"Satire: frightened doctor surrounded by ghoulish figures with medical implements, saws and medicines, one bleeding him, another offering a pill; with verse below."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a reversed version of the same design
Description:
Title etched below image., A reversed version of this G.M. Woodward design, etched by Richard Newton and aquatinted by John Hassell, was published by William Holland on 11 November 1792. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2001,0520.23., Six lines of verse beneath title: Those spectres seam'd with scars that threaten there, the victims of my late ill conduct are; ... Garth's Dispensary, Canto VI., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Garth's Dispensary.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 30, 1802, by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Phlebotomy, Medical equipment & supplies, and Saws
"Bonaparte (left) and Cornwallis play chess. Bonaparte, not caricatured, alert and military, wearing his large plumed cocked hat, leans forward, pointing to his move; his left arm lies on the table and in his left hand is his sheathed sabre. He says: "Check to your King, remember it is not the first time, and I think a very few Manoeuvres more will completely convince you that I am better acquainted with the Game I am playing than you are aware of." Cornwallis, plump and civilian despite his regimentals and profession, sits without a hat, scratching his head apprehensively. He says: "Curse it I shall lose this Game; You are too much for me." He wears his ribbon and star, 'Honi soit' on his garter. The chairs are symbolical: that of Bonaparte has ormolu laurel wreaths, the legs are formed of fasces and axes; that of Cornwallis, with plain oval back, suggests an English drawing-room."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Printseller's announcement below imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Watermark: Budgen 1799., and Early gilt paper strips pasted to margins as a mount.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 9th, 1802, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, and Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805
Subject (Topic):
Generals, French, English, Chess, Daggers & swords, and Hats
Title etched below image., Text below title: Graciously dedicated to the Honble. Mrs. R-n, custodi morum &c &c., Six lines of verse below image, three on either side of title: Farewell ye girls! and still alas! As mama bids sad Red Coats shun! ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Jamaica: Governor's house in Spanish Town -- Dancing: Jamaican ball -- Farewell for 67th Regt., Nov. 1801 -- Jamaican blacks -- Negro musicians -- Military musicians -- Ball costume, 1802 -- Military uniforms -- Officers uniforms -- Dances: Creoleon Hop -- Ballrooms -- Social customs: Jamaica, 1802., Matted to 56 x 72 cm., and Date in imprint altered in ms. from "1802" to "1803."
Publisher:
Published by William Holland, No. 50, Oxford Street
A "find lady" presumably an anonym of the period, finds herself in the fastness of a spunging house; she is made as welcome as circumstances will permit; a bottle of wine, the refreshment customary, is ordered, and the stern hearts of the sheriff's men are appealed to, while bail is sent for. It was a well-known practice at the beginning of the century, and earlier, to pay some obscure individual a trifling fee to become security on emergencies. Similar fictitious householders were always in attendance, and producible from the bar-rooms in the neighborhood. In the present case a professional limb, of the Hebrew persuasion, is presented, decently made up for the occasion, to tender himself as bondsman for the lady's due appearance. It is evident, however, that a suspicious recognition is taking place; 'Harry Holdfast, Officer of the Four Counties,' or his deputy, does not, judging from his expression, seem to approve of the surety, and the Jew looks somewhat disconcerted under his inspection. The tears of the unfortunate captive, and the plausible reassurance--as to the respectability of the bail offered--of her chaperone, or duenna, are powerless to move the stoic breast of the experienced catchpole
Alternative Title:
Jew bail rejected
Description:
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1st, 1802, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
A "find lady" presumably an anonym of the period, finds herself in the fastness of a spunging house; she is made as welcome as circumstances will permit; a bottle of wine, the refreshment customary, is ordered, and the stern hearts of the sheriff's men are appealed to, while bail is sent for. It was a well-known practice at the beginning of the century, and earlier, to pay some obscure individual a trifling fee to become security on emergencies. Similar fictitious householders were always in attendance, and producible from the bar-rooms in the neighborhood. In the present case a professional limb, of the Hebrew persuasion, is presented, decently made up for the occasion, to tender himself as bondsman for the lady's due appearance. It is evident, however, that a suspicious recognition is taking place; 'Harry Holdfast, Officer of the Four Counties,' or his deputy, does not, judging from his expression, seem to approve of the surety, and the Jew looks somewhat disconcerted under his inspection. The tears of the unfortunate captive, and the plausible reassurance--as to the respectability of the bail offered--of her chaperone, or duenna, are powerless to move the stoic breast of the experienced catchpole
Alternative Title:
Jew bail rejected
Description:
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.8 x 34.8 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 5 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1st, 1802, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
"A young man sprawls on a sofa, his right forefinger on his lip; from his left hand a newspaper, 'Morning Herald', dangles. He wears slippers and his breeches are unbuttoned at the knee. He has queer dreams after too much claret, rises at one, is dressed by half-past three, sees himself in a 'Caricature Shop', goes to the play, loses all his money at Hazard."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below plate line., One paragraph of letterpress text below title: Queer dreams-thought poll untrue, and fifty other Meagrims, ..., Sheet trimmed on bottom edge with loss of printer's line., and Mounted on verso of leaf 82 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent Garden and Pubd. May 1, 1802, by R. Ackermann, Strand
A satire on the Peace of Amiens between France and England, with caricatures of national figures (Holland, Russia, Britain, Spain, Turkey and Prussia) dancing to Napoleon's tune. Napoleon stands at right with pipe and tambourine singing 'Ah ci-ira, ci-ira!'.
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication based on reference to the Treaty of Amiens of 1802., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides., For a reversed version of this design, questionably attributed to Isaac Cruikshank, see no. 9847 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub'd by P. Roberts, 28 Middle-row, Holborn
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Pipes (Smoking), Pipes (Musical instruments), Tambourines, and Dance
"The instrumentalists are closely grouped round the armchair of the father of the family, a stout man in old-fashioned dress, who sits full face singing loudly, an open music book on his knees, his feet supported on the bar of his chair. His very fat wife sits beside him (right) blowing a trumpet to the grotesque inflation of cheek and neck. The eldest daughter (left) plays the double-bass; behind her stands a girl beating a tambourine. The younger children flank the design: a fat little girl (left) plays the triangle, looking up at her sister's tambourine. On the right a little boy sits at his mother's feet beating a large kettle-drum and shouting; he sits on two large volumes: 'Doctor Burneys Musical Travels [i.e., The Present State of Music in France and Italy ... 1771', and 'The Present State of Music in Germany . . . [etc.]', 2 v. 1773]. Mother and daughters are fashionably dressed; the daughters are comely. A howling dog seated on the extreme left adds to the impression of violent noise."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Caption in design: Musick has charms to sooth the savage breast, to soften rocks, and bend the knotted oak.
Publisher:
Pub'd Augst. 30th, 1802, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
"The instrumentalists are closely grouped round the armchair of the father of the family, a stout man in old-fashioned dress, who sits full face singing loudly, an open music book on his knees, his feet supported on the bar of his chair. His very fat wife sits beside him (right) blowing a trumpet to the grotesque inflation of cheek and neck. The eldest daughter (left) plays the double-bass; behind her stands a girl beating a tambourine. The younger children flank the design: a fat little girl (left) plays the triangle, looking up at her sister's tambourine. On the right a little boy sits at his mother's feet beating a large kettle-drum and shouting; he sits on two large volumes: 'Doctor Burneys Musical Travels [i.e., The Present State of Music in France and Italy ... 1771', and 'The Present State of Music in Germany . . . [etc.]', 2 v. 1773]. Mother and daughters are fashionably dressed; the daughters are comely. A howling dog seated on the extreme left adds to the impression of violent noise."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Caption in design: Musick has charms to sooth the savage breast, to soften rocks, and bend the knotted oak., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25.6 x 35 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 7 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub'd Augst. 30th, 1802, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
"Two women, seemingly courtesans, stand together by an arcade of the Piazza, Covent Garden, a place notorious for brothels. One stands full face her features, hair, and the hat which frames her hair like a halo are intended to suggest a sunflower. She holds up a small parasol with a hinged stick. The other, directed to the left, holds a closed parasol; she wears a cylindrical bonnet projecting over face and neck. Both wear clinging high-waisted dresses, with bare necks, short sleeves, long gloves, and trailing skirts. Behind is a man arranging pot-plants for sale in the market; where are also conifers. The portico of the church and adjacent buildings form a background."--British Museum online interview
Description:
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Plate numbered '275' in lower left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Parasols -- Sun Flower -- Blue Belle -- Conifers -- Covent Garden.
Publisher:
Published Octr. 12, 1802 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
