Caption title, on either side of woodcut showing a naked woman holding the hand of a child, also naked., Place and date of publication based on provence: formerly bound in a collection of chapbooks published in Lichfield in the 1770s., First line: The diversions of this meeting is expected to be very splendid; and, for the better information of the votaries at the shrine of Venus ..., Five lines of verse on either side of woodcut: [The] sportsmen who are free and willing, To feel, you're welcome for a shilling ... This is what we call a trade., A broadside advertising the services and skills of woman and brothels, with some prices., Not in ESTC., and Broadsides printed on laid paper and mounted in an album bound in red, quarter-leather morocco with Cockerell-marbled boards and vellum corners, with black-leather, gilt-stamped spine label. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, England., and London.
Subject (Topic):
Brothels, Prostitutes, Prostitution, Children, and Unmarried mothers
Two physicians greet each other. The one on the left has a large belly and holds his hands in his pockets. The one on the right is smaller and thinner and holds his hat in his hand. From a piece of paper protruding from his pocket reads: "Pitts[...] Salutarian."
Description:
Title etched below image. and Date conjectured from costume.
The Count sits in a large chair, a basket of frogs on the floor between his wide-spread legs; he wears a powdered wig under his hat, his uniform, a gold cross on a black ribbon around his neck, high black boots with spurs, and sword at his waist. He is wide-eyed and stiff -- marionette-like -- as he eats a frog. A man servant with a worried expression on his face and wearing a red liberty cap approaches him from the left, holding a tray labeled "Fricasee of Frogs". From the right, a woman, her face mostly obscured by her large head scarf, carries a bowl labeled “Soup meager”.
Alternative Title:
French admiral in all his glory
Description:
Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign participation, French, Frogs, and Wigs
"design in two groups, one (left) representing the past, the other (right) the present. A Dutchman personifying the Dutch Republic, threatened by Spain (left) kneels, hat in hand, before a military officer representing England, imploring help. He says, "the poor distracted States of Holland". The Englishman answers, "I am your Friend Mynheer I'll help you up & beat your foes". A Spaniard stands (left) behind the Dutchman's back, his sword raised to strike, his left fist clenched, saying, "I am determined Mynheer you shall never rise more". On the right is another group of figures representing Holland, England, America, France, and Spain: A Dutchman on the extreme right, smoking a pipe, his hands in his breeches pocket, scowls at an English officer, saying, "I am now ye high & Mighty." (The States General of the United Provinces were addressed as Hogen Mogen, 'High Mightinesses'.) The Englishman, a drawn sword in his hand, says to him "Now is ye time to pay ye debt of Gratitude". America, an Indian holding a tomahawk, says to France, pointing to England, It shall never have my Colonies again. France, a French military officer with a drawn sword, wearing spurred jack-boots, points to England, saying, "begar me will have half his Possessions". Spain, in cloak and feathered hat, also with a drawn sword, stands behind France saying "Don Diego has vow'd the downfall of England." Beneath the design verses are engraved: "See Holland oppress'd by his old Spanish Foe, To England with cap in hand kneels very low, The Free-hearted Britton, dispels all its care, And raises it up from the brink of Dispair. But when three spitefull foes old England beset, The Dutchman refuses to pay a Just debt; With his hands in his pockets he says he'll stand Neuter, And England his Friend may be D------d for the Future.""--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations, Dutch, Caricatures and cartoons, French, Spaniards, Caricatures and cartons, Americans, Indians of North America, and Clothing & dress
"George III guides (left to right) a plough which is drawn by a snorting bull; he is blindfolded and wears a crown and the garter ribbon; from his pocket hangs a fragment of "Magna Charta". Lord North rides on the bull, urging him forward with a whip, attached to his shoulders is a knapsack or bundle inscribed "Ways & Means". Another man goads the bull with a spear. A Scot in highland dress, probably Gordon, tugs violently at the bull's harness, trying to pull it back; two other men who have been tugging at the bull have fallen to the ground and the wig of one has fallen off. The bull is advancing towards the "River Tweed" (right), on the farther side of which are a large thistle and some fir trees on a hill. This shows that Scotland has not as yet been ploughed up for the emissaries of the Pope, see BMSat 5534. In the foreground (left) lies a sleeping bishop, his head on his hand, holding a crozier, and leaning on a book and a "Map of Bishoprick". Behind him and the king a Jesuit, a Catholic priest, and a monk are sowing in the ground which has been already ploughed. Above their heads the Pope is seated on clouds which are supported by a swarm of demons and imps. He wears his triple crown, a royal crown is suspended over his head; in his right hand is a crozier to which are attached keys, in his left hand is a sheaf of thunderbolts. At his side is an inverted cornucopia, pouring out documents inscribed "Absolutions", "Persecutions", "Releases from Purgatory", "Pardons for Money", "Excommunications", "Curses on Heriticks", "Indulgences", "Bulls", "Confessions". Truth, an almost nude female figure, stands upon clouds (right) surrounded by a glory of rays; on her breast is a face surrounded by rays. She holds up a large scroll inscribed "40000 English Protestants massacred in Ireland 1641 Protestants burnt at Smithfield in the reign of Queen Mary. Gunpowder Plot or an attempt to blow up the Parliament House Protestants massacred at Paris, in the Vallies of Piedmont. Tortures of the Inquisition." Beneath the design are the dedication and explanation: "To the Respectable Association of Protestants & to every Worthy supporter of both Church & State this Plate is Dedicated by their Humble Servt the Publisher. Explanation. The State Husbandmen Plowing up the glebe of the Constitution, whilst the Popish Emissaries take the Advantage of the supineness of the Established Church who is fast asleep in the Vineyard where its grand Adversary the Pope, and all his host of Devils, are permitted to Sow the Seeds of their Pernicious Doctrine: Opposition attempts to stop their Progress, but the band of Unanimity is broke, & they have fallen off. Truth descends, showing a Scroll of Melancholy proofs of popish cruelty, Soliciting the Aid of her Friends, to vanquish the Inveterate Enemy, who threatens the Ruin of thair Religion, thair Posterity & thair much injured Country."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Trimmed within plate mark., Attributed to Gillray in British Museum catalogue., and Publisher's name and address burnished from plate. Publisher identified in British Museum catalogue as W. Humphrey, Printseller, Strand, London.
Publisher:
Published June 2 1780 by W [... ] Printseller [...]
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Gordon, George, Lord, 1751-1793., and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Papacy, Gordon Riots, 1780, Clergy, Demons, Plows, and Bulls
Leaf 56. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Droll: a fat and jolly woman representing 1760 seated facing a thin gin-sodden woman of 1780."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Emblems of 1760 and 1780
Description:
Title engraved below image., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1988,0514.64., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Eight lines of verse below image, four on either side of title: In this poor and humble station, see an emblem of the nation ..., and On leaf 56 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, 1st Jany. 1780, by Robt. Wilkinson, at No. 58 in Cornhill and Field & Tuer
"A monk walks through a ford leading a dog with a crown on its head: 'Father Peters' leading George III to Rome. The monk says "He cocks his Tail yet". He is going towards a wayside cross (right), above which are rocks, on which is seated the Pope, holding out a cross towards the travellers and saying "Hold out my Sons to the End & I'll give you a Crown of Glory". Behind him is a dome surmounted by a cross indicating St. Peter's. On the other side of the pool (left) there are also rocks, on them stands a sheep (?) and in the distance, by the sea-shore, are two small churches of rural appearance; off the shore are three dismantled ships with brooms at their mast-heads to show that they are for sale, the scene being inscribed "Little Britain."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate line.
Publisher:
Pub. by M Darly No. 159 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Pius VI, Pope, 1717-1799., and Petre, Robert Edward Petre, Baron, 1742-1801.
