George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830

Date: 1816

From: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 :Caricatures and cartoons, 1811-1816

By: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878

Reference: B-021-009

Description: The Prince Regent, Looking like Apollo, God of the Sun, with his head on fire, with a man dressed as Mercury attempting to extinguish the fire with water (possibly from a chamber pot). The Prince appears to be screaming and has dropped his lyre and caduceus. His wife is admiring a Grecian-style nude sculpture to the left, while other mythological characters are also shown An obscure allegory. The Belvedere Apollo was in the public eye and there had been reports that it was to be acquired by the regent. The principal figures in this satire are; Lady Hertford; The Regent; John McMahon Castlereagh; Henry Brougham, the most prominent member of the Opposition, champion of the Princess of Wales, and later Lord Chancellor; and, floating in a chamber pot - symbol of Mrs Jordan - The Duke of Clarence. Other Titles - Royalty Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title; Mount verso - centre - Descriptive text Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, hand-coloured, 219 x 514 mm

Date: 1816

From: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 :Caricatures and cartoons, 1811-1816

By: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878

Reference: B-021-007

Description: Five vignettes reflecting contemporary events in Britain. Top left is `Mr Wright doing wrong' showing a man abandoning a woman and three children to go off with another woman and 2 children. Bottom left, is `Biscuit and gingerbread or the rival bakers' a scene in Shire Lane, possibly about rival newspaper publishers. The central view is a theatrical scene, `A Kean manoeuvre to pay old debts of Drury is it's self again' a reference to actor Edmund Kean and the Drury Lane Theatre; top right is partially titled `The gouty Adonis' and possibly refers to the Prince Regent at the Brighton Pavilion with Mr Punch. Bottom right is Parson B & the Butchers or a probationary sermon at Christ Church, Newgate Street, with a man urging his congregation to rise up, kill and eat. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, hand-coloured, 216 x 505 mm

Date: 1812

From: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 :Caricatures and cartoons, 1811-1816

By: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878

Reference: B-021-011

Description: Th Regent and the Dukes of Clarence, York, and Sussex engaged in appropriate recreations. The Regent is attacked for his treatment of his wife; for political subservience to Lady Hertford who is depicted holding a political barometer; for neglect of his old friends, the Opposition; for his addiction to dancing; and finally, his desertion of Mrs Fitzherbert. The Duke of Sussex, a musical enthusiast, is satirized for his devotion to Mrs Billings and his desertion of Lady Augusta Murray whom he had married secretly in 1793. The Duke of York is ridiculed for the scandal of 1809 concerning the sale of army commissions on the recommendation of Mrs Mary Anne Clarke, and for his association with Mrs Carey. The Duke of Clarence is attacked for his desertion of Mrs Jordan, and ridiculed for repeated overtures to her after his rejection by Miss Tylney-Long, a rich young heiress. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title; Mount verso - centre - Descriptive text Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, hand-coloured, 215 x 507 mm (irregular)

Date: 1860 - 1830 - 1880

From: [Collection of ephemera, handbills, fliers, collected by Kenneth Athol Webster. 1800-1920]

By: Pitts, John, 1765-1844; Fortey, William S, -1890; A Ryle & Company

Reference: Eph-B-WEBSTER-Ballads-001/005

Description: Includes: 001. Lowe's last dodge. [Printed by] W S Fortey, general steam printer and publisher, 2 & 3 Monmouth Court, Bloomsbury 002. The old lady and the page. [...] Printer, London 003. Tertible [terrible] explosion of gun cotton at Stowmarket. Printed for the vendor, J Coney [1871?] 004. The tears of Britain, or a lament for His Majesty George the IV. Pitts printer for Marble Warehouse, 6 Great Street Andrew St, 7 Dials [1830?] 005. The cabman's lament. Ryle and Co., printers, Monmouth Court, Bloomsbury [re Dicky M__e and Mr Fitzroy] Quantity: 5 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, mainly stuck to sheets 255 x 190 mm. Provenance: From the collection of Kenneth Athol Webster.

Date: 1816

From: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 :Caricatures and cartoons, 1811-1816

By: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878

Reference: B-021-008

Description: Two scenes. On the left `Economy' shows the Prince Regent looking very overweight, leaning back after a large meal with champagne, claiming that he has been pracitising all sorts of economies, while a man waving a broom conjures up an image of the prince drinking water. On the right. `Anticipation' shows a wife sulking over breakfast while her foreign husband questions her. 1. In a speech on 20 March, Brougham described the Regent as one f those, "Who in utter disregard of the feelings of an oppressed and insulted nation, proceeded from one wasteful expenditure to another, who decorated and crowded their houses with the splendid results of their extravagance, [and] who associated with the most profligate of human beings... ". 2. Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold at breakfast. The German sausage on the table is a coarse symbol of their marriage. Princess Charlotte was the daughter of the Prince Regent. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, hand-coloured, 2159 x 502 mm

Date: 1814

From: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 :Caricatures and cartoons, 1811-1816

By: Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830

Reference: B-021-010

Description: A battle scene in France showing a satire on the court-martial of Colonel George Quentin, of the 10th Hussars, as a result of complaints from his officers. The Prince Regent and the Duke of Wellington (on the left) are commenting on Quentin's wife, allegedly the Prince's mistress Other Titles - Saint Quentin Court-martial of Colonel George Quentin, of the 10th Hussars or Prince of Wales's Own, resulted from a letter signed by most of the officers of the regiment making charges of neglect of duty and general laxity of discipline. Quentin was cleared of all but part of one charge, and the officers were blamed for conspiring against their colonel and making unfounded allegations. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, hand-coloured, 226 x 537 mm

Date: 1811

From: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 :Caricatures and cartoons, 1811-1816

By: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878

Reference: B-021-003

Description: The Prince Regent welcoming a man in army uniform (possibly Wellington) into the entrance to the Horse Guards building. The army man is carried by another man and followed by a hearse, labelled `The patriotism of 140 wigs'. Two men behind the army man are kissing his behind. One of the two men may be the Earl of Liverpool (Bankes), since he has `Bankes patent whitewash, 1811' and `Bankes blacking' on the ground behind him. On the right, Colonel Wardle lies dead, his feet propped up against the Horse Guards' building, a label on one boot marked `Freedom of the city' Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, hand-coloured, 226 x 325 mm

Date: 1767-1775

By: Markham, William (Archbishop of York), 1719-1807

Reference: MS-Papers-10051

Description: Letters to Markham mainly from King George IV and his brother, Frederick Augustus; includes letters about seeing Omai in court after the return of James Cook from his second voyage Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)

Date: 1830

By: Prior, Thomas Abiel, 1809-1886

Reference: E-077-001/023

Description: 23 portraits from Alfred the Great to George IV and William IV. Some prints contain two portraits. Include scenes from the life of each king, including, in some cases, death scenes when the monarch died violently. All appear to have been removed from a bound volume Some engraved by T A Prior Includes contents list Quantity: 23 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on paper, 227 x 150 mm

Date: 1811 - 1820

From: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 :Caricatures and cartoons, 1811-1816

By: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878

Reference: B-021-002

Description: The Royal family and various associates. The left side of the caricature is missing. The Queen, seated on a sack of sauerkraut, is talking to Strasburgh. John Bull is commenting in the background. A man in the right foreground is crawling towards the King, (or Prince Regent?) who is shown as a baby, blissfully asleep in a cradle, guarded by a man wearing a judge's wig. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, hand-coloured, 222 x 333 mm

Date: 1853-1927, 1776-1923

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2668

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1786

By: Boyne, John, 1750-1810

Reference: C-034-009

Description: In September 1786 newspapers first reported the intention of the government to send convicts to Botany Bay. This print is a satire on the bankruptcy, political and financial, of the Opposition, and shows the Prince of Wales, Fox, Burke and friends in a ship's boat putting off from shore. For details see: Catalogue of Political and Personal satires.... in the British Museum; No. 6990. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Etching (hand-col), 161 x 217 mm