Title from caption etched below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures &c. Admittance 1 shill., Companion print to: Wet souls., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: sitting rooms -- Furniture: tables -- Chairs -- Furnishings: carpets -- Paintings.
Byron, Frederick George, 1764-1792, attributed name
Published / Created:
July 8, 1790.
Call Number:
790.07.08.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a large room French aristocrats crowd across a table from Pitt who is taking money while handing a pen to the man opposite who holds a crown in his left arm as he throws coins toward Pitt's grasping hand. Above Pitt stands George III behind podium, gavel in one hand and another crown extended toward one of the many bidders shouting comments and prices. The King calls out, "This is a lot, gentlemen, of superior brilliancy to the last. This, this raises you above your fellows in a very high degree indeed. I pity your distresses from my soul, what, what, what was that you were saying about jewels, Madames, too high. You may ride over the necks of half the nation with this upon your coach. You may get in debt as fast as you please and never pay. Mind that gentlemen, never pay." The Queen walks up a ladder behind the King to retrieve more crowns from the shelves behind the King's podium, turning her head to say, "Pay some attention to that Lady's jewels, my love."
Alternative Title:
English coronet auction by King, Pitt & Co., or, Comfort for the late French noblesse and Comfort for the late French noblesse
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Frederick George Byron by Andrew Edmunds., Publisher's advertisement below imprint: In Hollands Exhibition Rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humourous prints. Admtce. 1 shillg., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Irregular sheet, trimmed at an angel in lower left. Backed with blue paper.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., France, and France.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Refugees, History, Avarice, Auctions, Corruption, Crowds, Crowns, and Nobility
Title from caption below image., Questionable attribution to Woodward from British Museum catalogue., Publisher's announcement following imprint: Folio's of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., Temporary local subject terms: Militiamen uniforms -- Volunteers uniforms -- Female costume, 1790 -- Military weapons., Imperfect; small hole in sheet with some loss of text in imprint., and Watermark: John Hall.
Publisher:
Pub. Sepr. 30, 1790, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville St.
"A young woman sits up in bed to pull the nose of a fat 'cit' who sits beside her, putting her left arm round his neck. His hat and stick lie on the ground. Behind (right) a young man in his shirt, wearing his hat and carrying shoes and coat, &c, slips from the room."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., One of a series of "Drolls.", and Watermark: fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
Published 1st May, 1790, by Robt. Sayer, Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Beds, Floor coverings, Spouses, and Staffs (Sticks)
Title engraved below image., Numbered '148' in lower left corner., Reduced and reversed copy of no. 4477 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Temporary local subject terms: Frenchmen -- Maidservants.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer, Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 1st, 1790.
Call Number:
790.05.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A student (an Etonian) with a walking stick under his arm and hands in his pocket walks to the right. He is very thin, has long hair, and wears a large bow at his neck
Alternative Title:
From Eton
Description:
Title etched below image., Originally issued in 1776. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 27 x 21 cm.
Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1790]
Call Number:
790.05.01.05
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Publication date erased from the print and based on the publication date of other prints from this series., Orignially published in 1776. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., For a discussion of this print: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, nos. 5361 and 9684., and Watermark (partial): crown with armorial shield.
His hands clasped at his chest and his face in raptures, Burke kneels before the vision of Marie Antoinette as she stands in a pool of clouds. She wears flowing Grecian-style robes and a crown that radiates golden lights. A cherub above Burke's head touches him with a firebrand as sparks flow from its end
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed in British Museum catalogue to H.W., i.e., possibly either Henry Wigstead or William Holland., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following the imprint: ... in whose rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of caricatures. Admit. 1 sh., Nine lines from Burke's Reflections transcribed below title: It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France ..., Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with initials G R below., and Mounted to 41 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novemr. the 2, 1790, by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St. ...
Subject (Name):
Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Title from item., Attribution to Cruikshank from British Museum catalogue., Publisher's announcement following imprint: Where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures in the kingdom, also the head and hand of Count Struenzee. Admitt. 1 s., Temporary local subject terms: John Jeffries, fl. 1790 -- Elizabeth Jeffries, fl. 1790 -- Monsters: George Hanger, Baron Coleraine as 'The Monster'., Watermark., and Matted to 47 x 62 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. May 18, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Hanger, George, 1751?-1824 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Titles etched below images., Two images on one plate, each individually titled., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... the completest collection in kingdom. Admit. 1 s., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Male costume, ca. 1790 -- Glass: wine bottles.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores at his Caricatura Exhibition Rooms, N. 3 Piccadilly ...
Subject (Topic):
Eating & drinking, Alcoholic beverages, and Bottles
