Roberts, P. (Piercy), active 1785-1824, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Maidment R646 no. 1 Box 3
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An escaped bull has pinned a well dressed man against a print shop window in which numerous caricature prints are on display; the bull has its head low against the man's backside and is about to lift him up with its horn. Another man cowers in fear on...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Bulls, Stores & shops, Window displays, Prints, and Dogs
"George IV sits in a four-wheeled light cart, inscribed Goods, drawn by loyal Hanoverians; it is covered by a canopy supported on poles. He sits on a high seat with his back to the shafts, scattering gold coins, which Londonderry (Castlereagh), who fa...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 15th, 1821, by S.W. Fores, 50 Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Ethnic stereotypes, Carts & wagons, Coins, Alcoholic beverages, Bulls, Taxes, Hats, Military uniforms, German, Pipes (Smoking), Crowds, and Cheering
"Satire on cits in the countryside; two dandies enjoying a picnic on the grass, a bull charging up behind them at left; town in the distance at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from dialogue below image.
Publisher:
Published by G. Tregear, 123 Cheapside, London
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Picnics, Eating & drinking, Hunting, Rifles, Bulls, and Country life
A preparatory sketch for an unpublished caricature illustrating a scene in a large Georgian kitchen. In front of the open hearth a bull is roasting on a spit as a large-bottomed man (Grenville) sits beside it basting the meat. The dish beneath it is i...
Description:
Title from dealer's description.
Subject (Name):
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Bulls, Kitchens, Cookery, and Cooking utensils
Two fashionably dressed women flee a charging bull; one woman lies face down in the grass of Hyde Park as gentlemen and the bull's owner try to subdue the animal with sticks
Description:
Title and imprint supplied in a contemporary hand on mounting below image.
