Caption title., Letterpress with woodcut illustration., A illustrated broadside printed on silk., With an image of a woman weeping at a tombstone enscribed with the words "Great Britain's Queen, the injured Caroline., Around the border, following the title: Minister! go hang thyself in justice to mankind, for if after this, you die by the ordinary course of Nature, all honest men will be disgraced by sharing even a common death with you., In verse., First line: Hark! - whence proceeds that awful sound ..., and In a contemporary (or early) gilt wood frame, 19 x 16 cm, hanging hook at top; likely framed for domestic display. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Caption title., Single column of text, dated August 8th, 1821 at bottom, within mourning border., In verse., First line: What means this inward, universal moan ..., Lewis Walpole Library copy: Imperfect, sheet trimmed to 37 x 13 cm with loss of imprint statement., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published by Dean & Munday, Thread-needle-street
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Caption title., Two columns of text within mourning border., A broadside recording the death of Queen Caroline in August 1821. "The struggle is over! Hope, fear, anxiety, are now alike at a end! Caroline Queen of England is no more! Her Majesty departed this life at 25 minutes past ten on Tuesday night, the 7th of August, 1821 ... The tragedy of the persecution and death of a Queen is at length brought to a close ...", and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Marshall, printer, Newcastle
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
"Broadside; the text in five columns: small cuts I-X on the left and right, each with an eight-line verse below it; cuts XI and XII above and below the three centre columns. Cut I. The Queen's arrival in England, and Marriage. The Prince leads her ashore from a small boat. Cut II. Taking farewell of Charlotte [1814]. Mother and daughter weep, turning from each other; the Princess approaches a ship's boat, Cut III. Her Return--Landing at Dover [June 1820]. She is rowed to shore by two sailors. Cut IV. Her Trial in the House of Lords. A simplified but recognizable view. Cut V. Her Acquittal. She drives in an open carriage past Carlton House. Cut VI. Procession to St. Paul's. A similar carriage scene with St. Paul's in the background. Cut VII. The Highlanders' Address. Highlanders in a carriage with banners (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13934). Cut VIII. Refused Admittance into the Abbey. She gestures at the partly closed door between a sentry and the rejecting doorkeeper. Cut IX. Death-Bed of the Queen. The bed surrounded by weeping mourners. Cut X. Embarkation of Her Body at Harwich. The coffin is swung by tackle into a ship's boat. Cut XI. The Queen's Funeral Procession at Brunswick. The coffin, with crown and royal arms, is borne towards a church door (right) where girls scatter flowers. Cut XII. Queen Caroline's Tomb. Britannia weeps, and her Lion registers anger, beside the tomb of Caroline The Injured Queen of England, topped by a large urn on which is her bust portrait. The text includes the funeral prayer, 'A Dirge' and 'An Elegy . . .' (28 11.): 11. 7-10: 'A seperation hardly to be borne, Her only Daughter from her arms was torn! And next discarded--driven from her home, An unprotected Wanderer to roam!' The verses below Cut XII end: 'For the King shall be Judg'd with the poor of the earth, And, perhaps the poor man will be greater than he. Until that great day we leave Caroline's wrongs, Meantime, may, "Repentance" her foes o'ertake; O grant it kind POWER, to whom alone it belongs' AMEN. Here an end of this Hist'ry we make."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Caption title., "Quod Jas. C-tn--h, Dec. 10th, 1821."--Bottom of sheet., Woodcuts with accompanying letterpress text, mostly in verse., "Entered at Stationer's Hall."--Below imprint in square brackets., "Price 2d."--Upper right., and For the first edition, see No. 14255 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Publisher:
Printed and sold wholesale and retail by J. Catnatch, 2, Monmouth Court, 7 Dials
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817,, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords,, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Arrivals & departures, Carriages & coaches, Parades & processions, Deathbeds, Funeral processions, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Caption title., In verse., Text within ornamental border., An ode to Queen Caroline, who died soon after the Coronation of her husband George IV, an event to which she was refused entry., First line: The fairest of flowers must shed all its blossom ..., "Price one penny."--Following imprint., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed & published by B. Johnson, Hudson's-Court, 482, Strand, London
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Caption title., Two columns of text with a woodcut of a coffin above the title., Numbered '95' in upper right corner., and Printed three times on verso: Warranted a fast color and dyed in grain. With loss of upper left corner of sheet. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Ordoyne, printer, Paunier-Close, Nottingham
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Caption title., Signed at bottom: By command of His Royal Highness, the Commander in Chief, Henry Torrens, Adjutant-General., With docket title and printer's statement on verso., "No. 390."--Upper right., and Inscribed "Recd. 22d October 1821" in ink following docket title. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by W. Clowes, Northumberland-court, Strand, for HIs Majesty's Stationery-office
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Caption title., "London, Tuesday evening, half-past ten o'clock.", First line: The struggle is over! Hope, fear, anxiety, are now alike at an end! ..., Printer identified from entry in British Book Trade Index., and Laid on to blue paper. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
J. Plant, printer, Derby
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821