"An emblematical and composite scene, with a realistic background intended for Lake Como, with the Villa d'Este (right), decorated with dancing figures as in British Museum satires no. 14171. In the foreground the Queen, between Bergami and Wood, falls from the tilting summit of a breaking pillar, supported on insecure props. She falls to the left, with Bergami, whose arm is round her waist. Wood, who holds her left hand, falls to the right, weighed down by a block inscribed 'Log' chained to his ankle. A small figure of Justice holding scales descends through the air towards them. The pillar resolves itself into separate blocks on each of which is a letter: 'M O B / I L I T Y'. A board resting on a ram's head forms the tiny platform from which the trio are falling. The pillar rests on a slab inscribed 'Adultery'. This is supported on the bewigged head of Brougham which is raised on three props: a massive broom, and two beams poised on a rectanglar cage in which sits a second and much smaller lawyer (Denman). The beams are respectively 'Sham Addresses' and 'Hired Processions' [see British Museum satires no. 14182]. These props are flanked by two ladders resting against the 'Adultery' slab, by which Bergami (see British Museum satires no. 14183) and Wood (see British Museum satires no. 13734) have reached the Queen. One (left) is inscribed 'Brass'; from it dangle emblems of Bergami: a postilion's boot, a whip, and a Maltese cross, see British Museum satires no. 13810. The other (right) is 'Wood'; from it dangle a bottle, a pestle and mortar, and a porter's knot. In the foreground (right) are thistles, emblem of 'Thistle-Wood', see British Museum satires no. 14146. On Lake Como sails (left) a one-masted vessel with a tent on its deck, the polacca, see British Museum satires no. 13818. Beyond its shores and on the extreme left are tiny buildings representing Jerusalem. A lake-side signpost, 'To Jerusalem', points in the same direction, and near it the Princess and Bergami ride side by side on asses (see British Museum satires no. 13918, &c.). On the right is a travelling-carriage, with two horses and a postilion; in it sit the same couple. On the door are the letters 'C·B'. In the lake behind it the pair are seen bathing, two nude figures standing waist-deep, holding hands. Near them is an empty rowing-boat inscribed 'Como'.."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 27.3 x 22.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 23 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 79 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Bergami," "Caroline," and "Wood" identified in ink below image; date "1 June 1821" written in lower right corner of sheet. Typed extract of twenty-seven lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Geographic):
Como, Lake (Italy),
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, and Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854
Caroline lies on a sofa within a tent, dressed in her nightclothes and wearing a miniature of Bergami around her neck; her feathered hat rests on the ground, and on the small table beside her sit bottles of "Brandy" and "Essense of Bergamo" and a container of "Rouge". She smiles and looks over at Bergami, who sits beside her, his slippers and hat discarded on the floor below. Above, a man reaches into the tent to take a lit candle in the candlestick from Bergami, who hands it off with a pleased expression on his face. Beside him on the sofa is a book entitled "The Pilgrim's Guide".
Alternative Title:
Tentation
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the online catalogue of the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG D17898a)., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One line of text below title: It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul, put out the light, and then -. Othello., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with stipple ; sheet 27.2 x 22.5 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 86 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Caroline" and "Bergami" identified in pencil below image; date "25 June 1821" written in ink in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Sofas, Miniatures (Paintings), Bottles, Candles, and Books
"Caricature with Queen Caroline and Bergami riding on donkeys on the road from Jericho to Jerusalem."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum online catalogue., Two lines of quoted text beneath title: "A saint and courier cheek by jowl, set out strange lands to see., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 81 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Caroline" and "Bergami" identified in pencil beneath image; date "3 [sic] June 1821" written in ink in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Donkeys, Whips, Bottles, and Traffic signs & signals
"Caricature of Queen Caroline held by Bergami, who kisses her on the lips in front of a French inn observed by astonished locals."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum online catalogue., Three lines of text etched below title: Adieu, adieu, my dearest love, my people call me from thee. Remember thou'rt a Q----s gallant, those tears but ill become thee. Fare thee well, and if for ever, still for ever fare thee well., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 77 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Bergami," "Caroline," and "Ald. Wood" identified in pencil at bottom of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, and Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843
"Bergami and the Princess of Wales dance vigorously, hand in hand, her right hand in his left; he flourishes his peaked and tasselled courier's cap and heavy whip. He wears smart postilion's dress with jack-boots, as in No. 14176. The Princess is very décolletée, with quasi-Turkish trousers, patterned with roses. Behind, her coach and four stands in a country road, a man and woman attendant stand by it, watching in astonishment. There is a background of low mountains. Below the title: 'How I'd love you all the day, Every Night we'd Kiss and Play, If with me you'd fondly stray, Over the Hills and far away.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Love at first sight
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Digit "7" in publisher's street address "27" etched backwards in imprint., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 27.3 x 22.3 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 22.5 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 72 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Bergami" and "Caroline" identified in ink below image; date "14 May 1821" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of three lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
"A halt for refreshment in the Egyptian desert. The Princess sits on Bergami's knee, her arm round his shoulder, while he caresses her lasciviously. They sit with their back to an ass which brays: "Oh Tempora!!" She is very décolletée and wears trousers, and a feathered cap. A large miniature of Bergami, see British Museum Satires No. 13858, dangles from her neck. Beside them on the ground is a basket of bottles, and overturned spirit-bottle and glass. A small boy, Willy Austin, stands staring at the pair, and blowing soap-bubbles. On the left, but disregarded, is Mahomet (see British Museum Satires No. 14119) performing a dance with flexed knees; he holds up a crescent and a piece of drapery, looking towards the pair to say: "in his signis Vincetes!!," parodying the words of Constantine's vision of the Cross. In the middle distance, beside a second ass, also braying, Louise Demont sits on the knee of 'the Jewish harper', see British Museum Satires No. 13856, the harp beside them."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Two lines of text below title: Saint Caroline, with the young Saint Austin. Saint Bartholomew. Saint Colombiere, and suite, in their return from Egypt, are converted to Mahometanism! Sir Balaam (absolute Wisdom in Cog) and his ass deplore their recreancy., Watermark: J. Whatman 1820., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 56 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Bergami" and "Caroline" identified in ink below image; date "Feb. 1821" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of twelve lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 1821 by R. Fores, 71 Leadenhall
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, and Demont, Louisa, active 1814-1820
"A companion plate to British Museum Satires no. 14103. Alderman Wood takes the Queen's left arm, staring down at her and grinning. He wears a top-hat on the back of his head, black tail-coat with trousers; his left hand is thrust under the buttons of his double-breasted coat. He wears an order and a star on which the Queen's head is depicted (see British Museum Satires no. 13810). From her neck hang twin miniatures: Bergami and Wood. Her dress is a modified version of that in British Museum Satires no. 14103: between open over-dress and Turkish trousers is a frilled petticoat reaching well below the knee; her feathered hat resembles that worn at her 'trial'. They stand in a wooded landscape with goats and rabbits in the middle distance. In the background, on the edge of a lake, is the tiny figure of Bergami, both arms raised."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Any port in a storm
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: The long & the short of the tale, or, The whole of the concern., 1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 30.4 x 22.7 cm, on sheet 30.7 x 22.9 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 44 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Caroline" and "Ald. Wood" identified in ink below image; date "19 Jan. 1821" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of three lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, and Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Goats, Miniatures (Paintings), and Rabbits
"The Queen (left), short, fat, and grotesque, stands on tiptoe, on an ornamental slab, to reach Bergami who stoops to kiss her. She wears feathered hat, lace-edged pelisse, and short, projecting skirt. He is dressed as a postilion, with a short furred jacket, his whip projecting from a pocket. The floor is carpeted. Below the design: 'This, to be fact is now admitted even by the Opposition!!! She doesn't stand upon trifles.' The plate is depicted in British Museum Satires No. 14206."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Armful of love
Description:
Title etched above image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching with roulette ; plate mark 31.6 x 24.9 cm, on sheet 31.9 x 25.1 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 67 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Caroline" and "Bergami" identified in ink at bottom of sheet; date "30 Ap. 1821" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
"A bonassus or bison (right), with the head of Bergami, is embraced by the Queen, who kneels on one knee to kiss the large face. He affectionately places a hoof on her knee. She wears white frilled trousers, with short slashed and tasselled jacket, feathered cap, scarlet high-heeled shoes with turned-up pointed toes; the usual miniature of Bergami dangles below her waist. The scene is the beast's pen. Wood, wearing his gown, rushes up from the left, arms raised, distressed at the rencontre. A grinning beefeater stands by. On the wall is a placard headed: Her Majesty | Bonassus."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Baron in disguise
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of verse in two columns below title: Altho' Bonassus does not roar, his fame is widely known, for no dumb animal before, e'er made such noise in town., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 85 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Wood," "Caroline," and "Bergami" identified in pencil on mounting sheet below print; date "25 June 1821" written in ink in lower right corner of print. Typed extract of three lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted below print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, and Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843
Caricature with Queen Caroline on the arms of Bergami (left) and Alderman Wood (right), jubilant on the sidewalk before the door of "Mother Wood". The Queen wears a watch at her waist and two miniature portraits hanging from cords from her bosom
Alternative Title:
Bat, Cat and Mat, or, How happy could I be with either and How happy could I be with either
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum online catalogue., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 30.6 x 22.6 cm, on sheet 30.9 x 22.8 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 43 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Bergami," "Caroline," and "Ald. Wood" identified in ink below image; date "19 Jan. 1821" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, and Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Caricatures, Lawyers, and Miniatures (Paintings)
