Title from heading above image., Other title information from caption to first distinct scene within image., Plate comprised of three distinct scenes each titled with a unique caption., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Laundry and laundresses -- Boating accidents -- Chicken thieves.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket
"John Bull sits in a double pair of stocks, his ankles heavily shackled. His wrists are linked by a huge padlock inscribed Million £800 000 000 [National Debt]. He sits on bales of Taxes; to his back is tied a huge bundle of Last Wars Taxes. His clothes are tattered; three pockets hang inside out, inscribed To Let. At his side (left), and in profile to the right, kneels a noble Spaniard, in very theatrical dress, with trunk hose, cloak, and ruff. He has a spear from which hangs a pennant inscribed Libertas. He puts his hands together in a gesture of prayer: I come once again, and on my kneens [sic] to implore your Aid, we are indeed grateful for former Services, and beleive that you fought purely for Spain and not for yourselves--Save us from our pretended Friends they are worse then Enemies--Save us, and the World, from the destruction of Liberty--. John bites his thumbs despairingly; he answers: I pity you, but I can only give you advice, when you came to me before, I was a Strong Man, and free, but I am now exhausted in saving you, and destroying your great Enemy--See how I am fetter'd--! My Creditors enchain me--! look at my Debt and pity me!-- At his feet a heavy pair of leg-irons lies across many papers inscribed Debt and Taxes. He sits under an oak-tree; from a partly-withered bough hang his cartouche-box and bayonet-belt. In the middle distance (right) Louis XVIII sits astride a cannon (cf. British Museum Satires No. 12797), on a gun-carriage drawn rapidly up a slope by the Tsar and the Emperor of Austria. Both wear uniform and crowns, that of the latter topped by a fool's cap. Both cry: War! War!! War! and blood!! Alexander holds a sword in one hand, a bayoneted musket in the other; Francis holds a sword and a pistol, against his shoulder is the shaft of a flag inscribed Holy Alliance. Louis XVIII leans back, flannelled legs extended, two pistols in his belt, a sword in one hand, a musket in the other. Before him on the cannon is a bowl of soup, &c. The Pope walks at his right, holding a string attached to his nose. The King: By the Powers I shall fall, and lose my Balance Stop!! Stop! I say don't pull so hard you'll rupture [your scored through] Eu rope, this is not suited to my Taste [scored through] Gout I am already crippled and cannot bear it Stop!!!-- The Pope, who wears his tiara and holds his crosier against his shoulder, answers: Fear not, I'll let you into Heaven, through the back door my dear Son. Keys hang from his neck. Behind the cannon runs the Devil pushing at the King's posterior with a trident; he says: They cannot go on without me so I bring up the rear!! Beside the cannon run tiny frogs in uniform with muskets, &c. A slightly bigger one holding a sword may represent Angoulême. Cannon fire at them from a fort on a hill."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
John Bull flourishing in a dignified attitude of strict neutrality
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with initials "A.J." added in lower right and the words "with Spain" added to speech bubble immediately to the right of the stocks in center of image. For an earlier state lacking these additions, see no. 14520 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1823 by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's Street & 74 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825, and Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Public debt, Taxes, Trees, Rocks, Stocks (Punishment), Forts & fortifications, Cannons, Devil, and Frogs
Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket
Title from caption below image., Publication year from British Museum catalogue., Number '4' in Fores's address etched backwards., Temporary local subject terms: Grimaces -- Faces -- Classes., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1824.
"A study of facial expression and gesture; five men. One, of mixed race wearing a cocked hat but out at elbows, registers furious anger, clenching his fist. The four others have features twisted in varying grimaces."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Another print/state signed by Charles Williams., Temporary local subject terms: Faces., and Watermark: Smith & Allnutt 1819.
Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 10th, 1823 by A.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Titles from six individually captioned images., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Costume: male, female, 1823 -- May Day -- Prison cells -- Leg-irons -- Crockery shops., and Manuscript "108" in upper center of plate.
Publisher:
Published by W. Sams Royal Library 1 St. James's St.
A scene in a bedroom: A doctor sits in a chair opposite his patient clothed in a robe and night cap who sits in a chair beside his canoped bed. A woman in a cap stands behind the doctor's chair with a concerned look on her face. The bedroom contains a highboy, a bedside table and another table in the center of the room with the doctor's top hat and bottles of medicine; the large window in the background looks out on the building opposite
Description:
Title from caption below image., Four images on a single plate, each separately titled below image, each with series name and sequentially numbered; each containing separate imprint statements., With: A medical marksman / Williams fecit -- A medical bill well paid / Williams fect. -- A Shropshire bargain, or, The doctor bit / Williams., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from text below image., "Plate 9" in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1829.
