"A lady stands on a mound in profile to the left; a young military officer (left) fires a cannon from an embrasure, while another fires a trench-mortar at her from behind. Her dress caricatures the fashion for a very projecting breast, and a large protuberance at the back of the petticoats. She wears a hat with an enormous brim, her hands are in a large fur mutt. She resembles Mrs. Fitzherbert. At the foot of the mound a Cupid uses his arrow to undermine the ground on which she stands. Beneath the title is engraved: 'In vain Before the Fair one Arms, With Breastworks high her panting charms, In vain Behind yon Mount is plac'd, Which Wits may say is Bum proof cas'd, Ifparts More Weak to guard she fails, Where artful Love by Mine assails. Tho' Fox's Brush as Muff may warm And snug conceal what all must charm, Guard well that Pass: there lies the Proof Jove! dearly lov'd a well Thatch'd Roof.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Siege of Fort Phyllis
Description:
Title etched below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Ladies' costumes -- Hat -- Muff -- Derrières -- Bosoms -- Military uniforms -- Fortification -- Cannon
Publisher:
Pub'd 16 May, 1786, by Geo. Townley Stubbs Peters Court St. Martins Lane
A young woman with a "big hair" sits on sofa playing a guitar, music book beside her. The sitting room is decorated with an oval mirron on the back wall, a ornate carpet on the floor, and a topiary in a pot beside the window, heavy curtains around the windows and behind her on the right
Description:
Title from item., Numbered '170' in lower right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer, Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Clothing & dress, Sofas, Mirrors, Rugs, and Draperies
A young woman with a "big hair" sits on sofa playing a guitar, music book beside her. The sitting room is decorated with an oval mirron on the back wall, a ornate carpet on the floor, and a topiary in a pot beside the window, heavy curtains around the windows and behind her on the right
Description:
Title from item., Numbered '170' in lower right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer, Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Clothing & dress, Sofas, Mirrors, Rugs, and Draperies
Volume 2, page 66. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man rides a dray horse in profile to the left, leaning back and pulling hard at the reins (especially the snaffle), but the horse is stopped by the side of a hackney coach (left) through whose window is seen an agitated female hand. The driver turnes round angrily, holding up his whip."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from: An academy for grown horsemen ... / by Geoffrey Gambado [pseud.] ... London : W. Dickinson [etc.], 1787., and Watermark, mostly trimmed.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 1, 1786, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Volume 2, page 66. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man rides a dray horse in profile to the left, leaning back and pulling hard at the reins (especially the snaffle), but the horse is stopped by the side of a hackney coach (left) through whose window is seen an agitated female hand. The driver turnes round angrily, holding up his whip."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from: An academy for grown horsemen ... / by Geoffrey Gambado [pseud.] ... London : W. Dickinson [etc.], 1787., Mounted on page 66 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : stipple engraving and etching on laid paper ; sheet 22.6 x 20.1 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 1, 1786, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
An old French woman wearing sabots walks to the right carrying a large sack strapped to her back
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Partial watermark: centered on right edge.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 10th, 1786, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
"Two actresses in a prison scene from Gay's 'Beggar's Opera'. At their feet is a tombstone inscribed 'The Beggars Opera Captn Macheath by Mrs E . . . [erased]', 'Lucy by Mrs W . . . [erased]'; other erasures are followed by '"Here lies Gay"'. They are identified by Mr. Hawkins as Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Webb. Macheath (right), in leg-irons and fashionably dressed, wearing a cocked hat and top-boots, the tight riding-dress showing a feminine figure with ample curves, stands with his hands raised as if singing. Beside and behind him stands Lucy, listening, with her hands on her hips. She is stout and middle-aged, a head taller than Macheath, and resembles Mrs. Peachum more than Lucy. In the background is a barred window (right). Across the top of the design is etched 'Motto for the Manager', and (on a scroll) '"Reddere personae scit convenientia cuique" Hor'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 51 with one other print.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., Edwards, Mrs., and Wilmot, Mrs., active 1788-1812.
Subject (Topic):
Actors and actresses, English, Clothing & dress, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Prisons, and Cells (Rooms & spaces)
"Two actresses in a prison scene from Gay's 'Beggar's Opera'. At their feet is a tombstone inscribed 'The Beggars Opera Captn Macheath by Mrs E . . . [erased]', 'Lucy by Mrs W . . . [erased]'; other erasures are followed by '"Here lies Gay"'. They are identified by Mr. Hawkins as Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Webb. Macheath (right), in leg-irons and fashionably dressed, wearing a cocked hat and top-boots, the tight riding-dress showing a feminine figure with ample curves, stands with his hands raised as if singing. Beside and behind him stands Lucy, listening, with her hands on her hips. She is stout and middle-aged, a head taller than Macheath, and resembles Mrs. Peachum more than Lucy. In the background is a barred window (right). Across the top of the design is etched 'Motto for the Manager', and (on a scroll) '"Reddere personae scit convenientia cuique" Hor'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 25.2 x 20.7 cm, on sheet 27.2 x 22.4 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 32 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., Edwards, Mrs., and Wilmot, Mrs., active 1788-1812.
Subject (Topic):
Actors and actresses, English, Clothing & dress, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Prisons, and Cells (Rooms & spaces)
"Two actresses in a prison scene from Gay's 'Beggar's Opera'. At their feet is a tombstone inscribed 'The Beggars Opera Captn Macheath by Mrs E . . . [erased]', 'Lucy by Mrs W . . . [erased]'; other erasures are followed by '"Here lies Gay"'. They are identified by Mr. Hawkins as Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Webb. Macheath (right), in leg-irons and fashionably dressed, wearing a cocked hat and top-boots, the tight riding-dress showing a feminine figure with ample curves, stands with his hands raised as if singing. Beside and behind him stands Lucy, listening, with her hands on her hips. She is stout and middle-aged, a head taller than Macheath, and resembles Mrs. Peachum more than Lucy. In the background is a barred window (right). Across the top of the design is etched 'Motto for the Manager', and (on a scroll) '"Reddere personae scit convenientia cuique" Hor'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted to 37 x 33.2 cm.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., Edwards, Mrs., and Wilmot, Mrs., active 1788-1812.
Subject (Topic):
Actors and actresses, English, Clothing & dress, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Prisons, and Cells (Rooms & spaces)
