Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Male costume: Apron -- Reference to Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington, 1769-1852 -- Reference to cider., Mounted on modern secondary support., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 183.
"Duchess of Kent sits regally on the throne, holding the orb, and turning her head to watch Princess Victoria, who sits (left) on Prince Leopold's knee, holding the sceptre (in the form of a hand of Justice, cf. BM Satires No. 12247) and with the crown half-extinguishing her little head. He wears uniform, sits on a lower seat, but with his right foot on a footstool. He holds out twin cherries to the child, saying, 'Now we'll play at Bob Cherry--open your mouth'. On a table (left) are Sweet Meats and Sugar Candy, on the floor a (mature) doll. On the right, framed by pillars, is the Council Chamber. Wellington presides, in the royal chair, turning arrogantly to say: 'As president of the Council--who shall gainsay me--' [Bathurst was Lord President of the Council]. Behind him Grenadier Guards with fixed bayonets stand at attention. Inconspicuously at his right hand, and below the dais, sits William IV. Peel stands at a side-table (right), his back to Wellington, looking conspiratorial. The (?) Archbishop is among those seated on Wellington's left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 123.
Publisher:
Pub. July 8, 1830, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Victoria Mary Louisa, Duchess of Kent, 1786-1861, Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901, Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837
Subject (Topic):
Ceremonial objects, Crowns, Dolls, Military uniforms, British, and Thrones
A very large woman with round cheeks is elaborately dressed in large hat heavily-decorated with feathers and ribbons, large jewelry (earrings, watch, and brooch), large puffy sleeves; her dress is too short for her, exposing her calves and boots; it is decorated around the bottom with bunches of grapes. She carries a parasol and braces herself against the breeze coming off the water. A steam ship sails behind her in the distance
Description:
Title from caption below image., Paul Pry is the pseudonym of William Heath., Series title corrected in ms. on The Lewis Walpole Library Impression 2: Paul Prys characters. New series, No. 1., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 49.
Publisher:
Pub. June 12, 1830, for W. Heaths, 56 Quadrant Regent Street