George IV and three of his ministers (Castlereagh, Liverpool, and Wellington) struggle to pull on a rope tied a mortar, which is shaped like a fantastical winged creature. Their targets are apparently the "Satirists" in the sky in the upper right, who wield pens and banners; an additional satirist, with the beaked face of a bird, is seen in the sky in the upper left, sitting on a wheeled hobby horse and ready to shoot an arrow inscribed 'Cradle Hymn" from a bow. Additional depicted figures included Gifford, wearing a wig and gown and holding a scourge; Sidmouth, using a clyster pipe to shoot at the satirists in the sky; and Canning, holding a cudgel above his head, ready to strike a fleeing Burdett. Following behind the mortar are several men, one wearing a liberty cap, two of them holding a banner inscribed "Life and amours of Madam Hunn[?]" between them. A monkey in military uniform rides a donkey towards the left edge of the design, exclaiming "Clear the way for his most gracious Majesty!" From the foreground on the left George III watches the scene; he wears a black shroud, and only his head and shoulders are visible
Alternative Title:
His Most Gracious Majesty Hum IVth and his ministers going to play the Devil with the satirists and His Most Gracious Majesty Hum the Fourth and his ministers going to play the Devil with the satirists
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the online catalogue of the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG D48670)., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Watermark: J. Whatman., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 78 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Geo. III," "Castlereagh," "Liverpool," "Wellington," "Geo. IV," "Gifford," "Sidmouth," "Canning," and "Burdett" identified in ink below image; date "Sep. 1820?" written in pencil in lower right.
Publisher:
Pubsed [sic] by T. Dolby, 299 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826, Canning, George, 1770-1827, and Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844
Subject (Topic):
Freedom of speech, Pens, Mortars (Ordnance), Pulling, Politicians, Hobby horses, Bows (Weapons)., Arrows, Donkeys, Monkeys, Whips, Medical equipment & supplies, Liberty cap, and Banners
Volume 2, page 67. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A smartly dressed and vulgar man rides in profile to the left a small thick-set horse which he attempts to turn to the left by pulling the reins on the on side, while the off reins lie on the animal's neck. He also flicks the horse's head with the lash of his whip. In the background is a paling above which appear scarecrows and the windlass of a well."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from: An academy for grown horsemen ... / by Geoffrey Gambado [pseud.] ... London : W. Dickinson [etc.], 1787., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Temporary local subject terms: Horse and rider.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 1st, 1786, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Volume 2, page 67. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A smartly dressed and vulgar man rides in profile to the left a small thick-set horse which he attempts to turn to the left by pulling the reins on the on side, while the off reins lie on the animal's neck. He also flicks the horse's head with the lash of his whip. In the background is a paling above which appear scarecrows and the windlass of a well."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from: An academy for grown horsemen ... / by Geoffrey Gambado [pseud.] ... London : W. Dickinson [etc.], 1787., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Temporary local subject terms: Horse and rider., Mounted on page 67 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : etching and stipple engraving with rocker on laid paper ; sheet 22.6 x 20.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 1st, 1786, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Leaf 51. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Irish jaunting car
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 282., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 121., and On leaf 51 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1st, 1814, by T. Rowlandson, No. 1 James St., Adelphi and Field & Tuer
"Portrait of a man whole length standing in profile to right. He has a bulbous nose, a stubbly chin, a protruding waistcoat. In his right hand is a tankard with an open lid, in his left a whip with a long lash. He wears a low wide three-cornered hat, a plain neckcloth, coat, long waistcoat, knee-breeches, buckled shoes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773., Plate numbered "V. 6" in upper left corner and "14" in upper right corner., Mounted to 20 x 14 cm., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 17 x 11 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of series numbers.
"Portrait of a man whole length standing in profile to right. He has a bulbous nose, a stubbly chin, a protruding waistcoat. In his right hand is a tankard with an open lid, in his left a whip with a long lash. He wears a low wide three-cornered hat, a plain neckcloth, coat, long waistcoat, knee-breeches, buckled shoes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773., Plate numbered "V. 6" in upper left corner and "14" in upper right corner., and Substituted for 17 in volume 6.
Leaf 99. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of a man whole length standing in profile to right. He has a bulbous nose, a stubbly chin, a protruding waistcoat. In his right hand is a tankard with an open lid, in his left a whip with a long lash. He wears a low wide three-cornered hat, a plain neckcloth, coat, long waistcoat, knee-breeches, buckled shoes."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with plate number altered from "14" to "17". Cf. No. 5162 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "17" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Tankards -- Coachman whips -- Jehu -- Bible: 2 Kings ix.20, and Second of three plates on leaf 99.
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Joanna Southcott and Tozer drive before them a crowd of fat bishops, who flee to the right in wild confusion. She uses a birch-rod, he wields a flail, inscribed 'Revd Roger Towser's Flail'. Joanna holds by the toe the hindmost bishop, who wears a papal tiara. One has fallen to the ground, losing wig and crosier, another escapes over the former's body; two wear mitres. Several turn round to shriek defiance; one kicks out at Tozer, and uses his crosier as a weapon, another brandishes his wig. Joanna is plainly dressed, and wears a cap and spectacles; from her neck hangs a medallion inscribed 'I C' between two stars, with the words 'A Fac Simili of Joannas Seal'. Drapery streams behind her inscribed 'Elijah's Mantle' and 'Mohair'. Demons and serpents fly round the angry pair. She screams: "Lay it on hip and thigh Brave Towzer Smite the unbelievers--I put no more trust in Bishops as men, than I do in their Chariots and Horses, but my trust is in the Lord of Hosts." He shouts: "I'll well Dust their Woolsacks and make them drunk in my fury, I will bring down their strength to the earth." Behind them (left) is a chest (as in British Museum Satires No. 12333) inscribed 'Contents of the Sealing. The Sealed of the Lord--The Elect--To inherit the Tree of Life. To be made Heirs of God and Joint Heirs of [sic] with Jesus Christ--Joanna Southcott.' Beside it lie a goblet and 'Salver'. At her feet is an open book: 'Third Book of Wonders'. A serpent darts from left to right over the bishops."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text below title: Know I told thee I should begin at the sanctuary I will cutt them all off, having already cutt off four bishops for refusing to hear her visitation., Plate numbered "341" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., and Leaf 51 in volume 5.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 20th, 1814, by T. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Southcott, Joanna, 1750-1814 and Tozer, William, approximately 1770-1828
Subject (Topic):
Women prophets, Prophets, Bishops, Crosiers, Miters, Medals, Chalices, Boxes, Wigs, Beating, Whipping, Whips, and Demons
"Two yokels stand outside a rustic inn, with a sign of fighting cocks; peasants are dancing. The verses relate comic incidents of low life in London: quarrelling, drinking, and fightng. They end: 'Then God bless our noble King George, May his reign be ever so long, And grant, as the Parliament's met, That nothing whatever goes wrong'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Knibs' Pound
Description:
Title from broadside printed on the same sheet., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Broadside portion contains three columns of verse constituting the lyrics of a whimsical ballad., and Plate numbered '441' in upper left corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd Septr. 22, 1806, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Country life, Dance, Peasants, Taverns (Inns), Whips, Carts & wagons, and Pipes (Smoking)
