The wide street, lit by a full moon, is filled by a wild fight between undergraduates and their supporters (for whom gowns had been obtained by looting a tailor's shop) and 'bargees, and the butchers, and labourers'. A stage-coach, Old Fly, crowded inside and out, is wedged in the crowd, the outside passengers are assailed by a man in a gown. A woman empties a pot from an upper window; a lantern, hats, &c., fly through the air."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Battle of the togati & the town raff in the High Street Oxford, Battle of the togati and the town raff in the High Street Oxford, and Town and gown
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Sherwood, Jones, & Co.
Subject (Name):
University of Oxford
Subject (Topic):
Students, Butchers, Crowds, Fights, Occupations, Stagecoaches, and Tailors
"George IV sits in a four-wheeled light cart, inscribed Goods, drawn by loyal Hanoverians; it is covered by a canopy supported on poles. He sits on a high seat with his back to the shafts, scattering gold coins, which Londonderry (Castlereagh), who faces him on a lower seat, ladles into his lap. In the cart, besides a pile of coins, are packages and a basket of bottles of Brandy. The King: We have got the Means of Replenishing behind, throw away--Hurrah my Lads, we'll make Soldiers of you & take a few thousands in to our pay. The 'means' are the heavy burdens on the back of John Bull, an emaciated bull, marked I.B, tied to the cart, and weighed down with enormous bundles of taxes inscribed: Leather Tax Soap, Salt Tax; Candles Tax Beer Malt Light; Ale &c &c &c &c &c; Taxes Taxes Taxes. The bull plods along, with broken knees, shedding tears. The cheering Hanoverians catch the golden shower in their hats; the most prominent wears smart but mended German uniform of hussar type. One says: He is indeed a Hanoverian at Heart; another answers: No, He is an Irish Man he says [cf. British Museum Satires No. 14246, &c]. A third: Why some Years ago he said he & his Brother William were the only ones in the Family who were not Germans. The King wears a coat of foreign cut, with a round (Teutonic) cap, and smokes a long German pipe with covered bowl. A little ragged boy collects coins in an apron. A peasant woman (right) with an apronful of coins, holds one up, shouting Aye this is a proof of the excessive Riches of England."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Tentative attribution to William Heath from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 21.9 x 37.9 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 106 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Geo. IV" and "Londondery [sic]" identified in ink below image; date "15 Nov. 1821" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of seventeen lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 15th, 1821, by S.W. Fores, 50 Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Ethnic stereotypes, Carts & wagons, Coins, Alcoholic beverages, Bulls, Taxes, Hats, Military uniforms, German, Pipes (Smoking), Crowds, and Cheering
publish'd according to an act of Parliament, [1760]
Call Number:
Quarto 75 Sa5 760
Collection Title:
Leaf 1. Twelve London cries, done from the life.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman standing by a peep-show into which assorted children are looking."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Douze des cris de Londres
Description:
Title in English and French etched in and below image., Title page and first plate from: Twelve London cries done from the life by P. Sandby. London, 1760., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Price three shill.", and 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 22.4 x 16.1 cm, on sheet 29.2 x 23.3 cm.
Publisher:
Sold at F. Vivarez, engraver in Newport Street, and by P. Sandby next door to the Fountain in Broad Street, Carnaby Market
publish'd according to an act of Parliament, [1760]
Call Number:
760.00.00.24
Collection Title:
Leaf 1. Twelve London cries, done from the life.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman standing by a peep-show into which assorted children are looking."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Douze des cris de Londres
Description:
Title in English and French etched in and below image., Title page and first plate from: Twelve London cries done from the life by P. Sandby. London, 1760., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Price three shill.", Title in English and French and 'Part 1' in the remainder of the title erased from this impression., Watermark: Britannia., and Window mounted to 32 x 23 cm.
Publisher:
Sold at F. Vivarez, engraver in Newport Street, and by P. Sandby next door to the Fountain in Broad Street, Carnaby Market
Title and place of publication from item., Date supplied by curator., Image shows a street scene with multiple risk factors for spreading tuberculosis., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Commission Américaine de Préservation contre la Tuberculose en France, 3. Rue de Berri, Paris and Anciens Établts. Leopold Verger & Cie., Paris
Subject (Topic):
Tuberculosis, Prevention, Etiology, World War, 1914-1918, Death (Personification)., Poor persons, City & town life, Spitting, Crowds, Eating & drinking, Peddlers, and Skeletons
"The Queen drives in state through a cheering crowd; windows and balconies are filled with women waving handkerchiefs. P. 21: V, for the Virtue displayed in the town, When Demo and Kresso were said to be down. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
V, for the virtue displayed in the town, when Demo and Kresso were said to be down ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Alternative title from letterpress text on facing page of the bound work., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820., Mounted on page 13 of: George Humphrey shop album., and Mounted opposite the sheet of corresponding letterpress text that would have faced the plate in the bound work.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Demont, Louisa, active 1814-1820., Kress, Meidge Barbara., and Rosco.
785.06.28.01 Framed, shelved in Object Room Rack 1.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An evening scene in Vauxhall Gardens. On the extreme left is the orchestra with the organ behind and performers on the kettledrums, string and wind instruments. The vocalist, Mrs. Weichsel, sings, in profile to the right, from the adjacent (and slightly lower) balcony, just above the heads of the crowd. A violinist and another musician are seated behind her. In the supper box beneath the orchestra is Dr. Johnson seated full-face, between Boswell and Goldsmith (d. 1774), who face each other in profile, both caricatured; of two stout women one is reputed to be Mrs. Thrale. Many groups fill the foreground and middle distance. The two centre figures are the Duchess of Devonshire and Lady Duncannon arm in arm. A naval officer with a wooden leg and a patch over one eye is reputed to be Admiral Paisley (Admiral Pasley, 1734-1808?). Major Topham, an excellent portrait, stands (left) in profile to the right staring through an eyeglass. Between Topham and the supper-box are two men, one of whom is identified as Lord Camelford. [In the reproduction in Angelo's 'Reminiscences'; to whom the name refers is not clear.] An elderly parson, [he closely resembles the parson of BMSat 7059 who is probably William Jackson of the 'Morning Post'] reputed to be Bate Dudley but not resembling him, gazes at the Duchess from behind a tree. Next him a man dressed as an officer in a Highland regiment with kilt and broadsword is supposed to be James Perry, editor of the 'Morning Chronicle'. On the right the Prince of Wales, conspicuous by his star, whispers to Mrs. Robinson (Perdita), though their liaison was ended. Her right arm is linked with an ugly and elderly little man, probably Robinson. On the extreme left an elderly couple advance arm in arm in profile. Behind the Prince is a group standing on a small platform (or tables), showing half length above the crowd. In the foreground (right) is a supper-table under trees where two cits entertain two courtesans. Lamp-lit trees and the covered way form a background on the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vauxhall
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 28th 1785, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England), London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818., Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby, Countess of, 1761-1821, Pitt, Thomas, Baron Camelford, 1737-1793, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Pasley, Thomas, Sir, 1734-1808, Perry, James, 1756-1821, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800, and Topham, Edward, 1751-1820
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Parks, Audiences, Concerts, Couples, Crowds, Musicians, Orchestras, Peg legs, and Singers
View at night of a fire blazing through the Houses of Parliament; firemen attack the flames with hoses; a large crowd gathers behind soldiers surrounding scene; several guards are seen in the left foreground
Description:
Title from text below image., Laid in James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and Attached to a pen and ink drawing with a metal pin that pierces the lower left corners of both sheets.
Publisher:
Pub. by W. Soffe, 380 Strand
Subject (Name):
Westminster Palace (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Fires, Fire fighters, Crowds, Soldiers, and British
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The European magazine, 1784, p. 241., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Artillery Ground -- Spy glasses -- Flags: Union Jack -- Barrels., Mounted on verso of cropped title page of: The looking glass or caricature annual, v. 6. London : Thomas McLean, 26, Haymarket, [1835], and Mounted to 27 x 21 cm.