King State the cuckold endeavouring to trample on the people with one foot, & kick out the Queen with the other* [graphic].Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker[26 December 1820]eng"A stuffed figure of George IV, heavy, inert, and puppet-like, wearing royal robes and with massive antlers on his forehead, is supported by his three chief Ministers. Under his legs are two prostrate men; his left foot is planted on the face of one who wears the remains of a tattered shoe. Sidmouth takes his right leg and holds it out towards the Queen, who escapes to the left. She is protected by John Bull, a stout countryman, who smashes the King's extended leg with a cudgel of 'oak', breaking off the foot. John, with clenched fist, says: "Dom thee, what Kick a defenceless Woman 'the Cowardly Rascal!" Castlereagh and Liverpool (right) support the King's shoulders. Behind (right) is a copy of British Museum Satires No. 13765: the King sleeps in a cradle (as in British Museum Satire No. 13764, &c.) rocked by Lady Conyngham, who sings: "hush my babe lie still & slumber 'tis Eliza guards thy Bed." The cradle is decorated with a pagoda, the Royal Arms, and a nude obese squatting Chinese, symbolizing the King. The Queen, looking behind her vengefully, escapes towards a Chinese doorway. Chinese paintings decorate the wall."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Text below title: *Vide Mr. Marsh's incomparable speech (at Reading) both for wit & point.Occasioned by a speech at Reading by Henry Marsh, a Berkshire magistrate. See: The Times, 11 December 1820.Publisher's announcement in lower right: Pub. by Fores 41 Piccadilli [sic] with a caricature print at top price 1s./-.Watermark: G. Pike 1820.Window mounted to 25.1 x 34.5 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm.Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 36 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."Figures of "Caroline," "Sidmouth," "Geo. IV [stuffed figure]," "Londondery [sic]," "Liverpool," "Lady Conyngham," and "Geo. IV [as infant]" identified in ink below image; date "26 Dec. 1820" written in lower right corner.