An Arawak native slits the throat of a large Aboma snake that is hanging from a branch of a tree, suspended by a rope around its neck. Two other Arawak natives pull at the rope to hoist the snake higher. Captain Stedman, his back to the viewer, directs the work of the natives from the ground (left foreground), his rifle resting against the trunk of the tree. On the right in the distance, a man sits in a boat on the river
Description:
Title from caption below image., The engravings are believed to have based on drawings by the author J.G. Stedman, two of the early plates acknowledging the attribution. Stedman was a friend of William Blake who may have assisted Stedman, an amateur artist., and Plate from: Stedman, J. G. Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America. London : J. Johnson & T. Payne, 1806-1813.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 2d, 1793 by J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Suriname. and Guiana.
Subject (Name):
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797,
Subject (Topic):
Slavery, Indians of South America, Hunting, and Snakes
"The head and shoulders of Fox (like Christian in 'The Pilgrim's Progress') emerge from a pool of liquid mire; he looks despairingly up and to the right, his (half-submerged) hands raised in supplication. On his back is a bundle inscribed 'Contents French Gold, French Loyalty, French Daggers [cf. BMSat 8285, &c.], And Crimes, more num'rous than the sands, upon the Ocean's shore.' His hat has fallen off, the tricolour cockade and motto 'Ca ira' are half submerged. His large club rises from the slough: 'Patriots Staff - i.e. Whig Club' [cf. BMSat 8987, &c.]. Before him floats an open book: 'Gospel of Liberty by the four Evangelists St Paine St Price St Priestly St Petion [see BMSat 8122] \ Fly to the Wrath to come." Fox says: "Help! Help! - will no kind Power lend a hand to deliver me ? - Oh! what will become of me ? - all my former Friends have forsaken me! - if I try to go on, I sink deeper in the Filth; & my feet are stuck so fast in the Mire, that I can not get back, 'tho I try; - Ah me! - this Burden upon my Back overwhelm's me, & presses me down! - I shall Rise no more! - I am lost for ever, & shall never see the Promis'd Land!!" From the slough a hill ascends up which a straight path leads to a fortified gateway in a castellated wall inscribed: 'Knock, & it shall be opened. The Straight Gate: or the way to the Patriots Paradise.' From it flies a flag of 'Libertas', surmounted with the cap of Liberty. Within the wall is a ladder slanting towards a waning moon. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Three lines of text from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress quoted to the right of title: "This miry slough is such a place as can not be mended ...", and Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 2d, 1793, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809., Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804., Pétion, J. 1756-1794. (Jérôme),, and Price, RIchard, 1723-1791.
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to French Revolution -- Owls -- Legal wigs -- Male costume: bands -- Legal gowns -- Allusion to sansculottes., and Watermark: countermark E & P.
Publisher:
Pub. Febry 18, 1793, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Louis XVI gives his last speech as he stands before the guillotine
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Quote below title: "To thee, O God, I commend my soul! I forgive my enemies, I die innocent."
A ragged sansculotte sits astride a lamp brackets high above a square where a crowd, all wearing bonnets-rouges and all watching the beheading of Louis XVI. He fiddles as he smiles down at the scene. Hanging below him from the same lamp post are two monks and a bishop, their hands bound. Further in the distance are more hung bodies and a cathedral in flames
Alternative Title:
Pinnacle of liberty
Description:
Title etched below image, left., One line of text below title: Religion, justice, loyalty, & all the bugbears of unenlighten'd minds, farewell!, and Mounted to 47 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 12th, 1793, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Sansculottes, History, Clergy, Crowds, Fires, Guillotines (Punishment), Hangings (Executions), Liberty cap, Revolutions, and Scales
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Female dress, 1796 -- Male dress: spencers -- Walking staves.
A large cotton handkerchief printed with red ink (madder); the drop head title is printed on a ribbon suspended between two trumpets and is divided after the word 'valentine' by a portrait of Pope. The central cartouche shows three scenes of courtship and is encircled by a knotted ribbon, every other loop in a heart-shape, and contains the lines beginning: I liked you best for true love it is a precious pleasure of a value more than rich mens treasure ... The lines of a love song telling the story of the courtship and marriage of Johnny and Mary are printed in the ribbons flowing on either side of the title ribbon. Along the bottom are two more scenes -- one of the betrothal, the other the wedding -- with two love birds in a small cartouche dividing the two scenes
Alternative Title:
14th Febry, 14th February, and Fourteenth February
Description:
Title from item., 'N's printed backwards in title., Date of printing based on date embroidered on The Lewis Walpole Library copy., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
Subject (Topic):
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Couples, Courtship, Cupids, Marriage, and Valentines
"A lady sits on a garden seat in profile to the right, looking through a telescope placed on a small rectangular table. A grinning man standing beside her stares at her through a quizzing-glass. Among the shrubs in the background is a statue of a satyr whose expression is intended to reflect that of the man."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., One of a series of 'Drolls.', and Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Quizzing glasses -- Furniture: outdoor bench -- Satyrs.
Publisher:
Published 16th Decr. 1793, by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Telescopes, Voyeurism, and Clothing & dress
A woman in a pink dress gazes expectantly at a man on the right of the print, whilst hitching up her apron to reveal a green underskirt by placing her hands on her hips. The man returns her gaze in profile with a disapproving expression, whilst clutching onto carrots and turnips in the crook of his right elbow and left hand. The woman has ginger hair, and wears a white bonnet with red ribbons, and the man wears a black hat
Alternative Title:
Will you give us a glass of gin
Description:
Title from dialogue etched below image., Leaf 13 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 19.9 x 14.7 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 4, 1793, by R. Dighton
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Gin, Occupations, Oysters, and Vegetables
A woman in a pink dress gazes expectantly at a man on the right of the print, whilst hitching up her apron to reveal a green underskirt by placing her hands on her hips. The man returns her gaze in profile with a disapproving expression, whilst clutching onto carrots and turnips in the crook of his right elbow and left hand. The woman has ginger hair, and wears a white bonnet with red ribbons, and the man wears a black hat
Alternative Title:
Will you give us a glass of gin
Description:
Title from dialogue etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 4, 1793, by R. Dighton
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Gin, Occupations, Oysters, and Vegetables
