"Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his shooting-pony (his stalking-horse), whose head is held by Sheridan. The headband, inscribed 'Ich Dien', and holding the Prince's feathers, indicates the Prince of Wales. His eyes are covered by blinkers. Under his fore-feet are two papers: 'Addresses from Edinburgh Glasgow Borough of Southwark' and 'City of London Vote of Thanks to Mr Pitt . . . 267'. Papers issue from Sheridan's coat-pocket and flutter to the ground: 'Paragraph against the Minister, Puffs direct for the P------e, Puffs oblique for the P------e of W(an allusion to the passage on 'the Puff direct', &c, in 'The Critic', 1. ii), Abuse of the Minister'. Under his foot is the 'Oath of Allegiance'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Misfire at the Constitution
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Watermark: (partial) crown on top of shield with fleur-de-lis., and On verso in contemporary hand: A horse being the arms of Hanover, the horse stands for the P[rince] of W[ales], 1789. Fox, Sheridan make the P[rince] of W[ales] their stalking horse to fire at the rights of the Crown & the people.
Publisher:
Publ. 12th Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Crowns, Horses, Rifles, Scepters, Slogans, National emblems, British, and Hanoverian
"Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his shooting-pony (his stalking-horse), whose head is held by Sheridan. The headband, inscribed 'Ich Dien', and holding the Prince's feathers, indicates the Prince of Wales. His eyes are covered by blinkers. Under his fore-feet are two papers: 'Addresses from Edinburgh Glasgow Borough of Southwark' and 'City of London Vote of Thanks to Mr Pitt . . . 267'. Papers issue from Sheridan's coat-pocket and flutter to the ground: 'Paragraph against the Minister, Puffs direct for the P------e, Puffs oblique for the P------e of W(an allusion to the passage on 'the Puff direct', &c, in 'The Critic', 1. ii), Abuse of the Minister'. Under his foot is the 'Oath of Allegiance'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Misfire at the Constitution
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 23.9 x 26.3 cm, on sheet 25.2 x 27.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 47 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Publ. 12th Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Crowns, Horses, Rifles, Scepters, Slogans, National emblems, British, and Hanoverian
"Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his shooting-pony (his stalking-horse), whose head is held by Sheridan. The headband, inscribed 'Ich Dien', and holding the Prince's feathers, indicates the Prince of Wales. His eyes are covered by blinkers. Under his fore-feet are two papers: 'Addresses from Edinburgh Glasgow Borough of Southwark' and 'City of London Vote of Thanks to Mr Pitt . . . 267'. Papers issue from Sheridan's coat-pocket and flutter to the ground: 'Paragraph against the Minister, Puffs direct for the P------e, Puffs oblique for the P------e of W(an allusion to the passage on 'the Puff direct', &c, in 'The Critic', 1. ii), Abuse of the Minister'. Under his foot is the 'Oath of Allegiance'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Misfire at the Constitution
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 65 with one other print.
Publisher:
Publ. 12th Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Crowns, Horses, Rifles, Scepters, Slogans, National emblems, British, and Hanoverian
"A scene in the Lords. A large Green Bag stands wide open on the floor before the Woolsack; John Bull, a fat 'cit', takes from it a bottle inscribed 'Imputation' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13796]; the cork, in the form of a crown, flies up, and smoke rises. Eldon, seated on the Woolsack, one foot regally on a sack inscribed 'Mother Coal', scowls at the bottle; his mouth, like those of the other peers, is closed by a padlock, but he holds up a paper inscribed: 'My Lords-- Right or Wrong we will proceed'. J.B. faces him with arm flung back, exclaiming: "Stop--hear me first--step one Inch if you dare without my consent-- I protest against your Secret Tribunal I'll protect the Queen look at this Bottle--and look at that Reptile." He refers to a serpent wearing a royal crown and representing the King; this issues from a rent in the bag which is inscribed 'The Green Bag Opened'. Peers are grouped near Eldon, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Wellington, and Liverpool being the most prominent. On the right, behind a bar, stands the Queen wearing a small spiky crown, surrounded by three counsel (Brougham, Denman, and Lushington)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bull and the secret committee
Description:
Title etched below image. and Mounted on page 46 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Published July 1820 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
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., Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Lushington, Stephen, 1782-1873, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Legislative bodies, Interiors, Bags, Bottles, Crowns, Smoke, Locks (Hardware), and Snakes
"A scene in the Lords. A large Green Bag stands wide open on the floor before the Woolsack; John Bull, a fat 'cit', takes from it a bottle inscribed 'Imputation' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13796]; the cork, in the form of a crown, flies up, and smoke rises. Eldon, seated on the Woolsack, one foot regally on a sack inscribed 'Mother Coal', scowls at the bottle; his mouth, like those of the other peers, is closed by a padlock, but he holds up a paper inscribed: 'My Lords-- Right or Wrong we will proceed'. J.B. faces him with arm flung back, exclaiming: "Stop--hear me first--step one Inch if you dare without my consent-- I protest against your Secret Tribunal I'll protect the Queen look at this Bottle--and look at that Reptile." He refers to a serpent wearing a royal crown and representing the King; this issues from a rent in the bag which is inscribed 'The Green Bag Opened'. Peers are grouped near Eldon, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Wellington, and Liverpool being the most prominent. On the right, behind a bar, stands the Queen wearing a small spiky crown, surrounded by three counsel (Brougham, Denman, and Lushington)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bull and the secret committee
Description:
Title etched below image., 1 print : etching ; sheet 23.6 x 34.6 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 32 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 John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
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., Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Lushington, Stephen, 1782-1873, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Legislative bodies, Interiors, Bags, Bottles, Crowns, Smoke, Locks (Hardware), and Snakes
Lady Conyngham sits at a table in front of a fireplace, quill pen in hand, writing a letter by candlelight; her large figure is exaggerated and her legs are spread far apart, causing her nightgown to billow. A clock sits on the mantle in front of her. In the background on the right, a bed in which Lord Conyngham sleeps can be seen beyond a curtain; a cloud of dreams rises from his head, filled with a crown and the word "Sinecures." A cat sleeps on a stool beside the bed
Alternative Title:
Expanded sentiments of Liddy Cunning-game
Description:
Title etched below image., Date from manuscript annotation in lower right corner of sheet., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 24 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Lady Conyngham" identified in ink below image; date "Nov. 1820" added in lower right corner, preceded by the word "Suppressed" written in pencil.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Caricature of the British Prime Minister presenting crowns to King George IV in the Brighton Pavilion, surrounded by Chinese objects and figures. The King is seen from behind, brandishing a scepter and sovereign's orb
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly by William Heath, to which the British Museum catalogue attributes many prints from this time period with S.W. Fores's address spelled "Picadilli" in imprint., A speech bubble from the Prime Minister reads: I can't indeed I can't consider the poor Starving Manufacturers., A speech bubble from the King reads: Now if you don't Increase my Salary half a Million, I'll send you to Liverpool., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and With a watermark: Ruse & Turner 1816.
Publisher:
Pub. Ma[r]ch 30, 1820, by S.W. Fores, Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England), George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., and Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828.
Subject (Topic):
Crowns, Scepters, Art objects, Decorations, and Furnishings
Caricature of the British Prime Minister presenting crowns to King George IV in the Brighton Pavilion, surrounded by Chinese objects and figures. The King is seen from behind, brandishing a scepter and sovereign's orb
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly by William Heath, to which the British Museum catalogue attributes many prints from this time period with S.W. Fores's address spelled "Picadilli" in imprint., A speech bubble from the Prime Minister reads: I can't indeed I can't consider the poor Starving Manufacturers., A speech bubble from the King reads: Now if you don't Increase my Salary half a Million, I'll send you to Liverpool., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., 1 print : etching ; sheet 24.6 x 34.8 cm., Printed on laid paper with watermark "G. Pike 1820"; hand-colored. Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 6 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Liverpool" and "Geo. IV" identified in ink above title; date "March 1820" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. Ma[r]ch 30, 1820, by S.W. Fores, Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England), George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., and Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828.
Subject (Topic):
Crowns, Scepters, Art objects, Decorations, and Furnishings
"A stout cylindrical shaft stretches across the upper part of the design, inscribed 'Manufactures & Commerce'. To this cling by both hands four ragged and desperate artisans, wearing aprons, but it has broken in the middle so that they, and others clinging to them, are about to fall into the swirling clouds at the base of the design. Two larger and stouter men, respectably dressed employers, cling frantically to the legs or garments of the four artisans. At the base of this inverted pyramid is a stout figure, half-bishop, half-King, clinging to coat-tails and pocket of the two men above him. A bloated episcopal face is half covered by a battered crown (right), while a large mitre tilts to the left, and the figure, Church and State, is clothed half in surplice (left), half in ermine-trimmed robe, with one episcopal leg, and one leg with a garter inscribed '[Hon]i Soit' [George IV as in British Museum Satires No. 15819 by the same artist]. Above the broken shaft is a large irradiated inscription: 'Manufactures & Commerce support the Workmen | they the Merchants & Masters who are the | chief tax payers & thereby support | The great tax eater Church-and- State.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly by Robert Seymour; see British Museum catalogue., and Matted to: 45.6 x 31.5 cm.
Publisher:
Publishd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Subject (Topic):
Artisans, Aprons, Crowns, Miters, Robes, Church & state, and Taxes
A donkey with a man's head stands in an oval bandbox, in profile to the right. The head is possibly that of Lord Conyngham, wearing a mask inscribed "Incog[nito?]"; a blanket inscribed "G R" is draped over the donkey's back, and a small crown is present on its hindquarters. Upon the creature sits a man, possibly George IV; around the man's torso is a box, torn to show that it contains fur, and inscribed "Lad[y] Cunay[...] [Conynghamham's?] Muff Box". A hand from the right margin holds out a pail of "Virgin[ia] Water" close to the donkey's voracious mouth. The lid of the bandbox in which it stands is inscribed "Harness Box." The box, which is patterned with three-leaf clovers, contains various items including a crown, a sword, a military uniform, and a set of antlers. Behind (right) is a building that is marked "Hamilton Place" on its side
Alternative Title:
Kings ass in a band-box
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Watermark: J. Whatman 1821., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 70 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "George IV" and "Lord Conyngham" identified in pencil below image; date "May 1821" written in ink in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Johnston, No. 98 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832., and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861.
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Donkeys, Boxes, Pails, Antlers, Crowns, and Military uniforms
