“A large man accompanied by a violinist serenades an elderly lady who leans out of her window.”–British Museum online catalogue.
802.10.11.01
Acquired September 2023
“George IV, crowned, and with orb and sceptre, sits on a coronation chair in Westminster Abbey (right). The Archbishop, well characterized, stands beside him, holding his mitre, his right hand on the chair. On the King’s right hand stands Londonderry (Castlereagh) in Garter robes; other peers stand behind him. All watch the antics of Canning, dressed in parti-coloured clothes as a merry-andrew or buffoon. He kneels on the dais at the King’s feet, arms flung wide; at his feet is a high-crowned hat with a peacock’s feather; on the back of his tunic are the letters M P and P C. He declaims: The delight of the Nation at the Celebration of your Majesty’s Coronation, the Exultation throughout the Creation exceeds all Imagination. the Expectation to which the Anticipation of this Consumation has given occasion is beyond Contemplation; we offer the Oblation of our Congratulation, without Hesitation or Trepidation; no Tribulation can effect a Cessation of the Sensation which pervades every Station; no Situation in whatever Deprivation will utter an Execration for the Association are in Preparation to effect an Extirpation of all Defamation. We hope the Expectation of a Decollation will produce Annihilation of all Deviation from strict Regulation; we submit to Subjugation without Hesitation, and we offer our Oration with gratefull Adoration upon this Jollification. The King composedly touches (or kicks) Canning’s chin with his toe. Peeresses stand in a gallery across the north transept, holding their coronets. Above them is a second and more crowded gallery.”–British Museum online catalogue.
821.07.00.04
Acquired September 2023
“A fat squat and ugly woman sits on a sofa next a tall dandified officer (right) who makes his address, his hand on his breast. She turns to him complacently, her feet awkwardly resting on a stool. Their two dogs face each other, each with shape and manner corresponding with its owner. Two appropriate pictures are on the wall: Bank of England (left) and Seige of Acre (right).”–British Museum online catalogue.
823.01.10.02
Acquired September 2023
A clergyman in bands and gown, his hat on the pavement, squares up to a watchman holding a lantern and stick, his fists raised. He has evidently knocked out one watchman already, who lies on the ground, wig dislodged and still touching his lantern, while a third approaches from the left. Possibly from a series featuring a pugnacious parson’s brushes with the law.
778.09.14.01+
Acquired September 2023
A fashionable couple walk on a country road past a cottage. A woman carrying a small child and carrying bags on her back approach them from behind and one of her small children on foot doffs his cap and reaches out his hand for alms. Another small child, also cap in hand, hangs onto his mother’s skirts. Also on the road, heading in the opposite direction is a wagon filled with recruits and soldiers and one woman holding onto a large trunk.
812.00.00.130
Acquired September 2023
A scene in a kitchen showing a French male cook on his knees beside a cross-looking female cook holding a spatula. In the background, a roaring fire in the hearth with a slab of beef on a spit.
794.03.01.04
Acquired September 2023
View from a elevated vantage point looking across the city towards Fife, with figures in the foreground.
Topos Sco424 no. 1+
Acquired September 2023
“William IV rides (left to right) on a country road, with a large document under his arm: ‘Plan Bridge over Canal for Public’; Wellington sits insecurely behind the saddle. Both are in civilian dress. The King: ‘Now I’ve got him up behind I’ll just do as I like’. Wellington (slyly): ‘This is a very bad Seat, not such a one as I have been used to lately. I am afraid I shall be off.–Open the Park indeed for the Public: I don’t like giving way to the Public!!!’ A signpost (left) points (right) ‘To Holland House’.”–British Museum online catalogue.
830.07.00.03+
Acquired September 2023
Vol. 1. A fashionable fop — A fashionable belle / Williams fect. — Royal methodists — Chief pillars of an illustrious house — Gloucestershire glory — Catching a bald coot in an hospital. Vol. 2. The special retainer, or, A patriotic councellor pleading to the point!!! — Foppish attitudes, or, Well known characters no. 1 / Williams fect. — A barristerial duel, or, Who’s sent to Coventry now — The spa fields hunt-er, or A patriot mounted — The life of Cobbett, Plate 1 — The life of Cobbett, Plate 2. Vol. 3. A minister of state trying on his new livery — The life of Cobbett, Plate 3 / Gillray invt. — The life of Cobbett, Plate 4 / Gillray invt. — Suspension of habeas corpus — Castles in the air, or, Villiany rewarded — Traveling by steam. Vol. IV. View of a sea port in Norfolk — How happy I could be with either!! — Beauties of the saloon, a Prime Minister at Covent Garden Theatre — A peace and plenty.!! (Political portraits, no.1) — Two well known officers on full and half pay — A worldly bishop and a godly curate, or, Pillars of the Church.
61 B982
Acquired September 2023
“The Regent, scarcely caricatured, rides (right to left) a white horse with the (bloated) head of Sheridan, the flank being branded ‘P R’. The horse walks along a cobbled street which is strewn with large stones on each of which is the head of a member of the Opposition. Sheridan says: “Never fear, my dear Master, I will carry you through this ugly road in safety–I’ll hick all the vile stones aside that would impede your way, and your old Hack, Sherry, you will find able to support you to the last.” On the stone under his hoof is the head of Grenville. Two others have already been kicked aside: (?) Holland, and, in the foreground, the Duke of Norfolk. Others (left to right) are: Buckingham (in spectacles) and Whitbread, Grey, Lord Temple, Moira, and Erskine. Others are not characterized. The street leads into ‘Manchester Square’, showing that the Prince is on his way to Hertford House.”–British Museum online catalogue.
812.03.00.02+ Impression 1
Acquired September 2023