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1. A modern cherub vide, Peters. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [16 November 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.11.16.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The head and shoulders of a woman, caricatured, in profile to the right, singing with upturned eyes, holding up a paper in both hands. A wing, foreshortened, and very freely sketched, extends diagonally across her shoulder, and has some resemblance to a part of her dress; her hair is loosely arranged, but its contour is fashionable; her face is blotched with drink. Clouds and a ray of light are indicated in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Cherubs -- Reference to Matthew William Peters, 1742-1814.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 16th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond St.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A modern cherub vide, Peters. [graphic]
2. Coràm, quem quaeritis, adsum. Virg. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Birnie, Frederick, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1791?]
- Call Number:
- Print00527
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A sheet full of dozens of images of men and women's caricatured heads, after Hogarth's Characters ; Caricaturas?
- Description:
- Title from quotation etched below image., Frederick Birnie was active in London from 1787-1792. See British Museum catalogue., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Physiognomy and Heads (Anatomy)
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Coràm, quem quaeritis, adsum. Virg. [graphic]
3. Coràm, quem quaeritis, adsum. Virg. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Birnie, Frederick, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1791?]
- Call Number:
- 791.00.00.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A sheet full of dozens of images of men and women's caricatured heads, after Hogarth's Characters ; Caricaturas?
- Description:
- Title from quotation etched below image., Frederick Birnie was active in London from 1787-1792. See British Museum catalogue., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Physiognomy and Heads (Anatomy)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Coràm, quem quaeritis, adsum. Virg. [graphic]
4. English barracks [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 August 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.08.12.02++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the interior of a busy English barracks shows a more domestic than military atmosphere although weapons and other gear adorn the walls and lay scattered on the floor. The scene includes a woman nursing a baby (left); beside her, one soldier brushes his britches while another adjusts his helmet. A second woman (center) carries a child on her back as she hands a drink to a soldier who sits on a bunk; a basket of rolls (?) hangs from her arm. A third woman (left) stands at a washing tub wringing out clothes as she looks up approvingly at a young boy dressed as a soldier; beside her a handsome, well-dressed solder holds a baby who smiles at the scene
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: French barracks., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Aug. 12, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Great Britain. Army
- Subject (Topic):
- Barracks and quarters, Arms & armament, Barracks, British, Breast feeding, Children, Dogs, Grooming, Laundry, Soldiers, English, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > English barracks [graphic]
5. French barracks [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 August 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.08.12.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the interior of a busy French barracks shows a more domestic than military atmosphere although weapons and other gear adorn the walls and lay scattered on the floor. The scene includes a woman nursing a baby (right) as another child plays at her feet. Beside her another woman holds up a mirror so that an officer can admire his reflection from both the front and back. A third woman (left) cuts an officers toe nails as a barber dresses his long queue; another officer has his hair powdered. In the background a man in his night shirt sits on the side of his bed as he stretches his arms and yawns
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: English barracks., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Aug. 12, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Name):
- France. Armée
- Subject (Topic):
- Barracks and quarters, Foreign opinion, British, Arms & armament, Armor, Barbers, Barracks, French, Breast feeding, Canopy beds, Cats, Children, Dogs, Grooming, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Servants, Soldiers, Women, and Yawning
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > French barracks [graphic]
6. Frying sprats vide royal supper ; Toasting muffins : vide royal breakfast. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [28 November 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.11.28.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Queen, much caricatured, sits over a fire in profile to the right, toasting sprats on a gridiron (then called a saveall, see BMSat 6965); a plate of fish stands on a high trivet beside her. She wears over-sleeves, a check apron over an under-petticoat on which hangs a pocket, bulging with guineas, but patched."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Titles etched below images., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Identical imprint etched below each image., One line of text across the length of the plate: Ah! sure a pair was never seen, ... so justly formed to meet by nature!, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Parsimony -- Utensils: forks -- Knives -- Dishes: plates -- Furniture: trivets -- Gridirons -- Fireplaces: ovens -- Bags of money.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 28th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Frying sprats vide royal supper ; Toasting muffins : vide royal breakfast. [graphic]
7. Inn yard on fire [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 August 1791]
- Call Number:
- Drawer 791.08.01.09
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Aug. 1st, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Inn yard on fire [graphic]
8. Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 12th May 1791.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 54. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An allegorical representation of the thesis of Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution as seen through Burke's spectacles. Fox dressed as Cromwell stands ready to strike a tree with an axe, the blade of which is labelled "Rights of man". In the tree are many emblems: a crown, a star of the Garter, a snuffer, the Holy Bible with mitre and chalice, escutcheons representing hereditary nobility and the arms of the Portland and Cavendish families
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom edges., Two lines of verse etched below title: Nought shall make us rue, if England to itself do rest but true. Shakespeare., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 35.5 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 37.2 x 26.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 54 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729?-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Foreign public opinion, British, Politics and government, Eyeglasses, Demons, Escutcheons (Heraldry), Trees, Axes, Crowns, Bibles, and Skeletons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]
9. Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 12th May 1791.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 54. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An allegorical representation of the thesis of Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution as seen through Burke's spectacles. Fox dressed as Cromwell stands ready to strike a tree with an axe, the blade of which is labelled "Rights of man". In the tree are many emblems: a crown, a star of the Garter, a snuffer, the Holy Bible with mitre and chalice, escutcheons representing hereditary nobility and the arms of the Portland and Cavendish families
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom edges., Two lines of verse etched below title: Nought shall make us rue, if England to itself do rest but true. Shakespeare., and Mounted on page 74.
- Publisher:
- Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729?-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Foreign public opinion, British, Politics and government, Eyeglasses, Demons, Escutcheons (Heraldry), Trees, Axes, Crowns, Bibles, and Skeletons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]
