All a bottle of smoke!!, or, John Bull and the secret committee [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- All a bottle of smoke!!, or, John Bull and the secret committee [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- John Bull and the secret committee
- Contributor
- Fairburn, John, 1768 or 1769-1832, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [July 1820]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published July 1820 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
- Abstract
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"A scene in the Lords. A large Green Bag stands wide open on the floor before the Woolsack; John Bull, a fat 'cit', takes from it a bottle inscribed 'Imputation' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13796]; the cork, in the form of a crown, flies up, and smoke rises. Eldon, seated on the Woolsack, one foot regally on a sack inscribed 'Mother Coal', scowls at the bottle; his mouth, like those of the other peers, is closed by a padlock, but he holds up a paper inscribed: 'My Lords-- Right or Wrong we will proceed'. J.B. faces him with arm flung back, exclaiming: "Stop--hear me first--step one Inch if you dare without my consent-- I protest against your Secret Tribunal I'll protect the Queen look at this Bottle--and look at that Reptile." He refers to a serpent wearing a royal crown and representing the King; this issues from a rent in the bag which is inscribed 'The Green Bag Opened'. Peers are grouped near Eldon, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Wellington, and Liverpool being the most prominent. On the right, behind a bar, stands the Queen wearing a small spiky crown, surrounded by three counsel (Brougham, Denman, and Lushington)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
1 print : etching ; sheet 23.6 x 34.6 cm.
Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 32 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Typed extract of seven lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf). - 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 : plate mark 24 x 36 cm, on sheet 28.4 x 43 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Page 46. 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 - 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
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828
Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868
Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854
Lushington, Stephen, 1782-1873
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 - Subject (Topic)
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John Bull (Symbolic character)
Politicians
Legislative bodies
Interiors
Bags
Bottles
Crowns
Smoke
Locks (Hardware)
Snakes - Subjects
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Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828 > Caricatures and cartoons
Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828 > Caricatures and cartoons
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868 > Caricatures and cartoons
Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lushington, Stephen, 1782-1873 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 > Caricatures and cartoons
John Bull (Symbolic character) > Caricatures and cartoons
Politicians > England
Legislative bodies
Interiors
Bags
Bottles
Crowns
Smoke
Locks (Hardware)
Snakes
England > 1820
England > London > 1820
Gee, Ernest R., 1878-1956 > Ownership
Gladstone, Robertson, 1805-1875 > Ownership
Humphrey, G. (George), 1773-1831? > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13885655
- Object ID (OID)
- 33245698