Judge Buller of King's Bench, is shown walking towards the right in his judicial robes, carrying two bundles of sticks, each terminating in the shape of a thumb. To the rear and on a smaller scale is a man beating his wife with one of the judge's implements. Buller was reputed to have ruled that a wife could legitimately be beaten provided the stick used by her husband was no thicker than his thumb.
Alternative Title:
Patent sticks for family correction, warranted lawful!
Description:
Originally published with the imprint: Pubd. Novr. 27th, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Buller, Francis,--1746-1800--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Subject (Topic):
Judges--England--London--18th century. and Wife abuse--England--Early works to 1800.
Fox, and Richmond on the left with Shelburne standing pensively between them, move away from the armored ghost of Cromwell who stands on a crushed crown and sceptre. Cromwell is saying "To obtain your end your measures are right, you arm the people, like me, you trample on prerogative...." A reference to Shelburne's plan after the Gordon Riots to arm the populace in preference to the use of troops.
Alternative Title:
Malagrida and conspirators, consulting the ghost of Oliver Cromwell
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Cromwell, Oliver,--1599-1658--Caricatures and cartoons., Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Lansdowne, William Petty,--Marquis of,--1737-1805--Caricatures and cartoons., and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox,--Duke of,--1735-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
A satire on the Prince of Wales's relations with Lady Salisbury, the pair shown holding hands on the right, while her husband, drawn as a block of stone, stamps angrily in the center. Between them is Mrs. Robinson, who had been deserted by the Prince, and on the left 5 figures are dancing in a circle.
Alternative Title:
Monuments lately discovered on Salisbury Plain
Description:
CtY-LW, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Title etched below image., and Two lines of explanatory text below title: The figures No. 1 & 2 are judged by conoiseurs [sic] to have lately been animated with the coelestial fire ...
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Salisbury Plain (England)
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Cecil, Mary Amelia,--Marchioness of Salisbury,--1750-1835--Caricatures and cartoons., George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., Robinson, Mary,--1758-1800--Caricatures and cartoons., and Salisbury, James Cecil,--Marquess of,--1748-1823--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Couples. , and Cuckolds.
"Design in an oval. Dr. Johnson, the head in profile to the right, with an owl's body and ass's ears, stands on two books, the lower his 'Dictionary', the upper his 'Lives of the Poets'. The busts of poets stand on brackets (right) above Johnson's head, each is irradiated with a star-shaped halo. They are "Pope", "Milton", a third head wearing a laurel wreath, the inscription concealed by Johnson's head; a fourth halo (left) is visible. These are "the stars" at which Johnson is blinking, but, though screwing up his eyes short-sightedly, he is not looking at them. The back wall, at right angles to the wall on which the busts are placed, is covered with bookshelves, in which folio volumes lean against one another. An open book lying beside the 'Dictionary' is 'Beauties of Johnson'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Books amplifying subject: Lives of the poets, Johnson's Dictionary, Beauties of Johnson., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
W. Rennie
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Johnson, Samuel,--1709-1784--Caricatures and cartoons., Milton, John,--1608-1674--Caricatures and cartoons., Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744--Caricatures and cartoons., and Rennie, W., active 1782, publisher.
"One of four satires by Gillray on Rodney's victory as a blow to the Ministry, see BMSat 5992, 5996, 6001. Rodney, in profile to the right, kneels before George III (right), seated on a throne, his sceptre in his right hand. Rodney's right hand is held out towards de Grasse, who stands behind him and on his right; in his left hand he holds a sword, its hilt resting on the ground at the king's feet. He is saying, “Sire, I have done my Duty & at your Royal Feet, I lay the Scourge of these Destroyers”. De Grasse, grotesquely thin and tall, stands erect, his hands folded. Fox and Keppel stand one on each side of the king. Fox, on the king's right, both hands thrust into his waistcoat, is saying, “This Fellow must be recalled, he fights too well for us - & I have obligations to Pigot, for he has lost 17000 at my Faro Bank” (see BMSat 5972). Keppel looks at a paper held in his right hand saying, “This is the very Ship I ought to have taken on the 27th of July”. The word “Ville” is just legible on the paper, the allusion being to de Grasse's flag-ship the 'Ville de Paris', taken on 12 Apr. 1782. The king is seated on a small square dais, covered by a fringed carpet. On the back of his throne is a crown to which is attached an ostrich feather, the feather which Rodney has added to the Crown by his victory."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse,--comte de,--1722-1788--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., Keppel, Augustus Keppel,--Viscount,--1725-1786--Caricatures and cartoons., and Rodney, George Brydges Rodney,--Baron,--1719-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Admiral Rodney is shown on the shore with Britannia and Neptune, who hand him their staffs, while the British Lion claws at the flag of France on which Rodney stands. Standing out to sea in a toy boat made of playing cards, Admiral Pigot (represented as a pig) views the scene through his spyglass. Refers to Rodney's recall and replacement by Pigot.
Alternative Title:
Admiral Pigot on a cruize
Description:
On left above design: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. IV., Printmaker and publication information from description in the British Museum catalogue of a variant state., Probably a variant [later?] state of the plate with the imprint statement "Pubd. June 4th, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St James's Street, London." Cf. , No. 5996 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Neptune--(Roman deity), Pigot, Hugh,--1721?-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., and Rodney, George Brydges Rodney,--Baron,--1719-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Admirals--British--18th century., Britannia (Symbolic character), and Military uniforms--British--18th century.
Admiral Rodney is depicted receiving the submission of the defeated De Grasse after the Battle of the Saints, as English sailors bring ashore the spoils of war, and chagrined politicians Fox, Keppel, and the Duke of Richmond look on from the left, with Sandwich and North behind them. Contrasts the new ministry's hostility to the popular Rodney with the rewarding of the incompetent Keppel (Admiral "Lee-shore.").
Alternative Title:
Admiral lee-shore in the dumps
Description:
Earlier version of a plate published May 31, 1782, by E. D'Archery. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5992., On left above design: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 3., Printmaker from description in the British Museum catalogue of a later version of the plate., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History, Naval. and Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse,--comte de,--1722-1788--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Keppel, Augustus Keppel,--Viscount,--1725-1786--Caricatures and cartoons., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox,--Duke of,--1735-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., and Rodney, George Brydges Rodney,--Baron,--1719-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Admiral Rodney is depicted receiving the submission of the defeated De Grasse after the Battle of the Saints, as English sailors bring ashore the spoils of war, and chagrined politicians Fox, Keppel, and the Duke of Richmond look on from the left, with Sandwich and North behind them. Contrasts the new ministry's hostility to the popular Rodney with the rewarding of the incompetent Keppel (Admiral "Lee-shore.").
Alternative Title:
Admiral lee-shore in the dumps
Description:
On left above design: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 3., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History, Naval. and Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse,--comte de,--1722-1788--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Keppel, Augustus Keppel,--Viscount,--1725-1786--Caricatures and cartoons., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox,--Duke of,--1735-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., and Rodney, George Brydges Rodney,--Baron,--1719-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
The Bow Street magistrate and campaigner against gambling, Sampson Wright, is shown seated at a table being assailed by a man who has entered the door on the right. On the left another man (probably meant to be John Bond, Wright's clerk) expresses alarm, and on the right a dismayed youth wipes away a tear.
Description:
Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bond, John,--active 1782--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Wright, Sampson,--Sir,---1793--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Gambling., Interiors--England--18th century., Judges--England--London--18th century., and Threats.
Depicts Admirals Rodney, De Grasse, Vaudreuil and Bougainville, numbered 1-4 respectively, with Rodney standing on the right taking snuff, as Vaudreuil hold chamber pot being used by De Grasse, and Bougainville runs off to the left taking snuff. Names of the subjects are given in a key below design.
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title from item.
Publisher:
E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de,--comte,--1729-1811--Caricatures and cartoons., Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher., Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse,--comte de,--1722-1788--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Rodney, George Brydges Rodney,--Baron,--1719-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., and Vaudreuil, Louis Philippe de Rigaud,--marquis de,--1724-1802--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Admirals--British--18th century., Admirals--French--18th century., Chamber pots., Defecation., Military uniforms--British--18th century., Military uniforms--French--18th century., and Snuff.
