"The Chevalier d'Eon (l.), wearing a military hat and the order of St. Louis round his neck, stands, partly draped, on a pedestal before a jury of twelve ladies (r.) who are to decide upon his sex, a matter which has for several weeks deeply engaged "the polite and stock-jobbing world". The accompanying text indicates the identity of the jury: "Lady Har------n". [Harrington.], "L------y R------d". [Rochford?], "L------y T-----sh-----d" [Townshend], "L------y G------r". [Grosvenor], "L-----y Sarah B-----y" [Bunbury], "L------y Lig-----r" [Ligonier], "L------y R-----y" [Rodney?]. The D. of N. [Northumberland?]. They pronounced the matter doubtful."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption above image., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Junr., 1769-1796, v. 3, page 249., Illustration to: The examination of a jury of matrons upon the body of the Chevalier D'E--n., Plate numbered 'No. 15' in upper right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Jury: women's jury -- Cross-dressing -- Lady Sarah Bunbury -- Lady Rochford -- Lady Townshend -- Lady Grosvenor -- Lady Ligonier -- Lady Rodney.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810 and Bunbury, Sarah.
"At each side of a table are seated figures with the heads and forms of grotesque monsters or animals. The bull-faced Sir Fletcher Norton (the Speaker) presides; in one hand is a scourge, in the other a staff to which are attached bags of money and a coronet. He says: "He that dares be Virtuous shall be punish'd, but Ye my Friends shall be rewarded". Bute and Grafton are hovering above as imps. The table is emerging from flames and is decorated with 'The Coffin of Liberty'. Two demons act as clerks at the head of the table in front of the Speaker."--British Museum online catalogue and "From the 'Oxford Magazine', vi. 219. As usual in the series the explanatory text is in the form of a letter to the Editor, showing that the design represents "the extraordinary appearance the present ministerial wretches will make in the next world ... I have erred on the favourable side; for it is impossible for many of them to assume any shape or character that is not less horrible than their own." The only two who can be identified are North, on the Speaker's right, as a dog wearing a ribbon and star, and Lord Holland as a fox clasping a number of money-bags. For the unpopularity of the House of Commons cf. also British Museum Satires Nos. 4850, 4889, 4893, 4944, 4970."--British Museum online catalogue, Curator's comments
Alternative Title:
True portraits of the majority of the Parliament of Pandemonium
Description:
Title etched below image., Date inferred from that of the periodical in which the plate was published., Plate from: The Oxford magazine; or, Universal museum ..., v. 6, page 219 (June 1771)., "Engrav'd for the Oxford magazine"--Above image., and Temporary local subject terms: Unpopularity of House of Commons -- Secret influence -- Ministers in pandemonium -- Imps.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Leaf 60. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man striding along with hat and cane with his hair in a giant bundle."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to Bunbury from the British Museum catalogue., Reissue, with additional numbering. For an earlier state, see no. 4634 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., and Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "12" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, accor. to act
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Clothing & dress, and Staffs (Sticks)
Title from caption below image., Questionable attribution to Bunbury from British Museum catalogue., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Early state. For reissue with additional numbering, see p. 39 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate numbered "12" in upper right corner., and Figure identified by ms. note in pencil below plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, accor. to act
Subject (Name):
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Leaf 60. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man striding along with hat and cane with his hair in a giant bundle."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to Bunbury from the British Museum catalogue., Reissue, with additional numbering. For an earlier state, see no. 4634 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "12" in upper right corner., Third of three plates on leaf 60., and 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 15 x 10.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, accor. to act
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Clothing & dress, and Staffs (Sticks)
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 October 1771]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Leaf 26. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c. Page 11. New London spy
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man in profile showing his enormous belly, holding a stick and with two dogs slavering at a dead fowl in his pocket."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., State without plate number. Cf. No. 4641 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Temporary local subject terms: Constables -- Food: fowl -- T. Guttle., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 34.8 x 24.2 cm, folded to 31 x 24.2 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark; mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 49 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt. Octr. 1st, 1771, by MDarly, engraver, No. 39 Strand
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 October 1771]
Call Number:
771.10.01.03+ Impression 1
Collection Title:
Leaf 26. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c. Page 11. New London spy
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man in profile showing his enormous belly, holding a stick and with two dogs slavering at a dead fowl in his pocket."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., State without plate number. Cf. No. 4641 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Temporary local subject terms: Constables -- Food: fowl -- T. Guttle., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt. Octr. 1st, 1771, by MDarly, engraver, No. 39 Strand
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 October 1771]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 26. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c. Page 11. New London spy
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man in profile showing his enormous belly, holding a stick and with two dogs slavering at a dead fowl in his pocket."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., State without plate number. Cf. No. 4641 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Temporary local subject terms: Constables -- Food: fowl -- T. Guttle., On leaf 26., and 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 35.4 x 25 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt. Octr. 1st, 1771, by MDarly, engraver, No. 39 Strand
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: hairdressers -- Domestic service: footman --F urniture: dressing tables -- Wall brackets -- Clocks -- Furnishings: statuettes -- Hand-held mirrors -- Reference to Cato., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
Title etched below image., Date of publication based on printmaker's active dates. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 140 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
