Title from caption below image., Printmaker, publisher and approximate date of publication from similar prints in The Lewis Walpole Library. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library Topos L847 no. 53+., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., Probably a plate from: A picturesque tour through the cities of London and Westminster. London: T. Malton, 1792 [i.e. 1802]., The Lewis Walpole Library: From the Topographical Prints collection., and Window mounted to 48 x 36 cm.
Roberts, Henry, approximately 1710-approximately 1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1800 and 1820]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 177. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View in St James's Park, with the palace on the left and Westminster Abbey in distance on the right; fashionably dressed figures in park strolling among rows of trees receding into the distance."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Palais Royale de St. Jacques du costé du parc
Description:
Titles engraved below image, in English and French., Date range for publication based on publisher James Heskett's active dates; see British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., For an earlier state published by Henry Parker, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2268., Folded to 26.5 x 24.7 cm; mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 177 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:
Printed for J. Heskett, N. 13 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange
Subject (Geographic):
Saint James's Park (London, England),
Subject (Name):
Saint James's Palace (London, England), and Westminster Abbey,
Subject (Topic):
Trees, Parks, Pedestrian malls, and Castles & palaces
"A winding river flows (left to right) towards a hill in the background surmounted by a temple of Fame. In the foreground (left) is a 'Dunghill of Republican Horse Turds'; in the stream float turds from the dunghill, while farther up are golden apples, crowned and inscribed. The foremost is 'English-Pippin', close behind are 'Imperial-Pippin' and 'Russian-Pippin'; they are followed by a (turbaned) 'Turkish-Pippin' and a small 'Neapolitan' [Pippin]. From a mass of floating dung emerges the profile head of Bonaparte, wearing a feathered cocked hat inscribed 'First Horse Turd'; this is the central and dominating object in the river; from his mouth issues a large label: 'A ha! par ma foi - how We Apples Swim!' Lumps of dung close behind him are inscribed 'Second Horse Turd' [Cambacérès], 'Third Horse Turd' [Lebrun], and 'Seyes' [sic]. They are followed by 'Massena', 'Jourdan', 'Talleyrand'. Bonaparte swims between 'Spanish-Pippin' and 'Prussian-Pippin', both in proximity to dung. Behind him float 'Papal P[ippin]', a triple crown, and 'Sardinian [Pippin]', both half submerged. Under water are submerged (or dead) turds: 'Robespierre', 'Marat', 'Condorcet', 'Roland'. A spreading column of thick smoke arises from the dunghill, which is composed of inscribed fragments, from which in the left foreground tiny heads emerge, the dominant one being Fox, who says: "Caira! Caira! - chacun à son tour! We shall all Swim in our turns"; next him is 'Envy'. Tierney, the second head, says: "Yes! Yes! - none of Us was born to be Drowned". The others are Sheridan, Nicholls, Erskine, and (slightly smaller) Burdett, Derby, Taylor. Those indicated by names only are: 'Voltaire', 'Rosseau' [sic], 'd'Alembert', 'Godwin', 'Price', 'Priestley', 'Holcroft', '(?) Darwin', close to (scarcely legible) 'Mo[rning] Po[st]', 'Morn. Chronicle', 'Courier [see BMSat 9194]. Larger turds are: 'Atheism', 'Falshood', 'Regicide', 'Egalité', 'Disappointment', 'Beggary', 'Poverty', 'Plunder', 'Paines Rights of Man' [see BMSat 7867, &c], 'Republican Faith', 'Theophilanthropy' [see BMSat 9240], 'Deceit [twice]', 'Lies', 'Licentiousness', 'Hypocrisy'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Buonaparte among the golden pippins
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of text below title: Explanation. Some horse turds being washed by the current from a neighbouring dunghill, espied a number of fair apples swimming up the stream ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Second Coalition, 1798-1801-- Opposition: members of the Opposition -- Allusion to Voltaire -- Allusion to Rousseau -- Allusion to Paine's The Rights of Man -- Allusion to Robespierre -- Allusion to Marat -- Emblems: pippins.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 24th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
Title from item., Attributed to Cruikshank in British Museum catalogue., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Speeches: C.J. Fox's speech on October 10, 1800 -- Interiors: tavern -- Taverns: King's Head , London -- Jews -- Chimney-sweeps -- Butchers -- Barbers -- Waggoners -- Dustmen -- Dogs: mastif -- Dishes: pewter tankards., and Watermark.
An angry husband with carving knife and fork in hand glowers at the leg of mutton on the dinner table before him, while his wife and two young men look on with anxious expressions. He says: "Its rad! not fit to eat! --these are the blessed effects of boiling mutton in a clath!" A dog at the wife's feet looks on. On the wall hangs the framed picture with the two allegorical figures of Peace and Concord
Alternative Title:
Dinner spoiled
Description:
Title from item., Series title and number etched above image., and Publication date from British museum catalogue and Grego.
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '237' in lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Pastimes: skipping., and Watermark: Russell & Co 1799.
Publisher:
Published 24th Jany. 1800, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
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., Not in Rowlandson the caricaturist by Joseph Grego., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: The Horse Armory -- Displays: The Line of Kings -- Guided tours -- Armor -- Beefeaters -- Military uniforms.
Publisher:
Pubd Jany 1st, 1800, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
"View of the grand new building for Bethlem Hospital in Moorfields, from the street; figures in foreground including street traders and a man with a wooden leg, elegantly dressed figures strolling through grounds in front of hospital"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Hospital de Fou
Description:
Title from caption below image., Later reissue of a print published 10 September 1747 by John Bowles. See British Museum online catalogue., "Publishd. according to act of Parliamt."--Below image., Window mounted to 31 x 47 cm., and Watermark: E & P 1801.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, and Rob. Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: schoolroom -- Furniture: teachers' desks -- Fool's cap -- House of Commons as a schoolroom -- Reference to Fox's return to Parliament., and Mounted to 29 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
Publishd Febry. 7th, 1800, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844
