"Queen Caroline, not caricatured, wearing Bergami's miniature as in British Museum Satires No. 14103, &c., stands on the summit of a column holding out a paper inscribed 'R+G+NA still in spite of them.' Her left hand supports a medallion, inscribed 'K...
Alternative Title:
Caroline Column
Description:
Title etched below image.
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
"Outside a thatched cottage, partly visible on the left, Paris, a loutish peasant, hands the apple to an old harridan holding a fan and wearing a very wide hoop. Cupid, a hideous boy, holding a bow, is partly concealed by her petticoat. Juno (?), a hi...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act by [...]
Subject (Name):
Cupid (Roman deity), and Juno (Roman deity),
Subject (Topic):
Paris (Legendary character), Minerva, Dwellings, Peasants, Fans (Accessories), Military uniforms, Bottles, Pipes (Smoking), Sheep, Baskets, Dogs, Peacocks, Owls, and Doves
Toms, W. H. (William Henry), approximately 1700-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1760]
Call Number:
760.00.00.111+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A satire on prostitution set in a brothel in which all the men have been given the heads of apes and the women those of cats. In the centre of the room a prostitute sits on the knee of an old man who fondles her, her legs splayed; she holds a glass i...
Description:
Title supplied from description of an earlier state in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Interiors, Prostitutes, Military uniforms, Judges, Watchmen, Canopy beds, Birdcages, Doves, Wine, and Bottles
