First in a series of prints published by Fores that parodies the infamous Mulready stationery released by the British Post Office in 1840. Each of the prints is numbered and centers on a different theme, e.g. Fores's military envelope, Fores's hunting envelope, Fores's comic envelopes, Fores's alderman envelopes, Fores's dancing envelope, etc
Description:
Title from text above image., "No. 1.", and Sheet trimmed to design.
Publisher:
Published by Messrs. Fores at their Sporting & fine print repository & frame manufactory, 41 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Name):
Mulready, William, 1786-1863.
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Courtship, Cupids, Love letters, and Postal stationery
In a fashionable parlor, two well-dressed couples entertain each other. On the right a gentleman plays the violin as his companion sings; she holds sheet music in her hand as she faces the fireplace, her back to the viewer. The violinist stands on a sheet of paper on which is written "The downfall of Paris." Above the fireplace, over a mantel with piles of books, including a volume with Code Napoleon written on its spine, is a portrait of "Napoleon le-Grand" and on either side, landscape views of Elba and St. Helena. On the left an effeminate soldier with a medal that reads "Jena" (a reference to the 1806 victory?) offers a young lady plates of fruit and cookies. The side table beside them is laiddened with fruit, flowers, liquor, and cookies. A fluffy, white dog barks at her feet. Pairs of Cupids with arrows and with laurel wreaths decorate the wallpaper
Alternative Title:
French fireside
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publication date from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Manuscript "8" in upper center of plate.
Publisher:
Publish'd by J. Le Petit, 20 Capel St., Dublin
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Dogs, Fireplaces, Floor coverings, Mantels, Parlors, Singing, and Violins
In a natural setting under a tree stand a young couple in rustic dress. The young man (left) is asking the pretty young woman (right) to marry him, smiles demurely at him
Description:
Title etched below image., Eight lines of verse in two columns: Sylvia sweet can you love me. My mother to it will agree. She would sooner give a cow, Then I should die of love of you ... I would not for a crown, be wedded to a clown, Go for a looby go., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Publisher's stamp in lower right corner of sheet: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Published July 1792 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: Edmeads & Pine 1798., and Publisher's identification stamp in lower right corner: S·W·F.
Publisher:
Pub. st [sic] July 1st, 1802 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Title from text above images., Six individual images on one plate; each image has individual title., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 10, 1824 by Thos. McLean 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Accidents, Carriages & coaches, Couples, Fighting, and Teachers
Title from text above images., Seven individual images on one plate; each image has an individual title., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1823.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 10, 1824 by Thos. McLean 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Clowns, Couples, Garbage collecting, Eating & drinking, Fighting, and Poverty
A young woman, evidently tired from raking hay, lies sleeping against a haystack, her hat and rake by her side, near a country cottage with a signboard advertising "Lodgings for travellers." A young man, booted and spurred, has come upon the scene and leans on his horse admiring her, as her dog snarls protectively at the newcomer
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street
A caricature of a couple, shown full-length, dancing awkwardly. The woman (left) wears a pink dress and holds a heart-shaped pruse. She rests her arm on the shoulders of the man as he wraps his arm around her waist
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Mounted on paper the verso of which shows a map of the estate, Ballygorn, of John Henry Keogh, Esq., and William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840.
An elderly townsman leans over a table complacently counting gold coins, holding up a finger to enjoin silence on a countryman who appeals to him with an expression of despair. The latter's elderly wife, equally distressed, stands behind him on the left, a hand on her husband's shoulder
Alternative Title:
Pleasure
Description:
Tim Bobbin's Human passions delineated, first published in 1773. Tim Bobbin is the pseudonym of John Collier., Plate numbered '22' published as part of a 1810 edition of Bobbin's Human passions delineated, with an engraved dedication page, a portrait of the artist, and at least 25 individual prints depicting human passions., and Variant issue, with plate number, of no. 11670 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.