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1. 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].

2. 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]

3. 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]

4. Cary Brunswick o' the Guelph [graphic].

Creator:: Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:: [September 1820]
Call Number:: 820.09.00.01+
Collection Title:: Page 39. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A illustrated broadside engraved in two columns. A stalwart Highland soldier, with plumed bonnet, stands outside an open doorway (left) crowded with cringing Italians. He lunges furiously towards them with clenched fist, saying: "Filthy brutes! i 'ts for new boots, That a' you Rogues are swearing at her". The most prominent of the witnesses (cf. British Museum satires no. 13762) are Majocchi (see British Museum satires no. 13827) and Demont, see British Museum satires no. 13856. Over the doorway: 'Rogues Retreat'; at the corner of the building: 'Cotton Garden' [see British Museum satires no. 13824]. Behind (right) is the Thames. The Highlander's words are from the second verse of the song: 'Air Tibby Fowler o' the Glen'. The third of five verses: 'Fie upon the filthy louns! There's o'er mony swearing at her; Fifteen came frae German towns; There's eight and fifty swearing at her; Swearing at her, mumbling at her, Tumbling at her, canna hit her; Tawdry louns! its for new gowns, The hizzies a' are swearing at her.'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image, Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right edge., 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.8 x 26.1 cm, on sheet 39.5 x 28.2 cm, and Printed on laid paper (with a watermark)
Publisher:: Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Demont, Louisa, active 1814-1820, and Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820
Subject (Topic):: Trials. litigation, etc, Ethnic stereotypes, Soldiers, Scottish, Kilts, Witnesses, and Threats
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Cary Brunswick o' the Guelph [graphic].

5. "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]

6. Her Most Gracious Majesty Caroline, Queen of England [graphic]

Creator:: Woolnoth, Thomas, 1785- printmaker
Published / Created:: [28 June 1820]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Page 49. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait; half length; in profile to left; wearing hat with wide brim and decorated with flowers; after T Wageman."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image. and Mounted on page 49 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:: Published June 28th, 1820, by T. Woolnoth, 40 Henry Street, Pentonville
Subject (Name):: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821,
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Her Most Gracious Majesty Caroline, Queen of England [graphic]

7. Queen Caroline Britain's best hope!! England's sheet-anchor!!!. [graphic]

Published / Created:: [19 October 1820]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Page 47. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Caricature with Caroline standing holding an anchor of the Constitution with a soldier and sailor either side of her, in the ray of the sun."--British Museum online catalogue
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 47 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:: Published October 19th, 1820, by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Subject (Topic):: Caricatures, Anchors, Soldiers, Sailors, Lions, Ships, and Eyes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Queen Caroline Britain's best hope!! England's sheet-anchor!!!. [graphic]

8. All a bottle of smoke!!, or, John Bull and the secret committee [graphic].

Published / Created:: [July 1820]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Page 46. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A scene in the Lords. A large Green Bag stands wide open on the floor before the Woolsack; John Bull, a fat 'cit', takes from it a bottle inscribed 'Imputation' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13796]; the cork, in the form of a crown, flies up, and smoke rises. Eldon, seated on the Woolsack, one foot regally on a sack inscribed 'Mother Coal', scowls at the bottle; his mouth, like those of the other peers, is closed by a padlock, but he holds up a paper inscribed: 'My Lords-- Right or Wrong we will proceed'. J.B. faces him with arm flung back, exclaiming: "Stop--hear me first--step one Inch if you dare without my consent-- I protest against your Secret Tribunal I'll protect the Queen look at this Bottle--and look at that Reptile." He refers to a serpent wearing a royal crown and representing the King; this issues from a rent in the bag which is inscribed 'The Green Bag Opened'. Peers are grouped near Eldon, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Wellington, and Liverpool being the most prominent. On the right, behind a bar, stands the Queen wearing a small spiky crown, surrounded by three counsel (Brougham, Denman, and Lushington)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: John Bull and the secret committee
Description:: Title etched below image. and Mounted on page 46 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:: Published July 1820 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Geographic):: England.
Subject (Name):: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Lushington, Stephen, 1782-1873, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):: John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Legislative bodies, Interiors, Bags, Bottles, Crowns, Smoke, Locks (Hardware), and Snakes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > All a bottle of smoke!!, or, John Bull and the secret committee [graphic].

9. Head and brains!! [graphic]

Creator:: Vowles, S., active 1820-1825, printmaker
Published / Created:: [ca. November] 1820.
Call Number:: Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Page 43. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An imitation of British Museum Satires No. 9012. The profiles of George IV (left) and Queen Caroline (right), replacing those of George III and Pitt, and joined together by the merging of the former's wig and the latter's hair, rest on a dish supported by the King's massive whiskers and heavy jowl. The King is coarse, drink-blotched, melancholy, and larger in scale than the Queen, who is flatteringly depicted. A cherub's head supported on wings (left) blows a blast of 'Public Opinion' against a small crown, driving it from the King's head and breaking it in half. The left half is dim and partly obliterated; the right half, belonging to the Queen, is solid and bright. A ribbon hangs from each half: one, torn into three pieces, is inscribed 'God Sav/e Great G/eor'; the other: 'God Save Queen Caroline'. Towards the cherub is directed a counterblast of 'Persecution and Malice', issuing from a bladder (or clyster-pipe) blown by a saturnine profile (intended for Sidmouth) in the upper right corner, supported on webbed wings."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Artist's name in statement of responsibility formed with a monogrammatic "SV" followed by a depiction of an owl and the letters "es"., Month of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 43 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:: Pubd. by S. Vowles
Subject (Name):: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844
Subject (Topic):: Heads (Anatomy), Tableware, Crowns, Putti, and Ribbons
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Head and brains!! [graphic]