George III, plainly dressed and wearing a broad-brimmed hat, stands in profile to the right, addressing a pretty young woman (Hannah Lightfoot?) seated on a stile, a bucker at her feet. They are under a large tree on whose trunk is fixed a sign pointing 'To Cheltenham Spa'. A path from the stile leads to the village of Cheltenham in the background. Behind the tree Queen Charlotte watches the conversation, her hand pointing near her cheek. On a hill (left) is a pavilion on wheels
Description:
Title etched below image., Four lines of verse inscribed in two columns on either side of title: Did you know the Lad that Courts you He not long need sue in Vain Prince of Songs of Dance of Sports: You Scarce will meet his like again. Midas., and Watermark: J Whatman.
"The Prince of Wales falls headlong, but gracefully, from his high phaeton, and is about to land on Mrs. Fitzherbert, who lies face downwards on the ground, on hands and knees, her petticoats over her head, leaving her posteriors bare. The reins have broken, the horses, which are drawn with much spirit, are running away (right to left). In the background is a wall, over which appears the head of an interested military officer. A yokel seated on the wall lifts his hands in astonishment."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of quoted verse following title: "Th' imaginary bride with beauty glows, "for envy magnifies what e'er she shows. Ovid., Temporary local subject terms: Quotation from literature: Ovid, 43 B.C.-18 A.D. -- Vehicles: Phaeton capsizing., and Mounted to 33 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. July 1st, 1788, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
"The Prince of Wales falls headlong, but gracefully, from his high phaeton, and is about to land on Mrs. Fitzherbert, who lies face downwards on the ground, on hands and knees, her petticoats over her head, leaving her posteriors bare. The reins have broken, the horses, which are drawn with much spirit, are running away (right to left). In the background is a wall, over which appears the head of an interested military officer. A yokel seated on the wall lifts his hands in astonishment."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of quoted verse following title: "Th' imaginary bride with beauty glows, "for envy magnifies what e'er she shows. Ovid., Temporary local subject terms: Quotation from literature: Ovid, 43 B.C.-18 A.D. -- Vehicles: Phaeton capsizing., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 25.5 x 37.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 51 of volume 7 of 12.
Publisher:
Pub. July 1st, 1788, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
Two tailors, stripped to the waist, fight each other with shears. One tailor has cut off the nose of his emacipated opponent ; his own ear falls to the ground. One of the seconds holds a cucumber in each hand; the other holds a cabbade while on the right another tailor holds a tape measure. On the floor are cucumbers, cabbages, garments, and a tailor's goose
Alternative Title:
Fighting tailors
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Aprill [sic] 17, 1788 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Tailors, Scissors & shears, Cucumbers, Cabbages, and Fighting
"A design divided by a vertical line on one side of which is Burke (right) declaiming with raised arms and downcast head; on the other (left) a scene in India illustrating his speech. An Indian, Cheyt Singh, looks over a high stone wall whose parapet is decorated with plants in vases, saying, 'Gadzooker He has taken my Hooker'. On the ground beneath the wall are two hookahs puffing out smoke, and the leg of a seated soldier, his body being cut off by the edge of the design. Burke, facing right, exclaims, 'Guilty of not suffering him to smoke for the space of two Days.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Possibly a reissue; the digit "4" in "14th" in imprint has been etched over a mostly-burnished digit "3"., Date precedes publisher's statement in imprint., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 16.3 x 15.4 cm, on sheet 18.4 x 17.2 cm., and Mounted with one other print on leaf 43 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, and Chait, Singh, rajah of Benares, fl. 1775-1781
"A design divided by a vertical line on one side of which is Burke (right) declaiming with raised arms and downcast head; on the other (left) a scene in India illustrating his speech. An Indian, Cheyt Singh, looks over a high stone wall whose parapet is decorated with plants in vases, saying, 'Gadzooker He has taken my Hooker'. On the ground beneath the wall are two hookahs puffing out smoke, and the leg of a seated soldier, his body being cut off by the edge of the design. Burke, facing right, exclaims, 'Guilty of not suffering him to smoke for the space of two Days.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Possibly a reissue; the digit "4" in "14th" in imprint has been etched over a mostly-burnished digit "3"., Date precedes publisher's statement in imprint., and Mounted on page 60 with three other prints.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, and Chait, Singh, rajah of Benares, fl. 1775-1781
"A design divided by a vertical line on one side of which is Burke (right) declaiming with raised arms and downcast head; on the other (left) a scene in India illustrating his speech. An Indian, Cheyt Singh, looks over a high stone wall whose parapet is decorated with plants in vases, saying, 'Gadzooker He has taken my Hooker'. On the ground beneath the wall are two hookahs puffing out smoke, and the leg of a seated soldier, his body being cut off by the edge of the design. Burke, facing right, exclaims, 'Guilty of not suffering him to smoke for the space of two Days.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Possibly a reissue; the digit "4" in "14th" in imprint has been etched over a mostly-burnished digit "3"., and Date precedes publisher's statement in imprint.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, and Chait, Singh, rajah of Benares, fl. 1775-1781
"The Duc d'Orleans (left) chases the Prince of Wales with a whip. Both wear riding-dress with top-boots. Behind them is a pond from which emerge the legs of a man who is submerged from the waist. They are on a path leading to a pavilion (right), the door of which is inscribed 'The Coffee Room'. Men stand at the door watching the scene, others look from a balcony. Behind Orleans, on the extreme left, are the profile and arms of a Frenchman, who says, "ah ha de French Man make de English run". Beneath the title is etched: 'L'abbé frere du Duc d'Orleans etant a Newmarket dans un jardin près dun bassin fit la Gageure avec S.A.R.P.G. [Prince de Galles] de chatouiller un poisson avec le doigt jusqu'à cequ'il Selaissât prendre; la gageure ayaunt ete acceptée & l'Abbé S etant mis Sur Ses genoux it [sic] commencant a agacer le poisson, lors que S.A.R. lepoussa dans la bassin. Le Duc d'Orleans qui etait present poursuit it avec Son fouet S.A.R. qui Serifugia dans un Caffe, ou le Ducs de Queensbury & Grafton & Bedford les reccomoderent, tandis que le pauvre Abbé fut conduit ches lui pour changer d'habits.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
New-market race and Newmarket race
Description:
Title etched below image. and Publication date in imprint may read "July 3".
Publisher:
Pub. July 11, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Picadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793
King George III and his wife Queen Charlotte are shown as a farmer and his wife riding on a tired-looking horse on the road to the spa Cheltenham as indicated by the milestone. In the distance is a castle
Alternative Title:
Visit to Cheltenham
Description:
Title engraved above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Two columns of verses printed in letterpress below image, entitled: The royal ramble, or, A visit to Cheltenham spa., and Mounted to 37 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, July 26 1788, by E. Rich, No. 55, Fleet-Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
