"Scene in a broad London street parallel with the west front of St. Paul's which tops the houses. A burly sailor, pointing with his thumb to St. Paul's, and holding a watch and seals, addresses a Jew old-clothes man who approaches him cringingly. The Jew is bearded, wears three hats, holds a sack on his shoulder, one (thin) leg in a dilapidated Hessian, the other in a top-boot. Below: Give me a pound for Her, will you; I'll see you D--n first, why I set Her by that big 'un Last night & she's out sail'd Her by 7 Hours."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Two lines of dialogue below title: Give me a pound for her will you; I'll see you d--n first ...
Publisher:
Pub. May 29, 1823 by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's St. & 74 New Bond Street
A satire on the formation of a Tory Ministry by Wellington in 1828. Wellington is shown in the uniform of a Life Guards officer riding his charger over little men made of large wigs -- judges' wigs, barristers' wigs, bag-wigs -- as they flee in confusion. One clings to the strap around Wellington's arm, crying "Hold tight Huskey" (Huskisson). George IV stands in the background, hands on his hips, laughing at the scene
Alternative Title:
Kick up among the wigs
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., and Paul Pry is the pseudonym of William Heath.
Publisher:
Pub. by Tho. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Huskisson, W. 1770-1830 (William),, and Whig Party (Great Britain)
"Louis XVIII, grotesquely obese (left), and the Tsar kiss, their lips touching. Louis, whose head is much the larger, grasps the back of Alexander's head; the Tsar bends from the waist to reach beyond the King's paunch. Louis, with the gouty legs and old-fashioned gold-embroidered coat and waistcoat of English caricature, wears the order of the Saint Esprit. The Tsar, in uniform, has the high pinched waist and bulging breast of the dandy (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13029) with enormous cavalry boots to the thigh, huge epaulets, and a sash, but no sword. He says: "My Dear Legitimate Brother (tho I believe I call Boney the same) I am happy to serve you tho your cursed Country Men almost destroyed my country--" Louis answers: "Ma Chere [sic] Ami, I am so rejoiced at your Brotherly Kindness in putting off our payment & takeing off your Troops that I could Devour you." The embrace is watched by two Frenchmen on the left, and on the right by the King of Prussia, the Emperor of Austria, and a young man (? Napoleon's son). Frederick William wears dandified uniform like that of the Tsar but with long trousers; he supports a large sword hanging from a belt, and holds a huge cocked hat; he watches the embrace with distaste, saying, "I am obliged to follow the Leaders at Present." Francis I says: "I must agree for the moment but I have a Grandson." One Frenchman wears uniform with top-boots; he says: "De Legitimate francais be too much for John Bull de manoeuvre by Gar ve want de Time & we show dem vat ve intend." His companion, an elderly man wearing a court suit with a powdered wig (Richelieu attended the Conference on behalf of France) says delightedly: "Ah-ha he do him vid Compliments & den we do them out of the Money." Behind them is a row of melancholy knock-kneed Grenadiers."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Political-dandies
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 18, 1818, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilli [sic] & 114 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824, Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825, Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832, and Richelieu, Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, duc de, 1766-1822
Subject (Topic):
Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, Heads of state, Kings, Summit meetings, Kissing, Obesity, and Dandies
Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Imprint continues: ... where political & other caricatuers are daily publishing., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Gordon, Sharon. Bookworms. At home. Spanish ; pl. 2.
Description:
Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Imprint continues: ... where political & other caricatuers are daily publishing., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"Eldon stands with his shirt-sleeves rolled up, carrying a great stack of petitions under each arm. On his head is a porter's knot made of a pair of green bags (emblem of 'Old Bags', see British Museum Satires No. 12883); on this rests a third pile of bulky parchments. Round his right leg is an unfastened garter inscribed '. . . d Expects Every Man will do' [his duty]. He puffs; sweat streams down his forehead; he says: 'Hard work this--got plenty more to bring down yet--.' The petitions are inscribed 'Petition' [five times]; 'against Concession' [twice]; 'Petition against'; '30.000 Inhabitants'; 'Humbly Sheweth'; 'Petition against Concession--' [twice] '3.00 Inhabitants'; '4000 of the . . .'; 'signed by 130.000 Men Women & Children ; 60,000 Respectable Inhabitants'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Matted to: 40 x 30.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Petitions, Bags, Head-carrying, and Lifting & carrying
Four monkeys in human dress form a quartet and give a concert, one singing, the others plating a piano, guitar and flute
Alternative Title:
Little music
Description:
Title etched above image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Date of publication from dealer's description., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One line of quoted text below image: "What softer sounds are these salute the ear, as if the center of all sweets met here? Ben Johnson., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Monkeys, Musicians, Musical instruments, and Animals in human situations
Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Imprint continues: ... sole publisher of P. Pry caricatuers., Text above image: Bless me Clara, what do I see. Oh-fy-fy. Lor Aunt, why its only my bustle got round in front., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.