"The three Bow Street Justices sit at a rectangular table (left); Addington in the chair, the scales of Justice, evenly balanced, above his head; on his right and on the extreme left, Bond(?) is writing: 'Wright. W. against [?]...'. The third sits resting his chin on his hands, which are supported on the head of his cane; he gazes fixedly at the culprit. 'Lying-Jack' stands in a rectangular pen formed of posts and rails immediately in front of the justices, his elbows resting on the rail, his hands clasped, his knees bent, tears falling. He says: "Oh! God dang it, - your Worship, do take bail, your Honor tw'ant my fault please your Majesty, that I com'd the Black-guard over him: - God dang it, didn't he say that his thing was printed before mine? & that all my things were only Copies & piracies? - God dang it, your Worship, Ax Almon ye Bookseller if I was a Blackguard all the while I was a Porter! - or ax ye people where I & Wife kept a small-coal Cellar in Leather Lane if I'm a Blackguard! - God dang it, was I act like a Blackguard when I let that Cooper the Printer, pull me by the Nose, only for saying he was a Liar? - god dang it, your honor, was it like a Blackguard when I offer'd to beg Ridgeway's pardon, after he had kick'd my own Arse in my own Shop? - but I sees how the Booksellers all hates me! & wants to ruin me! - & says I lives by only Copying other peoples works your Worship! - 'tho' I only 'bridges 'em! - yes your Worship, they all hates me; & respires against me: & calls me Lying-Jack, your honor, - & Filching Jack the Plagurist! - & Stock'ee Jack the Informer! your honor - ah Gad dang it! Gad dang it, - they'll be my ruin your Honor! Gad dang it Gott damn. . . .[The last words dwindle into illegibility]" From his pocket hangs a paper: 'Speech of the Lord Chanr of Ireland'. Beside him, outside the dock, is a large bundle of books tied together, the wrapper inscribed 'Ways & Means'; these are: 'Sandford & Merton', 'G Nicol... Abridgd Embassy to China', 'D. Cox, Piracy', 'Harpers Pamphlet', 'Philanthropic Society'. Against the bundle lies a porter's knot (a pad for the shoulders attached to a ring which goes over the head) inscribed: 'Lying-Jack his Knot'. With this are the implements of a blacksmith : hammer, pliers, and horse-shoe. On the wall behind him are three bills: 'Lying Jack the Thief Taker'; 'Perjury'; 'Injuntion [sic] of the Court of Chancery agains Lying Jacks copy', and a map: 'Original Map of the Island of St Domingo by W. Faden. Charing Cross.'"--British Museum online catalogue, description of the print of which this drawing is a copy.
Alternative Title:
Lying Jack the blacksmith at confession and Lying Jack the bookseller at confession
Description:
Copy of a print by Gillray published 13 March 1798. Cf. No. 9186 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Date of publication based on that of the print of which this is a copy., 'Imprint statement' written in pencil below lower left margin of image: Pubd. March 13, 1798, by Lying Jack., Note written in pencil following 'imprint statement': Price 6 d., for the benefit of the Philanthropic Society., One line of text written in pencil below title: Scene: Bow Street, with Lying Jack answering a charge of abuse & blackguardism., and Title from note in pencil below image, in artist's hand; word "bookseller" is crossed out and "blacksmith" is written above, inserted with a caret.
Subject (Name):
Addington, William,--Sir,---1811--Caricatures and cartoons., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bond, Nicholas,---1807--Caricatures and cartoons., Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50033402, Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Stockdale, John,--1749?-1814--Caricatures and cartoons.
The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
Container / Volume:
Vol. 1 (Box 1 of 2) | Folder I - preface portrait
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Portrait head, in profile to the left, of the caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson.
Description:
From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine., Signed and dated by the artist., and Title written in ink and pencil below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Riviere & Son Binding., and Rowlandson, Thomas,--1756-1827
