"The interior of a coffee-house, the customers, with one exception, deeply interested and dismayed at the news in a 'Gazette Extraordinary', which the title shows is that on the capture of the island of St. Eustatius by Rodney, see British Museum Satires Nos. 5827, 5837, &c, the 'Extraordinary Gazette' being that of 13 Feb. 1781. On each side of the room is an oblong table flanked by wooden settles. Between the tables and in the centre of the design three men stand, one of whom reads from a 'Gazette Extraordinary'. His two companions look at him with scowling attention; one, his hat under his arm, has both hands thrust deep into the pockets of his coat; the other holds his forehead, from which his wig has been pushed back. A dog gazes up at them. At the table on the left a man sits in full face gaping with dismay, his hands rest on the table grasping his knife and fork. Two men sit on opposite sides of the table on the right; one holds a glass in his left hand, while he looks up at the group with the newspaper. His vis-à-vis has turned sideways, his hands on his knees, with an expression of melancholy alarm. Behind him, one hand on the back of the settle, stands John Wilkes, conspicuous by his squint and his characteristic wig; he holds a glass of wine and frowns. At his side is a man leaning back asleep. A cockatoo's cage is hung from the roof, the bird head downwards, as if about to screech. Half of the dial of a large wall clock is visible on the extreme right. On the left is a folding screen."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
News from St. Eustatia and St. Eustatia
Description:
Title from text above and below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered in upper right corner: No. 12., Temporary local subject terms: News of the capture of St. Eustatius -- Gazette Extraordinary, February 13, 1781 -- The London Gazette -- Coffee-house furniture -- Dismay of patriots -- Folding screens -- Cockatoo., and Mounted on page 65 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 15, 1781, by W. Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
"An Edinburgh wynd or close. A man seated on a bucket is using it as a latrine. A man holding a bucket stands behind him, screening him with his cloak, and turning round to call "Haud your Hond Lossie" to a woman who is emptying a bucket of filth from a first-floor window. A man is seated on the ground on the right by a steaming cauldron, across which is a large spoon. He is calling "Twa dips & a wallop for a Baubee". The men are in Highland dress. Beneath the title is engraved: "Yi dunna ken what I can dee For I can set ye doon & cure ye tee"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1st 1781 by J. Langham, St Brides Passage Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
Refuse disposal, Privies, City & town life, and Clothing & dress
"A procession (from left to right) of Queen Elizabeth and her maids of honour on horseback, the ladies all seated sideways, behind the rider of the horse, the cavalier always in profile, the lady in full face, except for one lady who is in back view. Two soldiers on foot carrying muskets, march in front, a mounted soldier rides behind. The dresses are pseudo-Elizabethan. The ladies wear ruffs and stiff wide-patterned petticoats, with scarves or hoods over their caps. One lady holds her hood. The procession consists of the Queen and three of her ladies. Beneath the design is inscribed: "Think of the great Days when void of all fears Of Wind & Rain sweet Queen Bess appears She taught her Maids of Honour their Caps to defend With oil skin hoods - when her Breakfast they attend. Behind her good Chancellor seated; And are with Beef Steaks & Onions all treated."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed.
Publisher:
Pubd. 30th June 1781 by H Humphrey no. 18 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
Subject (Topic):
Parades & processions, Horseback riding, and Clothing & dress
Title from first line of poem engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Former tutle: Legless Jew and fop.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Sharpe
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Topic):
Fathers and sons, Jews, Dandies, British, Peg legs, and Clothing & dress
"Boruwlaski or Boruslawski (left) plays the violin, he stands (left) before an immense Turk (right) seated on the floor, an arm round each of two ladies of the harem who recline against him. The Sultan (Abdul Hamid) smokes a long pipe. Behind him stand two fierce-looking guards. In the background three other ladies listen rapturously to the slim, erect, and well-dressed dwarf, who is in marked contrast with the massive Turk and the voluptuous ladies of the seraglio. A draped canopy completes the design."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate originally published in 1781. Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 186-187., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement. Imprint supplied from British Museum catalogue., Watermark., and Mounted to 23.3 x 30.7 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 1786 by E. Jackson, No. 14 Marylebone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey.
Subject (Name):
Borusławski, Józef, 1739-1837 and Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Sultans, Harems, Guards, Dwarfs, Violins, and Pipes (Smoking)
Volume 1, page 35. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three soldiers stand at attention outside a tent (right) holding bayoneted muskets. Two wear high plumed busbies, the third a laced three-cornered hat. The officer facing them (left), holding a musket without a bayonet against his shoulder, gives the word of command. A stout man and a fat woman stand behind him. In the foreground (right) a drummer boy, sitting on the ground, one arm resting on his drum, puts a plumed busby on the head of a dog. Two rough-looking men wearing ribbon favours in their hats, probably intended for Gordon Rioters, point jeeringly at the three soldiers. In the background are trees."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "No. 13"--Upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Visit to militia camp -- Militia: relief -- Knapsack -- Drummer boy., and Mounted on page 35 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 21st, 1781, by W. Dickinson, engraver, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, Military uniforms, Military officers, Rifles, Bayonets, Tents, Drums (Musical instruments), and Dogs
Leaf 12. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A circular design. George III (or Lord North) asleep on a sofa. He is in profile to the left, his head falling forwards, his right arm resting on the back of the sofa, his right leg extended on the sofa, his left leg on the ground. Behind the sofa stand two figures: Britannia (left) holding the cap of liberty on its staff, while her right hand rests on the back of the sofa. An oval medallion ornamented with a St. George's cross hangs from her wrist, probably respresenting the arms of the City of London. She says "Am I thus Protected?" A small man leans on the back of the sofa saying "Hollo Neighbour! what are you asleep"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
State watchman discovered by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America
Description:
Title from text below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike, with erroneous signature "J. Gillray fecit" added below image in lower right. For original issue of the plate, see no. 5856 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 105., and On leaf 12 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. by I. Jones and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, America., United States, and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Colonies, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Sleeping, and Clothing & dress
"A circular design. George III (or Lord North) asleep on a sofa. He is in profile to the left, his head falling forwards, his right arm resting on the back of the sofa, his right leg extended on the sofa, his left leg on the ground. Behind the sofa stand two figures: Britannia (left) holding the cap of liberty on its staff, while her right hand rests on the back of the sofa. An oval medallion ornamented with a St. George's cross hangs from her wrist, probably respresenting the arms of the City of London. She says "Am I thus Protected?" A small man leans on the back of the sofa saying "Hollo Neighbour! what are you asleep"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
State watchman discovered by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Place of publication from British Museum catalogue, which identifies the publisher as J. Jones of 103 Wardour Street, Soho., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by I. Jones
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, America., United States, and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Colonies, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Sleeping, and Clothing & dress
Volume 2, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An engraved ticket for a program of four plays presented in 1781 by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, the wealthy fourth baronet devoted to private theatricals. This ticket, an oval design in a rectangular frame, is for the 1781 performance of Rule a wife and have a wife, Bon ton, Richard III, and Lyar
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist identified as Bunbury in the British Museum online catalogue., Questionable printmaker attribution to Bretherton from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2958., and For further information, consult library staff.
