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A loyal glee, as sung by Messrs. S-d-th, L-rp-l, and C-tl-gh composed, arranged, and corrected, (but not) dedicated to the Radicals
Title
A loyal glee, as sung by Messrs. S-d-th, L-rp-l, and C-tl-gh [graphic] : composed, arranged, and corrected, (but not) dedicated to the Radicals / by Signor Giffardo.
Publication
London : Printed for O. Hodgson, 43, King Street, Snow Hill, [December 1820]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 18.1 x 24.4 cm, on sheet 41 x 24.6 cm
Medium
wove paper
Notes
Title from letterpress text below image.
Attribution to Robert Cruikshank and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and left edge.
Four numbered stanzas of verse in two columns below title, printed in letterpress: 1. Ye Radicals of England, who talk about reform, Whose object is to frighten us, by raising of a storm ...
"Price one shilling"--Below imprint.
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."
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 of 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."
Summary
"Heading to a printed broadside. Three Ministers in court suits with bag-wigs and swords sing outside Carlton House. Castlereagh in the centre holds a scourge, turning towards Liverpool (left); the latter and Sidmouth have misshapen gouty legs. Sidmouth's clyster-pipe hangs from his pocket. Above the gate (left) George IV and a fat woman (? Lady Conyngham) are seen watching from a window. She says: "Your M--y how well they Chord, it is like one Person." John Bull, a yokel in a smock holding money-bag and cudgel, stands with his back to the gate, watching the singers. He says: "They may Chord to please his M .... y but dang me If I dont wish the Three was in One Cord." Alderman Curtis (right), with enormous paunch and nose, approaches from the right, in the sailor's dress of Walcheren Expedition prints, see British Museum Satires No. 11353. He holds a long spoon labelled 'Orphans Fund' [see British Museum Satires No. 13706] and a large pot; under the left arm is a turtle. He says: "Who's for a Royal Tuck-out with our Fat Friend [cf. British Museum Satires No. 14017], bring your Loyal Addresses and he'll make you as drunk as a Prince. ..."."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 19, 2024
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10, no. 14019
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1820.
Etchings - England - London - 1820.
Annotations (Provenance) - 19th century.
Watermarks (Paper) - D. & A. Cowan - 1819.
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