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1. Out of court auspicium melioris devi / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 April 1827]
- Call Number:
- 827.04.21.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Lady Conyngham chases Eldon from the royal precincts; she threatens him with the sceptre and a clenched fist, saying, Je le veut [sic]. She is décolletée, much bejewelled, and displays an elephantine leg and tiny foot. Close behind her stands Knighton, a pen behind his ear, his arm raised; he has just flung a massive gold inkpot decorated with the Royal Arms; ink falls on Eldon's head. He says: take that, & that, & that, le Roy le veut. 'Roy' is scored through. Canning stands behind impassively, hand on hip, holding up a cross, and saying In hoc Signo vinces [Constantine's miraculous vision: cf. British Museum Satires No. 15385]. The building behind is ornate and Gothic, more elaborate than the actual Cottage. The King's head (out of scale with the building) is framed in a small casement window; with an equivocal expression he looks towards Eldon, saying, Necessitas non habet leges. Eldon has dropped the Mace and the Purse of the Great Seal; he says: Had I served my God with half the Zeal I have served my King, he would not have suffered me to be turned out for supporting his Cause."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Small hole in Knighton's arm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 21, 1827, by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly, London
- Subject (Name):
- Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Knighton, William, Sir, 1776-1836, Canning, George, 1770-1827, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
- Subject (Topic):
- Chasing, Scepters, and Ceremonial maces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Out of court auspicium melioris devi / [graphic]