"Caricature on George IV who looks with horror at a projection on the wall from a magic lantern of a vision of the future with soldiers fighting an insurrection and politicians hanging from a lamp-post."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Peep in the magic lanthorn and Peep in the magic lantern
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 1820 by Dolby, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
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
"Burke (three quarter length) as a showman bends over his magic lantern in profile to the right. In the upper part of the design is a draped sheet on which are the objects thrown by the lantern. These are (left to right): [1] an oddly shaped elephant ...
Description:
Title etched in bottom part of image.
Publisher:
Publd. 6th May 1788 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Oudh (Princely State)
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
"Burke (three quarter length) as a showman bends over his magic lantern in profile to the right. In the upper part of the design is a draped sheet on which are the objects thrown by the lantern. These are (left to right): [1] an oddly shaped elephant ...
Description:
Title etched in bottom part of image.
Publisher:
Publd. 6th May 1788 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Oudh (Princely State)
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
"Burke (three quarter length) as a showman bends over his magic lantern in profile to the right. In the upper part of the design is a draped sheet on which are the objects thrown by the lantern. These are (left to right): [1] an oddly shaped elephant ...
Description:
Title etched in bottom part of image.
Publisher:
Publd. 6th May 1788 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Oudh (Princely State)
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
"Burke (three quarter length) as a showman bends over his magic lantern in profile to the right. In the upper part of the design is a draped sheet on which are the objects thrown by the lantern. These are (left to right): [1] an oddly shaped elephant ...
Description:
Title etched in bottom part of image.
Publisher:
Publd. 6th May 1788 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Oudh (Princely State)
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
"A 'conjuror' or magician displays to John Bull on a screen four scenes, one below the other, representing the expedition to Flushing. He wears a conical hat with a wide fur brim, and his magician's robe resembles that of the Chancellor of the Exchequ...
Alternative Title:
Kings conjurors amusing John Bull
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 1809 by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Chatham, John Pitt, Earl of, 1756-1835, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Katterfelto, Gustavus, -1799., and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Peninsular War, 1807-1814, John Bull (Symbolic character), Crocodiles, Curiosities & wonders, Dreaming, Magicians, Projectors, Robberies, and Ships
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The lecturer leans on a table, lit by four candles, to address a small well-dressed audience, seated on chairs. On the table are a telescope and a magic-lantern. He says: "Ladies & Gentlemen-- I have the honor for the first time in this county of Ken...
Description:
Title etched below image; the word "on" is etched above the line, inserted with a caret.
Publisher:
Published by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Optics, Public speaking, Telescopes, Projectors, Candles, and Staffs (Sticks)
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The lecturer leans on a table, lit by four candles, to address a small well-dressed audience, seated on chairs. On the table are a telescope and a magic-lantern. He says: "Ladies & Gentlemen-- I have the honor for the first time in this county of Ken...
Description:
Title etched below image; the word "on" is etched above the line, inserted with a caret.
Publisher:
Published by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Optics, Public speaking, Telescopes, Projectors, Candles, and Staffs (Sticks)
"The Devil (or a satyr) crouches behind a magic lantern whose handle he is turning. Its light is thrown on a draped sheet, speared to the wall by a fork. Facing the lantern, life-size and realistic, but apparently displayed by the lantern, stand (left...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
