King Henry VIII [graphic] : act II, scene IV / Marks fect.
- Creator:
- Marks, John Lewis, printmaker.
- Copyright Date:
- [ca. August 1820]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 24.6 x 34.9 cm
- Notes:
- CtY-LW
Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher's advertisement below title: Just Pubd. "How to get un-married" [British Museum Satires No. 13770].
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Text following title: Principal characters, King of England by the ****, Queen of England by the Q****, Cardinal Wolsey - L**d C*********h [Castlereagh] &c &c &[c].
Title etched below image. - Abstract:
- "George IV (right), as Henry VIII (see British Museum Satires No. 13664, &c.), wearing ermine robes and ruff, sits on a dais under a canopy, his eyes turned sideways to the right. In his right hand is a goblet; on a table before him is a decanter of 'Curacoa'. Against this, at a lower level, is a second table on which is the mace; on each side sits a cardinal, gaping in astonishment at Queen Caroline, as Katharine of Aragon; she stands facing the King at the end of the table (left), wearing quasi-Tudor robes. She declaims Queen Catherine's speech, abridged: "Sir, I desire you do me right and justice, And to bestow your pity on me: for I am a most poor woman, and a stranger, Born out of your dominions; -- If, in the course And process of this time, you can report, And perove [sic] it too, against mine honour aught, My bond to wedlock, or my Love and duty Against your sacred person, in Gods name, Turn me away ;-- and so give me up To the sharpest kind of justice." Under Castlereagh's foot lies 'Mag[na] Charta'; his vis-à-vis cardinal is Sidmouth. Next Castlereagh (right) sits a lawyer, writing (? Leach). Beside him is a large bag with its neck encircled by hissing serpents; it is placarded: 'A Green Bag! filled with Spite Envy Malice. Hatred Lies &c &c &c' [see British Museum Satires No. 13735, &c.]. On each side of the King stands a bishop holding a crosier, one the Archbishop of Canterbury, the other probably Pelham of Exeter, see British Museum Satires No. 13946. Behind the Queen and on the extreme left stands Wood in his alderman's gown. Beefeaters stand against the wall."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Topics:
- Bags.
Bishops.
Bottles.
Canopies.
Cardinals.
Ceremonial maces.
Drinking vessels.
Honor guards.
Lawyers.
Podiums.
Robes.
Snakes.
Tables. - Topics:
- Caroline,--Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain,--1768-1821--Caricatures and cartoons.
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart,--Viscount,--1769-1822--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons.
Humphrey, G.--(George),--1773-1831?--Ownership.
Leach, John,--1760-1834--Caricatures and cartoons.
Manners-Sutton, Charles,--1755-1828--Caricatures and cartoons.
Marks, John Lewis, publisher.
Pelham, George,--1766-1827--Caricatures and cartoons.
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--King Henry VIII--Adaptations, parodies, etc.
Sidmouth, Henry Addington,--Viscount,--1757-1844--Caricatures and cartoons.
Wood, Matthew,--Sir,--1768-1843--Caricatures and cartoons. - 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:
- 13864700
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr35177
- Citation:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10, no. 13829
- OID:
- 16816964
- PID:
- digcoll:4771965
