"Sheridan leads the forces of the professionals against the amateurs of the Pic Nic Society, who are performing on a small, elegant stage, rising (without orchestra) from the boards in the foreground where these enemies advance. He is dressed as Harle...
Alternative Title:
Harlequin Quixotte attacking the puppets
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 2d, 1802, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818, Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831, Lewis, William Thomas, 1746?-1812, Garrick, David, 1717-1779, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Cecil, Mary Amelia, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1750-1835, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, and Mount Edgcumbe, Richard Edgcumbe, Earl of, 1764-1839
"The bulky Lord Cholmondeley (1749-1827) stands in profile to the left. He wears a small round hat with long powdered hair tied back, and a whisker; a double-breasted coat over a double-breasted waistcoat, striped breeches, striped stockings, and wrin...
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Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 13th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827
"The bulky Lord Cholmondeley (1749-1827) stands in profile to the left. He wears a small round hat with long powdered hair tied back, and a whisker; a double-breasted coat over a double-breasted waistcoat, striped breeches, striped stockings, and wrin...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 13th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827
"The bulky Lord Cholmondeley (1749-1827) stands in profile to the left. He wears a small round hat with long powdered hair tied back, and a whisker; a double-breasted coat over a double-breasted waistcoat, striped breeches, striped stockings, and wrin...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 13th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827
"A crowded scene, the amateurs of the Pic Nic Society are dressing and rehearsing. The design may derive from Hogarth's 'Actresses dressing in a Barn' (BMSat 2403), Gillray stressing the contrast between his luxurious mise-en-scène and the squalor of...
Alternative Title:
Peep at the green room
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 18th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Cecil, Mary Amelia, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1750-1835, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, Mount Edgcumbe, Richard Edgcumbe, Earl of, 1764-1839, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, Abercorn, John James Hamilton, Marquess of, 1756-1818, Skeffington, Lumley St. George, Sir, 1771-1850, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810, and Hanger, George, 1751?-1824
"A reception given by Mr. and Mrs. Fox to various groups of the Opposition, [With one or two exceptions the identifications are those of Miss Banks; the characterization is excellent, and most are unmistakeable.] in which the arrangement has political...
Alternative Title:
Grand cooperative meeting at St. Ann's Hill
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 18th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Fox, Elizabeth, 1750-1842, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824, Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby, Countess of, 1761-1821, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Walpole, George, 1761-1830, Jones, Thomas Tyrwhitt, Sir, 1765-1811, Adair, Robert, Sir, 1763-1855, Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759 or 62-1829, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Gordon, Jane Maxwell Gordon, Duchess of, d. 1812, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, Cecil, Mary Amelia, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1750-1835., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
"Gaetan Vestris (right) giving a dancing lesson to a gigantic goose with a human head and long pigtail queue. They face each other in profile. Vestris stands with his legs together, chest thrown out, his arms curved. "Regardez-moi" was his characteris...
Description:
Title from text at bottom of image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Vestris, Gaëtan, 1729-1808, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
"Gaetan Vestris (right) giving a dancing lesson to a gigantic goose with a human head and long pigtail queue. They face each other in profile. Vestris stands with his legs together, chest thrown out, his arms curved. "Regardez-moi" was his characteris...
Description:
Title from text at bottom of image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Vestris, Gaëtan, 1729-1808, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A sequel to No. 11384. A fantastic scene in Oxford representing Grenville's installation as Chancellor, which took place at Commemoration, 3 July 1810. Grenville rises in a balloon above a vast applauding crowd; his inflated and spherical posterior f...
Alternative Title:
He steers his flight aloft, incumbent on the dusky air that felt unusual weight. Par. Lost Tentanda via est qua me quoque possim tollere humo. Virgil, Geor. ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Nugent, George Nugent Grenville, Baron, 1788-1850, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Wynn, Charles Watkin Williams, 1775-1850, Wynn, Henry Watkin William, 1783-1856, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Harcourt, Edward, 1757-1847, Fingall, Arthur James Plunkett, Earl of, 1759-1836, Crowe, William, 1745-1829, Cleaver, William, 1742-1815, Randolph, John, 1749-1813, Grenville, Thomas, 1755-1846, Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower, Duke of, 1758-1833, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, and Moss, Charles, 1763-1811
A satire ridiculing the installation of Lord Grenville as the Chancellor of Oxford University on July 3rd, 1810. The installation followed a divisive election in which Lord Eldon opposed Lord Grenville on political and religious grounds. Opponents lik...
Description:
Title from Latin quote below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd August 8th, 1810 by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Nugent, George Nugent Grenville, Baron, 1788-1850, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Wynn, Charles Watkin Williams, 1775-1850, Wynn, Henry Watkin William, 1783-1856, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Harcourt, Edward, 1757-1847, Fingall, Arthur James Plunkett, Earl of, 1759-1836, Crowe, William, 1745-1829, Cleaver, William, 1742-1815, Randolph, John, 1749-1813, Grenville, Thomas, 1755-1846, Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower, Duke of, 1758-1833, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, Moss, Charles, 1763-1811, and University of Oxford
Subject (Topic):
History, Catholic emancipation, Satires (Visual works), and Cartoons (Commentary)
A satire ridiculing the installation of Lord Grenville as the Chancellor of Oxford University on July 3rd, 1810. The installation followed a divisive election in which Lord Eldon opposed Lord Grenville on political and religious grounds. Opponents lik...
Description:
Title from Latin quote below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd August 8th, 1810 by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Nugent, George Nugent Grenville, Baron, 1788-1850, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Wynn, Charles Watkin Williams, 1775-1850, Wynn, Henry Watkin William, 1783-1856, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Harcourt, Edward, 1757-1847, Fingall, Arthur James Plunkett, Earl of, 1759-1836, Crowe, William, 1745-1829, Cleaver, William, 1742-1815, Randolph, John, 1749-1813, Grenville, Thomas, 1755-1846, Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower, Duke of, 1758-1833, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, Moss, Charles, 1763-1811, and University of Oxford
Subject (Topic):
History, Catholic emancipation, Satires (Visual works), and Cartoons (Commentary)
"Musicians are grouped round the almost spherical Lady Buckinghamshire, who sits at the piano in profile to the right, playing and singing. In back view and on the extreme right sits Colonel Greville, playing a fiddle; from his coat pocket hangs a pap...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 23d, 1802, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Cecil, Mary Amelia, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1750-1835, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, and Mount Edgcumbe, Richard Edgcumbe, Earl of, 1764-1839
"A drunken debauch in the new Union Club, see BMSat 9698. A long table, the cloth removed, one end cut off by the left margin, stretches almost across the design, slanting back slightly from the left, where it is in the foreground, and where Fox, gros...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 21st, 1801, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Pitt, Thomas, Baron Camelford, 1775-1804, Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Skeffington, Lumley St. George, Sir, 1771-1850, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Walpole, George, 1761-1830, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Parr, Samuel, 1747-1825, Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, Kirkcudbright, John Maclellan, Lord, 1729-1801, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Jones, Thomas Tyrwhitt, Sir, 1765-1811, and Sturt, Charles, 1763-1812
"A drunken debauch in the new Union Club, see BMSat 9698. A long table, the cloth removed, one end cut off by the left margin, stretches almost across the design, slanting back slightly from the left, where it is in the foreground, and where Fox, gros...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 21st, 1801, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Pitt, Thomas, Baron Camelford, 1775-1804, Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Skeffington, Lumley St. George, Sir, 1771-1850, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Walpole, George, 1761-1830, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Parr, Samuel, 1747-1825, Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, Kirkcudbright, John Maclellan, Lord, 1729-1801, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Jones, Thomas Tyrwhitt, Sir, 1765-1811, and Sturt, Charles, 1763-1812
"A scene on the Steine at Brighton. A small, fashionably dressed man carries (left to right) a large and muscular man, who sits astride his back, naked, holding his hat to shield his person. Two ladies (right) walking together stare at him, one holdin...
Alternative Title:
Strong lad of Brighton taking off the Princes chum Dwarf and the giant
Description:
Title from caption etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub October 5, 1795 by S.W. Fores, N 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, and Cholmondeley, Georgina Cholmondeley, Marchioness of, 1764-1838
