"An elderly man displays scientific experiments. He stoops forward, in profile to the left, holding a rod horizontally between his fingers, in the left hand is a glass. A small still, phials, &c, and an elaborate appliance (right) are on the long table behind which he stands. On the wall are two medallion profile-portraits, one (left) being that of Priestley. A serpent, a scroll with cabalistic signs, a terrestrial globe on a bracket, are also on the wall, which is lit by a single candle with a curiously shaped reflector."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Philosophers -- Scientific lectures -- Maps: globes -- Cabalistic signs -- Phials.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 28th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Walker, A. 1730 or 1731-1821 (Adam), and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
"Sir David Dundas on horseback, in profile to the left, drills a line of cavalry at some distance. He holds a gold-headed cane in place of a whip and sits his horse in the manner of a bad rider. His foot is thrust forward so that his boot projects beyond the animal's chest (cf. Nos. 7233, 7242); he holds the curb rein only, and this is merely placed between his hand and the cane; the snaffle lies on the horse's neck. The animal is clumsy, with shaggy fetlocks. Under the saddle is a leopard-skin. Dundas is on rising ground above the level of the soldiers who are drawn up facing some tents."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Description:
Title etched below image., Thomas Adams is one of the pseudonyms used by Gillray. See British Museum catalogue., Earlier state of No. 11256 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of printmaker's signature and imprint. Printmaker and imprint from impression in the New York Historical Society collection., Temporary local subject terms: Horsemanship -- Military camps -- Military manoeuvres: cavalry drill -- Military uniforms: Quartermaster general, Horse Guards., and Mounted to 40 x 48 cm., matted to 44 x 50 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 12th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
"A spectacled man, wearing riding-dress with spurred top-boots, seizes a stout lady by the hair and flourishes a riding-whip, saying, "Pro bono Patriae". A younger man (left) puts his hand on his shoulder, saying, "I'll support you". He is wildly cheered by an election crowd (left), who wave their hats. The lady's feathered bonnet lies on the ground, her hair streams down her back, and she holds out her arms in terror. A group of cathedral clergy stand on the right watching with gestures and expressions of alarm and disapproval. Behind is a square church tower (right) with pinnacles."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Proof of the refined feelings of an amiable character ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and questionable date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Elections: reference to elections, 1796 -- Clergy: cathedral clergy -- Buildings: cathedral -- Abuse of women.
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
Full-length portrait in profile of the Duke of Norfolk looking left and holding his hat in his right hand and a gathering of sheets of paper in his left
Description:
Title engraved below image, with ducal crown above title., Leaf 65 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 21.1 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Duke Norfolk" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 1st, 1796, by R. Dighton, No. 12 Charing Cross
Full-length portrait in profile of the Duke of Norfolk looking left and holding his hat in his right hand and a gathering of sheets of paper in his left
Description:
Title engraved below image, with ducal crown above title.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 1st, 1796, by R. Dighton, No. 12 Charing Cross
"A lean and ugly old man sits in profile to the right, bending forward towards an immense volume which lies open on a table in front of an open sash-window (right). On the page is a fly at which he gesticulates. He wears a night-cap and a loose robe over an old-fashioned laced waistcoat, short breeches, and high-quartered shoes. Above his head hangs a large stuffed crocodile, and in a frame on the wall are butterflies and insects. The 'virtuoso' (? naturalist) is examining the works of Linnaeus 'for a description of an uncommon species of insect'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Numbered 'Plate 41' in upper left corner., Plate from: Eccentric Excursions, or, Literary & Pictorial Sketches of Countenance Character & Country in ... England & South Wales, by G.M. Woodward, 1796., Variant state with title. Cf. No. 8968 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, and Temporary local subject terms: Virtuosi -- Allusion to Linnaeus -- Collections: insects -- Taxodermy: crocodile -- Male dress: dressing gown -- Male dress: nightcap -- Eyeglasses.
"View of Adam Street, Adelphi, looking north"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: A picturesque tour through the cities of London and Westminster. London: T. Malton, 1792 [i.e. 1802]., and Mounted to 42 x 30 cm.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[26 March 1796]
Call Number:
796.03.26.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three lines of text below image: I hope I don't intrude, gentlemen ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Jews -- Dishes: Punch bowl.
Publisher:
Pub. March 26, 1796, by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Strt
Subject (Topic):
Clubs, Coffins, Drinking vessels, Interiors, Pipes (Smoking), and Undertakers
In seven scenes in a design of two tiers, citizens dispute the oppressive fees imposed by a zealous tax collector who taxes bugs, pets, a bulbous nose and a runny nose, corns on a foot, and a man's skin. In the scene on the upper right, the tax collector penalizes a man whom he accuses of evading tax as he defecates in a bush
Alternative Title:
Taxes as they will be!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Isaac Cruikshank by Krumbhaar., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Taxation, Black people, Birds, Birdcages, Cats, Defecation, Dogs, Servants, Single women, and Tax payers
