The secret insult!, or, Bribery & corruption rejected!!! [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The secret insult!, or, Bribery & corruption rejected!!! [graphic]
- Alternative Title
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Bribery & corruption rejected!!!
Bribery and corruption rejected!!! - Creator
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Contributor
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Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, attributed name.
Benbow, William, 1787-1864, publisher. - Published / Created
- June 11th, 1820.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. by Benbow, St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
- Abstract
-
"Queen Caroline, dignified and regal, stands with extended right arm facing Lord Hutchinson (identified by Reid as Liverpool), a thin man in court dress who bows low, holding out a large purse inscribed '£50,000'. He looks up at her with a servile and apprehensive grimace, saying: "Abandon your claim to the Throne, Change your Name & the Livery & retire to some distant part of the earth were you may never be seen or heard of any more; & if 50,000£ pr Annm will not satisfy you, what will?" She answers: "Nothing but a Crown!" In her left hand is a paper: 'Lawful Claims'. At her side (right) stands Alderman Wood, noble and stalwart in Roman armour; he holds a sword, whose wavy blade (representing flame) is inscribed 'A Swoard for the Guilty', and a shield: 'A Shield for the Innocent--'. Behind Hutchinson and in back-view stands Brougham in barrister's wig and gown; he holds a broom, and says: "I turn my back on such dirty work as this." The Devil, on the extreme left, clutches his arm, saying: "Well done Broom! you have done your business well." Behind Wood is a ship at anchor, her poop inscribed 'The Wooden walls of Old England'; she flies a Union flag inscribed 'Caroline'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Signed only with Robert Cruikshank's name, but a collaboration with George Cruikshank is suggested in the British Museum catalogue.
"No. 1"--Upper left corner.
Mounted on page 16 of: George Humphrey shop album. - Provenance
- Purchased from Andrew Edmunds; September 2014.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 26 x 37 cm, on sheet 26.7 x 38 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Page 16. George Humphrey shop album.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Humphrey, G., 1773-1831?, collector.
- Collection Date
- [London], [not after 1821]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1820
Etchings England London 1820
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England.
- Subject (Name)
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Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Donoughmore, John Hely-Hutchinson, Earl of, 1757-1832
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868
Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843 - Subject (Topic)
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Politicians
Lawyers
Bowing
Purses
Bribery
Armor
Shields
Swords
Brooms & brushes
Devil
Ships
Flags - Subjects
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Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Donoughmore, John Hely-Hutchinson, Earl of, 1757-1832 > Caricatures and cartoons
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843 > Caricatures and cartoons
Politicians > England
Lawyers
Bowing
Purses
Bribery
Armor
Shields
Swords
Brooms & brushes
Devil
Ships
Flags
England > 1820
England > London > 1820
19th century
Gee, Ernest R., 1878-1956 > Ownership
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 > Ms. notes
Gladstone, Robertson, 1805-1875 > Ownership
Humphrey, G. (George), 1773-1831? > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 13862065
- Object ID (OID)
- 16816953