Two rows with six men and women from various walks of life, comment on Roscius
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Bottom left and right corners of sheet have been removed., and Mounted on leaf 22 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 26, 1805, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Betty, William Hen. West 1791-1874. (William Henry West),
Top design: A group of happy, cheering young men toast each other with wine as they sit around a table, a victory cup and wine caraffes on the table. In the design below "Muck worms" an group of older, sour-looking men over punch and wine, many in spectacles, one writing as they argue
Alternative Title:
Muck worms
Description:
Each title etched below corresponding image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Imprint and printmaker's statement in top design., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 35.5 x 25.2 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 32 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 14, 1812, by T. Rowlandson, No 1. James St., Adelphi
Subject (Topic):
Eating & drinking, Eyeglasses, Soldiers, British, and Toasting
Three older ladies and one gentleman in military uniform sit at a table playing cards. Speech balloons from the ladies berate him for his lack of card playing skills
Description:
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.5 x 32.4 cm, on sheet 27.4 x 34.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 3 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 10, 1802, by T. Williamson, No. 20 Strand, London
Title etched below images., Six designs on one plate, each individually titled below., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left edge., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 12 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. 24 March 1803, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"The interior of a loft stacked with sacks, an angry countryman ferociously prods one with a pitchfork, while a handsome young woman tries to stop him, clutching his hair and arm, and attempting to trip him up. From the sack, inscribed 'Hemp Seed', project the terrified head and hands of the woman's lover; his queue indicates a military officer, along it scampers a tiny rat. Other sacks are 'Mustard Seed', 'Rape Seed', 'Turnip Seed'; a measure lies against them inscribed 'Measure for Measure'. The head and shoulders of an aged man, much amused, appear on a ladder projecting through a trap-door. A paper lies on the ground: 'I smell a Rat dead for a ducat'; others are nailed to the wall: 'Rats Pole Cats and all sorts of Vermin effectively destroyed'; and 'To be run for a Holland smock also jumping in Sacks - Grinning Match - Smoaking - '. A white owl flies under the rafters."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Rogue in grain
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 24.9 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 25.7 x 36.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 53 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 16, 1807, by R. Ackermann, No., 101 Strand
"The interior of a loft stacked with sacks, an angry countryman ferociously prods one with a pitchfork, while a handsome young woman tries to stop him, clutching his hair and arm, and attempting to trip him up. From the sack, inscribed 'Hemp Seed', project the terrified head and hands of the woman's lover; his queue indicates a military officer, along it scampers a tiny rat. Other sacks are 'Mustard Seed', 'Rape Seed', 'Turnip Seed'; a measure lies against them inscribed 'Measure for Measure'. The head and shoulders of an aged man, much amused, appear on a ladder projecting through a trap-door. A paper lies on the ground: 'I smell a Rat dead for a ducat'; others are nailed to the wall: 'Rats Pole Cats and all sorts of Vermin effectively destroyed'; and 'To be run for a Holland smock also jumping in Sacks - Grinning Match - Smoaking - '. A white owl flies under the rafters."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Rogue in grain
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 52 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 16, 1807, by R. Ackermann, No., 101 Strand
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The comet has the profile head of Napoleon wearing a plumed bicorne; it rushes up from the left towards the sun, the profile head of George III, much irradiated. John Bull, a carbuncled 'cit', stoops low to look through a telescope on a tripod pointing towards the comet. Napoleon looks up at the King, who gazes fixedly above his head. He has ascended from a small piece of land rising from the narrow Channel separating it from John's wider fragment. Up this a frog clambers. On the open sea ships are strung out along the horizon. John says: "Aye - Aye - Master Comet - you may attempt your Periheliums - or your Devil heliums for what I care but take the word of an Old Man you'll never reach the Sun depend upon it"."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
John Bull making observations on the comet
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state; former plate number "29" has been replaced with a new number, and date has been removed from end of imprint statement., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: London, Printed for Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, 10th Novr. 1807. Cf. No. 10769 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate numbered "274" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Also issued separately., "Price one shilling coloured.", and Mounted on leaf 75 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Printed for Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
"On the left: An old sailor with a long pigtail, and wearing an old-fashioned blue coat with gold lace, points with a pointer at a large decoration by Thornhill. He leans against an iron railing, standing on raised stone flags. A corner of the decoration is shown, swirling allegorical figures, nude and partly draped. On the right: The lower left corner of a large heavily framed picture with a man in Roman draperies, and a woman in longer draperies. Two sightseers and a small boy gaze at the wall, the man yawning cavernously. Three lines of text in lower right corner of design: "Here is Prince George of Denmark, and in & the Prospective a View of St Pauls London, Sr James Thornhill in the Wig &&&'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Rosedale, mariner
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., In lower left corner of design: J.N. Esqr. 1807., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 24 x 17 cm., and Mounted on leaf 47 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Etched & pub. by T. Rowlandson, April 26, 1807, No. 1 James St., Adelphi
Subject (Name):
George, Prince, consort of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1653-1708, Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734., and Rosedale, John (Mariner)
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 4 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1st, 1802, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
"The Pope (left), on a small ass decked with trappings, faces John Bull, who stands as toll-keeper before a closed five-barred gate. From the other side of the gate a path leads to a country church on a hill, irradiated, and framed by the semicircular inscription: 'King - Church and Constitution'. The Pope, except that he wears a Papal crown instead of a mitre, resembles St. Patrick in caricature (where he often rides an ass). He is aquiline and bearded, holds a crosier, and wears a cope. His ass has blinkers, on which a satyr's mask is freely drawn. He leans towards John, saying, "Mr Bull, I have been to Paris - and seen all the fine sights there - I now want to have a peep at that little Church on the Hill - therefore let me pass the turnpike." John (right), a fat yokel, looks up at the Pope with a suspicious scowl, pointing over his shoulder at a large open book, 'Test Oath', which is on a book-rest attached to the gate-post. He says: "If you want to go through - pay the Toll, what the devil do you think I keep a turnpike gate for?" Behind the Pope stand four dissenting ministers anxiously watching the interview. Three say sanctimoniously : "Though I boast not gaudy trappings, - nor am I mounted on Ass back, - yet if he goeth through verily I should like to go through also!"; "Verily so should I."; "We should all like to go through".."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., The Pope and John Bull written with black ink in contemporary hand., and Mounted on leaf 25 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 15, 1805, by T. Rowlandson, No. 1 James Street, Adelphi
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. and Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823
Subject (Topic):
Dissenters, Quakers, John Bull (Symbolic character), Donkeys, Toll roads, and Tolls
