"Sir David Dundas on horseback, in profile to the left, drills a line of cavalry at some distance. He holds a gold-headed cane in place of a whip and sits his horse in the manner of a bad rider. His foot is thrust forward so that his boot projects beyond the animal's chest (cf. Nos. 7233, 7242); he holds the curb rein only, and this is merely placed between his hand and the cane; the snaffle lies on the horse's neck. The animal is clumsy, with shaggy fetlocks. Under the saddle is a leopard-skin. Dundas is on rising ground above the level of the soldiers who are drawn up facing some tents."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition.
Description:
Earlier state of No. 11256 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Thomas Adams is one of the pseudonyms used by Gillray. See British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Dundas, David,--Sir,--1735-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
"A burlesque of the discovery by Cymon of Iphigenia asleep. A fat country-woman, whose dark skin and coarse features give her a negroid appearance, leans against a sandy bank. A hideous yokel, advancing from the right, stoops towards her, dropping his stick and gaping with delighted surprise."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Cymon and Iphigenia
Description:
Garrick's 'Cymon and Iphigenia', 1767, adapted from Dryden's version of Boccaccio's tale, made the story familiar and popular. It was the subject of a picture by Reynolds., Thomas Adams is one of the pseudonyms used by Gillray., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
"A later state with the same inscriptions. The contour of the Prince is altered: he is very obese, his head bulges slightly at the back, and his legs are thicker. The position of his right hand is altered."--British Museum online catalogue and "A whole length portrait of the corpulent Prince Frederick William Charles of Wurtemberg, standing 'chapeau-bras' in profile to the right, wearing a ribbon; his right hand on his waistcoat, his left on the hilt of his sword. He has a very heavy double chin, thick lips, staring eye, high narrow head, and an expression of good-natured surprise."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of similar composition.
Alternative Title:
Sketch'd at Wirtemberg
Description:
Later state, with changes to the plate. Cf. No. 8827 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Title etched at top of image.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Frederick--I,--King of Württemberg,--1754-1816--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
"The Prince of Wales, on horseback, figures as a life-like equestrian statue (of the future George IV) mounted on a pedestal of three rectangular blocks, diminishing in size. On the middle block: 'PATER URBIUM subscribi Statuis." Juvel'. The Prince, in regimentals, very fat, sits in profile to the left, holding a drawn sabre. He holds the left curb rein, the snaffle lying on the animal's neck. The toe of his spurred boot is in the stirrup. He wears a feathered cocked hat, a star on his breast and on his hat, a broad sash round his ample waist. A large holster hangs from the saddle beneath which is a leopard-skin with a 'GR' and crown on each corner. The horse's near foreleg and off hind leg are raised. Beneath the design: '"------"I saw him with his Beaver on "His Cuisses on his Thighs gallantly arm'ed "Rise from the ground like feather 'd Mercury "And vaulted with such ease into his seat "As if an Angel dropt down from the Clouds, "To turn & wind a fiery Pegasus "And witch the world with noble Horsemanship - Kg Henry 4th'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Pater urbium subscribi statuis
Description:
Thomas Adams is one of the pseudonyms used by Gillray. and Title etched at top of image.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
"A sailor (right) and a fat, ugly, disreputable woman (left) dance with tipsy joviality. They face each other, each holding the other's left hand. He holds up a small covered jug (holding the publican's dram). Her feet appear through tattered shoes and stockings; one eye is closed. He wears a round hat, pigtail, short jacket, petticoat, and long striped stockings."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
My Poll and my partner Joe
Description:
Illustration to a popular song by Charles Dibdin: The waterman., Thomas Adams is one of the pseudonyms used by Gillray., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
A fashionably dressed woman sits (left) in profile, in an upright chair, while a carriage waits for her as seen through the window of the well-appointed sitting room. Her loose dress, high to the neck, has two embroidered slits to reveal the breasts. A pretty, buxom nurse holds out an infant, who eagerly sucks the breast thus conveniently laid bare. She wears a turban with two erect feathers, and short sleeves; her gloved right hand holds a closed fan. On the wall behind her is a large picture, 'Maternal Love': a seated woman suckles an infant. Through a high sash-window is seen a corner of the waiting coach, a footman holding open the door, a fat coachman on the box. The coach, hammer-cloth, and the lady's chair are decorated with a baron's coronet. A patterned carpet covers the floor.
Alternative Title:
Convenience of modern dress
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
