"King, Archbishop, Ministers, &c., and Green Bag are overturned or put to flight by the Queen mounted on a savage bull (J.B.). An 'Italian' dagger, a 'horse Leech', &c., &c., fall from the Bag."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionably attributed to Elmes in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching ; sheet 30.1 x 40.2 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom., Mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 61 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Liverpool," "Sidmouth," and "Eldon" identified in ink below image; date "Aug. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of two lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted to the left of print.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1820 by Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Leach, John, 1760-1834
"King, Archbishop, Ministers, &c., and Green Bag are overturned or put to flight by the Queen mounted on a savage bull (J.B.). An 'Italian' dagger, a 'horse Leech', &c., &c., fall from the Bag."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionably attributed to Elmes in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 40 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1820 by Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Leach, John, 1760-1834
"An imitation of British Museum Satires No. 13851, the lady being 'Mrs. Q.' The King hides from 'the Queenites'."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
King Cupid in the corner playing bopeep
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 85 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Identification of "George IV" and incorrect identification of "Lady Conyngham" added in pencil at bottom of sheet. Typed extract of one line from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sepr. 16, 1820, by Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yd.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Quentin, Georgina
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Mistresses, Couches, Fans (Accessories), and Feathers
"Five burlesqued and bedizened women toss, 'for Virtue's sake', the King high from a blanket, egged on by the two sentries (see British Museum Satires No. 13809) who stand before the screen of Carlton House."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark: J. Whatman 1819., Mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 88 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Date "Sep. 1820" written in ink in lower right corner. Typed extract of three lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted to the left of print.
Publisher:
Pub. by Benbow, Sep. 1820, corner of St. Clement's Church Yd., Strand
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Carlton House (London, England),
Print showing George IV being carried in a sedan chair by two men wearing judicial wigs and robes, one carries a sceptor; on the top of the chair sits Queen Caroline holding a noise maker, she tells the porters to "Keep joging, I'le be your Pilot, don't fear his Wakeing - I have Composed his Highness, I warrant you." George IV pours out the contents of a bottle labeled "opium" and on the ground next to the chair is a broken bottle also labeled "opium." and "Political satire: the Prince Regent carried in a chair by two judges, with Mrs Fitzherbert on the roof with two babies, followed by the cabinet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Price one shilling coloured"--Lower right corner of image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Imperfect; selected text erased from sheet, including publication date and some dialogue within speech bubble in upper right.
Publisher:
Pubd. Aprl. 24, 1812, by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830,, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821,, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
Subject (Topic):
Spouses, Sedan chairs, Mistresses, Judges, Scepters, Wigs, Bottles, Opium, Cupids, Infants, and Bagpipes