Characters in the new piece now performing at the Theatre Royal Cotten Garden 1820 [graphic]. - Yale University Library

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Title: Characters in the new piece now performing at the Theatre Royal Cotten Garden 1820 [graphic].
Alternative Title: Characters in the new piece now performing at the Theatre Royal Cotton Garden 1820
Creator: Marshall, John, Junior, active 1820, printmaker
Contributor: Marshall, John, Junior, active 1820, publisher.
Published / Created: [6 November 1820]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. Nov. 6, 1820, by John Marshall Junr., 24 Little St. Martins Lane, London
Abstract: "Caricature on the trial of Queen Caroline, in sixteen small scenes, each with a character from the case and the words they have spoken."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched above image.
Printmaker from the British Museum online catalogue.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
1 print : etching ; sheet 26 x 27.5 cm.
Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted on leaf 12 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Figures of "Clarence," "D. York," "Caroline," "Liverpool," "Wellington," "Geo. IV," "Leach," "Eldon," "Brougham," and "Majocchi" identified in ink at the bottom of their respective panels in the design.
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 46.5 x 28 cm, on sheet 47.4 x 29 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Page 23. George Humphrey shop album.
Collection / Other Creator: Humphrey, G., 1773-1831?, collector.
Collection Date: [London], [not after 1821]

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Trials, litigation, etc
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): Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Leach, John, 1760-1834
Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837
Subject (Topic): Politicians
Military officers
Lawyers
Crowns
Bags
Gallows
Dandies
Justice
Scales
Brooms & brushes
Worms
Ethnic stereotypes
Subjects: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Trials, litigation, etc
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron > Caricatures and cartoons
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 > Caricatures and cartoons
Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828 > Caricatures and cartoons
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Caricatures and cartoons
Leach, John, 1760-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827 > Caricatures and cartoons
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 > Caricatures and cartoons
Politicians > England
Military officers
Lawyers
Crowns
Bags
Gallows
Dandies
Justice
Scales
Brooms & brushes
Worms
Ethnic stereotypes
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

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Access: Public

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 13866670
Object ID (OID): 33245918

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