Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[18 November 1830]
Call Number:
830.11.18.01+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Political satire: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) leading his Tory government ministers in flight from its attack on the castle of 'Reform' (as inscribed to the Tricolore flag of liberty that flies from the tower).
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 18, 1830, by S. Gans, Southampton St., Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Military retreats, Soldiers, and British
"Ministers, horribly griped, sit on a vast Green Bag (see British Museum Satires No. 13735), trying to hatch eggs. The King hits the kneeling Bloomfield in the face, saying 'They shall hatch by G--d!' John Bull and a soldier (see British Museum Satire...
Alternative Title:
Sitting committee and Shitting committee
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "i" in "sitting" is formed from the letter "h" with its left side scored through, suggesting the word "shitting."
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1820 by Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Bloomfield, Benjamin Bloomfield, Baron, 1768-1846, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England),
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Bishops, Military officers, Bags, Defecation, and Soldiers
"Ministers sit on a large sack (the Green Bag, see British Museum Satires No. 13735), surrounded by Grenadier Guards standing at attention with fixed bayonets. Most prominent is Eldon, holding a paper inscribed 'Precedent', with an arm round Castlerea...
Alternative Title:
F, for the fun that enlivened the city, and flashed in Pall-Mall till Grub-St. was witty ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Harrowby, Dudley Ryder, Earl of, 1762-1847, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Bags, Soldiers, Bayonets, Swords, and Medical equipment & supplies
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"First panel: John Bull on the point of paying to attend the Queen's concert; policeman and Duke of Wellington dressed like a soldier; second panel: the Queen, dressed like a poor German woman, singing and playing an instrument like a sausage with a g...
Description:
Titles from item.
Publisher:
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 and Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792-1849
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Soldiers, British, Police, Singing, Musicial instruments, and Brooms & brushes
"French soldiers are being cooked or drowned in a big round vat built of stone, under which a fire is burning. Blücher (left) and Wellington (right) stand over the vat, holding long-handled perforated ladles with which they skim the surface of the wat...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Cerberus (Greek mythology), Cooking utensils, Generals, French, Military officers, Prussian, Soldiers, and Vats
Political satire on the British military action in Spain during the Peninsular War: Lieutenant-General Arthur Wellesley expresses surprise to an overweight soldier, sweating after fleeing from the French, that is was able to re-join the rest of the ar...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr., 1810 by Thos. Tegg 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Peninsular War, 1807-1814, Obesity, Soldiers, and British
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Political satire on the British military action in Spain during the Peninsular War: Lieutenant-General Arthur Wellesley expresses surprise to an overweight soldier, sweating after fleeing from the French, that is was able to re-join the rest of the ar...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Peninsular War, 1807-1814, Obesity, Soldiers, and British
"Wellington gallops from a well-dressed crowd who pelt him with mud and stones. He rides from a street towards a park gate, where in the distance tiny soldiers march with fixed bayonets. P. 14: N, for the nonsense oft found in the head, Of him, who is...
Alternative Title:
N, for the nonsense oft found in the head of him, who is not so well tutored as fed ...
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1835]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"First panel: bored politician with feet on the table dealing with the drunken dragoons without giving the matter proper consideration; second panel: O'Connel protecting himself with a shield from three witches with politicians' features."--British Mu...
Description:
Titles from item.
Publisher:
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847 and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Dandies, British, Soldiers, Cavalry, Top hats, Monocles, Shields, and Witches
