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1. A political reflection [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. February 1828]
- Call Number:
- 828.02.00.05+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "George IV as the 'Great Babe' lies asleep in his cradle rocked by Lady Conyngham, while Wellington, seated before a pier-glass, places the crown on his own head. The glass reflects the dark emaciated features of British Museum Satires No. 15520. The Duke wears a uniform with boots and sword. On a table below the glass the sceptre and orb lie on a cushion. Lady Conyngham, with a towering coiffure as in British Museum Satires No. 15508, croons: Oh slumber my darling | The time may soon come | When thy rest may be broken | By Trumpet & Drum [the last three words in large letters]. The infant sucks a thumb; a gouty foot projects from the coverlet. On the floor is a line of toys: a sailing boat on wheels, a model of Buckingham Palace reconstructed by Nash as in British Museum Satires No. 15668, a giraffe (see British Museum Satires No. 15425), a Life Guard on a toy horse, a Foot-Guard, a dismantled or unfinished ship resting on a prostrate toy soldier. A napkin on a towel-horse (right) indicates a nursery."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: the character Paul Pry, a man with an umbrella., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, London
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Subject (Topic):
- Nurseries (Rooms & spaces), Cradles, Toys, Military uniforms, British, Daggers & swords, Boots, and Scepters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A political reflection [graphic]
2. Political conveyancer [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [January 1828?]
- Call Number:
- 828.01.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "George IV, with a swathed and gouty leg, stands in front of the throne, supported by Lady Conyngham and a crutch, his arm round her shoulder. Peel stands partly hidden by a curtain and immediately behind Wellington, his mouthpiece; he speaks into a speaking-trumpet, the stem of which passes from Wellington's ear to his mouth from which the trumpet projects. From this mouthpiece issue the words: I feel happy in being allowed thro any medium, however degrading to communicate my expressions of sincere devotion TO-- The King interrupts him: PLACE--hat will do Arthur, always keep between me and that fellow -- he rings such a peil in our Ears. Lady Conyngham turns to the King, pointing to the trumpet: This is a contrivance of my own -- I hate the sight of him & now your M-y can keep him at a distance. She wears a towering coiffure of loops of hair decorated with flowers. Beside Peel: To join with Christian Jew or Turk In doing any dirty Work."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Questionable publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 174.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Subject (Topic):
- Gout, Chairs, Crutches, Megaphones, and Thrones
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Political conveyancer [graphic]
3. The political pyramid of our glorious constitution in the year of grace 1828 of his Grace I [graphic].
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [September 1828]
- Call Number:
- 828.09.00.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire on Wellington's dismissal of the Duke of Clarence. A pyramid built of large stones stands in a open field. At the apex is inscribed the word "King" at the base left "Lords" and right "Commons". Kneeling on either side in his robes is a peer facing a simply dressed M.P. Between them on the ground are the heads of a unicorn and a lion which is being gnawed by a crow and a rat. Wellington in full uniform straddles the two men who support him. Between his legs a plaque on the pyramid reads: "Multum in parvo, or the British Constitution formerly consisting of the three estates, King, Lords, Commons, abridged into an elegant extract in one volume!"
- Description:
- Title from caption etched below image. and Attributed to Charles Williams in the Brit Mus. Cat.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Sepr. 1828 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837., and Great Britain. Admiralty.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Pyramids
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The political pyramid of our glorious constitution in the year of grace 1828 of his Grace I [graphic].
4. The r-l speech [graphic]
- Creator:
- Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [February 1828]
- Call Number:
- 828.02.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Codrington, wearing the star of the Bath, sits on a gun-carriage on the deck of his ship, looking sternly up at an old scarred and pigtailed sailor who addresses him with an expression of consternation: Please your Honor's Glory there's something wrong in the wind, for they've clapt a Marine at the Helme of Old England, and He and the other lob lollies have made Sombody (God bless Him) to call our Glorious Victory an UNTOWARD EVENT And when they where told to belay their jawing tackel they shifted the wind and began to blow another way. Codrington answers Aye Aye Jack they or we must be fools. In his right hand is his sword, the point resting on the deck, the blade inscribed with Nelson's Trafalgar signal: England expects every Man to do his duty. He holds a document: Treaty of London. His back is to the sea where a rocky promontory (right) forms Wellington's profile, looking towards Codrington, a row of tiny gun-emplacements forming a grim smile (cf. BM Satires No. 15691); on the rock is a flag at half-mast, topped by a spurred Wellington boot, upside down."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Royal speech
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Shortshanks is the pseudonym of Robert Seymour., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 221.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by T. McLean Haymarket
- Subject (Name):
- Codrington, Edward, Sir, 1770-1851 and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Subject (Topic):
- Emblems, Sailors, British, and Swords
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The r-l speech [graphic]
5. The th---e in danger [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [February 1828]
- Call Number:
- 828.02.00.04+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The Duke of Wellington stands before the King who sits on his throne, his right foot resting on a footstool. Dressed in uniform and standing very erect, Wellington holds out a large cross-hilted sword at an angle between himself and the King. From his plumed cocked hat, which he holds behind him, hangs a piece of paper with the words "Military commission to throw dust in John Bull's eyes." Projecting from his back pockets, are two papers labelled "Church patronage" and "Army patronage." A lady, Lady Conyngham, is seen peaking between the curtains behind the throne of the puzzled-looking King. The crown is on a table behind Wellington
- Alternative Title:
- Throne in danger
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Figure of a man with an open umbrella is one of artist's devices used by William Heath., and Below design: "There is a power before the throne & a power behind the throne -- greater than the throne itself."
- Publisher:
- Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861
- Subject (Topic):
- Corn laws (Great Britain), Draperies, and Thrones
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The th---e in danger [graphic]