"The Queen, not caricatured, sits regally in an armchair beside an ornate marble and gilt table, on which are dishes of fruit. Next her is a dish of pears. She holds a (bitten) pear near her mouth; in her left hand is a rolled document inscribed 'Defence' from which hang two pears on a forked twig. She says meditatively: "I do love these Pears! but I hate the English Pairs* [peers]." Above her is looped a heavy fringed curtain. The 'trial', see British Museum Satires No. 13825, is assumed to be proceeding badly for the Queen. Cf. in British Museum Satires No. 13900 the contrary assumption. For the Queen and Bergami see (e.g.) British Museum Satires No. 13731. Fruit-sellers in London cried 'Bergami pears and Caroline Apples'. 'Letters of Countess Granville', 1894, i. 172."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Choice fruit!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with alternative title etched on plate. For an earlier state with this alternative title in manuscript only, see no. 13869 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., Approximate date of publication from watermark., Publication date of 1 October 1820 is noted in the British Museum catalogue entry for an earlier state., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark: Weatherley & Lane 1820., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 88 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Q. Caroline" identified in ink below image; date "1821" written beneath lower right corner of image. Typed extract of one line from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted below print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly No. 41
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron.
Subject (Topic):
Queens, Adultery, Fruit, Pears, Tables, Documents, and Draperies
Title, date, and place of publication from item. and Text below image: OWI Poster No. 77 - 16 x 22.5 in. Additional copies may be obtained upon request from the Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office: 1943-O-533993.
Publisher:
United States Office of War Information and United States Government Printing Office
Subject (Topic):
Nutrition, Food conservation, World War, 1939-1945, Canning and preserving, Vegetables, Fruit, Beets, Corn, Pears, and Tomatoes
Title from item., In margin lower right: 10,000., Date derived from founding of Sree Saraswaty Press., Text is also in Hindi., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Issued by the Health Education Section, Directorate General of Health Services, Government of India. Published by the Advertising Branch, Ministry of I. & B. and printed by Sree Saraswaty Press, Calcutta
Subject (Topic):
Public health, Nutrition, Teeth, Care and hygiene, Fruit in human nutrition, Monkeys, and Pears
"On the left is a pleasant old-fashioned tavern, 'The Kings Head', with a half length portrait of George IV in crown and robes. Ministers are seen within the open window, Castlereagh's profile on the left. A sturdy John Bull in top-boots stands outside, watching with distaste a disorderly and drunken rabble crowding round the door and (broken) window of the opposite house, the sign 'Mother Red Cap', a half length portrait of Queen Caroline, raddled and disreputable, a tricolour cockade in her conical hat. From the end of the beam supporting the sign hangs a pear (emblem of Bergami, see British Museum Satires No. 13869). The house (right) is a ruinous timber structure, shored up by beams. The crowd have a banner of a woman's shift inscribed 'Un Sun'd Snow NB "The Times" Taken in Here.' A man plays drum and pan-pipes. One man empties a bottle of spirits inscribed 'Queens Mixture' down the throat of a drunken fellow lying on his back. A fat man has a tankard of 'Qu[een's] Entire'. The two inns are respectively placarded 'The Original Brunswick House of Call for Loyalists--Pure Wine--Good Spirits --Sound Ale'; and 'The Brunswick Radical House of Call Italian Wines Bergamy Perry [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13869] No Adulteration! NB Good accomodation for all sorts of Cattle. Whitbread's Entire [cf. British Museum Satires No. 10414]--Small Beer.' In the background is a church tower among trees."--British Museum online catalogue, descr
Alternative Title:
Mother Red Cap public house, in oppsition to the Kings Head and Mother Red Cap public house, in opposition to the Kings Head
Description:
Title etched above image., State from British Museum catalogue. For an earlier state published 11 November 1820 as a plate to The Loyalist's magazine, see no. 13975 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 44 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pub. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
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, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., and Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815.
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Taverns (Inns), Crowns, Robes, Crowds, Intoxication, Alcoholic beverages, Pears, Banners, Street musicians, and Churches
"On the left is a pleasant old-fashioned tavern, 'The Kings Head', with a half length portrait of George IV in crown and robes. Ministers are seen within the open window, Castlereagh's profile on the left. A sturdy John Bull in top-boots stands outside, watching with distaste a disorderly and drunken rabble crowding round the door and (broken) window of the opposite house, the sign 'Mother Red Cap', a half length portrait of Queen Caroline, raddled and disreputable, a tricolour cockade in her conical hat. From the end of the beam supporting the sign hangs a pear (emblem of Bergami, see British Museum Satires No. 13869). The house (right) is a ruinous timber structure, shored up by beams. The crowd have a banner of a woman's shift inscribed 'Un Sun'd Snow NB "The Times" Taken in Here.' A man plays drum and pan-pipes. One man empties a bottle of spirits inscribed 'Queens Mixture' down the throat of a drunken fellow lying on his back. A fat man has a tankard of 'Qu[een's] Entire'. The two inns are respectively placarded 'The Original Brunswick House of Call for Loyalists--Pure Wine--Good Spirits --Sound Ale'; and 'The Brunswick Radical House of Call Italian Wines Bergamy Perry [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13869] No Adulteration! NB Good accomodation for all sorts of Cattle. Whitbread's Entire [cf. British Museum Satires No. 10414]--Small Beer.' In the background is a church tower among trees."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a smaller version of the same design
Description:
Title etched below image., A smaller version of this design, signed "G. Cruikshank fect.", was published 11 November 1820 as a plate to The Loyalist's magazine; see no. 13975 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10. This larger version is briefly mentioned at the end of the above catalogue entry: "This was also published by Humphrey as a caricature without verses, 4 Aug. 1821 ...", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 101 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Date "4 Aug. 1821" written in ink in lower right corner. Typed extract of seven lines from the British Museum catalogue description for No. 13975 (which mentions this print) is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
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, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., and Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815.
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Taverns (Inns), Crowns, Robes, Crowds, Intoxication, Alcoholic beverages, Pears, Banners, Street musicians, and Churches
A flirtatious young couple under a pear tree: The male suitor is half-climbing the tree with one hand supporting himself on a branch and the other dropping freshly picked pears into the upraised apron of his companion. The couple stare lovingly into each others eyes and a the man's walking stick and hat rest on the ground off to the side
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Artist and date from unverified data from local card catalog record.