"A complicated and fantastic design. The title implies the annual election of East India directors on the second Wednesday in April (11 Apr. in 1827). The Directors, twenty with portrait heads, with one or two shadowy heads behind, have wolves' paws, and wear, below their shoulders, sheeps' fleeces inscribed Golden Fleece or Fleece. In the middle sit the Chairman and Deputy Chairman, two profiles joined Janus-like. One (Lindsay, the Deputy), in profile to the left, says: Adsum qui feci in me convertite ferrum [sic]. The other (Sir G. Robinson, the Chairman), says: Nostrum sex sumus, discedentes lucemus et aucto splendore resurgemus [he is one of the six retiring Directors, to be re-elected after a year]. Before him are a book, Stamp Office Ledger. This could a tale unfold; a print of a man carrying a globe on his back (he was Chairman of the Globe Insurance Office), and papers: Joint Stock Companies and Morning Paper. In another presidential chair (right), at right angles to the Directors, sits a fierce-looking man with bull's horns holding a scourge inscribed The Board of Controul [showing he is Wynn, President of the Board]; he says: These wolves in sheeps cloathing must not take all the prey, give us John Bulls share. Facing him from the extreme left is a man at a slightly lower desk, who says: We care not a jot for the court of Proprietors. In the foreground are the Proprietors, grouped in three categories of animals. A pack of large dogs, 'the requisitionary pack', with human (portrait) heads, runs forward from the right, where there are circular tiers of benches (as used by the Proprietors on Court Days). The foremost is Cato, saying, Chairman you are all out of order, as to your lawyers I put them all at defiance. At his feet are papers: He gave him a Roland for his Oliver; A free Press, and Universal Knowledge. Next is Cæsar, saying, We are allowed in Parliament to ask questions Nemo nos impune lassessit [sic]. Argus [? Hume], with National reform in Church and State at his feet, asks: I am my own dog whose are you?. Cerberus answers: I am the House Dog but to your pack Adieu [perhaps James Rivett Carnac, Director-elect in place of Bosanquet]. Jason [? Capt. W. Maxfield], leaping over a paper inscribed The Bombay Marines Lamentations over their unmerited sufferings, says: I care not a fig for your majorities while truth, reason, and justice are on my side. Mad Tom says: One gymnastic leap would place me within the bar before you could say Jack Robinson. The last dog, P. Pry [see BM Satires 15138], its head obscured, barks at Wynn: Bow, Wow wow! Two other dogs with human heads are indicated, and there are also an obscure couple of normal dogs, saying, Pointers have good noses & capital eyes for fat bones. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of the beautiful garden of Edinburgh
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register ... London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Reduced copy, without plate number, of no. 4006 ("Scotch paradice") in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Mounted to 31 x 46 cm with Bowditch's manuscript annotations on the mount.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798
Subject (Topic):
Apple trees, Devil, Flags, Ladders, Lions, National emblems, French, British, Scottish, Paradise, and Roosters
Title from item., First state, as described in British Museum catalogue., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two lines of text below image: To the E--l of [Bute] protector of our liberties &c this plate is humbly inscribed by L Junius Brutus., The word Bute is represented by a boot placed below a petticoat and encircled by Scotch thistle., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to John Stuart, Earl of Bute, 1713-1792 -- Allusion to Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772 -- Allusion to Sir Philip Francis, 1740-1818 -- Emblems: Bute as a boot -- Emblems: Augusta, Princess of Wales, as a petticoat -- Military uniforms: Grenadiers, 3rd Foot Guards -- Riots: St. George's Fields, May 10, 1768 -- Accidental shootings: William Allen, May 10, 1768 -- Guns -- Cowhouses in St. George's Fields -- Military: Grenadiers, 3rd Foot Guard -- William Allen, 1749-1768 -- Peter MacLaughlin, fl. 1768 -- Donald McLane, fl. 1768 -- Alexander Murray, fl. 1768., and Bowditch's notes on mounting sheet; mounted to 35 x 46 cm.
A medley of representations of newspapers, playing cards, and letters (To Mr. Geo. Bickham, engraver & drawing mar. ...). The newspaper ornament includes the figure of Cardinal Fleury who grasps a label "Dunkirk". George II is depicted as the King of Diamonds while his favorite Sophia Walmoden, Countess of Yarmouth is shown as the Queen of Diamonds. Sir Robert Walple's face is shown as the Knave of Diamonds. The creed is in the form of a rebus
Alternative Title:
Champion, or Evening advertiser and His political creed
Description:
Title engraved within image., Title of the medley: His political creed., Date from British Museum catalogue., Original imprint mostly burnished, but legible: "Sold at [the] Blackmoors Head, Strand, Sept. 30 1744.", and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France, Great Britain., Great Britain, and France.
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743
A harnessed lion on the left struggles to pull away from "The Pit of ruin" into which he is being pulled backwards by four other animals whose harnesses are attached to a large hook at the end of his. They represent Spain (spaniel), France (cockerel), United States (rattle snake) and Holland (pug). The lion is hindered by four disoriented donkeys representing the new ministry who yank back on his rope bridle. A two-headed eagle (possibly Russia) hovers above the pit protesting its neutrality
Alternative Title:
Ass-headed and cow-hearted ministry making the British Lion
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., A rebus with the words in the title -- ass, cow, and lion -- represented by images., and Mounted to 26 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Barrow, May 8, 1783 White Lion Bull Stairs Surry Side Block Friars Bridge
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Foreign relations, Harnesses, Donkeys, Dogs, Roosters, Snakes, Lions, Eagles, Cows, and Clothing & dress
"A satire on Thomas Herring, Archbishop of York, and the enthusiastic part he played in raising volunteer troops to resist the Jacobite rising. He is shown dressed partly as a bishop and partly as a military officer his episcopal gown tucked up over a lace-edged military coat and waistcoat beneath, he has lawn sleeves but wears gaiters and a gorget, on his back is a knapsack with his mitre on top. He shoulders a gun from the trigger of which is a ribbon lettered O Lord open thou my Lips & my Mouth shall show forth thy Praise. He says 'My [mitre] My Lands My Gold, Church'. A fish is shown above his lace cocked hat in allusion to his name. Behind him are a group of less keen volunteers, on the left lay men march with armed clergy, one saying 'May [he] Starve with us' another carries a standard (large flag?) a cleric says 'I'm a Canon', another claims 'I’ll be Vicar of Bray still', two clerical soldiers on the right complain one saying 'I've 12 Children but no Lands' the other 'Fight I have but 20£ a Year'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Church militant
Description:
Title from text below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., The following words within title are represented by a rebus: 'mitred' by a bishop's mitre, 'church' by an image of a church building., Temporary local subject terms: Clergymen -- Emblems: crowned herring for Bishop Herring -- Literature: reference to the song The Vicar of Bray -- Knapsacks -- Church buildings -- Portrayal of a church militant., and Watermark: countermark IV.
"The answer. An hieroglyphic epistle from a modern fine (lady) to a macaroni DescriptionHieroglyphic letter. An answer to BMSat 5079. The same etched figures, reversed, ornament the title.D(ear) delec(table) S(eye)r (Ewer) (letter) (eye) (saw) And the (heart) of a Rock (ewer) mis(Fortune)s wou'd thaw (Eye) Pitied (ass) soon (ass) your (lines) met my (eyes) And (Yew) may at (pea)resent w(eye)th me Sym(pea)athize For (eye) in a (tree)aty of Marr(eye)age of Late Had come (toe) Conclus(eye)on with Lord Awkward (Gate) The L(eye)cence (pea)rocur'd and the Marr(eye)age gone thro (Toe) re(pear) (toe) h(eye)s (house) w(ass) the next th(eye)ng (toe) do (Butt) my (head) w(ass) so h(eye)gh and his door w(ass) so low T(hat) in(toe) the (house) I was (knot) a(bell) (toe) go My Lord (eye)n a (pea)et h(eye)s Instr(yew)ct(eye)ons X(pea)rest T(hat) my (head) (shoe)ld in f(yew)t(yew)re (bee) otherw(eye)se Drest (Butt) before (eye) wo(yew)ld my (pie)ramid Lower (Eye)d lose (coach) and 6 and hus(band) and Dower For (eye)ll tell (Eve)ry Mod(urn) drest (Maid)en or w(eye)fe The h(eye)gher her (head) the (grate)er (eye)n l(eye)fe T(hen) (ladies) (toe) Sh(eye)ne (yew) Must learn (toe) (bee) Vain Of the Mount on (ewer) (head) and the length of (ewer) Train S(eye)nce Equal Mis(Fortune)s on (bee)oth have at(10)ded Our (4)ces let's Jo(eye)n (ass) our Troubles are (bee)lended (Eye) am (grate)ly Agreea(bell) Sr (ewer)s Awkward (Gate)"--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from first line of text., Publication date based on partnership of publishers. Partnership of Robert Laurie and James Whittle formed in 1799. See Maxted, I. London book trades., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved rhymed letter in the form of rebus. The following words within title are represented by a rebus: "lady" by an image of a woman dressed in macaroni fashion, "gentleman" by an image of a man dressed in macaroni fashion., Restrike, by a different publisher. Cf. No. 5080 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Watermark: Horn with monogram JM below., and Publication date partially erased from this impression and the last two digits, i.e., '70,' supplied in contemporary manuscript.
Publisher:
Printed 21st October 17[...], by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street
Caption title; engraved rhymed letter in form of rebus., The following words within title are represented by a rebus: "lady" by a profile of a young woman, gentleman a profile of a young man., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Lewis Walpole Library 799.10.21.05: Publication date partially erased from this impression and the last two digits '70' supplied in contemporary manuscript., Temporary local subject terms: Hieroglyphs -- Letters., and Restrike not before 1814; date from watermark '1814'.
Publisher:
Printed 21st October 17[70], by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
"The base of the design is a dunghill from which rises the head of Napoleon as a young republican officer, not caricatured. His head is covered by a large cup-shaped fungus, decorated with a tricolour cockade and resembling a Cap of Liberty; from its apex ascends a curving stalk, terminating in the large yellow rosette of a sunflower, centred by the head of Napoleon as Emperor, larger than that of the base, and representing an older man; like the lower one it is directed slightly to the right. Below it, leaves project from the stalk, balancing the design. On Napoleon's head is an arrangement of stamens in the form of an imperial crown. These unite to form the long scraggy neck of the third Napoleon, a head in profile to the right, emaciated and desperate. On this head is a larger fungus than that below, projecting like an enormous hat. From it ascend the stems of a bunch of violets, copied from No. 12511, but with the addition of more flowers, and on a larger scale. It contains the profiles of Napoleon, Marie Louise, and the King of Rome, arranged exactly as in British Museum Satires No. 12511. Smaller fungi sprout from the dunghill, some flat and some conical, like caps of Liberty; on the latter tricolour cockades are indicated. Four little figures are on a slope (left) leading towards the dunghill, prepared to clear it away. In front are Blücher and Wellington, running forward, and talking to each other; one holds a spade, the other a broad hoe. Behind them is the Tsar, shouldering a pickaxe. Behind again stands Louis XVIII, with splayed gouty legs, supported on a crutch. He waves his hat to cheer them on."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Pedigree of Corporal Violet
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: First as a Consular Toadstool, rising from a Corsican Dunghill, then changing to an Imperial Sun Flower, from that to an Elba Fungus and lastly to a bunch of Violets, which are disposed as to represent a whole length of profile of Buonaparte, with a bust of Maria Louisa, and her son the Prince of Parma., and Companion print to: A view of the Grand Triumphal Pillar.
Publisher:
Pubd. by H. Humphrey June 9th, 1815 - No. 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847, Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819, Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824, Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832., Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847., and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Political satire, French, Politics and government, Mushrooms, and Flowers
"Satire on Scots profiting from the influence of Lord Bute and his supposed relationship with Princess Augusta, showing a young Scotsman addressing the Princess with the support of a number of ladies, including Lady Mary Stuart, Lord Bute's daughter, who says, "Upon my Papa's Recommendation & mine your sure of Success"; a rebus below complains of the surprising Scottish achievements considering the recent rebellion of 1745."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sawney at St. ******, Sawney at St. James's, and Powerful recommendation
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Twenty lines of verse below image, in a form of rebus: Ye Br[i][tton]s who'd think in the [Time]s of re[bel][lion]? T[hat] Caledon's [child]ren wou'd ere [be] thought [well] on ..., Temporary local subject terms: Mary Stuart, Countess of Lonsdale., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Mounted to 37 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by all the printsellers and pamplett shops on this side the Tweed
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Lonsdale, Mary Lowther, Countess of, 1740-1824
