"The patient sits in an armchair in profile to the left, in the centre of a well-furnished room. He wears dressing-gown and nightcap, his arms are folded and he stares fixedly, assailed by ghostly visions which float before his eyes, emerging from smoke-like shadows: a skeleton, Death, poised just above him, raises his arrow to smite. A corpse-like half length figure offers him a pistol and a halter. A spectre with webbed wings holds out a cup. Two staring and decapitated heads glare from the shadows which fill the room. A hand raises a sword; a man with a knife is about to be stung by a serpent. A naked body (half length) falls head downwards. Above these spectres is a man (left) driving a hearse (right to left) at full gallop and looking round at the Hypochondriac. Behind the patient a good-looking woman speaks confidentially to a doctor who meditatively sucks his cane. He is dressed in an old-fashioned manner, wearing a tie-wig. A table covered with medicines stands behind the patient, who seems unconscious of the other two. A money-chest beside him suggests that he is miserly. Two landscapes hang on the wall ..."--British Museum online catalogue, description of earlier state.
Description:
Companion print to: Ague & fever., Four lines of verse etched on either side of title: The mind distemper'd say, what potent charm ..., Reissue of print published in 1788 by T. Rowlandson. Cf. No. 7449 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
S. W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fores, S.W., publisher., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Title etched below image., and Traces of earlier imprint statement perhaps visible behind current imprint.
Publisher:
Willm. Holland, N. 50, Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
"The Prince and Mrs. Fitzherbert in the bedroom of a French inn ; a maidservant enters (left) with a tea-tray. The Prince, yawning and stretching with a dissipated air, is seated on the edge of a table; the revelry of the past night is indicated by an overturned decanter, broken wineglass, and a broken candle. Another candlestick and broken wine-glass lie on the ground, together with the Prince's top-boots. He wears slippers and his stockings are ungartered, the 'honi soit qui mal y' [pense] ribbon hanging round his leg. Mrs. Fitzherbert, seated on the bed, draws on a stocking; her garter inscribed 'Fox' lies on the ground (cf. British Museum satire 7306). The bed is heavily draped with fringed curtains. The Prince's feathered hat hangs on the wall."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Scene on the Continent
Description:
Companion print to: "Wife & no wife, or, A trip to the Continent.", CtY-LW, Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Probably a reissue; the final digit '8' in '1788' in imprint appears to have been altered from '6,' and the publisher's street address seems to have been burnished and re-etched. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Morganatic marriages -- Motto: Honi soit qui mal y pense., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Strt.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fitzherbert, Maria Anne,--1756-1837--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806., George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms. , Draperies., Hats. , Servants., Tableware., and Taverns (Inns)--France--1788.
"Mrs. Schwellenberg, followed by the Queen, who is held in leading-strings by Pitt, advances towards the House of Lords (left) from the 'Treasury' whose barred gate is on the extreme right. Mrs. Schwellenberg, very gross and ugly, holds the bag of the Great Seal in place of a muff; a large mace rests against her shoulder ..."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Attributed to Rowlandson by British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Tom Brown
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Charlotte,--Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain,--1744-1818--Caricatures and cartoons., George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Hastings, Warren,--1732-1818., Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., and Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana,--ca 1728-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
"A scene in Carlton House. The Prince of Wales, seated in a chair, holds a stout, good-looking lady (Mrs. Sawbridge) across his knees and chastises her with upraised hand; she holds out her arms imploringly. Alderman Sawbridge (right) faces her in profile to the left, playing a fiddle and dancing; from his pocket hangs a piece of music inscribed 'The Reform', a new Motion. On the extreme left Lady Archer stands in profile to the right, holding a driving-whip, and pointing angrily at the injured lady. A little girl (Sawbridge) stands full-face, clasping her hands in horror at the treatment of her mother. Behind are a number of onlookers: a very fat lady in profile to the left is Miss Vanneck. Mrs. Fitzherbert watches, not displeased; Fox, his arm round her shoulder, gazes amorously at her. George Hanger stands in profile to the left. The other figures are less characterized but a profile head (right) resembles Lord Derby. On the wall (right) is part of a three quarter length portrait, the head cut off by the upper edge of the design, inscribed 'Sir G° Van-Ne[ck]'. Beside it is a stag's head on which hangs a man's hat, just above Sawbridge. ... In the background (right) are persons dancing."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state of the same composition.
Alternative Title:
Sawbridge's delight
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Title etched below image., and Variant state, with different title, or a print entitled: The royal joke, or, Black Jacks delight. Cf. No. 7306 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6
Publisher:
S. W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Archer, Sarah West,--Lady,--1741-1801--Caricatures and cartoons., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Derby, Edward Smith Stanley,--Earl of,--1752-1834--Caricatures and cartoons., Fitzherbert, Maria Anne,--1756-1837--Caricatures and cartoons., Fores, S. W., publisher., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons., Hanger, George,--1751?-1824--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Sawbridge, John,--1732?-1795--Caricatures and cartoons.
The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
Container / Volume:
Vol. 1 (Box 1 of 2) | Folder I-22a
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
"In the centre of the design is the Coronation Chair (in Westminster Abbey), raised on four steps. Britannia on the right of the Chair takes the hand of the Prince of Wales, who is on the left, to lead him up to it; each rests a foot on the lowest step, inscribed 'Voice of the People'. The other steps are 'Public Safety', 'Patriotism', 'Virtue'. Britannia points with her left hand at Pitt and three maniacal and screaming Furies on the right whom she is putting to flight. She says: "I have been long deceiv'd by Hypocrisy but have at last discovered an Intention of sacrifising the rights of my people to satisfy a private ambition". Pitt, fleeing terror-struck, turns his head to say: A long farewell to all my greatness. From his pocket protrude papers inscribed 'Shop Tax' and Commutation. The Furies are half-naked hags with writhing serpents for hair; one, whose belt is inscribed 'Falshood', holds in one hand serpents, in the other a flaming torch inscribed 'Rebellion'; 'Envy' tears her hair, shrieking. The British lion, beside Pitt, looks from behind Britannia's shield at his mistress, roaring angrily. The Prince is being ushered to the throne by 'Liberty' and Justice, who are pretty young women carrying their accustomed symbols. Commerce reclines on the extreme left, leaning on a bale inscribed 'Commerce', and looking admiringly up at her two companions. The Lord Mayor, followed by other citizens, advances from the left, carrying the mace; the arms of the City decorate his gown. He says: "Whilst we mourn the occasion we must feel ourselves happy in reflecting that we are blessed by a Prince whose wisdom will protect our liberties, whose Virtues will afford stability to Empire". The background is a wall with Gothic mouldings and windows. A crown is suspended above the Chair."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., CtY-LW, Date of publication from British Museum catalogue; a questionable date of 1783 is given by Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., and Riviere & Son Binding.
"Fox stands in the House of Commons, making a speech; in his right hand he holds out a paper: 'Speech on the 'Rights of the P------'; in his left is an 'Explanation of that Speech'. He faces the table on which are piled large folios: 'Statutes at Large', 'Magna Charta', 'Principles of the Constitution', 'Rights of the People'. He says, "all these I'll devour next". Behind him on the ground are two open books: 'Jus Divinum of Kings' and 'Principles of Toryism &c.' The benches behind him are packed with intent listeners, some dismayed, some admiring. North, a bandage over his eyes, sits on the extreme right, next him is Burke. The end of the gallery (left) is visible; listeners hang over to watch Fox."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Five lines of text below title: Advertisment extraordinary. This is to inform the public ..., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Fores, S. W., publisher., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Great Britain.--Parliament.--House of commons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
"Thurlow, in his Chancellor's wig and gown, kicks with much vigour the back of a bishop whom he urges along a road in the direction of a signpost (right) pointing 'To Durham' (the only title of the print). The bishop wears a mitre, a gown, and extravagantly large lawn sleeves; his left hand is raised deprecatingly, his right is behind his back as if to ward off the Chancellor's kick. Thurlow's arms are raised above his head; in his right hand is his hat. In the background (left) is a cathedral; a devil flying over it indicates that it is Lincoln. Beneath the design is engraved a dialogue between the two brothers: 'Græcari Nescio - Apage Thomas, Græcari non est Græci Loqui, sed est Epulari, Saturari, Expleri, Satiari, Helluari - Epulas quadrifariam vel Centifariam dispertire - In Capite, fortunisque hominum Te longe longeque honestiorum dominari - Ohe! Græcus Sum - Salve Græcule frater fraterrime - '."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Graecari nescio
Description:
Questionable attribution to J. Baldrey from the British Museum catalogue. and Title derived from signpost in the top right of image. See British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
I. Baldrey, No. 19 Holborn
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Baldrey, Joshua Kirby, 1754-1828, publisher., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow,--Baron,--1731-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., and Thurlow, Thomas,--1737-1791--Caricatures and cartoons.
"Prince William Henry seated in a hammock tenderly embraces a pretty African or mulatto girl; they gaze into each other's eyes. He is in profile to the right, and wears naval uniform with striped trousers, a star on his coat. The hammock is slung above a chest inscribed 'Pe Wm Hy.'; a coil of rope, a cask of 'Jamaica Rum', and a cannon indicate the Prince's ship."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Six lines of text below image, three on either side of title: Far be the noise of kings & crowns from us, whose gentle souls our kinder fates have steerd. another way. Free as the forest birds we'll pair together without remembering who our fathers were, and in soft murmurs interchange our souls. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., and William--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1765-1837--Caricatures and cartoons.
