"An actor, ugly and ragged, stands gesticulating, the left arm extended towards Sheridan, who sits in a low chair (right) before a small rectangular table. He fixes Sheridan with a hungry glare, clutching a small cocked hat in his right hand ... In the upper right corner of the design is a quotation from 'Hamlet', III. ii, beginning 'Oh, there be Players', and ending, 'they imitated humanity so abominably'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date from Grego., Possibly published by Fores, whose publisher's stamp is on the Lewis Walpole Library impression., Twelve lines of text below title: A candidate for the stage lately applied to the manager of Drury-Lane Theatre for an engagement ..., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of plate: S.W.[F.]
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 January 1796]
Call Number:
796.01.25.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker identified in British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: NB. Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Clubs: Thinking Club -- Satire on Seditious Meetings bill -- Interiors: clubs -- Furniture: chairs., Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials GR below., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of sheet: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pubd. Januy. 20th, 1796 by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Shown full-length, a short man in ill-fitting uniform stands before a cannon. He leans on one sword and has another very large one swung behind his back
Description:
Title etched above imprint at the end of five lines of text., Printmaker from another state in Lewis Walpole collection. This state also lacks the publisher's statement following printmaker's statement. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library 796.01.01.02.2., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left side and top., Five lines of text below image and preceding title: Some school-boys who were playing at soldiers found one of their number so ill made and so much under size that he would have disfigured the whole body if put into the ranks. What shall we do with him asked one. Do with him says another? Why, make an officer of him., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With printseller's stamp: S.W. Fores.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany 1st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Topic):
Cannons, Dwarfs, Military uniforms, British, and Swords
"A fat parson (left), burlesqued, sits in an arm-chair in profile to the right, left hand extended, addressing a naked and thin old man who sits grimly on a stool, hands on knees. They face each other in profile. The parson is drink-blotched, a full glass is in his right hand, on the table is a bottle of 'Port', he raises both feet from the ground. Care has a long beard, unkempt hair, and glares fiercely at the parson"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of carricatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Clergy: parsons -- Personifications: 'Care' -- Wine: port -- Jews -- Furnishings: slipcover., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of sheet: S.W.F.
"A band of assailants led by an irate bishop approaches from the right, to the attack of a stone building, a corner of the lower part of which is on the left. A closed door is inscribed 'Office of Justice'; from an open window immediately above it a man leans out, pistol in hand, saying, "This is my House this is my Castle". Two women kneel beside the stout bishop, one clutches his arm to restrain him, the other weeps; a third standing behind also weeps. Two parsons with clenched fists stand behind the bishop, one, who is fat, says "Turn him out"; the other, who is lean, says: "Ill thrach the Dog I'll box him what Dare to act contrary to the Opinions of his Spiritual Dictator, no not even in his Temporals, Turn him out." A third equally irate parson stands alone on the left of the door. A crowd with clubs and banners brings up the rear behind the clergy; the most conspicuous are two footmen in livery. The three banners are: 'Church Millitant', 'Unqualified Submission to our Spiritual Guides', and 'All Obedience.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Messengers of peace
Description:
Title etched below image., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: NB. Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Assaults -- Offices: diocese deputy registrar -- Parsons -- Samuel Grindley., Watermark: Strasburg bend., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of plate: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 6, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[6 November 1796]
Call Number:
796.11.06.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Quizzing the proctor
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from unverified card catalog., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of carricatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: College pranks -- College: proctors -- General fast -- Universities: Oxford, Radcliffe Camera -- St. Augustine, Watling St. -- Male dress: students' gowns and mortar caps., and Printseller's stamp: SWF.
Publisher:
Published Nov. 6th 1796, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Cards: faro -- Pillory -- Mrs. Sturt, fl. 1796 -- Mrs. Concannon, fl. 1796., Watermark: countermark E & P., and Printseller's stamp in the lower right of plate: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pub. May 16, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816
"The Prince of Wales (right), rising from his chair, kicks over a tea-table, the crockery sliding to the ground, and lying broken on the floor. The Princess sits on a settee on the opposite side of the table, her infant in her arms. She is comely, and melancholy, with downcast eyes, and plainly dressed except for the three feathers in her hair. Behind the Prince (right), Lord Jersey, with horns on his head, opens a door, pointing behind him to Lady Jersey, who lies on a sofa in an indecorous attitude. He says: "My Wife is waiting for you in the next room". The Prince grasps a document in each hand; the inscription on one has been erased, on the other (left) it is 'Thoughts on Despotism'. From his coat-pocket issues 'A Map of Jersey' (cf. BMSat 8807), under his feet are papers: 'Joe the Dustman', 'The History of Kings', 'Marriage a La Mode', 'The Tender Husband a Farce'. He says: "Marriage has no restraints on me! no Legal tie can bind the will - tis free & shall be so ------ " The Princess says: "Obey, Alass the Task's Seviere how can the Female Mind with pleasure yield when every look's a Frown!!! Alass poor Babe!!!" On the wall is a picture of the King and Queen on horseback, with a signpost pointing to Windsor, apparently copied from 'The Constant Couple', BMSat 6918, except that the Queen is in back view, her head turned to the King. On the frame: 'The little Wants, dislikes, preferences, antipathies, fancies, whims, & even impertinence of Women must be officiously attended to, flattered & if possible guesed at, and anticipated by a well bred Man.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Symptoms of love in high life
Description:
Title from item., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Cuckold's horns -- Separation between the Prince and Princess of Wales -- Interiors: sitting rooms -- Dishes: tea service -- Furniture: sofa -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Footstools., Watermark: J Whatman., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of sheet: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 31, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817, Jersey, George Bussey Villiers, Earl of, 1735-1805, and Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821
Title from item., Printmaker and artist from British Museum catalogue and a companion print: General Fast., Four lines of verse in two columns below title: Dont tell me of generals rais'd from mere boys ..., Temporary local subject terms: General's uniform -- Newspapers: London Gazette -- Bankrupcy -- Complaints -- Empty purse -- Design: grotesque heads., and Lewis Walpole prints 796.05.05.01: Printseller's stamp in lower right of plate: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Published May 5, 1796 by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly
Title from item., Initials IC appear twice, in lower left and lower right corner of design., Text following publisher's statement: Folios of carecatures [sic] lent., Four lines of verse in two columns below title: Of all the great generals Europe can boast ..., For companion print, see: General Complaint., Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: general's uniform -- Fasts: General Fasts -- Design: grotesque heads., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of plate: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Published May 4th 1796 by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly
