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37. Regardèz moi [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1781]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Gaetan Vestris (right) giving a dancing lesson to a gigantic goose with a human head and long pigtail queue. They face each other in profile. Vestris stands with his legs together, chest thrown out, his arms curved. "Regardez-moi" was his characteristic admonition. On a stool behind the goose is an open book inscribed "Electrical E. E. L."; on the ground at its feet is another inscribed "The Torpedo. Dedicated to Ld------C------. My Lord, I take the Liberty------ The greatness of whose Parts are known. . ." . This indicates that the goose is Lord Cholmondeley (1749-1827), "The Torpedo, a Poem to the Electrical Eel addressed to Mr John Hunter Surgeon" and "Dedicated to . . . Lord Cholmondeley," 4th ed. 1777, was a coarse and scurrilous poem, three lines of which are, "What tho' Lord Ch--lm--d--ly may conceal A most enormous length of Eel Admir'd for Size and bone:"In the wall which forms the background are two sash-windows and a door (left) round which a grinning youth, probably a servant, is looking. On the wall are half length portraits: three in ovals of elderly ladies in profile, one of a clergyman, full-face, wearing a biretta, his left hand on a book. There is also a picture of Fox, with a fox's head, seated opposite Cholmondeley; they are throwing dice. Fox appears satisfied, the other clenches his fist and exclaims in anger. A devil is climbing on the top of the frame and holds out a claw to grab the head of Fox. On the picture are the words "A Nick by God". Like Fox, see BMSat 5972, Cholmondeley held a faro bank at Brooks's. G.E.C., 'Complete Peerage'."-- British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text at bottom of image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching with aquatint on laid paper ; sheet 26.7 x 36.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 12 of volume 7 of 12.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Vestris, Gaëtan, 1729-1808, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Dance, Geese, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Regardèz moi [graphic].
38. Sawney in the bog-house [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [4 June 1779]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A satire on the Scots; an imitation but not a copy of the satire with the same title, BMSat 2678, c. 1745, repeated in 1762, see BMSat 3988, which according to Angelo was by George Bickham. A Scot in Highland dress and wearing a feathered cap is seated in a latrine, his legs thrust down two holes in the board. He grasps in his left hand a rolled document inscribed "Act for [esta]blishing Popery". Behind him a stone wall is indicated on which is etched (left) a thistle growing out of a reversed crown, inscribed "Nemo me impune lacessit". On the right. and over Sawney's head is engraved: "'Tis a bra' bonny seat, o' my saul, Sawney cries, I never beheld sic before with me Eyes, Such a place in aw' Scotland I never could meet, For the High and the Low ease themselves in the Street.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Gillray. See British Museum online catalogue., and Mounted on leaf 2 of volume 7 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd 4th June 1779 by Mrs. Holt, No. 111 Oxford Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Ethnic stereotypes, Caricatures, Privies, and Urination
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sawney in the bog-house [graphic].
39. Shakespeare-sacrificed, or, The offering to avarice [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 June 1789]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Alderman Boydell stands within a magic circle, directing a sacrifice of Shakespeare's plays; these are burning at his feet; the dense smoke which rises from the fire obscures a monument to Shakespeare, concealing the head and shoulders of a figure of Shakespeare in bas-relief pointing to the inscription on the monument (as in Kent's monument in Westminster Abbey)" ... Beside the fire (right) stands on end a huge volume inscribed 'List of Subscribers to the Sacrifice'. On it sits an aged gnome-like creature with a large head, symbolizing Avarice; under each skinny arm he clutches a large money-bag inscribed '£'. On his shoulders stands an infant blowing from a tobacco-pipe the bubble of 'Immortality'; he wears a head-dress of peacock's feathers, symbolizing Vanity. Boydell, who wears a furred alderman's robe, looks fixedly at Avarice, who returns his cunning smile; with his left hand he points to the fire. He is less caricatured than savagely depicted, the realism of his figure contrasting with the fantasy of the design. An evil-looking creature wearing a fool's cap crouches by the fire (right) blowing it with bellows. He is a caricature of the fool in West's picture of Lear (iii. 2). The smoke as it rises expands into heavy clouds which support various figures, more or less travestied, from the pictures commissioned by Boydell for his Shakespeare Gallery. ... In the upper part of the design is an infant at a woman's breast attended by two other figures. This does not appear to be from the Shakespeare Gallery. ... On the ground and just within the magic circle kneels a ragged boy with palette and brushes who is pushing another boy, holding an engraver's tool, outside the circle, which is inscribed in large letters: 'ΟΥΔΕΙΣ ΑΜΟΥΣΟΣ ΕΙΣΙΤΩ' ... Behind the boys and in the background is the temple of Fame on a mountain-top. Fame, poised on the apex of the temple, blows upwards from her trumpet a blast of bubbles ...--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Offering to avarice
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Advertisement etched below title: Soon as possible will be publishd., price one guinea, N. 1 of Shakespeare Illustrated, with the text, annotations, &c. complete; the engravings to be carried on in imitation of the aldermans liberal plan, further particulars will shortly be given in all the public papers., "Price 5 sh.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 50.2 x 38.5 cm, on sheet 53.1 x 39.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 61 of volume 7 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 20th, 1789, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Boydell, John, 1719-1804
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Shakespeare-sacrificed, or, The offering to avarice [graphic]
40. Signor Puppy first catgut scraper. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [27 November 1781]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait (whole-length) of a man standing in profile to the right holding a violin in his right hand, a bow in his left."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- First catgut scraper
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Possibly etched by Gillray. See British Museum catalogue., First letters of imprint statement are lightly printed and illegible, possibly due to an imperfection in the plate. The letter 'S' in 'Street' in publisher's address is etched in reverse., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 15.0 x 9.4 cm, on sheet 23.3 x 17.5 cm., First word of imprint statement ('Pubd.'), which is lightly printed on other impressions, is completely absent here; this is possibly due to wear or burnishing of the plate., and Mounted on leaf 10 of volume 7 of 12.
- Publisher:
- [Pu]bd. Nov. 27, 81, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Puppo, Giuseppe, 1749-1827
- Subject (Topic):
- Violinists, Violins, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Signor Puppy first catgut scraper. [graphic]
41. Sir Richard Worse-than-sly, exposing his wifes bottom; O fye! [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 March 1782]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The interior of a room in the floor of which is sunk a circular bath. A lady (Lady Worsley), holding a little drapery, steps into it. Through a window high in the wall behind her (right) appear the head and shoulders of Captain Bisset. Outside the building (right) Sir R. Worsley stands on tip-toe holding Bisset, who sits on his shoulders; his hat is on the ground, and by it lies a paper inscribed "My Yoke is Easy & my Burden light". Bisset is saying, "Charming View of the Back Settlements Sir Richard". On the farther side of the bath (left) stands a maid-servant of attractive appearance, holding her mistress's clothes; she holds up her right hand saying, "Good lack! My Lady the Captn will see all for Nothing". On the back wall is nailed a 'Map of the Isle of Wight'. The ceiling of the room has a circle inset in the rectangle which may support a dome. See British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., A version in reverse, with several alterations, of No. 6109 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Watermark: J. Whatman 1811., and Mounted on leaf 15 of volume 7 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 14th, 1782, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Worsley, Richard, Sir, 1751-1805, Bisset, Maurice George, 1757-1821, and Worsley, Seymour Dorothy, Lady
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sir Richard Worse-than-sly, exposing his wifes bottom; O fye! [graphic].
42. Sir Samuel House [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 July 1781]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait (whole-length) of Sam House seated in an arm-chair, a wineglass in his right hand, his left hand on his hip. At his right side, on a small rectangular table, is a punch-bowl inscribed "Fox for eve[r]". He is in his well-known dress, see BMSat 5696, &c, and wears ungartered stockings."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue. Also attributed to Charles Knight; see British Museum online catalogue., Text below title: Libertas et natule [sic] solum., and Mounted on leaf 9a (i.e. verso of leaf 8) of volume 7 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Published July 12, 1781, by C. Knight, Berwick Street
- Subject (Name):
- House, Samuel, -1785
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sir Samuel House [graphic].
43. St. Cecilia [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 April 1782]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Lady Cecilia Johnston, facing right, seated at the organ upon which two cats are reading from a hymnal and yowling accompaniment. A parody of Reynold's painting of Mrs. Sheridan as St. Cecilia
- Alternative Title:
- Saint Cecilia
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching & roulette on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 22.5 x 19.0 cm, on sheet 24.2 x 19.0 cm., and Mounted on leaf 17 of volume 7 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 24th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817 and Cecilia, Saint.
- Subject (Topic):
- Cats, Organs, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > St. Cecilia [graphic].
44. Swearing to the cutting monster, or, A scene in Bow Street [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 May 1790]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A young woman stands upon a high stool, her skirts raised to show her posteriors to three men (half length) behind her. She bends forward, pointing to Charles Fox who stands with his hands handcuffed in a booth or box behind a bar. Fox has an enormous head and an expression of terrified dismay at the denunciation. Behind him is a man in profile holding a constable's staff. The three men are evidently Bow Street Justices (Sir Sampson Wright, Addington, and Bond); the principal magistrate (Wright) wears a hat and spectacles and is much caricatured (cf. British Museum Satires Nos. 6119-21). Above their heads are the evenly balanced scales of Justice. In front of the woman stands a clerk (half length) meditatively biting his pen."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Scene in Bow Street
- Description:
- Title etched at bottom of image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Bond -- Crime., Watermark: S. Lay., and Mounted on leaf 66 of volume 7 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 20th, 1790, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Addington, William, Sir, -1811, Wright, Sampson, Sir, -1793, and Williams, Renwick.
- Subject (Topic):
- Stools, Judges, Handcuffs, Scales, and Clerks
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Swearing to the cutting monster, or, A scene in Bow Street [graphic].
45. The German dancing master Maitre de ballet allemand / [graphic] =
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [5 April 1782]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depicts on the right the German dancing master Jansen playing the fiddle, as his pupil faces him with raised right arm and hat in left hand, a smaller youth standing sleepily on the left
- Alternative Title:
- Maitre de ballet allemand
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 19.0 x 24.4 cm, on sheet 20.9 x 26.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 16 of volume 7 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 5th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Dance, Violins, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The German dancing master Maitre de ballet allemand / [graphic] =
