- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [27 June 1827]
- Call Number:
- 827.06.27.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Pushed by Knighton and pulled by Lady Conyngham, George IV, more corpulent than in other prints, walks in an ornate circular stand or support on castors (as used for toddling children, cf. British Museum satires no. 7497) towards Virginia Water (right), his fishing-rod against his shoulder. He wears a hat with a wide curving brim inscribed á la Townsend [cf. British Museum satires no. 10293], double-breasted tail-coat, breeches, and pumps; his right arm rests on the ring of the stand, in his hand is a small book: Old Izack [Walton]. From the stand dangles an ornate reticule: Fish Bag; the base is decorated with two fat squatting mandarins. Lady Conyngham looks over her right shoulder at the King, puffing from her effort, but singing Rule Britannia; the crossbar at which she tugs is a sceptre. She wears an enormous ribbon-trimmed bonnet and décolletée dress; the hook from the King's line has caught in her dress which strains across her vast posterior as she leans forward. Knighton wears a court-suit with bag-wig and sword. He pushes with both hands with great concentration, singing, Send him Victorious. In his coat-pocket are a clyster-pipe and a paper: Petition of the Unborn Babes. A signpost terminating in a realistic hand points To Virginia Water. There is a background of trees and water."--British Museum online catalogue and A later impression [i.e. state] of British Museum Satires No. 15413 ... A scroll has been added beside Knighton's coat-tails inscribed with his 'places of profit': Clerk of Stannaries Recr Genl Duchy of Cornwall, Privy Purse &c &c &c. See Diary of H. Hobhouse, loc. cit. A border has been added."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pub. June 27th, 1827, by S.W. Fores, Pciadilly [sic]
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Knighton, William, Sir, 1776-1836, and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861
- Subject (Topic):
- Bonnets, Fishing & hunting gear, Mistresses, Obesity, Physicians, British, Pulling, Scepters, Medical equipment & supplies, and Traffic signs & signals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A fishing party what great enjoyments rise 'from trivial things'". [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. February 1828]
- Call Number:
- 828.02.00.05+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "George IV as the 'Great Babe' lies asleep in his cradle rocked by Lady Conyngham, while Wellington, seated before a pier-glass, places the crown on his own head. The glass reflects the dark emaciated features of British Museum Satires No. 15520. The Duke wears a uniform with boots and sword. On a table below the glass the sceptre and orb lie on a cushion. Lady Conyngham, with a towering coiffure as in British Museum Satires No. 15508, croons: Oh slumber my darling | The time may soon come | When thy rest may be broken | By Trumpet & Drum [the last three words in large letters]. The infant sucks a thumb; a gouty foot projects from the coverlet. On the floor is a line of toys: a sailing boat on wheels, a model of Buckingham Palace reconstructed by Nash as in British Museum Satires No. 15668, a giraffe (see British Museum Satires No. 15425), a Life Guard on a toy horse, a Foot-Guard, a dismantled or unfinished ship resting on a prostrate toy soldier. A napkin on a towel-horse (right) indicates a nursery."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: the character Paul Pry, a man with an umbrella., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, London
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Subject (Topic):
- Nurseries (Rooms & spaces), Cradles, Toys, Military uniforms, British, Daggers & swords, Boots, and Scepters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A political reflection [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 October 1829]
- Call Number:
- 829.10.15.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Wellington drives a large new coach pulled by three horses with human heads. He is dressed in a a triple-caped greatcoat and broad brimmed hat and flicks the long whip with skill on the backs of the horses depicted with the heads of John Bull and on either side, stock characters of an Irishman and Scotsman wearing traditional hats. They ride on a road labelled "national debt' as the horses hoves sink in the mud labelled "sinking fund." Peel rides behind in the conductor's seat. One of the four curtains on the windows of the omnibus is pulled aside to reveal George IV about to kiss Lady Conyngham. The splash board of the new omnibus is painted with the gold initials 'GR' and a crown
- Alternative Title:
- Omnibus
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Printseller's announcement following publication statement: sole publisher of WH's etchings.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Oct. 15th, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Subject (Topic):
- Catholics, Catholic emancipation, Debts, public, John Bull (Symbolic character), Economic conditions, Buses, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The omni-buss [graphic]