"Lord Eldon sits at a high desk above a table, with mace, &c., at which two barristers are writing. He raises his arms in astonishment at the sight of a still (left) inscribed 'The Q--n's Double Destlled [sic] Essence of Bergamot' [with 'ot' scored th...
Alternative Title:
Peer-les examination of the Royal private works in Italy and Peerless examination of the Royal private works in Italy
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by H. Fores, 16 Panton St., Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Demont, Louisa, active 1814-1820, Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):
Ceremonial maces, Stills (Distilleries), Smoke, Benches, Lawyers, Witnesses, Politicians, Bishops, and Hand lenses
"Ministers, much burlesqued, registering terror or anxiety, are grouped on either side of a large bottle of 'Evidence against the Queen' from which rise clouds of smoke, inscribed 'Lies' (four times) and 'Non mi Ricordo' [five times]. On the left sits...
Alternative Title:
Song of sixpence
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Sep. 8, 1820, by John Marshall Junr., 24 Little St. Martins Lane
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826, and Harrowby, Dudley Ryder, Earl of, 1762-1847
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Anxiety, Fear, Bottles, Smoke, Evidence (Law), Chairs, Daggers & swords, and Medical equipment & supplies
Political satire: With billows of smole behind it, a skeleton holding a noose and pointing to his eye dances to the left of Napoleon who stands pointing at it. In the right background is a gallows with a group of soliders standing in the distance belo...
Alternative Title:
Pair of specticals easely seen through and Pair of spectacles easily seen through
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 17 June 1813 by T. Tegg, Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Skeletons, Nooses, Gallows, Soldiers, French, and Smoke
Political satire: With billows of smole behind it, a skeleton holding a noose and pointing to his eye dances to the left of Napoleon who stands pointing at it. In the right background is a gallows with a group of soliders standing in the distance belo...
Alternative Title:
Pair of specticals easely seen through and Pair of spectacles easily seen through
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 17 June 1813 by T. Tegg, Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Skeletons, Nooses, Gallows, Soldiers, French, and Smoke
"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 s...
Alternative Title:
John Bull and the secret committee
Description:
Title etched below image.
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
"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 s...
Alternative Title:
John Bull and the secret committee
Description:
Title etched below image.
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
"Brougham, seated in profile to the right in a chair inscribed Place, makes a bonfire on the floor of documents and his Old Stuff gown. This he holds over the flames on a levelled broomstick, the broom being inscribed Treasury Broom. Under one foot is...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by E. King, Chancery-Lane
Subject (Name):
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868
Plate [167] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vice-Admiral the Earl of Sandwich, seated with sword in hand, refusing to abandon ship; smoke obscuring falling mast behind him."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
"Gifford levels a cylindrical bill of 'Pains & Penalties' from which issues a blast of smoke, while Copley scatters squibs. Behind (left), spears, with the King's large bow, lean against a railing. P. 10: I, for the injury meant to be done, By the gre...
Alternative Title:
I, for the injury meant to be done by the great Bill of Pains, as a thundering gun ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
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., Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826, and Great Britain. Parliament.
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Lawyers, Legislation, Firecrackers, Smoke, Spears, and Bows (Weapons)
