La gloire des honnetes gens!! [graphic] / Sr. Facto del. ; G. Ck. sculp.
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker.
- Copyright Date:
- [15 June 1820]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; 27 x 40 cm
- Notes:
- CtY-LW
Imperfect; sheet cut into four pieces with partial loss of title. Description based on impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1893,0612.216.
Modesty! -- Dignity! -- Chastity! -- National love!
Title etched at bottom of plate, below the four images. - Abstract:
- "Four designs on one plate, separated by intersecting lines, each having a separate title, inscription, and border. [1] MODESTY! The Princess of Wales and Bergami seated together in an opera-box; the occupants of the pit, all men, look up at the box, shouting "Via! via! hiss hiss s s s." The pair frown angrily; Bergami holds a bottle labelled 'Bergamot' and wears braided hussar uniform. The Princess wears a Turkish turban, a very décolletée dress defines bulging contours. A cross on the wall with the inscription 'Republica Genovese' shows that the scene is Genoa. Below: "Her Modest looks a Cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn" ... [2] DIGNITY! A scene in the Captain's cabin; the Princess and Bergami sit close together at a round table laid for dinner. She wears the same Turkish dress, which is now seen to have trousers. Both frown angrily at a naval officer who stands before them, hat in hand, saying: "I can recognize no power in you to enoble any one--and I shall not degrade myself & the Service by sitting at the table with such a fellow as that." Another officer stands by, and a midshipman walks off (right), exclaiming, "What will the larboard birth say to this?!!" "Grace was in all her steps, Heaven in her eye, In all her actions [sic] dignity"--[Milton on Eve.] ... [3] CHASTITY!-- The Princess, seated on a couch, embraces Bergami; both are dressed as before. Below: "-- Chaste as the Icecle, That's curded by the frost from purest snow, And hangs on Dian's Temple -- " ['Coriolanus', v. 3.] [4] NATIONAL LOVE!-- A scene in the palace of Murat (Joachim, King of Naples), with Vesuvius seen through a window (right). The Princess, in her Turkish costume, walks with Pauline Borghese, their arms interlaced. She places a wreath on the bonnet rouge which decorates a bust of 'Murat' (left), which has grotesquely long moustaches. Pauline (as in British Museum Satires No. 10072) has the patched face which indicates a damaged reputation, and wears a dress of transparent gauze; she turns to take a letter addressed 'Principessa Paulina' from a leering Italian. Bergami stands close behind the Princess of Wales; behind, couples waltz. Below: "the loyalty, well held to fools, does make our faith mere folly"-- ..."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Variant Titles:
- Chastity!
Dignity!
Modesty!
National love! - Topics:
- Adultery.
Couches.
Dining tables.
Hugging.
Interiors.
Liberty cap.
Military officers.
Opera houses.
Sculpture.
Volcanoes. - Topics:
- Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami,--Baron--Caricatures and cartoons.
Bonaparte, Paolina,--1780-1825--Caricatures and cartoons.
Caroline,--Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain,--1768-1821--Caricatures and cartoons.
Humphrey, G. (George), 1773-1831?, publisher.
Humphrey, G.--(George),--1773-1831?--Ownership.
Joachim Murat,--King of Naples,--1767-1815. - Language:
- English
French - Genre:
- Annotations (Provenance)--19th century.--CtY-LW
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:
- 13851401
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr35149
- Citation:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10, no. 13731
- OID:
- 16816943
- PID:
- digcoll:4771941
