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1. A brace of blackguards [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [20 June 1789]
Call Number:: 789.06.20.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Three men in a tavern with three pictures on the wall with images of pugilists, a portrait of Buckhorse and two images of fights. The one man has his head on the table, presumably passed out and asleep. The other man sits in a chair looking out at the viewer, a club in his hand and a dog at his feet. The third man stands behind him, his fists postitioned ready for a bout, although he holds a smoking pipe in his left hand. On the mantel are glasses and flasks of liquor
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Manuscript notion identifies the seated man as "Morland the artist" and the man standing behind him as "Rowlandson"., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., For a description of the reissue or alternate version of this design from 1812, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 230., Temporary local subject terms: Tankards -- Pictures amplifying subjects: 3 prints of pugilists., and Identifications of the two figures added in ink in a contemporary hand -- Morland and Rowlandson; secondary border line around design also added in ink.
Publisher:: Pubd. as the act directs, June 20, 1789, by Mrs. Lay on the Steine, Brighthelmstone
Subject (Name):: Morland, George, 1763-1804 and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Subject (Topic):: Artists, British, Boxing, Chairs, Dogs, Drinking vessels, Fireplaces, Pipes (Smoking), Sports posters, Tables, and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A brace of blackguards [graphic]

2. A brace of blackguards [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [20 June 1789]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 12
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Three men in a tavern with three pictures on the wall with images of pugilists, a portrait of Buckhorse and two images of fights. The one man has his head on the table, presumably passed out and asleep. The other man sits in a chair looking out at the viewer, a club in his hand and a dog at his feet. The third man stands behind him, his fists postitioned ready for a bout, although he holds a smoking pipe in his left hand. On the mantel are glasses and flasks of liquor
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Manuscript notion identifies the seated man as "Morland the artist" and the man standing behind him as "Rowlandson"., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., For a description of the reissue or alternate version of this design from 1812, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 230., Temporary local subject terms: Tankards -- Pictures amplifying subjects: 3 prints of pugilists., 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper, touches of color ; sheet 35.4 x 23.2 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge., and Mounted on leaf 12 of volume 12 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Pubd. as the act directs, June 20, 1789, by Mrs. Lay on the Steine, Brighthelmstone
Subject (Name):: Morland, George, 1763-1804 and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Subject (Topic):: Artists, British, Boxing, Chairs, Dogs, Drinking vessels, Fireplaces, Pipes (Smoking), Sports posters, Tables, and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A brace of blackguards [graphic]

3. A duett at the Hanover Square concert [graphic]

Published / Created:: Augst. 5, 1789.
Call Number:: 789.08.05.01
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Two women stand on a balcony, mouths open in song and eyes cast downward at their music sheet. They wear corsetted dresses and feathered head wear. A satire of the duet performed by Harriet Abrams (1758-1821), the English soprano and composer, and her sister Theodosia (ca. 1770-1849), a contralto, on 9 May 1788 at Hanover Square Rooms. The piece performed was 'Gia che mia sposa sei' by Antonio Sacchini, and the occasion was the annual benefit concert for the tenor Samuel Harrison
Alternative Title:: Duet at the Hanover Square concert
Description:: Title etched below image., After a drawing by John Nixon, now in the Gerald Coke Handel Collection, Foundling Museum, London. The artist's "JN" monogram and "1788" date are etched within center left portion of image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the Gerald Coke Handel Collection, Foundling Museum, London., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Laid down onto album paper, with a cropped portrait of an unidentified man on the verso: I. Hiresman pinx. ; M. Vdr. Guchta sculp.
Publisher:: Pub. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):: Abrams, Miss, approximately 1758-1821
Subject (Topic):: Singers, Concerts, Balconies, and Headdresses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A duett at the Hanover Square concert [graphic]

4. A fresh breeze [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [4 August 1789]
Call Number:: 789.08.04.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The royal party on board a vessel which, though the sail is inscribed 'Southampton Frigate', resembles a fishing-vessel. They are seated in the stern in the worst throes of sea-sickness: the King (centre), his hat tied on with a handkerchief, clasps his stomach. One of the princesses, holding a smelling-bottle, supports the Queen. The helmsman is impeded by a fat lady who drinks from a bottle. A princess (left) droops despairingly, another (right) appeals to Heaven for mercy. A sailor (left) carries off a bucket, holding his nose. Below the deck appear the heads of two beef-eaters, vomiting."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Southampton Frigate
Description:: Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., and Temporary local subject terms: Southampton frigate -- Naval uniforms: sailors' uniforms -- Sails -- Beefeaters -- Sea sickness.
Publisher:: Pubd. Augst. 4, 1789, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Subject (Topic):: Princesses, Ships, Decks (Ships), Motion sickness, Vomiting, Buckets, and Honor guards
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A fresh breeze [graphic].

5. A fresh breeze [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [4 August 1789]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 3
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The royal party on board a vessel which, though the sail is inscribed 'Southampton Frigate', resembles a fishing-vessel. They are seated in the stern in the worst throes of sea-sickness: the King (centre), his hat tied on with a handkerchief, clasps his stomach. One of the princesses, holding a smelling-bottle, supports the Queen. The helmsman is impeded by a fat lady who drinks from a bottle. A princess (left) droops despairingly, another (right) appeals to Heaven for mercy. A sailor (left) carries off a bucket, holding his nose. Below the deck appear the heads of two beef-eaters, vomiting."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Southampton Frigate
Description:: Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Temporary local subject terms: Southampton frigate -- Naval uniforms: sailors' uniforms -- Sails -- Beefeaters -- Sea sickness., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27.1 x 37.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 56 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Pubd. Augst. 4, 1789, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Subject (Topic):: Princesses, Ships, Decks (Ships), Motion sickness, Vomiting, Buckets, and Honor guards
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A fresh breeze [graphic].

6. A member of the corporation preparing for a city feast [graphic].

Published / Created:: Jan. 12, 1789.
Call Number:: 789.01.12.03
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Aldermen -- Medicine bottles -- Indigestion -- Cuckolds.
Publisher:: Publish'd by J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):: Adultery and Chamber pots
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A member of the corporation preparing for a city feast [graphic].

7. A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 January 1789]
Call Number:: 789.01.12.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his shooting-pony (his stalking-horse), whose head is held by Sheridan. The headband, inscribed 'Ich Dien', and holding the Prince's feathers, indicates the Prince of Wales. His eyes are covered by blinkers. Under his fore-feet are two papers: 'Addresses from Edinburgh Glasgow Borough of Southwark' and 'City of London Vote of Thanks to Mr Pitt . . . 267'. Papers issue from Sheridan's coat-pocket and flutter to the ground: 'Paragraph against the Minister, Puffs direct for the P------e, Puffs oblique for the P------e of W(an allusion to the passage on 'the Puff direct', &c, in 'The Critic', 1. ii), Abuse of the Minister'. Under his foot is the 'Oath of Allegiance'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Misfire at the Constitution
Description:: Title etched below image., Above on the same sheet is printed the etching of bonnet rouge, the symbol of the revolutionary spirit of the sans-culottes of 1793., and Mounted to 49 x 34 cm.
Publisher:: Publ. 12th Jany, 1789, by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):: England.
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):: Sansculottes, Regency, and Firearms
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]

8. A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 January 1789]
Call Number:: 789.01.12.01.1+ Impression 1
Collection Title:: Leaf 47. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his shooting-pony (his stalking-horse), whose head is held by Sheridan. The headband, inscribed 'Ich Dien', and holding the Prince's feathers, indicates the Prince of Wales. His eyes are covered by blinkers. Under his fore-feet are two papers: 'Addresses from Edinburgh Glasgow Borough of Southwark' and 'City of London Vote of Thanks to Mr Pitt . . . 267'. Papers issue from Sheridan's coat-pocket and flutter to the ground: 'Paragraph against the Minister, Puffs direct for the P------e, Puffs oblique for the P------e of W(an allusion to the passage on 'the Puff direct', &c, in 'The Critic', 1. ii), Abuse of the Minister'. Under his foot is the 'Oath of Allegiance'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Misfire at the Constitution
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Watermark: (partial) crown on top of shield with fleur-de-lis., and On verso in contemporary hand: A horse being the arms of Hanover, the horse stands for the P[rince] of W[ales], 1789. Fox, Sheridan make the P[rince] of W[ales] their stalking horse to fire at the rights of the Crown & the people.
Publisher:: Publ. 12th Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):: Regency, Crowns, Horses, Rifles, Scepters, Slogans, National emblems, British, and Hanoverian
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]

9. A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 January 1789]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 47. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his shooting-pony (his stalking-horse), whose head is held by Sheridan. The headband, inscribed 'Ich Dien', and holding the Prince's feathers, indicates the Prince of Wales. His eyes are covered by blinkers. Under his fore-feet are two papers: 'Addresses from Edinburgh Glasgow Borough of Southwark' and 'City of London Vote of Thanks to Mr Pitt . . . 267'. Papers issue from Sheridan's coat-pocket and flutter to the ground: 'Paragraph against the Minister, Puffs direct for the P------e, Puffs oblique for the P------e of W(an allusion to the passage on 'the Puff direct', &c, in 'The Critic', 1. ii), Abuse of the Minister'. Under his foot is the 'Oath of Allegiance'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Misfire at the Constitution
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 23.9 x 26.3 cm, on sheet 25.2 x 27.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 47 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publ. 12th Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):: Regency, Crowns, Horses, Rifles, Scepters, Slogans, National emblems, British, and Hanoverian
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]