- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.02.01.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two stout ladies, dressed in long gowns, confront each other. Mrs. Fitzherbert (left) with her second the Prince of Wales faces in a confident manner the scowling and clumsy Mrs. Schwellenberg whose second, Pitt offers her a lemon. The furious German woman holds a massive sceptre in both her hands raised above her head ready to strick her opponent. All the figures have speech bubbles above their heads referencing the rights of the people, the Prince's morganatic marriage, Catholics, and the issue of money going to Germany
- Alternative Title:
- Political heat for Rege & Grege and Political heat for Rege and Grege
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from later state. Cf. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times. London, Chatto and Windus, [1873?], p. 107., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of subtitle., Earlier state, with the Prince of Wales's uncensored speech. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7501., and Watermark: L Taylor.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby 1, 1789, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Lee, Nathaniel, 1653?-1692., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Marriage, Regency, Censorship, Crucifixes, Fighting, Lemons, Royal marriages, British, and Scepters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The rival queens, or, A political heat for Rege & Grege [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.02.01.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two stout ladies, dressed in long gowns, confront each other. Mrs. Fitzherbert (left) with her second the Prince of Wales faces in a confident manner the scowling and clumsy Mrs. Schwellenberg whose second, Pitt offers her a lemon. The furious German woman holds a massive sceptre in both her hands raised above her head ready to strick her opponent. All the figures have speech bubbles above their heads referencing the rights of the people, the Prince's morganatic marriage, Catholics, and the issue of money going to Germany
- Alternative Title:
- Political heat for Rege & Grege and Political heat for Rege and Grege
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Later state with the Prince's speech censored., Temporary local subject terms: Morganatic marriages: Prince of Wales's to Mrs. Fitzherbert -- Ficticious duels: Mrs. Fitzherbert and Mrs. Schwellenberg -- Allusion to Regency crisis, 1788 -- Lemons -- Literature: travesty of Nathaniel Lee's The rival queens., Watermark: Portal & Bridges., and Mounted to 27 x 38 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby 1, 1789, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Lee, Nathaniel, 1653?-1692., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Marriage, Regency, Censorship, Crucifixes, Fighting, Lemons, Royal marriages, British, and Scepters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The rival queens, or, A political heat for Rege & Grege [graphic].
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [27 January 1789]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 48. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A spirited horse, wearing the feathers of the Prince of Wales in his headband, stands on his hind legs, a pen in his fore-foot, writing a letter while Sheridan (right) guides the pen; his blinkers cover his eyes. Sheridan, who leans across the table in profile to the left, holds the paper: 'To Mr Pi[tt] ....' An ape with the (simian) features of Lord Derby squats on the table behind Sheridan, reading a paper: 'Rough Drat of the Letter', and saying "Hear hear hear". On the extreme left appear the profile, hands, and one foot of Weltje, saying, "By Got he vill teach de Orse to speak". Under the table is a circular rat-trap, in which are five rats with quasi-human faces."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- To be seen at Mr. Sheridan's menagerie the wonderful learned Hanover colt ...
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Regency crisis -- Prince of Wales's answer to Regency restrictions -- Ministerialists as rats -- Lord Derby as a monkey -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Horse of Hanover -- Writing horse -- Caged rats -- Menageries -- Rat traps., and Mounted on page 65 with one other print.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. 27 Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746-1820, Aubrey, John, Sir, 1739-1826, Hamilton, William Gerard, 1729-1796, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency, Animal shows, Horses, Writing, Rats, Cages, and Monkeys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > To be seen at Mr. S------n's menagerie the wonderful learned Han---r colt who writes a letter blindfolded N.B. he is in training for sev[era]l other useful purposes ; also a very curious monkey who can read & write a little & imitates the human voice ; also several very extraordinary rats from Holland, Buckinghamshire, Wilton, Poole & other places / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [27 January 1789]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 48. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A spirited horse, wearing the feathers of the Prince of Wales in his headband, stands on his hind legs, a pen in his fore-foot, writing a letter while Sheridan (right) guides the pen; his blinkers cover his eyes. Sheridan, who leans across the table in profile to the left, holds the paper: 'To Mr Pi[tt] ....' An ape with the (simian) features of Lord Derby squats on the table behind Sheridan, reading a paper: 'Rough Drat of the Letter', and saying "Hear hear hear". On the extreme left appear the profile, hands, and one foot of Weltje, saying, "By Got he vill teach de Orse to speak". Under the table is a circular rat-trap, in which are five rats with quasi-human faces."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- To be seen at Mr. Sheridan's menagerie the wonderful learned Hanover colt ...
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Regency crisis -- Prince of Wales's answer to Regency restrictions -- Ministerialists as rats -- Lord Derby as a monkey -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Horse of Hanover -- Writing horse -- Caged rats -- Menageries -- Rat traps., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 20.2 x 25.6 cm, on sheet 21.8 x 26.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 48 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. 27 Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746-1820, Aubrey, John, Sir, 1739-1826, Hamilton, William Gerard, 1729-1796, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency, Animal shows, Horses, Writing, Rats, Cages, and Monkeys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > To be seen at Mr. S------n's menagerie the wonderful learned Han---r colt who writes a letter blindfolded N.B. he is in training for sev[era]l other useful purposes ; also a very curious monkey who can read & write a little & imitates the human voice ; also several very extraordinary rats from Holland, Buckinghamshire, Wilton, Poole & other places / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [27 January 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.01.27.01 Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 48. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A spirited horse, wearing the feathers of the Prince of Wales in his headband, stands on his hind legs, a pen in his fore-foot, writing a letter while Sheridan (right) guides the pen; his blinkers cover his eyes. Sheridan, who leans across the table in profile to the left, holds the paper: 'To Mr Pi[tt] ....' An ape with the (simian) features of Lord Derby squats on the table behind Sheridan, reading a paper: 'Rough Drat of the Letter', and saying "Hear hear hear". On the extreme left appear the profile, hands, and one foot of Weltje, saying, "By Got he vill teach de Orse to speak". Under the table is a circular rat-trap, in which are five rats with quasi-human faces."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- To be seen at Mr. Sheridan's menagerie the wonderful learned Hanover colt ...
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Regency crisis -- Prince of Wales's answer to Regency restrictions -- Ministerialists as rats -- Lord Derby as a monkey -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Horse of Hanover -- Writing horse -- Caged rats -- Menageries -- Rat traps., Note on verso in contemporary hand: The same Hanover Colt directed by Mr. Sheridan to write a Letter. - 1789. Allusion to an answer to the H. of C. in the P. of Ws. name suppos'd to be dictated by Sheridan., and Watermark: (partial) crown over shield with fleur-de-lis.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. 27 Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746-1820, Aubrey, John, Sir, 1739-1826, Hamilton, William Gerard, 1729-1796, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency, Animal shows, Horses, Writing, Rats, Cages, and Monkeys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > To be seen at Mr. S------n's menagerie the wonderful learned Han---r colt who writes a letter blindfolded N.B. he is in training for sev[era]l other useful purposes ; also a very curious monkey who can read & write a little & imitates the human voice ; also several very extraordinary rats from Holland, Buckinghamshire, Wilton, Poole & other places / [graphic]