"George IV, dressed as a magician, rises from the throne (right) to give a wooden sword to Canning, who is dressed as Harlequin. A clown (intended for Melville) turns his back on Canning and the King, to run off, registering anger and alarm. Wellington stands fiercely, with legs astride, both arms raised, holding his sword; he wears uniform with boots and cocked hat. On the left Eldon and Westmorland stand together, with flexed knees, registering senile dismay. The latter, dressed as Pantaloon, drops his crutch. The King, in a robe bordered with symbols (serpents, &c), has the curled wig and whiskers which he had discarded (cf. British Museum Satires No. 14637). He chants: Harlequin! the Gods above have now decreed That thou and all thy measures shall succeed. Fear not old El--n, nor that Pantaloon, West----d, the bold Duke, nor the Scotch Clown. Who e'er opposeth thee, thou by love shalt thrive; Thy Genius and my Cunning him shall drive To H--ll's abyss. Let virtue be thy guide-- This wand I give thee--stick it to thy side."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to: 33 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Melville, Robert Saunders Dundas, Viscount, 1771-1851, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Westmorland, John Fane, Earl of, 1784-1859
Subject (Topic):
Harlequin (Fictitious character), Thrones, Magicians, Clowns, Military uniforms, Daggers & swords, and Crutches
Title from caption below image., Date of publication based on other Heath prints on the same topic., Date of printing based on watermark., and Watermark: 1815.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Below imprint: 6d. plain, 1s. colour'd., Four images, each with six lines of verse below. A horizontal line bisects the design to make 8 compartments., Verse below first image from left: The royal chaser here you view, a monarch and a sportsman too ..., Verse below second image from left: The clown is ordered by his master to keep the house, oh! sad disaster ..., Verse below third image from left: Here Harlequin with Columbine is telling of his whole design ..., Verse below fourth image from left: The old man from his information the subject treats with speculation ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Columbine -- Pantaloon as a Turkish magician -- Chemical equipment -- Hunting horns, 1772 -- Tuning fork -- Turkish magician, 1772 -- Animals: stuffed animals., and Watermark: initials HB in circle.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Marh. [the] 23rd 1772 by Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790
On a stage a man in a hat extracts a tooth from a patient as a clown taunts him; the audience on three sides of the stage look on with looks of horror or amusement
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Teeth, Extraction, Dentistry, Audiences, Clowns, and Pain
"Grimaldi as a clown/jockey riding on the back of a giant sheep following Norman riding on a horse too small for him."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mr. Grimaldi and Mr. Norman in the Epping Hunt from the popular pantomime of the Red Dwarf
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779-1837.
Subject (Topic):
Actors, British, Clowns, Riding, and Theatrical productions
"Grimaldi as clown fighting with a grotesque figure composed out of vegetables."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Two lines of text below title: In the popular pantomime of Harlequin & Asmodeus, now performing at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden ...
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 8th, 1811 by R. Ackermann No. 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779-1837.
Subject (Topic):
Actors, British, Clowns, Fighting, and Theatrical productions
Half-length image of Punch with his peaked clown hat and a frightened look on his face
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from language of text., Print appears to be from an illustrated alphabet., In margin bottom right: OSSO H [?]., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Children, Medicine shows, Clowns, Monkeys, and Spectators
Title and date from item., Published: The Illustrated London News, 4 September 1886., Illustration for "The World Went Very Well Then" by Walter Besant., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Quacks and quackery.
Subject (Topic):
Medicine shows, Spectators, Patent medicines, Clowns, Stages (Platforms)., Horses, Mortars & pestles, and Musicians
"Fox, as a quack doctor, addresses a mob from the front of a platform which rests upon five beer-barrels inscribed 'Whitbreads entire' (cf. BMSat 8638). Four other mountebanks are performing. Fox wears the full wig and old-fashioned laced coat and waistcoat of a doctor; he points to a young man (Bedford) behind him (left) who stands on his head, coins pouring from his pocket into a box. A Pierrot (Grey) stands behind the platform holding a trumpet and saying: "Turn me Grey Gemmen if I dont read you the particulars of his curing 30,000 Patients in one day; when Brother cit. has done tumbling". On a slack-rope stretching across the left part of the platform is little Lord Lauderdale, holding a balancing pole. He and Bedford are dressed as acrobats. On the right is the doctor's zany, Sheridan, wearing a fool's cap and a tunic and trousers dotted with representations of the Devil. He scatters, and kicks towards the spectators below him, a shower of paper scrolls inscribed: 'An Infaliable cure for a bad constitution'; 'Aether for Arguments'; 'Caustics for Crimps' [cf. BMSat 8484]; 'Mercury for Ministers'; 'Preparations against Prosecution'; 'Powder [cf. BMSat 8629] for Placemen' [twice]; 'Pain for the Poor' [cf. BMSat 8146]; 'A Rope for Reeves' [cf. BMSat 8699]; 'Gibets for Justices' [cf. BMSat 8686]; 'Aqua Regis for Royalists'. The crowd (right), who are three-quarter length, eagerly hold out their hands to catch the papers. Next the platform is a well-dressed man resembling Grafton. The man on the extreme right is a butcher wearing a bonnet-rouge. Fox says: "Dis is de first Tumbler in de Vorld Gemmen, dat is Citoyen de Bedforado, who vas stand so long upon his head dat all de money vas Tumble out of his pockets; de Next is Citoyen Van Lathertalo, who's trick upon de slack rope are delightfull it is expected he vil von Day dance on de Tight Rope ha ha!!" The men and women composing the crowd on the left all raise a hand in affirmation; all are shouting. A man dressed as a militiaman, standing prominently beside the platform, raises a hand from which two fingers are missing; he shouts "All. All." Perhaps Edward Hall, 'Liberty Hall'."--British Museum online catalogues
Alternative Title:
Palace yard pranks
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker identified by British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: NB folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Quacks' zanies -- Acrobats -- Pierrot -- Rope-walking -- Musical instruments: trumpet -- Reference to the meeting in Palace Yard, November 16, 1795 -- Bills: reference to Seditious Meetings and Treasonable Practices bills -- Fool's cap - Money: coins -- Allusion to Samuel Whitbread, 1764-1815., Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials E & P 1794 below., and Mounted on top and bottom to 32 cm.
Publisher:
Published No. 20, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839
Subject (Topic):
Medicine shows, Quacks & quackery, Politicians, Acrobats, Aerialists, Clowns, Money, Barrels, and Spectators
