"Mrs. Siddons stands on the stage, her head turned in profile to the left, her left hand outstretched to take a heavy purse which hangs on a pitchfork emerging from clouds. To take it she has dropped a dagger which falls to the ground. In her left hand is a cup whose contents she is pouring on the ground. The panniers of her dress fly backwards revealing two bulging pockets, one full of guineas, the other of notes or cheques inscribed '£1000, £300', &c. She is saying: "Famish'd & spent relieving others woe, Your poor devoted Suppliant only begs, This morsel for to buy a bit of Bread." The black clouds of smoke from which the pitchfork projects rise in a pillar of cloud from the pit of the theatre where flames are indicated, from which come the words 'Encore! Encore!' In the background a temple of Fame on a mountain-top is collapsing, the pillars shattered; the figure of Fame falls backward, dropping his trumpet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Mythology -- Melpomene (Mythological character) -- Purses of money -- Falling figure of Fame -- Temple of Fame -- Symbols: daggers -- Symbols: goblets -- Theater stage., and Counter watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 6th, 1784, by J. Ridgeway, No. 196 Piccadilly, London
Subject (Name):
Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
Subject (Topic):
Purses, Coins, Pitchforks, Temples, Drinking vessels, and Daggers & swords
Plate [112] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; diagram showing the rectos and versos of ten coins from the reign of Elizabeth I, on a plaque surmounted by a medallion showing Britannia being crowned by winged figure."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Milled coins of Elizabeth
Description:
Title from caption below image., Letter "J" in printmaker's signature etched backwards., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [112] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Opposite page 11. Bibliographical and literary anecdotes by William Bowyer, printer, F. S. A., and
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Medley print with a portrait of and verses by Alexander Pope. In the centre, a portrait of Pope in informal dress, presented as if lying above other prints, anti-clockwise from right: a coin of Quenn Anne; an extract from "The Rape of the Lock" with an illustration of "The Fop"; an extract from "Windsor Forest" with a view of formal gardens; decorative scroll work, lettered, "[G A] Delin. Sculp. 1731"; two columns of verse headed "An Encomium on Mr Pope and his Poems by his Grace ye late Duke of Buckingham"; country people dancing around a may-pole. Beneath lie a sheet of music, a sheet printed in gothic letter; two sheets of engraved lettering only partly visible."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Encomium on Mr. Pope and his poems / by his Grace [the] late Duke of Buckingham
Description:
Title from engraved text beneath portrait at center of design., Later state of a print published in 1731 by Henry Overton. Cf. No. 1880 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 2., "Sayer acquired the stock of Henry Overton II c.1764. This print must have been published after 1766 when Sayer's address changed to No.53 Fleet Street, but before 1774 when he went into partnership with John Bennett."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2000,0930.45., Mounted to 29 x 22 cm., and Bound in opposite page 11 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Nichols, J. Bibliographical and literary anecdotes by William Bowyer ...
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744,, Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714,, and Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, British, Poets, Coins, Gardens, May poles, and Dance
Title etched below image., Place and date of publication extrapolated from that of book; see British Museum catalogue., One of 14 plates from: Something concerning nobody / edited by Somebody. London : R. Scholey, 1814., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Numbered "12".
"Majocchi, with brown face, debased features, and villainous squint, grotesquely dressed as a dandy, stands full-face, holding out a large rolled document: 'Orders for the Milan Commission' [see British Museum Satires No. 13755, &c.] and a large purse filled with gold coins: 'Secret Service Money'. He wears a small high-crowned hat: 'made by the Dandy Military Tailor in Pall Mall' [George IV, cf. British Museum Satires No. 13237, &c.]. On the lapels of his coat are two portrait medallions, one of 'Mrs Q' [see British Museum Satires No. 13889], the other of the 'K--g'. From a pocket hangs a long paper: 'Minutes of a conversation with a fat goodlooking Gentleman in Pall Mall on the Day George the III was Buried.' A long cylinder attached (?) to a coat-tail is inscribed 'Perjury . . . Per . . . Perjury'. He wears long trousers of hussar pattern, coat with small tails open over a tight white waistcoat: all his clothes are inscribed 'Government Stores'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Non mi ricordo
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 36 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 8th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadill [sic]
Subject (Name):
Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., and Quentin, Georgina.
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, Documents, Purses, Coins, Hats, and Medals
"Majocchi, with brown face, debased features, and villainous squint, grotesquely dressed as a dandy, stands full-face, holding out a large rolled document: 'Orders for the Milan Commission' [see British Museum Satires No. 13755, &c.] and a large purse filled with gold coins: 'Secret Service Money'. He wears a small high-crowned hat: 'made by the Dandy Military Tailor in Pall Mall' [George IV, cf. British Museum Satires No. 13237, &c.]. On the lapels of his coat are two portrait medallions, one of 'Mrs Q' [see British Museum Satires No. 13889], the other of the 'K--g'. From a pocket hangs a long paper: 'Minutes of a conversation with a fat goodlooking Gentleman in Pall Mall on the Day George the III was Buried.' A long cylinder attached (?) to a coat-tail is inscribed 'Perjury . . . Per . . . Perjury'. He wears long trousers of hussar pattern, coat with small tails open over a tight white waistcoat: all his clothes are inscribed 'Government Stores'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Non mi ricordo
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching ; sheet 34.9 x 24.8 cm., Printed on laid paper with watermark "G. Pike 1820"; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 96 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Theodore Majocchi" identified in ink below image; date "8 Oct. 1820" written in lower right corner of sheet. Typed extract of five lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 8th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadill [sic]
Subject (Name):
Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., and Quentin, Georgina.
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, Documents, Purses, Coins, Hats, and Medals
"John Bull, an ungainly yokel, short and stout, stands between Melville (left) and Pitt (right). Melville, wearing Highland dress, sits full face, vomiting a shower of guineas (as in British Museum Satires Nos. 10392, 10400) into a tub. Pitt, rather behind and in profile to the right, rests his elbow on a table and supports his head; a similar tub is before him on the ground. On the table are two large books, 'Debates' and 'Interest Tables'. In the foreground lies a large tankard inscribed 'Whtbr[ead]'. John holds a decanter of 'Conscience Emetic'; he grins, saying, "It do work em rarely to be zure it be better zo than having a continual load on the Stomach tho!" Melville says: "Mercy on me now sick I am! curse this Whitbreads Porter oh Billy, Billy, how is it we you Mon I shall disgorge every thing to the last Baubee!" Pitt, who is desperately thin, looks far more ill and miserable but is not vomiting; he answers: "O Lord afraid I shall reach my heart up by and bye! I never was so sick in all my life.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bulls recipe
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Politics, British -- Emetics.
Publisher:
Pubd. by R. Rapine, Great Knaves Acre, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, and Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Vomiting, Coins, Sick persons, Books, Wash tubs, and Drinking vessels
Plate [8] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; diagram showing the recto and verso of thirteen Roman coins, with portrait medallion of Caesar in centre, in frame with plaque showing Romulus and Remus at top, surmounted by armour and weapons."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Roman coins
Description:
Title from text in image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [8] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, London
Plate [21] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; diagram showing the recto and verso of twelve saxon coins, in frame with roundel with Pegasus below, surrounded by weapons and garland."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [21] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
