The pageantry put off, or, The raree show adjourned

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Author

Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker.

Title

The pageantry put off, or, The raree show adjourned [graphic].

Publication

[London] : Pub. July 13, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic], [13 July 1820]

Physical Description

1 print : etching ; plate mark 24.5 x 35 cm, on sheet 26.2 x 38 cm

Medium

laid paper

Notes

"The Queen (left), irradiated, wearing a gown patterned with astrological symbols, and holding a wand inscribed 'Vox Populi', steps from a circle of cloud, an apparition which terrifies the King and three of his Ministers (left). The King wears coronation robes, his crown rises from his head. The Queen says with a commanding gesture: "That Cap becomes you not alone [sic] Off with the Bauble tread it under foot! ['Taming of the Shrew', V. ii] tis not the time for Pageantry & Waste, while thousands starve for Want? & while your Royal Mistress suffer [sic] Scorn, Reproach & Persecution, from the Dastard Hands of Secret Enemies." The Ministers are Canning (?), Castlereagh, and Sidmouth. The King's chair is overturned. See British Museum Satires No. 13769, &c."--British Museum online catalogue.

Title from etched below image.

Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue.

Provenance

Sold by London's Dulau and Company to the New York City bookseller Ernest R. Gee in 1928. Earlier ownership by W.E. Gladstone is suggested by a manuscript note from Dulau formerly laid into the front the first volume (now in the object file), which states that "These came from the Gladstone Library at Court Hey, Broad Green. The manuscript notes written below the caricatures are in the handwriting of W.E. Gladstone."

Variant and related titles

Raree show adjourned

Format

Images

Language

English

Added to Catalog

June 06, 2024

References

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10, no. 13759

Subjects

Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons.