"A scene in the Lords. A large Green Bag stands wide open on the floor before the Woolsack; John Bull, a fat 'cit', takes from it a bottle inscribed 'Imputation' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13796]; the cork, in the form of a crown, flies up, and smoke rises. Eldon, seated on the Woolsack, one foot regally on a sack inscribed 'Mother Coal', scowls at the bottle; his mouth, like those of the other peers, is closed by a padlock, but he holds up a paper inscribed: 'My Lords-- Right or Wrong we will proceed'. J.B. faces him with arm flung back, exclaiming: "Stop--hear me first--step one Inch if you dare without my consent-- I protest against your Secret Tribunal I'll protect the Queen look at this Bottle--and look at that Reptile." He refers to a serpent wearing a royal crown and representing the King; this issues from a rent in the bag which is inscribed 'The Green Bag Opened'. Peers are grouped near Eldon, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Wellington, and Liverpool being the most prominent. On the right, behind a bar, stands the Queen wearing a small spiky crown, surrounded by three counsel (Brougham, Denman, and Lushington)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bull and the secret committee
Description:
Title etched below image. and Mounted on page 46 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Published July 1820 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Geographic):
England.
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, Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Lushington, Stephen, 1782-1873, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Legislative bodies, Interiors, Bags, Bottles, Crowns, Smoke, Locks (Hardware), and Snakes
"A scene in the Lords. A large Green Bag stands wide open on the floor before the Woolsack; John Bull, a fat 'cit', takes from it a bottle inscribed 'Imputation' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13796]; the cork, in the form of a crown, flies up, and smoke rises. Eldon, seated on the Woolsack, one foot regally on a sack inscribed 'Mother Coal', scowls at the bottle; his mouth, like those of the other peers, is closed by a padlock, but he holds up a paper inscribed: 'My Lords-- Right or Wrong we will proceed'. J.B. faces him with arm flung back, exclaiming: "Stop--hear me first--step one Inch if you dare without my consent-- I protest against your Secret Tribunal I'll protect the Queen look at this Bottle--and look at that Reptile." He refers to a serpent wearing a royal crown and representing the King; this issues from a rent in the bag which is inscribed 'The Green Bag Opened'. Peers are grouped near Eldon, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Wellington, and Liverpool being the most prominent. On the right, behind a bar, stands the Queen wearing a small spiky crown, surrounded by three counsel (Brougham, Denman, and Lushington)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bull and the secret committee
Description:
Title etched below image., 1 print : etching ; sheet 23.6 x 34.6 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 32 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Typed extract of seven lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Published July 1820 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Geographic):
England.
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, Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Lushington, Stephen, 1782-1873, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Legislative bodies, Interiors, Bags, Bottles, Crowns, Smoke, Locks (Hardware), and Snakes
"A companion plate to British Museum Satires No. 13989 by the same artist, and with the same imprint. A Chinese interior resembling that of British Museum Satires No. 13986. George IV as a mandarin, languid and ill, sits cross-legged on a low settee. Peacock's feathers (cf. British Museum Satire No. 13299) decorate his round hat. Sidmouth as a Chinese doctor feels his pulse with concern. At the King's feet is a long rolled document headed 'List of Addresses presented to Caroline Queen of [Engla]nd'. Behind (right), a melancholy Chinese messenger hands Bloomfield (a Chinese wearing a large sword) a paper: 'Bill Thrown Out'. The latter registers dismay with raised arms. There is a slanting cloud of smoke as in British Museum Satires No. 13986. On the wall is a picture of the Queen, with sword and shield, fighting a dragon. Carved dragons decorate the King's settee (or throne), and there is a big dragon jar on the right; all the dragons look menacingly towards the King, who rests his right hand on a table on which are decanter, pill-box, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Approximate month of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: Moments of pleasure., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 27.6 x 21.5 cm, on sheet 28.9 x 22.7 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 6 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Geo. IV" and "Sidmouth" identified in ink below image; date "Nov. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of eight lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
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, and Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844
Subject (Topic):
Costumes, Chinese, Interiors, Furniture, Draperies, Medical equipment & supplies, Physicians, Documents, Smoke, Messengers, Vases, Figurines, and Dragons
"A companion plate to British Museum Satires No. 13989 by the same artist, and with the same imprint. A Chinese interior resembling that of British Museum Satires No. 13986. George IV as a mandarin, languid and ill, sits cross-legged on a low settee. Peacock's feathers (cf. British Museum Satire No. 13299) decorate his round hat. Sidmouth as a Chinese doctor feels his pulse with concern. At the King's feet is a long rolled document headed 'List of Addresses presented to Caroline Queen of [Engla]nd'. Behind (right), a melancholy Chinese messenger hands Bloomfield (a Chinese wearing a large sword) a paper: 'Bill Thrown Out'. The latter registers dismay with raised arms. There is a slanting cloud of smoke as in British Museum Satires No. 13986. On the wall is a picture of the Queen, with sword and shield, fighting a dragon. Carved dragons decorate the King's settee (or throne), and there is a big dragon jar on the right; all the dragons look menacingly towards the King, who rests his right hand on a table on which are decanter, pill-box, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Approximate month of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: Moments of pleasure., and Mounted on page 37 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
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, and Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844
Subject (Topic):
Costumes, Chinese, Interiors, Furniture, Draperies, Medical equipment & supplies, Physicians, Documents, Smoke, Messengers, Vases, Figurines, and Dragons
