"The Blockhead family, seemingly older by some ten years, admire W. B., now a sturdy young man, in smart tight-waisted lieutenant's uniform with knee-breeches. He looks over his shoulder at his reflection in a cheval-glass, beside which stands another young man dressed as a dandy (cf. No. 13029). A lap-dog shaved in the French manner looks at itself in the glass. Mr. B. sits delightedly in an arm-chair. Mrs. B., stouter and less fashionable, stands by W. B.; the toddling child of No. 14089, now a little girl, stands behind her. A tiny boy holds the sword and eclipses himself with the cocked hat. An elder daughter stands by her father's chair. Three admiring servants stand just inside the door: the fat cook (little altered), a neat maid, and a gawky footman. Below the design: '" Some are born great, some atchieve greatness" Twelfth Night"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mr. B. promoted to Lieutenant and first putting on his uniform and Mr. B promoted to Lieut. and first putting on his uniform
Description:
Title from text above image., Print signed using Frederick Marryat's device: an anchor titled diagonally., Artist identified in British Museum catalogue., Citation from Shakespeare below image: 'Some are born great, some atcheive [sic] greatness" -Twelfth Night., Plate numbered in upper right corner: P. 7., and For 1835 reissue by Thomas McClean, see no. 14096 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
"A boarding party on the deck of a French ship engaged in a furious mêlée. Mr. B. lunges forward, piercing an officer through the heart with his sword. A burly sailor stretches over his head to strike aside a spear which a Frenchman is about to plunge into the boy. Men are partly hidden by smoke; cannon-balls are in the air, dead or dying men on the ground. Frenchmen use muskets, English sailors axes and swords. Below: '"the pulse's maddening play That thrills the wanderer of the trackless way That for it self can woo the approaching fight And turn what some deem danger to delight No dread of death, if with us die our foes Save that it seems e'en duller than repose," Byron."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above image., Print signed using Frederick Marryat's device: an anchor tilted diagonally., Artist identified in the British Museum catalogue., Two columns of verse below image: "the pulse's maddening play that thrills the wanderer of the trackless way ... Byron., Plate numbered in upper right corner: P. 5., and Earlier state. For 1835 reissue by Thomas McClean cf. no. 14094 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Naval warfare, Ships, French, Sailors, and British
"Jerry Hawthorn handing a lady into a coach, Corinthian Tom following with a lady on his arm, both gentlemen dressed in dark coats, holding opera hats, both ladies wrapped in shawls with feathers in their hair, a coachman standing at the door to the coach, two link boys with flaming torches offering their services to Tom, a large crowd behind them in the colonade outside of the opera house, a beadle pushing his way through the masses and two infantrymen on guard at the near door, one chatting to a young girl, a man shouting to the right; illustration to Egan's "Life in London" (1821)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Plate from: Egan, Pierce. Life in London., Imprint statement erased from sheet. Publication information from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed wtihin plate mark.
Title from text within image., Print signed using Frederick Marryat's device: an anchor tilted diagonally., Artist identified by George., Plate numbered in upper right corner: Plate 8., Cf. Later state published by Thomas McClean in 1835; no. 14089 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Temporary local subject terms: Sailors -- Ships -- Storms.
"The King and Ministers, as domestic servants in déshabille, surround a rush-light, trying, with fierce intentness, to blow it out. The flame of the light encloses the head of Queen Caroline wearing her feathered hat; the rush is supported on a saveall formed of the head of Wood [Brougham, according to Reid, who is incorrect in some of the other identifications], and placed in a kitchen candlestick standing on a rectangular table. The centre figure is Eldon, his Chancellor's wig formed of a pair of breeches. He leans sideways and the King, wearing a night-cap, looks over his shoulder, blowing downwards. Next them is Wellington, whose blast is better directed than that of the others, but all miss the flame by blowing too low. On the left are two old women, Sidmouth, using his (green) clyster-pipe as a squirt, and Liverpool, whose night-cap is a green bag (see British Museum Satires No. 13735). Facing these are the Duke of York, next Eldon, and the Duke of Clarence on the extreme left, as a hideous black man, whose strong but ill-directed blast is inscribed 'Slander' [see British Museum Satires No. 14031, &c.]. Three other heads are in shadow, like the King; they watch with anxiety, but are not blowing; they are Castlereagh (left) and two women (right). Below the design: "Cook, Coachee, men & maids, very near all in buff, Came & swore in their lives they never met with such a light; And each of the family by turns had a puff, At the little farthing rush light, The curst farthing rush light, But none of the family Could blow out the rush light.!""--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 32 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., London
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Servants, Candles, Bags, and Medical equipment & supplies
Long wanted by John Doe and Richard Roe and must come
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publication date and place form unverified data from local card catalog record; imprint trimmed partially from sheet., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
