The K*** of the Cuckold's being crown'd [graphic] / Marks fect.
- Creator:
- Marks, John Lewis, printmaker.
- Copyright Date:
- [ca. July] 1820.
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 34.4 x 24.9 cm
- Notes:
- Approximate month of publication from the British Museum catalogue.
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Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from bottom edge.
Title etched below image. - Abstract:
- "George IV sits full-face in a chair of state, in coronation robes, between Castlereagh (left) and Liverpool (right) who reach up to bind a pair of tall antlers on his forehead, with a Garter ribbon, inscribed 'Honi Soit Q . . Mal . y. Pe[nse]'. He holds a sceptre terminating in a stag's head, round his neck is the collar of an order on the jewel of which is a stag's head. His right foot is on a paper: 'Order R--l Yacht to sail to Cuckold's point [a place on the Thames] G R'; his left foot is regally on a footstool. A green bag (see British Museum Satires No. 13735) is tied to the back of each Minister, inscribed: 'Christian [scored through] Loaded with Sins Green Bag'. That of Castlereagh is attached with a strap inscribed 'House of Cxxmxxs', that of Liverpool with one inscribed 'House of Lxxds'. From the former's pocket hangs: 'A list of Italian false Swearers' [see British Museum Satires No. 13762, &c.]; from the latter's hangs a 'Bill of Degradation and Divorce, L--d L.' The King says: "Oh! beware, --of jealousy; It is a Green-bag'd monster,--do you really think they become me." Liverpool answers: "Whether they become you or not they will look uniform at Court [cf. British Museum Satires No. 12173]." Castlereagh: "We are well aware She did not place them on.--no matter, it must go down, besides there has just arrived several notorious villions from Italy who will swear She did, and we are determined you shall be crown 'd one way, or other." Watching the ceremony from the background is a row of courtiers (left), all antlered; one (Hertford) holds a Lord Chamberlain's wand. On the right is a row of plump ladies. Below the title: '"What various motivs sway still changing man! While Harry boasts no cuckold knave is he! "Another give [sic] worlds to find a plan," "By which a cuckold he may prove to be!'"--British Museum online catalogue.
- Variant Titles:
- King of the Cuckolds being crowned
- Topics:
- Adultery.
Antlers.
Bags.
Chairs.
Politicians--England.
Ribbons.
Robes.
Scepters. - Topics:
- Caroline,--Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain,--1768-1821.
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart,--Viscount,--1769-1822--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons.
Hertford, Francis Ingram Seymour,--Marquis of,--1743-1822,--Caricatures and cartoons.
Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway,--Marchioness of,--1760-1834.
Humphrey, G.--(George),--1773-1831?--Ownership.
Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson,--Earl of,--1770-1828--Caricatures and cartoons.
Marks, John Lewis, publisher. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings--England--London--1820.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1820. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Source Title:
- George Humphrey shop album.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Orbis Record:
- 13883453
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr35244
- Citation:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10, no. 13769
- OID:
- 16817013
- PID:
- digcoll:4772011
