Pastime at the Pavilion, or, A peep into the Chinese temple [graphic]

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Title: Pastime at the Pavilion, or, A peep into the Chinese temple [graphic]
Alternative Title: Peep into the Chinese temple
Creator: Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [May 1820]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. May 1820 by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly corner of Sackville St.
Abstract: Caricature of George IV in the Brighton Pavilion, sitting on a sofa next to Marchioness Conyngham and groping her; he has an amourous look on his face, while she looks unamused. A portrait of Queen Caroline hangs on the wall behind them, her face obscured by a purse(?) hanging from above the picture frame. An older woman (Lady Warwick?) stands on the right by an open door, glancing over sideways at the scene and saying "I shall retire: is Warwick come to this? Oh this Cunning-- poor Hertford, ho[w] I pity her well may she exclaim false Lothario." Roses are seen through the doorway on the right; a round table with decanters of 'Brandy' is seen on the left, in front of a large window with curtains
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted (with one other item) on leaf 12 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
The figures of "Marchioness Cunningham" and "Lady Warwick" are identified in brown ink in lower margin. Date "May 1820" written in lower right, in black ink.
Provenance: Sold by London's Dulau and Company to the New York City bookseller Ernest R. Gee in 1928. Earlier ownership by W.E. Gladstone is suggested by a manuscript note from Dulau formerly laid into the front the first volume (now in the object file), which states that "These came from the Gladstone Library at Court Hey, Broad Green. The manuscript notes written below the caricatures are in the handwriting of W.E. Gladstone." William Reese Company; February 2024.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 25.1 x 33.9 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English