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 and "George IV leads a procession to the waterside to embark in the royal yacht, preceded by the Attorney-General with a 'Green Bag' [see No. 13735] under each arm, and a bottle of 'Milan Brandy' [see British Museum Satires No. 13755, &c.] in each hand. The latter, much caricatured and with a malevolent countenance, says: "The Tide is against His Ma--je--ty but should He be able to clear Cuckolds Point [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13769] no doubt he will easily weather Cape Horn." The King, wearing sailor's trousers, rollicks along between Lady Hertford and Lady Conyngham (see British Museum Satires No. 13847), arm-in-arm with both and looking towards the latter. He holds in one hand a purse inscribed '2/6', in the other a bottle: 'Decoction of Bergamy', and wears a long watch-ribbon inscribed 'Non mi ricordo' [see British Museum Satires No. 13827]. Both ladies carry reticules inscribed '2/6' [half a crown, cf. British Museum Satires No. 13826]. Lady Hertford: "I hope your Ma--je--ty will not forget your promise (when in Hertford) to take a peep in Y--amouth [sic] Roads--as the Sea breezes might be beneficial." Lady Conyngham: "Don't doubt us your Ma--je--ty we shall never be wanting to lend a Hand to raise the Royal G . . . e." Behind walk Sidmouth and Castlereagh, the latter wearing a triangular hat, holding a scourge and fetters and with a package inscribed 'Irish Wiskey Triangular Proceedings' [see British Museum Satires No. 14135] under his arm. Sidmouth carries a 'Royal Medecine Chest' under his arm, with a clyster-pipe (cf. British Museum Satires No. 9849) inscribed 'Portable Soup'; on his head is a commode-pan inscribed 'Stink Pot for the Radicals'. He says: "Take care of the Green Bags, Stow 'em safe-- for should the Sea Water touch them they'll rot sooner than is expected--and his Ma--je--ty would run the chance of loosing half a Crown" [see British Museum Satires No. 13826]. They are followed by Liverpool and Canning, both wearing, like the King, top-hats ornamented with crowns, to show they are the King's servants. Liverpool has a pen behind his ear and carries two bags, one inscribed 'Pursers Profits', the other 'Nip Cheese 75 Per Cent'. He says "one and one makes two. Canning carries a weathercock (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13737) and says: "A fine Breeze and we shall soon be out of the scent of Cotton Yard [see British Museum Satires No. 13824] theres a kind of Vapour gathering in that Quarter that's likely to be very offensive, unless the rubbish is shortly removed!!" In the foreground on the extreme left walks Sir William Curtis, in the sailor's dress of the Walcheren Expedition, see British Museum Satires No. 11353, &c. He has a vast paunch inscribed 'The Orphans Fund' [see British Museum Satires No. 13706] and 'Blubber', and carries a large turtle, a knife, and a long spoon. He says: "Who so blythe so blythe as we to take a voyage a voyage to Sea Along with his great Ma--j--ty." Behind is a man carrying on his head a basket of kitchen 'Stores': gridiron, kettle, &c. The yacht 'Royal George' is in the background (right), flying the Royal Standard and with sailors in the rigging."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Robert Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 78 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Curtis," "Liverpool," "Sidmouth," "Londonderry," "Hertford," "Conyngham," and "Eldon" identified in ink below image; date "Sept. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of six lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted above print.
Publisher:
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.
"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, General Bloomfield replaces McMahon. Conyngham replaces Hertford on the donkey, with the antlers, dress, and (incorrectly) the staff of office of his predecessor. He says: "How fortunate am I to have a Handsome and Cunning wife or I should not wear those marks of Distinction!" Lady Conyngham repeats Lady Hertford's words: "We have had a glorious ride my Love! It is worth Half a Crown" [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13826]. George IV: "My Cunning-one I have not Half a Crown to give thee, Would that I had." The Devil drives, as before, but sits alone, instead of beside Lord Yarmouth; a long barbed tail has been added. The 'Female Asylum' (for discarded mistresses) is similarly drawn but less ramshackle; the women looking from the windows are altered; Lady Hertford replaces Mrs. Fitzherbert: the words are as before, but '. . . his Poor F' becomes 'his Poor H'. On the roof, in place of two cats as supporters of the inverted feathers and coronet, are three cats with a (heraldic) scroll and a chamber-pot. The tail of the procession (Sheridan and the wagon 'For Yarmouth . . .') is omitted. The signpost points 'To Brighton'; Ragley is replaced (left) by the domes and minarets of the Pavilion, burlesqued."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Three lines of quoted text following title: "For trifling sports I quitted grave affairs," "And let not wine or anger wrest," "Th' intrusted secret from your breast.", Mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 16 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Ld. Conyngham," "Geo. IV," and "[Lady] Conyngham" identified in ink below image; date "Nov. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of twenty-six lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Pubd. by J.L. Marks, 28 Fetter Lane, Fleet St.
Subject (Name):
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),
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Mistresses, Carriages & coaches, Donkeys, Antlers, Devil, Pitchforks, Asylums, Cats, Chamber pots, Traffic signs & signals, and Official residences
"Caricature of elderly nursemaids treating the Cabinet as babies."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Watermark: J. Whatman 1820., Mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 41 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Sidmouth," "Bp. Howley," "Londondery [sic]," "Eldon," "Wellington," "Leech [sic]," and "Liverpool" identified in ink below image; date "Jan. 1821" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
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." The other two, one flourishing a candle, the other a full glass, sing: "We'll drown her in the bowl the bowl" [cf. British Museum Satires No. 12181]. Behind them is a table with decanters and a melon; a bottle is in the King's chair; broken bottles lie on the floor. On the right is the bed; in a chamber-pot are papers: 'The Queens Affair' and 'State Papers'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Later state; publisher's street address "24 Little St. Martins Lane" has been scored through and partially burnished from plate but is still legible at end of imprint statement. For an earlier state with unmodified imprint, see no. 14017 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., 1 print : etching ; sheet 22 x 33.9 cm., Printed on wove paper with watermark "J. Whatman"., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 23.6 x 35.5 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 32 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Date "12 Dec. 1820" written in ink in lower right corner. Typed extract of two lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
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.
Bannerman, Alexander, approximately 1730-, printmaker
Published / Created:
published as the act directs, Sepr. 1, 1771.
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 11. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on gullible youths and dishonest prostitutes. A bedroom in which a young countryman is seated at a table between two young women. His right leg is slung across the legs of the woman on the left; she wears a quilted petticoat and her neckline plunges to reveal a breast; she puts an arm around his shoulder and with the other picks his purse from pocket. His left arm is around the waist of the other woman, who gazes seductively at him and offers a punchbowl; playing cards lie on the table and the Queen of Hearts has fallen to the floor. On the back of the first woman's chair sits a parrot chewing a twist of lemon peel; the pimp and an old bawd stand behind the bed curtain watching the scene; a picture on the wall shows a sheep being fleeced; in front of the table, a dog chews the young man's copy of "The Journey to London"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Countryman in London
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Bullies -- Countrymen -- Pictures amplifying subject: couple fleecing a ram -- Procuresses -- Pickpocketing -- Pets -- Male dress: countryman -- Furniture: tripod table -- Dishes: punch bowl -- Books: A journey to London -- Bed with curtains -- Literature: allusion to The provok'd husband, or journey to London by Sir John Vanburgh (1664-1726) and Colley Cibber (1671-1757)., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 24.8 x 34.8 cm, folded to 24.8 x 25 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark; mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 11 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
Printed for J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, & Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Prostitutes, Pickpockets, Parrots, Dogs, Books, Beds, Gambling, Playing cards, and Chamber pots
"George IV sits on Lady Conyngham's lap, kissing her amorously; he wears a dressing-gown with ungartered stockings. Lady Elizabeth (right) bends over him, supporting his elbow, while her sister, Lady Maria Harriet, stands behind the sofa, close to her mother. All three women are in evening dress. In the foreground (right) Lord Francis, tall and fashionable, stands directed to the right, looking furtively over his right shoulder. He holds a large purse, and is slipping coins from it into his trouser-pocket; he says: Well as this Purse must go to Knight-on [the K scored through] I'll make the most of it. At his feet is an open book: Lord C . . . Advice to his Son * Get money . . . it Honest if you can--. The words are partly hidden by a smaller book: Cunningham Poems. Behind, on the extreme left, and directed to the left, Lord Conyngham, with small horns and large ass's ears, sits on a chamber-pot inscribed Chamberl . . . [ain], holding a long wand of office. He scowls over his shoulder at his family, saying, It's a Blessing to be Happy and Contented. Behind him is a (pictorial) fire-screen mounted on a pole which terminates in a crown: Conyngham crawls on hands and knees, blindfolded and bound; his wife sits on his back, with the King on her lap, embracing her. Behind the closely grouped heads of the King and the three ladies are hanging bookshelves, two of the books being open: A Lecture upon Horns facing a stag's antlers, and Jerry Sneak [the hen-pecked husband in Foote's Mayor of Garratt]. On the floor in the foreground are an open book: A Mothers advice to her Daughters [cf. British Museum Satires 14401] and a paper: A List of Choice Plays She stoops to Conquer. All in the Wrong. Bold stroke for a Wife. Every Man in his Humour--Careless Husband. Way to keep Him, Tender Husband, School for Wives [scored through], Inconstant &c &c &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Imprint truncated; publisher's name possibly erased from plate., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 25 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Ld. Conyngham," "Lady Conyngham," and "Geo. IV" identified in ink below image; date "Nov. 1820" written beneath lower right corner of image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by [...]
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Huntly, Elizabeth, Marchioness of, 1799-1839, Athlumney, Harriet Maria Somerville, Lady, -1843, Conyngham, Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, Marquess, 1797-1876, Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861., Conyngham, Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, Marquess, 1797-1876., and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
An image derived from Henry Fuseli painting titled "The Nightmare" from 1781. The incubus has been replaced with a caricature of Napoleon. This image shows a woman asleep on a bed, a little man sitting on her chest pulling back her see-through covers, as one of her arms hangs to the floor near a chamber pot with '... Source of Nile' written on it. A book on a chair is titled 'Bruce's Travels'.
Alternative Title:
Nightmare
Description:
Title etched below image., Approximate date of publication from dealer's description., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on sides, leaving thread margins., "NB the greatest varity [sic] in Europe constantly on sale."--Lower right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Tipped on second sheet in corners and matted to: 34 x 45.5 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825. and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Beds, Sleeping, Nightmares, Chamber pots, and Books
John Bull lies on his back in bed, his mouth gaping; Pitt, a goblin creature, sits on his chest in profile to the right, holding above his upturned head a loaf inscribed '13 Pence'. Pitt has a huge head, much caricatured, with starting eyeballs; his hair stands up and the bag of his queue, inscribed 'Taxes', flies out behind him. Through a casement window (left) looks a fantastic French republican, with bulging eyeballs and fang-like teeth, glaring at John Bull; from his neck hangs the model of a guillotine. Behind his head is a waning moon. Beside him are the words: 'Republic War and Famine for Ever.' Beneath the bed is a chamber-pot inscribed 'John Bull'; beside it is a chair on which stands a candle
Alternative Title:
Nightmare
Description:
Title etched below image., A satire, on the burderns of war and dearth in 1795, alluding to Henry Fuseli's "The Nightmare"., Tentatively attributed to West in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials G R below.
Publisher:
Pub. Augst. 13, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville St.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and France
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Hair powder, Taxation, History, Foreign public opinion, British, Chamber pots, and Demons
Plate 27. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Following the seduction, the young man pulls up his breeches while the young woman clings to his arm with an adoring, pleading look on her face. On the wall are two pictures one entitled "Before" and the other "After"; in the first Cupid is lighting a firework, in the second he is pointing to a spent firework. The dresser is turned over, the mirror and chamber pot broken; the curtain rod around the bed has been pulled down. The dog is curled asleep under the chair on which her corset sits. The woman's head is framed by the shell on the head
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., Companion print to Hogarth's Before, published on the same date., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 40.9 x 32.9 cm, on sheet 59 x 46 cm., and Plate 27 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Boudoirs, Canopy beds, Chamber pots, Couples, Cupids, Dogs, Fireworks, Seduction, Sex, and Women
Following the seduction, the young man pulls up his breeches while the young woman clings to his arm with an adoring, pleading look on her face. On the wall are two pictures one entitled "Before" and the other "After"; in the first Cupid is lighting a firework, in the second he is pointing to a spent firework. The dresser is turned over, the mirror and chamber pot broken; the curtain rod around the bed has been pulled down. The dog is curled asleep under the chair on which her corset sits. The woman's head is framed by the shell on the head
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., "Pursuant to an act of parliament. Price two shillings & 6 pence.", Companion print to Hogarth's Before, published on the same date., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., The man is said to have been modeled on Sir John Willes. See Paulson., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 41 x 32.8 cm, on sheet 56 x 45 cm., and Leaf 27 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Willes, John, Sir, 1685-1761
Subject (Topic):
Boudoirs, Canopy beds, Chamber pots, Couples, Cupids, Dogs, Fireworks, Seduction, Sex, and Women
