"Two cats on garden walls approach each other menacingly. One (left) is white, with the features of Queen Caroline, the other a dark tabby with the features of George IV. Each miaows, raising an angry paw. The Queen is on a 'Party Wall', at right angles to that of the King. In the garden below is a placard, 'Malbrou'. She says: "Meyough you -- you have no business to go Caterwalling." He says: "Meyough you B-- you have no business to come so near me." Below the design: 'Like two Cats on a Wall; They Quarrel & Snarl, To amuse the Weak Minds of the Nation. They Squander large Sums, Expose their bare Bums, For all which they deserve Castigation.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 42 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 31, 1821, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
"A wild turmoil of men and women in court dress or uniform outside Buckingham House, which is indicated in the background, with a covered way or awning leading to the doorway from the right. Two beefeaters stand before the door and above the crowd, holding up their arms and yelling: Keep back, Keep back Put off postponed till the first of next April. Prominent figures in the foreground are (right), a field-marshal (? Prince Leopold) with a hussar officer (? Prince Esterházy). The former steps on and tears the train of a lady who looks round in angry dismay. She and an absurdly dandified Lancer officer are the central figures in the foreground. Women and men are prostrate, and there are many incidents. A barrister with (?) Brougham's profile drives his elbow savagely into the face of a bishop. Plumed shakoes, helmets, and cocked hats tower above the crowd. An arm holds up a lady's feathered wig and curls on the point of a sword. Complaints are inscribed along the upper margin: [1] Have I not borrowed the Duchess's last Birth Day suit & had it transmogrified to prevent its being known again, at the expence of 1.13.9 & and only to be hustled. [2] ever since four Oclock this morning, under two men & three maids suffering purgatory to be made an April Fool of. [3] I never looked so bewitching in all my life. [4] What a cut. [5] have I been up all night, Dressing, perfuming, painting, & plastering to be served thus. [6] What after hiring all these dashing Diamonds & Jewels at such an extravagant price & not to be suffered to shew them insulting, provoking. [7] was to have been Presented now I suppose shall be Represented [? caricatured]. The last speaker is a fat lady who tugs at a man's bag-wig"--British Museum onling catalogue
Alternative Title:
Birthday hoax and April fools
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on one side.
Publisher:
Pub. April 24th, 1823 by S.W. Fores 41 Picadilly[sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865, Esterházy, Prince, 1786-1866 v Caricatures and cartoons., and Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868
Subject (Topic):
Celebrations, Clergy, Crowds, Dandies, Military officers, and Nobility
"George IV sits jauntily astride a tall high-stepping giraffe, at the base of the neck, hands on hips. Lady Conyngham (left) sits sideways on the sloping back, close to the tail, her vast posterior projecting. She smiles over her shoulder. He wears a straw hat with wide curving brim. She is décolletée, with large gigot sleeves and feathers in her hair. Four Nubians (right) bow obsequiously."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
New hobby
Description:
Title etched below image., Date based on subject: A camel was present to the King at Windsor on 13 August 1827., and Attribution to William Heath and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vansittart, in his Chancellor of the Exchequer's gown, bestrides a large green bag, representing the budget, in shape rather like a gourd or cucumber, which rests on the pole of a velocipede (see British Museum Satires No. 13399) with two small and solid wheels, one inscribed 'Pensions', the other 'Places'. The bag: 'Bugget, Tea Tax, New Malt Tax, New Tobaco Tax, Coffee Tax'. A smaller bag has fallen from the machine (right): 'a few Odd Thousands for the New Tailors' [see British Museum Satires No. 13237, &c.]. Vansittart, leaning forward almost horizontally, steers his hobby-horse straight at John Bull (left) whom he (acrobatically) kicks in the mouth, knocking him over. He says: "Take care John I do'nt rightly know how to manage my new Hobby it is rather a Heavy Machine if you dont go out of the Road to Bottany Bay or Amercia [sic] I can't answer for the Consequnce [sic]." John, a fat drink-blotched 'cit' in patched clothes, falls backwards, exclaiming: "What the Devil the fellow at [sic] are you going to cram all this Down my Throat Zounds you will choak me." Behind John and on the extreme left is the sea-shore with a large sign-post pointing one way 'To America', the other 'To Starvation'. A ship lies at anchor; tiny figures, including a woman clasping an infant, flee in terror from Vansittart, towards 'America'. On the right is another sign-post, pointing (left) 'To Ruin'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
More taxes for John Bull
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "328" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., and Leaf 30 in volume 5.
Publisher:
Pub. June 19, 1819, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London
"Stoddart sits in the centre of the design blowing through a trumpet a blast of abuse towards the newly-arrived Queen (left) while holding out copies of his newspaper towards four ragged little newsboys (right), who also blow their horns with great vigour. Queen Caroline, tall, dignified, and demurely dressed in black, flinches from Stoddart's blast, and is protected by Britannia and Alderman Wood. She says: "Surely thos Fellows will not be suffered to Insult me in this manner? who is it that Sets them on? who encourages them." Britannia, seated on a very angry Lion, extends her arms, saying: "Welcome Beloved of thy People, the Mother of Englands lost -- & ever to be lamented Hope, will ever be dear to the Hearts of every true born Englishman." Wood, wearing an Alderman's gown, tries to protect her with a shield inscribed: 'No more Douglas's an Englishman's Rights, Justice & Truth'. From Stoddart's trumpet issue the words: 'Treason, Crim Con, no Rights, no Claims, no pretensions, no Prerogatives, no Patronage, no Property, no Soul to be Prayed for, no Justice, no Law, no Protection, Woe to them that espouse her Cause, Woe to them that Speak well of her!!!' At his feet lie newspapers: 'New Times', 'Morning Post', 'Courier'. Castlereagh and Sidmouth (right), who extend admonitory fingers, urge him on: the former says: "hit hard--dont spare now Dr Slop here is a fine Oppertunity for you to indulge your Spleen." Sidmouth, larger than life and shockingly malevolent, says: "Blow away my boys, spread it far and near, lay it on thick, do not stand for Trifles!!!" The biggest newsboy has a bill headed 'New Times' in his hat; another holds a bundle of the 'Courier', 'New Times', and '[Morning] Post'. A third has 'News' in his hat. Behind and between Stoddart and Castlereagh a man capers in ecstasy, waving a hat in which is a paper: 'Pardon for Edwards'. He exclaims: "Now I shall have a Job again and get better paid than before.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Spies, spawns & spewers of scurrility, abuse & defamation set to work and Spies, spawns and spewers of scurrility, abuse and defamation set to work
Description:
Title etched below image. and Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pub. June 8th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Stoddart, John, 1773-1856, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Horns (Communication devices), Newspaper vendors, Newspapers, and Lions
"Lady Conyngham stands directed to the left, feet apart, dressed as in British Museum satires no. 15720; she amusingly combines the ultra-feminine with masculine attributes and stance. She is immensely fat and wide with small cherubic features and curls; under her left arm is a cocked blunderbuss. She wears a wide-brimmed hat, a neckcloth fastened with a jewelled crown, a coach-guard's greatcoat, wide open over her tight-waisted dress. A pouch hangs from her shoulder and two coach-horns from her left arm. Above her head: 'I says to our Governor says I--keep your eye on them ere Leaders George'; i.e. on Lyndhurst and Scarlett, see British Museum satires nos. 15720, 15850. Cf. British Museum satires no. 15716."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., and Publisher's advertisement below imprint: Caricatuer [sic] daily pub.
Publisher:
Pub. April 28, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863., and Scarlett, James, Sir, 1769-1844.
A satire on the Duke's pressure on the King to accept Emancipation. "Wellington stands in profile to the right, dressed as the driver of a mail-coach, holding his whip and (as way-bill) a paper resembling the 'Gazette', headed 'Bill' [i.e. for Catholic Relief]. His (gloved) left hand touches the broad brim of his hat. He wears a triple-caped greatcoat, tight at the waist, over tightly strapped white trousers, and is smart and erect, in contrast with his rival, see British Museum satires no. 15736"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., For a close copy published by E. King, see no. 15731A in the British Museum catalogue., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1829.
Publisher:
Pub. April 1829 by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830. and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Catholic emancipation, Coach drivers, Newspapers, and Whips
"A hand printing-press of metal (a Stanhope Press), supported on the stout legs of a man in breeches which seem to belong to a John Bull, puts to flight mere pigmy humans: two flee to the right, one propelled by a kick from a huge buckled shoe; two others have fallen. Two levers or handles serve as arms; one has a hand which grasps a giant pen, the feather entwined with three serpents which spit flame at the departing legs and cocked hat of Wellington, who, kicked into the air, disappears behind the upper right margin of the design. Another pair of legs, with the black stockings and buckled shoes of Eldon, project from the upper left margin; beside them a single leg and a broom indicate the departing Brougham. A second lever supports a print, 'The Man Wot Drives The Sovereign', copied from British Museum satires no. 15731; a flame issues from the press, threatening to scorch or destroy the print. The press is topped by a cap of Liberty inscribed 'Free Press' and encircled with a wreath. A little demon (a printer's devil) rushes towards the press from the left, holding up a big ink-ball."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., Imprint continues: ... sole publisher of P. Pry caricatu[...]., and This image was possibly published in Paul Pry, a newspaper dedicated to exposing political corruption and religious fraud. William Heath often worked with Thomas McLean and is well known for his caricatures and satirical imagery.
Publisher:
Pub. May 30th, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838., and Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868.
Subject (Topic):
Free press and fair trial, Wit and humor, Pictorial, John Bull (Symbolic character), Arcimboldesque figures, Demons, Kicking, Liberty cap, and Printing presses
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A huge pot rests directly on a fierce fire from blazing bank-notes. The scene is outside the Bank of England, the façade being on the extreme right. From it porters are carrying huge stacks of 'Notes' to add to the flames. The pot is inscribed 'Bank Pot' [twice], and 'Cash Payments at the Bottom of this Pot', where it is badly cracked owing to the fire. The pot is filled with Bank Directors, whose heads and arms emerge. They shriek: "I am in a Stew"; "I am sure the Pots Crackd," and "Take care it don't Break." A fashionably dressed man ascends a ladder leaning against the pot (right); he shouts to those inside "have you found the Gold." The fire is being stirred up by (?) Peel; Vansittart, in his Chancellor of the Exchequer's gown, uses a mace to push the man up the ladder. Huge clouds of smoke ascend from the fire covering much of the design; they are inscribed 'Smoke' and 'Cash Payments Smoke'. Two spectators stand on the left, watching the hurly-burly. One, a 'cit', says: "There's a pretty Kettle of Fish." The other, a countryman in a smock, answers: "Lord bless you they ban't Fish they be all paper"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Directors in a stew
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionably attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "356" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., and Leaf 68 in volume 5.
Publisher:
Pub. June 22, 1819, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Bank of England., Vansittart, Nicholas, 1766-1851, and Peel, Robert, 1788-1850
William IV sculls a randan under the arch of a bridge with Wellington at the stern and Peel in the bow. He looks over his shoulder at the other two and says, "Come look a head." Wellington responds, "Bound apprentice to a waterman I larnt a bit to row." All are wearing loose white shirts with knotted scarves, resembling sailors
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with a partial loss of signature., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Election caricatures executed for gentlemen in 3 hours., and Window mounted to 26 x 35 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. 21 July 1830, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Great Britain Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1830, Politics and government, Row boats, and Rowing races