A parody on Book 8, lines 487-9 of John Milton's Paradise lost. A lean, spectacled man stands by a bed as he welcomes a drunken trollope who staggers into the room holding a glass and a bottle labelled Geneva (gin). He exclaims, parodying Milton, "On she came-such ad I saw her in my dream, Geneva was in all her steps --Geneva in her hand and every gesture-reeling ripe for fun!" Outside on the landing, a pretty young woman looks on with amusement
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '33' in upper left corner., "Price one shilling col[oure]d.", Quotation from Milton's Paradise Lost, below title: On she came-such ad I saw her in my dream, grace was in all her steps-Heaven in her eye in every gesture-dignity and love., Cf. No. 11142, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8 for description of variant state., Temporary local subject terms: Spectacles., and Watermark: J Whatman.
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Cabinet sits on a stage making domestic preparations for Parliament."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Preparation for the meeting of Parliament
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered "Pan.[?] 6" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Watermark: Basted Mill., and Leaf 4 in volume 1.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octor. 21, 1807, by Thos. Teeg [sic] in Cheapside
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
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1
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still image
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"A crowded fair-ground, with many seen combining realism with a fantastic survey of the international situation. The are spectators and attractions in the foreground, on the ground-level backed by adjacent and competing platforms, all with performers, placards, and flags On the ground on the extreme left. in front of a notice: 'German Sour Crout with French Sauce', a waiter hurries with a steaming dish towards Germans at a table who are hideously guzzling sauer kraut as in British Museum Satires No. 10170. Behind are the backs of spectators gazing up at a platform, on the extreme left., on which a Russian displays a bear on its hind-legs, padlocked to a post inscribed 'French Influence'. The Russian, holding out a sheaf of papers, blows a trumpet with an attached banner decorated with the Russian eagle. Behind is a back-cloth inscribed: 'Russian Booth - . This day will be presented the Comedy of The Double Dealer [by Congreve] to which will be added a new Burletta called The Bear in Leading Strings - The Music principally French' [see British Museum Satires No. 10750, &c.]. Next are three narrow platforms close together: a zany wearing a conical cap, shouts to the audience below. His placard announces: "Danish Booth - The English Fleet [comic opera by T. Dibdin, 1805] and The Devil to Pay" [opera by Coffey, 1730]. Below the script a naval engagement in depicted. Next, a pierrot, wearing a fool's cap, beats a drum, before a placard: 'Sweedish Booth - Blind Bargain [comedy by Frederick Reynolds, 1805] and Hob in the Well' ['Flora; or, Hob in the Well' by Hippisley, 1730]. A Punch-like man stands in front of the 'Westphalia Booth - Wife and no Wife [unacted farce by Coffey, 1732] with Jerry Sneak [in Foote's 'Mayor of Garratt', 1763] in his Glory'. All three booths fly their national flag, except the last, on which there is a ham inscribed 'Venison', see BMSat 10759. The booths recede in perspective and from left. to r., a pendant to similar booths on the opposite side. Between them, facing the spectator, is the central and largest: 'The Best - Booth in the Fair Iohn Bull and Company - The Englishman's Fire Side, and The Wooden Warn of Old England, Principal Characters by Joh Bull, Paddy Bull, Ben Block &c.' This is surmounted by the Royal Arms and British flag. On the little stage Britannia stands, holding her spear and pointing to a group seated round a punch-bowl: John Bull, a fat 'cit' smoking a long pipe, Erin with her harp, a fat Welshman with a leek in his hat, and a lank Scot in Highland dress; the last three are drinking. The toast is on a paper below the punch-bowl: 'Old England for ever the land Boys we live in'. Beside Britannia is her lion, rampantly supporting her shield. The space under the platform (boarded upat the other booths) is an eating-place: men (in shadow) guzzling hard, while a cook triumphantly brings in a huge sirloin. Above: 'Roast Beef gratis this Booth.' (A plea for national unity as in British Museum Satires No. 10009, &c.) ..."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Later state, with altered plate number. For earlier state numbered "27" in upper right, see no. 10763 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Companion print to: St. Stephens fair., Plate numbered "279" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., "Price one shillg. colord"--Within lower left portion of design., and Leaf 56 in volume 4.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octor. 1st, 1807, by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840, Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, 1778-1846., and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character) and Britannia (Symbolic character)
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered '27' in upper right corner., Printseller's announcement within design: Price one shillg. colord., Temporary local subject terms: Welshmen -- Scots -- Fairs -- Germans -- Prussian military officer -- Food -- Sauerkraut -- Sauer kraut -- Crutches -- Sailors -- Russians -- Dutchmen -- Bears -- Reference to Austria -- Musical instruments -- Trumpet -- Habsburg Eagles -- Clowns -- Reference to Spain -- Reference to Westpahlia -- Clowns-pierrot -- Food -- Gingerbread -- Turks -- Drums -- Sausages -- Flags -- Royal Arms., and Mounted to 31 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octor. 1st, 1807 by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840, Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, 1778-1846, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character) and Britannia (Symbolic character)
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
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1
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still image
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"A jovial countryman leans on a rustic railing nailed to a tree, to address a fat elderly parson on horseback (right). He asks "Ha! Ha - the knaust Doctor I be a rum fellow, - Canst thee tell me - why - a Parsons Horse be like a King?" The parson answers with a grin: "Why you rogue, because it is guided by a Minister." He is drink-blotched and prosperous-looking; in his pocket is a 'Sermon to beprea[ched] ...'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dignity of a parsons horse
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Later state; date has been burnished from imprint statement., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: London, Pubd. July 6th, 1807, by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 807.07.06.01.1., Plate numbered "136" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2., "Price 1 sh. collored [sic].", and Leaf 70 in volume 2.
A jovial countryman leans on a rustic railing next to a tree, to address a fat elderly parson on horseback (riding to the left). He asks, "Ha! Ha, the knaust Doctor I be a rum fellow, Canst thee tell me why a parsons horse be like a king?" The parson answers with a grin, "Why you rogue, because it is guided by a minister." He is red-faced and freckled and prosperous looking, with a round belly; he carries a sermon in his pocket whose title is "Sermon to be prea[ched] ..."
Alternative Title:
Dignity of a parsons horse
Description:
Plate numbered '136' in upper right corner., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Cf. No. 10904 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8 for description of later state with altered imprint statement., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: Edmeads & Co.
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
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still image
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"A Quaker stands by an open grave, with clasped hands, eyes sanctimoniously turned up. A grave-digger leans on his spade watching him with puzzled distaste. The Quaker: "Verily the spirit at length beginneth to move me - Alas! there is no happiness on this side of the grave." A disgruntled sailor (dressed as in British Museum Satires No. 10894, coat open to show a waistcoat) who stands opposite him asks: "Why then you Lubber, dont you come on this side?" A second Quaker stands behind the first, hands clasped, looking down; on the extreme left a woman in a Quaker's bonnet puts her handkerchief to her eyes. Behind the sailor and on the extreme right is another mourner, also puzzled and unsympathetic. The scene is a large walled graveyard; a skull lies by the open grave, grinning up at the Quaker."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., Probably a reissue with altered plate number. For a likely earlier state numbered "N. 6" in upper right, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 807.00.00.15.1., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "114" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2., Temporary local subject terms: Quakers -- Sailors -- Open grave -- Spade -- Female costume: Quaker's bonnet -- Skulls., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 53 in volume 2.
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered in upper right corner: N. 6., For a description of a later state with altered plate number, see no. 10902, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and Temporary local subject terms: Quakers -- Sailors -- Open grave -- Spade -- Female costume: Quaker's bonnet -- Skulls.
An engraving above a song: A pretty young woman (Mrs. Bland) sits with her elbow resting on a square piano, facing a man wearing a cocked hat (Braham), who bends towards her, smiling, hands on hips. She weeps: on the piano is a song: 'False Alarms Smile & Tear . . . Laurie & Whittle'. The piano is by 'Broderip'.
Description:
Title from text engraved below image., "False Alarms, or My Cousin' was a comic opera by Kenney first performed at Drury Lane, 12 Jan. 1807. Braham played Edgar Gayland in love with Emily, played by Mrs. Bland." See British Museum catalogue., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Eighteen lines of verse in lower portion of print: Said a smile to a tear, on the cheek of my dear ..., and Plate numbered '458' in the lower left corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 2, 1807 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state; former plate number "N. 10" has been replaced, and first half of imprint statement has been burnished from plate., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: London, Published 10 Janry. 1807 by Thomas Tegg, Cheapside. Cf. Lewis Walpole call no.: 807.01.10.01., Plate numbered "115" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 54 in volume 2.