A courtroom scene with solicitors and jury snickering and laughing in response to a witty pun the judge offered following the defendent's plea for mercy. The criminal on trial in the far right is dishevled and dressed in the style of a sailor. The judge, on the far left, wears a black and gold-trimmed robe and leans intensely over the bench glaring at the accused
Description:
Title from pen and ink caption inscribed below image., Date from unverified local card catalog record., and Possibly the work of Isaac Cruikshank.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Courtrooms, Criminals, Judges, Judicial proceedings, and Lawyers
"A realistic view of the House receding in perspective to the Throne, above which is inset an oval bust portrait of Bartolomo Bergami, wearing a cluster of five decorations, see British Museum Satires no. 13810. Eighteen figures and objects are numbered referring to the key in the lower margin. Counsel are in a line across the foreground on each side of the centre figures, who are Gurney the short-hand writer and Majocchi facing the interpreter. The Queen is inconspicuously seated behind Brougham, next a smaller lady who must be the tall Lady Anne Hamilton. Eldon is at the Table in front of the Woolsack. On the Table is 13 Green Bag [see British Museum Satires no. 13735]."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image. and Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron,, Gurney, William Brodie, 1777-1855., Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868., Hamilton, Anne, Lady, 1766-1846., Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838., and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Subject (Topic):
Scandals, Trials (Adultery), Government officials, Judicial proceedings, Queens, and British
Illustration of the interior of the House of Lords during the trial of Queen Caroline, consort of George IV. Seated around a table in the center are the Queen, the Judges, the Bishops, the Lord Chancellor, the Attorney General (Sir R. Gifford), the Solicitor General (Mr. Serj't. Copley), and Mr. Gurney, the short-hand writer; standing in the foreground are Mr. Maule, Solicitor to the Treasury, Theodore Majocchi, first witness against Her Majesty, and the Marquis of Spinette, interpreter. Mr. Brougham, Attorney General to Her Majesty, Mr. Denman, Solicitor General to Her Majesty, and Dr. Lushington sit on the Queen's left. Supporters of the Treasury fill the gallery on one side of the room and supporters of the Opposition fill the gallery opposite. An empty throne occupies the center space in the background
Description:
Title from text above and below image., Aritst and printmaker tentatively identified as H.R. Cruikshanks and Robert Roberts, based on attributions in the British Museum online catalogue for an 1821 engraved portrait of Queen Caroline that was likewise published by H. Rowe. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1865,0114.247., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression at the Library of Congress., and Laid in: one page on newspaper stock, three columns entitled "From Queen Caroline to His Majesty" and signed at the end of column three: Caroline R. Brandenburgh-House, Aug. 7,1802.
Publisher:
Published Octr. 1st, 1820, by H. Rowe, 2 Amen Corner
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821,, Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826,, Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820,, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854,, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868,, and Lushington, Stephen, 1782-1873,
Subject (Topic):
Trials, litigation, etc, Judicial proceedings, Adultery, and Divorce
"Trial scene; Court of Peers in Westminster Hall, galleries packed with spectators."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The lady's magazine, or, Entertaining companion for the fair sex ..., v. 19 (April 1788)., A key to the image, labeled A-Q, is etched on either side of title., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of periodical name from upper margin. Missing text supplied from a more perfect impression., "Ladys magazine"--Above image., Mounted to 27.1 x 17.9 cm., and Mounted after page 182 in volume 4 part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1st, 1788, according to act of Parliament by G. Robinson & Co., Pater Noster Row
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818 and Westminster Hall (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Impeachment, Government officials, Judicial proceedings, and Spectators
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"John Bull sitting in the Supreme Judge's place and judging four well-known politicians begging for a second trial."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Charles Jameson Grant in the British Museum online catalogue., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Wood engraving with letterpress text., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of imprint and series statement. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Numbered "76" in brown ink in lower left corner of design., and No. 76.
Publisher:
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Pleading (Begging), Judicial proceedings, and Judges
"Interior view of the hall, with the court in session."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plae [sic] 22., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 193.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st June 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
England. Court of Chancery. and Lincoln's Inn (London, England)
"Interior of the court in session, in Westminster Hall; a tapestry with royal arms at back of room."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 23., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 203.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st June 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
England. Court of Common Pleas, and Westminster Hall (London, England),
"Interior view of the court, taken during a trial."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 25., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 207.
Publisher:
Pub. July 1, 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
England. Court of Exchequer. and Westminster Hall (London, England)
"Interior of the court room, in session; tapestry with royal arms and three statues in niches against back wall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 24., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 205., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1806.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st June 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
England. Court of King's Bench. and Westminster Hall (London, England)
Title etched below image., Publisher from that of the magazine for which the print was issued., and Listed without description with other prints from: The wit's magazine. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., no. 6885.
Publisher:
Harrison & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Courtrooms, Lawyers, Judicial proceedings, and Manners & customs
