"A lawyer on the left and a stout government minister on the right, seated at a table and clinking glasses with the Devil who is assisting them; the room is littered with money bags labelled 'Perquisites in Office' etc. and bills labelled 'Contrivance to raise New Taxes' etc.; the mace lying in the left foreground and a picture on the wall of the five loaves and two fish."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
En emploi
Description:
Title from text below image, in English and French., After Robert Dighton; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.1.194., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Companion print numbered "540": Out of Place. Hors d'emploi., Numbered "539" in lower left corner., No. 28 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Bribery, Corruption, Devil, Government officials, Lawyers, Money, Offices, and Toasting
Depiction of a man suffering from indigestion, suggested by little characters and demons tormenting him. Remnants of food surround him; dinner invitations are scattered on the floor
Description:
Title etched below image., 'A. Crowquill' was a psuedonym used jointly by Alfred Henry Forrester and Charles Robert Forrester., Reissue, with new imprint statement. For an earlier state published 12 February 1825 by S. Knight, see no. 14904 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Plate from: Cruikshankiana. London : Published by Thomas M'Lean, 26, Haymarket, [1835].
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1st, 1835, by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Indigestion, Devil, House furnishings, Demons, and Pain
Depiction of a man suffering from indigestion, suggested by little characters and demons tormenting him. Remnants of food surround him; dinner invitations are scattered on the floor
Description:
Title etched below image., 'A. Crowquill' was a psuedonym used jointly by Alfred Henry Forrester and Charles Robert Forrester., Reissue, with new imprint statement. For an earlier state published 12 February 1825 by S. Knight, see no. 14904 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Plate from: Cruikshankiana. London : Published by Thomas M'Lean, 26, Haymarket, [1835].
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1st, 1835, by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Indigestion, Devil, House furnishings, Demons, and Pain
"John Bull sits in a double pair of stocks, his ankles heavily shackled. His wrists are linked by a huge padlock inscribed Million £800 000 000 [National Debt]. He sits on bales of Taxes; to his back is tied a huge bundle of Last Wars Taxes. His clothes are tattered; three pockets hang inside out, inscribed To Let. At his side (left), and in profile to the right, kneels a noble Spaniard, in very theatrical dress, with trunk hose, cloak, and ruff. He has a spear from which hangs a pennant inscribed Libertas. He puts his hands together in a gesture of prayer: I come once again, and on my kneens [sic] to implore your Aid, we are indeed grateful for former Services, and beleive that you fought purely for Spain and not for yourselves--Save us from our pretended Friends they are worse then Enemies--Save us, and the World, from the destruction of Liberty--. John bites his thumbs despairingly; he answers: I pity you, but I can only give you advice, when you came to me before, I was a Strong Man, and free, but I am now exhausted in saving you, and destroying your great Enemy--See how I am fetter'd--! My Creditors enchain me--! look at my Debt and pity me!-- At his feet a heavy pair of leg-irons lies across many papers inscribed Debt and Taxes. He sits under an oak-tree; from a partly-withered bough hang his cartouche-box and bayonet-belt. In the middle distance (right) Louis XVIII sits astride a cannon (cf. British Museum Satires No. 12797), on a gun-carriage drawn rapidly up a slope by the Tsar and the Emperor of Austria. Both wear uniform and crowns, that of the latter topped by a fool's cap. Both cry: War! War!! War! and blood!! Alexander holds a sword in one hand, a bayoneted musket in the other; Francis holds a sword and a pistol, against his shoulder is the shaft of a flag inscribed Holy Alliance. Louis XVIII leans back, flannelled legs extended, two pistols in his belt, a sword in one hand, a musket in the other. Before him on the cannon is a bowl of soup, &c. The Pope walks at his right, holding a string attached to his nose. The King: By the Powers I shall fall, and lose my Balance Stop!! Stop! I say don't pull so hard you'll rupture [your scored through] Eu rope, this is not suited to my Taste [scored through] Gout I am already crippled and cannot bear it Stop!!!-- The Pope, who wears his tiara and holds his crosier against his shoulder, answers: Fear not, I'll let you into Heaven, through the back door my dear Son. Keys hang from his neck. Behind the cannon runs the Devil pushing at the King's posterior with a trident; he says: They cannot go on without me so I bring up the rear!! Beside the cannon run tiny frogs in uniform with muskets, &c. A slightly bigger one holding a sword may represent Angoulême. Cannon fire at them from a fort on a hill."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
John Bull flourishing in a dignified attitude of strict neutrality
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with initials "A.J." added in lower right and the words "with Spain" added to speech bubble immediately to the right of the stocks in center of image. For an earlier state lacking these additions, see no. 14520 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1823 by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's Street & 74 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825, and Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Public debt, Taxes, Trees, Rocks, Stocks (Punishment), Forts & fortifications, Cannons, Devil, and Frogs
Title from item., Four columns of verse below image: Things are now at such a pass, that every fool must have his ass ..., Temporary local subject terms: Coalitions: France and Spain, 1762 -- Lawyers: barrister as an owl., and Mounted to 32 x 49 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
"Scene in a lawyer's office with writing-desk, books, &c. An old man, flinching from a grotesque hairy Devil, who beckons him to Hell, is supported by a pretty young woman. On the wall are a print: 'Pilgrims Progress', a tiny figure surrounded by demons and flames; a notice inscribed 'Stamps'; and a pictorial '[Alm]anack'. On the chimney-piece a figure holds a (tilted) pair of scales and a candle gutters."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text printed in letterpress below image., Two columns of verse in letterpress below title: Old Flam was a lawyer so grim, he married his maid, people say ..., Plate numbered '509' in upper left corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: John Hall 1805.
Publisher:
Published 24 Augt. 1809 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., In margin top right: Imagerie d'Épinal, No. 926., Date supplied by curator., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Devils & demons; Panaceas.
Publisher:
Imagerie Pellerin
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Devil, Miracle workers, Miracles, Wine, Alcoholic beverages, Medicine shows, Patent medicines, Barrels, Spectators, Contests, Eating & drinking, and Death
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"First panel: Jack Russel leaving and delighted Devil, bishop and Duke of Wellington looking at him; second panel: the King, dressed like a women sailor climbing a rope ladder with the Queen pushing him with a spear."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Lord Jack Russell's retreat from South Devon
Description:
Titles from item., Initials of printmaker Charles Jameson Grant in lower left corner of first panel of design., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Design consists of two panels side by side, each individually titled., Wood engraving with letterpress text., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of imprint and series statement. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Numbered "88" in brown ink in upper right corner of first panel of design., and No. 88.
Publisher:
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, and Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792-1849
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Devil, Bishops, Cross dressing, Ladders, and Spears
A weeping Lord North, with a bag labelled "The nations plunder" thrown over his shoulder, kneels in front of Charles Fox, begging him for protection as the devil, reining North in with a rope wound around his arms, pronounces him his favorite. Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, points out North's long record of breaking promises
Alternative Title:
Lord North's supplication to Mr. Fox
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 27 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
