"Groups of dancers practise figures of a cotillion in a ballroom with a small musician's gallery supported on pillars, in which are an oboist, two violinists, and a harpist, playing intently and paying no attention to a man who stands below, with outstretched arms, shouting directions. The room is lit by candles in wall brackets. In the centre of the balcony is an oval medallion: a man plays a lyre and three nude nymphs dance. Several of the dancers hold papers of directions headed 'Cotilion', with a description of figures '1' to '8'. The scene is one of confusion. On the left persons stand inspecting the dancers. One man only is dressed as a blood of the period with cropped hair, high-collared waistcoat, 'hanging collar', and long breeches (see British Museum Satires No. 8040, &c). He stands (left) superciliously inspecting the dancers through an eye-glass."--British Museum online catalogue and The pictures in the image amplify the subject: Nymphs dancing to music of lyre
Alternative Title:
Rehearsing a cotillion
Description:
Title from text below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark and mutilated on lower edge with partial loss of imprint statement. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Mounted on modern secondary support., Watermark., and Figures identified by ms. notes in pencil at bottom of sheet.
"Scene in an assembly room. A mountainously fat woman stands fanning herself, as she talks to a stout man in old-fashioned dress. She says: "Dear me it is perdigus Hot! which would you advise me to do take a Rubber or Dance." He answers: "Dance first! Madam, and take the Rubber afterwards." A fashionably dressed but vulgar-looking man stands by, looking quizzically at the lady. In the background (left) is a high musicians' gallery, and below it four people dance a (?) country dance. There is a cut-glass chandelier. Through an ornate arched doorway four people are seen playing cards."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Salutary conduct for corpulent dancers
Description:
Title etched below image., Argus is a pseudonym for Charles Williams., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., and Watermark: Cassell.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Obesity, Fans (Accessories), Dance, and Chandeliers
"The Duchess of St. Albans, immensely fat, florid, and bejewelled, and a stout elderly naval officer wearing loose wide trousers, and apparently doing hornpipe steps, his hands on his hips, dance side by side with rollicking abandon. The others of the set: one man and two ladies on the left and one lady and two men on the right dance rigidly erect, and watch the central pair with hauteur; the men are dandies, the women slim and fashionable. The duchess has a swirling paradise-plume in her towering loops of hair, above tossing ringlets."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Run neighbours, run, St. Albans is quadrilling it
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., British Museum curator's note: The naval officer is (unconvincingly) identified by E. Hawkins as Sir George Warrender (1782-1849), a Huskissonite M.P. who was never in the navy; he was a Lord of the Admiralty 1812-22; he appears, in back view, in a "Sketch of a Ball at Almack's, 1815" (Gronow, 'Reminiscences', 1892, ii, frontispiece). Perhaps Lord Amelius Beauclerk (1771-1806), her husband's uncle. Cf. 'Croker Papers', 1884, ii. 200., and Watermark: 1827.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
St. Albans, Harriot Mellon, Duchess of, 1777?-1837, Beauclerk, Amelius, 1771-1846, and Warrender, George, 1782-1849
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Obesity, Balls (Parties), and Dance
"One of a set of prints on the marriage of the Prince of Wales, see BMSat 6924, &c. Mrs. Fitzherbert (left) and the Prince of Wales dance; she holds out her apron in her right hand, his left arm is raised as if dancing a Scots reel; he appears about to take her left hand. The musicians are Burke, Weltje, and Hanger: Weltje, wearing a hat, sits (left) on a low stool, beating a pistol upon a warming-pan which he holds between his knees. Burke stands behind him holding a gridiron in the manner of a violin and with a pair of tongs as bow. He says, "Oh Burn the Pan it is not Beautifull". Weltje answers, "Damme but 'tis Sublime" (one of many allusions to Burke's book). George Hanger stands (right) beating the heavy end of his bludgeon on a salt-box; he is stamping and dancing, his hat is on the ground at his feet. Through an aperture in the wall behind his head is seen an ornate bed, decorated with triple ostrich plumes; behind the pillows is a cross. Two pictures, both inscribed 'Hamlet', are on the wall: on the left the Lord Chamberlain with his wand (Lord Salisbury as Polonius) approaches George III, saying, "I will be brief your noble son is mad". On the right Laertes addresses Ophelia, saying: "He may not as inferior persons do carve for himself for on his choice depends the sanity [sic] & health of the whole state." On the floor, in the foreground, lie two books and a paper inscribed respectively, 'Bold Stroke for a Wife' [Mrs. Centlivre]; 'Clandestine Marriage' [Colman and Garrick]; and 'I'll have a Wife of my own'. Beneath the title is engraved, 'As performed at the Theatre Royal, C------n [Carlton] House for the Benifit of the Widow Wadman'. A patterned carpet completes the design."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Follies of a night
Description:
Title from item below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Edmund Burke's On the sublime and the beautiful -- Parody of Shakespeare's Hamlet -- Salt-box Pictures amplify subject -- Catholic Church -- Travesties., and Watermark in center of sheet: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Published 1st April 1786, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, and Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823
Subject (Topic):
Chandeliers, Cooking utensils, Dance, Firearms, Floor coverings, Marriage, Military uniforms, British, Musical instruments, and Sofas
"Satirical broadside: an etching of a scene in Hell with the Devil playing a violin while devils and judges dance around the Green Bag, and the Cabinet roast; surrounded on all sides by letterpress."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
There never were such times!!
Description:
Title from letterpress text above image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1990,1109.62., One column of verse printed on either side of plate; the heading "The Devil's ball" is printed at head of leftmost column, beneath which are the instructions "Devil. -- Recitative accompanied." The verses begin: Huzza! There never were such times, not even in th' infernal climes ..., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with minimal loss of letterpress text from lower left corner., "(Entered at Stationers' Hall)"--Lower left., Publisher's advertisement and price statement above imprint: The new version of The cradle hymn, with a humourous engraving representing Goody Sid rocking the great baby! The Devil's ball, 1s. 6d. coloured. -- The cradle hymn, 1s. coloured., Publisher's announcement below imprint: N.B. More "good things" are in preparation. The next will be "John Bull and the gamblers, or, The King, the knave, and the Queen of Hearts," with some humourous poetry by the author of the "Cradle hymn" and the "Devil's ball.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 15 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and With the figures of "Sidmouth, Liverpool, Eldon, Londondery [sic]" identified in black ink below image. The text "2d." in price statement has been crossed out in black ink. Various blank spaces in the printed verses have been filled in using red or black ink, to complete the censored names and to write out the word "Hell" in the intended spot.
Publisher:
Published by T. Dolby, 299, Strand, and 34, Wardour Street, Soho
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Signed "M." in lower right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Election music: 'Ancient British music' -- Marrowbones -- Cleavers -- Election favors -- Butcher's steels., Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman., and Mounted to 26 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by W. Holland, No. 66 Drury Lane
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Butchers, Canvassing, Chimney sweeps, Dance, Minuet, Political elections, and Politics and government
Depicts on the right the German dancing master Jansen playing the fiddle, as his pupil faces him with raised right arm and hat in left hand, a smaller youth standing sleepily on the left
Alternative Title:
Maitre de ballet allemand
Description:
Title etched below image. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 5th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 New Bond Street
Broadside ballad by Charles Dibdin, with an etched headpiece showing the interior of a tavern with a one-legged pensioner holding a beer tankard decorated with an anchor (center), singing the song, while a maid holds a mug to another who has lost both arms (left). On the right two men play a game (draughts?) at a table. On the wall behind them is another broadside 'Poor Jack', also about a sailor with words by Dibdin. On the windows at the entrance of the tavern are postings advertising rum and gin. Several are dressed in the uniform of Greenwich pensioners
Description:
Title from letterpress caption title below image and above verses: " ... written and composed by Dibdin for his entertainment called The oddities.", Lettered with the artist's initials in the one-legged pensioner's hat and with his full name on the edge of the table on the right., Publisher's advertisement at the bottom of sheet: Just published, by Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly, where may be had, price 6d. plain and 1 s. coloured, The Patient Parson Forgetting His Text, or The Hogs in the Ale-Cellar, Poll and My Partner Joe, Bachelors' Hall, Let Us All Be Unhappy Together, The Barber's Wedding, Mrs. Thrale's Three Warnings, and many other esteemed songs and pieces, by Dibding and others. In Fores's exhibition may be seen the compleatest collection of caricature prints and drawings in Europe. Admittance one shilling., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and sides of illustration., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis.
Published May 4, 1818, by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., nephew & successor to the late Mrs. H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth, Princess of England, 1770-1840, Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Caricatures and cartoons., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820, William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834, Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, 1776-1857, Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843, Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, and Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Dance, Obesity, Military uniforms, Drinking vessels, Musical instruments, Dogs, and Pipes (Smoking)
"Ministers and others dance in a ring round a Green Bag (see British Museum Satires No. 13735) resting on a horizontal beam which is supported on a post. Round post and bag cling poisonous plants labelled 'Devils Bit', 'Enchanters Nightshade', 'Scorpion Grass', and 'Henbane'. The wide-mouthed bag is filled with Italian witnesses, clamouring with eager hands stretched towards Leach, the Vice-Chancellor, who stands in the centre of the bag, towering above them. In each hand he holds out a sheaf of bills or notes inscribed 'Promise'; he says: "Gentlemen a [sic] we are now about brining [sic] this business to a close, allow me to address a few words to you; as its not at all improbable that you may be d . . . d roughly handled by my Countrymen, be sure and be firm, stick one and all of you to your depositions--don't be brow beaten and thrown of your guard your priest will give you absolution, and here are some promises that will enable you to return home and buy Principalities.!!!" The witnesses answer: "Me want l'Argent"; "de Monte ... "; "Sacre Bleu de Monie"; "Monie M ..."; "Me no Sware widout Monie"; "No promise, de Monie"; "Si, Si, Diavilo de monies." The King stands behind the post, concealed from the waist up by the bag; his words float up towards Leach: "Why Deputy Bags [i.e. deputy to Eldon] could you not have picked out a more respectable set of Scoundrels." Facing the King, and in back view, are Sidmouth and Castlereagh, holding hands and capering delightedly. The former says: "Derry we want music, can't you whiste [sic] Lillibulero?" Castlereagh answers: "Faith Doctor I sing small, and can't whistle at all; you had [sic] give us a tune on your pipe" [the clyster-pipe hanging from Sidmouth's pocket, cf. British Museum Satires No. 9849]. The Attorney-General, Gifford, holds Sidmouth's left hand; he looks up at Leach, saying, "He is exalted sure enough! well! I hope to be in time! else wherfore breathe I in a Christian Land!" Canning, on the extreme left, holding the hands of Gifford and (?) Lord Harrowby, exclaims: "Egad I hope they won't cut his throat before he gets rid of them! what an exit for Vice!--" In his pocket is a paper: 'Canning jests'. Between Harrowby and the (concealed) King stands Wellington, less caricatured than the others; he says: "Why he has skimed the Very Scum of the Country Sire!" Holding Castlereagh's right hand is Lord Eldon, in Chancellor's wig and gown; he looks up at Leach, saying, "There you are Vice! up to your knees in iniquity!--" Next him and on the extreme right is Wilberforce, with lank hair and drawn-down mouth. He cries: "The Lord have mercy upon him and help him safe down again! what a cut throat Crew." Facing the Chancellor, and holding the King's left hand, is the Archbishop of Canterbury, fat and grinning (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13276); he says: "Our pious brother there Will by-force ejaculate something holy!" Between them is a partly concealed head."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Revels round the Vice Post
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Four lines of quoted text following title: "Round about the Vice Post how they trot, "Soft heads hard every one has got; "Canting, ranting, then recanting, Round about the Vice Post &c. &c., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 37 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Canning," "Wellington," "Sidmouth," "Londondery [sic]," and "Wilberforce" identified in black ink in lower margin. Date "July 1820" written in ink in lower right corner, beneath which the attribution "By Williams" has been added in pencil. Typed extract of seven lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1820 by J. Johnston, 98 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Leach, John, 1760-1834, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Harrowby, Dudley Ryder, Earl of, 1762-1847., Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Politicians, Bags, Dance, Plants, Witnesses, and Bishops
