"Salisbury, as Lord Chamberlain, holding his wand, walks stiffly before the King and Queen across one of the courts of St. James's Palace, evidently on the way to a Drawing Room. He bends forward from the waist, holding a small three-cornered hat in his left hand; his gold key of office is attached to the flap of his embroidered coat-pocket by a bow of ribbon. The Queen (right), holding a fan, takes the King's left arm; he looks down at her; both are slightly caricatured. They are followed by four princesses, charming girls, slightly sketched, with feathers in their hair, who are on the farther side of an archway through which the King and Queen have just passed. The procession, receding in perspective, advances diagonally from left to right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: Lord Chamberlain's gold key and white stick., and Mounted to 29 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 18th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, and Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
The Marquis of Salisbury, holding a long wand of office and wearing military uniform (colonel of Hertfordshire Militia), with a plumed cap and spurred boots, walks stiffly in profile to the left, his coat-tails flying out behind him. His gold key of office (Lord Charmberlain of the Household) is hung to a blue ribbon which crosses his shoulder. Above his left boot is a garter inscribed 'Hone' [sic]. He is caricatured, and has a long projecting nose. Below the title: 'The Tallest, Fittest, Properest Man to walk before the King!!!" See the British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., Watermark: J Whatman, and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner of plate: S.W.F.
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Pub. Novr. 7, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
"Pitt as Death on the pale Horse rides naked on the White Horse of Hanover, galloping over the prostrate bodies of pigs; other pigs, a multitude extending to the horizon, flee before him. On the horse's fringed saddle-cloth is a crown. Pitt is very emaciated, his flaming hair streams behind him encircled by a fillet inscribed 'Destruction'. In his right hand is a large flaming sword; in his left he holds the thread-like body of a scaly monster with gaping jaws, webbed wings, and serpent's tail. Behind him on the horse's hind quarters sits a naked imp wearing the feathered coronet of the Prince of Wales, with the motto 'Ich di[en]'. He grasps Pitt, and kisses his posterior; in his left hand he holds out a paper: 'Provision for the Millenium £125,000 pr An'. The horse's tail streams out, expanding into clouds, and merging with the flames of Hell which rise from the extreme right. In the tail and flames imps are flying, headed by Dundas holding a pitchfork; he wears a wig and plaid with horns and webbed wings. Behind are three imps: Loughborough, indicated as usual by an elongated judge's wig in back view (cf. BMSat 6796); Burke with webbed wings and serpent's tail; Pepper Arden [Identified by Wright and Evans as Lord Kenyon. The identification in the text is confirmed by Lord Holland.] wearing a large wig. In the foreground (right) Pitt's opponents are being kicked towards Hell by the horse's hind legs. Fox has just been violently struck in the face, and staggers backwards, clutching a paper inscribed 'Peace'. Sheridan lies prone, face downwards, hands raised, as if for mercy. Wilberforce sits on the ground clasping his 'Motion for a Peace' (see BMSat 8637). Behind Fox Lansdowne looks up from the ground, clenching his fists. On the extreme right the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Stanhope, and the Duke of Grafton are about to plunge into the flames: Fox in falling is pushing them over. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of text below title: And e'er the last days began, I looked, & behold, a white horse, & his name who sat upon it was Death ..., and Mounted to 36 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 4th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Brothers, Richard, 1757-1824, and Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey, 1751-1830.
"A fat and placid-looking preacher stands in his pulpit in profile to the left, reading his sermon. He says: "I shall divide my Discourse into Seven Heads namely ------" He resembles the parson of British Museum satires no. 8428, and is probably Moore, the Archbishop; this is supported by the engraving (1792) after Romney."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., By Gillray using pseudonym 'A.S.' See British Museum catalogue., One of a set of eight satirical portraits, each issued separately., Two lines of text below image: I shall divide my discourse into seven heads ..., and Mounted to 18 x 13 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 6th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
"A fat and placid-looking preacher stands in his pulpit in profile to the left, reading his sermon. He says: "I shall divide my Discourse into Seven Heads namely ------" He resembles the parson of British Museum satires no. 8428, and is probably Moore, the Archbishop; this is supported by the engraving (1792) after Romney."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., By Gillray using pseudonym 'A.S.' See British Museum catalogue., One of eight satirical portraits issued as a set on one sheet with identical imprint statements., Two lines of text below image: I shall divide my discourse into seven heads ..., and On same sheet: Ministerial eloquence; Opposition eloquence; Naval eloquence; Military eloquence; Fools eloquence; Billingsgate eloquence; Bar eloquence.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 6th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
"Street scene. The showman (right) stands in profile to the right looking up at Punch and Judy who perform on their tiny stage, the supports of which are covered by a checked material. A monkey wearing a cocked hat and coat stands on his shoulder and takes an apple from the basket on the head of an apple-woman. A man plays a hurdy-gurdy in the foreground on the extreme right. The spectators gaze up intensely amused: A milkman (left), his yoke on his shoulder, has put down his pail, from which a second monkey dressed as a woman is drinking. A young woman holds out a hat for coins, while she picks the pocket of a spectator. A third monkey crouches on the ground. Beneath the title: 'Now 's the Time for Mirth & Glee, - Sing & Laugh & Dance with me.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Punch's puppet show
Description:
Title below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of verse below title: Now's the time for mirth & glee ..., Plate numbered '161' in lower left corner., and One of a series of Drolls.
Publisher:
Published 12th Sepr. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Criminals, Crowds, Dogs, Milkmen, Monkeys, Organ grinders, Peddlers, Puppet shows, Spectators, and Street vendors
"A ragged 'botching tailor' is climbing out of his bulk or stall (right) to attack with his goose a tailor who hastens from him, turning to snip his shears contemptuously. Above the penthouse stall is a placard, 'Simon Snip - maks & mendes Mens & Buoys reddy mad Close. N.B. nete Gallows for Breaches.' A garment and a pair of braces hang on a line; within a window is a sheet of patterns. The other, who is neatly dressed, carries a coat under his arm; a book of patterns protrudes from his coat pocket. A street receding in perspective (right) and the façade of a dignified house (left) form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Quarrelsome tailors and Two of a trade seldom agree
Description:
Title engraved below image., Variant state, with publication date etched in lower right corner of plate. For state lacking publication date, see no. 8595 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Numbered '644' in lower left of plate., No. 48 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Sewing equipment & supplies, Signs (Notices), Tailor shops, and Tailors
"Three-quarter length portrait of the Duke of Queensberry, old and rakish, standing in profile to the right, and leering through a quizzing-glass. He wears a battered hat and ruffled shirt. His cane hangs from a coat-button."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Quizzing a filly
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Quizzing glasses.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 26th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Str
Title engraved below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue and also based on the original drawing in the Huntington Library., Plate numbered '164' in lower left corner., One of a series of Drolls., Temporary local subject terms: Astrologers -- Cabalistic signs -- Serpents -- Demons -- Emblems: crocodile as astrologer's emblem., and Watermark (partial): fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
Publish'd 20th Nov. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
