"A game of marbles (taw, cf. BMSat 7393) for the crown is in progress; the Prince of Wales is dressed as a toddling child in petticoats but is larger in scale than the other figures; he leans towards Fox, Sheridan, and Burke (who are aiming at the crown) but is restrained by Pitt (right) who holds him in leading-strings, saying, "Hold, Not so fast Georgy". The Prince wears one of the cushioned caps ('puddings') then used to protect children's heads; in it are three feathers. The crown is at his feet, surrounded by a ring of marbles. Fox and Sheridan kneel side by side; Fox is about to play, saying, "My Game for a Crown". Sheridan, holding his marble, says, "Knuckle down and dont funck, [To funk = to advance the hand unfairly in playing marbles. Partridge, 'Dict. of Slang', 1937.] Charley". Burke stands behind them, leaning eagerly forward, saying, "My turn next Sherry". He wears a Jesuit's biretta (cf. BMSat 6026). Pitt, 'chapeau-bras', wears court dress. Behind the Prince is a circular stand on wheels for supporting a toddling child."--British museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Temporary local subject terms: Clerical hats: Jesuit's biretta -- Hats: Child's cushioned cap or 'pudding' -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Vehicles: go-cart -- Leading-strings -- Games: marbles -- Crowns -- George IV as a toddler -- Regency restrictions -- Regency crisis, 1788 -- Satire on children., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 23.4 x 34.5 cm, on sheet 24.2 x 35.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 42 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"A game of marbles (taw, cf. BMSat 7393) for the crown is in progress; the Prince of Wales is dressed as a toddling child in petticoats but is larger in scale than the other figures; he leans towards Fox, Sheridan, and Burke (who are aiming at the crown) but is restrained by Pitt (right) who holds him in leading-strings, saying, "Hold, Not so fast Georgy". The Prince wears one of the cushioned caps ('puddings') then used to protect children's heads; in it are three feathers. The crown is at his feet, surrounded by a ring of marbles. Fox and Sheridan kneel side by side; Fox is about to play, saying, "My Game for a Crown". Sheridan, holding his marble, says, "Knuckle down and dont funck, [To funk = to advance the hand unfairly in playing marbles. Partridge, 'Dict. of Slang', 1937.] Charley". Burke stands behind them, leaning eagerly forward, saying, "My turn next Sherry". He wears a Jesuit's biretta (cf. BMSat 6026). Pitt, 'chapeau-bras', wears court dress. Behind the Prince is a circular stand on wheels for supporting a toddling child."--British museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Temporary local subject terms: Clerical hats: Jesuit's biretta -- Hats: Child's cushioned cap or 'pudding' -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Vehicles: go-cart -- Leading-strings -- Games: marbles -- Crowns -- George IV as a toddler -- Regency restrictions -- Regency crisis, 1788 -- Satire on children., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 23.1 x 36.3 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., and Mounted on leaf 42 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"The Prince of Wales lies on his back on an operating-table (cf. BMSat 7512), wearing his feathers as a coronet. Members of the Ministry holding knives surround the Prince; their operations are directed by Pitt, who is seated in a throne-like chair raised above the others. He points with a long wand at the Prince's star, saying to Dundas, "The good Qualities of his heart will certainly ruin our plan therefore cut that out first". Dundas holds a knife, looking up at Pitt, as if to read a paper which he holds out: 'Thanks from the City of London with £50,000'. Next Dundas, and at Pitt's feet, sits Sydney, holding a knife, and looking ferociously at the Prince. In an armchair by the Prince's feet sits Grafton, staring fiercely at the Prince, and holding a knife in each hand. His left foot rests on a basket containing surgeon's tools; a pair of shears and a saw lie beside it. Beside Grafton and on the extreme left stands Richmond, also glaring fiercely at the Prince; he holds a headsman's axe. At the Prince's head, seated with folded arms and closed or lowered eyes is Thurlow (right), his position indicative of his temporizing attitude, see BMSat 7377. The Prince's left arm droops over blank papers, which appear to be intended for some inscription."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 70 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, and Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800
Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 April 1787]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Seven men (three-quarter length) are grouped round a card-table in a Smithfield tavern. One (right), young and innocent, inspects his cards; beside him an older countryman lies back asleep (right), his dog resting his head on his knee. The other gambler (left), holding his cards, looks at his victim. Three onlookers have crafty expressions. A fat man, smoking, approaches with a bowl of punch. In the bar (left) a fat woman chalks up a score. Coins, a watch, and pocket-book are on the table. A broken mirror and a picture of a horse decorate the walls."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Countrymen defrauded
Description:
Title etched below image., Twelve lines of verse below image, six lines on each side of title: Old Trusty with his town made friends ..., and Mounted on leaf 10 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 10, 1787, by I. Read, No. 133 Pall Mall
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two previous imprint statements, one within border below image and the other below border in lower left, have been mostly burnished from plate and are illegible., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching and aquatint with stipple on wove paper ; sheet 31.7 x 39 cm., and Mounted on leaf 51 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two previous imprint statements, one within border below image and the other below border in lower left, have been mostly burnished from plate and are illegible., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Additional border, drawn in ink, exterior to aquatint border., and Mounted on leaf 50 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
"Wesley (left) leans from a pulpit addressing a congregation who listen to him with expressions and gestures of horror and grief; they are plain, elderly, and plebeian. He holds out to them an open book on one page of which is a man with the appendages of the Devil, inscribed 'Devil Towned', on the other is a man with wings inscribed 'Saint Hood'. He says: "Lord Hood is a Saint, my dear brethren, as immaculate as a new born babe; but as for Lord Townshend he'll be d------n'd to all eternity! I shudder when I tell ye he loves a pretty girl; the Opposition to a man are all fond of pretty girls! They go about like Lions in pursuit of your wives and daughters! Lord Hood's pious Committee will swear to it - Oh! well may ye groan, my dear Sisters of the Elect! I should not wonder if this Rampant Candidate was to enter this sanctified place this moment and ravish every one of ye!" Beneath the pulpit sits the clerk who displays to the congregation an open book, pointing to the words 'Blessed be they that hearken unto me'. In the pulpit behind Wesley are Hood, listening devoutly with his hands held out as if in surprised assent, and a sailor of dissolute appearance who tipsily flourishes a bludgeon with a satisfied grin. A large flag with a St. Andrew's cross leans against the pulpit and forms a background for Hood and Wesley."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Paddy whack -- Congregations -- Elections: Westminster by-election, 1788 -- Flags: St. Andrew's cross -- Literature quotation: John Wesley, 1703-1791: Journal vii.419., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.8 x 32.9 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 19 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
publisher not identified and Sold at the caricature shops of London & Westminster
Subject (Name):
Wesley, John, 1703-1791, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, and Townshend, John, Lord
"Burke kneels before a throne, from which the Prince of Wales has risen, eagerly holding out his hands for the head of Charles I which Burke proffers in a round box inscribed 'Treasury Box'; he says, "My Liege I told them in the House no day so proper to settle the Regency as Charles's Martyrdom". Sheridan stands behind Burke, leaning eagerly forward, and saying with a sinister scowl: "I too am for Dispatch such days best suit our Purpose"; from his pocket hangs a paper: 'Horn Tooke's Letter on the Princes Marriage' ('Prince' appears to have been scored through) ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified in the British Museum catalogue as Rowlandson imitating James Sayers's signature., Two lines of text below title: "Why not debate it on Friday, I say it is the only day in the year on which it ought to be debated (Charles's martyrdom) and carried up in the black box." Vide Mr. Burk-s speech on Tuesday last., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Treasury boxes -- Allusion to Prince of Wales's letter on Regency restrictions, 30 Dec. 1788 -- Speeches: Burke's in the House of Commons, Jan. 27, 1789 -- Satire on Regency resolutions -- Regency crisis, 1788 -- Thrones -- Execution of Charles I, Jan. 30, 1649 -- Literature: Tooke, John Horne, A letter to a friend on a reported marriage ... ., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25 x 35.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 43 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. 30 Janry., 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649
"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
"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
