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1. A mendicant [graphic]
- Creator:
- Baldrey, Joshua Kirby, 1754-1828, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 March 1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 90. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A friar standing in a landscape, a walking stick in his left hand and his hat down by his side in his right, a sack slung over his shoulder; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., "Second published state, after publication line altered"--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1878,0511.823., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Text below title: It was one of those heads which Guido has often painted mild, pale, penetrating, free from all common place ideas of fat contented ignorance looking downwards upon the Earth, it look'd forwards, but look'd as if it look'd at something beyond this world. Vide Sterne., Illustration to Laurence Sterne's A sentimental journey through France and Italy., and Mounted on page 90 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Publisher:
- Published March 8th, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
- Subject (Topic):
- Monks, Beggars, Staffs (Sticks), Bags, and Hats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A mendicant [graphic]
2. Courier anglois [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [13 February 1773]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 773.02.13.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on an English post courier (as opposed to a French courier, see British Museum Satires No. 4737): a man on horseback, blowing a horn, with an enormous sack at his back; he rides along a country road towards the right where a gibbet stands with two hanging bodies."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Early state. For later states with altered imprint statements, see Lewis Walpole Library call no. Bunbury 774.05.03.01+ and no. 4736 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Likely companion print to: Courier francois., and Temporary local subject terms: Couriers -- Post-horns.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, 13th Feby. 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134, New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Horseback riding, Bags, Delivering, Horns (Communication devices), Hangings (Executions), and Gallows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Courier anglois [graphic]
3. Courier anglois [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 May 1774]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 774.05.03.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., For variant states with different imprint statements, see Lewis Walpole Library call no. Bunbury 773.02.13.01+ and no. 4736 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Likely companion print to: Courier francois., and Temporary local subject terms: Couriers -- Post-horns.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, 3d May 1774, by J. Bretherton, No. 134, New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Horseback riding, Bags, Delivering, Horns (Communication devices), Hangings (Executions), and Gallows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Courier anglois [graphic]
4. Courier anglois [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 May 1774]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 774.05.03.01+ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., For variant states with different imprint statements, see Lewis Walpole Library call no. Bunbury 773.02.13.01+ and no. 4736 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Likely companion print to: Courier francois., Temporary local subject terms: Couriers -- Post-horns., and 1 print on laid paper : soft-ground etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 30.3 x 43 cm, on sheet 36 x 55 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, 3d May 1774, by J. Bretherton, No. 134, New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Horseback riding, Bags, Delivering, Horns (Communication devices), Hangings (Executions), and Gallows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Courier anglois [graphic]
5. A thing of shreds and patches. Hamlet [art original]
- Creator:
- Carruthers, William, active 1824, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1824]
- Call Number:
- Drawings C319 no. 1 Box D115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Watercolor of a beggar dressed in ragged, patched clothes, leaning on two crutches and wearing a bag slung across his body with the words "Scraps thankfully received" lettered upon it. He wears an eye patch on his right eye; a pipe sticks out of his hat
- Alternative Title:
- Scraps thankfully received
- Description:
- Title, a quote from Hamlet, written in ink beneath image., Signed with the artist's initials and dated in lower portion of image. Artist's full name "Wm. Carruthers Esqre." is written within wash-line border at bottom., and For a lithograph of this design in reverse, published March 1825 by E. Hull and Rowe & Walker, see Wellcome Collection reference: 664653i.
- Subject (Topic):
- Beggars, Poor persons, Refuse disposal, Bags, Crutches, Eye patches, and Pipes (Smoking)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A thing of shreds and patches. Hamlet [art original]
6. "Ah! Sure such a pair was never seen so justly form'd to meet by nature" Old Sherry : dedicated to Old Bags / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- June 23, 1820.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 25. George Humphrey shop album. Page 51. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "From two huge green bags, pear-shaped and broad-based, emerge respectively the heads of the King and Queen. They stand on the surface of a table forming the base of the design. The King's bag (left) is the larger; with averted head he looks sideways at his wife with an expression of terrified fury. She looks towards him with demure provocation. He wears a crown, she a triple ostrich plume in her hat to show that she is denied her status. Round the vast girth of the King's bag is a buckled garter; round the Queen's a blue (Garter) ribbon (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13802) inscribed '. . . Droit. Honi . Soit. Qui . Mal. y . Pense.' By the former bag is a paper: 'Ordered to lie [scored through] lay on the table'; by the latter: 'Secret Committe [sic]--'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Mounted on page 51 of: George Humphrey shop album., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.5 x 38.9 cm, on sheet 28 x 40.9 cm., and With identifications of "George IV" and "Q. Caroline" written in pencil below image, as well as the explanation "the green bags with reference to their divorce were ordered to lie on the table" written in pencil below title.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838., and Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bags, Tables, Crowns, Feathers, Belts (Clothing), and Ribbons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Ah! Sure such a pair was never seen so justly form'd to meet by nature" Old Sherry : dedicated to Old Bags / [graphic]
7. "Ah! Sure such a pair was never seen so justly form'd to meet by nature" Old Sherry : dedicated to Old Bags / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- June 23, 1820.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 25. George Humphrey shop album. Page 51. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "From two huge green bags, pear-shaped and broad-based, emerge respectively the heads of the King and Queen. They stand on the surface of a table forming the base of the design. The King's bag (left) is the larger; with averted head he looks sideways at his wife with an expression of terrified fury. She looks towards him with demure provocation. He wears a crown, she a triple ostrich plume in her hat to show that she is denied her status. Round the vast girth of the King's bag is a buckled garter; round the Queen's a blue (Garter) ribbon (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13802) inscribed '. . . Droit. Honi . Soit. Qui . Mal. y . Pense.' By the former bag is a paper: 'Ordered to lie [scored through] lay on the table'; by the latter: 'Secret Committe [sic]--'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Mounted on page 25 of: George Humphrey shop album.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838., and Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bags, Tables, Crowns, Feathers, Belts (Clothing), and Ribbons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Ah! Sure such a pair was never seen so justly form'd to meet by nature" Old Sherry : dedicated to Old Bags / [graphic]
8. "And when Ahithophel saw that his councel was not followed, he saddled his ass, & arose & went & hanged himself &c." [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [31 January 1821]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 35. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An imitation of British Museum Satires No. 6015, Gillray's 'Ahitophel in the Dumps'. Liverpool, emaciated and despairing, and much caricatured, rides an ass along a road on a desolate heath towards a gibbet (left), to which carrion birds are flying. His arms are folded, his head sunk on his breast; from his pocket hang a noose of rope and a paper: 'Paines & Penelties' [sic]. The bag to his wig is a green bag, see British Museum Satires No. 13735, and to the ass's tail is tied a clyster-pipe, emblem of Sidmouth."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed ...
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Mounted on page 35 of: George Humphrey shop album.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 31st, 1821, by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844., Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., and Ahithophel (Biblical figure)
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Despair, Donkeys, Vultures, Nooses, Gallows, Bags, and Medical equipment & supplies
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "And when Ahithophel saw that his councel was not followed, he saddled his ass, & arose & went & hanged himself &c." [graphic]
9. Landlord & tenant [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1817 and 1819?]
- Call Number:
- 817.00.00.25+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A dandy (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13029), with a handsome profile, wearing knee-breeches, advances with a mincing step and outstretched hands towards an ugly farmer who stands facing him with a large stick and wearing top-boots and broad-brimmed hat. The tenant holds a money-bag and is fiercely prognathous. The landlord: "My dear Sir--I am rejoiced to see you--I hope your lovely family are well--You are a charming Man--correct in every point--in short your countenance is an index to your mind." The farmer: "You certainly are flattering me--here is your Rent.--as to my family--thanks to the Lord, my Wife, and all the brats, be gone to kingdome come." There is a carpeted floor."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Landlord and tenant
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Artist identified as Capt. Hehl in the British Museum catalogue., Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., and "One of prints (coloured) by, after, or attributed to G. Cruikshank [many were closely copied and unless original and copy can be compared they are difficult to distinguish; some attributed by Reid or Cohn to Cruikshank are in the manner of the supposed copyist; some are probably by I. R. Cruikshank], from a set issued c. 1817 to c. 1819 ..."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, Farmers, Hats, Staffs (Sticks), Bags, and Landlord & tenant relations
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Landlord & tenant [graphic].
10. Polly & Lucy takeing off the restrictions vide Beggars opera / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1812]
- Call Number:
- 812.03.00.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Regent, as Macheath, wearing military uniform and heavily shackled, stands between Mrs. Fitzherbert, who kneels at his feet (left) removing his leg-irons, and Lady Hertford (right), who stands beside him taking the fetters from his wrists (inscribed 'Restri[ctions]'), He sings "How happy could I be with either." Mrs. Fitzherbert, a long rosary dangling from her waist, says: "The Benediction of His Holiness light on the Defender of Our Faith." Lady Hertford, sultana-like in a jewelled turban, says: "You heard of the Row & the Rowly Powly Song before Our house the Other Night?!!" Behind and on the right Eldon stands full-face between Perceval and McMahon, who face each other in profile. Perceval, in his Chancellor of the Exchequer's gown, and holding a brief-bag, says: "The Greys won't move without their own Coachman tho the Brewer [Whitbread] has offerd his black to do the dirty Work." Eldon, in a huge wig, holds the Purse of the Great Seal; he says: "We must hire Jobs for the Night Work but we are Pro' Rogued." McMahon, in military uniform, has a number of ribbons and stars hanging over his arm; he says: "These Garters & Ribbonds are all returned." On the wall are two pictures: George Hanger, bestriding his pony (as in No. 8889) with a burly bailiff seated behind him, rides in the direction of a sign-post, with a noose hanging from it, pointing 'To the Kings Bench'. This is 'George & his Hanger On, takeing a ride together to a Lodging in Surry'. The other is Sheridan as Bacchus, but dressed as Harlequin (cf. British Museum Satires No. 9916), bestriding a cask of 'Old Sherry'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Polly & Lucy taking off the restrictions, Polly and Lucy takeing off the restrictions, and Polly and Lucy taking off the restrictions
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Watermark: J. Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Published March 1812 by J. Jonhston, 98 Cheapside
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, McMahon, John, approximately 1754-1817, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845., Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815., and Dionysus (Greek deity),
- Subject (Topic):
- Harlequin (Fictitious character), Military uniforms, British, Shackles, Religious articles, Turbans, Wigs, Bags, and Pictures
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Polly & Lucy takeing off the restrictions vide Beggars opera / [graphic]
11. The royal rush light [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March 3d, 1821.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 32. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The King and Ministers, as domestic servants in déshabille, surround a rush-light, trying, with fierce intentness, to blow it out. The flame of the light encloses the head of Queen Caroline wearing her feathered hat; the rush is supported on a saveall formed of the head of Wood [Brougham, according to Reid, who is incorrect in some of the other identifications], and placed in a kitchen candlestick standing on a rectangular table. The centre figure is Eldon, his Chancellor's wig formed of a pair of breeches. He leans sideways and the King, wearing a night-cap, looks over his shoulder, blowing downwards. Next them is Wellington, whose blast is better directed than that of the others, but all miss the flame by blowing too low. On the left are two old women, Sidmouth, using his (green) clyster-pipe as a squirt, and Liverpool, whose night-cap is a green bag (see British Museum Satires No. 13735). Facing these are the Duke of York, next Eldon, and the Duke of Clarence on the extreme left, as a hideous black man, whose strong but ill-directed blast is inscribed 'Slander' [see British Museum Satires No. 14031, &c.]. Three other heads are in shadow, like the King; they watch with anxiety, but are not blowing; they are Castlereagh (left) and two women (right). Below the design: "Cook, Coachee, men & maids, very near all in buff, Came & swore in their lives they never met with such a light; And each of the family by turns had a puff, At the little farthing rush light, The curst farthing rush light, But none of the family Could blow out the rush light.!""--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 32 of: George Humphrey shop album.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., London
- 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, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Servants, Candles, Bags, and Medical equipment & supplies
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The royal rush light [graphic]
12. A scene in the new farce as performed at the Royalty Theatre! / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [14 February 1821]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 33. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "George IV, dressed as Henry VIII and with cavalry boots decorated with rosettes, sits on the throne (right), shrinking angrily from oxen wearing civic gowns who bow, presenting petitions. All the horns of the oxen are tipped with tiny caps resembling caps of Liberty; a slightly larger pair protects the prongs of a fork held up on the extreme left above the massed heads of the beasts. On this a placard is speared: 'Petitions from every Part of the World--(Hole's and Corner's excepted) to Dismiss the Ministers-- signed by upwards of 999,999--Millions of the Brute Creation.' The petitions of the four beasts in the front row are headed: 'Petition of Lord Mayor & Citizens of London to Dismiss Ministers'; 'Petitions from every part of England & Wales to Dismiss Ministers &c &c &c'; '. . . ions from every Part of Scotland to Dismiss Ministers &c &c &c'; 'Petitions from every part of Ireland . . . [ut supra]'. Hooves rise from cattle behind holding more petitions: 'from Europe'; 'From Asia'; 'from Africa'; 'from America'; 'from every Honest Man'. The canopied throne is raised on a dais of three steps, the footstool is a cushion supported on a (carved) elephant; but the King's feet are drawn back. His right hand is on his hip; he holds an oddly shaped sceptre in the left hand. The back of the throne is framed by carved mannikins with shackled hands and feet; a large crown rests on the heads of the two uppermost. The back of the canopy has a pattern of writhing serpents. Ministers, much caricatured, stand on the right and left of the dais. In the foreground (right) and on the King's left, Wellington, with the apron and steel of a butcher (as in British Museum Satires No. 13288), with gauntlet gloves and with a star on his tunic, holds a blood-stained battle-axe. Sidmouth, as Court-fool, sits in profile to the left on an apothecary's mortar, wearing a double-peaked fool's cap and a star, and holding a bladder which is his clyster-pipe. Behind is Eldon, scowling savagely and holding the mace and the Purse of the Great Seal. A bishop holding a crosier stands on either side of the throne, behind the Ministers. A staff supports an emblematical cask which a naked Bacchus bestrides. On the King's right is Liverpool, holding a tall staff to which a green bag is tied (see British Museum Satires No. 13735). Next him is Castlereagh, blandly sinister, holding a scourge, and with a bunch of keys hanging from his belt; he stares at the petitioners. A tiny Vansittart is beside him, in his Chancellor of the Exchequer's gown, with an 'X' on his breast above a chequered pattern, hung diamond-wise. Immensely fat and absurd beefeaters stand along the back of the room under quasi-Gothic windows of stained glass. All hold tridents and turn their eyes towards the petitioners, grinning grotesquely. Each window is centred by an escutcheon on which a decanter is the chief object. The upper part of each is filled by a design of three large peacock's feathers (see British Museum Satires No. 13299). The Gothic roof, caricaturing that at Carlton House (cf. British Museum Satires No. 11727), is filled with tracery in the form of antlers."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Text below image: Historical fact, King Henry VIII, being petitioned to dismiss his ministers & council, by the citizens of London & many boroughs, to releive [sic] his oppressed subjects, made the citizens this sagacious reply: "We, with all our cabinet, think it strange that ye, who be but brutes, & inexpert folk, shd. tell us who be & who be not fit for our council." Vide La Belle Assemblée for October 1820, p. 151., and Mounted on page 33 of: George Humphrey shop album.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by G. Humphrey, Feby. 14, 1821, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Vansittart, Nicholas, 1766-1851, Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547., and Dionysus (Greek deity)
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Boots, Thrones, Oxen, Bowing, Petitions, Liberty cap, Pitchforks, Podiums, Crowns, Scepters, Butchers, Fools & jesters, Mortars & pestles, Medical equipment & supplies, Ceremonial maces, Bishops, Bags, Whips, Honor guards, and Windows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A scene in the new farce as performed at the Royalty Theatre! / [graphic]
13. A peep into Cotton Yard Aviary, with the peculiar method of feeding to suit a R-y-l palate new version. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, attributed name
- Published / Created:
- [October 1820]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Heading to a broadside printed in two columns. In a coop (right) are cocks and hens with human heads, the foreign witnesses against Queen Caroline. Sidmouth empties coins from a large green bag into their feeding trough, resting one foot on an apothecary's pestle and mortar. On the extreme left is a countryman in a smock who hands a letter to Castlereagh, saying: "Your Servent Sirs, I be com'd from a great fat Gentleman at W--d--r who wishes to know whether your Foreign Brood feeds well and if they are likely to pay for their keeping and he hopes, you'll keep a strict Eye over 'em and not let 'em take Flight as he understands they are very shy--and he says you shou'd look to their Plumage as he dont know but they may soon be made a Show of." Castlereagh, who holds a scourge, answers: "They thrive so fast they'll soon be fit for use--The Napoleons are more fattening than Caroline Rice but I'm rather afraid of that Rastellian Capon he seems to wish to peck his way out and be off--I'm afraid he's drank too much from the Po-Well as the water at present is rather Stagnated and now he's in good condition the Milan Springs [see British Museum Satires No. 13755, &c.] must be more palatable." Liverpool stands with a hand on Castlereagh's shoulder, silently holding a large purse inscribed 'Treasury Grain'. His back is to Sidmouth, who says: "True good C--r--gh I do declare they have Molted well already what a wonderful change--& if Brougham dont clip their Wings they'll amply repay us for our trouble for they can (according to the Old Proverb) Lie as fast as a Cock pecks Barley." Majocchi looks out through the bars, saying: "I am Cock of the Walk. If you wish more to know I'm the Infamous Segnior Non mi Ri cor do" [see British Museum Satires No. 13827]. Louise Demont looks up pertly: "Once Femme De Chambre To the Queen Now I support Sids Bag of Green [see British Museum Satires No. 13735] Doodle doo." Rastelli: "I think I've had too much good living--and as I've a great weight in my Chest a Complain [sic] incidental to Cotton Yard I'll take the earliest opportunity of leaving the Coop-- besides who knows but that Phisicians Brougham and Co. might prescribe Rue and other obnoxious drugs as a remedy for the Complain." ...."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Peep into Cotton Yard Aviary, with the peculiar method of feeding to suit a Royal palate
- Description:
- Title from letterpress text below image., Questionable attribution to Robert Cruikshank from the British Museum catalogue., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Eight stanzas of verse in two columns beneath title, printed in letterpress: Most Noble Lords, cried G-e the Great, I have a cause of wond'rous weight ..., "Price one shilling. Entered at Stationers' Hall"--Below imprint., Publisher's advertisement at bottom of sheet: N.B. Just published, price sixpence, The cock of Cotton Walk, and the maid of all work., Watermark: J. Budgen 1819., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 67 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Londondery [sic]," "Liverpool," and "Sidmouth" identified in ink below image; date "Aug. 1820" written beneath lower right corner of image. Typed extract of nine lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
- Publisher:
- Published by C.E. Pritchard, Islington Green
- Subject (Name):
- Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820, Demont, Louisa, active 1814-1820, Rastelli, Giuseppe, active 1820, and Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868.
- Subject (Topic):
- Poultry houses, Witnesses, Bags, Coins, Troughs, Mortars & pestles, Whips, and Purses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A peep into Cotton Yard Aviary, with the peculiar method of feeding to suit a R-y-l palate new version. [graphic]
14. A beau-clerk for a banking-concern [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1825]
- Call Number:
- 825.03.00.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Mrs. Coutts (right), fat, swarthy, and moustached, sits at a table, holding out a cheque for £100.000 to Lord Burford. Her Cheque Book lies on the table. He steps forward, hat in hand, left hand on breast, in profile to the right. She says: Why you seem to be a good looking hard working young fellow, but I must tell you my business is extensive And I shall expect you will employ your time day and night for the benefit of the Concern, you must also be humble and submissive, should this be realized on Trial I will make you a Sleeping Partner. And here's a trifle for you to buy a pair of gloves. He answers with eager deference: You may depend upon it Madam I shall endeavour to give you every satisfaction. I shall be very attentive and if I can't get through the business as you like, you are at liberty to employ an Assistant. Mrs. Coutts is décolletée and bejewelled, wearing a turban trimmed with a paradise-plume. The gold-bordered tablecloth is weighted with balls inscribed £20,000 and £9,000. Large money-bags are on the floor behind her: £800,000 and . . . 000. Under her chair are a glass and a decanter of White Tape. Behind her is a picture of heaped sovereigns and money-bags. Other pictures are a cow looking over the wall of Mrs C--s Dairy, and (left) a castle: View near St Albans. The chairs are decorated with coins pouring from cornucopias."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Matted to: 32 x 46.4 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 1825 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
- Subject (Name):
- St. Albans, Harriot Mellon, Duchess of, 1777?-1837 and St. Albans, William Beauclerk, Duke of, 1801-1849
- Subject (Topic):
- Tables, Tablecloths, Checks, Turbans, Jewelry, Bags, Money, Chairs, Cornucopias, and Pictures
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A beau-clerk for a banking-concern [graphic]
15. A sea voyage taken by the recommendation of Doctor Sid. & Co. for the restoration of the great babes health [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Sepr. 1820.
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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.
- Subject (Topic):
- Monarchy, Politicians, Yachts, Yachting, Costume, yachts, Adultery, Arrivals & departures, Bottles, Bags, Alcoholic beverages, Purses, Medical equipment & supplies, Chamber pots, Weather vanes, Turtles, Knives, Spoons, Baskets, Kettles, and Sailors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A sea voyage taken by the recommendation of Doctor Sid. & Co. for the restoration of the great babes health [graphic].
16. Doctors, bishops, judges, generals, and statesmen at hard work, or, A sitting committee [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [July 1820]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 25. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Ministers, horribly griped, sit on a vast Green Bag (see British Museum Satires No. 13735), trying to hatch eggs. The King hits the kneeling Bloomfield in the face, saying 'They shall hatch by G--d!' John Bull and a soldier (see British Museum Satires No. 13850) watch derisively. Behind him is the Pavilion."--British Museum catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Sitting committee and Shitting committee
- Description:
- Title etched below image; the letter "i" in "sitting" is formed from the letter "h" with its left side scored through, suggesting the word "shitting.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Plat [sic] 7"--Upper left corner., and Mounted on page 25 of: George Humphrey shop album.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 1820 by Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- 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, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Bishops, Military officers, Bags, Defecation, and Soldiers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Doctors, bishops, judges, generals, and statesmen at hard work, or, A sitting committee [graphic]
17. Doctors, bishops, judges, generals, and statesmen at hard work, or, A sitting committee [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [July 1820]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 25. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Ministers, horribly griped, sit on a vast Green Bag (see British Museum Satires No. 13735), trying to hatch eggs. The King hits the kneeling Bloomfield in the face, saying 'They shall hatch by G--d!' John Bull and a soldier (see British Museum Satires No. 13850) watch derisively. Behind him is the Pavilion."--British Museum catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Sitting committee and Shitting committee
- Description:
- Title etched below image; the letter "i" in "sitting" is formed from the letter "h" with its left side scored through, suggesting the word "shitting.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Plat [sic] 7"--Upper left corner., 1 print : etching ; sheet 27.1 x 42.1 cm., Printed on wove paper with watermark "Ivy Mill 1817"; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 40 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Bloomfield," "Liverpool," "Wellington," "Eldon," "Londondery [sic]," and "Sidmouth" identified in ink at bottom of sheet; date "July 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of three lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted to the left of print.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 1820 by Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- 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, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Bishops, Military officers, Bags, Defecation, and Soldiers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Doctors, bishops, judges, generals, and statesmen at hard work, or, A sitting committee [graphic]
18. Public opinion!! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [June 1820]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 34. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire: a balance with George IV and his ministers with green bags on one pan being outweighed by Queen Caroline alone on the other, with John Bull cheering in the centre and soldiers toasting her at the right."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on page 34 of: George Humphrey shop album.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 1820 by Benbow, St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
- 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, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843., Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Scales, Bags, Soldiers, and Toasting
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Public opinion!! [graphic]
19. Public opinion!! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [June 1820]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 34. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire: a balance with George IV and his ministers with green bags on one pan being outweighed by Queen Caroline alone on the other, with John Bull cheering in the centre and soldiers toasting her at the right."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 24.9 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.2 x 35.3 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., 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 With ink annotations in lower margin identifying figures in the image: Wilberforce, Sidmouth, Eldon, Liverpool, Londondery [sic], Caroline. Additionally annotated with the date "June 1820" in lower right.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 1820 by Benbow, St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
- 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, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843., Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Scales, Bags, Soldiers, and Toasting
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Public opinion!! [graphic]
20. The Catholic association, or, Paddy coming it strong!! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [February 1825]
- Call Number:
- 825.02.00.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Canning stands on a platform (left) which is surrounded by a dense crowd of ruffianly looking Irishmen, some with pikes and banners. With his top-hat in his right hand, the (gloved) left hand extended, he says: Gentlemen, may I beg to know what it is you all want?--you may depend upon my firm support. One of the mob, raising a clenched fist, answers: Now dont you know what we want better than ourselves? so you do. O the devils in it but you have a bad memory. Well den we want our Rights my dear honey. Other shouts are: Yes and our Wrongs; And the Parliament; And the Union back again. A tattered ruffian with a cocked blunderbuss inscribed Redress says Musha--bad luck to you. Two shout O Connell for ever, and a third says: By the powers of Potteen we'll have O'Connell in Parliament to assist you my darling. Two men shout Erin go Bragh. A man holding a pike shouts Canning for ever well done my Jewel. Four others: Down with the Orangemen; Success to Captain Rock [see British Museum Satires No. 14675]; And the good old days of King James; Och! Spelspeen. A villainous-looking monk holds a large cross inscribed Religion; it is topped by a spike supporting a bonnet rouge. A crosier to which is tied a large money-bag inscribed Catholic Rent is held high. Banners are inscribed: O'Connell for ever; Six Millions of People [red] surmounted by a green pennant on which is an Irish harp; and Toleration. In the foreground a woman with two children gazes up at Canning; a few other women are among the crowd. A man seated on the shoulders of another plays a fiddle: a bottle is brandished and bludgeons, one spiked, are displayed. An enormous crowd with pikes, receding in perspective, is indicated in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Paddy coming it strong!!
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and With circular ink stamp "Marks Collection" on verso.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 1825 by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Canning, George, 1770-1827 and O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847.
- Subject (Topic):
- Catholic emancipation, Stages (Platforms), Crowds, Ethnic stereotypes, Pikes (Weapons), Banners, Monks, Crosses, Liberty cap, Crosiers, Bags, Money, Clubs (Weapons), and Violins
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Catholic association, or, Paddy coming it strong!! [graphic]
21. The Devil's ball, or, There never were such times!! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1820]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satirical broadside: an etching of a scene in Hell with the Devil playing a violin while devils and judges dance around the Green Bag, and the Cabinet roast; surrounded on all sides by letterpress."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- There never were such times!!
- Description:
- Title from letterpress text above image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1990,1109.62., One column of verse printed on either side of plate; the heading "The Devil's ball" is printed at head of leftmost column, beneath which are the instructions "Devil. -- Recitative accompanied." The verses begin: Huzza! There never were such times, not even in th' infernal climes ..., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with minimal loss of letterpress text from lower left corner., "(Entered at Stationers' Hall)"--Lower left., Publisher's advertisement and price statement above imprint: The new version of The cradle hymn, with a humourous engraving representing Goody Sid rocking the great baby! The Devil's ball, 1s. 6d. coloured. -- The cradle hymn, 1s. coloured., Publisher's announcement below imprint: N.B. More "good things" are in preparation. The next will be "John Bull and the gamblers, or, The King, the knave, and the Queen of Hearts," with some humourous poetry by the author of the "Cradle hymn" and the "Devil's ball.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 15 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and With the figures of "Sidmouth, Liverpool, Eldon, Londondery [sic]" identified in black ink below image. The text "2d." in price statement has been crossed out in black ink. Various blank spaces in the printed verses have been filled in using red or black ink, to complete the censored names and to write out the word "Hell" in the intended spot.
- Publisher:
- Published by T. Dolby, 299, Strand, and 34, Wardour Street, Soho
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Judges, Devil, Demons, Hell, Fires, Musical instruments, Dance, Serpents, Toads, and Bags
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Devil's ball, or, There never were such times!! [graphic]
22. The broken crown, or, The disasters of a green-bag chief!!! new version. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [November or December 1820]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 38. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Heading to a printed broadside. Four Ministers, summoned by the King, sit at a table bending over a crown broken into two pieces. Sidmouth (right), tilting forward his seat, which is a commode, holds his clyster-pipe; in his pocket is a bottle labelled 'Strong Mixture'. He says: "There seems to have been a flaw in it for some years it only required a slight tap to do all the mischief." Liverpool, next him, says: "Some Foreign Cement or a decoction of steel lozenges [see British Museum Satires No. 13513] properly applied may stick them together for the present, but I'm afraid it won't last long, the parts seem of opposite compositions." Castlereagh says, with a sinister smile: "By the Ghost of my Father I will hold it together by a Tringular [sic] Proceeding. & whip it all round" [see British Museum Satires No. 14135]. Wellington, dressed as a field-marshal, and wearing cavalry boots with huge spurs, sits in a chair decorated with military emblems; he says: "Steel filings and leaded paste is the only Composition to be depended on." At his feet are bayonets and cannon-balls, with (left) a cannon, and a huge ball inscribed 'Bolus'. Behind Sidmouth stands George IV (right) in consultation with Eldon; he weeps, holding his handkerchief to his eye, and says, pointing to his Ministers: "Cant Sid my Tool and L--r--pl, Some how contrive to mend it." Eldon, in Chancellor's wig and gown, holds the lower end of the mace against his chin with a puzzled scowl. He answers: "Dash my Wig if I know what to do! my head's in Chancery." Beside him are two 'Old Green Bags done with' [see British Museum Satires Nos. 13735, 13986]. At the King's feet is a paper: 'Straight Jacket'. By Sidmouth's chair are papers: 'A Blister for the Radicals if they Kick up a Row'; 'A Gagging Bandage', with a pot of 'Poison for the Q . . .' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13868]. Also the words 'Filth', 'Dirt'. On the extreme left, John Bull, a stout and formidable 'cit', is seated on a bale inscribed 'Knowledge is Power' [see British Museum Satires No. 14005]. One hand is on his hip, the other on a bludgeon of 'English Oak'. He says, frowning at the Ministers: "I think the following prescription would be the best Cement, a handful of reformation; a large portion of the abolition of Sinicures [sic], a ladle full of the reduction of Taxes, with a plentiful solution of the Oil of Just Claims, and attention to the wants of an industrious part of the Community, would more safely ensure a permanent union with the separate pieces than all the cement or steel lozengers [sic] in the world." The Queen looks in through a small window, Wood looking over her shoulder; they watch the proceedings, tense and indignant. Above the King's head is a shelf of 'Chinese Toys from Hot Creek': a little pagoda flanked by figures of (left) a fat lady and a thin man (the Conynghams) and (right) a squatting obese man (the King). The last two of seven verses (of a 'New Version'): "She claims a share "To all (I swear!) "That I possess;--but mind her "Good C--tl--gh, "Look sharp--d'y' see "There's Radicals behind her. "A stronger pill "'S required still "Than G--ff--d's famous lotion; "Your brains well shake, "The corners rake, To give the jade a motion."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Disasters of a green-bag chief!!!
- Description:
- Title from letterpress text below image., Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., "Price one shilling"--Below imprint., 1 print : etching ; sheet 38 x 26 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Imperfect; sheet trimmed resulting in loss of imprint statement and price statement from bottom edge., and Mounted on page 38 of: George Humphrey shop album.
- Publisher:
- Printed for O. Hodgson, 43, King Street, Snow Hill
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861., and Conyngham, Henry, Marquess, 1766-1832.
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Tables, Crowns, Medical equipment & supplies, Bayonets, Cannons, Cannon balls, Crying, Ceremonial maces, Bags, and Windows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The broken crown, or, The disasters of a green-bag chief!!! new version. [graphic]
23. The broken crown, or, The disasters of a green-bag chief!!! new version. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [November or December 1820]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 38. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Heading to a printed broadside. Four Ministers, summoned by the King, sit at a table bending over a crown broken into two pieces. Sidmouth (right), tilting forward his seat, which is a commode, holds his clyster-pipe; in his pocket is a bottle labelled 'Strong Mixture'. He says: "There seems to have been a flaw in it for some years it only required a slight tap to do all the mischief." Liverpool, next him, says: "Some Foreign Cement or a decoction of steel lozenges [see British Museum Satires No. 13513] properly applied may stick them together for the present, but I'm afraid it won't last long, the parts seem of opposite compositions." Castlereagh says, with a sinister smile: "By the Ghost of my Father I will hold it together by a Tringular [sic] Proceeding. & whip it all round" [see British Museum Satires No. 14135]. Wellington, dressed as a field-marshal, and wearing cavalry boots with huge spurs, sits in a chair decorated with military emblems; he says: "Steel filings and leaded paste is the only Composition to be depended on." At his feet are bayonets and cannon-balls, with (left) a cannon, and a huge ball inscribed 'Bolus'. Behind Sidmouth stands George IV (right) in consultation with Eldon; he weeps, holding his handkerchief to his eye, and says, pointing to his Ministers: "Cant Sid my Tool and L--r--pl, Some how contrive to mend it." Eldon, in Chancellor's wig and gown, holds the lower end of the mace against his chin with a puzzled scowl. He answers: "Dash my Wig if I know what to do! my head's in Chancery." Beside him are two 'Old Green Bags done with' [see British Museum Satires Nos. 13735, 13986]. At the King's feet is a paper: 'Straight Jacket'. By Sidmouth's chair are papers: 'A Blister for the Radicals if they Kick up a Row'; 'A Gagging Bandage', with a pot of 'Poison for the Q . . .' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13868]. Also the words 'Filth', 'Dirt'. On the extreme left, John Bull, a stout and formidable 'cit', is seated on a bale inscribed 'Knowledge is Power' [see British Museum Satires No. 14005]. One hand is on his hip, the other on a bludgeon of 'English Oak'. He says, frowning at the Ministers: "I think the following prescription would be the best Cement, a handful of reformation; a large portion of the abolition of Sinicures [sic], a ladle full of the reduction of Taxes, with a plentiful solution of the Oil of Just Claims, and attention to the wants of an industrious part of the Community, would more safely ensure a permanent union with the separate pieces than all the cement or steel lozengers [sic] in the world." The Queen looks in through a small window, Wood looking over her shoulder; they watch the proceedings, tense and indignant. Above the King's head is a shelf of 'Chinese Toys from Hot Creek': a little pagoda flanked by figures of (left) a fat lady and a thin man (the Conynghams) and (right) a squatting obese man (the King). The last two of seven verses (of a 'New Version'): "She claims a share "To all (I swear!) "That I possess;--but mind her "Good C--tl--gh, "Look sharp--d'y' see "There's Radicals behind her. "A stronger pill "'S required still "Than G--ff--d's famous lotion; "Your brains well shake, "The corners rake, To give the jade a motion."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Disasters of a green-bag chief!!!
- Description:
- Title from letterpress text below image., Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., "Price one shilling"--Below imprint., Watermark: Fellows 1819., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 65 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "J. Bull," "Ald. Wood," "Q. Caroline," "Wellington," "Londonderry," "Liverpool," "Sidmouth," "Geo. IV," and "Eldon" identified in ink below image. Typed extract of ten lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
- Publisher:
- Printed for O. Hodgson, 43, King Street, Snow Hill
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861., and Conyngham, Henry, Marquess, 1766-1832.
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Tables, Crowns, Medical equipment & supplies, Bayonets, Cannons, Cannon balls, Crying, Ceremonial maces, Bags, and Windows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The broken crown, or, The disasters of a green-bag chief!!! new version. [graphic]
24. The broom sold!! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [July 1827]
- Call Number:
- 827.07.00.04+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print shows George Canning standing on the left holding a broom and a bag of money labeled "Gold" which he is giving to Henry Brougham who wears the dress of a German broom-girl over his parliamentary clothing and "Canning (left), in a court suit with bag-wig and sword, stands outside the door of the Treasury completing a bargain with Brougham. The latter is dressed as a German broom-girl as in British Museum Satires No. 14769, &c, with legal bands and a little cap perched on his barrister's wig, and very clumsy legs and feet. He has handed Canning his broom and takes in return a bag of Gold; his new silk gown is in his left hand. Canning says: Here's Money, and a hansome [sic] Silken Gown. Brougham watches Canning with a penetrating appraising smile; he answers: For my Proom, I could not take mush less."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Matted to: 45 x 31 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 1827 by T. McLean, Hay-Market
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868., and Canning, George, 1770-1827.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bribery, Brooms & brushes, Politics & government, Suits (Clothing), Wigs, and Bags
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The broom sold!! [graphic]
25. The master cook and his black scullion composing a royal hash [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [July 1820]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 24. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A big cauldron rests on the bent backs of Wellington (left), supporting himself on his sword, Sidmouth, knock-kneed and holding a clyster-pipe, and Castlereagh (right), dandified and bland. From their mouths floats a scroll inscribed: "O is not this a Dainty Dish to set before a King." They are on a much smaller scale than the cooks, who stand one on each side, stirring the brew. One (left) is fashionably dressed, and stalwart, with brown complexion and negroid hair. He holds a green bag inscribed 'Rakings of Italy' and uses a spoon. A winged demon whispers in his ear: "Never mind the dirty work my boy it won't spoil your Complexion." He says: "It wants more seasoning master Cook." The other, pale and emaciated, and wearing barrister's wig and bands, stands on a large dispatch-box in order to reach the pot; this is inscribed 'G.R Milan Commission'. He stirs with a rolled document, and answers: "Indeed Mungo it must be warmer to be relished." Behind him and clutching his shoulder stands a large Devil, who says: "This beats the black Broth of Satan." The steam from the pot forms a background for a large fantastic face or mask, George IV, saying: "The Odour of this Cookery is exquisite! How Invigorating!! How Reviving!""--British Museum online catalogue and "A satire on the Milan Commission, instructed by Leach in 1818 to go abroad to procure evidence against the Princess of Wales, its report to the Cabinet in July 1819 forming the contents of the Green Bags, see British Museum Satires No. 13735. The barrister is William Cooke, his companion is his assistant, Lt.-Col. Browne (residing in Milan): Mungo (from Bickerstaffe's comic opera 'The Padlock') was a generic term for a negro, the name also implying one who does dirty jobs, cf. British Museum Satires No. 5030. There was also a solicitor, Powell, called 'the Rat' because he had acted for Burdett in election business. See British Museum Satires No. 10708 and 'Examiner', 1820, p. 540. ..."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 24 of: George Humphrey shop album.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 1820 by Benbow, St. Clements Church Yd., Strand
- 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, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Cooke, William, 1757-1832, and Browne, Thomas Henry, active 1820
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Cauldrons, Daggers & swords, Medical equipment & supplies, Cooks, Cookery, Cooking utensils, Demons, Devil, Documents, Boxes, and Bags
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The master cook and his black scullion composing a royal hash [graphic]
26. The master cook and his black scullion composing a royal hash [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [July 1820]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 24. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A big cauldron rests on the bent backs of Wellington (left), supporting himself on his sword, Sidmouth, knock-kneed and holding a clyster-pipe, and Castlereagh (right), dandified and bland. From their mouths floats a scroll inscribed: "O is not this a Dainty Dish to set before a King." They are on a much smaller scale than the cooks, who stand one on each side, stirring the brew. One (left) is fashionably dressed, and stalwart, with brown complexion and negroid hair. He holds a green bag inscribed 'Rakings of Italy' and uses a spoon. A winged demon whispers in his ear: "Never mind the dirty work my boy it won't spoil your Complexion." He says: "It wants more seasoning master Cook." The other, pale and emaciated, and wearing barrister's wig and bands, stands on a large dispatch-box in order to reach the pot; this is inscribed 'G.R Milan Commission'. He stirs with a rolled document, and answers: "Indeed Mungo it must be warmer to be relished." Behind him and clutching his shoulder stands a large Devil, who says: "This beats the black Broth of Satan." The steam from the pot forms a background for a large fantastic face or mask, George IV, saying: "The Odour of this Cookery is exquisite! How Invigorating!! How Reviving!""--British Museum online catalogue and "A satire on the Milan Commission, instructed by Leach in 1818 to go abroad to procure evidence against the Princess of Wales, its report to the Cabinet in July 1819 forming the contents of the Green Bags, see British Museum Satires No. 13735. The barrister is William Cooke, his companion is his assistant, Lt.-Col. Browne (residing in Milan): Mungo (from Bickerstaffe's comic opera 'The Padlock') was a generic term for a negro, the name also implying one who does dirty jobs, cf. British Museum Satires No. 5030. There was also a solicitor, Powell, called 'the Rat' because he had acted for Burdett in election business. See British Museum Satires No. 10708 and 'Examiner', 1820, p. 540. ..."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 24.9 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.4 x 35.5 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 41 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and The figures of "Wellington," "Sidmouth," "Londondery [sic]," and "Cooke" identified in black ink in lower margin; date "July 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of seventeen lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 1820 by Benbow, St. Clements Church Yd., Strand
- 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, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Cooke, William, 1757-1832, and Browne, Thomas Henry, active 1820
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Cauldrons, Daggers & swords, Medical equipment & supplies, Cooks, Cookery, Cooking utensils, Demons, Devil, Documents, Boxes, and Bags
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The master cook and his black scullion composing a royal hash [graphic]
27. The time piece! & cunning Jack o' both sides [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [June 1820]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 34. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elaborate symbolical clock has a dial on which the hands are represented by the arms of the Queen, who kneels within it. Canning stands within the smaller disk of the pendulum. The dial and pendulum hang from a curved bar supported on two uprights, one (left) representing the forces of the Army and Navy, the Crown and the Church, and the other the Radicals and their pikes. A fat and carbuncled John Bull, much larger in scale than the other figures, and wearing a huge judge's wig, sits astride the dial where it is surmounted by a crown; he holds a paper: 'Chief justice Bull--Jurisdiction--ad Infinitum'. On the rim of the dial: (left) 'King', 'Lords', (right) 'Commons'. The Queen kneels in profile to the right, her left arm pointing to the crown, her right towards the 'Commons'. The supports of the dial are (left) a cornucopia filled with sovereigns, and (right) a giant cap of Liberty, shaped like the cornucopia, from which project the heads of men wearing bonnets-rouges. On the cornucopia are Liverpool, holding out the 'Green Bag', see British Museum Satires No. 13735, Eldon, Sidmouth with his clyster-pipe, and a fourth Minister. On the bonnet rouge stand four of the Queen's supporters, one (apparently Wood) holding out to her a cap of Liberty. A small scene is inset below the dial, flanked by cornucopia and cap of Liberty. The Green Bag lies on a table, across which Castlereagh (left) and Brougham (right), both wearing boxing-gloves, are fighting, the former on the defensive. Each has a second, Brougham's is a second barrister (? Denman). Below this appear seven vertical rods to which the disk of the pendulum is attached. The centre one is 'Unhappy Medium'. On the left, held by cross-bands inscribed 'Golden Argument' and 'Valuable ties', are 'Royal Sunshine', 'Sinecure', and 'Tangible etcetrias'. On the right, held by 'Magnanimity' [tricolour], are 'Quixotism', 'Public Champion', and 'Radical Celebrity'. Canning stands within the disk of the pendulum, both hands held up, looking in gloomy perplexity to the left. He hesitates between the contrasted lures of the pendulum bars. He is standing between a crown and a cap of Liberty. On the left a winged infant flies off with a money-bag, inscribed '1000', saying, "Adieu!" A similar infant (right) proffers a cap of Liberty, saying, "See here Glory waits thee." Above the disk: 'The Uncertainty of all Sublunary Honors'. The design is bordered, left and right, by the two supports of the beam. On the left a jovial sailor and a handsome soldier stand on a base formed of a 'Treasury Iron Chest'. The corresponding figures on the right are two ragged ruffians with linked arms, each holding a spiked bludgeon and a dagger, who stand on a similar chest: 'Pandora's Box'. Flags are draped above the heads of both: the Royal Arms and Union Jack with a crown (left), and a tricolour flag and a (piratical) black flag (right). Above these are (left) a mitre resting on a Bible, crossed swords, and bayonets, supporting a block on which is a crown. On the opposite side are three caps of Liberty, crossed bludgeon and dagger, and pikes, supporting a block on which is yet another cap of Liberty."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Time piece! & Canning Jack o' both sides, Time piece! and cunning Jack o' both sides, and Time piece! and Canning Jack o' both sides
- Description:
- Title etched below image; the letter "u" in "cunning" is etched above a scored-through letter "a", altering the name "Canning". and Mounted on page 34 of: George Humphrey shop album.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 1820 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess St.
- Subject (Name):
- Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, and Canning, George, 1770-1827
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Clocks & watches, Soldiers, Sailors, Spears, Wigs, Crowns, Cornucopias, Liberty cap, Bags, Medical equipment & supplies, Boxing, Lawyers, Money, and Putti
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The time piece! & cunning Jack o' both sides [graphic]
28. The time piece! & cunning Jack o' both sides [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [June 1820]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 34. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elaborate symbolical clock has a dial on which the hands are represented by the arms of the Queen, who kneels within it. Canning stands within the smaller disk of the pendulum. The dial and pendulum hang from a curved bar supported on two uprights, one (left) representing the forces of the Army and Navy, the Crown and the Church, and the other the Radicals and their pikes. A fat and carbuncled John Bull, much larger in scale than the other figures, and wearing a huge judge's wig, sits astride the dial where it is surmounted by a crown; he holds a paper: 'Chief justice Bull--Jurisdiction--ad Infinitum'. On the rim of the dial: (left) 'King', 'Lords', (right) 'Commons'. The Queen kneels in profile to the right, her left arm pointing to the crown, her right towards the 'Commons'. The supports of the dial are (left) a cornucopia filled with sovereigns, and (right) a giant cap of Liberty, shaped like the cornucopia, from which project the heads of men wearing bonnets-rouges. On the cornucopia are Liverpool, holding out the 'Green Bag', see British Museum Satires No. 13735, Eldon, Sidmouth with his clyster-pipe, and a fourth Minister. On the bonnet rouge stand four of the Queen's supporters, one (apparently Wood) holding out to her a cap of Liberty. A small scene is inset below the dial, flanked by cornucopia and cap of Liberty. The Green Bag lies on a table, across which Castlereagh (left) and Brougham (right), both wearing boxing-gloves, are fighting, the former on the defensive. Each has a second, Brougham's is a second barrister (? Denman). Below this appear seven vertical rods to which the disk of the pendulum is attached. The centre one is 'Unhappy Medium'. On the left, held by cross-bands inscribed 'Golden Argument' and 'Valuable ties', are 'Royal Sunshine', 'Sinecure', and 'Tangible etcetrias'. On the right, held by 'Magnanimity' [tricolour], are 'Quixotism', 'Public Champion', and 'Radical Celebrity'. Canning stands within the disk of the pendulum, both hands held up, looking in gloomy perplexity to the left. He hesitates between the contrasted lures of the pendulum bars. He is standing between a crown and a cap of Liberty. On the left a winged infant flies off with a money-bag, inscribed '1000', saying, "Adieu!" A similar infant (right) proffers a cap of Liberty, saying, "See here Glory waits thee." Above the disk: 'The Uncertainty of all Sublunary Honors'. The design is bordered, left and right, by the two supports of the beam. On the left a jovial sailor and a handsome soldier stand on a base formed of a 'Treasury Iron Chest'. The corresponding figures on the right are two ragged ruffians with linked arms, each holding a spiked bludgeon and a dagger, who stand on a similar chest: 'Pandora's Box'. Flags are draped above the heads of both: the Royal Arms and Union Jack with a crown (left), and a tricolour flag and a (piratical) black flag (right). Above these are (left) a mitre resting on a Bible, crossed swords, and bayonets, supporting a block on which is a crown. On the opposite side are three caps of Liberty, crossed bludgeon and dagger, and pikes, supporting a block on which is yet another cap of Liberty."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Time piece! & Canning Jack o' both sides, Time piece! and cunning Jack o' both sides, and Time piece! and Canning Jack o' both sides
- Description:
- Title etched below image; the letter "u" in "cunning" is etched above a scored-through letter "a", altering the name "Canning"., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 39.1 x 25.8 cm, on sheet 40.3 x 26.7 cm., Printed on wove paper with watermark "J. Whatman 1820"; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 28 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and With manuscript annotations within image that identify several of the persons depicted. The figures of "Sidmouth," "Liverpool," and "Caroline" are identified in red ink; "Londondery [sic]" and "Brougham" in black ink; and "Canning" in pencil. Date "June 1820" added in black in ink lower right. Typed extract of forty lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 1820 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess St.
- Subject (Name):
- Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, and Canning, George, 1770-1827
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Clocks & watches, Soldiers, Sailors, Spears, Wigs, Crowns, Cornucopias, Liberty cap, Bags, Medical equipment & supplies, Boxing, Lawyers, Money, and Putti
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The time piece! & cunning Jack o' both sides [graphic]
29. A lawyer & his client [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- May 1812.
- Call Number:
- 812.05.00.02
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 60. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A stout lawyer puts his left arm across the shoulders of a lean and distraught client, gripping him with a sinister show of affection, while he scrutinizes his face with the calculating smile of false friendship. He takes a sheaf of 'One' pound notes from his victim's hand. The lawyer is fashionably dressed; a brief-bag is slung from his arm. The client wears old-fashioned dress; his shoes are distended by bunions."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Lawyer and his client
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Law -- Brief bag -- Bunions -- Lawyers and clients.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
- Subject (Topic):
- Lawyers, Bags, and Money
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A lawyer & his client [graphic].
30. A lawyer & his client [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- May 1812.
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 60. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A stout lawyer puts his left arm across the shoulders of a lean and distraught client, gripping him with a sinister show of affection, while he scrutinizes his face with the calculating smile of false friendship. He takes a sheaf of 'One' pound notes from his victim's hand. The lawyer is fashionably dressed; a brief-bag is slung from his arm. The client wears old-fashioned dress; his shoes are distended by bunions."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Lawyer and his client
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Law -- Brief bag -- Bunions -- Lawyers and clients., Leaf 60 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.4 x 21.2 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
- Subject (Topic):
- Lawyers, Bags, and Money
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A lawyer & his client [graphic].