"Caricature on the trial of Queen Caroline, in sixteen small scenes, each with a character from the case and the words they have spoken."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Characters in the new piece now performing at the Theatre Royal Cotton Garden 1820
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker from the British Museum online catalogue., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., 1 print : etching ; sheet 26 x 27.5 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 12 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Clarence," "D. York," "Caroline," "Liverpool," "Wellington," "Geo. IV," "Leach," "Eldon," "Brougham," and "Majocchi" identified in ink at the bottom of their respective panels in the design.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 6, 1820, by John Marshall Junr., 24 Little St. Martins Lane, London
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, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Leach, John, 1760-1834, Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, and William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Military officers, Lawyers, Crowns, Bags, Gallows, Dandies, Justice, Scales, Brooms & brushes, Worms, and Ethnic stereotypes
George IV, with the body a rooster, stands on the "Green Bag" of evidence and looks back over his shoulder at the Queen; from his beak is a speech bubble reading "Rejected Bill," while an eagle with the words "Public Disapprobation" on its wings snatches the crown off his head. To the right of the king are two hens with human faces, likely representing George IV's mistresses. Queen Caroline, likewise with the body of a hen, stands triumphantly atop a pillar inscribed "The Law and the People"; she wears a crown and stands in a column of light that descends from the heavens. Two axes lean against the pillar, while the sword and scales of Justice rest at its base. Ships are seen sailing on the ocean in the background; the Royal Pavilion at Brighton is recognizable on the shore to the right
Alternative Title:
Royal hen, and the dunghill cock
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 10 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Date "Nov. 1820" written in ink in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Published November 1820 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, and Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England),
Subject (Topic):
Chickens, Roosters, Eagles, Bags, Crowns, Mistresses, Sailing ships, Official residences, Axes, Justice, Scales, and Daggers & swords
