Intended statues for Waterloo Place Finish:none Royal Italian Opera House

Royal Italian Opera House

A hangman pulls at a rope secured around the neck of a bust of the Duke of Wellington

'Buy my fine Singing Glasses'

Interior view of St Bartholomew's Priory showing the nave

On the left another stout man and two thinner ones wait

Intended statues for Waterloo Place Finish:none Royal Italian Opera House'Intended statues for Waterloo Place', 1821. Two large figures on a low pedestal embracing. King George IV is shown as Bacchus and Lady Conyngham as Ariadne. Against the pedestal leans a portfolio which says 'Lady C's attitudes suppressed'. Lord Conyngham stands on the left, sprouting antlers. Lady Elizabeth Conyngham was one of the King's mistresses.