"The ugly and ungainly Nicholls, naked except for floating drapery, and with heavy, feathered wings, stands directed to the right, drawing the string of his bow. He stands on clouds which form a background."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
New pantheon ; no. 4
Description:
No. 4 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology. and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., and Nicholls, John,--1745?-1832--Caricatures and cartoons.
"Lord Clare (1749-1802) walks in profile to the left on a pavement. He is erect and alert, inclining slightly forward, holding a slim cane erect. He wears round hat, short unpowdered wig, dark coat, gloves, and spurred top-boots."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Companion print to: "Corporeal stamina." and Title etched above image.
Publisher:
H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Clare, John Fitzgibbon,--Earl of,--1748-1802--Caricatures and cartoons., Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
"A travesty of a half length portrait of S. Ireland: ('Hamilton pinxt S = Ireland fect.'). In both Ireland wears the dress of a Rubens picture, cf. BMSat 7020, and looks over his right shoulder, holding up folds of drapery which hang from the left shoulder. The original is young and handsome, with well-dressed hair, tied and falling on his shoulder. [The B.M. impression is dated in a contemporary hand 'Octr 1785'. Listed in Bromley's 'Catalogue', p. 390.] Gillray follows closely the pose and dress of the original, but the head is that of an older man, with a sly smile; his short curling hair recedes from his forehead. In his hand is a book, 'Ireland Shakspe . . .' ..."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Ten lines of text and verse below image: Inscription under a picture of the editor of Shakespeare's manuscripts, 1796, by the Revd. William Mason, author of Elfrida & Caractacus ..., Title etched above image., and Two lines of text, followed by two lines of verse, below title: Mr. Bromley, in his Catalogue, &c., p. 390, has erroneously put this portrait into his seventh class ...
Publisher:
H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., Ireland, Samuel,---1800--Caricatures and cartoons., and Ireland, Samuel,---1800--Portraits.
"A centaur with the body of the Duke of Bedford flees in terror from the angry British lion, whose head and fore-paws appear on the left. He is dressed as a jockey, with tricolour jacket and tricolour ribbons in his cap (as in other prints, e.g. BMSat 9261)."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Affrighted centaur & lion britannique, Affrighted centaur and lion britanique, and New pantheon ; no. 6
Description:
No. 6 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology. and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bedford, Francis Russell,--Duke of,--1765-1802--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
"Two corpulent men, with arms interlaced, trip through space, their heads turned in profile to the right, naked except for a piece of floating drapery. One (left) holds up a frothing tankard of Berkley Ale, the other a foaming goblet, tankard and goblet being the centre of a pointed star. The heads are well characterized, and alike only in fatness, short hair, and side-whisker."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
New pantheon ; no. 5 and Twin stars, Castor and Pollux
Description:
No. 5 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology. and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., and Sturt, Charles,--1763-1812--Caricatures and cartoons.
