| Method | Etching with original hand colouring |
| Artist | William Heath |
| Published | Pub July 1st 1830 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket |
| Dimensions | Image 235 x 335 mm, Plate 250 x 350 mm, Sheet 307 x 445 mm |
| Notes |
A caricature depicting a chaotic interior scene of Lord and Lady Conyngham gathering up possessions in Windsor castle. Lord Conyngham wrestles with tying up a huge bundle of belongings. Lady Conyngham attempts to open the lock on an elaborate chest, muttering 'There is no such thing as getting those Devilish Locks of Bramahs open', behind her, her daughter carries a giraffe skeleton on her shoulder. The inscription below image reads "Had sly Ulysses at the Sack——Of Troy, brought thee his pedler's pack——vide Cleaveland." One of a number of satires on the Conynghams' exit from Windsor castle, laden with gifts or plunder, to their Irish seat, Slane Castle, on the death of George IV. Lord Henry Conyngham was Lord Steward of the Household and Captain, Constable, and Lieutenant of Windsor Castle, his wife, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness Conyngham (nee Denison) was the mistress of the Prince Regent from 1819 until his death. M. Dorothy George references in her 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum' that ". . . the stories about the rapacity of the Conynghams have been innumerable. . . ." "During the last illness wagons were loaded every night and sent away from the Castle." Their final departure was with "their carriages loaded with packages of all shapes and sizes covered with matting, and containing, as Sir Frederick Watson [Master of the Household] believed, clocks, china, etc. . . . which disappeared with them". William Heath (1795-1840) was a British artist best known for his published engravings including caricatures, political cartoons, and commentary on contemporary life. His early works often dealt with military scenes, but from about 1820 on he focused on satire. Some of his works were published under the pseudonym "Paul Pry". Thomas McLean (1788-1875) was a British publisher and printseller, active from the early 1820s to his death. He traded initially from a print shop on Haymarket, before moving into lithography at a new premises on St Martin's Lane in the 1840s. BM Satires 16143 Condition: Good impression with strong original hand colouring. Light dirt build up to margins, two repaired tears to top margin and short tears to right margin, not affecting image. Two vertical folds to left and right plate marks. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £275.00 |
| Stock ID | 52965 |