"Heading to a printed broadside. Three Ministers in court suits with bag-wigs and swords sing outside Carlton House. Castlereagh in the centre holds a scourge, turning towards Liverpool (left); the latter and Sidmouth have misshapen gouty legs. Sidmouth's clyster-pipe hangs from his pocket. Above the gate (left) George IV and a fat woman (? Lady Conyngham) are seen watching from a window. She says: "Your M--y how well they Chord, it is like one Person." John Bull, a yokel in a smock holding money-bag and cudgel, stands with his back to the gate, watching the singers. He says: "They may Chord to please his M .... y but dang me If I dont wish the Three was in One Cord." Alderman Curtis (right), with enormous paunch and nose, approaches from the right, in the sailor's dress of Walcheren Expedition prints, see British Museum Satires No. 11353. He holds a long spoon labelled 'Orphans Fund' [see British Museum Satires No. 13706] and a large pot; under the left arm is a turtle. He says: "Who's for a Royal Tuck-out with our Fat Friend [cf. British Museum Satires No. 14017], bring your Loyal Addresses and he'll make you as drunk as a Prince. ..."."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from letterpress text below image., Attribution to Robert Cruikshank and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and left edge., Four numbered stanzas of verse in two columns below title, printed in letterpress: 1. Ye Radicals of England, who talk about reform, Whose object is to frighten us, by raising of a storm ..., "Price one shilling"--Below imprint., 1 print : etching ; image 16.9 x 23.2 cm, on sheet 37.8 x 24.3 cm., Printed on wove paper with partially-trimmed watermark "D. & A. Cowan 1819"; hand-colored., Imperfect; sheet trimmed resulting in loss of imprint statement and price statement from bottom edge., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 66 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Geo. IV," "Lady Conyngham," "Liverpool," "Londonderry," "Sidmouth," and "Sir W. Curtis" identified in pencil below image; date "1820" written in ink beneath lower right corner of image. Typed extract of nineteen lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Printed for O. Hodgson, 43, King Street, Snow Hill
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, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and Curtis, William, Sir, 1752-1829
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Gout, Politicians, Daggers & swords, Singing, Whips, Medical equipment & supplies, Gates, Windows, Staffs (Sticks), Spoons, and Turtles
"Heading to a printed broadside. Three Ministers in court suits with bag-wigs and swords sing outside Carlton House. Castlereagh in the centre holds a scourge, turning towards Liverpool (left); the latter and Sidmouth have misshapen gouty legs. Sidmouth's clyster-pipe hangs from his pocket. Above the gate (left) George IV and a fat woman (? Lady Conyngham) are seen watching from a window. She says: "Your M--y how well they Chord, it is like one Person." John Bull, a yokel in a smock holding money-bag and cudgel, stands with his back to the gate, watching the singers. He says: "They may Chord to please his M .... y but dang me If I dont wish the Three was in One Cord." Alderman Curtis (right), with enormous paunch and nose, approaches from the right, in the sailor's dress of Walcheren Expedition prints, see British Museum Satires No. 11353. He holds a long spoon labelled 'Orphans Fund' [see British Museum Satires No. 13706] and a large pot; under the left arm is a turtle. He says: "Who's for a Royal Tuck-out with our Fat Friend [cf. British Museum Satires No. 14017], bring your Loyal Addresses and he'll make you as drunk as a Prince. ..."."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from letterpress text below image., Attribution to Robert Cruikshank and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and left edge., Four numbered stanzas of verse in two columns below title, printed in letterpress: 1. Ye Radicals of England, who talk about reform, Whose object is to frighten us, by raising of a storm ..., "Price one shilling"--Below imprint., Watermark: D. & A. Cowan 1819., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 92 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Geo. IV," "Liverpool," "Londondery [sic]," "Sidmouth," and "Curtis" identified in ink below image. Typed extract of thirteen lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Printed for O. Hodgson, 43, King Street, Snow Hill
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, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and Curtis, William, Sir, 1752-1829
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Gout, Politicians, Daggers & swords, Singing, Whips, Medical equipment & supplies, Gates, Windows, Staffs (Sticks), Spoons, and Turtles
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Politicians introducing themselves and asking for Christmas boxes to John Bull."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Initials of printmaker Charles Jameson Grant in lower left portion of design., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Wood engraving with letterpress text., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of imprint and series statement. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Numbered "121" in brown ink in lower left corner of design., and No. 121.
Publisher:
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Brooms & brushes, Lanterns, Staffs (Sticks), Bells, and Rats
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Politicians and chancellor after the woolsack fire, begging for money to John Bull."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Initials of printmaker Charles Jameson Grant in lower left portion of design., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Wood engraving with letterpress text., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of imprint and series statement. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Numbered "59" in brown ink in top center portion of design., and No. 59.
Publisher:
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Pleading (Begging), Poor persons, Bagpipes, and Cats
"Ministers, horribly griped, sit on a vast Green Bag (see British Museum Satires No. 13735), trying to hatch eggs. The King hits the kneeling Bloomfield in the face, saying 'They shall hatch by G--d!' John Bull and a soldier (see British Museum Satires No. 13850) watch derisively. Behind him is the Pavilion."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sitting committee and Shitting committee
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "i" in "sitting" is formed from the letter "h" with its left side scored through, suggesting the word "shitting.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Plat [sic] 7"--Upper left corner., and Mounted on page 25 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1820 by Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Bloomfield, Benjamin Bloomfield, Baron, 1768-1846, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England),
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Bishops, Military officers, Bags, Defecation, and Soldiers
"Ministers, horribly griped, sit on a vast Green Bag (see British Museum Satires No. 13735), trying to hatch eggs. The King hits the kneeling Bloomfield in the face, saying 'They shall hatch by G--d!' John Bull and a soldier (see British Museum Satires No. 13850) watch derisively. Behind him is the Pavilion."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sitting committee and Shitting committee
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "i" in "sitting" is formed from the letter "h" with its left side scored through, suggesting the word "shitting.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Plat [sic] 7"--Upper left corner., 1 print : etching ; sheet 27.1 x 42.1 cm., Printed on wove paper with watermark "Ivy Mill 1817"; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 40 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Bloomfield," "Liverpool," "Wellington," "Eldon," "Londondery [sic]," and "Sidmouth" identified in ink at bottom of sheet; date "July 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of three lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted to the left of print.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1820 by Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Bloomfield, Benjamin Bloomfield, Baron, 1768-1846, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England),
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Bishops, Military officers, Bags, Defecation, and Soldiers
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"First panel: John Bull carrying four Whigs on his back; second panel: Duke of Wellington with willow on his his hat feeding another politician on all fours like a donkey."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Titles from item., Initials of printmaker Charles Jameson Grant in lower left portion of first panel of design., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Design consists of two panels side by side, each individually titled., Wood engraving with letterpress text., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of imprint and series statement. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Numbered "86" in brown ink in lower left corner of first panel of design., Mounted on yellow paper backing., and No. 86.
Publisher:
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Lifting & carrying, and Eating & drinking
"Caricature with John Bull, playing the part of the Lord Chancellor, condemning Queen Caroline's accusers who stand before him."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Conspirators at the bar!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., 1 print : etching ; sheet 24 x 35 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge., and Mounted on page 31 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Published November 1820 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Scales, and Demons
"Caricature with John Bull, playing the part of the Lord Chancellor, condemning Queen Caroline's accusers who stand before him."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Conspirators at the bar!!
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 (with one other print) on leaf 21 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Sidmouth," "Eldon," "Liverpool," and "Londonderry" identified in pencil on mounting sheet below print; date "Nov. 1820" written in ink in lower right.
Publisher:
Published November 1820 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Scales, and Demons
"Caricature with the Archbishop of Canterbury joining the hands of George IV and Queen Caroline while the people kneel in delight and homage."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Things as they ought to be
Description:
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 50 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Eldon," "Liverpool," "Londondery [sic]," "Sidmouth," "Geo. IV," "Caroline," and "Ald. Wood" identified in ink below image.
Publisher:
Published January 1821 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
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, Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Bishops, and Kneeling
