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145. The genius of history, or, Dressing for a masked ball at Naples [graphic]

Creator:: Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, attributed name
Published / Created:: [October 1820]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Page 4. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The Princess of Wales, squat and fat, wearing a short transparent dress, adjusts her hair at a large glass above a console table on which lies her black mask. Bergami stands beside her, holding a scarf and a box of 'Essence Bergamy'; he wears orders (see British Museum Satires No. 13810, &c.). She asks: "Comment me trouves tu Mon cour" [sic]? He answers: "Je t'aime mieux comme" / "cela, mon Ange". Through a window reaching to the floor (right) is seen Vesuvius."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Dressing for a masked ball at Naples
Description:: Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum online catalogue., and Mounted on page 4 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:: Pubd. October 1820 by G. Humphrey, St. James St.
Subject (Name):: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
Subject (Topic):: Adultery, Obesity, Mirrors, Grooming, Masks, and Volcanoes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The genius of history, or, Dressing for a masked ball at Naples [graphic]

146. The saint! [graphic].

Creator:: Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Published / Created:: Decr. 9, 1820.
Call Number:: Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Page 4. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The Princess of Wales, on a chair-like saddle, sits sideways on a braying ass. She is amorously supported by Bergami, who stands behind her, raising a whip. Her head rests against his, and she ogles him, taking his chin. Behind is the door of a house flanked by pillars. Below the title: 'One of the Points wherein Protestants and Roman Catholicks differ, is that the latter invoke--supplicate, Saints; whereas the former hold it sufficient to honor them, and propose their good example for our imitation. Chamber's Dictionary.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Mounted on page 4 of: George Humphrey shop album.
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 Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
Subject (Topic):: Adultery and Donkeys
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The saint! [graphic].

147. The unexpected visit, or, More free than welcome [graphic].

Creator:: Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:: [17 June 1820]
Call Number:: 820.06.17.01+
Collection Title:: Page 17. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The King, in Chinese costume and seated on a cushion, among the chinoiseries of the Pavilion (cf. British Museum Satires No. 12749), throws up his arms in terror at the entry (right) of the Queen, closely followed by Alderman Wood. Her demure dress contrasts with that of a woman, who, much alarmed, runs off to the left from beside the King. Sidmouth (left) and Castlereagh (right), both in Chinese dress, are equally terrified, and Lord Eldon peeps anxiously from behind a little pagoda. Both visitors extend an arm towards the King in an authoritative gesture. Words float from them towards the King: 'Nothing extenuate nor set down aught in Malice [Othello, v. ii] men sleeping with her at Black Heath 1808 v. call Hoods [sic].'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: More free than welcome
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., and Watermark.
Publisher:: Pub. June 17th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 50 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, and Quentin, Georgina
Subject (Topic):: Adultery, Costumes, and Chinese
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The unexpected visit, or, More free than welcome [graphic].

148. Moments of pleasure [graphic].

Creator:: Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Published / Created:: 1820.
Call Number:: 820.11.00.02
Collection Title:: Page 36. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Companion plate to British Museum Satires no. 13988. Seated on a sofa, the Queen, wearing a large feathered hat, receives the news of the dropping of the Bill; beside her is a paper: 'Bill of Pains Thrown out'. Alderman Wood, in a furred gown more elegant than civic, capers before her, holding up his arms, snapping his fingers, and grinning with delight. The Queen looks up at him, with a gesture of surprised satisfaction; she is caricatured, but better characterized than in other prints, resembling the description given by Creevey of her appearance at the trial on 17 August. She sits facing a long scroll on which names of places presenting Addresses are inscribed (see British Museum Satires no. 13934, &c.): 'London' (in large letters), 'Westminster', 'So[uthwark]'. On the wall behind her is a (flattering) bust portrait of Bergami, wearing his decorations (see British Museum Satires no. 13810). In the doorway (left) are the leading members of a body of proletarian addressers; the foremost, with the curved shin-bones known as 'cheesecutters' which resulted from rickets, holds a paper: 'Address to the Queen'; they are received by a thin, sour-looking lady, evidently Lady Anne Hamilton. They have two banners: 'Queer Fellows' and 'St Gi[les]', but among them is the profile of Hobhouse, the radical M.P. for Westminster. Over the wide doorway is a picture or relief of two little puppets on a string: the King and Queen performing antics while the string is pulled by a fiddler and another man, watched by two bystanders. The room (in Brandenburgh House) is ornately furnished; a heavy curtain is draped round a pillar."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Published circa November. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: Moments of pain., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:: Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Hamilton, Anne, Lady, 1766-1846, Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869, and Brandenburgh House (London, England),
Subject (Topic):: Adultery, Crowds, Draperies, Interiors, Petitions, Puppets, and Rugs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Moments of pleasure [graphic].

149. Reflection to be, or not to be? [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:: [11 February 1820]
Call Number:: 820.02.11.01
Collection Title:: Page 27. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: George IV, looking into a full length mirror, is startled by the sight of the likeness of his estranged wife, Caroline looking back at him over the shoulder of his reflection in the mirror. He wears a crown, his coronet and feathers discarded on the floor beside him. The carpet, chair, and table-cloth are decorated with the Royal Arms
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Watermark.
Publisher:: Pubd. Feby. 11, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly, London
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Subject (Topic):: Marriage, Mirrors, and Rugs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Reflection to be, or not to be? [graphic]

150. A late arrival at Mother Wood's [graphic].

Creator:: Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:: [19 June 1820]
Call Number:: 820.06.19.01+
Collection Title:: Page 16. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Queen Caroline, stout and flamboyant, stands on the balcony over the porch of Wood's house in South Audley Street, looking down complacently with folded arms at the cheering crowd which fills the street. Alderman Wood stands cringingly behind her. A boy sits on a lamp-bracket, looking up, saying, "I've got a good place Jack I can see the whole of her." A sailor climbs one pillar of the porch, a little chimney-sweep swarms up the other. A man on horseback says: "Come down you Smutty." Another man shouts: "Clap my Boy! Clap her!!" A boy with newspapers inscribed 'Times', bawls: "Never Vas sich Times as these" [a catch-phrase]; cf. British Museum Satires No. 13729. The street is densely packed; spectators wave from the opposite windows and balcony. In the distance is a church, on the roof of which are spectators; one looks through a telescope, another asks "Can you see it." On the extreme right a parson on horseback is assailed with mud and brickbats."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Attributed to Robert Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume: 1821 -- Male costume: 1821-- Parsons., and Manuscript "267" in upper center of plate.
Publisher:: Pubd. June 19, 1820, by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843
Subject (Topic):: Balconies, Crowds, Cheering, Sailors, Chimney sweeps, Clergy, and Telescopes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A late arrival at Mother Wood's [graphic].

151. R-y-l condescension, or, A foreign minister astonished! April 1817 / [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:: [15 September 1817]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Page 3. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The Princess, in oriental dress, sits regally on a low settee, knees apart, left foot on a stool, with Pergami at her right hand, and others of her suite behind her. She addresses Metternich (right), pointing to Pergami, and saying: "Permit me Sir Prince, to present to you my sweet [scored through and replaced by] suite--" Pergami, bold, florid, and handsome, stands erect, right hand on his hip, holding his busby and the hilt of his sword. He wears hussar uniform as in British Museum Satires No. 12889, with spurred Hessian boots. Metternich, slim and elegant, wearing embroidered court dress with a sword, makes a courtier's bow, answering: "Your R--l H--s is really too Condescending?!" The Princess is a grotesque obese figure in Turkish trousers, short-waisted bodice grossly décolletée, Turkish slippers, and large turban with crescent and aigrette, wearing, like Pergami, a bunch of orders. At her right knee and between her and Metternich is little Willy Austin, cap in hand, and holding a riding-switch. He wears a short braided jacket with trousers, and a childish frill round the neck. Behind him is a stout lady-in-waiting (probably 'Countess' Oldi), oddly dressed, in round cap, décolletée high-waisted bodice and (apparently) breeches or trousers. Two gentlemen-in-waiting behind Pergami wear braided tunics with trousers gathered at the ankle. All the suite, including the boy, wear orders; the three men are whiskered and moustached. Along the wall forming a background are pictures illustrating the persons beneath. Behind Pergami is a prancing stallion with a girth inscribed 'Ich Dien: Cock horse a favourite Stallion.' Behind the Princess is 'A View in Wales', the frame decorated with the Prince's feathers: a mountainous sea-shore with goats. Behind the boy is a scraggy mule with a plume of ostrich feathers, and its tail decorated with ribbons. At its feet 'Black-heath' (see British Museum Satires No. 12027): This is 'Billy A-- favourite Mule--!!!' Above Metternich is the whole length portrait of a courtier, cocked hat in hand: 'Met--her--nick--!!'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Royal condescension, or, A foreign minister astonished! and Foreign minister astonished!
Description:: Title etched below image., "Ple. 2"--Upper left corner., Companion print to: A r-y-l visit to a foreign capital, or, The ambassador not at home!!, and Mounted on page 3 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:: Pubd. Septr. 15, 1817, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly, London
Subject (Name):: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Metternich, Clemens Wenzel Lothar, Fürst von, 1773-1859, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Subject (Topic):: Adultery, Obesity, and Bowing
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > R-y-l condescension, or, A foreign minister astonished! April 1817 / [graphic]

152. A r-y-l visit to a foreign capital, or, The ambassador not at home!! April 1817 / [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:: [15 September 1817]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Page 3. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The Princess of Wales and her suite in a carriage drawn by six horses arrive at the porte-cochère of the British Embassy in Vienna. At the gate and in front of the horses is a mounted groom or outrider blowing a trumpet, from which issue the words: 'Vite! Vite!! 7 Lits de Maitre--13-- de Domestique--!!' Facing him is a fat porter, who keeps one leaf of the gate shut, and answers: "Sein Excellenz ist nich zu haus--!!!" Over the archway are the Royal Arms, the lion (burlesqued) and unicorn look down scandalized at the carriage, in which the Princess turns to Pergami who sits on her right, saying, "This Palace will lodge us well Sir Bergamot." Her plump breasts are displayed, and she wears a turban with a jewelled aigrette. Bergami wears hussar uniform with a furred dolman, and a bunch of orders hanging from his tunic. Facing the Princess sits little Willy Austin (see British Museum Satires No. 12027) wearing a round peaked cap; a lady wearing a tasselled cap like a smoking-cap sits next him. On the box are a foreign servant in quasi-military uniform and cockaded top-hat and a turbaned negro, with two big pistols in his sash. The negro puts his arm across the other's shoulders; both grin, as do two negro servants seated in the rumble with drawn swords; these also wear turbans, and are armed with pistols. Two postilions, French in type, flourish their whips; they wear huge jack-boots and large plumed cocked hats; the spirited horses have received a sudden check. The door-panel of the carriage, an open barouche is covered with the Royal Arms with the Prince's feathers. A stout peasant woman and a little boy (left) watch the cavalcade with astonishment; two dogs bark. Part of the Embassy forms a background: two rows of windows, the lower ones heavily barred."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:: Royal visit to a foreign capital, or, The ambassador not at home!! and Ambassador not at home!!
Description:: Title etched below image., Intermediate state, with plate number and "April 1817" added but without the addition of drapery over the princess's bosom. For earlier and later states of the plate, see nos. 12889 and 12889A in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., "Ple. 1"--Upper left corner., Companion print to: R-y-l condescension, or, A foreign minister astonished!, and Mounted on page 3 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:: Pubd. Septr. 15, 1817, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
Subject (Topic):: Adultery, Carriages, Porters, Servants, and Embassies
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A r-y-l visit to a foreign capital, or, The ambassador not at home!! April 1817 / [graphic]

153. Paving the way for a royal divorce [graphic].

Creator:: Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:: [not before 1 October 1816]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Page 30. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The Regent at the head of a table (left) on which are decanters and dessert, holds a consultation with five advisers. He sits on a dais, with his right leg thrown over an arm of his chair; the right arm over the back, spilling a glass of wine. He says jocosely: "Well my boys, I think now we shall succeed D--d fine evidence from the states of Barbary (if that cursed Hedgehog dont get hold of it; the very man that says he acted as Accoucheur I have got over every thing as clear as the Sun at noon day, I knew what fellows those Turks were, only once get her over there & the thing was accomplished,--now for a divorce as soon as possible, I have a tit bit in my eye, & if I dont yet get a son, say that I am not a chip of the old Block!!" At his right sits Castlereagh, with the Prince's feathers and motto on the back of his chair. He turns his head in profile, saying, "I'm an unmatched negociator [see British Museum Satires No. 12501] and I'll enter into a treaty with the House of commons to secure your suit." In his pocket is a paper: 'Negociat . . with the'. Lord Eldon faces Castlereagh; he wears his Chancellor's wig and gown; the Purse of the Great Seal hangs on the wall behind him. He says: "I'll stick to your highness through thick and thin or never call me Old Bags again as long as I live!!" At the foot of the table sits Ellenborough, in wig and gown, towards whom the other two members of the Cabinet turn in alarm. Liverpool (a poor portrait) sitting opposite Vansittart, says: "I have my doubts and qualms of conscience your highness what say you, Van?" Vansittart, in his Chancellor of the Exchequer's gown: "Oh my Lord I have some strange touches of feeling on the subject!" He sits on a sack inscribed 'Budget'; from a rent in it projects a paper: 'to . . . 6.000000'. Ellenborough shakes his fist at Vansittart, rising from his chair which overturns: "Dont put me in a passion with your qualms and your touches, they are all "false, false as Hell" I'll blow you all to the D--l if you dont stick to your Master manfully!!" On the floor beside him lie three large volumes, 'Law of Divorce [Vol. I]. Vol III, Vol II.' Behind the Regent hangs a portrait with the feet only showing: '[Hen]ry VIII'. Beside him are a full wine-cooler, with empty bottles lying by it, and an open book: 'The Secret Memoirs of a Prince By Humphry Hedgehog Esqr 1810' [or 1816]."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Reissue, with date removed from imprint statement, of a print originally published 1 October 1816 as a plate to: The Scourge and satyrist, or, Literary, theatrical and miscellaneous magazine. For the earlier state, see No. 12808 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 30 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:: Pubd. by Johnston, 98 Cheapside
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, Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547., Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Vansittart, Nicholas, 1766-1851, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):: Politicians, Divorce, Tables, Chairs, Podiums, Wine, Bottles, and Books
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Paving the way for a royal divorce [graphic].