"The Duchess of St. Albans, fat, flamboyant, moustached, and smiling, stands on a carpeted floor, a glove in one hand, three large feathers in her hair. Curious draperies decorate a deep border to her skirt, and are seemingly intended for money-bags. ...
Alternative Title:
Hugeous Duchess
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by E. King, Chancery Lane
Subject (Name):
St. Albans, Harriot Mellon, Duchess of, 1777?-1837
"The irradiated head of George IV in profile to the left, is almost covered by the darkly shaded head of Wellington, which is almost full-face, but glaring to the right with fierce yet apprehensive melancholy. From this darkened mask slants down and t...
Alternative Title:
Eclipse lately discovered in the Georgium Sidus, and quite unexpected by any of the astronomers
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
"Scene in a bedroom, meanly furnished except for a four-post curtained bed (left) and a carpeted floor; it is lit by a single candle or rush-light. Lady Eldon (right), a lean and ugly virago, assails the ex-Chancellor with a shovel, holding him by the...
Alternative Title:
New administration
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by E. King, Chancery Lane
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 and Eldon, Elizabeth, Lady, 1754-1831
"Henry Hunt (right) hurls a jar of his 'Hunts Matchless Blacki[ng]' at the Lord Mayor (William Thompson). The Mayor, who wears his gown, raises the City mace defensively in both hands. Hunt registers frenzied rage; he holds a second jar in his left ha...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by S. Gans, 15 Southampton St., Strand
Subject (Name):
Hunt, Henry, 1773-1835, Thompson, William, 1793-1854, and Knowlys, Newman, 1758-1836
Subject (Topic):
Containers, Throwing, Robes, Ceremonial maces, and Petitions
"Brougham, seated in profile to the right in a chair inscribed Place, makes a bonfire on the floor of documents and his Old Stuff gown. This he holds over the flames on a levelled broomstick, the broom being inscribed Treasury Broom. Under one foot is...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by E. King, Chancery-Lane
Subject (Name):
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868
"George IV, dressed as a magician, rises from the throne (right) to give a wooden sword to Canning, who is dressed as Harlequin. A clown (intended for Melville) turns his back on Canning and the King, to run off, registering anger and alarm. Wellingto...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Melville, Robert Saunders Dundas, Viscount, 1771-1851, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Westmorland, John Fane, Earl of, 1784-1859
Subject (Topic):
Harlequin (Fictitious character), Thrones, Magicians, Clowns, Military uniforms, Daggers & swords, and Crutches
