"Caricature broadside with a satire of two men bowing to present a petition to Queen Caroline above three columns of letterpress."--British Museum online catalog
Description:
Title from letterpress text below image.
Publisher:
Printed and published by S.W. Fores, 41, Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., and Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833
"The King and his Ministers (with the Devil), Bloomfield, the Archbishop, and Wilberforce, proved guilty by the Green Bag, which shows that she's as innocent as we are Vile. The King tramples on [inter alia] a paper: on the necessity of punishing Biga...
Alternative Title:
Dandy of sixty severely beat by his wife
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Benbow, 269 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Bloomfield, Benjamin Bloomfield, Baron, 1768-1846, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Leach, John, 1760-1834.
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Adultery, Devil, Bishops, Bags, and Worms
"Sheridan and Fox are prisoners behind a bar on which they lean. Burke towers above them, with a stern frown, seizing each by the hair. He says: ""Behold the abettors of Revolutions, see "the authors of Plots & conspiracies, & take cognizance of the e...
Alternative Title:
Father of the gang turnd. kings evidence and Father of the gang turned king's evidence
Description:
Title from text in bottom part of image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Jacobites, Politicians, Impeachments, Prisoners, Debates, Eyeglasses, Crying, and Handkerchiefs
"Sheridan and Fox are prisoners behind a bar on which they lean. Burke towers above them, with a stern frown, seizing each by the hair. He says: ""Behold the abettors of Revolutions, see "the authors of Plots & conspiracies, & take cognizance of the e...
Alternative Title:
Father of the gang turnd. kings evidence and Father of the gang turned king's evidence
Description:
Title from text in bottom part of image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Jacobites, Politicians, Impeachments, Prisoners, Debates, Eyeglasses, Crying, and Handkerchiefs
A design in two panels, with George IV depicted on the left and Queen Caroline on the right. The King sits in a chair and holds up a large playing card (a King of Clubs), while Castlereagh holds a disk-shaped hat labeled "Cake" and topped with the hea...
Alternative Title:
Twelfth night, 1821
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published February 1821 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
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, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, and Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Playing cards, Bottles, Alcoholic beverages, Scepters, and Crowns
"A view of the stage (right) with pit and orchestra in the left foreground, the royal box on the stage with a box above it, adjoining the gallery, below which is a large grand tier-box. The audience applaud and laugh, the Royal box excepted; the orche...
Alternative Title:
Fall of the boro'mongers and Fall of the boroughmongers
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by T. MacLean, Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of, 1784-1860, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, Wetherell, Charles, Sir, 1770-1846, William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792-1849, and Great Britain.
"John Bull, a fat "cit", sits on the ground at the base of the design, his left arm over a muzzled dog (see British Museum Satires No. 16153) whose collar is inscribed 'J. Bull'. He grins over his left shoulder, pointing at a reflection in a glass who...
Alternative Title:
None see themselves but by reflection. In this glass you may!
Description:
Title from text above and below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thomas McLean, 26, Haymarket and Chs. Motte lith
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878, Anglesey, Henry William Paget, Marquis of, 1768-1854, Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840, Durham, John George Lambton, Earl of, 1792-1840, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Spencer, John Charles Spencer, Earl, 1782-1845, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, Newcastle, Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham Clinton, Duke of, 1785-1851, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, 3d Earl, 1762-1834, Goulburn, Henry, 1784-1856, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Earl of, 1790-1871, Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of, 1784-1860, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Cobbett, William, 1763-1835, and O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Gout, Dogs, Mirrors, Parades & processions, Law enforcement officers, Politicians, Brooms & brushes, Crutches, and Artists' materials
A politician sits center in a chair before a table with a single candlestick on top. He holds the candle itself in his hand as he closely examines a sheet of paper, oblivious to the fact that the candle is burning a hole in the brim of his hat. A cop...
A politician sits center in a chair before a table with a single candlestick on top. He holds the candle itself in his hand as he closely examines a sheet of paper, oblivious to the fact that the candle is burning a hole in the brim of his hat. A cop...
Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
177[5]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A politician sits center in a chair before a table with a single candlestick on top. He holds the candle itself in his hand as he closely examines a sheet of paper, oblivious to the fact that the candle is burning a hole in the brim of his hat. A cop...
