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1.
The ghost of the bill, or, C-rlt-n Palace haunted [graphic].

Published / Created:
[November 1820]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Heading to a printed broadside. The King, on a dais, sits at a table between Eldon and Castlereagh, with Liverpool (?) under the table (from fear). All are terrified at the Bill, a creature, surrounded by clouds, with stick-like limbs, supported on broken crutches and a body formed of a rolled document: 'Bill of Pains and Penalties'. The apparition interrupts a Cabinet meeting, only three Ministers are depicted, others being mentioned; the King departs to Windsor to escape the Ghost, which has addressed them. The thirteenth and sixteenth of nineteen verses: Two crutches supported its figure so drear, Two props almost broken in pieces; And as the wan spectre advanced to them near, They saw one inscribed "Ministerial fear," On the other was, "Royal Caprices." "Ah! see to my heart how fraud-hating Gr--y His vigorous weapon home thrust: Through here the bold sword of a L--nsd--n made way: Noble H--ll--nd struck here with impetuous sway, Uprous'd in a struggle so just."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
C-rlt-n Palace haunted and Carlton Palace haunted
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., Nineteen stanzas of verse in two columns below title, printed in letterpress: 'Twas midnight! - an awful beginning, you'll say - That witching and ghost-breeding time! ..., With a key to seven symbols printed beneath nineteenth stanza, at foot of right column: * Vide Majocchi's re-cross-examination. ..., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 101 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Eldon" and "Londondery [sic]" identified in ink below image; date "Oct. 1820" written beneath lower right corner of image. Typed extract of six lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Scott, printer, Great New Street, Fetter Lane, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political satire, English, Chairs, Tables, Chandeliers, Documents, Legislation, Supernatural beings, Crutches, and Fear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The ghost of the bill, or, C-rlt-n Palace haunted [graphic].

2.
The royal cot, or, The great babe taken ill new version. [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately September 1820]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Heading to a broadside printed in two columns. A sequel to No. 13764. George IV, a whiskered infant, lies feverish and fractious in a cot decorated with Chinese figures and hung with bells. He is surrounded by Ministers. Sidmouth, holding a doctor's gold-headed cane, feels his pulse, saying: "Dredful sympton's [sic] a raging Pulse." A bottle labelled 'Dolbys Carminative' (as in British Museum Satires No. 13764) projects from his pocket. Liverpool, with pap-boat and spoon, says: "I thought how it would be, that Foriegn Emetick has been too strong for his weak Nerves." Castlereagh, standing between two lawyers, puts a hand on the Babe's forehead, saying: "how hot his poor dear head feels." One lawyer (? Copley) tries to push back a leg within the cot, saying: "If he could but stand on his Legs once more we might have hopes, but I'm afraid he has Caught the Rickets--" The other (? Gifford): "A sae [sic] voyage by all means Brou--ms drops should have been taken with more caution as they are very Searching." An old woman (left) holds out a ribbon: "Here's the R--y--l Leading Strings," while an apothecary (right) using a large pestle and mortar says: "O! what a fogo what a mixture what a mess." Behind him are shelves ranged with druggist's jars. In the foreground toys are scattered, chiefly military, as in British Museum Satires No. 13764; they are: 'Royal Play things'. There is also a rocking-horse on which are two toy lancers. In front of the fire napkins are hanging, and on the mantelshelf are medicine-bottles and a doll. In the foreground is an overturned child's commode, the pan inscribed 'Royal Stole'. ...."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Great babe taken ill
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image., Attribution to Robert Cruikshank and approximate date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Nine stanzas of verse in two columns below title, printed in letterpress: Run, Sid-th, run; send for a nurse, the R-y-l Babe's quite ill ..., "Price one shilling. Entered at Stationers' Hall"--Below imprint., Publisher's advertisement at bottom of sheet: N.B. More good things in preparation, by the same author., Watermark: Gater 1818., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 38 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Liverpool," "Sidmouth," "Geo. IV," and "Castlereagh" identified in black ink below image; date "July 1820" written beneath lower right corner of image. Blanks within the letterpress text have been completed in ink, spelling out the censored names "Sidmouth," "Brougham," "Liverpool," and "Sidmouth" (a second time), as well as the word "Royal" in two places. Typed extract of four lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Published by C.E. Pritchard, Islington Green
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., Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826, and Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political satire, English, Cots, Bells, Sick children, Staffs (Sticks), Lawyers, Pharmacists, Medicines, Rocking chairs, Toys, and Fireplaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The royal cot, or, The great babe taken ill new version. [graphic]