"John Bull, blind, maimed, and ragged, walks (right to left) near a chasm, the edge of which stretches across the foreground of the design. His wooden right arm terminates in a hook to which is attached a cord from the collar of a lean greyhound with the head of Pitt (as in BMSat 8794). Pitt drags him forward and slightly towards the gulf; in his mouth is a large bare bone, his collar is inscribed 'Licenc'd to Lead'. In John Bull's left hand is a staff, on his back a burden inscribed 'Loans'. He has a wooden leg, which a dog with the head of Sheridan and a collar inscribed 'Licenc'd to Bite' is biting savagely. Behind and on the extreme right is a dog with the head of Grey, and a collar inscribed 'Grey Hound'; he bites John Bull's coat. Fox, a mastiff with a fox's brush, stands behind Pitt, glaring fiercely, on his collar is 'Licenc'd to Bark'. Behind is grass and a tree (left) and in the distance the roofs and spires of London, showing St. Paul's."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bull and his dog Faithful
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., A satire on a Dog Tax, April 1796., and Mounted to 31 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 20th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxation of personal property, Artificial limbs, Blindness, Debt, Dogs, and People with disabilities
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '169' in lower right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Lighting -- Female dress: miniatures as jewelry -- Practical jokes.
Publisher:
Published 8th March 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Interiors, Theater audiences, Theaters, Wigs, Candles, and Military uniforms
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[9 February 1796] and [printed approximately 1824]
Call Number:
796.02.09.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two little men, arm-in-arm, with enormous heads, grinning broadly and delightedly."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publication date from watermark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening. Prints & drawings lent out on the plan of a circulating library., Cf. No. 8911 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Watermark: Cansell 1824.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 9, 1796, by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
"Dundas (right) turns the handle of a machine in which two cylinders revolve in contact. Pitt (left) drags out by the wrists the flattened and elongated body of John Bull from between the cylinders where his ankles are still confined. The upper cylinder is marked 'LOAN LOAN'; the lower, 'SUBSIDY TAX'. Pitt says: "He'll come out a great deal further yet turn the loan stone again he is not half flat enough!!" John Bull turns his eyes despairingly towards Pitt. Both his tormentors have discarded their coats; Dundas wears a plaid over his shirt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at base of image., Attributed to West in British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on sides., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Loans -- Subsidies: allusion to the subsidy for Austria -- Mills: hopper., Watermark: Strasburg bend., Mounted to 27 x 46 cm., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of sheet, partially cut off: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pub. May 25, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxation, and Finance, Public
"A handsome mulatto woman walks from left to right and slightly towards the spectator. Her hair is a mop of carefully arranged curls. She wears a high-waisted, trailing dress, defining her limbs, with a shoulder-scarf, bare arms and neck, and much quasi-barbaric jewellery. On the wall (right) half of a picture of 'Havanna' is visible. A patterned carpet completes the design."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Doublure de Madame Tallien
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Blacks: Mulattos -- Female costume: Creole -- Roman costume -- Headdresses -- Mme Tallien, fl. 1796.
Publisher:
Pubd. 25th Feby. 1796 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
"A lady, young and handsome, stands in profile to the left holding a closed fan in both hands. She wears one garment only, a quasi-classical tunic, its waist immediately below the breasts which are almost bare. It is slit at the side to show a leg with gartered stocking. Her hair is bound with a ribbon and falls loosely on forehead and shoulders. In it are three ostrich feathers. A panelled wall, with a candle-sconce and showing part of a large mirror (left), forms a background. There is a patterned carpet. Perhaps a portrait of Lady C. Campbell."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 20th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
"A fashionable crowd, with two card-tables, a round table in the foreground (left) at which four persons play Pope-Joan; the most conspicuous is a pretty young woman directed to the left, her loose semi-transparent draperies revealing her person and leaving her breasts almost uncovered. A leering man stands behind her chair, negligently holding candle-snuffers to a candle on the table, in order to peer down her décolletage. A stout lady in back view, sitting on a stool (identified as Lady Buckinghamshire, but (?) Duchess of Gordon), a little girl, and an elderly man (identified as Dr. Sneyd) complete the table. On the right is another card-table at which three persons are playing. Standing figures freely sketched form a background, the whole design being dominated by the erect feathers of the ladies, usually springing from a turban."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Peeping-Tom spying out Pope-Joan
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 12th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Title etched at bottom of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered 'Plate 16' in upper left corner., Placement instructions 'Page 37' in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodwad, G.M. Eccentric excursions, 1796., and Temporary local subject terms: Sergeants at law -- Legal wigs.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 10, 1796, by Allen & West, 15 Paternoster Row
Title from caption below images, Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening., Design divided into eight compartments, each containing a figure with a caption etched above., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Shaving -- Male costume: Shirts.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 16th, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackvill [sic] Street
Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse below image: Whilst Bacchus within keeps the juice of the vine ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: reference to Bacchus -- Male dress, 1796 -- Trades: waiters -- Signs: inn signs.
