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1.
A stoppage to a stride over the globe [graphic].

Creator:
Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, printmaker
Published / Created:
Janry. 1, 1807.
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.4
Collection Title:
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Napoleon bestraddles the globe, seated at the Pole, about half of it being between his legs; countries are marked, but without regard to geography. A little figure looks from behind the globe (right) below the conqueror's left toe; his left hand is placed on 'Old England', and he raises a sabre menacingly. Napoleon, a fine figure, wearing an enormous cocked hat, a sabre in his right hand, looks down at the little man, his left arm extended; he says: "Ah, who is it dares interupt me in my Progress." The little fellow answers: "Why 'tis I little Johnny Bull Protecting a little spot I clap my hand on, and d-n. me if you come any Farther that's all." He is a 'cit' with an ill-fitting wig. 'France' lies between 'Switzerland', on which Napoleon's right foot rests, and 'Itali' [north of 'England'], on which is his left leg."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image; lowercase letter "a" preceding "stride" is etched backwards., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Second reissue of a plate first published by Piercy Roberts in 1803 and then reissued by Blacklock in May 1806; Blacklock's imprint statement is scored through but still visible in lower right corner of design. See British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "252" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Watermark: Basted Mill 1817., and Leaf 82 in volume 4.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A stoppage to a stride over the globe [graphic].

2.
Bonaparte's receptionor, or John Bull not to be trifled with [graphic].

Creator:
Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1805]
Call Number:
805.00.00.10+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
John Bull not to be trifled with
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Swords -- Female Costume: 1805 -- Guns.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Roberts, 28 Middle Row, Holborn
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Military uniforms, British, Soldiers, and French
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bonaparte's receptionor, or John Bull not to be trifled with [graphic].

3.
Iohn Bull peeping into futurity [graphic]

Creator:
Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1801 and 1803?]
Call Number:
801.00.00.23
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A minister, possibly the Chancellor, holds out a large magnifying glass in his right and and gestures with his left hand. He is wearing a long coat and a long powdered wig. He addresses John Bull: Look through this glass Mr Bull and behold your future prosperity, looking towards a cloud within which the future is foretold. In the cloud John Bull is depicted in seven different scenarios: drinking unadulterated porter, free from taxes, smoking Trinidad tobacco, talking French & grown quite a fine gentleman, eating cinnamon from Ceylon, free from care, and with bread at 6d the quarter loaf. John Bull says: 'what be all those people I see. Mercy on us so many good things will be more than I can bear'. His companion replies: 'Look through this glass Mr. Bull & behold your future prosperity, it magnifies but very little I assure you'.
Alternative Title:
John Bull peeping into futurity
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication inferred from dates given in the British Museum catalogue for other prints after Woodward that were likewise etched and published by Roberts. Cf. Nos. 9729, 9850, and 9965 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. by P. Roberts, 28 Middle Row, Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
National characteristics, English, Colonies, John Bull (Symbolic character), Hand lenses, and Ethnic stereotypes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Iohn Bull peeping into futurity [graphic]

4.
Iohn Bull playing on the base villain [graphic].

Creator:
Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1807]
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.4
Collection Title:
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"John Bull sits holding against his knee Napoleon, an elongated puppet, in the position of a bass viol (viol da gamba). His left hand holds the elongated neck; in his right. is a sword, which he draws like a bow across his instrument's body. Napoleon is in profile, facing John, his mouth wide open, as if throttled; he holds a sword limply in his left hand. He wears military uniform with large feathered bicorne. John's hat and wig lie on the ground; he is a prosperous 'cit' in old-fashioned dress, and looks towards the spectator with a satisfied smile. 'Britons strike home' is engraved above his head."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bull playing on the base villain
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Reissue by Tegg of a plate first published by Piercy Roberts in 1803; Roberts's imprint statement has been crossed out but is partially legible in lower left corner of design. See British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "259" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left edges., and Leaf 84 in volume 4.
Publisher:
Pubd. Janry. 1, 1807, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Iohn Bull playing on the base villain [graphic].

5.
Leap frog [graphic]

Creator:
Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, printmaker
Published / Created:
Janry. [not before 1807]
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.4
Collection Title:
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The small, nimble Napoleon plays leap-frog with the larger and more solid personifications of Holland, Spain, and Hanover, who stand with bent backs and hands on knees. Having leapt over the bent backs of a fat Dutchman (left) and then a Spanish don in feathered hat, ruff, and cloak, he bestrides the shoulders of Hanover, a German soldier wearing a cocked hat and jack-boots. The Dutchman, his hat and broken pipe on the ground, says with a scowl: "He has left the Swiss and Italian a Mile behind - and as for me he ha s Knock'd my hat off and broken my pipe - pretty encouragement this to play at Leap Frog". The Spaniard: "By St Iago - my back is almost broken." The Hanoverian: "Why did I submit to this." Napoleon, wearing his enorrnous cocked hat with tricolour plume, says: "Keep down your head Master Hanoverian my next leap shall be over John Bull." John (right), a fat citizen wearing a cocked hat, faces him with a clenched fist, saying, "I'll be d-----d if you do Master Corsican"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Leapfrog
Description:
Title etched below image., Later reissue by Tegg of a plate first published ca. June 1803 by Piercy Roberts. Roberts's imprint, "London, Pubd. by Roberts, Middle Row, Holborn," is scored through but mostly legible in lower left; Tegg's imprint has been added to the right of Roberts's crossed-out imprint. See British Museum catalogue., Year of publication has been burnished from end of imprint statement. Date of publication based on earlier reissue with the crossed-out (but legible) year "1807" at end of imprint. See British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "285" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 60 in volume 4.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Leap frog [graphic]

6.
National contrasts, or, Bulky and Boney [graphic]

Creator:
Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1807]
Call Number:
807.00.00.39
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Bulky and Boney
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '269' in upper right corner., Imprint statement scrored through. Unverified data from local card catalog record attributes the reissue to publisher Thomas Tegg in 1807., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Bull dog -- Ale -- Tankards -- Money -- Coins -- Pipes.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Roberts, Middle Row, Holborn, London
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > National contrasts, or, Bulky and Boney [graphic]

7.
The peace soup shop [graphic]

Creator:
Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. March 1802]
Call Number:
802.03.00.04+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"John Bull sits full face holding a bowl of soup, between Addington, the cook, and the protesting Windham on the extreme right. On the left Pitt sits in profile to the left before an enormous kitchen fire, over which hangs a giant cauldron; he blows the fire with bellows, saying, 'I dont know how it is - but I manage this Soup business rather awkwardly - I suppose it is from being so much used to the stewing and Broiling line.' Addington, who wears the Speaker's wig with apron and over-sleeves, and holds a long ladle, says: 'Though I say it that made it - you never tasted better soup in your life'. Windham (right) stands in profile to the left his knees flexed, saying, 'O' Mr Bull - Mr Bull - if you have any regard for your Constitution - dont touch it - the Cayen of Jacobinism flavours every spoonful - and the Fire that boil it I consider as a Funeral Pile for all your well wishes - do Johnny take some of my Cheese-parings - they are very wholesome, and easy of Digestion.' John says, his eyes turned towards Addington, his spoon raised to his mouth: 'I don't mind what he says - my Hearty I say it's very good Soup - and a d------d deal better [word erased] than your Gin. I should like a little more bread for all that, and it would be quite as well - if it did not taste so strong of the Ceylon pepper.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Watermark in center of sheet., and Early gilt paper strips pasted to margins as a mount.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Windham, William, 1750-1810, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Bowls (Tableware), Soups, Eating & drinking, Interiors, Kitchens, Cauldrons, Fireplaces, Bellows, Aprons, and Cooking utensils
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The peace soup shop [graphic]