Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 February 1796]
Call Number:
796.02.24.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A country yokel in a hat and smoking a pipe sits on a stool beside a simple table outside in a farm house opposite a pigsty wtih a large pig and her piglets and chickens and their chicks running around in alarm. In the upper left sky a flock of parson in the form of birds fly in various directions. A second man sits on the gate looking up at the clergy/birds
Description:
Also attributed to Isaac Cruikshank in unverified information from card., Publisher's statement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Paper watermarked T.W. 1795., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner of plate: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Published Febry. 24, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Agricultural laborers, Clergy, Farms, Pipes (Smoking), Poultry, and Swine
A man in ragged clothes stands facing right, hunched forward under the weight of a basket of 'Rents' and 'Taxes' strapped to his back. His legs are shackled, his mouth is closed by a padlock, and his hands are tied behind him. Image enclosed within a circle
Alternative Title:
Freeborn Englishman
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker is likely the publisher Thomas Spence's son William, who was born in the early 1780s and died in 1797. See Oxford Dictionary of national biography, entry for Thomas Spence., Probably a copy, with alterations, of a print published circa 1795 entitled "A freeborn Englishman, the admiration of the world, the envy of surrounding nations, &c. &c." See description for No. 8710 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 7., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Thomas Spence seems to have also issued copper tokens in 1796 with depictions of a similar shackled figure on one side. See for example British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: T.6498., and Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Publishd. by T. Spence, Turn Stile, Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Taxation, Poverty, Poor persons, Locks (Hardware), Shackles, and Taxes
In his meager attic lodgings, a man dresses as his land lady looks on. On the wall is a poster with a portrait of Thomas Paine and a partially torn sign with the words "Buggs distroy'd", the art amplifying the subject
Description:
Title engraved below image., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '174' in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published 28th Novr. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Name):
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Landlord & tenant relations, Mirrors, Poverty, and Shaving equipment
A fat, red-checked clergyman sits across an oval table from a thin, distressed man. On the table between them is a backgammon game and two lit candles in brass candlesticks. The clergyman throws up his arms in joy after another successful roll of the dice
Alternative Title:
Hit at backgammon
Description:
Title etched below image., 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., and Watermark: Edm[onds] & Pine.
Publisher:
Pub. July 20th, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Female dress: riding habit -- Male dress: riding clothes -- Fortifications -- Notice boards., Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials G R below., and Mounted to 27 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Pub by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, and Barwell, Richard, 1741-1804
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '172' in lower left corner., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., One line of text below title: "The end of these things is death.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Old women -- Earrings -- Miniature portraits as jewelry -- Female dress: masquerade costume -- Tickets: masquerade tickets -- Pictures amplifying subjects: portrait of Cleopatra -- Pulley-stiles -- Parasols -- Furniture -- Powder puffs -- Domestic servants: lady's maid -- Furnishings: window curtain tassels.
Publisher:
Published 15th Septr. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Older people, Women, Headdresses, Clocks & watches, Jewelry, Dressing tables, Umbrellas, and Women domestics
"Two chairmen carry (left to right) a lady in a sedan chair. The roof is raised and through it projects an enormous ostrich feather, rising from an aigrette and curls, which also extend above the roof. To the second chairman's back is strapped the base of a long curving rod which supports an umbrella to protect the feather. Through the window of the chair appears the lady's profile. She holds a half-closed fan before her face. Behind (left) is a plain town house of three stories behind its area-railings; it is next a high curving wall (right). Probably from a design by an amateur."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 13th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Bath (England)
Subject (Topic):
Fans (Accessories), Headdresses, Sedan chairs, Servants, and Umbrellas
"Miss Farren and Lord Derby, both in profile to the right, walk together inspecting pictures. She, very thin and tall, looks over his head through a glass at a picture in the second row of 'Zenocrates & Phryne'. He looks at the picture immediately below, 'The Death', a huntsman holding up a fox to the hounds. The frame is decorated by an earl's coronet with horses, cf. BMSat 9074, &c. Lord Derby, much caricatured, very short and obese, wears riding-dress with spurred boots and holds a whip. Miss Farren wears no hat, a dress hanging from the shoulders and trailing behind her, short sleeves and gloves. Both hold an open 'Catalogue'. Behind, a man (left) and two ladies in back view and arm-in-arm inspect a picture of 'Susan[nah and the] Elders'. The lady in the centre wears a high, twisted turban (cf. BMSat 8755) with an enormous feather, the other wears a round hat."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tally-ho & his Nimeney-pimmeney taking the morning lounge and Tally-ho and his Nimeney-pimmeney taking the morning lounge
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: art exhibitions -- Literature: reference to Burgoyne's The Heiress -- Lorgnettes., and Mounted.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sept. 24th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834 and Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759 or 62-1829
"A corner of the opera house. A dancer is poised on her right toe, while she leans forward, both arms extended, her left leg extended horizontally towards the audience. Her head is turned full-face. Those in the pit are peering under her skirt, which, falling limply almost to her ankles, defines her figure. In the front row of the pit sit (left to right) the Duke of Queensberry peering through an opera-glass; Sheridan, biting his thumb apprehensively (probably fearing competition with Drury Lane); Fox, leaning back laughing, while Pitt stands behind him, holding his shoulders, and staring intently at the dancer. Among the heads behind are Burke on the extreme right, Bedford next him, then Loughborough and Erskine (?) in their legal wigs. In a box on the first tier sit two ladies and a man, looking down upon the dancer, except that one of the ladies stares at the man she sits next through a glass. A door giving on to the stage is open, through which two men are staring up at the dancer. Behind stands a prim-looking man wearing spectacles. A scene of trees and foliage forms a background to the stage."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., The dancer is possibly Madame Rose Parisot?, and Matted to 47 x 62 cm.; printmaker's name and a key identifying subjects printed on mat below image.
Publisher:
Pub. May 7, 1796 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, and Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
Subject (Topic):
Audiences, Dancers, French, Performances, Opera houses, and Theatrical productions
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Saldanha Bay -- Cape of Good Hope -- Palm trees -- Monkeys -- Dutchmen -- Sailors -- Frenchmen -- Money: coins -- Ships: deck -- Cannons., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
