George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection
Print
14th August 1829 (printed)
14th August 1829 (printed)
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A hand coloured etching entitled An Appropriate emblem for the Triumphal Arch of the New Palace. It dedicated to 'the poor, penny-less, priest ridden and paralysed John Bull' and shows an image of a man in a jester's hat, displaying the lining of his empty pockets. The left pocket reads 'To Let' the right 'Empty'. He is standing on top of a series of classical style arches and a speech bubble in which he is declaring:
"They denounce me a Fool, I acknowledge the fact
But Necessitas Legis 'twas drew the compact
By Estimated false and Contracts still worse
They have brought me to Want, having emptied my purse"
The image appears to be have been associated with an article in the Morning Herald as a note beneath the image says 'See Morning Herald of August 14th 1829'. It is likely that the 'arch' referred to in the title was 'The Marble Arch'- constructed as the centrepiece of an enlarged courtyard at Buckingham Palace to commemorate the British victories at Trafalgar and Waterloo. By 1829 the costs of this construction project had escalated to nearly half a million pounds.
It was published in London in August 1829 by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly and is part of the George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection.
"They denounce me a Fool, I acknowledge the fact
But Necessitas Legis 'twas drew the compact
By Estimated false and Contracts still worse
They have brought me to Want, having emptied my purse"
The image appears to be have been associated with an article in the Morning Herald as a note beneath the image says 'See Morning Herald of August 14th 1829'. It is likely that the 'arch' referred to in the title was 'The Marble Arch'- constructed as the centrepiece of an enlarged courtyard at Buckingham Palace to commemorate the British victories at Trafalgar and Waterloo. By 1829 the costs of this construction project had escalated to nearly half a million pounds.
It was published in London in August 1829 by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly and is part of the George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection.
Object details
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| Title | George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | printing ink on paper |
| Brief description | A hand coloured etching entitled An Appropriate emblem for the Triumphal Arch of the New Palace. Published in London in August 1829 by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly. George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection |
| Physical description | A hand coloured etching entitled An Appropriate emblem for the Triumphal Arch of the New Palace. It dedicated to 'the poor, penny-less, priest ridden and paralysed John Bull' and shows an image of a man in a jester's hat, displaying the lining of his empty pockets. The left pocket reads 'To Let' the right 'Empty'. He is standing on top of a series of classical style arches and a speech bubble in which he is declaring: "They denounce me a Fool, I acknowledge the fact But Necessitas Legis 'twas drew the compact By Estimated false and Contracts still worse They have brought me to Want, having emptied my purse" |
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| Credit line | Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the V&A in 2010. |
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| Summary | A hand coloured etching entitled An Appropriate emblem for the Triumphal Arch of the New Palace. It dedicated to 'the poor, penny-less, priest ridden and paralysed John Bull' and shows an image of a man in a jester's hat, displaying the lining of his empty pockets. The left pocket reads 'To Let' the right 'Empty'. He is standing on top of a series of classical style arches and a speech bubble in which he is declaring: "They denounce me a Fool, I acknowledge the fact But Necessitas Legis 'twas drew the compact By Estimated false and Contracts still worse They have brought me to Want, having emptied my purse" The image appears to be have been associated with an article in the Morning Herald as a note beneath the image says 'See Morning Herald of August 14th 1829'. It is likely that the 'arch' referred to in the title was 'The Marble Arch'- constructed as the centrepiece of an enlarged courtyard at Buckingham Palace to commemorate the British victories at Trafalgar and Waterloo. By 1829 the costs of this construction project had escalated to nearly half a million pounds. It was published in London in August 1829 by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly and is part of the George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection. |
| Other number | Political Puppet Cartoons File |
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| Accession number | S.1050-2010 |
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| Record created | June 22, 2010 |
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