"An elderly 'cit' sleeps in a low, upright chair, leaning back till his profile faces the ceiling. His hands are clasped over his chest, his wig dangles from his coat-collar, and he puffs from tightly shut lips. The room is bare with a boarded floor. On a round table are a jug and glass, and the sleeper's pipe lying on 'Cobbett's Political Register'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication inferred from John Miller's entry in London Publishers and Printers, by Philip A.H. Brown (London, British Library, 1982)., Plate from: The caricatures of Gillray. London : John Miller, [between 1824 and 1827], opposite page 142., A reduced copy of a print by Gillray, published 1 November 1806 by Hannah Humphrey. Cf. No. 10644 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8., Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist, page 343., and Cf. Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 561.
Publisher:
Published by John Miller, Bridge Street, and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh
Subject (Topic):
Sleep, Sleeping, Wigs, Pipes (Smoking), and Newspapers
"A Pic Nic: A curate, his wife, and four children gnaw bare bones at a table covered with a ragged cloth, on which are a loaf and an almost empty dish. The wife rocks an infant's cradle; washing hangs on a cord across the fireplace. A wall-clock points to 12.45. On the sill of the casement-window is a flowering plant. The curate's hat, cudgel, and gloves are on a table. A starving cat and dog face each other angrily. A contrast to British Museum Satires No. 14756. Below: 'On meagre fare the humble Curate's fed; 'Severe his labour--dearly earned his bread. 'Tho all the duty on his shoulders fall 'A paltry Thirty Pounds a Year his all.'"--British Museum online catalogue, "A Tuck Out: A dinner-table scene, with three liveried footmen, is watched by a bloated dog and fat cat. One fat parson (right) carves a sucking-pig; his wife (opposite) carves a bird. The other diners are a second parson, a youngish woman, and a loutish youth. On the wall a picture of 'Balthezar's [sic] Feast': the revellers see the writing on the wall. Below: 'But see the bloated Vicars gaudy state, 'Profusion surfiets, pamper'd menials wait; 'Preaches Humility, his practice pride 'Lived like an Infidel, and so he died.' A favourite theme, cf. British Museum Satires Nos. 6153-4, &c., 14568."--British Museum online catalogue, "A Gorge: Seven foxhunters tipsily drink a toast, two standing by their chairs. A hare and other dishes are on the table. Two liveried servants wait. On the wall is a picture of a mounted huntsman with hounds. Antlers serve as pegs for two hunting-caps; a third with a fox's brush hangs beside it. Below: 'See l'Esquire seated, at the festive board, 'His Tenants squeez'd to satiate their lord, 'Who squanders all in riot and excess, 'His Family leaves in Want and deep distress.'"--British Museum online catalogue, and "A Burster: Three aldermen in furred gowns sit at a round table, knife and fork in hand, food speared on fork, but all waiting avidly for the dishes that four footmen bring in: a large tureen, (?) birds, a hare, a turkey, and sausages. Decanters stand in a wine-cooler, a sideboard is covered with plate. There is a picture of an inflated frog looking at an ox. Below: 'A greasy chin the Aldermans delight 'Their stomachs quite prepaid since yesternight 'Anticipating, Turtle, Venison, Jellies, 'To Cram, to Gorge nay e'en to burst their Bellies.' Cf. British Museum Satires No. 14690."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from collective title etched at bottom of plate., Plate signed four times with printmaker signature "C.W. fecit", once beneath each of the four designs., and Four designs on one plate, each individually titled within lower border and each having four lines of verse etched below.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decemr. 15th, 1824, by S.W. Fores, No. 41 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
"A promenade in Hyde Park. Pelisses heavily trimmed with fur, large muffs, and feathered hats are conspicuous; skirts, slightly trained, reach the ground. One woman wears a much-patterned and flounced dress, without a wrap, and a bonnet surmounted with realistic flowers. The leaning back attitude in walking (see British Museum Satires No. 14438) is that of one woman only; she takes the arm of a dandy in frogged coat and inflated white trousers. A man in a tight-waisted overcoat with large buttons worn with boots, breeches, and a checked neck-cloth, his hands in his pockets, is conspicuous: the lady taking his arm wears much ermine, with a muff and a hat which is a base for towering roses and a dangling lace veil. Uniforms are absent."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Spring fashions for 1824 and Monstrosities of 182[4]
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Imperfect; the digit "4" in "1824" at end of title has been changed to a "6" in manuscript, and the digit "4" in "1824" in text above image has been added in manuscript. Obscured text supplied from impression in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Pub. March 14, 1824, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Muffs, and Hats
Title from caption below image., Title continues: ... "Where shall I lunch" thought of the wine sale hesitated to face being too well known there, having often been spoken at, but it bein a last resource & conscious that "we must not stint" ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
In a courtyard of Christ Church (Oxford), undergraduates in cap and gown dance around a bonfire, fueled by doors, chairs, and tables carried from the surrounding buildings. Other students pull at ropes to drag a statute of Mercury towards the flames. From the windows on either side of the gateway students throw objects including a globe and a chamber pot, while another blows a trumpet. Groups of students dance wildly as they drink and riot
Alternative Title:
Burning the oaks, a scene in Tom Quadrangle
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Three revellers are lighted home by a watchman who walks beside them holding his lantern and looking sideways at them with quizzical contempt. A tall fashionably dressed and dishevelled man walks between two young women, also fashionably dressed; one holding a large muff takes his right arm; the other wears his bell-shaped top-hat, while he wears, back to front, her large feathered bonnet. They are lit from a street lamp, part of the post of which is on the extreme left in the foreground, while dawn lightens the dark sky. A large shuttered window in a corner house forms a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker, artist, place, date, and name of publisher from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 32 x 24 cm.
Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Text following statement of responsibility: Lord love you this may be seen every Sunday in Glasgow., Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"A similar scene to BM Satires 14721, with awkward, exhibitionist, and dandified riders in place of carriages; one pedestrian, a lady, is in the foreground (right). Legs are thrust forward, toes turned out, down, or up. A man gallops holding one rein and an eye-glass with studied negligence, his left hand in his trouser pocket. Beside him is a lady, turning in her saddle to look through an eye-glass; a long green veil streams from her bell-shaped top-hat. A horse falls on its head, the falling man is taking snuff. Two dogs fight in the foreground. There are heavy clouds."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
