Place of sculls Tom Echo receiving sentance of rustication, Golgotha, or, the place of skulls Tom Echo receiving sentence of rustication, and Golgotha, or, the place of sculls Tom Echo receiving sentance of rustication
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Academics -- Students -- Punishment -- Universities.
Title from caption below image., Caption continues: " ... the enjoyments of a comfortable fire-side, Logic all happiness Corinthian, Tom at his ease the "old folks" in their glory the "uncommonly big gentleman" told out taking forty winks!", Sheet trimmed within plate mark and imprint statement partially erased from sheet., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
In the upper left a group of three musicians play instruments as a black man in livery dances at the center of a well-dressed group revelers in a servants' hall decorated for the Christmas holidays. The masters of the house and their guests look on. The chandelier and long case clocks are decorated with holly and mistletoe hangs from the ceiling. One man kisses a large, buxom woman who recoils in surprise. Another couple flirt on the right at a table opposite a man who has passed out, playing cards strewn on the floor at his feet. The back wall is dominated by a large cupboard filled with dishes and platters
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: Blind man's buff., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Tregear 136 Drury Lane
Subject (Topic):
Christmas decorations, Couples, Cupboards, Dance, Kissing, Longcase clocks, Musicians, Playing cards, Servants, and Servants' quarters
Title from caption below image., Plate numbered "Pl. 2" in upper left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"Four W. L. figures each with caption. [1] The Vigilant Housekeeper. A fat florid woman, with necklace and ear-rings, a much-trimmed cap, and flounced skirt, with a plain white apron; a bunch of keys dangles from her waist. She holds a sheaf of bills and a Housekeepr Book. She says: Every one must acknowledge the Value of a good Hosekeeper & I flatter myself I am that personage. I never allow a Butcher, Baker, Grocer, Tea-Man, &c to over charge my worthy Master & Mistress or put down in ye Bill more than they served, nor I never speaks ill of my Lord if he happens by chance to look into my concerns, because I knows he is sure to be satisfied with them, as I can make him believe any thing, he is so Easy, I never does willify any Tradesmans articles because he don't think me worthy of a Consideration--no I knows better how to keep up my own Dignity. [2] The Amiable Lady's Maid. A coquettish, wasp-waisted young woman in the height of the fashion, wears gloves, a huge hat with streamers, and a decorative apron over a skirt with vandyked flounces. She holds a reticule. She says: I am my Lady's own pure unspotted Maid & never think of dressing myself in her Clothes when she is absent; or of persuading her does [sic] not look well in an Article I may have taken a fancy to, or of pressing her Tradesmen to give me large poundage upon pain of losing my Lady s favour, no--not [sic] I am too independent to go behind the Bush with counter-jumpers, my place is uppermost & uppermost I'll be. [3] The Faithful Butler. Fashionably dressed in knee-breeches and with a bunch of seals at his fob, he stands in a swaggering pose, his hands in his breeches pockets. He says, with a sly half-smile: Egad I am one of the best gentlemans Gentlemen in Europe. I does my duty to my Master in style not a Himposition does I allow my Trades men to practise on him for a petty fee, nor do I put Aquafortis on the seams of the Tailors work or Bootmakers articles, &c if they don't do the thing handsome -- no. I alway acts right and does a friendly turn for those who be friends to me. [4] The Honest Coachman. In a powdered wig and gold-laced livery, with nosegay, and coat almost to the ankles, he stands in profile to the left, holding a coach-whip. He is bottle-nosed and says with a sly grin: Aye, my masters, I always does the fair thing with em, Coachmaker, Farrier, Corndealer, and a host on em, I never scratches the Varnish, burns the leather, drives a nail in the the [sic] Horses foot, or spoil the Corn, because I don't get a good feeling [sic] out of it. Acts honest to my Master, and never forgets the Tradesmen who remembers Jarvey. Yea-a-ap!! Thats the way we come to it my tiny ones"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sketch of a few of the principal trustworthy and confidential domestics of worthy and confiding families
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Text below title: "A pampered menial drove me from your door."
Title from caption below image., Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on one side., Plate numbered "185" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Couples -- Dancing masters -- Obesity., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill.
"John Bull sits in a double pair of stocks, his ankles heavily shackled. His wrists are linked by a huge padlock inscribed Million £800 000 000 [National Debt]. He sits on bales of Taxes; to his back is tied a huge bundle of Last Wars Taxes. His clothes are tattered; three pockets hang inside out, inscribed To Let. At his side (left), and in profile to the right, kneels a noble Spaniard, in very theatrical dress, with trunk hose, cloak, and ruff. He has a spear from which hangs a pennant inscribed Libertas. He puts his hands together in a gesture of prayer: I come once again, and on my kneens [sic] to implore your Aid, we are indeed grateful for former Services, and beleive that you fought purely for Spain and not for yourselves--Save us from our pretended Friends they are worse then Enemies--Save us, and the World, from the destruction of Liberty--. John bites his thumbs despairingly; he answers: I pity you, but I can only give you advice, when you came to me before, I was a Strong Man, and free, but I am now exhausted in saving you, and destroying your great Enemy--See how I am fetter'd--! My Creditors enchain me--! look at my Debt and pity me!-- At his feet a heavy pair of leg-irons lies across many papers inscribed Debt and Taxes. He sits under an oak-tree; from a partly-withered bough hang his cartouche-box and bayonet-belt. In the middle distance (right) Louis XVIII sits astride a cannon (cf. British Museum Satires No. 12797), on a gun-carriage drawn rapidly up a slope by the Tsar and the Emperor of Austria. Both wear uniform and crowns, that of the latter topped by a fool's cap. Both cry: War! War!! War! and blood!! Alexander holds a sword in one hand, a bayoneted musket in the other; Francis holds a sword and a pistol, against his shoulder is the shaft of a flag inscribed Holy Alliance. Louis XVIII leans back, flannelled legs extended, two pistols in his belt, a sword in one hand, a musket in the other. Before him on the cannon is a bowl of soup, &c. The Pope walks at his right, holding a string attached to his nose. The King: By the Powers I shall fall, and lose my Balance Stop!! Stop! I say don't pull so hard you'll rupture [your scored through] Eu rope, this is not suited to my Taste [scored through] Gout I am already crippled and cannot bear it Stop!!!-- The Pope, who wears his tiara and holds his crosier against his shoulder, answers: Fear not, I'll let you into Heaven, through the back door my dear Son. Keys hang from his neck. Behind the cannon runs the Devil pushing at the King's posterior with a trident; he says: They cannot go on without me so I bring up the rear!! Beside the cannon run tiny frogs in uniform with muskets, &c. A slightly bigger one holding a sword may represent Angoulême. Cannon fire at them from a fort on a hill."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
John Bull flourishing in a dignified attitude of strict neutrality
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with initials "A.J." added in lower right and the words "with Spain" added to speech bubble immediately to the right of the stocks in center of image. For an earlier state lacking these additions, see no. 14520 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1823 by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's Street & 74 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825, and Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Public debt, Taxes, Trees, Rocks, Stocks (Punishment), Forts & fortifications, Cannons, Devil, and Frogs
Title from caption below image., "Cross" in imprint represented by an "X"., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Dandies -- Couples -- Dancing.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 1828 by G. Treguar 104 St. Martins Lane Chairing [sic]
Title from caption in panel below large center image., Key to numbers within images at bottom of plate: 1, A brides cap. 2, Lapland models of the summer costume. 3, Jennes's knife & tobacco pouch ..., Design consists of large central image and ten smaller panels that form a border., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., Companion print to: The Laplanders return to their native country under the care of Mr. Bullock & his son., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: National stereotypes., and Watermark, partially trimmed: J. Whatman Turkey Mill.
Publisher:
Pub. March 13th, 1822, by G. Humphrey, No. 27, St. James's Street
