"Would-be swimmers descending a hill to wheeled bathing carriages on the shore, the wind blowing at clothes and hats."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Seventh of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. An excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50022330
"[Left image] The Prince of Wales (right), wearing his star, kneels at the feet of a lady (left), his right hand holds her left hand, his left hand is on his breast. The lady wears a large feathered hat and has some resemblance to the Duchess of Devonshire, cf. BMSat 6263, &c, none to Mrs. Fitzherbert. [Right image] A sailor with a wooden leg and a good-looking young woman of meretricious appearance sit side by side on a barrel; he pours wine into a glass."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of similar composition.
Alternative Title:
Courtship in low life.
Description:
Also attributed to Rowlandson by Grego and the British Museum catalogue., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 170-1., Reissue, with new publication line, of a print originally issued 15 December 1785. Cf. Nos. 6870, and 6871 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Titles etched below images., and Two images on one plate, each individually titled.
Publisher:
S. W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fores, S. W., publisher., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827., and Wigstead, Henry, artist.
A crowd, gathered in the courtyard under the sign of The George Inn on the route to Brighton, examine a horse seemingly under auction; a man in the doorway holds up a hammer. People look out at the scene from the windows of the inn. Two men converse with a woman to the left as her dog looks at the scene; a traveler with a pack and walking stick sits on a stoop to adjust his shoe.
Description:
Third of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. An excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, printmaker. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97864144, Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Animal auctions., Audiences., Taverns (Inns) , and Travelers.
Date assigned by curator., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership. and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
"A group of people gathered round a stall outside an inn at right, others buying wares laid out on the ground at left, beneath a signpost with directions to London, Brighthelmstone, Tunbridge and Lewes; a couple in a carriage passing down the middle of the road, a spire beyond."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Fourth of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. An excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50022330
A vicious satire on the life and works of Philip Thicknesse, writer and soldier, dedicated to a number of Thicknesse's most prominent enemies: Lord Thurlow, the Earls of Camde, Bute, Bathurst, and Coventry as well as Thicknesse's own sons Baron Audley and Philip Junior. Minerva bursts from Thicknesse's head; on her shield is a damning list of his "Acts of Courage & Wisdom," including running from his command in Jamaica, extorting money, refusing to fight Lord Orwell, debauching his own niece, and horsewhipping his daughter to death.
Alternative Title:
Birth of Minerva and Lieutenant Governor Gall-Stone inspired by Alecto
Description:
Dedication etched below title: To the opinions of The Right Honble. Edward, Lord Thurlow, the Earls Camden, Bute ... this attempt to elucidate the properties of honor and courage, intelligence and philanthropy, is most respectfully submitted by their servant, Js. Gillray., Quoted text following title: "From his head she sprung, a goddess arm'd." Milton., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., and Thicknesse, Philip,--1719-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Animals., Demons. , Erinyes (Greek mythology), and Minerva (Roman deity)
"Spectators watching a race between four horses, the sea beyond."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Last of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. An excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
[Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row]
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50022330
"Coaches and horses gathered outside the White Hart inn at left, the proprietor Sully's name on the side of the building, women and children looking on from the other side of the street."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Second of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. An excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50022330
Fashionably dressed ladies and gentlemen stand or sit in small groups conversing the elegant saloon at the Marine Pavilion designed by Henry Holland.
Description:
Sixth of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. An excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, printmaker. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97864144, Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England)
A coach pulling up to the Post Station, the Cock Inn at left, on route to Brighton. The coach is pulling into the court yard, about to pass under a wooden gate bearing the inn's sign, while another coach stands at the inn door. People look down from the second story windows. A man waits at the mile marker in front of another building at right. In the foreground to left, a man with a wooden leg carries a small child on his back as he leads a donkey that carries a woman and two children, one of whom appears to be nursing, the other in a basket that hangs over the donkey. Their dog follows behind.
Description:
First of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. Excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Geographic):
Sutton (England)
Subject (Name):
Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, printmaker. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97864144, Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Baskets., Donkeys., Peg legs. , Poverty., and Taverns (Inns)