Print showing George IV, horned and with wings which are spread to provide a protective, umbrella-like shell for his supporters, a gouty foot well wrapped, a ribbon around the other labeled "Infidelity - Honi Soit," holding a bottle labeled "Peoples Tears," and sitting with his mistress, "Care-away Cunningham" i.e., Lady Conyngham. In the background, to the left is a line of armed cavalry "Civil Gentleman or a Rod in Pickle," at center sits Britannia covering her face in shame, and on the right, beneath "A Storm gathering," are huddled "The People."
Alternative Title:
Royal cock and chickens and Father of his people!!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 31 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Geo. IV" and "Lady Conyngham" identified in ink below image; date "12 Dec. 1820" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 12, 1820, by W. Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Adultery, Politics & government, Gout, Bandages, Horns (Anatomy), Wings (Anatomy), Bottles, Mistresses, and Cavalry
