Moments of pain [graphic].Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker[approximately November] 1820.eng"A companion plate to British Museum Satires No. 13989 by the same artist, and with the same imprint. A Chinese interior resembling that of British Museum Satires No. 13986. George IV as a mandarin, languid and ill, sits cross-legged on a low settee. Peacock's feathers (cf. British Museum Satire No. 13299) decorate his round hat. Sidmouth as a Chinese doctor feels his pulse with concern. At the King's feet is a long rolled document headed 'List of Addresses presented to Caroline Queen of [Engla]nd'. Behind (right), a melancholy Chinese messenger hands Bloomfield (a Chinese wearing a large sword) a paper: 'Bill Thrown Out'. The latter registers dismay with raised arms. There is a slanting cloud of smoke as in British Museum Satires No. 13986. On the wall is a picture of the Queen, with sword and shield, fighting a dragon. Carved dragons decorate the King's settee (or throne), and there is a big dragon jar on the right; all the dragons look menacingly towards the King, who rests his right hand on a table on which are decanter, pill-box, &c."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue.Approximate month of publication from the British Museum catalogue.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Companion print to: Moments of pleasure.1 print : etching ; plate mark 27.6 x 21.5 cm, on sheet 28.9 x 22.7 cm.Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.Mounted on leaf 6 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."Figures of "Geo. IV" and "Sidmouth" identified in ink below image; date "Nov. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of eight lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.