Title from item., Attributed to Dent based on other works by this artist in the collection., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: dining rooms -- Naval uniforms: sailors' uniforms -- Fireplaces -- Literature: reference to Isaac Bickerstaffe's (d. 1812) The Spoil'd Child -- Allusion to William Congreve's Love For Love -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Food: roasts., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with monogram W at bottom.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Dent
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816
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
"Sheridan, as Punch, grotesquely caricatured, stands on a platform, above the heads of a cheering crowd, blowing soap-bubbles. Clusters of soap-suds fall from the pipe, and from it rises an oval containing a figure of Young Roscius, in Highland dress as Douglas in Home's play. The boy, breathing fire, holds out a coral and bells, striding arrogantly over decollated heads inscribed 'Exit Garrick - Kemble - Cooke'. Other actors, freely indicated, stagger back from the young conqueror, over whose head are the words 'Veni. Vidi Vici.' Sheridan's pipe is irradiated against a dark sky. From the pipe, and a source of some of the rays, project little trumpets with banners inscribed respectively: 'Times', 'Morning Chronicle', 'True Briton', 'Sunday Observer', 'Herald'. From each issue the words (sometimes repeated): 'Roscius!' followed sometimes by faintly-drawn ciphers. Sheridan gazes up at his huge bubble. He is bloated and pimpled; his head sunk between hump and paunch. His dress is striped, his contour defined by close-set buttons, ound his paunch is twisted a tricolour sash; a tricolour cockade decorates is hat, which has a conical crown, curved brim, and erect feather. His pocket angs inside out, patched and empty. The cheering crowd (r.) fling coins to the platform, on which lie two pamphlets: 'Account of the Profits of the Bubble' and 'Petition of the Renters for a Share in the profits of the Bubble'. Behind Sheridan lies the dog, 'Carlo', hero of 'The Caravan', see BMSat 10172, &c. Beside Carlo is a padlocked money-box: 'Drury Lane Strong Box'. These are under a table at the back of the stage. On the table is a barber's bowl, filled cubbies issuing from a pipe; the largest is inscribed 'Forty Thieves'; under the bowl is a paper: 'Materials for bran-New Pantomimes for Johnny Bull's Amusement'. Beside the bowl is a bottle labelled 'To be repeated the first opportunity', in whose neck is a funnel inscribed 'Bottle Conjurer', which is filled by a little fat man who grasps his paunch. The back of the stage is bordered by a curtain from which project over the table a sign and a banner. On the former is a dog with the inscription: 'The Wonderful Red Lion, of surpassing Abilities - to be seen within.' On the banner: 'In a few Days, will be Perfom'd - a new Comic Divertisment, called The Bubble-burst, accompanied bv Laughing Song by John Bull.' ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title, in lower right: Vide, new method of raising [the] wind., and Mounted on leaf 29 of volume 11 of 12.
Publisher:
Publishd. Jany. 7th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street, London
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Politicians try to hold up a huge scroll representing the Irish Church bill; a bishop tries to make the King hostile to the bill
Description:
Titles from item., Initials of printmaker Charles Jameson Grant are lightly scratched in lower left portion of design., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Wood engraving with letterpress text., Design consists of two separate images side by side, each individually titled in letterpress below., and No. 38 in a collection bound in blue wrappers.
Publisher:
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Title from item., Printmaker from earlier state. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 7, no. 9015., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printseller's statement following the imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] len [sic] out for the evening., Reworked state, with an additional figure riding the elephant. Cf. No. 9015 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: Marriages: Prince of Würtemberg to Princess Charlotte Augusta, May 17, 1797 -- Beverages: cock broth -- Lighting: candlesticks -- Dress: court dress -- Pictures amplifying subjects: Bacchus riding an elephant -- Cupid: Prince of Orange as sleeping Cupid., and Matted to 47 x 62 cm.; printmaker's name printed on mat below image. Subjects identified by numbers with a key printed on mat below image.
Publisher:
Pubd by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1754-1816, Charlotte, Queen, Consort of Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1766-1828, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834, William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Smith Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759 or 62-1829
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Printseller's statement following the imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Marriages: Prince of Würtemberg to Princess Charlotte Augusta, May 17, 1797 -- Beverages: cock broth -- Lighting: candlesticks -- Dress: court dress -- Pictures amplifying subjects: Bacchus riding an elephant -- Cupid: Prince of Orange as sleeping Cupid., and Watermark: Portal & Bridges.
Publisher:
Pubd by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1754-1816, Charlotte, Queen, Consort of Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1766-1828, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834, William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759 or 62-1829
"Caricature on the trial of Queen Caroline: the King enthroned amid loyal subjects, while Radicals light a mortar full of suits aimed at them."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1983,0305.51., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Window mounted to 24.4 x 39.1 cm, the whole then mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 93 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Wellington," "Geo. IV," "Clarence," "Liverpool," "Sidmouth," and "Ald. Wood" identified in ink below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
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, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Mortars (Ordnance), Thrones, Lions, Anchors, and Cannon balls
"George IV sits in a four-wheeled light cart, inscribed Goods, drawn by loyal Hanoverians; it is covered by a canopy supported on poles. He sits on a high seat with his back to the shafts, scattering gold coins, which Londonderry (Castlereagh), who faces him on a lower seat, ladles into his lap. In the cart, besides a pile of coins, are packages and a basket of bottles of Brandy. The King: We have got the Means of Replenishing behind, throw away--Hurrah my Lads, we'll make Soldiers of you & take a few thousands in to our pay. The 'means' are the heavy burdens on the back of John Bull, an emaciated bull, marked I.B, tied to the cart, and weighed down with enormous bundles of taxes inscribed: Leather Tax Soap, Salt Tax; Candles Tax Beer Malt Light; Ale &c &c &c &c &c; Taxes Taxes Taxes. The bull plods along, with broken knees, shedding tears. The cheering Hanoverians catch the golden shower in their hats; the most prominent wears smart but mended German uniform of hussar type. One says: He is indeed a Hanoverian at Heart; another answers: No, He is an Irish Man he says [cf. British Museum Satires No. 14246, &c]. A third: Why some Years ago he said he & his Brother William were the only ones in the Family who were not Germans. The King wears a coat of foreign cut, with a round (Teutonic) cap, and smokes a long German pipe with covered bowl. A little ragged boy collects coins in an apron. A peasant woman (right) with an apronful of coins, holds one up, shouting Aye this is a proof of the excessive Riches of England."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Tentative attribution to William Heath from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 21.9 x 37.9 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 106 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Geo. IV" and "Londondery [sic]" identified in ink below image; date "15 Nov. 1821" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of seventeen lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 15th, 1821, by S.W. Fores, 50 Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Ethnic stereotypes, Carts & wagons, Coins, Alcoholic beverages, Bulls, Taxes, Hats, Military uniforms, German, Pipes (Smoking), Crowds, and Cheering
Monday, August 29, 1836, in celebration of the birth day of His Most Gracious Majesty, the patron of these gardens
Description:
Title from text within the four sides of the woodcut border, transcribed clockwise from the top., Letterpress text at center begins: Monday, August 29, 1836, in celebration of the birth day of His Most Gracious Majesty ..., Handbill, printed in red ink; with woodcut portraits of William IV in each corner of the border, and an additional woodcut at center depicting a crown with the words "The grandest night of the season.", "Doors open at half-past eight. Admission, four shillings.", Formerly mounted on a blue album sheet., and For further information, consult library staff.
