"Satire against England: Pitt strides forward holding a flag next to a crown, while chained figures cringe at his feet, and a scaffold and executioner occupy the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Title continues: ... ou le triomphe du ministre Pitt, foulant aux pieds la couronne d'Angleterre, d'une main il tient une hache et les chaines dont il a su charger la Nation et le Roi, de l'autre il porte le drapeau de l'esclavage; les impots et les echafauds sont les moyens qu'il employe pour soutenir son pouvoir chancelant., French original, later copied by Gillray, dated 1789 by the Bibliotheque Nationale presumably based on its place in a collection by an artist who gathered prints at the time, Michel Hennin., and Mounted to 37 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
History, Public opinion, Foreign relations, Axes, Calumets, Chains, Crowns, Gallows, Punishment devices, and Shackles
"A pugilistic contest between George III (left) and Charles IV of Spain (right), standing waist-deep in the sea. Each wears a crown, but that of Charles falls from his head. George III says, "Another thump in the bread basket will do your business, Whiskerando!" Each has a backer: behind George is Neptune, holding his trident and crowned with sea-weed; he extends his left arm, saying, "Bravo! my Son, make him feel the dominion of the Seas is thine and shall be so for ever." That of Spain is the Pope wearing his robes and triple crown, and holding his crozier to which two keys are attached. Fame emerges from clouds above Neptune, blowing her trumpet and holding a laurel wreath above George III's head. The two kings and Neptune are nude."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed in the British Museum catalogue to H.W.: possibly either Henry Wigstead or William Holland., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement above the image: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection of humorous prints. Admittance one shilling., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with a monogram WC below.
Publisher:
Pubd. by William Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charles IV, King of Spain, 1748-1819, and Pius VI, Pope, 1717-1799
Subject (Topic):
Neptune, Clergy, Popes, Crowns, Trumpets, Angels, and Fights
"Caricature with Caroline appearing before George IV and the Cabinet."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Coronation arrangements aukwardly interupted, Coronation arrangements awkwardly interrupted, and Injured innocence demanding her rights!!
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 14 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "George IV," "Liverpool," "Eldon," and "Sidmouth" identified in pencil in lower margin. Date "2 June 1820" written in ink in lower right.
Publisher:
Pub. June 1st, 1820, by J. Fairburn, 2, 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, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, and Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Adultery, Scandals, Crowns, Scepters, and Dogs
"Duchess of Kent sits regally on the throne, holding the orb, and turning her head to watch Princess Victoria, who sits (left) on Prince Leopold's knee, holding the sceptre (in the form of a hand of Justice, cf. BM Satires No. 12247) and with the crown half-extinguishing her little head. He wears uniform, sits on a lower seat, but with his right foot on a footstool. He holds out twin cherries to the child, saying, 'Now we'll play at Bob Cherry--open your mouth'. On a table (left) are Sweet Meats and Sugar Candy, on the floor a (mature) doll. On the right, framed by pillars, is the Council Chamber. Wellington presides, in the royal chair, turning arrogantly to say: 'As president of the Council--who shall gainsay me--' [Bathurst was Lord President of the Council]. Behind him Grenadier Guards with fixed bayonets stand at attention. Inconspicuously at his right hand, and below the dais, sits William IV. Peel stands at a side-table (right), his back to Wellington, looking conspiratorial. The (?) Archbishop is among those seated on Wellington's left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 123.
Publisher:
Pub. July 8, 1830, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Victoria Mary Louisa, Duchess of Kent, 1786-1861, Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901, Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837
Subject (Topic):
Ceremonial objects, Crowns, Dolls, Military uniforms, British, and Thrones
"A parody of British Museum Satires No. 9752, Gillray's 'Dido in Despair!' The Queen takes the place of Lady Hamilton, in a similar pose but tearing her long black hair with more of rage and less of grief. She wears a bracelet on each arm, one inscribed 'BB' (for Bergami), the other 'MW' (for Wood). On the floor are gifts to the Queen. Her bare right foot rests on a large cake inscribed 'MW' on which are various emblems: a large crown, which she kicks over, busts of Wood, Bergami, Lieut. Hownam, and an unidentified person; also a goat, an ass, and a cat. This stands on a paper: 'Mr Trifle's Love to the Q[ueen]'. A huge round of beef is ticketed 'With Mr Suets Love to the Q--n'; with this is a roll of 'Cat's Meat'. A model of a pair of stays enclosed in a glass case stands on two papers: 'Glass-blower's Delight' and 'O stay my love my Cary dear'. A pair of breeches of metal is 'For Bat [Bergami] or Cat ad libitum from the Brazier[s]'. Caricatures lie near a pair of slippers inscribed 'BB'; the uppermost is of Bergami drinking at a table between Wood and the Queen. A book is 'Catalogue of Fancy Men'. The glass on the dressing-table is topped by a crescent; on it hang miniatures of Bergami and Wood (cf. No. 13858). The table is covered with decanters, one labelled 'Brandy' [see British Museum Satires No. 14175], glass, pill-box, and boxes of 'Rouge', 'Brick dust', and 'Court Plaister'. The curtains of the bed are fringed with gold and hang from a pelmet. In place of Gillray's open sash-window is a closed French window; outside is a landscape, with two asses, and a lake (Como) with a sailing-boat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse below the title: Ah! where, and ah where, does my gallant courier lie, for me does he oft on his downy pillow sigh, I left him on the Continent, to claim my half-a-crown, and I wish to my heart, I could have him here in town., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching with stipple ; sheet 27.8 x 22.7 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 63 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Caroline" identified in pencil at bottom of sheet; date "3 Ap. 1821" written in ink in lower right corner. Typed extract of five 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., Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843., and Dido (Legendary character)
"A parody of British Museum Satires No. 9752, Gillray's 'Dido in Despair!' The Queen takes the place of Lady Hamilton, in a similar pose but tearing her long black hair with more of rage and less of grief. She wears a bracelet on each arm, one inscribed 'BB' (for Bergami), the other 'MW' (for Wood). On the floor are gifts to the Queen. Her bare right foot rests on a large cake inscribed 'MW' on which are various emblems: a large crown, which she kicks over, busts of Wood, Bergami, Lieut. Hownam, and an unidentified person; also a goat, an ass, and a cat. This stands on a paper: 'Mr Trifle's Love to the Q[ueen]'. A huge round of beef is ticketed 'With Mr Suets Love to the Q--n'; with this is a roll of 'Cat's Meat'. A model of a pair of stays enclosed in a glass case stands on two papers: 'Glass-blower's Delight' and 'O stay my love my Cary dear'. A pair of breeches of metal is 'For Bat [Bergami] or Cat ad libitum from the Brazier[s]'. Caricatures lie near a pair of slippers inscribed 'BB'; the uppermost is of Bergami drinking at a table between Wood and the Queen. A book is 'Catalogue of Fancy Men'. The glass on the dressing-table is topped by a crescent; on it hang miniatures of Bergami and Wood (cf. No. 13858). The table is covered with decanters, one labelled 'Brandy' [see British Museum Satires No. 14175], glass, pill-box, and boxes of 'Rouge', 'Brick dust', and 'Court Plaister'. The curtains of the bed are fringed with gold and hang from a pelmet. In place of Gillray's open sash-window is a closed French window; outside is a landscape, with two asses, and a lake (Como) with a sailing-boat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse below the title: Ah! where, and ah where, does my gallant courier lie, for me does he oft on his downy pillow sigh, I left him on the Continent, to claim my half-a-crown, and I wish to my heart, I could have him here in town., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 26.8 x 21.7 cm.
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., Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843., and Dido (Legendary character)
"A parody of British Museum Satires No. 9752, Gillray's 'Dido in Despair!' The Queen takes the place of Lady Hamilton, in a similar pose but tearing her long black hair with more of rage and less of grief. She wears a bracelet on each arm, one inscribed 'BB' (for Bergami), the other 'MW' (for Wood). On the floor are gifts to the Queen. Her bare right foot rests on a large cake inscribed 'MW' on which are various emblems: a large crown, which she kicks over, busts of Wood, Bergami, Lieut. Hownam, and an unidentified person; also a goat, an ass, and a cat. This stands on a paper: 'Mr Trifle's Love to the Q[ueen]'. A huge round of beef is ticketed 'With Mr Suets Love to the Q--n'; with this is a roll of 'Cat's Meat'. A model of a pair of stays enclosed in a glass case stands on two papers: 'Glass-blower's Delight' and 'O stay my love my Cary dear'. A pair of breeches of metal is 'For Bat [Bergami] or Cat ad libitum from the Brazier[s]'. Caricatures lie near a pair of slippers inscribed 'BB'; the uppermost is of Bergami drinking at a table between Wood and the Queen. A book is 'Catalogue of Fancy Men'. The glass on the dressing-table is topped by a crescent; on it hang miniatures of Bergami and Wood (cf. No. 13858). The table is covered with decanters, one labelled 'Brandy' [see British Museum Satires No. 14175], glass, pill-box, and boxes of 'Rouge', 'Brick dust', and 'Court Plaister'. The curtains of the bed are fringed with gold and hang from a pelmet. In place of Gillray's open sash-window is a closed French window; outside is a landscape, with two asses, and a lake (Como) with a sailing-boat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse below the title: Ah! where, and ah where, does my gallant courier lie, for me does he oft on his downy pillow sigh, I left him on the Continent, to claim my half-a-crown, and I wish to my heart, I could have him here in town., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 36 of: George Humphrey shop album.
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., Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843., and Dido (Legendary character)
Byron, Frederick George, 1764-1792, attributed name
Published / Created:
July 8, 1790.
Call Number:
790.07.08.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a large room French aristocrats crowd across a table from Pitt who is taking money while handing a pen to the man opposite who holds a crown in his left arm as he throws coins toward Pitt's grasping hand. Above Pitt stands George III behind podium, gavel in one hand and another crown extended toward one of the many bidders shouting comments and prices. The King calls out, "This is a lot, gentlemen, of superior brilliancy to the last. This, this raises you above your fellows in a very high degree indeed. I pity your distresses from my soul, what, what, what was that you were saying about jewels, Madames, too high. You may ride over the necks of half the nation with this upon your coach. You may get in debt as fast as you please and never pay. Mind that gentlemen, never pay." The Queen walks up a ladder behind the King to retrieve more crowns from the shelves behind the King's podium, turning her head to say, "Pay some attention to that Lady's jewels, my love."
Alternative Title:
English coronet auction by King, Pitt & Co., or, Comfort for the late French noblesse and Comfort for the late French noblesse
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Frederick George Byron by Andrew Edmunds., Publisher's advertisement below imprint: In Hollands Exhibition Rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humourous prints. Admtce. 1 shillg., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Irregular sheet, trimmed at an angel in lower left. Backed with blue paper.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., France, and France.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Refugees, History, Avarice, Auctions, Corruption, Crowds, Crowns, and Nobility
"Social satire; Pitt the Younger portrayed as a monkey, with regalia and his crown hanging on a chain around his neck, in a field labelled "Windsor Park"; below the image a text explains that this animal is confounding naturalists, who suppose it to be an offspring of the devil."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed at bottom of image with printmaker W. O'Keeffe's monogram; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1991,0720.19., Sheet trimmed to plate mark in lower right corner., Three lines of text below title: The naturalist's of this country is [sic] at a loss how to give an account of this extroardionary [sic] animal ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Edmeads & Pine 1797.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Fields
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
"Caroline rejects 'the bribe' (see British Museum Statires No. 13730), protected by John Bull, Sandy, and Pat. The King, with his mistress, tramples on Religeon, Decency, &c. In a picture of Jupiter and Europa the naked Queen (presumably) rides a bull (J.B.)."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Infamous proposal rejected
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist and printmaker unidentified., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark, resulting in partial loss of statement of responsibility and complete loss of imprint statement. Missing text supplied from the British Museum catalogue., Window mounted to 23.5 x 33.7 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 18 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Identifications in ink of the real figures of "Sidmouth," "Londondery [sic]," "Lady Conyngham," "Geo. IV," and "Caroline" added at bottom of sheet; these are followed by the names of the stereotypical representations of "Ireland," "England," and "Scotland." Date "11 June 1820" written in lower right. Typed extract of three lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Published June 13th, 1820, by J. Fairburn, 2 Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861., and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Adultery, Mistresses, Bribery, Crowns, and Ethnic stereotypes
