King George IV and entourage laden with provisions, about to embark from Brighton in the Royal Yacht; representing the extravagant monarch's distressed retreat from England at the time of the Queen's trial
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Pubd. by E. Pritchard, Islington Green
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Curtis, William, Sir, 1752-1829, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Canning, George, 1770-1827., Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822., Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861., Curtis, William, Sir, 1752-1829., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826., Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828., and Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844.
"The Prince of Wales, languid with repletion, leans back in an arm-chair, holding a fork to his mouth. His waistcoat is held together by a single button across his distended stomach. On his right a circular table covered with the remains of a meal, wi...
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Pubd. July 2d, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
"An adaptation of British Museum Satires No. 11904 (1812), by Cruikshank, reversed, with Lady Conyngham replacing Lady Hertford. The open barouche, with four galloping horses and the Cupid postilion, is closely copied. Behind the carriage, as footman,...
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Pubd. by J.L. Marks, 28 Fetter Lane, Fleet St.
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Bloomfield, Benjamin Bloomfield, Baron, 1768-1846, Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, and Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England),
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Adultery, Mistresses, Carriages & coaches, Donkeys, Antlers, Devil, Pitchforks, Asylums, Cats, Chamber pots, Traffic signs & signals, and Official residences
Depicts Burke wearing spectacles and wig, but in monastic habit as an Irish Jesuit. He is seated on a stool peeling a potato, at a table on which is a chamber pot full of steaming potatoes, and at the other end a keg of whisky supporting a broken cruc...
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Pubd. Augt. 23d, 1782, by Eh. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Monks, Demons, Chamber pots, Potatoes, Tableware, Fireplaces, Interiors, and Anti-Catholicism
"Pitt and Dundas are tipsily carousing at a rectangular table from which the cloth has been removed. Pitt, wearing spurred top-boots, sits on the corner of the table in profile to the left, his chair behind him at the head of the table. Dundas (left),...
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Evening scene three times a week at Wimbleton
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Pubd. May 27th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Str
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Bottles, Chamber pots, Glassware, Intoxication, Pipes (Smoking), and Wine
"A large chamber-pot, cracked, stands (left) supported by the legs of Mrs. Jordan. The Duke of Clarence has thrust his head and shoulders within a fissure in the 'Jordan', singing a chanty, "Yeo! Yee! Yeo!" He is in back view and wears striped sailor'...
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Crack'd Jordan and Cracked Jordan
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Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816
"Caricature of elderly nursemaids treating the Cabinet as babies."--British Museum online catalogue
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Pubd. Jany. 1821 by J. Johnston, 98 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Leach, John, 1760-1834
"The King, dead drunk and much dishevelled, is carried to bed by three fat and tipsy peeresses, wearing coronets; the foremost, who supports his legs, probably Lady Conyngham (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13847), says: "I'm as great as the Queen." T...
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Pub. Dec. 12, 1820, by John Marshall Junr
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
Admirals Rodney, De Grasse, Vaudreuil and Bougainville, numbered 1-4 respectively, shown with Rodney standing on the right taking snuff, as Vaudreuil holds a chamber pot being used by De Grasse. Bougainville runs off to the left taking snuff. Names of...
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Pubd. Sepr. 3d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788, Vaudreuil, Louis Philippe de Rigaud, marquis de, 1724-1802, and Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, comte, 1729-1811
Subject (Topic):
Admirals, French, British, Military uniforms, Chamber pots, Snuff, and Defecation
In the foreground, the veterans with wooden legs and on crutches try to get away from the crumbling facade of the Chelsea Hospital. Several of them lie on the ground crushed by the fallen columns. In the background, a group of women, outraged by the p...
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Pubd. March 30th, 1784, by Mrs. Dacheray, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805 and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Disabled veterans, Peg legs, Servants, Chamber pots, and Building failures