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1.
A milling match between decks [graphic].

Creator:
Elmes, William, active 1797-1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 13 July 1812]
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.3
Collection Title:
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two sailors, one a negro, both stripped to the waist, are seated astride a long chest, inscribed 'Arm Chest GR.', to which they are lashed, facing each other with clenched fists. Other sailors look on, amused, or fiercely intent. Behind the white pugilist stands a buxom woman clasping a bottle; she says: "Now Jack--Brail up his Peepers or Mungo --will tip you Yankey-dodle-do." A naval officer wearing a cocked hat, rests his elbow on her shoulder. All the others are rough-looking sailors and their women. In the foreground a grinning negro sailor kneels near a sailor (left) who sits on a gun smoking and drinking. The latter is the only sailor with a pigtail; it reaches below his waist. A woman looks down at the fight from a hammock. On the right two disreputable-looking women are fighting, egged on by two sailors. In the background a sailor dances with two women; he says: "I love a bit of hop--Life is ne'ar the worse for it. When in my way do drop--a Fiddl--thats your sort [cf. British Museum Satires No. 8073]." A one-legged man sitting on a gun plays a fiddle. In the foreground (right) stands a can of 'Grog.' Hammocks are slung from the roof."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Later state, with date removed from end of imprint statement., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: London, Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, July 13th, 1812. Cf. No. 11981 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Imprint statement separated into two halves, one on each side of title., Plate numbered "164" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., "Price one shilling coloured."--Bottom center of design., Temporary local subject terms: Hammock -- Negro -- Fiddle -- Wooden leg -- Pugilist., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.7 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 18 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A milling match between decks [graphic].

2.
A milling match between decks [graphic].

Creator:
Elmes, William, active 1797-1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 13 July 1812]
Call Number:
812.07.13.01+
Collection Title:
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two sailors, one a negro, both stripped to the waist, are seated astride a long chest, inscribed 'Arm Chest GR.', to which they are lashed, facing each other with clenched fists. Other sailors look on, amused, or fiercely intent. Behind the white pugilist stands a buxom woman clasping a bottle; she says: "Now Jack--Brail up his Peepers or Mungo --will tip you Yankey-dodle-do." A naval officer wearing a cocked hat, rests his elbow on her shoulder. All the others are rough-looking sailors and their women. In the foreground a grinning negro sailor kneels near a sailor (left) who sits on a gun smoking and drinking. The latter is the only sailor with a pigtail; it reaches below his waist. A woman looks down at the fight from a hammock. On the right two disreputable-looking women are fighting, egged on by two sailors. In the background a sailor dances with two women; he says: "I love a bit of hop--Life is ne'ar the worse for it. When in my way do drop--a Fiddl--thats your sort [cf. British Museum Satires No. 8073]." A one-legged man sitting on a gun plays a fiddle. In the foreground (right) stands a can of 'Grog.' Hammocks are slung from the roof."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Later state, with date removed from end of imprint statement., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: London, Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, July 13th, 1812. Cf. No. 11981 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Imprint statement separated into two halves, one on each side of title., Plate numbered "164" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., "Price one shilling coloured."--Bottom center of design., and Temporary local subject terms: Hammock -- Negro -- Fiddle -- Wooden leg -- Pugilist.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A milling match between decks [graphic].

3.
Adventures of Johnny Newcome. [graphic] / Pl. 2

Creator:
Elmes, William, active 1797-1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
Nr. 22 November 1802.
Call Number:
812.11.22.01.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A design in six compartments arranged in two rows, each with a title. [1] 'Johnnys reception by "merry Tonkanoo at Negro Ball'. The ball is in an open shed with a negro fiddler seated high on a hogshead; most of the guests watch Johnny, the only white, and 'Tonkanoo' bowing to each other. The latter is a tall negro with huge false moustache and long wig, feathered hat, and wide-cuffed coat in imitation of English dress c. 1740, with breeches and bare legs. A negro behind Johnny disperses flies with a branch. A negro couple is dancing; the ladies are fully dressed, some with tall cylindrical hats. Behind are distant mountains. [2] 'Johnny dancing with Rosa--the Planters beautiful daughter'. At the same ball all the negroes form a background of admiring spectators while Johnny, still wearing his enormous hat, dances with a pretty English girl in conventional evening dress, holding both her hands. Tonkanoo stands with his arms extended towards them. In the foreground (left) is a little naked negro Cupid with bow, quiver, and arrows, pointing to the couple. [3] 'Johnnys Courtship and professions of Love to Rosa'. Rosa reclines on a sofa under a piece of drapery looped from a tree; Johnny (left), hat in hand, kneels at her feet while the Cupid aims his bow at him. A pet monkey sits beside Rosa, and behind her (right) stands a negro girl brushing away flies with a branch. Johnny's servant is behind (left) holding an umbrella. Two cockatoos bill on a branch. [4] 'Johnny and the fair Rosa tripping to the Altar of Hymen'. The pair run hand in hand along a path which winds to a church resembling an English village church. Negro servants run after them, one holding up a large umbrella. Before them run two little negroes; one is Cupid playing a fiddle, the other, Hymen, holds up a lighted torch. In the distance, nearing the church, are the parson and his clerk. [5] 'Nuptial ceremony of Johnny and the charming Rosa'. In a Gothic church the parson with his book stands behind a cylindrical altar on which are two hearts transfixed by an arrow. Johnny puts the ring on Rosa's finger. The congregation are delighted negroes and negresses. Against the altar sit Cupid and Hymen; Cupid wears Johnny's huge hat and plays the fiddle; Hymen blows at his torch. [6] 'Johnny and his fair Bride reveling in Jollity and festive mirth'. Johnny, tipsily jovial, his father-in-law, and Rosa, sit at table, drinking, the men smoking, many bottles of 'Sangaree' on the floor. A man fiddles, and in the background a dance is in progress. Johnny wears his planter's hat, &c., as in British Museum Satires No. 11983, and has always a swarm of flies round his head. Rosa throughout wears her ball-dress, with feathers in her hair."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched above image., State before imprint mostly burnished from plate., Plate numbered "180" in upper right corner. Also numbered in upper left: Pl. 2., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., and "Price one shilling coloured."
Publisher:
Pubd. by Ts. Tegg
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Celebrations, Courtship, Dance, Intoxication, Marriage, and Musicians
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Adventures of Johnny Newcome. [graphic] / Pl. 2

4.
Adventures of Johnny Newcome. [graphic] / Pl. 2

Creator:
Elmes, William, active 1797-1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 22 November 1812]
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.3
Collection Title:
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A design in six compartments arranged in two rows, each with a title. [1] 'Johnnys reception by "merry Tonkanoo at Negro Ball'. The ball is in an open shed with a negro fiddler seated high on a hogshead; most of the guests watch Johnny, the only white, and 'Tonkanoo' bowing to each other. The latter is a tall negro with huge false moustache and long wig, feathered hat, and wide-cuffed coat in imitation of English dress c. 1740, with breeches and bare legs. A negro behind Johnny disperses flies with a branch. A negro couple is dancing; the ladies are fully dressed, some with tall cylindrical hats. Behind are distant mountains. [2] 'Johnny dancing with Rosa--the Planters beautiful daughter'. At the same ball all the negroes form a background of admiring spectators while Johnny, still wearing his enormous hat, dances with a pretty English girl in conventional evening dress, holding both her hands. Tonkanoo stands with his arms extended towards them. In the foreground (left) is a little naked negro Cupid with bow, quiver, and arrows, pointing to the couple. [3] 'Johnnys Courtship and professions of Love to Rosa'. Rosa reclines on a sofa under a piece of drapery looped from a tree; Johnny (left), hat in hand, kneels at her feet while the Cupid aims his bow at him. A pet monkey sits beside Rosa, and behind her (right) stands a negro girl brushing away flies with a branch. Johnny's servant is behind (left) holding an umbrella. Two cockatoos bill on a branch. [4] 'Johnny and the fair Rosa tripping to the Altar of Hymen'. The pair run hand in hand along a path which winds to a church resembling an English village church. Negro servants run after them, one holding up a large umbrella. Before them run two little negroes; one is Cupid playing a fiddle, the other, Hymen, holds up a lighted torch. In the distance, nearing the church, are the parson and his clerk. [5] 'Nuptial ceremony of Johnny and the charming Rosa'. In a Gothic church the parson with his book stands behind a cylindrical altar on which are two hearts transfixed by an arrow. Johnny puts the ring on Rosa's finger. The congregation are delighted negroes and negresses. Against the altar sit Cupid and Hymen; Cupid wears Johnny's huge hat and plays the fiddle; Hymen blows at his torch. [6] 'Johnny and his fair Bride reveling in Jollity and festive mirth'. Johnny, tipsily jovial, his father-in-law, and Rosa, sit at table, drinking, the men smoking, many bottles of 'Sangaree' on the floor. A man fiddles, and in the background a dance is in progress. Johnny wears his planter's hat, &c., as in British Museum Satires No. 11983, and has always a swarm of flies round his head. Rosa throughout wears her ball-dress, with feathers in her hair."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched above image., Later state; imprint has been mostly burnished from plate., Publication information inferred from earlier state with the imprint: Pubd. by Ts. Tegg, Nr. 22, 1812, Cheapside No. 111. Cf. No. 11984 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Plate numbered "180" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., "Price one shilling coloured.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., Temporary local subject terms: Negro -- Fiddler., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 33 in volume 3.
Publisher:
[Thomas Tegg], No. 111
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Adventures of Johnny Newcome. [graphic] / Pl. 2

5.
Adventures of Johnny Newcome. [graphic] / Pl. 2

Creator:
Elmes, William, active 1797-1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 22 November 1812]
Call Number:
812.11.22.01.2
Collection Title:
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A design in six compartments arranged in two rows, each with a title. [1] 'Johnnys reception by "merry Tonkanoo at Negro Ball'. The ball is in an open shed with a negro fiddler seated high on a hogshead; most of the guests watch Johnny, the only white, and 'Tonkanoo' bowing to each other. The latter is a tall negro with huge false moustache and long wig, feathered hat, and wide-cuffed coat in imitation of English dress c. 1740, with breeches and bare legs. A negro behind Johnny disperses flies with a branch. A negro couple is dancing; the ladies are fully dressed, some with tall cylindrical hats. Behind are distant mountains. [2] 'Johnny dancing with Rosa--the Planters beautiful daughter'. At the same ball all the negroes form a background of admiring spectators while Johnny, still wearing his enormous hat, dances with a pretty English girl in conventional evening dress, holding both her hands. Tonkanoo stands with his arms extended towards them. In the foreground (left) is a little naked negro Cupid with bow, quiver, and arrows, pointing to the couple. [3] 'Johnnys Courtship and professions of Love to Rosa'. Rosa reclines on a sofa under a piece of drapery looped from a tree; Johnny (left), hat in hand, kneels at her feet while the Cupid aims his bow at him. A pet monkey sits beside Rosa, and behind her (right) stands a negro girl brushing away flies with a branch. Johnny's servant is behind (left) holding an umbrella. Two cockatoos bill on a branch. [4] 'Johnny and the fair Rosa tripping to the Altar of Hymen'. The pair run hand in hand along a path which winds to a church resembling an English village church. Negro servants run after them, one holding up a large umbrella. Before them run two little negroes; one is Cupid playing a fiddle, the other, Hymen, holds up a lighted torch. In the distance, nearing the church, are the parson and his clerk. [5] 'Nuptial ceremony of Johnny and the charming Rosa'. In a Gothic church the parson with his book stands behind a cylindrical altar on which are two hearts transfixed by an arrow. Johnny puts the ring on Rosa's finger. The congregation are delighted negroes and negresses. Against the altar sit Cupid and Hymen; Cupid wears Johnny's huge hat and plays the fiddle; Hymen blows at his torch. [6] 'Johnny and his fair Bride reveling in Jollity and festive mirth'. Johnny, tipsily jovial, his father-in-law, and Rosa, sit at table, drinking, the men smoking, many bottles of 'Sangaree' on the floor. A man fiddles, and in the background a dance is in progress. Johnny wears his planter's hat, &c., as in British Museum Satires No. 11983, and has always a swarm of flies round his head. Rosa throughout wears her ball-dress, with feathers in her hair."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched above image., Later state; imprint has been mostly burnished from plate., Publication information inferred from earlier state with the imprint: Pubd. by Ts. Tegg, Nr. 22, 1812, Cheapside No. 111. Cf. No. 11984 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Plate numbered "180" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., "Price one shilling coloured.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., Temporary local subject terms: Negro -- Fiddler., and In contemporary hand in ink: 244.
Publisher:
[Thomas Tegg], No. 111
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Adventures of Johnny Newcome. [graphic] / Pl. 2

6.
Adventures of Johnny Newcome. [graphic]. Pl. 1

Creator:
Elmes, William, active 1797-1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
Octr. 24 - 1812.
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.3
Collection Title:
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A design in six compartments arranged in two rows, each with a title. [1] 'Johnny, Newcome landing in the Wt Indies'. Johnny, wearing top-hat (blown off), breeches, and top-boots, steps through surf towards a sandy shore (right) where a giant crab advances to meet him, and two negresses seated under palm-trees register amusement and pleasure. Under his arm is a portmanteau. Behind him (left) is the prow of a ship's boat with two burly sailors, in which he has left a British ship at anchor. A mountainous landscape is indicated. [2] 'Johnny situated as Clerk of stores'. In an open shed facing the sea he reclines among hogsheads, smoking a cheroot and holding a punch-bowl; beside him are pen, ink, and paper; on the ground are a turtle and a monstrous insect compounded of spider and ant. A negro clerk, also smoking, kneels on a cask, and waves a branch over his master's head to drive off a swarm of flies. [3] 'Johnny enamoured with Nymphs bathing'. He stands on the shore inspecting through his glass at very close range three plump negresses, all grinning delightedly, all with the large posteriors of the Hottentot Venus, see British Museum Satires No. 11577, &c. Behind Johnny stands a negro servant, wearing breeches only, who holds up an umbrella, and waves a branch to drive off flies. [4] 'Johnny on a Country excursion'. Johnny, holding a gun, lies in a hammock carried by two negro servants wearing breeches only; a third runs beside him holding up an umbrella and dispersing flies with a branch. He smokes a cheroot and between his legs he supports a large jar, evidently of sangaree. A large lizard watches him. [5] 'Johnny enjoying the sports of the field'. He sits under a palm-tree, a table at his elbow, and holding a bowl in his right hand; he supports his cocked gun with his left hand while a negro holds up the barrel. Johnny has one foot braced against the latter's posterior. Behind, another negro, wearing shirt and breeches, stands drinking from a bowl and waving a branch over his master's head as in Nos. 2-4. A negro boy drives birds towards Johnny. Large bottles of 'Sangaree' are on the ground, others are on the table, with a pine-apple and (?) two banners. There is a mountainous sky-line. [6] 'Johnny Preachee and Floggee poor Mungo' [see British Museum Satires No. 9636]. Johnny, seated beside a table as in No. 5, smoking a cheroot, and holding a bowl on his knee, flourishes the long knotted lash of a whip over the back of a negro who kneels with clasped hands. Another holds an umbrella and the usual branch over his master. Bottles of 'Sangaree' are in the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "178" in upper left corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., and Leaf 29 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thomas Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Adventures of Johnny Newcome. [graphic]. Pl. 1

7.
Candidates canvassing" for seats in Parliament [graphic]

Creator:
Elmes, William, active 1797-1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1812?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.2
Collection Title:
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A grotesquely ugly candidate (right) bows low, top-hat in hand, right hand pointing to his breast, before a sturdy and ragged rat-catcher, who stands facing him, scratching his forehead. The latter holds by a strap a rectangular cage of rats; across his shoulders, like a garter ribbon, is a broad band on which dead rats, or rat-skins, are extended (cf. British Museum satires No. 5099). Under his arm is a rod on which two rats are spiked, a pouch hangs from his shoulders, and he wears short gaiters. The candidate, apprehensive and deferential, says: "What my honest friend Lurcher--I have not had the pleasure of seeing you since last Election. we expect a severe contest this time, therefore "earnestly Solicit Your Vote and Interest and shall request the Honor of--Mr Lurcher's Company to Dinner at the Hog in the Pound. N.B. Dinner Ticket only .10s--6d." Close behind the candidate is his very ugly agent, holding a purse from which he is about to take a coin. Both wear spurred boots. The rat-catcher answers: "I see Your Honor bees mortal short of memory. You forget as how your Worships committed me to the County Jail for--a Month--"fro [sic] only Throwing a Sheeps Je at a Hare running a cross the Common. So your worship may if you please Call a gain to Morrow [a catch-phrase, cf. British Museum Satires No. 11207]." Two curs stand beside him. Behind is the corner of his cottage; over the door: 'Gs Lurcher Rat Catcher All sorts of Vermin destroyed'. A fat countrywoman stands on the door-step using a broom to dislodge two cats from the projection over the door. In the background (right) is a country inn with a sign on which a fat pig is depicted. A man leads two saddle-horses under the entrance to the courtyard; above is a placard: 'Neat Wines ...' In a bow-window punch-bowls and bottles are ranged."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as William Elmes in the British Museum catalogue., Publisher and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "86" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2., Also issued separately., In lower left corner of design: Price one shilling col'oured., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 29 in volume 2.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Dogs, Political elections, Ratcatchers, Rats, Swine, and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Candidates canvassing" for seats in Parliament [graphic]

8.
Candidates canvassing" for seats in Parliament [graphic]

Creator:
Elmes, William, active 1797-1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1812?]
Call Number:
812.00.00.04+ Impression 1
Collection Title:
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A grotesquely ugly candidate (right) bows low, top-hat in hand, right hand pointing to his breast, before a sturdy and ragged rat-catcher, who stands facing him, scratching his forehead. The latter holds by a strap a rectangular cage of rats; across his shoulders, like a garter ribbon, is a broad band on which dead rats, or rat-skins, are extended (cf. British Museum satires No. 5099). Under his arm is a rod on which two rats are spiked, a pouch hangs from his shoulders, and he wears short gaiters. The candidate, apprehensive and deferential, says: "What my honest friend Lurcher--I have not had the pleasure of seeing you since last Election. we expect a severe contest this time, therefore "earnestly Solicit Your Vote and Interest and shall request the Honor of--Mr Lurcher's Company to Dinner at the Hog in the Pound. N.B. Dinner Ticket only .10s--6d." Close behind the candidate is his very ugly agent, holding a purse from which he is about to take a coin. Both wear spurred boots. The rat-catcher answers: "I see Your Honor bees mortal short of memory. You forget as how your Worships committed me to the County Jail for--a Month--"fro [sic] only Throwing a Sheeps Je at a Hare running a cross the Common. So your worship may if you please Call a gain to Morrow [a catch-phrase, cf. British Museum Satires No. 11207]." Two curs stand beside him. Behind is the corner of his cottage; over the door: 'Gs Lurcher Rat Catcher All sorts of Vermin destroyed'. A fat countrywoman stands on the door-step using a broom to dislodge two cats from the projection over the door. In the background (right) is a country inn with a sign on which a fat pig is depicted. A man leads two saddle-horses under the entrance to the courtyard; above is a placard: 'Neat Wines ...' In a bow-window punch-bowls and bottles are ranged."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as William Elmes in the British Museum catalogue., Publisher and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "86" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2., Also issued separately., In lower left corner of design: Price one shilling col'oured., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Dogs, Political elections, Ratcatchers, Rats, Swine, and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Candidates canvassing" for seats in Parliament [graphic]

9.
General Frost shaveing Little Boney [graphic]

Creator:
Elmes, William, active 1797-1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
Decr. 1, 1812.
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.3
Collection Title:
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"General Frost towers above Napoleon who stands in the snow, his arms folded, while Frost, standing behind him, holds his victim's nose, and flourishes a large razor of 'Russian Steel'. Frost is a grotesque monster, nude to the waist and with the legs of a bear; his great feet are planted upon two groups of little French soldiers, crushing them into the snow. He is emaciated and old, with glaring eyeballs, wide mouth fringed with fang-like teeth, and huge moustache; a blast issues from each nostril; one inscribed 'North' slants down upon Napoleon's head, the other, slanting to the right, is inscribed 'North East--Snow and Sleet'; these are white against a dark sky. He has icicles for eyebrows and on his head are jagged pinnacles inscribed 'Mountain of Ice'. This is irradiated by a disk above his head inscribed 'Polar--Star'. His fingers are talons. From his mouth float the words: "Invade My Country indeed--I'll Shave--Freeze--and Bury you in Snow--You little Monkey." Tears fall from Napoleon's eyes, and he says: "Pray--Brother--General--have Mercy, dont overwhelm me with your hoary element, You have so niped me, that my very Teeth chatter Oh--dear--I am quite Chop fallen." A telescope is thrust under his arm. He wears the wide plumed bicorne of earlier caricatures. In the background on the left is 'Moscow' in flames; on the right the buildings of 'Petersbourg', and, nearer the foreground, 'Riga'. Above the horizon rise icebergs in fantastic shapes."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
General Frost shaving Little Boney
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker's signature followed by a symbol: A circle with a cross inside and an arrow projecting from the top., Date precedes publisher's statement in imprint., Plate numbered "181" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., "Price one shilling coloured.", Watermark: Basted Mill 1812., and Leaf 94 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > General Frost shaveing Little Boney [graphic]

10.
Irish bog trotters [graphic].

Creator:
Elmes, William, active 1797-1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1812?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.3
Collection Title:
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three burlesqued and bare-legged peasants run (left to right) splashing through a bog. The leader is a man carrying on his pitchfork his (patched) breeches and a pair of 'Brouges' or clumsy shoes. He holds a large jug of 'Butter Milk' and under his arm is a bludgeon inscribed 'Sprig of Shillelah'. A woman follows, holding the end of his shirt, with a basket of 'Potatoes' [some falling out] on her head. Her petticoat is kilted up, and the third, a woman, clutches at the end of her shift, to extricate herself from the bog. All three smoke short pipes. The man wears a small wig on unkempt hair which projects through his hat. In the middle distance (left) a woman has fallen, spilling the contents of a large basket of 'Turf', strapped to her back. In the background (right) huntsmen are galloping from rising ground (right) into the bog, in which dogs and horses are partly submerged; geese fly up. On the left is a thatched cabin, and there is a mountainous skyline. In the foreground is a strip of water with three huge frogs."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Imprint statement separated into two halves, one on each side of title., Plate numbered "163" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., "Price one shilling coloured.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Irish peasants -- Irish bogs -- Pitchfork -- Male Costume: breeches, brogues -- Food: buttermilk -- Bludgeons -- Potatoes -- Pipes -- Baskets -- Small wigs -- Huntsmen -- Geese -- Frogs., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 17 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Irish bog trotters [graphic].