Subject (Name): William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834

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1. A slice of Glo'ster cheese [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [19 June 1795]
Call Number:: 795.06.19.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A whole length caricature-portrait of Prince William Frederick of Gloucester in profile to the right wearing military uniform. He is very thin, elongated, and knock-kneed, and stands with his right hand in his breeches pocket. His profile resembles that of his uncle, George III ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Slice of Gloucester cheese
Description:: Title etched below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms.
Publisher:: Pubd. June 19th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A slice of Glo'ster cheese [graphic]

2. Loyal souls, or, A peep into the mess-room at St. James's [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [14 November 1797]
Call Number:: 797.11.14.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Fifteen officers sit round a roughly made table on which are decanters and fruit. A stout officer (? Captain Dottin [Identification on print. Abel Rous Dottin was captain in the and Life Guards. 'Army List', 1797.]) right, in an arm-chair, gives the toast 'The King', all raise their glasses with varying expressions. The Duke of York, spilling his wine, looks tipsily towards Dottin. Only one man stands, straddling across the seat of his chair, a decanter of 'Tokay' in his left hand. Captain Birch, [James Birch was lieutenant in the First Life Guards, Thomas Birch a captain in the Sixteenth Light Dragoons. Ibid., 1797.] caricatured as in BMSat 9068, sits on the Duke's left. The officer on the extreme left, looking down slyly, resembles General Davies, see BMSat 9442. Next him, a very fat officer is smoking a pipe, a paper of tobacco on the table in front of him, a bottle of 'Gin' under his chair. The third profile from the left resembles that of Prince William of Gloucester. Wright and Evans add Col. Jekyl: the profile on the extreme right has a family likeness to that of Joseph Jekyll, none resembles the Col. Jekyll of BMSat 7330. All wear cocked hats. The decanters or bottles on the table are labelled 'Champa[gne]', 'Claret', 'Burgundy'. Under the table are more bottles, and empty bottles lie on the ground, with broken glasses, a pineapple, and an orange. The floor is boarded and the table roughly made, but the chairs are ornate and decorated with ormolu."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: mess-rooms -- Glass: wine bottles -- Wines: Tokay -- Champagne -- Claret -- Burgundy-- Fruit: pineapples -- Peeled oranges -- Grapefruits -- Furniture: chairs -- Military uniforms: officers' uniforms (Guards).
Publisher:: Pubd. Novr. 14th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
Subject (Name):: Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834, and Davies, Thomas, approximately 1737-1812
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Loyal souls, or, A peep into the mess-room at St. James's [graphic]

3. Old Nick's gatherings! "A pretty considerable damn'd hard day's work I've had on't!". [graphic]

Creator:: Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:: [16 June 1832?]
Call Number:: Folio 75 G750 832 no. 6 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The Devil, laden with Tories, strides to the left, quoting the Duke of Newcastle with a gloating grin: 'Can't I do what I like with MY OWN' [see BM Satires No. 15884, &c.]. Across his shoulder is a trident on which a bloated bishop is spiked. From the lower end of the handle a rat-trap (see BM Satires No. 15734), on which Peel sits, hangs by a rope. Wellington, encircled by the barbed tail, is dragged along, kicking violently. He is in uniform with spurred boots; a gibbet projects from his cocked hat. Under the Devil's arm are two lawyers: Wetherell in his slovenly dress, and Lyndhurst. The remainder are tied by ropes to the Devil's back; most prominent (left to right) are Ellenborough, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Croker. The others are scarcely characterized; a Scots cap may denote Lauderdale, a renegade."--Britism Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from text below image; series statement at top of image., Attributed to Charles Jameson Grant in the British Museum online catalogue., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Wood engraving with letterpress text., "Price one penny"--Text following series subtitle., Publisher's advertisement at bottom of sheet: All the numbers of John Bull's picture gallery may be had at the publisher's, W. Chubb, 48 Holywell Street, Strand, London., and An adaptation of no. ??? in v. 11 of Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:: W. Chubb
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Tory Party (Great Britain), Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857, George V, King of Hanover, 1819-1878, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Wetherell, Charles, Sir, 1770-1846, and William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834
Subject (Topic):: Animal traps, Demons, and Politicians
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Old Nick's gatherings! "A pretty considerable damn'd hard day's work I've had on't!". [graphic]

4. Patern-staff Weymouth, 1797. [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [3 November 1797]
Call Number:: 797.11.03.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An officer stands in back view, with his elbows akimbo, holding a small cane. He is thin and knock-kneed, with stick-like legs, his feet splayed outwards. He wears a plumed cocked hat, a sash round his small waist, spurred boots, and a sabre."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: officer's uniform -- Reference to the military camps at Weymouth in 1797.
Publisher:: Pubd. Novr. 3d, 1797, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):: William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Patern-staff Weymouth, 1797. [graphic]

5. Questions & commands, or, The mistaken road to He-r-f-rd a Sunday evenings amusement. [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [11 February 1788]
Call Number:: 788.02.11.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "In a large room lit by candles in sconces, a round game is in progress. The guests are ladies, undergraduates, and elderly parsons, some sit in a circle, while others look over their heads. An elderly parson grovels on his hands and knees, putting his head under the petticoats of a lady who sits (left) with her hands raised in surprise. He acts at the direction of a boy (Prince William of Gloucester) wearing the gown of (?) a fellow commoner over a coat with a star, who stands (right) in profile to the left, stretching his right arm with an autocratic gesture; a spaniel licks his feet. A stout parson seated behind him on the extreme left scowls and clenches his fist at the scene. The lady (the Duchess of Gloucester) sits between a fashionably dressed undergraduate wearing the gown of (?) a fellow commoner, and a stout parson who holds up his hands in astonishment. The undergraduates and some of the parsons appear amused, others frown disapprovingly. On the extreme left is a small round table on which are two candles and playing-cards."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Questions and commands, Mistaken road to He-r-f-rd, and Mistaken road to Hereford
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text below title in lower right: Vide, J-s-s Colle. Cambe., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to the see of Hereford -- Horace Walpole owned print (NYPL) -- Jesus College, Cambridge -- Petticoat influence -- Spaniel -- Games: Round -- Tripod tables -- Male costumes: Cantabridgian -- Fellow commoner -- Possible caricature of John Butler, 1717-1802.
Publisher:: Pubd. Feby. 11th, 1788, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834, Gloucester, Maria Walpole, Duchess of, 1735-1807, Beadon, Richard, 1737-1824, and Butler, John, 1717-1802
Subject (Topic):: Candles, Candlesticks, Clergy, Dogs, Gambling, Playing cards, Rugs, and Sconces
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Questions & commands, or, The mistaken road to He-r-f-rd a Sunday evenings amusement. [graphic]

6. Royal fishmongers, or, A welcome to Billinsgate [graphic].

Creator:: Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:: [not before November 1816]
Call Number:: Folio 75 W87 807 v.3
Collection Title:: V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The three members of the Royal family who had recently been given the Freedom of the City as members of the Fishmongers' Company are represented as Billingsgate porters, carrying baskets of fish on their heads, and being kissed by Billingsgate women. All wear flat round hats and aprons. Prince Leopold has a German sausage (cf. British Museum Catalogue No. 12759) projecting from his coat-pocket, and another is in his basket. A comely woman puts her arms round his neck, saying, "My dear Boy you are Welcome to Billinsgate, come give us a buss!! Charlotte wont be angry." He answers: "Stop my Dear I lay down my Sole, and give you bit de german saucage." Two women (left) hurry up from the left, eagerly wiping their mouths on their aprons. They say: "By Goles he's a nice fellow Come do make haste Poll," and "That's right Bet! if you dont look sharp we shant get a taste." The Duke of Sussex, fat and good-natured, is beset by two women, one, an Irishwoman, kisses his mouth. He says: "You Hussey you'll upset my Cod!" She answers: "By the Powers if I care about that my Jewel! I'll have a taste of your Jowl, and a rare Jolly one it is!!" A paper projects from his pocket: 'Freedom of the City of London'. In the middle distance (right) stands the Duke of Gloucester, silent between three women who say: "Now let me have the first an I'll carry your fish; Give me the first and I'll carry you and fish too my heart I'll have such a smack," and "You have a smack indeed I'm the girl for smacking & know the true Gloucester go." A woman sitting by her basket (right) drinking gin says: "you may smack there I'll smack here! so God Bless the Royal Fishmongers." Behind are masts and sails with (right) the colonnade of Billingsgate Market on the quay-side."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Royal fishmongers, or, A welcome to Billingsgate, Welcome to Billinsgate, and Welcome to Billingsgate
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from initials present on earlier state: C.W. [Charles Williams]., Later state; printmaker's initials and imprint statement have been completely burnished from plate., Publication information inferred from earlier state with the imprint: Pub. Novemr. 1816 by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside. Cf. No. 12815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Three lines of quoted text following title: "They printed melting kisses, "balmy as Burnetts gin, chaste as Drurys maids, "and keen as longing mothers., Plate numbered "203" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 58 in volume 3.
Publisher:: Thomas Tegg
Subject (Name):: Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865, Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843, and William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Royal fishmongers, or, A welcome to Billinsgate [graphic].

7. The Hombourg waltz, with characteristic sketches of family dancing! [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:: [4 May 1818]
Call Number:: 818.05.04.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Published May 4, 1818, by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., nephew & successor to the late Mrs. H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):: Elizabeth, Princess of England, 1770-1840, Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Caricatures and cartoons., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820, William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834, Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, 1776-1857, Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843, Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, and Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Subject (Topic):: Ethnic stereotypes, Dance, Obesity, Military uniforms, Drinking vessels, Musical instruments, Dogs, and Pipes (Smoking)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Hombourg waltz, with characteristic sketches of family dancing! [graphic]

8. The bridal-night [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [18 May 1797]
Call Number:: 797.05.18.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An elaborate design. The Prince of Würtemberg, grotesquely corpulent, conducts his bride in the procession (right to left) towards the bridal chamber which is led by the King and Queen. George III, plainly dressed and wearing a hat, partly concealed by a pillar, hurries forward; in each hand is a candle-stick holding a guttering candle-end (cf. BMSat 8117). The Queen, covered with jewels and her face hidden by a poke-bonnet, carries a steaming bowl of 'Posset'. On the back of the Prince's coat are slung five ribbons from which dangle the jewels of orders; three garters encircle his leg; a star decorates the bag of his wig. The Princess gazes at him from behind her fan. Round her waist is the ribbon of an order, to which is attached a jewel containing a whole length miniature of her husband, which exaggerates his corpulence. Behind the Princess is a group of princes: the Prince of Wales, in regimentals, is fat and sulky. Prince William of Gloucester stands with splayed-out feet as in BMSat 8716. The Duke of Clarence (caricatured) puts a hand on the right arm of the Prince of Wales. Behind is the more handsome head of the Duke of York. These four heads are clever juxtapositions of variations on the family features. Behind them is the grotesque profile of the Stadholder with closed eyes. The sharp features of Lady Derby tower above the Stadholder. Next him is the Princess of Wales, not caricatured. Two princesses hold up their sister's train, and, behind, a sea of feathered headdresses recedes in perspective under a lighted chandelier. Salisbury (left), the Lord Chamberlain, standing stiffly in profile to the right, much caricatured, with wand and key as in BMSat 8649, holds open the door through which the King is about to pass. Pitt, on the outskirts of the procession, carries a sack inscribed '£80,000' (the amount of the Princess's dowry). On the wall is a large picture, inscribed 'Le Triomphe de l'Amour', of an elephant with a little cupid sitting on his neck blowing a trumpet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Marriages: Prince of Würtemberg to Princess Charlotte Augusta, May 17, 1797 -- Beverages: posset -- Furnishings: carpets -- Pictures amplifying subject: a cupid riding an elephant -- Male dress: court dress., and Mounted to 31 x 46 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 18th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James Street
Subject (Name):: Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1754-1816, Charlotte, Queen, Consort of Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1766-1828, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, 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, Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759 or 62-1829, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: Marriage and Lighting
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The bridal-night [graphic]

9. The wedding night [graphic].

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: May 20, 1797.
Call Number:: 797.05.20.02.1+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: 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
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The wedding night [graphic].