"Pitt (half length) stands looking to the right, his right hand held palm upwards. He says: "Our great successes in the East & West Indies, conquest of Corsica; entertain no doubt you will chearfully grant the Supplies for carrying on this just & necessary War.""--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., By Gillray using pseudonym 'A.S.' See British Museum catalogue., One of a set of eight satirical portraits, each issued separately., and Four lines of text below image: Our great successes in the East & West Indies, conquest of Corsica; entertain no doubt you will chearfully [sic] grant the supplies for carrying on this just & necessary war.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 6th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
"Pitt (half length) stands looking to the right, his right hand held palm upwards. He says: "Our great successes in the East & West Indies, conquest of Corsica; entertain no doubt you will chearfully grant the Supplies for carrying on this just & necessary War.""--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., By Gillray using pseudonym 'A.S.' See British Museum catalogue., One of eight satirical portraits issued as a set on one sheet., Four lines of text below image: Our great successes in the East & West Indies, conquest of Corsica; entertain no doubt you will chearfully [sic] grant the supplies for carrying on this just & necessary war., and On same sheet: Opposition eloquence; Naval eloquence; Military eloquence; Fools eloquence; Billingsgate eloquence; Pulpit eloquence; Bar eloquence.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 6th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '199' in lower right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Cuckolds -- Furnishings: mirrors -- Wall panelling -- Female dress, 1797., and Watermark, partially trimmed.
Publisher:
Published 12th September 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
A lady sits in an armchair, her head titled back to the side so that she can see her reflection in the large mirror on the wall behind her. She wears a loose high-waisted dress, giving the appearance of pregnancy, her full figure and large breasts are well-defined. She is wearing gloves and a turban adorned with ostrich feathers. Long locks of hair escaped from the turban, and she holds a fan in her right hand. Beneath the chair is a patterned carpet
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at bottom edge., and Manuscript note below image identifies the sitter as Lady Charlotte Cambell.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 22d, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Title from item., Printmaker identified from original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the series of Drolls?, Twenty-eight stanzas of verse in three columns below title: There liv'd, as fame reports, in days of yore, ..., Numbered '42' in lower right of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Dandies -- Frenchmen -- Watchmen -- Lighting: watchman's lantern -- Watchman's booth -- Pranks.
Publisher:
Published 22nd Decr. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
A man in a tricorne hat shown three-quarters length, in profile looking left and leaning on a walking stick
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 19 x 16 cm.
"The Duke of Clarence (three-quarter length), dressed as a rough sailor, stands full-face with folded arms, looking to the right with a belligerent stare. He wears a shapeless hat, a naval coat, striped trousers, a handkerchief knotted round his neck. He says: "Damn all Bond St Sailors I say, a parcel of smell smocks! they'd sooner creep into a Jordan than face the French! dam me!""--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., One of eight satirical portraits issued as a set on one sheet., Two lines of text below image: Damn all Bond St. sailors I say, a parcel of smell smocks! They'd sooner creep into a jordan than face the French! Dam me!, and On same sheet: Ministerial eloquence; Opposition eloquence; Military eloquence; Fools eloquence; Billingsgate eloquence; Pulpit eloquence; Bar eloquence.
Publisher:
Publd. Jany. 6th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, 37 Old Bond Strt
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Taxes: hair powder tax -- Debts: Prince of Wales's debts -- Allusion to Mrs. Fitzherbert -- Allusion to Mrs. Robinson -- Allusion to Mrs. Crouch -- Tankards -- Barbers' shops., and Mounted to 35 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. May 6, alias Hair Powder Day, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner Sackville St.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons and John Bull (Symbolic character)
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Pluralists -- Civil lists -- Treasury -- Pitt's attitude toward reforms, 1795 -- Money: guineas., Watermark: Strasburg lily, initial L V G below., and Mounted,
Publisher:
Pub. April 9, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
