A May Day Garland for 1820, cartoon
TitleA May Day Garland for 1820, cartoon
ReferenceFRAMED/055
Date
May 1820
Production date 1820-05 - 1820-05
Scope and ContentFrom Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum: volume 10
"Published in May 1820 by S W Fores 41 Piccadilly London Engraving (coloured impression).
Ministers and others, holding hands, caper in a ring round a pole to which are symmetrically attached the decollated heads of the Cato Street conspirators executed on 1 May. Between Sidmouth and the smiling Castlereagh is a man wearing a black mask, and with a blood-stained knife in his mouth, perhaps one of the two who turned King's evidence. On the r., taking Castlereagh's l. hand, is the Attorney-General, Gifford, grinning diabolically. Holding Sidmouth's l. hand is Vansittart (in his gown). Facing these two are Canning and Chief Justice Abbot in his robes. Four others are poorly characterized. They dance to a fiddle played by Edwards who sits on a grassy mound (r.), with an empty gibbet behind his head. He says: "Dance away my Friends, I have been the cause of all this fun by your Help and Money." Edwards the Instigator!!!
Edwards, an agent of the Home Office, was confidante rather than instigator: he is inevitably associated (as by Lamb) with the villainous Oliver and Castles."
"Published in May 1820 by S W Fores 41 Piccadilly London Engraving (coloured impression).
Ministers and others, holding hands, caper in a ring round a pole to which are symmetrically attached the decollated heads of the Cato Street conspirators executed on 1 May. Between Sidmouth and the smiling Castlereagh is a man wearing a black mask, and with a blood-stained knife in his mouth, perhaps one of the two who turned King's evidence. On the r., taking Castlereagh's l. hand, is the Attorney-General, Gifford, grinning diabolically. Holding Sidmouth's l. hand is Vansittart (in his gown). Facing these two are Canning and Chief Justice Abbot in his robes. Four others are poorly characterized. They dance to a fiddle played by Edwards who sits on a grassy mound (r.), with an empty gibbet behind his head. He says: "Dance away my Friends, I have been the cause of all this fun by your Help and Money." Edwards the Instigator!!!
Edwards, an agent of the Home Office, was confidante rather than instigator: he is inevitably associated (as by Lamb) with the villainous Oliver and Castles."
Extent1 framed item
Physical descriptionDimensions (H X W): 42cm X 52cm
Persons keywordAddington, Henry, Stewart, Robert (1769-1822), Gifford, Robert, Vansittart, Nicholas, Canning, George, Abbot, Charles, Edwards, George (1787-1843)
Conditions governing accessOpen
Levelfile
Normal locationD Plan Chest Drawer 2 (Room 12)