"Ministers sit on a large sack (the Green Bag, see British Museum Satires No. 13735), surrounded by Grenadier Guards standing at attention with fixed bayonets. Most prominent is Eldon, holding a paper inscribed 'Precedent', with an arm round Castlereagh's shoulder. Sidmouth (left) holds his clyster-pipe. Canning (right) hides his face in his hand (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13971). Harrowby sits next him. Wellington stands with drawn sabre, to give an order to the Guards. P. 7: F, for the fun that enlivened the city, And flashed in Pall-Mall [Carlton House] till Grub-St. was witty. ... Ministers are trying 'To hatch the Green Egg ...'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
F, for the fun that enlivened the city, and flashed in Pall-Mall till Grub-St. was witty ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Alternative title from letterpress text on facing page of the bound work., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820., Mounted on page 9 of: George Humphrey shop album., and Mounted opposite the sheet of corresponding letterpress text that would have faced the plate in the bound work.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
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, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Harrowby, Dudley Ryder, Earl of, 1762-1847, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Rosco.
Subject (Topic):
Bags, Soldiers, Bayonets, Swords, and Medical equipment & supplies
"Rectangular bundles of documents, supported on human legs, march towards a writing-table (left) where two men await them eagerly, one being evidently Lord Stewart. These bundles recede in perspective from right to left. The two largest are inscribed: 'From Switzerland Via Colombier the Capital of Europe' and 'From Milan by the Brown road'. The others are: 'From Trieste'; 'From Carlsruhe'; 'Como'; 'Italy'; 'Devil'; 'Moloch'; 'Lucifer'. A bird flies towards the table with a paper inscribed 'Private'. Forked lightning darts towards the table, beside which trunks, boxes, and papers are piled, with a paper headed '... [Maj]ochys deposition'. Towards the table from the left advances (from an ornate Gothic building) a procession of lawyers, carrying books. P. 6: E, for the Embassy, kept on full pay, Collecting of slander and filth on the way ; ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
E, for the embassy, kept on full pay, collecting of slander and filth on the way ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Alternative title from letterpress text on facing page of the bound work., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820., Mounted on page 9 of: George Humphrey shop album., and Mounted opposite the sheet of corresponding letterpress text that would have faced the plate in the bound work.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821. and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):
Documents, Tables, Birds, Lightning, Luggage, Boxes, and Lawyers
"Three fat, bedizened women (? Ladies Hertford, Conyngham, &c.), dance in a ring, holding hands. The background is a curtain hanging in festoons. P. 5: D, for the Devils, with infamy fraught, Who first gave the Archer this cowardly thought ... The Archer had venom enough in his reach, But found the most potent exude from the Leech ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
D, for the devils, with infamy fraught, who first gave the archer this cowardly thought ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Alternative title from letterpress text on facing page of the bound work., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820., Mounted on page 9 of: George Humphrey shop album., and Mounted opposite the sheet of corresponding letterpress text that would have faced the plate in the bound work.
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., Leach, John, 1760-1834., Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, and Rosco.
"The Queen stands on the shore, making a gesture of outraged refusal to Lord Hutchinson, who bows low, proffering a paper inscribed '£50,000' (see British Museum Satires No. 13730). She points to a small vessel. P. 4: C, for the Cash that was promised to pay The Q--n, if she'd travel a different way, ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
C, for the cash that was promised to pay the Q-n, if she'd travel a different way ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Alternative title from letterpress text on facing page of the bound work., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820., Mounted on page 9 of: George Humphrey shop album., and Mounted opposite the sheet of corresponding letterpress text that would have faced the plate in the bound work.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Donoughmore, John Hely-Hutchinson, Earl of, 1757-1832, and Rosco.
"The King runs towards the Pavilion, carrying a large bow and spear, with a shield on which are a bottle and glass. At his feet kneels a demon sharpening an arrow on a leech (see No. 13740). The Pavilion is a grinning Chinese figure, with a (smaller) dome and a large minaret; it is partly hidden by smoke from which a second demon looks out. P. 3: B, for the blunder displayed, when again He strove to inflict the excesses of pain, ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
B, for the blunder displayed, when again he strove to inflict the excesses of pain ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Alternative title from letterpress text on facing page of the bound work., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820., Mounted on page 9 of: George Humphrey shop album., and Mounted opposite the sheet of corresponding letterpress text that would have faced the plate in the bound work.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Rosco., and Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England),
Subject (Topic):
Demons, Worms, Spears, Bows (Weapons), Arrows, and Shields
"George IV, on a galloping horse, aims an arrow at the crowned head of the Queen (left), which emerges above the clouds of dust raised by his horse. He wears military uniform, with peacock's feathers (see British Museum Satires No. 13299) in his cocked hat. In the distance (right) are the domes of the Pavilion. The plate faces lines beginning: A, for an Archer, who wounded a Queen, The stoutest Apollo that ever was seen, ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
A, for an archer, who wounded a queen, the stoutest Apollo that ever was seen ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Alternative title from letterpress text on facing page of the bound work., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820., Mounted on page 9 of: George Humphrey shop album., and Mounted opposite the sheet of corresponding letterpress text that would have faced the plate in the bound work.
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, Rosco., and Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England),
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Feathers, Bows (Weapons), and Archery
"Four barristers fight, all having oval shields and using rolled documents as weapons. Brougham, armed with 'Truth', and Denman with 'Justice', vanquish Gifford and Copley (Attorney-and Solicitor-General), one with a shield inscribed 'Pains' and a document inscribed 'Filth', the other with a shield inscribed 'Penalties' and a document inscribed 'Lies'. Below: 'Broomo's and Denny's judgmatical fire, Laid Giffo, with Coppo and Co. in the mire.'"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Alternative Title:
Queen's alphabet
Description:
Title engraved above image; alternative title engraved at top of plate: The Queen's alphabet., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Variant state, with differences in engraved text above image, of no. 13948 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Publisher and date of publication from description of variant state in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with probable loss of imprint statement from bottom edge., Frontispiece to: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820., Quoted text below title: "Arma virumque cano"., Mounted on page 8 of: George Humphrey shop album., and Mounted with eight sheets of letterpress text, for letters A-H, meant to face the corresponding plates in bound copies of Horrida bella.
Publisher:
G. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, and Rosco.
"Caricature on Queen Caroline, who is sponged in her bath by Bergami, while a maid throws up her hands in horror."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Delicate recreations on board a polacre
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Theodore Lane from a similar print, likewise bearing the signature of "Selim" and also published by George Humphrey in October 1820, that is attributed to Lane in the British Museum online catalogue. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.12.160., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10, no. 13890., and Mounted on page 5 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 1820 by G. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
"Caricature on the trial of Queen Caroline: John Bull dances holding a card with the Queen of Hearts, while other hearts dance around his feet."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bull's trump
Description:
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on page 5 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Published August 1820 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Playing cards, Hearts (Symbols), and Dance