"A Portuguese soldier and a British soldier, facing each other, co-operatively seize Ferdinand VII, who is putting his left foot across a line dividing Spain (right) from Portugal. Each holds a musket without bayonet. The Englishman's right hand is on Ferdinand's shoulder; the Portuguese clutches one of the King's ass's ears. Ferdinand wears a crown, a long cloak, and a spiky ruff. A French officer on the extreme right makes off to the right, shocked and alarmed; he looks over his shoulder, exclaiming, Sacré dieu! le pauvre bete est attrappée."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., From British Museum online catalogue Curator's comments: The Frenchman is evidently the Marquis de Moustier, French Ambassador at Madrid, who appeared covertly to countenance Ferdinand's support of the Portuguese refugees, and was recalled in disgrace., and Original price "2/-" written in ink in lower right corner of sheet.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Spain
Subject (Name):
Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833 and Moustier, Clément Edouard, Marquis de, 1779-1830.
Subject (Topic):
History, Soldiers, British, Portuguese, Military officers, French, and Firearms
Title from text above images., Seven designs on one plate, each individually titled., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Fellows 1824.
Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Imprint continues: ... where political and other caricatuers are daily publishing., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1828.
Title from caption below image., Shortshanks is the pseudonym of Robert Seymour., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark on upper edge with loss of text., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title etched below image., Four lines of verse alongside title: The doating father anxious to approve, the Classic studies of the son he loves ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Books -- Classics -- University education., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1826.
A man and woman in a parlor with carpet, mirrorand paintings on the wall, and a parrot on a stand. The man bows toward the woman who stands beside an open trunk. Four lines of dialogue below image: Madamoiselle, I love you well I long to kiss your toe. Oh! no Mounsieur my lips are here; you need not stoop so low!!
Description:
Title from heading above image., Evidence of plate burnishing within imprint statement., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Portion of imprint statement burnished from plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Fellows 1827.
Title etched below image., Text immediately below image corresponds to figures in design: Half price, full price, high price, low price., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1826 at the Artist's Depy., Charlotte St., 87
A man in a top hat paints the words "Huntsm[...] [...]la ..." on wall that surrounds an estate
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Mounted with 5 other prints in the series on blue album paper., "Daily paper"--Upper right corner., "Pt. 4"--Upper left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
