Title from caption below image., Printmakers from signature on earlier state., Reissue, with different imprint statement and with signature of printmakers burnished out, of a plate originally published 10 May 1781 by Watson & Dickinson. Cf. no. 5917 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Two lines of verse below title: Ah me! what various ills betide the looby who presumes to ride., Series numbering precedes title., Plate numbered "no. 9" in upper left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Equestrians -- Pastimes: Riding., and Hand-coloring mostly obscures plate no. in upper left corner of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 26th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Volume 1, page 31. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A horse has fallen on its knees, its rider is flying over its head, his hands clutching the animal's neck, his legs in the air. The scene is a farmyard; a goose (left) hisses at the falling man, ducks run away quacking. In the background are trees, a barn, and a paling. One of a series of four 'Hints . . .', see British Museum Satires No. 5914."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Series title etched above image; series numbering precedes print title below image., Two lines of verse below title: Ah me! what various ills betide the looby who presumes to ride., "No. 9"--Upper left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Equestrians., Mounted on page 31 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : etching and stipple engraving on laid paper ; sheet 19.5 x 23.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 10th, 1781, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
"Figures representing the five countries who were at war. A tall Dutchman stands looking up with a face of despair, in his left hand he holds out a paper inscribed, "Eustatia lost, Oh! Oh!" He says, "I shall Die, I'm undone! My best hope is now gone!" A laughing English sailor (left) standing on his right holds a small bottle inscribed "Gin" to his nose, saying, "High & Mighty's [an allusion to 'Hogen Mogen', "the high mightiness", or the States General of the United Provinces] your Grief, Smell this for Relief." In his right hand he holds a netted purse taken from the Dutchman. On the right stand the other enemy powers: Spain, in slashed doublet, cloak, feathered hat, and top-boots, is reading a newspaper 'Gaze', ['London Gazette'] and sayings "If this News is true, It will make us all rue." Behind him are France (left) and America (right). France holds up his hands with an expression of alarm, saying, "St Eustatia by Gar, Vas de Storehouse of War." America, a slim youth, the most insignificant of the five, is saying, "America now, To Old England must bow.""--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject headings: Dutch island of St. Eustatius -- American Revolution -- Rodney seizing of the island.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 9th, 1781 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Topic):
National characteristics, American, National characteristics, British, National characteristics, Dutch, National characteristics, French, National characteristics, Spanish, and Clothing & dress
Leaf 45. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: a thin Frenchman kneels beseechingly while five women pull his pigtail, pinch his nose and threaten him with a mop."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Thomas Colley in the British Museum online catalogue., Restrike, with imprint statement mostly burnished from plate. For an earlier issue of the plate, published in 1781, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1988,0514.18., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], and On leaf 45 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Artist attribution to Bunbury from description of later state in the British Museum catalogue., and Early state. For later state with altered imprint statement, see no. 5878 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 12th, 1781, by W. Richardson, York House No. 31 Strand
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of the name "JBaldrey" in signature and imprint form a monogram., Artist attribution to Bunbury from British Museum catalogue., Later state with altered imprint statement. For earlier state, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Bunbury 781.04.12.01.1., and Mounted to 31 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 12th, 1781, by JBaldrey, No. 37 Green St. Grosr. Sqr., & E. Hedges, No. 92 Cornhill
A crowded Quaker meeting hall in which many of the congregation, seated in the pews and stalls or in the gallery, are sleeping or yawning as one man and one woman argue
Description:
Title from item., Initial letters of publisher's name in impreint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Later reversed version of: A short examination of the spirit of Quakerism (1770). Cf. No. 4794 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Pubd. Nov. 28th, 1781, by HHumphrey, No. 18 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Quakers, Friends' meeting houses, and Clothing & dress
"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