Leaf 19. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Duchess of Devonshire, carrying Fox on her back, approaches an alehouse. The host, a black man named 'Mungo', stands on his doorstep delightedly filling a glass for the Duchess; a fat disreputable slattern stands behind him. The Duchess, who supports herself by a large staff, holds a full purse in her hand, saying, "For the good of the Constitution give me a Glass of Gin", the suggestion being that she will pay a large sum for the gin to secure a vote (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6548). Her hat with ostrich plumes and fox's brush has a favour inscribed 'Fox ForNi'. Fox, one hand resting on her shoulder, waves his hat; they are both in profile to the right. Over the doorway of the alehouse (or perhaps brothel) is inscribed 'Mungo's Hotel Dealer in British Spirits'; the woman says, "Give the poor Man a Vote my Dear he is a good Man for the Ladies". A dog beside her barks at the visitors. The gabled roofs and casement windows indicated in the background suggest that this is an old and disreputable part of Westminster, resembling Peter Street as in British Museum Satires No. 6548. The crowd, which is very freely sketched, also suggests a low neighbourhood; a man and woman walk or dance along, their arms round each other's shoulders; he flourishes a full tankard. An excited group shout and wave their hats round two tall standards: one, 'Fox and Liberty all over the world', above two crossed executioner's axes, the other, 'Rights of the Commons' and 'No Prerogative', with a cap of Liberty on the pole."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike, with etched lines added to plate to cover the bosoms of both women. For an early reissue of the plate by William Humphrey, see no. 6526 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate originally issued with the imprint "Pub. April 27th, 1784, by E. Darchery, St. James's Street". Cf. New York Public Library, Caricatures collected by Horace Walpole (catalog ID: b16513354), Walpole 64., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 127-8., Temporary local subject terms: Prudery: Plate altered., and On leaf 19 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Publishd. by Wm. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Sixteen lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: Shepherds I have lost my waist! Have you seen my body? ..., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume, 1794 -- Domestic service: footmen -- Jewelry: earrings -- Food: tarts -- Pictures amplifying subject., Watermark: J Whatman., and Publisher's stamp in lower right corner of plate: S.W.[F.]
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Sixteen lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: Shepherds I have lost my waist! Have you seen my body? ..., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume, 1794 -- Domestic service: footmen -- Jewelry: earrings -- Food: tarts -- Pictures amplifying subject., 1 print on wove paper : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 37.3 x 28.2 cm., matted to 63 x 47 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Subjects identified in a later hand on mat below image.
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One line of text below title: NB. It is very well understood that the object of Paris in this recent attempt ..., Temporary local subject terms: St. James's Square., and Watermark: E & P.
Publisher:
Pub Aprill [sic] 10, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"The Duchess of Devonshire (right) fights Mrs. Hobart (left). The right fist of the Duchess is near her opponent's nose, her left hand is on her hip. Mrs. Hobart, both fists extended, says: "I'll have no more for my Nose Bleeds"; the Duchess answers: "I have not done yet Madam." A backer stands behind each; Fox (right) says, "Well done Georgiana to her again". A hand extends from clouds holding a laurel wreath over his head. Wray, behind Mrs. Hobart, says, "If she Cant Beat her A Scrutiny Shall". A hand from clouds holds a fool's cap over his head on which is a butterfly and an ass's ear. Behind Wray, holding a cane, stands Lord Hood saying, "Alas poor Judas you will lose ye day". The dishevelled hair of the ladies hangs down their backs: Mrs. Hobart, very stout and 'décolletée', the Duchess, slim and wearing a riding-habit with a coat of military cut. She has two Fox favours in her hat, ostrich feathers (see BMSat 6530), and a fox's brush. The other has feathers in her hair and a large favour inscribed 'Hood & Wray'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Rival canvassers
Description:
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Canvassing: Duchess of Devonshire -- Countess of Buckinghamshire -- Fighting: fist fights -- Laurel wreaths -- Fool's caps., Mounted to 32 x 43 cm., and Countermark center of sheet: W.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, June 16th, 1784, by H. McPhail, N. 68 High Holborn
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, and Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805
"A scene from Act V of Murphy's play as performed at the private theatre of the Duke of Richmond at Richmond House, on 20 April 1787 and subsequently. Lovemore (Lord Derby) stands between Mrs. Lovemore (Mrs. Damer), who holds his right arm, and the Widow Belmour (the fat Mrs. Hobart). Beside the Widow, and on the extreme right, stands a very thin man dressed with exaggerated foppishness, his hat under his arm; he says, "As the man says in the Play your Lordship is right welcome back to Denmark". He is Sir Brilliant Fashion, played by the Hon. Richard Edgcumbe. Mrs. Damer says, "This is Lord Etheridge Madam", and Mrs. Hobart answers, "No Madam this is Lord Lovemore"; the speeches have been transposed by an engraver's error. In a stage box on the extreme left sit the Duke of Richmond and a lady (the Duchess?) holding an enormous muff, her high coiffure much exaggerated. The box is decorated with a group, two crossed cannon, lying on a plan of a fort, with a kettle-drum, surmounted by a laurel wreath, an allusion to Richmond's unpopular scheme for fortifying Portsmouth and Plymouth, see BMSat 6921, &c. The ladies have tiny faces, framed in elaborately dressed hair, which contrast with Lord Derby's large head. A draped curtain frames the stage; in the centre is the customary 'Veluti in Speculum'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Veluti in speculum
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Captain Mercer by the curator based on style., At top of print: Veluti in speculum., Temporary local subject terms: Horace Walpole refers to subject -- Richmond House Theatre -- Arms -- Richmond fortifications., and Watermark: E & P.
Publisher:
Pub'd Aprl. 23, 1787 by H. Humphries, Bond Strt
Subject (Name):
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Richmond, Mary, Duchess of, 1740-1796, Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828, Valletort, Viscount 1764-1839 (Richard Edgcumbe),, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759 or 62-1829
