"Fox rises from a close-stool; Sheridan (left) is about to apply a syringe, inscribed 'R------ts [Regent's] Clyster', to his rectum. Burke (right), wearing a Jesuit's biretta (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6026), gropes in the close-stool, holding in his left hand its lid, inscribed 'Not searching from Precedents but Consequences' (a characteristic dictum); he says, "To Ordure - Ordure" (Burke was often called to order for his speeches on the Regency, cf. British Museum Satires No. 7499, &c). Fox says, "Exegi Monumentum cere perennias, or the finishing Stroke" (perhaps an allusion to the revolution Pillar, see British Museum Satires No. 7396). In his hand is a paper inscribed 'Magna Charta Non Posteris sed Posterioribus'; his posterior is inscribed 'Patriotic Bum' and 'Vox Populi'. He stands on a paper inscribed 'Resolutions of P------l------t.' Sheridan is 'Principal Promoter of loose Principles'; under his right foot is an open book: 'Congreve Plays School for Scandal', probably implying plagiarism by Sheridan (cf. Moore, 'Life of Sheridan', p. 180, where resemblances between 'The School for Scandal' and 'The Double Dealer' are noted). The background is a library wall: a book-case containing folio volumes in some disorder is flanked by scowling busts of 'Wat Tyler' and 'Jack Kade'. The books are inscribed: 'The Laws of Pharaoh' (Faro, cf. British Museum Satires No. 5972), 'Political Prints', 'Life of Oliver Cromwell' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6380, &c), 'Cataline' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6784), 'Memoirs of Sam House'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., The number "3" in publisher's street address in imprint is etched backwards., and Mounted on leaf 41 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 21, 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Defecation, Medical equipment & supplies, and Bookcases
"A foppish young man wearing a looped hat with cockade, double-breasted waistcoat, ruffled shirt, striped stockings, and low shoes with rosettes, walks (left to right) rapidly but affectedly. His head is turned to the left and he looks downwards; his left hand held up in a finicking manner."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: Country simplicity., Temporary local subject terms: Foppish young man., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 23.5 x 15.5 cm, on sheet 25.5 x 17.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 8 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jan. 1, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, 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
"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
"A procession of seven men riding galloping bulls; the leader (right) is a bishop (St. Patrick) wearing a mitre and carrying a cross; he has a beard, and says, "Make haste, my dear Honeys". The others are the six 'ambassadors'; all wear fool's caps, all flourish shillelaghs, and all carry sacks of potatoes at their backs. Their leader, who wears a ducal coronet, says "No Restrictions, by the Holy Cross of St Patrick!!!" His sack is labelled 'Leinster potatoes'. Next, wearing an earl's coronet, is Charlemont; he stoops over his bull's neck, saying, "We'll let the English see what Upright Members we have in Ireland; never lose an Inch in any Engagement!" His sack is labelled 'Ulster Potatoes'. The next 'Ambassador' says, "Christ Jasus how our majority will astonish the young King". The bull of the next man snorts and kicks ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to Rowlandson from British Museum catalogue., Date from British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisment in lower right: In a few days will be pubd. The return of the embassadors [sic]., Companion print to: The ambassadors extraordinary return on bulls without horns., and Mounted on leaf 48 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Charlemont, James Caulfeild, Earl of, 1728-1799, Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804, and Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?
"The Prince of Wales, seated in a ramshackle state coach, is drawn (left to right) by eight miserable hacks; the procession is watched by Ministers and others from windows. On the coach door are the Prince's feathers, upside-down. One wheel is broken, the hammer-cloth is ragged; the harness consists partly of rope, partly of chains; the horses are of grotesquely varying sizes and breeds, on one is a saddle. The one dishevelled postilion raises his whip to lash the off-leader, a veritable skeleton, which falls on its knees. The coachman and the two footmen behind the coach are lean and unsuitably dressed. An angry crowd follows the coach ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Picture of English magnificence!!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to Rowlandson in British Museum catalogue and Grego., Publisher's advertisment below title: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of political and other humorous prints. Admttance [sic] one shilling., Sheet trimmed to within plate mark on top and bottom edges., Two large sets of monogrammed initials written in pencil in lower right, possibly in contemporary hand., and Mounted on leaf 66 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. by William Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, La Luzerne, Anne-César, chevalier de, 1741-1791, Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, and Chatham, John Pitt, Earl of, 1756-1835
"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
"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 of a later state with similar composition
Description:
Titles etched below each image., Printmaker from signature on later state., Plate reissued by S.W. Fores on 25 November 1788., 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., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 392., and Mounted on leaf 65 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publishd. May 1, 1788, by T. Rowlandson, No. 50 Poland Street
Title etched within image., 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 7 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Arrivals & departures, Boats, Beaches, Anchors, and Luggage
