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1. Anacreontick's in full song [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 December 1801]
- Call Number:
- 801.12.01.09+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Eight elderly topers with pipes and glasses surround a small oblong table, on which are punch-bowl, wine-glasses, tobacco, &c. All are much caricatured; some sing, a parson sleeps, a dog howls. The room is lit by a chandelier; a bracket-clock points to 3.40, on it is carved a Bacchanalian figure of Time astride a cask. A bust portrait of Anacreon holding pen and paper is on the wall (left)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One line of quoted text above image: "Whilst, snug in our club-room, we jovially 'twine the myrtle of Wenus with Bacchus's wine.", Numbered in black ink lower right in an unknown hand: 505. Remnants of former blue mounting on verso., and 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.5 x 31.4 cm, on sheet 32.9 x 34.9 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Decr. 1st, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Anacreon,
- Subject (Topic):
- Anacreontea, Clergy, Chandeliers, Clocks & watches, Dogs, Eating & drinking, Intoxication, Pictures, Pipes (Smoking), Supernatural beings, Tobacco, and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Anacreontick's in full song [graphic]
2. Anacreontick's in full song [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 December 1801]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 10
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Eight elderly topers with pipes and glasses surround a small oblong table, on which are punch-bowl, wine-glasses, tobacco, &c. All are much caricatured; some sing, a parson sleeps, a dog howls. The room is lit by a chandelier; a bracket-clock points to 3.40, on it is carved a Bacchanalian figure of Time astride a cask. A bust portrait of Anacreon holding pen and paper is on the wall (left)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One line of quoted text above image: "Whilst, snug in our club-room, we jovially 'twine the myrtle of Wenus with Bacchus's wine.", Watermark: Turkey Mills J. Whatman., and Mounted on leaf 62 of volume 10 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Decr. 1st, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Anacreon,
- Subject (Topic):
- Anacreontea, Clergy, Chandeliers, Clocks & watches, Dogs, Eating & drinking, Intoxication, Pictures, Pipes (Smoking), Supernatural beings, Tobacco, and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Anacreontick's in full song [graphic]
3. Duke William's ghost [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [7 May 1799]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 5
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Prince of Wales lies on his bed, partly dressed, in a drunken stupor, head downwards, right arm hanging to the ground, where are broken bottles and spilt wine. The ghost of his great-uncle, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), immensely fat, and naked except for cocked hat and sabre, emerging from clouds, stands at the bed-side (right), holding up an hour-glass whose sands have nearly run out; in his right hand he raises the bed-curtains which frame the design. He warns the Prince of the effects of drink and corpulence. See BMSats 9383, 9384, 9385, where the warning is extended."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.9 x 36.2 cm, on sheet 29.4 x 40.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 18 of volume 5 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
- Subject (Topic):
- Beds, Drinking vessels, Ghosts, Hourglasses, Intoxication, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Duke William's ghost [graphic]
4. Duke William's ghost [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [7 May 1799]
- Call Number:
- 799.05.07.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Prince of Wales lies on his bed, partly dressed, in a drunken stupor, head downwards, right arm hanging to the ground, where are broken bottles and spilt wine. The ghost of his great-uncle, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), immensely fat, and naked except for cocked hat and sabre, emerging from clouds, stands at the bed-side (right), holding up an hour-glass whose sands have nearly run out; in his right hand he raises the bed-curtains which frame the design. He warns the Prince of the effects of drink and corpulence. See BMSats 9383, 9384, 9385, where the warning is extended."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
- Subject (Topic):
- Beds, Drinking vessels, Ghosts, Hourglasses, Intoxication, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Duke William's ghost [graphic]
5. Duke William's ghost [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [7 May 1799]
- Call Number:
- 799.05.07.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate numbered '39' in lower right corner., Restrike for Bohn's "Supressed plates". Cf. No. 9381in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.7., and Temporary local subject terms: Furnishings: bed curtains -- Hour-glass -- Glass: wine bottles.
- Publisher:
- Pubd May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
- Subject (Topic):
- Beds, Ghosts, Intoxication, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Duke William's ghost [graphic]
6. God save the King, in a bumper, or, An evening scene three times a week at Wimbleton [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [27 May 1795]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Pitt and Dundas are tipsily carousing at a rectangular table from which the cloth has been removed. Pitt, wearing spurred top-boots, sits on the corner of the table in profile to the left, his chair behind him at the head of the table. Dundas (left), wearing a plaid across his shoulders, sits full-face, turning his head in profile to the right, and waving a tobacco-pipe towards Pitt. They touch glasses, each holding his glass in the left hand; Pitt tries to fill them, but with the bottle reversed, spilling its contents. On the table is a decanter of 'Brandy', a bottle on its side, a clutter of empty bottles, glasses, Pitt's broken pipe, and a plate of food. In the foreground are bottles in a wine-cooler, and under the table is a chamber-pot on which is a figure of Britannia. Above the heads of the topers: '"Send us Victorious, "Happy and Glorious, "Long to Reign. - go it my Boy! "Billy my Boy, all my Joy, - God save the King!'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Evening scene three times a week at Wimbleton
- Description:
- Title etched at bottom of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on the sides., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 28.6 x 38.6 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., and Mounted on leaf 54 of volume 3 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 27th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Str
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Bottles, Chamber pots, Glassware, Intoxication, Pipes (Smoking), and Wine
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > God save the King, in a bumper, or, An evening scene three times a week at Wimbleton [graphic]
7. God save the King, in a bumper, or, An evening scene three times a week at Wimbleton [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [27 May 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.05.27.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Pitt and Dundas are tipsily carousing at a rectangular table from which the cloth has been removed. Pitt, wearing spurred top-boots, sits on the corner of the table in profile to the left, his chair behind him at the head of the table. Dundas (left), wearing a plaid across his shoulders, sits full-face, turning his head in profile to the right, and waving a tobacco-pipe towards Pitt. They touch glasses, each holding his glass in the left hand; Pitt tries to fill them, but with the bottle reversed, spilling its contents. On the table is a decanter of 'Brandy', a bottle on its side, a clutter of empty bottles, glasses, Pitt's broken pipe, and a plate of food. In the foreground are bottles in a wine-cooler, and under the table is a chamber-pot on which is a figure of Britannia. Above the heads of the topers: '"Send us Victorious, "Happy and Glorious, "Long to Reign. - go it my Boy! "Billy my Boy, all my Joy, - God save the King!'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Evening scene three times a week at Wimbleton
- Description:
- Title etched at bottom of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on the sides., and Mounted to 27 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 27th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Str
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Bottles, Chamber pots, Glassware, Intoxication, Pipes (Smoking), and Wine
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > God save the King, in a bumper, or, An evening scene three times a week at Wimbleton [graphic]
