"Satire: a prosperous citizen seated in a chair fondling his mistress who sits on his knee, with a decanter and glass on the table beside them and a bed in the background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Business at an end till Monday
Description:
Title from text below image., Earlier state, without plate number. Cf. No. 4519 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: old-fashioned, 1772 -- Female dress, 1772 -- Interiors: bedchamber -- Furniture: upholstered chair -- Glass: wine carafe and glass., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Title etched below image., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following the imprint: ... where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures &c. in the kingdom, also the head & hand of Count Struenzee. Admit. 1 s., Below the title, eight numbered lines of rhymed comments, with each number corresponding to that of a character in the image. Four lines of verse sung by the "General Chorus" printed at the top center of image., Temporary local subject terms: Male costume: livery gowns -- Beefeaters -- Footmen -- Aldermen: Windsor aldermen -- Corporation of Windsor -- Smithfield -- Hog's head -- Literature: allusion to children's rhymes, Humpty Dumpty., and Watermark: armorial shield with fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
Pub. March 8, 1790, by S.W. Fores at his museum, N. 3 Piccadilly
In the foreground, Sam House and the Duchess of Devonshire sit on stools facing each other, a large barrel between them. They raise foaming tankards inscribed, respectively, "Sam House" and "Devonshire." Sam holds a piece of paper signed, "sure votes;" the Duchess has a "Fox" favor pinned to her bodice. In the background, under the portico of St. Paul's, are the hustings filled with the election crowd
Alternative Title:
Election tête-à-tête
Description:
Title from item. and Mounted to 29 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs April 1st, 1784 by H. Humphries [sic], No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806. and House, Samuel, -1785.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political elections, Voting, Barrels, Drinking vessels, and Clothing & dress
Title etched below image., Place of publication derived from language of text., Trimmed sheet., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Shipton, Mother approximately 1488-1561, (Ursula),
Subject (Topic):
Women prophets, Prophecy, Women, and Drinking vessels
A gentleman wtih an angry, disappointed look on his face sits at a table in a coffeehouse filling his pipe with tobacco. On the table is a sugar bowl, a drinking glass, and a sugar basin. Below the design is engraved in two lines: You grumbled at the war; Here is a P-----ce for you, and be d----d to you
Description:
Title engraved above image., Attributed to Hogarth., Publisher identified from address: George Bickham., Two lines of text below image: You grumbled at the war; here is a p-----ce for you and be d----d to you., Earlier state, with different year in title and without the initial "B" forming a monogram with the "H" in printmaker's name, and without a third line in the caption below image. Cf. No. 3921 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Watermark: Strasburg lily (partially cut off at top) with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Sold in May's Buildings, according to act of Parliamt
Subject (Topic):
Coffeehouses, Complaining, Drinking vessels, and Pipes (Smoking)
publish'd according to act of Parliament, Septr. 15, 1762.
Call Number:
762.09.15.01.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Abstract:
"A broadside satirising Lord Bute's mission to Paris to arrange peace with France, disputed by two patrons of the fictitious "Bedford Coffee-House"; with an etching showing the interior of a coffee-house, two gentlemen seated at a table, on the table various newspapers and a tray with a hot chocolate pot, one gentleman pouring liquid from the cup into the saucer; with engraved inscriptions, speech bubbles, and with letterpress title and verses in two columns, and with one vertical segment of type ornament"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Letterpress broadside song, illustrated with etching at top of sheet (plate mark 155 x 200 mm)., A song with nine stanzas in two columns separated with decorative border: Good people attend (if you can but spare time), to a grumblig poet, who grumbles in rhyme ..., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
Sold by W. Tringham, engraver in Castle Alley, Royal Exchange, and at the print shop under St. Dunstan's Church ; and by all the print and pamphlet shops
"An enormously stout man, sitting outside with a brimming jug in one hand, a pipe in the other, tobacco paper and glass beside him, smiling broadly; with a boy on the left, coming out of a house carrying pipes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Plate numbered 'No. 193' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Male costume, 1794 -- Ale -- Mugs -- Serving boys.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Beer, Drinking vessels, Pipes (Smoking), and Obesity
Page 244. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The new wonderful magazine, and marvellous chronicle. London : Published by Alex. Hogg, v. 3 (1794)., "Wonderful magazine"--Above image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Temporary local subject terms: Irish wakes -- Drunkenness., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 10.8 x 15.3 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from bottom edge and periodical name from top edge., Mounted to 32 x 26 cm; a small newspaper clipping (3.9 x 6.2 cm) is mounted below print, dated "1773" in ink., and Mounted on page 252 (misnumbered '244') in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
Pubd. by C. Johnson
Subject (Geographic):
St. Giles in the Fields (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Churches, Wake services, Dead persons, Ethnic stereotypes, Alcoholic beverages, Intoxication, Drinking vessels, Vomiting, Clergy, and Fans (Accessories)
Opposite page 212. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on lecherous elderly men: a serving maid recoils as an elderly macaroni, sitting at a table with a glass, puts his arm round her waist and offers her a purse."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Four lines of verse in two columns beneath title: Macaroni endeavours the maid to seduce, With gold and such prate as with fops is in use. In vain is his courtship; the maiden stil coy, Rejects the vile letcher, and all his false joy., Folded to 32 x 25.8 cm., and Bound in opposite page 212 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles, at No. 13 in Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Older people, Courtship, Lust, Drinking vessels, and Purses
Leaf 96. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, whole length, of a short man standing full face. In his right hand are a number of wine glasses, his left thumb is thrust under his apron-string. He wears a wide hat, a striped handkerchief knotted round his neck, a rough irregularly shaped apron over his coat and waistcoat."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Macaroni waiter of Drury Lane
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "8" in upper right corner., For a variant (earlier?) state without plate numbering, see no. 5154 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Temporary local subject terms: Drury Lane -- Wide hats -- Wine glasses., and Second of three plates on leaf 96.
