"Design in two strips; the upper, eight bored and gloomy Englishmen fidgetting uncomfortably in armchairs, one yawning, one contemplating a dagger with a discarded copy of Goethe's 'Werter' at his feet, another firing a pistol at his jaw; the lower, seven Frenchmen joyously celebrating, one dancing, one setting out to a hunt, another stroking a dog wearing a cape and with its paws in a muff, a fat monk partaking of victuals."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Titles from text etched below each image., Statement of responsibilty etched below top image; publication line etched below bottom image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For reduced versions of the two images, published in 1790 in Hibernian magazine, see nos. 7764-5 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted on leaf 25 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 25, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"An ugly and elderly naval officer (left) puts his left arm round the shoulder of a pretty young woman, who puts her left hand on his left hand, taking with her right hand the purse which he offers. He has a wooden leg and a patch over his right eye; under his right arm is a stick."--British Museum online catalogue, description of variant state
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from descriptions of variant states in Grego and British Museum catalogue., For variant state lacking S.W. Fores imprint statement, see no. 7442 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Traces of burnished text visible at end of Wm. Rowlandson imprint statement. For probable earlier state with longer imprint statement and possibly the variant title "Luxury and desire," see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 237., Wm. Rowlandson imprint statement etched in lower left corner of design; S.W. Fores imprint statement etched below image., Companion print to: Lust and avarice., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 26 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 29, 1788, by Wm. Rowlandson, No. 49 and Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"An ugly and elderly naval officer (left) puts his left arm round the shoulder of a pretty young woman, who puts her left hand on his left hand, taking with her right hand the purse which he offers. He has a wooden leg and a patch over his right eye; under his right arm is a stick."--British Museum online catalogue, description of variant state
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from descriptions of variant states in Grego and British Museum catalogue., For variant state lacking S.W. Fores imprint statement, see no. 7442 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Traces of burnished text visible at end of Wm. Rowlandson imprint statement. For probable earlier state with longer imprint statement and possibly the variant title "Luxury and desire," see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 237., Wm. Rowlandson imprint statement etched in lower left corner of design; S.W. Fores imprint statement etched below image., Companion print to: Lust and avarice., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; sheet 37.3 x 26.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 27 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 29, 1788, by Wm. Rowlandson, No. 49 and Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"A courtesan, wearing a hat and cloak and plainly dressed, puts her left arm round the shoulders of an elderly man (right), brazenly holding out her hand for money. The man, who is lean and ugly, and dressed in an old-fashioned manner with a tie-wig, leers at her as he gropes in his breeches-pocket."--British Museum online catalogue, description of variant state
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from descriptions of variant states in Grego and British Museum catalogue., For variant state lacking S.W. Fores imprint statement, see no. 7443 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Wm. Rowlandson imprint statement etched in lower left corner of design; S.W. Fores imprint statement etched below image., Companion print to: Liberality and desire., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 237., and Mounted on leaf 28 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 29, 1788, by Wm. Rowlandson, No. 49 Broad Street, Bloomsbury and Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"A courtesan, wearing a hat and cloak and plainly dressed, puts her left arm round the shoulders of an elderly man (right), brazenly holding out her hand for money. The man, who is lean and ugly, and dressed in an old-fashioned manner with a tie-wig, leers at her as he gropes in his breeches-pocket."--British Museum online catalogue, description of variant state
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from descriptions of variant states in Grego and British Museum catalogue., For variant state lacking S.W. Fores imprint statement, see no. 7443 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Wm. Rowlandson imprint statement etched in lower left corner of design; S.W. Fores imprint statement etched below image., Companion print to: Liberality and desire., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 237., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; sheet 37 x 26.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 29 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 29, 1788, by Wm. Rowlandson, No. 49 Broad Street, Bloomsbury and Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"Mrs. Schwellenberg, followed by the Queen, who is held in leading-strings by Pitt, advances towards the House of Lords (left) from the 'Treasury' whose barred gate is on the extreme right. Mrs. Schwellenberg, very gross and ugly, holds the bag of the Great Seal in place of a muff; a large mace rests against her shoulder ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 30 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 20, 1788 (according to act of Parliament) by Tom Brown, Spa Fields, Chelsea
Subject (Name):
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818., and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
"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
Description:
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 on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 24.2 x 36.2 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., and Mounted on leaf 31 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 26, 1788, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"The Prince and Britannia stand on each side of the Coronation Chair as in BMSat 7386. Its Gothic carvings are altered to satyrs' heads. On the back of the Chair is a small money-bag inscribed Virtue. The Prince and Britannia stand as before, but the foot which she places on the step inscribed 'The Voice of the People' is a cloven hoof. The next step, 'Publick Safety', is badly cracked; the other steps are blank. No words come from Britannia's mouth; the Prince says, "I woud do the best to please my People". Liberty and Justice are transformed into Sheridan and Fox. Sheridan, wearing ragged clothes, holds the cap of 'Liberty' on a broom; he puts one hand on the Prince's shoulder while he steals a handkerchief from his coat-pocket. Fox, in place of Justice's sword, holds a bludgeon in the head of which is an eye which drips blood (in the coloured version); he holds up an evenly-balanced pair of scales, formed of two dice-boxes. His eye-bandage is pushed up on his forehead and he says, "I have the Voice of the People in my Eye". 'Commerce' is transformed from a comely young woman into a drunken hag who holds up a glass of gin. The Mayor says, "We have not been taxed this twelvemonth". Pitt, instead of being the colleague of the Furies, attacks them: in his left hand he holds up a large conical extinguisher with which he is about to put out the torch of 'Rebellion'. He says, "I could soon extinguish these Puppet Shew Vapours if properly supported". The Fury holds up two torches, one of 'Rebellion', the other 'Puppet Shew'. He puts his left foot on the prostrate head of 'Envy', who is holding up a fire-brand. The third fury (Falsehood) has disappeared. The British Lion looks from behind Britannia's shield snarling ferociously in defence of Pitt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Temporary local subject terms: Lord William Gill, 1720-1798: Mayor of London -- Lord Mayors -- Chairs: Satyrs' heads on coronation chair -- Broom as staff of liberty -- Emblems: drunken hag / commerce -- Scales: dice boxes -- Huge candle snuffers -- British lion -- Furies -- Regency crisis., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 26.2 x 36.4 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 32 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 29, 1788, by S. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date from Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 33 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
"Fox stands in the House of Commons, making a speech; in his right hand he holds out a paper: 'Speech on the 'Rights of the P------'; in his left is an 'Explanation of that Speech'. He faces the table on which are piled large folios: 'Statutes at Large', 'Magna Charta', 'Principles of the Constitution', 'Rights of the People'. He says, "all these I'll devour next". Behind him on the ground are two open books: 'Jus Divinum of Kings' and 'Principles of Toryism &c.' The benches behind him are packed with intent listeners, some dismayed, some admiring. North, a bandage over his eyes, sits on the extreme right, next him is Burke. The end of the gallery (left) is visible; listeners hang over to watch Fox."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Five lines of text below title: Advertisment extraordinary. This is to inform the public ..., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 26.2 x 38.1 cm., and Mounted on leaf 34 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Dec. 30th 1788, by S. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
