Toms, W. H. (William Henry), approximately 1700-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 June 1741]
Call Number:
741.06.29.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Thomas Topham, taken on 28 May 1741; full length, standing slightly to right on high scaffold, preparing to lift three hogsheads full of water in Bath Street, London, in honour of Admiral Vernon's attack to capture Cartagena; after a drawing by Leigh."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Representation of Thomas Topham the strongman ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., "Price six-pence"--Following imprint., and Watermark: Countermark "IV".
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 29, 1741, and sold by W.H. Toms, engraver, in Union Court, Holbourn
Subject (Name):
Topham, Thomas, approximately 1710-1749, and Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757.
Verse - "Let every one that is to mirth inclin'd,"., In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the imprint is at the foot of the last, below a row of type ornaments; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Mounted on leaf 75. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, Bow Lane, London
Britanias pocket pickd by mercenaries, Britanias pocket picked by mercenaries, and Britannia's pocket picked by mercenaries
Description:
Titles etched below each image., Three playing card size designs on one plate, arranged vertically., and None of designs recorded in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Byng, John, 1704-1757, and Mingotti, Regina, 1722-1808.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Ammunition, Barrels, Cannons, Crowns, Eagles, Eclipses, Flags, British, Mercenaries (Soldiers), Musical instruments, National emblems, French, German, and Scepters
"Satire on the proposed introduction of a tax on beer showing members of the public in front of a large brewery: a brewer promises not to raise his prices thus pleasing a coachman, a soldier laments his daily pay of only 5d., a porter with a knot on his shoulder complains, a hackney coachman says he will drink good porter, two gentleman feel that the cost would be borne by the poor and so is likely to be altered, two old women think that the price of gin should be lowered if that of beer is to be raised; on a hill in the background three asses with human heads represent brewers, including Sir William Calvert, are only interested in their own promotion; a drayman hauls a barrel on a sled."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Brewers charity to the public
Description:
Title etched above image., Later state, by a different publisher and without date, of no. 3805 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Date of publication based on that of earlier state., Imprint from 1st state partially burnished from plate., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Breweries., and Watermark and countermark: royal cipher.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, by C. Dicey & Co. in Aldermary Church Yard, London
A confrontation in a bedchamber between a black woman in a nightgown in bed and four men who surround her canopy bed. One man holds a candle. The woman is slapping the one man to her right on the cheek while another pulls him away. A fourth man is pointing towards her shoulder
Description:
Title from ms. note. Date from curator., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above sheet: Gin-Drinkers. Spurious., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below sheet: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d. edit. p. 429., and On page 154 in volume 2.
Volume 1, page 2. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Four men stand at center, in front of an exterior wall or fence and beside a barrel on the left. One man plays a horn, in response to which a dog on the far right stands on its hind legs
Description:
Title and date from local card catalog record., Signed with the artist's initials in lower right portion of image., and Mounted with eleven other drawings on page 2 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Subject (Topic):
Trained animals, Dogs, Wind instruments, and Barrels
A satire on gin drinking: In a cellar distillery with a large cask a group of male figures with the heads of monkeys and women with heads of cats are drinking heavily with some vomiting
Alternative Title:
Gin-retailers (if there's any) who can by a licence get a penny ...
Description:
Title from description in the British Museum catalogue for the original version of the print., Original print was etched by W.H. Toms after a design by Egbert van Heemskerck II., Reversed copy of a print published ca. 1730. Publication information for this later version based on an adverstisement of the series in Robert Sayer's catalog for 1766; see no. 1858 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., Publisher alternatively identified as John Bowles; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1988,0514.29, Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: The gin-retailers (if there's any) who can by a licence get a penny, are those, who in such manner use it, as if their study was t'abuse it ..., and Plate numbered '8' in lower left corner. Plate number indicates that it may be one of a series of reissues of Egbert van Heemskerck the Younger's satires of people with animal heads, published in the 1760s.
A satire on gin drinking: In a cellar distillery with a large cask a group of male figures with the heads of monkeys and women with heads of cats are drinking heavily with some vomiting
Alternative Title:
Gin-retailers (if there's any) who can by a licence get a penny ...
Description:
Title from description in the British Museum catalogue for the original version of the print., Original print was etched by W.H. Toms after a design by Egbert van Heemskerck II., Reversed copy of a print published ca. 1730. Publication information for this later version based on an adverstisement of the series in Robert Sayer's catalog for 1766; see no. 1858 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., Publisher alternatively identified as John Bowles; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1988,0514.29, Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: The gin-retailers (if there's any) who can by a licence get a penny, are those, who in such manner use it, as if their study was t'abuse it ..., Plate numbered '8' in lower left corner. Plate number indicates that it may be one of a series of reissues of Egbert van Heemskerck the Younger's satires of people with animal heads, published in the 1760s., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 29 x 24.7 cm, on sheet 41.3 x 30.3 cm., and Printed on wove paper; hand-colored. Number '8' mostly erased from sheet.
"Satire on village life. A country fair in which three young women are running for the prize of a smock; the third in line has tripped over a dog and is being helped up by a man. In the foreground, left to right: a young couple embrace beneath two trees hung with drapery; a small girl fills a mug of beer from a cask on which leans the village constable, asleep, with an empty mug in his lap; a small girl beside him holds a book lettered, "Compleat Peace Off[ice]r."; a dog steals food from a plate discarded on the ground; an old man stands on tip-toe holding his eye-glass to read a notice lettered, "To be Run for by Men in Sacks, A Flitch of Bacon on Tuesday next" which is pinned to one of the trees; a sailor sits on a branch of the tree holding up the hem of the prize smock which hangs on a pole at either end of which is a three-cornered hat; another sailor lounges on the ground looking at the runing women, a large jug near his foot; a chimney boy grabs a gingerbread crown from a boy who is holding a donkey by a chain; a small girl holds a younger child who waves another gingerbread crown while a dog jumps up to reach it. Behind the area roped off for the race is a crowd of spectators and a farm cart which a woman climbs into with the help of two men and another woman already in the cart; a man with a cockade in his hat waves a small flag on a pole, perhaps indicating the start of the race; a larger flag with a cross flies behind; other villagers are gathered in and around a makeshift tent; a one-horse carriage driven by a woman and carrying a gentleman comes into the scene from the right; behind the carriage two men are fencing. Women watch from upper windows of a large house in the background; on its walls are two bird-bottles and a dove-cote which a cat is eyeing with interest from a window sill; beyond is a windmill."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Country fairs -- Buildings -- Prizes: Holland smock -- Tricorne hats -- Constables -- Barrels with spiggots -- Beer -- Food: gingerbread -- Vehicles -- Chaise -- Animals -- Trades -- Donkey-driver -- Dishes: tankards -- Dove-cot -- Placards: race notice -- Customs: allusion to the "Flitch of bacon" -- Quizzing glasses -- Naval uniforms: sailor's uniform., and Mounted to 28 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, & Jno. Smith, No. 35 in Cheapside, London
Leaf 43. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A short fat man standing on a stool in a cellar by a wine barrel, from which a stream of fluid pours directly into his mouth."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Bibo Bulky
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "V. 2" in upper left corner and "21" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Containers: Tun of wine -- Containers: Basket -- Tools: Hammer -- Furniture: Footstool., and Mounted to 27 x 32 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. accord. to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Wine cellars, Barrels, Wine, Obesity, and Eating & drinking
Leaf 43. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A short fat man standing on a stool in a cellar by a wine barrel, from which a stream of fluid pours directly into his mouth."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Bibo Bulky
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "V. 2" in upper left corner and "21" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Containers: Tun of wine -- Containers: Basket -- Tools: Hammer -- Furniture: Footstool., Second of two plates on leaf 43., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.8 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. accord. to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Wine cellars, Barrels, Wine, Obesity, and Eating & drinking
Volume 2, page 12. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
From an original drawing by Isaac Ostade
Description:
Title devised by curator., Mounted on page 12 in volume 2 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality., and Pasted beneath print is a strip of paper, likely trimmed from the verso of the same sheet, which bears a note in the printmaker's hand: The drawing with a pen by I. Ostade in possion. of J.T.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Netherlands.
Subject (Topic):
Country life, Interiors, Fireplaces, Barrels, Pitchers, Cats, Violins, Brooms & brushes, and Hygiene
Volume 2, page 3. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
In the collection of James Harris Esqr
Description:
Title devised by curator., Mounted on page 3 in volume 2 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality., and Pasted beneath print is a strip of paper, likely trimmed from the verso of the same sheet, which bears a note in the printmaker's hand: The drawing with a pen and [...?], by A. Ostade in possion. of Mr. Harris.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Netherlands.
Subject (Topic):
Country life, Interiors, Fireplaces, Barrels, and Hygiene
Half length front view of a young woman with ermine-trimmed gown and muff, and with extremely tall coiffure, of which beer barrels form the side curls. On top of her head an inverted rooster is held down by foxes on either side, the enormous tails of the three animals forming further ornament to the hair
Description:
Title from item., Publisher's initials "MD" form a monogram., and Numbered in plate at top: V.2, 95.
A stout publican (Samuel House) holding a tankard with initials SH in his right hand and a pipe in his left is standing in front of his house. He wears waistcoat with sleeves, without a coat and wig; his breeches are unbuttoned at the knees. Behind him is a large barrel on which is written "Fox for Ever Huzza." A man smoking a pipe is seated below the window in which sit two other men, one with a pipe. Another man is vomiting out the second window
Alternative Title:
Sir Samuel House
Description:
Title from item., Trimmed within plate mark at the bottom with loss of imprint., First state, with printmaker's name on plate., Date of publication from nos. 5696 and 5697 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, volume 5., and Sheet trimmed.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and Westminster
Subject (Name):
House, Samuel, -1785. and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Political elections, Drinking vessels, Tobacco pipes, Barrels, Birdcages, Vomiting, and Clothing & dress
Admiral de Grasse stands up to his waist in a large barrel, saying "I shall never more love the Englishmen's sugar and gunpowder." On the left stands an English naval officer with cutlass in hand, and on the right an English sailor. Refers to De Grasse's defeat by Rodney when the French attempted to raid Jamaica in 1782
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Sold by E. Rich, at the little Print Shop opposite Anderton's Coffee House, Fleet Street and Pubd. by J. Barrow
Subject (Name):
Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788
Subject (Topic):
Barrels, Admirals, French, Military officers, British, Sailors, and Military uniforms
"The Treasury tub" on a stand in the middle of the image, is fitted with a siphon signed "Premier," from which other pipes extend toward Charles Fox, with a fox's head, on the left, and Lord North on the right. Fox, with a sealed cask by his side and holding a jug, complains that the tub appears to be empty from frequent use by the two of them and their friends. North, pouring from a jug into the cask by his side, expresses his contentment with its fullness. The "National tub" under the stand remains empty and "Fox and North, as two cellarmen, are filling casks from "The Treasury Tub" which lies on a wooden stand in the centre of the design. A siphon inscribed "Premier" is inserted in the top of the cask, from which branch a number of curving pipes, or cocks; through these the cellarmen divert its contents to receptacles for their own use. The "National Tub" which stands under the tap of The "Treasury Tub" (or cask) is empty. Fox sits on the left in profile to the right, with a fox's head, curled wig, and long bushy queue, holding a jug on his knee and leaning forward; he says, "The cask sounds empty & well it might be my Lord for we & our Friends have long been drawing from it". The cocks which extend towards him from the siphon are inscribed, "C Fox's Cock, Cock Royal", and "This Cock for Private Services". A cask at his side, in allusion to his gambling habits, is inscribed, "For C. Fox to be left at the Rattle Box Hazard Row till called for". North (right), very stout, in profile to the left, leans backwards pouring liquor from a jug through a funnel into the mouth of his cask, which is inscribed, "For Mr Deputy Secretary to be left at the Vicar of Bray'[s] Head - Bushy Park", indicating that he is a turn-coat and a mere deputy to Fox. The pipes which extend towards him from the siphon are described "Lord No . . .h's Cock; Election Bribe & Pension Cock" and "Admiralty". His lips are pouted towards his own cock and he is saying (in the metre of the Vicar of Bray): "A Plenum in my Cask I shew, with Plus & Plus behind Sir; and now that Cask runs minus low A Vacuum some will find Sir.""--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tale of a tub
Description:
Title from item., Thos. Snoozel is perhaps Thomas Cornell. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark.., and Mounted to 30 x 35 cm.
Publisher:
Pub May 24 1783 by Thos. Snoozel, at the Cock & Bottle Maiden Head Thicket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Title in top margin., Date and publisher from copy in British Museum, museum number 2003,0531.43., Description from British Museum: Satire on ballooning: an office of 'Bureau de Diligences' takes names of passengers who fly away to the left carried by farts induced by air blown into their backsides., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Clysters., Trimmed within plate except bottom., and Discolored. Center crease.
Publisher:
André Basset
Subject (Topic):
Enema, Ballooning, Flatulence, Flying, Medical equipment & supplies, and Barrels
In the foreground, Sam House and the Duchess of Devonshire sit on stools facing each other, a large barrel between them. They raise foaming tankards inscribed, respectively, "Sam House" and "Devonshire." Sam holds a piece of paper signed, "sure votes;" the Duchess has a "Fox" favor pinned to her bodice. In the background, under the portico of St. Paul's, are the hustings filled with the election crowd
Alternative Title:
Election tête-à-tête
Description:
Title from item. and Mounted to 29 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs April 1st, 1784 by H. Humphries [sic], No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806. and House, Samuel, -1785.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political elections, Voting, Barrels, Drinking vessels, and Clothing & dress
Charles Fox, lying on the ground with his head next to a cask of wine, drinks the wine pouring from the hole in it. He looks up at the naked figure of Lord North covered only with garlands of grapes and grape leaves and sitting astride the cask. North holds a bunch of grapes in one hand and in the other an open bottle of wine that he pours over Fox
Alternative Title:
Friendly drop
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 26 x 33 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd by E. Hedges, N 92 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and Dionysus (Greek deity)
Subject (Topic):
Great Britain, Politics and government, Barrels, Wine, Eating & drinking, and Clothing & dress
