A cartoon illustrating the first reactions in England to the news of the fall of the Bastille. On the right, the radiant figure of Liberty sits enthroned on the ruins of the Bastille. Kneeling on one knee before her, Louis XVI holds up to her his crown; inscribed below him are the words "A repentant monarch." Following behind him are six figures in chains, each clearly identified: Orléans and Necker, Marie Antoinette, two German counselors, and a figure suggestive of Mrs. Schwellenberg. La Fayette and the ranks of the National Guard bring up the rear. All around them are cheering crowds
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Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., "Price 2 sh. plain.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 24.3 x 60.8 cm, on sheet 25.4 x 61.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 58 of volume 2 of 12.
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Pubd. Aug. 3d, 1789, by J. Aitken, N. 14 Castle Street, Leicester Fields
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793, Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804, Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797, Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834, and Bastille.
Subject (Topic):
Liberty, History, and Foreign public opinion, British
"Six heads, full-face, of Fox, arranged in a row, all with eyes closed or looking down. [1] 'Out of Place In Character', with tousled hair and ill-shaved face. [2] 'In Place Out of Character', with powdered hair and well-shaved face. Cf. Wraxall, 'Memoirs', 1884, ii. 269-74. [3] 'As he might have been'. The cap of Liberty is just above his head. [4] 'As he wod have been'. A ducal coronet is just above his (powdered) head. [5] 'As he should have been'. Blood drips from his decapitated head on which is a cap. [6] 'As he will be'. The Prince of Wales's coronet and feathers are just above his powdered hair on which is the word 'Regent'."--British museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with nearly complete loss of imprint. Imprint from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 21.3 x 34.1 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of beginning of imprint., and Mounted on leaf 50 of volume 2 of 12.
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Pubd. Decr. 26, 1788, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"Hastings, in oriental dress, rides (right to left) a camel. He and the camel look down with dignified contempt at Burke (left), who fires a blunderbuss point-blank at the 'Shield of Honour' on Hastings's left arm. On the shield is a crown. Behind Hastings are Fox and North (right): Fox raises a dagger with burlesqued gestures and an expression of frenzied rage; North, very short and fat, clutches one of the bags behind Hastings inscribed 'Lacks Rupees added to the Revenue'; this is tied to another inscribed 'Rupees Do'. The three assailants are much caricatured and all wear armour; Burke, grotesquely thin and like some malignant insect, wears a Jesuit's biretta (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6026). He somewhat resembles the Don Quixote of British Museum Satires No. 7678, &c, cf. also British Museum Satires No. 7158; a wallet of 'Charges' is slung across his shoulder, bare feet project from the greaves which cover his legs. North wears his Garter ribbon over his armour, with a feathered helmet and top-boots. The point of a large sabre with a damaged blade projects through the tattered scabbard which is inscribed 'American Subjugation'. Fox wears the cloak of a conspirator over his armour (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6389, &c). Hastings (not caricatured) wears a jewelled turban, floating draperies, trousers, and slippers; his camel is heavily draped. On its back are bags, inscribed 'Saved to the Company' and 'Eastern Gems for the British Crown', with a rolled map, 'Territories acquired by W. Hastings'. The background is a mountainous landscape."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Reissue of plate originally published with the imprint: Pubd. May 11th, 1786, by Willm. Holland, No. 66 Drury Lane. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Literary allusion through costume: Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote -- Alleged bribery of Hasting's supporters -- Decorated camels -- Hats -- Jesuit's biretta -- Guns: blunderbuss -- Damaged sabres -- Greaves -- India -- Banditti., 1 print : etching with aquatint on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 31.2 x 41.9 cm, on sheet 35.5 x 45.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 21 of volume 2 of 12.
Publisher:
Published 1788 by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Subject (Topic):
Camels, Firearms, Turbans, Shields, Daggers & swords, and Armor
"The Prince lies in bed, 'in extremis'; Thurlow, Pitt, and Richmond stand behind a curtain (right), the first with a dagger raised to strike, Pitt clutching a dagger. On the other side of the bed Liberty with her cap and staff clasps her hands in supplication for the preservation of the Prince; behind her stand Fox, Burke, North, and (?) Sheridan in similar attitudes. In the foreground (left) Time advances with his scythe towards the Prince; he has mown down a man who falls backwards holding on his shoulder a naked African with a broken spear (? Death). The African, about to fall, clutches the head of an apothecary seated on the ground. Rays of light fall diagonally on the Prince; clouds extend over him and his would-be assassins. Resting on the clouds is a scroll inscribed: '1800 \ Glory, \ Conquest, \ Submission of \ America - Perfidy of France \ respecting the Treaty'. Above the Prince's head are his feathers and 'Ich Dien'."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on leaf 17 of volume 2 of 12.
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Pubd. June 16, 1787, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Beds, Draperies, Daggers & swords, Liberty, Liberty cap, Time, and Scythes
Title etched below image., Printmaker from description in the British Museum catalogue of a later state., Early state with variant title, with the central figure bearing the Duke of Brunswick's head instead of that of William of Orange, and with the sabre lacking an inscription. Cf. No. 7181 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Sheet trimmed within plate mark and mutilated in lower left corner, with partial loss of imprint; remainder of imprint mostly erased from sheet. Imprint from the impression at the Beinecke Library., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 33.4 x 45.1 cm, on sheet 35.4 x 48.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 19 of volume 2 of 12.
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Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1787, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, 1735-1806, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, and Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790
"A vulture with the head of Pitt (in profile to the left) grasps in the left claw the Crown and sceptre, in the other (outstretched) the coronet of the Prince of Wales; the latter he crushes under the weight of his powerful talons, while he bites at the Prince's feathers, one of which he has already plucked out. The gorged bird's bulging breast is inscribed 'Treasury'; under the crown lies 'Magna Charta', torn. The spread of the creature's Avmgs and the stretch of its long heck towards the feathers give an impression of savage rapacity."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Treasury -- Birds: vulture -- Magna Charta -- Prince of Wales's coronet -- Crowns -- Sceptres -- Allusion to Regency crisis, 1788., 1 print : etching & aquatint on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.7 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 26.4 x 36.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 52 of volume 2 of 12.
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Pubd. Jany. 3d, 1789, by H. Humphrey, New Bond St.
"Thurlow, in his Chancellor's wig and gown, kicks with much vigour the back of a bishop whom he urges along a road in the direction of a signpost (right) pointing 'To Durham' (the only title of the print). The bishop wears a mitre, a gown, and extravagantly large lawn sleeves; his left hand is raised deprecatingly, his right is behind his back as if to ward off the Chancellor's kick. Thurlow's arms are raised above his head; in his right hand is his hat. In the background (left) is a cathedral; a devil flying over it indicates that it is Lincoln. Beneath the design is engraved a dialogue between the two brothers: 'Græcari Nescio - Apage Thomas, Græcari non est Græci Loqui, sed est Epulari, Saturari, Expleri, Satiari, Helluari - Epulas quadrifariam vel Centifariam dispertire - In Capite, fortunisque hominum Te longe longeque honestiorum dominari - Ohe! Græcus Sum - Salve Græcule frater fraterrime - '."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Graecari nescio
Description:
Title derived from signpost in the top right of image. See British Museum catalogue., Questionable attribution to J. Baldrey from the British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Horace Walpole's copy of this print is in NYPL -- Clergy: Bishop -- Signposts -- Lincoln Cathedral -- Devils -- Kicks -- Mitres -- Lord Chancellor's wig and gown., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27.6 x 32.6 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on upper edge., In lower left corner below caption, written in brown ink in a contemporary hand: No. 25 B., and Mounted on leaf 22 of volume 2 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 1, 1788 by I. Baldrey, No. 19 Holborn
Subject (Name):
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806 and Thurlow, Thomas, 1737-1791
"A composite figure with two heads, one that of Lord Howe, the other that of George III, stands between two groups of naval officers; both heads are in profile. The King turns to the right, taking a petition from a kneeling officer with a wooden leg and saying "I never interfere with your first Lord no never". Five officers standing behind this petitioner say (left to right): "I see I shall lose my Rank after all my long Services"; "I am set aside altho' I've lost a Son & one Eye"; "Humbugd by Jove by [the] old Jesuit"; "Had I my Arm again Fd find a better Country"; "Brothers, Our Lords & Commons will not suffer this Game". The last speaker has one leg and stands with a crutch. Howe, scowling with downcast head, says, "Go, go, I can do nothing. It is his Majesty's pleasure, that------" An officer steps forward holding out a petition, he says, "Rascall". Four others standing behind the petitioner say (left to right): "He's fond of Manoeuvres if ever so bad, you know him"; "The King's pleasure! That's a Falsity added to a mean Finesse"; "Our Navy has now two Heads & no Helm, rare Work"; "Vultus est Index Animi".--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., The last number of the year in the imprint statement has been engraved over with another number. The British Museum online catalogue suggests that a '6' was amended to a '7'., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 24.8 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 28.4 x 42.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 8 of volume 2 of 12.
Publisher:
Published by G. Humphrey, 48 Long Acre
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799
"A burlesque of Fuseli's well-known picture illustrating 'Macbeth', i. 3. The three witches are Dundas, Pitt, and Thurlow, in profile to the right instead of to the left. Fuseli's drapery is replaced by clouds, and the three gaze with reflective and apprehensive intensity at the moon (right): the Queen's smiling profile in a brightly lit crescent faces them, enclosing the old moon, the darkened head of the King (eclipsed), with closed eyes in profile to the right. Each witch presses the fingers of his left hand (drawn with much expressiveness) to his lips (- 'each at once her choppy finger laying upon her skinny lips'); the outstretched left arm of Fuseli's picture is absent: they appear to be seeking knowledge of the future from the moon, not foretelling it."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wierd sisters, ministers of darkness, minions of the moon and Weird sisters, ministers of darkness, minions of the moon
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Dedication etched above image: To H. Fuzelli Esqr. this attempt in the caricatura-sublime, is respectfully dedicated., One line quotation below title: "They should be women! and yet their beards forbid us to interpret, that they are so.", 1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.0 x 35.4 cm, on sheet 28.8 x 39.1 cm., and Mounted on leaf 75 of volume 2 of 12.
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Pubd. Decr. 23d, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Adaptations, parodies, etc, Regency, Politics and government, Eclipses, Moon, Politicians, Sun, and Witches
