"A giant mushroom reaches the upper margin of the design; in its summit a cask is embedded. The butler stands on a ladder (left) holding out the spigot, and saying to Banks who stands below (right): "here's a pretty "Tale of a tub, all the Wine's gone!!" Sir Joseph stands in back view, capering delightedly; he holds up both arms, a stick in the left hand, and says with head thrown back: "It is a most Glorious discovery cut it down & send it to the Museum had the Wine been Bottled, it wod not have been half so Interesting." Against the wall of the cellar are wine-bins, stacked with bottles, four inscribed respectively 'Curious Tinta'; 'Cypress'; 'Very Curious'; 'Wine drank by the Grt Mogul'. Flasks on the top of the bins are 'Nile Water' and 'Water from Tombuctoo'. On the ground (left) is a two-handled covered vase: 'A small portion of the Sabine left by Horace at his death contained in this Vase preserved for dinners of the R S.'."--British Museum online catalogue and "Below the title: '--Dedicated to the worthy President--Sir Joseph Banks having a Cask of Wine rather too sweet for use, he directed that it shod be placed in a Cellar that the Saccharine matter it contain'd might be more perfectly decomposed by age--At the end of three years he directed his Butler to ascertain the state of the Wine, when on attempting to open the Cellar door he was prevented by some powerful obstacle--the Door was therefore cut down & the Cellar was found to be completely fill'd with a firm fungus vegetable production--the Cask was Empty & carried up to the deling where it was supported by the surface of the Fungus.--(vide Monthly Magazine).'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of a fungus lately grown on their own banks
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on lower edge.
Publisher:
Pub. by J. Sidebotham, 287 Strand & sold also at No. 20 Princes St.
Subject (Name):
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820,
Subject (Topic):
Mushrooms, Barrels, Ladders, Butlers, Staffs (Sticks), Bottles, and Vases
"A procession headed by John Ross extends from the coast (right), where Esquimaux dogs swim ashore from a boat, to the gate of the British Museum, part of which is on the extreme left ..." (Source: British Museum catalogue). Print shows items brought from Captain John Ross' expedition to Baffin Bay being delivered to the British Museum
Alternative Title:
Results of the polar expedition!!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using Frederick Marryat's device: An anchor tilted diagonally., and Backed with blue paper, removed from an album?
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 18, 1819, by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856, Ross, James Clark, Sir, 1800-1862, Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883, Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820, Leach, William Elford, 1790-1836, and British Museum
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames, numbered respectively No. XXV and No. XXVI, of a Miss B-n and Joseph Banks
Alternative Title:
Circumnavigator
Description:
Titles etched below images. and Plate from: "Histories of the tête-à-tête annexed" in Town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr., v. 5 (1773), page 457.
Leaf 89. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of a man walking in profile to the right. In his right hand he holds a botanic drawing, in his left a magnifying glass or lorgnette. His gouty right leg is swathed; from his right wrist hangs a knotted walking stick."--British Museum online catalogue and "A portrait of Joseph (afterwards Sir Joseph) Banks, see British Museum Satires Nos. 4695, 5146, who at this time had recently returned from his expedition with Solander, see British Museum Satires No. 4696, to Iceland."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from vol. V: Caricatures, macaronies, & characters. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., and Plate numbered "v. 5" in upper left corner and "11" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Novr. 14th, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820,
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Naturalists, Hand lenses, and Staff (Sticks)
Leaf 89. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of a man walking in profile to the right. In his right hand he holds a botanic drawing, in his left a magnifying glass or lorgnette. His gouty right leg is swathed; from his right wrist hangs a knotted walking stick."--British Museum online catalogue and "A portrait of Joseph (afterwards Sir Joseph) Banks, see British Museum Satires Nos. 4695, 5146, who at this time had recently returned from his expedition with Solander, see British Museum Satires No. 4696, to Iceland."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from vol. V: Caricatures, macaronies, & characters. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., Plate numbered "v. 5" in upper left corner and "11" in upper right corner., Second of three plates on leaf 89., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.6 x 12.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Novr. 14th, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820,
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Naturalists, Hand lenses, and Staff (Sticks)
"Satire on Joseph Banks, shown as a well-dressed man with elaborately curled hair, ass's ears and a large feather in his hat, balances on two globes - one lettered "Antartick Circle", the other "Artick Circle" - while he reaches towards a butterfly with a bat-shaped fly-catcher in each hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Text below title: I rove from pole to pole, you ask me why, I tell you truth, to catch a fly., Plate from vol. III: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., and Plate numbered "17" in upper left corner.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly accor. to act, July 12th, 1772, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
Subject (Topic):
Naturalists, Butterflies, Butterfly nets, Dandies, British, and Globes
Leaf 77. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on Joseph Banks, shown as a well-dressed man with elaborately curled hair, ass's ears and a large feather in his hat, balances on two globes - one lettered "Antartick Circle", the other "Artick Circle" - while he reaches towards a butterfly with a bat-shaped fly-catcher in each hand."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Text below title: I rove from pole to pole, you ask me why, I tell you truth, to catch a fly., Plate numbered "17" in upper left corner and "v. 3" in upper right corner., For an earlier state, see no. 4695 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Male costume: Macaroni hats with ostrich feather., and Second of three plates on leaf 77.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly accor. to act, July 12th, 1772, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
Subject (Topic):
Naturalists, Butterflies, Butterfly nets, Dandies, British, Globes, Hats, and Feathers
"A creature with the head of Sir Joseph Banks, a body defined by the ribbon of the Bath and roughly in the form of a chrysalis, and with the wings of a butterfly, rises (right) from a mud flat surrounded by sea. His head and body are decorated with trails of leaves; on his wings are sea-creatures: a shell, lobster, starfish, &c, and an (empty) cornucopia. He wears the jewel of the Bath with three insects (in place of crowns) in the centre. He is rising towards rays which radiate from a sun enclosing a crown in the upper right corner of the design. Caterpillars are emerging from the mud flat. Beneath the title: 'Description of the New Bath Butterfly - taken from the "Philosophical Transactions for 1795" - "This Insect first crawl'd into notice from among the Weeds & Mud on the Banks of the South Sea; & being afterwards placed in a Warm Situation by the Royal Society, was changed by the heat of the Sun into its present form------ it is notic'd & Valued Solely on account of the beautiful Red which encircles its Body, & the Shining Spot on its Breast; a Distinction which never fails to render Caterpillars valuable.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Great South Sea caterpillar transformed into a Bath butterfly
Description:
Title etched below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Reference to South Sea expedition, 1768-1771 -- Orders: Order of the Bath -- Crowns -- Reference to George III.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 4th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls., Four lines of text below title: A gentleman who was remarkably fond of raising fine tulips ..., Plate numbered '218' in lower left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Gardens -- Buildings: greenhouses -- Architectural details: garden wall with recessed seat -- Gardeners -- Vehicles: Bath-chair -- Domestic service: manservant -- Butterflies: 'Emperor of Morocco.'
Publisher:
Published 24th May 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Leaf 77. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on Daniel Solander, in profile to right, holding a plant specimen with flowers and root in his right hand, and a curved knife (lettered "Savigny") in his left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Text below title: Like Soland-Goose from frozen zone I wander, on shallow Bank's grows fat Sol*****., Plate numbered "18" in upper left corner and "v. 3" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Naturalist's knife, engraved 'Savigny' -- Macaronies., and Third of three plates on leaf 77.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and England
Subject (Name):
Solander, Daniel Charles, 1733-1782 and Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820.
Subject (Topic):
Naturalists, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Plants, and Knives