exchequer, emptying into the "Unfathomable Sea of Taxation" in which John Bull is drowning in full view of greedy cormorants representing members of the Grenville ministry...
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John Bull swamped in the flood of new taxes
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Pubd. May 1806 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Adair, Robert, Sir, 1763-1855
Subject (Topic):
Taxes, John Bull (Symbolic character), Fountains, Cormorants, and Rowboats
"Fox reclines in an armchair of Gothic shape, his vast swathed legs resting on a cushion, his head against a pillow. He wears a dressing-gown and night-cap. His friends and colleagues stand round him. On his right. is Mrs. Fitzherbert, a meretricious ...
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Pubd. July 28th, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
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O'Beirne, Thomas Lewis 1748?-1823, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Fox, Elizabeth, 1750-1842, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
"The fat and clumsy William Dickinson stands on gouty legs in profile to the right, outside the open door of the House of Commons, where Addington is speaking. He stoops, holding a cane in his gloved hand, and from his closed and protruding lips issue...
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Pubd. April 8th, 1802, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Dickinson, William, 1745-1806, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828
"A view of the House of Commons showing only the Ministerial benches immediately beside and behind the Speaker's Chair, and, on the extreme right, the Speaker and the Clerk with part of the Table. Addington, scarcely caricatured, but wearing gloves, i...
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Publish'd March 1st, 1802, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Dickinson, William, 1756-1822, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, and Jones, Thomas Tyrwhitt, Sir, 1765-1811
"Britannia, massive, but childlike, sleeps in a large wicker cradle, rocked by Addington, dressed as an elderly woman, who is seated on a low stool (right). Hawkesbury, a thin and spinsterish nursemaid, (left) approaches the foot of the cradle holding...
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Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Cradles, Nurseries (Rooms & spaces), and Washstands
"Britannia, terrified, faint, and dishevelled sits on the ground supported by Addington and Hawkesbury, and defended by Sheridan, a Silenus-like and ragged Harlequin. They are on the coast towards which are advancing many rowing-boats filled with litt...
Alternative Title:
Britannia recover'd from a trance and Britannia recovered from a trance
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Publd. March 14th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
