Lord Eldon (in gown and wig) and George IV (wearing the "Green Bag" of evidence against the Queen) ride on a crocodile whose head is labeled "Deception"; both Eldon and the crocodile have tears pouring from their eyes. The blindfolded figure of Justice is caught in the jaws of the crocodile, her sword sent flying but her scale still clutched in her left hand. At the feet of the crocodile, baby crocodiles emerge out of eggs with labels such as “Disgrace,” “Blood sucker,” and “Quack"; they bear the likenesses of government officials, including Liverpool, Castlereagh, Leach, and Sidmouth, as well as of the witness Majocchi. Eldon carries a scepter inscribed “Oppression” in one hand, and a document that reads “Pains and Penalties” in the other; both have been struck by lightning from ominous thunderclouds, breaking the scepter and setting the scroll (and Eldon's wig) on fire. In the top left corner stands Queen Caroline in the light of an eye in the sky; a soldier stands in front of Caroline wielding his bayonet and rifle, claiming “Justice and Innocence shall be protected.” A man with a sword stands on the left edge of the design, calling out to an army (of public opinion?) that must be advancing on the scene; he says "Steady boys - Firmness and Truth - Caroline and Virtue forever.”
Description:
Title etched below image., In the style of John Lewis Marks, who etched other prints published by Benbow during this time period., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Window mounted to 27 x 39.7 cm, the whole then mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 9 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Liverpool," "Eldon," "Londondery [sic]," "Leach," "Sidmouth," and "Majocchi" identified in ink below image; date "Nov. 1820" written in lower right corner of mount.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1820 by Wm. Benbow, 269 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Leach, John, 1760-1834, and Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820
"Death, a skeleton with the head of the King, crowned and wearing royal robes, stands full face; in the right hand he holds up a paper: 'Pains and Penalties'; in the left hand is a javelin. Round the left leg coils a serpent, in place of the Garter, inscribed 'Honi Pense'. Under the left foot is a paper: 'Divorce'. The figure is framed by heavy clouds, from which dart lightning flashes."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Prosecutor of Her Majesty
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of quoted text below title: "What seemed his head, the likeness of a kingly crown had on? Who shrouds this mysterious being, this retiring phantom, this uncertain shape?" Mr. Brougham, vide Times Octr. 20th., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching and soft-ground etching ; sheet 34.9 x 24.3 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 1 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "George IV" identified in pencil on mounting sheet below print; date "Oct. 1820" written in ink beneath lower right corner of image. Typed extract of eleven lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Published October 1820 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., and Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868.
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Skeletons, Crowns, Robes, Spears, Snakes, and Lightning
"The Queen, crowned, in royal robes and with a sceptre in her left hand, sits regally in the Coronation Chair. Justice, blindfolded and menacing, stands at her right hand; Truth, irradiated and holding up her mirror so that its rays illuminate the Queen, is on her left hand. A stone slab supporting the throne rests on eight hydra-heads with serpents' masks. The centre head is that of Eldon, with two other judges, one with a leech on the cheek indicating Leach (see British Museum Satires No. 13740). Castlereagh, very Mephistophelian, is on the extreme left, Sidmouth and Liverpool on the right; there are two unidentified heads, one presumably Harrowby. Round Queen, chair, &c. are clouds. In the upper left corner, two demons, spitting and excreting thunderbolts, carry off the King 'To Hanover'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Triumph of innocence over perjury, persecution and ministerial oppression
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching ; sheet 33.3 x 22.4 cm., Printed on laid paper with watermark; hand-colored., Window mounted to 34.9 x 24.1 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 11 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Londondery [sic]," "Leach," "Eldon," "Sidmouth," and "Liverpool" identified in ink below image; date "6 Nov. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of ten lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 6, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Leach, John, 1760-1834, and Harrowby, Dudley Ryder, Earl of, 1762-1847
