"Queen Caroline as Lucifera sits in a coach made up of objects which figured in the evidence against her. The driver is Bergami, whip in hand (thus representing Satan) on a high box seat; he turns to hand a bottle of wine to the Queen who holds a sack...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Parr, Samuel, 1747-1825, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, and Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.
The Prince Regent (or George IV), dressed in armor, armed with a lance, and riding a leopard, threatens his wife Caroline. She holds onto the arm of John Bull, who stands between them, pointing at them both and laughing
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Litho. de C. Motte r. des maxais
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Adultery, Armor, and Leopards
Plate [22] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; a suit of armour standing in a pile of weaponry on a stone inscribed 'the Normans' at left, sun shining over clouds behind."--British Museum online catalogue
In a large circle at center is Queen Caroline, dressed as Britannia and riding a horse that tramples a four-headed dragon lying on its back on the ground; the dragon has the human heads of the George IV and his ministers. The Queen, wearing armor and ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published January 1821 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
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, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Dragons, Horses, Pikes (Weapons), Armor, Crowns, and Symbols
"Pitt (left) and St. Patrick (right) bestride bulls whose horns are locked in combat, their noses pressed together; the bulls are similar, but the Irish animal is sturdier, its head heavier, its tail erect. Pitt wears armour with a plumed helmet and a...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Janry. 1801 by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?
