"Social satire: the actor Charles Dignum stands in a large tricorn hat with one hand in his pocket, the other in his waistcoat; text below explains that the image is to help fine singers, or players, attain the "consequence so necessary for gaining Fortune & Fame", rather than to represent true grace in the drawing room."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ease and elegance
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of explanatory text below title: This is not intended to represent any of that grace so bewitching in a drawing room, but merely to assist a fine singer, a good player, or any public characters in the attainment of consequence, so necessary for gaining fortune & fame., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 22 x 15 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Aug. 21st, 1805 by A. Beugo, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden
"A burlesqued illustration of the quotation from 'Paradise Lost' etched below the design ... In the upper left corner of the design, and in the background, an aged St. Peter holds open a small arched door, putting one of his three massive keys into the lock. The irradiated doorway is 'Popish Supremacy'; through it is seen a table, also irradiated, spread with loaves, fishes (cf. BMSat 10697), and wine. A golden staircase receding in perspective ascends in a curve to the door from the summit of the globe, on which 'Ireland' (the more conspicuous) and 'England' are marked. A procession of petitioners winds up the globe from the lower margin of the design; its leaders have begun to ascend the stairs but have been struck by three mighty blasts of wind. These issue from the mouths of Pitt, Hawkesbury (just below), and Sidmouth (considerably lower) Their profile heads emerge from dark clouds on the extreme left. The blasts have overthrown the leading petitioners: Grenville, in bishop's robes, staggers back with outstretched arms, his crozier and mitre fall, and the Catholic Petition blows from his hands, tattered by the wind, in a stream of 'popish' objects which slants upwards across the design. Immediately behind him, full face, the spectacled Buckingham staggers backward. He is dressed as a monk. In front of the two brothers Moira has fallen on his back on the third stair, kicking wildly, his upright l. leg expressing his characteristic stiff rigidity. He wears a surplice over regimentals and spurred boots, and his sword has broken. He has dropped the halter of the Irish bull on which sits Fox, dressed as a cardinal, the central figure of the design. The bull, snorting flames, rears violently, throwing Fox back into a horizontal position. Round its neck is a tricolour ribbon inscribed 'Order of St Patrick', from which hangs a medal with a profile of 'Buonaparte'; on its head is a bunch of shamrock. Fox is a Papal Legate; he is about to fall, and drops his triple cross to which is attached a tattered tricolour banner, inscribed 'Catholic Emancipa[tion']. His cardinal's hat flies off; from his left hand blows a document with many seals: 'Hierarchical Powers of ye Legate-Cardinal Volpone'. Mrs. Fitzherbert, a Mother Abbess, has fallen headlong from the stairs on to the globe. Her r. hand is on Ireland, resting on an open book: ' . . by the Brighton Abbess System of Education for the benefit of Protestant Children'; her left wrist is on England. Her crozier rests on the globe. Her robes, rent by the fall, display bare posteriors and fat, kicking legs, suggesting the connotation of 'abbess' and bawd, see BMSat 5184, &c. Moira has flung his left arm across her. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Four stanzas of verse below image, two on either side of title: "And now St. Peter at heav'n's wicket seems ..., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on upper and lower edges.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 17th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Grattan, Henry, 1746-1820, Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Sailors prayer before battle
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker suggested by curator., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Plate numbered "336" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Print numbered '124' with Ms. annotation.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London
Subject (Topic):
Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805, Cannons, Cannon balls, Military officers, Sailors, and Ships
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Sailors prayer before battle
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker suggested by curator., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Plate numbered "336" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 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 24.8 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 44 in volume 5.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London
Subject (Topic):
Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805, Cannons, Cannon balls, Military officers, Sailors, and Ships
Title etched below image., Date of publication inferred from statement of responsibility., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from item., Ballad portion of print engraved onto second plate printed on the same sheet. Both plates contribute to one coherent design., Second plate measures approximately: 6.2 x 25.6 cm., Heading and attribution for second plate reads: A patriotic ballad-written by Capt. Morris-composed by Mr. J. Dale-and sung by Mr. Dignum., Eight verses of a patriotic ballad are arranged in four columns: While deeds of hell deface the world, and Gallia's throne, in ruin lies..., Upper plate [with design] is numbered '409' in the upper left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., and Other plates in the Laurie & Whittle Droll series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 4, 1805 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"The Foxites rise from their chairs at a club-meeting to sing the National Anthem in the manner of a catch, each repeating a different line. The chairman is Fox, who stands at the head of the table (l.) holding up a punch-bowl and ladle. He sings with upturned eyes, "God save great George our King". Sheridan and Norfolk are on his right. and left hand; both gaze at him intently; Norfolk sings "Long live our Noble King". Sheridan echoes "God save the King"; he holds up the music, inscribed with the same words. From his pocket hangs a playbill, only the words 'Vivant Rex et Regina' being visible. On the farther side of the table, next Norfolk, stands Moira, in regimentals, taller than the others and holding out his cocked hat. He says "Send him Victorious Happy and Glorious", and is followed by little Lord Derby, opposite, who stands with one foot on his chair, the other on the table, singing "Long to Reign over us \ God save the King." Lord Henry Petty, very small, leans against the back of Derby's chair, his right. arm round the waist of Erskine, who rests his left. arm on Petty's shoulder. Both wear their Chancellor's gowns, Erskine also his wig; the mace leans head downwards against his chair. They sing respectively: "O Lord our God arise" and "Scatter our Enimies". Opposite them stands Whitbread; he holds up a frothing tankard of 'Whitbre[ad's] Entire' [see BMSat 10421], singing "And make them Fall". On the extreme right., partly cut off by the margin, less ecstatic than the others, Grey [Identified by Miss Banks as Windham, but quite unlike him.] sings: "Confound their Politicks \ Frustrate their Knaveish tricks \ On thee our hopes we fix, God save us all." The Royal Arms decorate Fox's ornate armchair. From the back of Sheridan's overturned chair it appears that the other chairs are similarly decorated."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Imprint, publication date, and artist from British Museum catalogue., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint and printmaker., and Mounted to 30 x 41 cm; ms. annotations in modern hand, identifying subjects in print.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1805 by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863
"A pretty young woman and a fashionably dressed man sing together seated on upright chairs. She (r.) plays the harp, her head thrown back to look over her shoulder at the music-book which he holds open: 'Duets de l'Amour'. On a round table which supports his elbow as he leans towards her is an open book: 'Ovid' [Art of Love]. She wears clinging draperies. Two cats gambol amorously on music-books on the ground. The elaborate décor of the room stresses the subject of the design. A large wall mirror (l.) hangs above a marble console which is supported on winged heads; a butterfly flies towards its own reflection. Chinese vases containing roses (twin flowers) flank a bowl in which gold-fish swim to meet each other. One vase only is fully visible; it is a scene of courtship. Below the console a heart-shaped vase, decorated with a Sphinx, stands on the floor. An oval picture elaborately framed hangs above the heads of the lovers: a Cupid fires a blunderbuss at two doves billing on a dove-cot. This is flanked by carvings of flowers with (l.) crossed torches (of Hymen) and (r.) the bow and arrows of Cupid. In the foreground (r.) is one corner of a console table supported by a grinning satyr with a cloven hoof; on it is a myrtle plant in an ornamental pot. The luxury of the room is shown by an arcaded wall with pilaster reflected in the mirror, and by a palm-tree pilaster (as in BMSat 10303)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Companion print to: "Matrimonial-harmonics.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd October 25th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Argus is a pseudonym for Charles Williams., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Pickpockets -- Street scenes., and Later printing; not before 1818.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly & 312 Oxford Street
"Two burly fierce-looking sailors drink together; each sits on an inverted tub, smoking a pipe, a paper of tobacco on the plain round table between them. One (l.) says: "Why Jack! you was so long in a French Prison, I suppose you larnt to patter their Lingo a little." The other answers: "No Bob, I never some how fancied it they call things out of their names so d----nably, - why would you believe it, they call a Horse a Shovel, and a Hat a Chopper!!!""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Jack Junk's opinion of the French language
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Date of publication from watermark., and Watermark: C Ansell 1822.
