Title from text above and below image., Shortshanks is the pseudonym of Robert Seymour., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two lines of verse below image, in lower right: I go; I go; look, how I go; Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted.
"Poor man on crutches cries out his song in the street during a thunderstorm."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication inferred from similar prints after Joe Lisle that were published by Berthoud & Son in 1828. Cf. No. 15624 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 11., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For a later state published in 1830 by S. Gans, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1993,1107.43., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Handicapped.
"Poor man on crutches cries out his song in the street during a thunderstorm."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication inferred from similar prints after Joe Lisle that were published by Berthoud & Son in 1828. Cf. No. 15624 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 11., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For a later state published in 1830 by S. Gans, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1993,1107.43., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Handicapped., 1 print : aquatint and etching, hand-colored ; sheet 310 x 235 mm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from bottom edge.
"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
