"A satire on the folly of marriage where the two parties are of a dissimilar age, and on the sexual opportunism of young military office. An elderly magistrate has fallen asleep sitting beside a table on which are glasses, pipes and two bottles, one labelled “Port” in front of an empty grate. He holds a copy of “Compleat JUSTICE”, showing him to be a Justice of the Peace, and a paper protrudes from his pocket lettered “-him for a Trepass on...”. On a bracket table behind him are “BURNS JUSTICE”, a paper lettered “Stealing a Hare” and another “Mid to Wit...”. On the wall over his head is a stag’s head with antlers alluding to his cuckoldry. On the other side of the fireplace, watching him, his pretty young wife sits beside an army officer who caresses her. The officer’s hat hangs on the wall behind them. On the mantelpiece are two oriental style jars and a figure of Budai,” the smiling Buddha” and over these is a gun suspended upside down.."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials GR below.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Alcoholic beverages, Bottles, Chairs, Drinking vessels, Firearms, Fireplaces, Furnishings, Interiors, Marriage, Military officers, British, Parlors, and Tables
Leaf 44. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two scenes on one plate: on the left a macaroni smiling standing at a table, in the other a skeleton leaning against a funerary monument."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "V. 2" in upper left corner and "22" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Dice-box and dice -- Furniture: Hanging bookshelf -- Pictures amplifying subject: Horse racing -- Books: Allusion to Weber and Hoyle -- Allusion to Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies -- Allusion to Charlotte Hayes, procuress -- Building: Country church -- Tools: Spade., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub. accord. to act Decr. 1, 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Gambling, Playing cards, Tables, Skeletons, Shovels, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Leaf 44. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two scenes on one plate: on the left a macaroni smiling standing at a table, in the other a skeleton leaning against a funerary monument."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "V. 2" in upper left corner and "22" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Dice-box and dice -- Furniture: Hanging bookshelf -- Pictures amplifying subject: Horse racing -- Books: Allusion to Weber and Hoyle -- Allusion to Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies -- Allusion to Charlotte Hayes, procuress -- Building: Country church -- Tools: Spade., First of two plates on leaf 44., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 24.8, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. accord. to act Decr. 1, 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Gambling, Playing cards, Tables, Skeletons, Shovels, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
"Satire on George IV who sings while Lady Conygham plays at the organ; at the side a table laden with decanters of drink."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 30 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Lady Eliz. Conyngham" identified in black ink below image.
Publisher:
Pub. July 2, 1820, by H. Fores, Panton St., Haymarket
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Organs, Singing, Tables, Bottles, Alcoholic beverages, Hats, and Pineapples
"The King, dead drunk and much dishevelled, is carried to bed by three fat and tipsy peeresses, wearing coronets; the foremost, who supports his legs, probably Lady Conyngham (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13847), says: "I'm as great as the Queen." The other two, one flourishing a candle, the other a full glass, sing: "We'll drown her in the bowl the bowl" [cf. British Museum Satires No. 12181]. Behind them is a table with decanters and a melon; a bottle is in the King's chair; broken bottles lie on the floor. On the right is the bed; in a chamber-pot are papers: 'The Queens Affair' and 'State Papers'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Later state; publisher's street address "24 Little St. Martins Lane" has been scored through and partially burnished from plate but is still legible at end of imprint statement. For an earlier state with unmodified imprint, see no. 14017 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., and Mounted on page 28 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pub. Dec. 12, 1820, by John Marshall Junr
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
"The King, dead drunk and much dishevelled, is carried to bed by three fat and tipsy peeresses, wearing coronets; the foremost, who supports his legs, probably Lady Conyngham (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13847), says: "I'm as great as the Queen." The other two, one flourishing a candle, the other a full glass, sing: "We'll drown her in the bowl the bowl" [cf. British Museum Satires No. 12181]. Behind them is a table with decanters and a melon; a bottle is in the King's chair; broken bottles lie on the floor. On the right is the bed; in a chamber-pot are papers: 'The Queens Affair' and 'State Papers'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Later state; publisher's street address "24 Little St. Martins Lane" has been scored through and partially burnished from plate but is still legible at end of imprint statement. For an earlier state with unmodified imprint, see no. 14017 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., 1 print : etching ; sheet 22 x 33.9 cm., Printed on wove paper with watermark "J. Whatman"., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 23.6 x 35.5 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 32 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Date "12 Dec. 1820" written in ink in lower right corner. Typed extract of two lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pub. Dec. 12, 1820, by John Marshall Junr
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
"The Regent at the head of a table (left) on which are decanters and dessert, holds a consultation with five advisers. He sits on a dais, with his right leg thrown over an arm of his chair; the right arm over the back, spilling a glass of wine. He says jocosely: "Well my boys, I think now we shall succeed D--d fine evidence from the states of Barbary (if that cursed Hedgehog dont get hold of it; the very man that says he acted as Accoucheur I have got over every thing as clear as the Sun at noon day, I knew what fellows those Turks were, only once get her over there & the thing was accomplished,--now for a divorce as soon as possible, I have a tit bit in my eye, & if I dont yet get a son, say that I am not a chip of the old Block!!" At his right sits Castlereagh, with the Prince's feathers and motto on the back of his chair. He turns his head in profile, saying, "I'm an unmatched negociator [see British Museum Satires No. 12501] and I'll enter into a treaty with the House of commons to secure your suit." In his pocket is a paper: 'Negociat . . with the'. Lord Eldon faces Castlereagh; he wears his Chancellor's wig and gown; the Purse of the Great Seal hangs on the wall behind him. He says: "I'll stick to your highness through thick and thin or never call me Old Bags again as long as I live!!" At the foot of the table sits Ellenborough, in wig and gown, towards whom the other two members of the Cabinet turn in alarm. Liverpool (a poor portrait) sitting opposite Vansittart, says: "I have my doubts and qualms of conscience your highness what say you, Van?" Vansittart, in his Chancellor of the Exchequer's gown: "Oh my Lord I have some strange touches of feeling on the subject!" He sits on a sack inscribed 'Budget'; from a rent in it projects a paper: 'to . . . 6.000000'. Ellenborough shakes his fist at Vansittart, rising from his chair which overturns: "Dont put me in a passion with your qualms and your touches, they are all "false, false as Hell" I'll blow you all to the D--l if you dont stick to your Master manfully!!" On the floor beside him lie three large volumes, 'Law of Divorce [Vol. I]. Vol III, Vol II.' Behind the Regent hangs a portrait with the feet only showing: '[Hen]ry VIII'. Beside him are a full wine-cooler, with empty bottles lying by it, and an open book: 'The Secret Memoirs of a Prince By Humphry Hedgehog Esqr 1810' [or 1816]."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Reissue, with date removed from imprint statement, of a print originally published 1 October 1816 as a plate to: The Scourge and satyrist, or, Literary, theatrical and miscellaneous magazine. For the earlier state, see No. 12808 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 30 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Johnston, 98 Cheapside
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, Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547., Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Vansittart, Nicholas, 1766-1851, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Divorce, Tables, Chairs, Podiums, Wine, Bottles, and Books
"The Regent at the head of a table (left) on which are decanters and dessert, holds a consultation with five advisers. He sits on a dais, with his right leg thrown over an arm of his chair; the right arm over the back, spilling a glass of wine. He says jocosely: "Well my boys, I think now we shall succeed D--d fine evidence from the states of Barbary (if that cursed Hedgehog dont get hold of it; the very man that says he acted as Accoucheur I have got over every thing as clear as the Sun at noon day, I knew what fellows those Turks were, only once get her over there & the thing was accomplished,--now for a divorce as soon as possible, I have a tit bit in my eye, & if I dont yet get a son, say that I am not a chip of the old Block!!" At his right sits Castlereagh, with the Prince's feathers and motto on the back of his chair. He turns his head in profile, saying, "I'm an unmatched negociator [see British Museum Satires No. 12501] and I'll enter into a treaty with the House of commons to secure your suit." In his pocket is a paper: 'Negociat . . with the'. Lord Eldon faces Castlereagh; he wears his Chancellor's wig and gown; the Purse of the Great Seal hangs on the wall behind him. He says: "I'll stick to your highness through thick and thin or never call me Old Bags again as long as I live!!" At the foot of the table sits Ellenborough, in wig and gown, towards whom the other two members of the Cabinet turn in alarm. Liverpool (a poor portrait) sitting opposite Vansittart, says: "I have my doubts and qualms of conscience your highness what say you, Van?" Vansittart, in his Chancellor of the Exchequer's gown: "Oh my Lord I have some strange touches of feeling on the subject!" He sits on a sack inscribed 'Budget'; from a rent in it projects a paper: 'to . . . 6.000000'. Ellenborough shakes his fist at Vansittart, rising from his chair which overturns: "Dont put me in a passion with your qualms and your touches, they are all "false, false as Hell" I'll blow you all to the D--l if you dont stick to your Master manfully!!" On the floor beside him lie three large volumes, 'Law of Divorce [Vol. I]. Vol III, Vol II.' Behind the Regent hangs a portrait with the feet only showing: '[Hen]ry VIII'. Beside him are a full wine-cooler, with empty bottles lying by it, and an open book: 'The Secret Memoirs of a Prince By Humphry Hedgehog Esqr 1810' [or 1816]."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Reissue, with date removed from imprint statement, of a print originally published 1 October 1816 as a plate to: The Scourge and satyrist, or, Literary, theatrical and miscellaneous magazine. For the earlier state, see No. 12808 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 24.6 x 35 cm, on sheet 25 x 35.5 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 21 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Eldon," "Castlereagh," "Liverpool," "Vansittart," and "Ellenborough" identified in black ink above title; date "June 1820" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Johnston, 98 Cheapside
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, Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547., Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Vansittart, Nicholas, 1766-1851, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Divorce, Tables, Chairs, Podiums, Wine, Bottles, and Books
A young woman cradles a puppy in her arms as the dog's mother leans on her arm as it stands on the table beside the woman
Description:
Title etched below image., Alterations to the plate at bottom., Probably printed and published by Robert Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, London., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
