Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Games: see-saw.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Holland, Oxford St.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"Turks and Bedouins besiege the base of a tall Corinthian column, on which is a group of terrified French savants. They have lit a fire at the base of the column whose smoke ascends in an expanding cloud; other Arabs advance with sheaves of reeds to feed the flames. On the small platform eight Frenchmen are crowded together; one, with wings attached to his shoulders and arms, steps into the void, stretching out his arms to a balloon, already wrecked by musket-fire. Their commander (probably Bonaparte), who wears a large plumed cocked hat and an order, shouts to the besiegers, holding up a placard 'Vive Mahomet Qui protegoit les Sciences'. A man kneeling beside him clasps him in terror; from his pocket issues a paper: 'Projet pour Bruler la Mecque'. A stout man (left) is about to hurl down a (? celestial) globe and a scientific instrument; another prepares to fling a large book: 'Le Ciel Revolutionné ou les Constellations Sans-culottisés'. A lean fanatic is about to commit suicide: he holds up a bottle labelled 'Tone', and clasps another labelled 'Louvet Opium'; in his belt are weapons inscribed 'Romme' and 'Roland' (all of whom but (?) Louvet killed themselves). A terrified face bites a book inscribed 'Savary'. A thin scholar (right) wearing a skull-cap is perhaps Monge. A ninth man falls from the summit (left); from his pocket issues a paper: 'Projet pour rendre les Hommes Immortels'. A stork (left) flies upwards from the column. Two scientific instruments (one electric) and six books fall from the column: 'Ebauche d'un Systeme de Législation pour une Colonie d Anthropophages' [cf. BMSat 9356]; 'Traité sur la Guillotine par un Théophilanthrope'; 'Sur le Reedification de la Tour de Babel'; 'Encyclopédie Edit: de Paris Vol: LX.'; 'Tableau de Logarithms'. The lowest, 'Projet de Fraternisation avec les Bedouins', hits a Bedouin and strikes him to the ground. On the ground is 'Le Contrat Social'. The besiegers fire at the Frenchmen or hold up their spears waiting for them to fall. One fires at an exploding balloon (right), 'La Diligence d'Abissynie' (cf. BMSat 9403), from which the (tricolour) boat has already fallen. One of the occupants falls head first towards the spears below; another descends by a parachute which has been traversed by the shot at the balloon; he is about to be transfixed by an arrow. Falling books are 'Les Ruines par le Cit: Volney'; 'Traité sur la Velocité des Corps Descendans'; and 'Theorie de l'Aerostation'. In the foreground right two fat Turks sit impassively back to back on a camel which gazes upwards; they are confident and incurious; one smokes reflectively. Arabs and Africans are in violent motion, some firing, others with spears. Behind (left) men gallop up on asses. A man (left) looks up through the wrong end of a telescope. In the background are pyramids. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Science in the pillory
Description:
Title from item, in French and English., Twelve lines of text in two columns, followed by twelve lines of verse in two columns, etched below title: It appears by an intercepted letter from General Kleber, dated "Alexandria, 5 Frimaire, 7th year of the Republic" ..., and Matted to 72 x 57 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 6th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"Turks and Bedouins besiege the base of a tall Corinthian column, on which is a group of terrified French savants. They have lit a fire at the base of the column whose smoke ascends in an expanding cloud; other Arabs advance with sheaves of reeds to feed the flames. On the small platform eight Frenchmen are crowded together; one, with wings attached to his shoulders and arms, steps into the void, stretching out his arms to a balloon, already wrecked by musket-fire. Their commander (probably Bonaparte), who wears a large plumed cocked hat and an order, shouts to the besiegers, holding up a placard 'Vive Mahomet Qui protegoit les Sciences'. A man kneeling beside him clasps him in terror; from his pocket issues a paper: 'Projet pour Bruler la Mecque'. A stout man (left) is about to hurl down a (? celestial) globe and a scientific instrument; another prepares to fling a large book: 'Le Ciel Revolutionné ou les Constellations Sans-culottisés'. A lean fanatic is about to commit suicide: he holds up a bottle labelled 'Tone', and clasps another labelled 'Louvet Opium'; in his belt are weapons inscribed 'Romme' and 'Roland' (all of whom but (?) Louvet killed themselves). A terrified face bites a book inscribed 'Savary'. A thin scholar (right) wearing a skull-cap is perhaps Monge. A ninth man falls from the summit (left); from his pocket issues a paper: 'Projet pour rendre les Hommes Immortels'. A stork (left) flies upwards from the column. Two scientific instruments (one electric) and six books fall from the column: 'Ebauche d'un Systeme de Législation pour une Colonie d Anthropophages' [cf. BMSat 9356]; 'Traité sur la Guillotine par un Théophilanthrope'; 'Sur le Reedification de la Tour de Babel'; 'Encyclopédie Edit: de Paris Vol: LX.'; 'Tableau de Logarithms'. The lowest, 'Projet de Fraternisation avec les Bedouins', hits a Bedouin and strikes him to the ground. On the ground is 'Le Contrat Social'. The besiegers fire at the Frenchmen or hold up their spears waiting for them to fall. One fires at an exploding balloon (right), 'La Diligence d'Abissynie' (cf. BMSat 9403), from which the (tricolour) boat has already fallen. One of the occupants falls head first towards the spears below; another descends by a parachute which has been traversed by the shot at the balloon; he is about to be transfixed by an arrow. Falling books are 'Les Ruines par le Cit: Volney'; 'Traité sur la Velocité des Corps Descendans'; and 'Theorie de l'Aerostation'. In the foreground right two fat Turks sit impassively back to back on a camel which gazes upwards; they are confident and incurious; one smokes reflectively. Arabs and Africans are in violent motion, some firing, others with spears. Behind (left) men gallop up on asses. A man (left) looks up through the wrong end of a telescope. In the background are pyramids. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Science in the pillory
Description:
Title from item, in French and English., Twelve lines of text in two columns, followed by twelve lines of verse in two columns, etched below title: It appears by an intercepted letter from General Kleber, dated "Alexandria, 5 Frimaire, 7th year of the Republic" ..., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 55.4 x 42.1 cm, on sheet 60.1 x 46.0 cm., Watermark: J. Whatman 1817., and Mounted on leaf 2 of volume 5 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 6th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
With the view of city buildings behind, pavers work with picks and shovels on the street ...
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Pl. II."--Numbered in upper right corner., Illustration from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth, v. ii, p. 46., and Attribution to artist William Hogarth burnished from lower left below design.
Publisher:
Samuel Ireland
Subject (Topic):
Boys, Cityscapes, Dogs, Laborers, Shovels, Musicians, and Women
"Suvorov, bald and with heavy eyebrows and moustache, caricatured as in BM Satires 9390, standing at left before his mirror, on the upper part of the frame of which is written 'Not used these forty years'; he looks at his reflection, his head in profile and striking an attitude with his left hand to his shoulder; wearing skin-tight costume with pointed boots and a thick, hairy garment worn over his shoulders; plumed helmet and cylindrical case on a stool in front of the mirror at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Suwarrow and his looring glass!
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of text etched below title: Since I have crept in favour with myself ..., 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 on leaf 47 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sept. 7th, 1799, by R. Akerman, N. 101 Strand
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Squires -- Glass: wine bottle -- Wine glasses., and Watermark: Russell & Co.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 30, 1799, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand
Title etched below image., Date from alternate state. See The Lewis Walpole Library, call no. 799.08.30.06., Series title and number etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Squires -- Glass: wine bottle -- Wine glasses., and Mounted on leaf 40 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Title etched below image., Printmaker from Grego., Two lines of verse below title: Here vulgar nature plays her courser part. And eyes speak out the language of [the] heart ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. April 10, 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Drinking vessels, Hats, Pipes (Smoking), Pitchers, Rings, and Wine
Title etched below image., Printmaker from Grego., Two lines of verse below title: Here vulgar nature plays her courser part. And eyes speak out the language of [the] heart ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27.3 x 21.6 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all text below image., and Mounted on leaf 12 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. April 10, 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Drinking vessels, Hats, Pipes (Smoking), Pitchers, Rings, and Wine
Title etched below image., Printmaker from Grego., Two lines of verse below title: Here like the fly, vice flirts the painted wing without, all saint within, a venomed sting! ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Female dress: headdress -- Male costume: night-cap-- Dishes: coffee service -- Coffee cups without handles, 1799., and Watermark: Russell 1798.
Publisher:
Pub. April 10, 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Eyeglasses, Jewelry, Older people, and Young adults
