"The King and Queen (left), seated under a canopy decorated with a crown and the royal arms, listen enraptured to a concert; the performers are arranged in a pyramid on the right. Numbers on the figures refer to notes engraved beneath the design. George III leans back, his hands clasped, eyes turned ecstatically upwards; he wears a laurel wreath and his head is surrounded by a star-shaped halo. The Queen sits upright with an eager expression, beating time; her hair and scraggy neck are covered with jewels (cf. BMSat 6978, &c). On the extreme left, and on the King's right, stands Pitt, very erect, a rattle in his right hand, blowing a whistle attached to a child's coral and bells. Behind the Queen are two ladies: '4', lean and ugly, holds an ear-trumpet to her ear; ['5'], who is stout, holds a parakeet on her finger. This group is: '1 Mr P------t'. '2 K------'. '3 Q------'. '4 Mad. Schw---gh--n' [Schwellenberg]. '5 Miss Jeff-----s' [Elizabeth Jefferyes or Jeffries, a Maid of Honour]. The royal party are on a circular carpet. On the roof of the canopy sits a demon holding up a purse in each hand, emblem of the supposed avarice of the King and Queen, a favourite subject with Gillray, cf. BMSat 7166, and see BMSat 7836, &c. Three demon hounds, inscribed 'G. R. Windsor', chase a realistically drawn fox (Fox), to whose tail is tied (by a ribbon inscribed 'Coalition') a pot with the features of North. The performers are arranged behind a low semicircular barrier. A stout man with a goat's head is asleep on the left, his hands clasped on his breast; from his pocket protrudes a paper inscribed 'Road to Wynnstay' (cf. BMSat 7068, &c). He is '6 Sr W. W. W-----ne' [Williams-Wynn], one of the founders of 'The Concert of Antient Music'. A demon child and an infant with butterfly-wings sit together on the barrier, singing from one book. A braying ass holding a book is '7 Mr Assb-----ge' (Ashbridge, a celebrated kettle-drummer). A bird of prey (? an owl) wearing a large cap stands on the barrier, a piece of music under its claws inscribed 'Anointed Solomon, King over all, E------'. She is '8 Mad. Mara.' Next '7' is seated a large ox supporting a music-book on his hoofs. He is 'J------h B--tes' (Joah Bates, originator (1776) and conductor of 'The Concert of Antient Music'). In the second row of performers (right to left) is a group (behind '7' and '8') of three fishwives: '10, D------ R------d'. the Duke of Richmond, with a basket of fish on his head, arms akimbo, is scolding '11, M-----s La--sd--e' (Marquis Lansdowne), while '12, Col. B--r-' (Barré), his eyes closed, joins in the dispute. An allusion to the altercation in the House of Lords over Richmond's proposed fortifications (see BMSat 7149 etc.). Next, realistically drawn, is '13 Sir J. M--why' (Mawbey), holding under his arm a squeaking pig whose tail he is twisting as if it were a musical instrument. Mawbey, as a distiller, was famous for keeping large quantities of hogs, see BMSats 5746, 7506, &c. Two lawyers sing from the same music; they are '14 Atty Genl' (Arden) and '15 Sollr Genl' (Macdonald). Behind their heads, and towards the apex of the pyramid, stand two judges facing each other, each holding a chimney-sweep's shovel and brush which they strike together in the manner of chimney-sweeps on May Day. They are '16. D--n--as' (Dundas) and '17. Ld L--ghb--gh' (Loughborough). The former's shovel is decorated with a thistle, the latter's with a man hanging from a gibbet, with the date '1745' and 'Kenn Com' in allusion to the Jacobites executed on Kennington Common, one of whom was Sir John Wedderburn. The apex of the pyramid is '18. Ch--n--ll--r', Thurlow, standing with a fierce expression; he holds up a pair of birch-rods above the bare posteriors of two terrified boys who serve as kettle-drums. Two squalling and fighting cats hang from the ceiling by ribbons attached to their tails. Beneath the design is engraved: '------Monarchs, who with Rapture wild, Hear their own Praise with Mouths of gaping Wonder, And control each Crotchet of the Birth-day Thunder. Peter Pindar.' The satire illustrates this and other passages from 'Ode upon Ode', which attack Pitt for obsequiousness to the King, and the King and Queen for their parsimony in attending the Concerts of Antient Music as subscribers instead of having concerts at their palace: '- Monarchs, who with oeconomic Fury Force all the tuneful World to Tot'n'am Lane.' Mawbey is mentioned: 'Strains! that Sir Joseph Mawbey deem'd divine, Sweet as the Quavers of his fattest Swine.' Wynn also: 'The sleek Welsh Deity who Music knows- The Alexander of the Tot'n'am Troops.' Richmond is mentioned: 'Mad as his Military Grace For fortifying ev'ry Place . . .' The cats: 'How like the Notes of Cats, a vocal Pair.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Later state, with numbers and explanatory notes, hairs on the queen's face and further stippling on the king's face., Publication date inferred from watermark., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Sir John Wedderburn, 1704-1746? -- Chimney sweep's implements -- Singing lawyers -- Squeking pigs -- Fighting cats -- Dispute over Richmond's fortifications -- Child demons -- Ribbon of coalition -- Circular carpets -- Royal canopies -- Demon hounds -- Royal parsimony -- Birds: paraket -- Owls -- Kensington Common -- Literature: allusion to Peter Pindar's Ode upon ode -- Concerts: Antient music, 1787 -- Music: Serenata 'Solomon' by William Boyce -- Emblems -- Allusion to Jacobites -- Children: bous a kettle drums -- Richmond as a fishwoman -- Music books -- Performers in pyramid shape -- Star-shaped haloes -- Birch rods -- Toys: coral and bells -- Cherubs., Watermark: R A 1801 on the left side of sheet; fleur-de-lis on the right side., Matted to 56 x 71 cm., and Verso of former mount (49 x 60 cm), now laid in, with image in reverse of La belle assemblee.
Publisher:
Pub'd May 10th, 1787 by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Williams-Wynn, Watkin, Sir, 1749-1789, Mara, Gertrud Elisabeth, 1749-1833, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Mawbey, Joseph, Sir, 1730-1798, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, Macdonald, Archibald, Sir, 1747-1826, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797, Jefferyes, Elizabeth, active 1787-1791, Ashbridge, John, -1799, Bates, Joah, 1741-1799, and Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802
"An obese and elderly citizen stands almost full-face holding up a (?) turbot, with an expression of intense satisfaction. His left hand holds his head, pushing up his wig. His dress is old-fashioned, with a flapped waistcoat. Between his feet is a shallow saucepan."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: 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., See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v 6., no. 7445 for a description of another state published in 1788., and Watermark: A Stace [?] 1798.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1st, 1801, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 July 1801]
Call Number:
Bunbury 801.07.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on an unidentified man strolling in the countryside carrying a stick."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Unknown satirical portrait
Description:
Title supplied from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,6.102. Alternative title from description of an earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Reissue, with different imprint statement, of a print originally published 23 December 1773. Cf. No. 4762 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on lower edge., Temporary local subject terms: Male costume, 1773 -- Country walking., and Watermark, trimmed: [...] 1799.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1, 1801, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccdilly [sic]
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and India paper sheet 10.9 x 17.5 cm.
Publisher:
Published Nov. 1, 1801 by J. Wheble, Warwick Square
A man with multiple carbuncles on his face holds a map in his hands. Through the center of the map runs 'Rhino Fluvius'. The land is divided into provinces or states with names based on types of wines. Behind on the wall is a shelf with wine bottles, bowls, and glasses
Description:
Title etched below image., Giles Grinagain probably the pseudonym of Samuel Howitt. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Later impression, imprint visibly worn.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 1st 1801 by Mr. Howitt, No. 15 Queen St., Soho
Title from item., Giles Grinagain is a pseudonym., Publication date inferred from other prints signed Giles Grinagain, published by S. Howitt., See British Museum Catalogue of prints and drawing ... Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 10341 for description of 1804 printing by S.W. Fores., Temporary local subject terms: Animals: Horse -- Veterinarian medicine -- Veterinarian quacks -- Tools -- Saw -- Axe -- Heated hot iron --, and Printseller's identification stamp in lower right corner of print: S·W·F.
As she looks directly at the viewer, a short, plump woman dressed in a short dickey bares her breasts as she stands, legs apart, between a dresser and an armchair. A cat with a shocked expression looks up under her short chemise
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Printmaker and imprint from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 29 x 22 cm.
"Key to Smith's print 'The Annual Ceremony of administering the Oath of Allegiance &c on Novr. 8th, the Day preceding Lord Mayors Day,' listing the aldermen and sheriffs, including Newnham and John Boydell, portrayed, assembled in the Guildhall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption above image., Names of the people portrayed inscribed below image., and Printmaker from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1873,0712.513.
Publisher:
Published June 4th, 1801 by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside & at the S. Gallery, Pall Mall
"A Welshman and a Yorkshireman drink together at a table outside a rustic building; one holds a halter, waiting for a horse which a boy in the background is catching. The former says: '"Gots splutter I tell the County where I came from is so fertile that if you were to put in a seive over Night in a Close w [cropped] Hur Knows you would have hard matter to find it in the morning it would be so covered with grass.'' - Yn - "Phoo - thats nothing when compared to a Clos [cropped] is in Yorkshire where you may put in a Horse at Night and not be able to find him next morning.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., and Three lines of text below ttitle: Gots splutter I tell the Country where I came from is so fertile that if you were to put a seive over Night in a close which hur knows you would have hard matter to find...
Publisher:
Pub. July 1, 1801 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
