- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1806]
- Call Number:
- 806.03.00.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "George III, in back view, seated at a writing-table, tries to fend off members of the new Ministry who beset him with conflicting plans and proposals. He exclaims "What, What, What! [his habitual phrase] all Wrong! all Wrong." On his right Fox is seated, but falls back dismayed, his chair collapsing; he holds 'Proposals for a General Peace', saying, "I am certain John Bull will like my plan better than any of them, sign mine." Next him is Ellenborough, in wig and gown, his left hand on the back of Fox's chair, which (perhaps) he is causing to fall; he proffers a 'Plan of a New Mode of Justice', and says: "The only specimen among them of a knowledge of the Subject, Sign this." (The inclusion of the Lord Chief Justice in the Cabinet was much objected to, on constitutional grounds, see 'Ann. Reg.', 1806, pp. 28-33, and BMSat 10563.) Moira, in regimentals, kneeling on a chair on the extreme right., leans forward, one hand on Ellenborough's shoulder, to present a 'Project for improveing of Ordinance'; he says: "By St Patrick now, if you was to put the whole of them together you would not be able to make a bit of sense out of them, this is the only one for John Bull." Windham, next Ellenborough, faces the King, presenting a paper inscribed 'War on the Continent', and saying, "I say nothing more or less than that they are all bad but this". Behind him Tierney stands, profferring a blank paper; he says: "Only look at mine & you'll be convinced its quite the thing." The others are on the King's l. Sheridan, a pendent to Fox, leans forward with his paper: 'Manager of the Finan[ces]'; he says: "Here sign this, this is the only good plan of management, all complete nonsense compared with this" [the hopeless confusion and debt in which the finances of Drury Lane were involved by Sheridan's management are satirized]. He wears, under his laced coat, the chequered waistcoat and breeches of Harlequin, see BMSat 9916. Behind him is Grenville, his partly obscured paper inscribed on the; he says: "This is the only well digested plan pro bona [sic] Publico, you may depend upon it." Petty's paper is blank; he says: "This petty effusion of Ideas you'll find full of weighty argument on every subject I assure you." Erskine (the arch-egotist, see BMSat 9246, &c), in wig and gown, and with the Purse of the Great Seal, leans forward with a blank paper to say: "This is the only learned plan among them, which I have arranged, I' I' I." Sidmouth stands on the extreme left., clutching, but not proffering, a paper; he flinches from we clamouring Ministers, saying, "If this is the Union of Parties, I'll be disunited.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Principles of democracy too prevalent
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening., Sheet trimmed to edge of plate mark on two sides., and Watermark: Strasburg Lily.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March, 1806 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, and Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A council in confusion, or, Principles of democracy too prevalent [graphic].
You Searched For
« Previous
| 1 - 10 of 17 |
Next »
Search Results
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [May 1806]
- Call Number:
- 806.05.00.09+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A torrent of taxes gushes from the mouth of Lord Henry Petty, chancellor of the exchequer, emptying into the "Unfathomable Sea of Taxation" in which John Bull is drowning in full view of greedy cormorants representing members of the Grenville ministry which was formed after the death of William Pitt
- Alternative Title:
- John Bull swamped in the flood of new taxes
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Williams in the British Museum catalogue., A copy of a print by Gillray. Cf. No. 10564 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and With stamp of S.W. Fores in the lower right corner.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 1806 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Adair, Robert, Sir, 1763-1855
- Subject (Topic):
- Taxes, John Bull (Symbolic character), Fountains, Cormorants, and Rowboats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A great stream from a petty fountain, or, John Bull swamped in the flood of new-taxes cormorants fishing in the stream. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 March 1807]
- Call Number:
- 807.03.23.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- George III stands before his throne, face hidden behind a pillar, his sceptre raised over head ready to strike Grenville as his kicks him. Other members of the ministry flee in confusion and terror, some rubbing their posteriors to show that they too have been kicked. A label floats from the King: What! What! bring in the Papists! O you cunning Jesuits you! What you thought I was like little Boney & would turn Turk or anything? ... Grenville has lost hold of a scroll on which can be read: Catholic Bill for bringing the Papists into power & supporting the Broad bottom Jesuits in their places for securing the Papists in commanding of the Army & Navy & all the Public offices ...
- Alternative Title:
- Emancipation of all the talents
- Description:
- Title from item. and Text following title: Vide the fate of yr Catholic Bill.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 23 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Erskine, James Francis, 1743-1806, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Anti-Catholicism, Catholic emancipation, Politics and government, Fools & jesters, and Thrones
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A kick at the broad-bottoms!, i.e., Emancipation of all the talents [graphic].
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [May 1806]
- Call Number:
- 806.05.00.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Fox as Abdallah, captain of the thieves, leads his band towards the treasure-cave; he stands in profile to the right., facing the cave where a Chancellor's gown and a Chief Justice's gown are suspended. On a table decorated with the Royal Arms are three coronets; in front of it, two sacks of 'Cash', a mace, large rolls of parchment inscribed 'Places' and 'Pensions'. The thieves all wear jewelled turbans with aigrettes, Turkisn trousers tucked into boots, zouave jackets edged with fur over short sleeves. Each holds a sabre. Fox exclaims "Open Sesame." The thieves are crowded together behind Fox and Sheridan, who points to the cave, turning round to say: "Glorious spoils comrades in this Cavern of Ours, surely there is enoug to satisfy us all, I long to lead a sober steady Life." The other thieves are not characterized, and it is not clear to which speaker the different speeches belong. Behind and between Sheridan and Fox is Sidmouth saying: "Blister me [cf. BMSat 9849] if I dont think my exploits deserve that roll of Parchment." Windham (regarded as a war-monger, cf. BMSat 9871), says: "I should like a little cutting and slashing befor I left off Buisiness!" The Marquis of Buckingham, indicated by spectacles, says: "If the Cady will but make me a Viceroy ill give up this buisiness at once." This speech is also connected with Bedford's profile Next the head of the latter is that of the tall Moira. Erskine (1.) says: "I'll take the black gown trim'd with gold, and the valuble [the mace] that belongs to it. for my share". An unappropriated speech must belong to Ellenborough (not discoverable): "Well I'll take the one with the Fur upon it, and some thing to make up for the want of Gold trimming." Others of the band are little Lord Henry Petty looking up at Sheridan and the bulky Grenville with his sabre resting on his shoulder. Profiles suggest Burdett (on the extreme left.) and Grey."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Scene in the Forty Thievs performing at the Theatre Royal and Scene in the Forty Thieves performing at the Theatre Royal
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publisher in British Museum catalogue: E. Walker active from 1789-1813., Figures identified in ms. annotations along outer margin of print., and Mounted to 32 x 47 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May, 1806 by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, and Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A scene in the Forty thievs [sic] performing at the Theatre Royal. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [April 1807]
- Call Number:
- 807.04.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The White Horse of Hanover (the King) kicks violently; he has thrown off members of the Ministry who lie under his heels, while Howick and Grenville are about to fall from the saddle; the reins have broken. On the horse's shoulder is the star of the Garter. Grenville, on the hind-quarters, his peer's robe floating behind him, holds the (torn) 'Catholic Bil[l]', while he clutches the slipping Howick. In the middle distance (l.) John Bull, a yokel in a smock, watches delightedly, saying, "Dang it! he has kicked um off at last zure enough! Aye, Aye, it was that cursed Catholic Bill tickled his rightump and set him a Kicking." Sidmouth lies in front of the animal, holding up his arm; he clutches a clyster-pipe (cf. BMSat 9849). The others (l. to r.) are Petty and Erskine in their gowns; the former clutches Howick's r. ankle, dragging him down; the latter sits on a cushion inscribed '4.000 Pr Anm' [see BMSat 10714.] He says: "I've had a cursed short ride! and if it had not been for this little cushion I should have a confounded thump on my Rump." Ellenborough tries to protect his head from the horse's heels. Sheridan, as Harlequin (see BMSat 9916), sprawls on the ground, bleeding at the nose. Moira runs off, as does Temple, also with a bleeding nose; he says: "Curse that Stone I've broke my Nose against it." Before him is a large piece of 'Portland Stone' [see BMSat 10718, &c]; behind him is his spectacled father, Buckingham. On the extreme right. are Windham and Lauderdale, wearing a plaid."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- High mettled Hanoverian grown restive
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Catholic Bill., and Mounted to 32 x 47 cm.; figures identified by m.s. annotations on mount.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April, 1807 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, and Windham, William, 1750-1810
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > All the talents upset, or, The high mettled Hanoverian grown restive [graphic].
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1812?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 W87 807 v.3
- Collection Title:
- V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A scene in court, with the Chief Justice (Ellenborough) seated between two other judges. In front and below are three counsel and two clients. A barrister stands to examine a witness, a stout man, well dressed but countrified (right): "Well Sir, you are a witness in this Cause, eh? You look like a very knowing fellow to be sure! pray now do you know the difference between the Mortgager and the Mortgagee?" The man answers: "To be sure I do, for example now! I nod at you, then I am the Noder and you are the Nodee." All except the questioner smile; a distressed usher (right) exclaims "Silence there!"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Brow-beater badger'd and Brow-beater badgered
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "176" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., "Price one shilling cold.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.1 x 35.3 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 28 in volume 3.
- Publisher:
- [Thomas Tegg], No. 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Name):
- Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818
- Subject (Topic):
- Courtrooms, Judges, and Lawyers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Counsellor Nodee, or, A brow-beater badger'd [graphic].
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1812?]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.02+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A scene in court, with the Chief Justice (Ellenborough) seated between two other judges. In front and below are three counsel and two clients. A barrister stands to examine a witness, a stout man, well dressed but countrified (right): "Well Sir, you are a witness in this Cause, eh? You look like a very knowing fellow to be sure! pray now do you know the difference between the Mortgager and the Mortgagee?" The man answers: "To be sure I do, for example now! I nod at you, then I am the Noder and you are the Nodee." All except the questioner smile; a distressed usher (right) exclaims "Silence there!"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Brow-beater badger'd and Brow-beater badgered
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "176" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., "Price one shilling cold.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Manuscript "92" in upper center.
- Publisher:
- [Thomas Tegg], No. 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Name):
- Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818
- Subject (Topic):
- Courtrooms, Judges, and Lawyers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Counsellor Nodee, or, A brow-beater badger'd [graphic].
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1806]
- Call Number:
- 806.03.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Ministerial rats with human heads scamper about a barn, searching for food. John Bull, a yokel in a smock and holding a pitchfork, holds open one leaf of the door facing the spectator, to watch their antics with amusement. George III, in profile to the right., puts a hand his shoulder, and says: "What! What! looking for Grain, eh! looking for grain; it's all gone, all gone all gone, quite Empty." John answers: "Why, these Hungry Rats thought to have had some fine pickings, I warrant, but egad they'll he woundedly mistaken, tho'f they seem to want it nationly; but that dom'd Scotchman [Melville] carried off a rare lot of it & as to poor Billy the Butler [Pitt] why he was so fond of a drop of Black Snap, [Perjorative for thick, sweet port. Partridge, 'Slang Dict.', 1938.] that when he and his friends, not at it, d'ye see, the rest of the Servants did as they pleased, poor Rogues I'se afraid they'll Undermine the Barn they're so main Hungry." The rats are on a smaller scale. On the extreme left., Lord Derby peeps from a bin inscribed 'Treasury', saying, "Why I suppose the Old Rat Died because there was nothing to feed upon." Moira climbs down a tilted sieve, Grenville sniffs at an upturned '[T]reasury' tub on which Lord Ellenborough sulkily reposes. Grey scampers towards an empty lantern but Windham has dragged out its candle and is nibbling at it. Sheridan races towards the candle from the r. Behind him is Erskine, looking sly. A bulky animal wearing a garter ribbon, probably the Marquis of Buckingham, lies with its head inside an empty '[T]reasury' sack. Fox and Bedford nibble at a pile of tattered and folded sacks on which is Lord Spencer, looking down at them. In the background are three other rightats, whose heads are less characterized: those on the left may be Sidmouth and Lauderdale; one nibbling a bundle of straw (r.) resembles Burdett."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Printseller's announcement following imprint: Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Watermark: Strasburg Lily., and Mounted to 31 x 42 cm..
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March, 1806 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character) and Rats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hungry rats in an empty barn [graphic].
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 May 1813]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 W87 807 v.3
- Collection Title:
- V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A handsome rakish-looking man (left) puts his arms round the waist of a good-looking young woman, who draws away from him. Their words, in large labels above their heads, are from verses in the 'Examiner', 10 Jan. 1813 (by Tom Moore) [reprinted, 'The Twopenny Post-Bag', 1813, pp. 83-5, with an additional verse by the lady on 'an old Marquis [Headfort], in mischief grown hoary']: He (the first and last of four verses): "Come fly to these arms, nor let beauties so bloomy To one frigid owner be tied, The Prudes may revile, and the old ones look gloomy, But dearest we've Law on our side. . . . And ev'n should our sweet violation of duty By cold blooded jurors be tried, They can but bring it in, a "Misfortune" my beauty As long as we've Law on our side." She: "Hold! Hold my good Sir! go a little more slowly For grant I thus guiltily sigh'd, Such sinners as we are a little to lowly To hope to have Law on our side. Had you been a great Prince, to whose star shining oe'er 'em, Then people should look for thier [sic] guide, Then your Highness (and welcome) might kick down decorum, You'd always have Law on your side. . . . But for you Sir Crim Con. is a path full of troubles, By my advice therefore abide And leave the pursuit to those princes and nobles Who have such a Law on their side." On the right the Prince walks off in back view between Lady Hertford and Ellenborough, in wig and gown. He takes Ellenborough's left arm, his left arm is round Lady Hertford, whose right arm is round the Prince, her profile turned possessively towards him. Ellenborough declaims: "Too busy Senates with an over care, "To make us better than our kind can bear, "Have dash'd a spice of Envy in the laws, "And straining up to high have spoil'd the cause; "Yet some wise Nations break the cruel chains, "And own no laws but those which Love ordains." On the ground behind the group are two papers, one below the other and showing only the left margin: 'Trial / Mar[quis of Headfort] / Crim / Decem / -Dam / £20,00 .. Above it: "L'Amour par tyrannie obtient "ce qu'il demande, "S'il parle il faut ceder; Obeir "s'il commande "Et ce Dieux [sic], tout aveugle, et tout "enfant qu'it [sic] est, "Dispose de nos cœurs, quand et "comme il lui plait".--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Crim-con modifyd and Crim-con modified
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Three lines of quoted text (from King Lear, IV. vi.) following title: "Plate sin with gold, "and the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks, "arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it., Plate numbered "195" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., "Price 1/ cold."--Following imprint., Temporary local subject terms: Male costume, 1813 -- Female costume, 1813., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 49 in volume 3.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 2d, 1813, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Name):
- Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Love and law i.e. a venial misfortune, or, Crim-con modifyd [graphic].
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 May 1813]
- Call Number:
- 813.05.02.01+
- Collection Title:
- V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A handsome rakish-looking man (left) puts his arms round the waist of a good-looking young woman, who draws away from him. Their words, in large labels above their heads, are from verses in the 'Examiner', 10 Jan. 1813 (by Tom Moore) [reprinted, 'The Twopenny Post-Bag', 1813, pp. 83-5, with an additional verse by the lady on 'an old Marquis [Headfort], in mischief grown hoary']: He (the first and last of four verses): "Come fly to these arms, nor let beauties so bloomy To one frigid owner be tied, The Prudes may revile, and the old ones look gloomy, But dearest we've Law on our side. . . . And ev'n should our sweet violation of duty By cold blooded jurors be tried, They can but bring it in, a "Misfortune" my beauty As long as we've Law on our side." She: "Hold! Hold my good Sir! go a little more slowly For grant I thus guiltily sigh'd, Such sinners as we are a little to lowly To hope to have Law on our side. Had you been a great Prince, to whose star shining oe'er 'em, Then people should look for thier [sic] guide, Then your Highness (and welcome) might kick down decorum, You'd always have Law on your side. . . . But for you Sir Crim Con. is a path full of troubles, By my advice therefore abide And leave the pursuit to those princes and nobles Who have such a Law on their side." On the right the Prince walks off in back view between Lady Hertford and Ellenborough, in wig and gown. He takes Ellenborough's left arm, his left arm is round Lady Hertford, whose right arm is round the Prince, her profile turned possessively towards him. Ellenborough declaims: "Too busy Senates with an over care, "To make us better than our kind can bear, "Have dash'd a spice of Envy in the laws, "And straining up to high have spoil'd the cause; "Yet some wise Nations break the cruel chains, "And own no laws but those which Love ordains." On the ground behind the group are two papers, one below the other and showing only the left margin: 'Trial / Mar[quis of Headfort] / Crim / Decem / -Dam / £20,00 .. Above it: "L'Amour par tyrannie obtient "ce qu'il demande, "S'il parle il faut ceder; Obeir "s'il commande "Et ce Dieux [sic], tout aveugle, et tout "enfant qu'it [sic] est, "Dispose de nos cœurs, quand et "comme il lui plait".--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Crim-con modifyd and Crim-con modified
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Three lines of quoted text (from King Lear, IV. vi.) following title: "Plate sin with gold, "and the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks, "arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it., Plate numbered "195" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., "Price 1/ cold."--Following imprint., Temporary local subject terms: Male costume, 1813 -- Female costume, 1813., and In contemporary hand, in ink at top of print: 151.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 2d, 1813, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Name):
- Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Love and law i.e. a venial misfortune, or, Crim-con modifyd [graphic].