"Four elderly parsons, grossly fat, apparently Fellows of Brasenose College, are seated in stuffed arm-chairs at a small dinner-table. One (right) carves a capon, another ladles soup from a tureen, the others drink. One servant hands wine, another brings in a bowl, into which his nose drips as in Swift's 'Directions to Servants' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 10918). A third in the doorway, more unkempt than the others, brings in a sucking-pig. On the floor (right) is a paper: 'A New form of Prayer, Gravy Soup, Mock Turtle, 'Cods Head', 'Turbott', 'Haunch of Venison', 'Stewed Carp', 'Roast Ducks', 'Pidgeon Rye', 'Woodcocks', 'Jelly', 'Marrow Pudding'. On the left are a wine-cooler, many bottles, three labelled 'Burg[undy]', 'Ho[ck]', 'Clar[et]', a loving-cup, a punchbowl inscribed 'Bowl for a Bishop', with lemons, a cork-screw, and the lid of the tureen. On the walls are pictures: 'Bench of Bi[shops]' [in reversed characters], parsons carousing at a table, some lolling in easy chairs; 'Ecclesiastical Court', an elderly man (or woman) doing penance in a sheet and holding a candle; 'View of Brazen Nose Col.', a college quadrangle; a picture of an anchorite in the wilderness, holding a cross; 'Susannah' [and the Elders]; 'Portrait of S . . . Fellow Commoner of Braze[nose]' [the subject cut off by the upper margin]. There are also two notices, partly obscured, on the wall: 'This Day Being Proclaimed A Fast . . . Church', and 'List of Great Tythes Church Lands . . '."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James St. Adelphi
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, publisher.
"The Powers of Europe toss Napoleon in a blanket. He flies into the air, legs above his head, dropping crown and sceptre, his sword also falls. He exclaims with an agonized expression: "O Misericordé." Three figures hold the front of the sheet, in back view, but with upturned profiles: in the centre is John Bull, a fat 'cit', bald-headed, his hat and wig on the ground. On his left, their hands touching, is a Dutchman smoking, and with a big orange cockade in his hat. On his right is a Spanish don, in feathered hat, ruff, cloak, slashed tunic and breeches. At the extreme ends of the sheet are (left) a Cossack, next the Dutchman, and (right) the fat King of Würtemberg. Seven men hold the farther side of the blanket (left to right): the Pope, wearing his tiara, a man wearing a fur cap with a star, inscribed 'Polar Star', identified in a contemporary hand as Poland, despite the association with Sweden (see British Museum Satires No. 10997). His neighbour is identified as Bernadotte, but resembles Francis I. The next two are identified as Russia and Austria, one is perhaps Bavaria (Russia being represented by the Cossack as England is by John Bull). Next is the hussar who commonly stands for Prussia. A man wearing cocked hat and star is identified as Hanover, but does not resemble the Duke of Cambridge or of Cumberland and is not unlike Bernadotte."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Friends and foes, up he goes :
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Charles--XIV John,--King of Sweden and Norway,--1763-1844., Francis--I,--Emperor of Austria,--1768-1835., Frederick--I,--King of Württemberg,--1754-1816--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons., and Pius--VII,--Pope,--1742-1823.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character)--Caricatures and cartoons.
"Napoleon, surrounded by the Powers of Europe who puff smoke at him, dances, frantic with rage and fear, upon the head of a large cask of 'Real Hollands Geneva'. The cask-head tilts under his feet, the contents splash out, and he is on the point of disappearing inside it. On the cask are the words: 'The Fly that sips Treacle is lost in the sweet' [Gay, 'Beggar's Opera']. The most prominent smoker, nearest the cask on the left, is a fat Dutchman in bulky breeches, with a big orange cockade in his small hat. He sits on a small barrel inscribed 'Dutch Herrings' and 'Crimp Cod' and leans forward and to the right, puffing upwards a cloud of smoke. In his left hand he holds up his long pipe, his right is on the handle of a jug inscribed 'Success to his Serene Highness'. Beside him are a 'Dutch Cheese' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 9412], a 'Tobacco Pouch', three closely coiled twists of tobacco, and a jug of 'Dutch Drops' [a balsam or popular nostrum, prepared with oil of turpentine, nitric ether, &c. 'O.E.D.'; see British Museum Satires No. 12118]. Almost equally prominent is an obese John Bull, a 'cit' holding a pipe and a frothing tankard of 'Brown Stout', who stands close to the cask in profile to the left, looking up with amused satisfaction, a cloud of smoke rising from his mouth. Next him and on the right, a Prussian hussar sits on a cannon, holding a pipe with a long curved stem, and turning a grotesque profile toward Napoleon. Behind John Bull is a (?) Hanoverian wearing a helmet, puffing steadily. Above them and near the upper margin are four heads: one very close to Napoleon, emerging from cloud, is perhaps a Saxon. A man wearing a high fur-bordered cap is probably a Russian, and a profile smoking a pipe with an ornate bowl may be Swedish. The man on the extreme right smoking a German pipe may represent Bavaria. On the left, standing behind the Dutchman, the bulky King of Würtemberg is conspicuous. His antique dress, with a long flowered and gold-laced waistcoat, is reminiscent of the caricatures of his courtship and marriage, see British Museum Satires No. 9014, &c. He holds a bottle of 'Wirtemberg Drops', and smokes a large curved German pipe. Above him are the heads of two men, an Austrian and a Spanish don, probably the Emperor of Austria and Ferdinand of Spain. Napoleon stands among clouds of smoke, which also form a background to the heads. He storms: "Oh you base Traitors and Deserters. Eleven Hundred Thousand Lads of Paris [cf. British Museum Satires No. 12113, &c.] shall roast every one of you alive, as soon as they can catch you!"."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Ferdinand--VII,--King of Spain,--1784-1833--Caricatures and cartoons., Francis--I,--Emperor of Austria,--1768-1835--Caricatures and cartoons., Frederick--I,--King of Württemberg,--1754-1816--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character)--Caricatures and cartoons.
A satire set in an assembly room: Two well-dressed older men with caricatured faces, one with gloves and a large belly, bow to a old woman equally caricatured. The other members of the party are also caricatured in the background, some dancing. Musicians play in the balcony above on the right.
Description:
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Probably a reissue; date following Rowlandson's signature has most likely been altered from "1802." See Grego., Text below title: Graces, the Graces, remember the Graces., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership. and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Balls (Parties), Couples. , Dance., Manners & customs., and Musicians.
"A hand-coloured print of a portly rector who is suspended above his horse by means of a crane secured to the wall of the rectory. Two women pull on the rope that has heaved the rector into the air whilst a grinning groom stands alongside the horse."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue, description of an earlier state.
Alternative Title:
New invented patent crane for the accomodation of rheumatic rump'd rectors
Description:
Date of publication based on earlier state with the partial imprint "Pubd. December 30th, 1813, by [...]." Cf. Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 810909., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Plate numbered "270" in upper right corner., Publisher inferred from the inclusion of this plate in Tegg's Caricature magazine and the presence of Tegg's serial numbering in the upper right., Reissue; former plate number "314" has been replaced with a new number, and imprint statement has been completely burnished from plate., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership., and Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
"A plump Jewess leans over the wooden barrier across the street doorway, to kiss a sucking-pig which her husband holds out to her, affectionately putting his arm round her shoulders. He is bearded, with a long coat, with a bag slung from his arm, showing that he deals in old clothes. A sow (right) looks up anxiously at the pig. A comely young woman wearing a necklace and ear-rings leans over Mrs. Shevi, admiring the pig. From an adjacent window or doorway, an elderly Jew leans, registering outraged horror. The doorway is vaulted, and has a heavy wooden door. A caged bird hangs just inside. On a wall (right) is a bill: 'Lost supposed to have been Stolen a Sow and Seven Pigs Whoever gives Information Five Pound Reward'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state.
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Shevi in a longing condition
Description:
"Price one shilling colourd.", Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 254-5., Date of publication based on earlier state with the complete imprint "Pubd. September 20th, 1813, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside." Cf. No. 12146 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Plate numbered "213" in upper right corner., Reissue, with beginning of imprint statement burnished from plate., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership., and Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
"Satire on the gullibility of Englishmen travelling abroad; an Italian dealer at right showing a framed painting supposedly by Guido Reni representing Mary Magdalene to a young Englishman and his advisor at left; paintings attributed to old masters on the walls behind: Titian, Carracci, Rubens, Rosa, Parmigianino, Teniers."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Italian picture dealers humbugging My Lord Anglaise
Description:
Final two digits of year at end of printmaker's signature are obscured with crosshatching., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James St. Adelphi
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, publisher.
Subject (Topic):
Art dealers--Italy--19th century., Dandies., Paintings., and Quizzing glasses.
"An unidentified portrait. A very stout man with small neat features rides a well-bred horse in profile to the right; his obesity forces him to lean backwards. He wears a cylindrical hat, double-breasted coat, frilled shirt, Hessian boots, and holds a hunting-crop."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humphries, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
"A vast and hideous negress (left), almost spherical, is embraced by a lean and elderly military officer with a long pigtail. They are on the ramparts of a heavily fortified castle, indicated by a massive pillar and a raised portcullis beyond which is another lean officer, in back view but looking over his shoulder. In the background are cannon and a sentry. Behind the woman's head is a placard: 'Voluntary Subscription for a Soldiers Widow the smallest donation will be gratefully received--By Rachel Ram Part'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
"Price one shilling couloured [sic]."--Lower right corner of design., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue and Grego., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Plate numbered "145" in upper right corner; the digit "5" is etched backwards., Probably a later state; beginning of imprint statement has been burnished from plate., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership., and Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
