"Prince Leopold sits enthroned, flanked by his new subjects; he wears uniform with a crown, and sits on a two-tiered circular dais in a chair of state, the seat of which is covered with giant thorns. Punctured and frightened, he grasps the arms of his chair with crisped fingers; his toes are drawn back, touching the ground, and he looks towards a savage-looking Greek (right) who kneels before him with a long knife held behind his back. A similar ruffian kneels on the left; others approach menacingly from the left, one smoking a long pipe and grasping a knife. They wear Greek costume with embroidered jackets and full white breeches. On the right are long-robed ecclesiastics, headed by a bearded patriarch with a cross in one hand, a knife in the other."--British Museum online catalogue
Four monkeys in human dress form a quartet and give a concert, one singing, the others plating a piano, guitar and flute
Alternative Title:
Little music
Description:
Title etched above image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Date of publication from dealer's description., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One line of quoted text below image: "What softer sounds are these salute the ear, as if the center of all sweets met here? Ben Johnson., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Monkeys, Musicians, Musical instruments, and Animals in human situations
King William IV dressed as a sailor dances in the centre of a semicircle of ministers who have black bodies and are partially draped. Among the ministers are Peel and Scarlett on the left, Lyndhurst and Wellington on the right both of whom wear nose-rings. Scarlett encircles Ellenborough, who, with Sugden, is behind the King. Their tribal dance celebration alludes to the relief that the ministers must have felt to be able to retain their positions with the new reign. William IV was a popular King and a stark contrast to George IV and was liable to wild bursts of passion as is suggested here. He and the Duke of Wellington (then prime minister) got on very well, hence the retainment of his ministers. He is dressed in sailor garb in reference to his years in the navy. The tribal dress of the ministers refers to the far-flung shores that William visited
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. July 19, 1830, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britian.
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Scarlett, James, Sir, 1769-1844, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw, 1781-1875, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837., Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852., Scarlett, James, Sir, 1769-1844., Peel, Robert, 1788-1850., Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863., and Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818.
"Prince Leopold (right), in uniform, puts his head through a glassless aperture in a window in the door of his 'Grecian Establish[ment]--Co[burg]', to look intently at a fat Turk who stands in profile to the right, elaborately dressed and holding a long pipe with smoking bowl. The door, partly cut off by the right margin, is flanked by a Corinthian pillar and set in a wall on which are placards: 'This . Shop!!! will shortly open under entire new Management--Vivant [sic] Rex'; a Union Jack poster (partly covered); the Russian eagle, and a fleur-de-lis, the two last inscribed 'Loan'. The Turk: 'What have you taken the Shop? well if you take my advice you will not give Your Customers too much Credit for I can tell you they are a queer set to deal with by the bye they nearly ruined me--and mind that you look sharp after your Shopmen'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Window mounted to 50 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. April 10, 1830, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865
Subject (Topic):
Turks, Ethnic stereotypes, Doors & doorways, National emblems, and Signs (Notices)