"The Prince stands with folded arms, in the corner of a room, gazing up at a three-quarter length portrait of Lady Jersey as a pretty young woman; she looks down at him alluringly. The portrait hangs over the chimney-piece (right), a fire burns in the grate. From his right hand dangles disregarded an oval miniature of the Princess of Brunswick. Beside the Prince, who turns his back on him, stands a grotesque German courier, who holds up a tiny pair of stockings on the feet of which are shoes. The German has moustaches, a pigtail queue reaching to the ground, he wears spurred top-boots and holds a glove; he gapes with astonishment at the portrait. On the two walls other pictures are arranged in two rows, the lower part only of the upper row being visible. These are (above): 'Pretty Millener', a reclining figure; 'Portrait of a Lady & Child', a pregnant lady leads a child; 'Mrs Crouch' (three-quarter length). Below, 'Mrs Robinson' (three-quarter length); 'Florizel & Perdita', the pair with arms entwined, the King and (?) Queen crouch behind a tree to spy on them; 'Fitsherbet' [sic], who stands, looking to the left, holding a rosary."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 37 x 26 cm, mounted to 43 x 34 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of plate: S.W.[F.].
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadill [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800, and Crouch, Anna Maria, 1763-1805
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Variant state, without words "Ich dien" on Princess of Wales's headdress. Cf. No. 8667 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to mulatto -- Furniture: dressing table -- Pictures amplifying subject: miniature of the Prince of Wales -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Dishes: water bowls., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner of plate, mostly cut of: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly, London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, and Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821
"The King (right) and Queen (left) hurl mud at each other. By the former (who wears jack-boots) is a bucket of 'Italian Filth' [see British Museum Satires No. 13762, &c.]; the Queen's (similar) bucket is inscribed 'Filth from St Giles's, St James, Portman Sqr, Hamilton Place [the Conynghams' address, see British Museum Satires No. 13847] &c &c &c.'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 28 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pub. Sep. 5th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
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., and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861.
A rare surviving example of a volume that a printseller would put together in order to showcase for clients visiting the shop the satirical prints available for purchase, either from existing inventory or to be printed on order from copperplates in the publisher's stock. Includes a complete copy of: Horrida bella : Pains and penalties versus Truth and Justice
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date based on dates printed on individual items bound in., House trade label pasted on the inside of both the upper and lower boards: Humphrey, Printseller, No. 27, St. James's Street / engd. by Lockington Shug Lane., Unidentified trace of a bookseller's pencil stock note from 1943 on first leaf., Binding very worn and soiled, spine missing. Some damage and some staining to the prints., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Lockington, J., active 1776-1790,