"In the centre of the design is an open grave from which a hand raises a wand topped by miniature antlers. It divides Lady Graves (left), youthful and handsome, from Cumberland, in the uniform of the Royal Horse Guards (Blues). They advance towards each other, he with arms outstretched. The title (her words) continues: 'Then come my love TO TIHS' [sic] (his words)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Alas there is no happiness on this side the grave!!! : - Then come my love to this and Resurrectionist
Description:
Title etched below image; alternative title etched above image: The resurrectionist., Later state, with text added above image; for an earlier state lacking this text, see no. 16012 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 11., Imprint continues: ... sole pub. of W. Heaths etching., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 1st, 1830, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Name):
Graves, Mary Paget, Lady, 1783-1835 and Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851
"Duchess of Kent sits regally on the throne, holding the orb, and turning her head to watch Princess Victoria, who sits (left) on Prince Leopold's knee, holding the sceptre (in the form of a hand of Justice, cf. BM Satires No. 12247) and with the crown half-extinguishing her little head. He wears uniform, sits on a lower seat, but with his right foot on a footstool. He holds out twin cherries to the child, saying, 'Now we'll play at Bob Cherry--open your mouth'. On a table (left) are Sweet Meats and Sugar Candy, on the floor a (mature) doll. On the right, framed by pillars, is the Council Chamber. Wellington presides, in the royal chair, turning arrogantly to say: 'As president of the Council--who shall gainsay me--' [Bathurst was Lord President of the Council]. Behind him Grenadier Guards with fixed bayonets stand at attention. Inconspicuously at his right hand, and below the dais, sits William IV. Peel stands at a side-table (right), his back to Wellington, looking conspiratorial. The (?) Archbishop is among those seated on Wellington's left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 123.
Publisher:
Pub. July 8, 1830, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Victoria Mary Louisa, Duchess of Kent, 1786-1861, Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901, Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837
Subject (Topic):
Ceremonial objects, Crowns, Dolls, Military uniforms, British, and Thrones