A social satire: a beggar wearing ragged clothes and leaning on a crutch hold his hat out towards a old, well-dressed woman as he says, "My angelic young lady! Heaven preserve your ladyship's beautiful shape and countenance these thousand years! Give a halfpenny to a poor old man." Her face is caricatured, with a large pig-like nose from which long hairs protrude and with growths on her face, but she carries a parasol and is fashionably dressed and wears a feather and flower in her hair and earrings and large beaded necklace
Description:
Title etched below image., Giles Grinagain is possibly a pseudonym of Samuel Howitt. See British Museum online catalogue., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and On verso ms. notes in black ink: 'Renier' and monogram 'AR'.
Publisher:
Published Febry. 1st, 1802, by S. Howitt, Panton Str., Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Beggars, Clothing & dress, Crutches, Flattery, Ugliness, and Umbrellas
Three older ladies and one gentleman in military uniform sit at a table playing cards. Speech balloons from the ladies berate him for his lack of card playing skills
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: W Elgar.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 10, 1802, by T. Williamson, No. 20 Strand, London
Three older ladies and one gentleman in military uniform sit at a table playing cards. Speech balloons from the ladies berate him for his lack of card playing skills
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 wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.5 x 32.4 cm, on sheet 27.4 x 34.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 3 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 10, 1802, by T. Williamson, No. 20 Strand, London
Title from caption below image., Artist's signature from impression in the British Museum., Sheet trimmed within plate mark and artist's signature erased from lower left corner of sheet., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 1, 1802, by Willm. Holland, No. 11, Cockspur Street (removed from Oxford Street)
"Napoleon, enthroned, receives the obeisance of Fox and his party. The centre figure is the enormous Mrs. Fox, burlesqued, and full face, who curtsies, fan in hand; her coarse features and patched face indicate Gillray's view of her antecedents, cf. BMSats 5352, 5587, 10589. On her right and next Bonaparte, O'Connor bends forward, chapeau-bras; from his pocket projects a pamphlet: 'Trial of O'Conner at Maid[stone]'. Opposite Bonaparte, and on his wife's left, Fox much caricatured, and with gouty swollen legs, makes a low bow, right hand on his breast, hat held out. He wears court dress with a sword. From his pocket issues a document: 'Original Jacobin Manuscripts'. Behind him Erskine, tall and self-important in barrister's wig and gown, bows with a complacent smile, holding out a brief bag in his left hand. Behind him Lord and Lady Holland (who is meretricious-looking) are bowing. In the foreground and on Fox's left, Robert Adair, much emaciated, grovels on the floor, his head between his arms which are extended along the carpet, in a gesture of abject homage. From his coat pockets project 'Revolutionary Odes, by Citizen Bow-ba-dara' and 'Intelligence for the Morning Chronicle.' Napoleon, very thin, sits on a canopied throne whose arms terminate in globes covered with maps of the world, each supported on the shoulders of a naked manikin. On one globe the Consul rests his right hand, clutching it with long predatory fingers; the left hand is extended towards Fox. He wears military uniform, with a huge plumed cocked hat, and (like Fox) a black bag attached to his coat collar, below his cropped hair. His throne is on a circular dais, covered with a fringed carpet, with a tasselled cushion for his feet. Behind it is a carved irradiated sun, reminiscent of Louis XIV, le Roi Soleil, but with eyes which look down in surprise at the First Consul. On each side of the throne fierce Mamelukes stand at attention, holding sabres, and with pistols in their belts."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Introduction of Citizen Volpone and his suite at Paris
Description:
Title etched below image. and Mounted on leaf 47 of volume 5 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 15th, 1802, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street, London
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, O'Connor, Arthur, 1763-1852, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Fox, Elizabeth, 1750-1842, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840, Holland, Elizabeth Vassall Fox, Lady, 1770-1845, and Adair, Robert, Sir, 1763-1855
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"John Bull capers on one leg, arms raised, looking down delightedly at little capering creatures at his feet whose bodies are composed of food or drink. These have human arms and legs (as in British Museum Satires no. 9851) and are flanked by two similar figures on a larger scale: a joint of beef (left), inscribed 'Sir Loin for ever' and decorated with sprigs of holly, sits on a flight of steps holding 'O the roast Beef of Old England', the tune to which they dance. On the extreme right sack inscribed 'Genuine Flour, No Adulteration' dances with heavy dignity. Two musicians are on the left: a frothing tankard of 'Old Stout', decorated with the Royal Arms as in BMSat 9851, plays a fiddle; a loaf of 'The Best Wheaten Bread' plays a pipe. The dancers are: 'Mutton 3d 1/2 Pr Pound'; 'Prime Hops, no Quashee'; 'Double Gloucester'; 'Jamaica Rum'; 'Old Port', and 'Coniac'. On a smaller scale in the foreground are 'Peace and Mealy Potatoes' and 'Excellent Fresh Butter', the last like a ballerina with petticoats extended."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
John Bull and his friends commemorating the peace
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably a reissue by Tegg, published ca. 1807 for Caricature magazine, of a print originally issued in 1802(?) with the imprint: London, Pubd. by P. Roberts, 28 Middle-Row, Holborn. See page 600 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., For earlier state with Roberts's imprint and without plate number, see no. 9850 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate numbered "239" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Also issued separately?, Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of imprint from bottom edge., and Watermark: Smith & Allnutt 1819.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg?
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Alcoholic beverages, Musical instruments, Pipes (Smoking), and Satires (Visual works)
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"John Bull capers on one leg, arms raised, looking down delightedly at little capering creatures at his feet whose bodies are composed of food or drink. These have human arms and legs (as in British Museum Satires no. 9851) and are flanked by two similar figures on a larger scale: a joint of beef (left), inscribed 'Sir Loin for ever' and decorated with sprigs of holly, sits on a flight of steps holding 'O the roast Beef of Old England', the tune to which they dance. On the extreme right sack inscribed 'Genuine Flour, No Adulteration' dances with heavy dignity. Two musicians are on the left: a frothing tankard of 'Old Stout', decorated with the Royal Arms as in BMSat 9851, plays a fiddle; a loaf of 'The Best Wheaten Bread' plays a pipe. The dancers are: 'Mutton 3d 1/2 Pr Pound'; 'Prime Hops, no Quashee'; 'Double Gloucester'; 'Jamaica Rum'; 'Old Port', and 'Coniac'. On a smaller scale in the foreground are 'Peace and Mealy Potatoes' and 'Excellent Fresh Butter', the last like a ballerina with petticoats extended."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
John Bull and his friends commemorating the peace
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably a reissue by Tegg, published ca. 1807 for Caricature magazine, of a print originally issued in 1802(?) with the imprint: London, Pubd. by P. Roberts, 28 Middle-Row, Holborn. See page 600 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., For earlier state with Roberts's imprint and without plate number, see no. 9850 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate numbered "239" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Also issued separately?, Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of imprint from bottom edge., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges, with partial loss of title and possible loss of imprint from bottom edge., and Leaf 15 in volume 4.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg?
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Alcoholic beverages, Musical instruments, Pipes (Smoking), and Satires (Visual works)
Title etched within image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 4 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1st, 1802, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Caption in design: Here they are my lasses the English guineas! Monopoly has been the order of the day in England, and now I am in Paris huzza for a monopoly of French charmers in pettitcoats!, and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
