Title etched below image., Place of publication and printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Printseller's announcement below design: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Originally issued in 1804. Cf. no. 10330, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., Temporary local subject terms: Westminster Abbey -- Kent Sculptor -- Shakespeare's monument -- Reference to Napoleon., and Watermark: John Hall 1825.
Title from item., Giles Grinagain is a pseudonym., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Menageries.
A young chimmey sweep walks on a cobbled street, a large sack over his shoulder and a brush in his other hand
Alternative Title:
Foundling Hospital
Description:
Probable book illustration. Possibly from a version of the "London Cries." and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published April 25, 1804 by Richard Phillips, 71 St. Pauls Church Yard
A horseback rider is stuck in a slough as a farmer worker (clown) looks on.
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '377' in the lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Thirteen lines of verse arranged in three columns below title: A clown he spied; and thus bespoke : "Is bottom hard of yonder place?" ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: John W & E 1804.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 1, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Bird of passage lately discovered in France and supposed to be the most crafty of its species
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Temporary local subject terms: Chairs: French Throne -- Crowns -- Male Costume: French., Watermark: Portal & Bridges 1802., and Print is numbered '263' in contemporary ms.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. Williamson, 20 Strand, London
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824
"Townsend, the Bow Street Officer, stands in profile to the right, left hand on a tall stick, pointing with right forefinger. He is neatly dressed, with broad-brimmed top-hat, long coat over a long waistcoat, and short loose trousers, with high-quartered tied shoes."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Townsend
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 3 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., Watermark, trimmed: [Ed]meads 1808., and Figure identified as "Mr. Townsend" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Title from caption etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Printseller's announcement follows imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Pineapple -- Decanters -- Candleabra -- Opposition., and Modern ms. annotations on mount identifies most figures in print; mounted to 31 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 12th, 1804 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
