Scene at the door of a cottage. Two soldiers on horseback talk to a young couple in the door of a cottage. The young man scratches his head as the woman looks down demurely. A kid plays with the large goat. An obese rustic sits on the bench near the door smoking a pipe and holding a large pitcher in his hand. A dog sleeps at his feet
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate., Companion print to: She Will Be A Soldier. See British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "No. 2" above title., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. May 1, 1798, at Ackermann's Gallery, No. 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dwellings, Goats, Horses, Soldiers, British, and Recruiting & enlistment
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From Laurie and Whittle series of drolls., Plate numbered '221' in lower left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Greenwich Hill -- 'Cits'.
Publisher:
Publish'd 20th August 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Military squabble about dress and Heroes in council
Description:
Title from item., Curator attribution: Possibly by Ansell., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent for the evening., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Military: soldiers -- London hussar -- Knight -- Roman soldier -- Light Horse -- Guns: blunderbuss -- Emblems: dragon -- Allusion to Marc Anthony, 83-30 B.C. -- Allusion to Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, 69-30 B.C. -- Allusion to William Stewart, Viscount Mountjoy, 1653-1692 -- Allusion to Adonis., and Watermark: E & P.
Title from item., Signed by Brownlow North using his artist's device: compass pointing to the north., Printmaker and publisher identified by George., and Temporary local subject terms: Dances: Scotch reel -- Dancing -- Pets: performing dogs -- Lighting: chandeliers -- Furnishings: window curtains.
"Britannia, buxom and beneficent, sits on one side of the 'Irish Channel'; on a smaller piece of ground stands Pat, his hands deep in his coat pockets, looking sideways towards Britannia. She sits with her shield and spear beside a pile of bales of goods and a cornucopia from which pour coins and jewels; she holds out a scroll: 'Union of Security Trade & Liberty'. She looks appealingly towards Pat, her right hand on her breast, one foot trampling on a book inscribed 'Discord' and a venomous snake. Tierney, Fox, and M. A. Taylor look out from behind bushes, gazing fixedly at Pat: Fox says, his hand before his mouth: "Hip! my old Friend Pat! - hip! - a word in your Ear! take care of yourself Pat! - or you'll be ruin'd past Redemption - dont you see that this damn'd Union is only meant to make a Slave of you! - do but look how that cursed Hag is forging Fetters to bind you, & preparing her knapsack to carry off your Property, & to Ravish your whole Country, Man, Woman & Child! - why you are blind sure! - rouse yourself Man! raise all the Lawyers & spur up the Corporations, Fight to the last drop of blood, & part with the last Potatoe to preserve your Property & Independence -" Tierney says "beware Pat", Taylor echoes "beware." Pat is a sturdy fellow with bare legs; his clothes are ragged, his broken spear lies beside him. Behind (right) is a building in flames. He says: "Plunder & Knapsacks! & Ravishments, & ruin of little Ireland! - why - by St Patrick, its very odd, now! for the old Girl seems to me, to be offering me her Heart & her Hand, & her Trade & the use of her Shelalee to defend me into the bargain! - by Jasus! if you was not my old friend, Charley, I should think you meant to bother me with your Whisperings to put the old Lady in a passion, that we may not buss one another, or be Friends any more.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Whisper across the Channel
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Irish Sea -- Irish Union, 1798 -- Pat Bull -- Expressions of speech: Irish 'Bother'.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 24th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, and Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834
A man with an ugly, mis-shapened face dressed in the costume of the Order of the Bath, stands defiantly facing the viewer
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from item., Possibly by Richard Newton?, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Militias -- Military uniforms -- Guns: muskets -- Allusion to war with France., and Window mounted to 27 x 38 cm.
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the Laurie and Whittle series of drolls., Plate numbered '223' in lower right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Irishmen -- Fireplaces -- Fireplace equipment -- Ornamented mantels -- Pictures amplifying subject: horse racing? -- Furniture: upholstered chairs -- Pets: cats -- Domestic service: manservants -- Kettles -- Tea service.
Publisher:
Published 18th Decr. 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Volunteers settling about pedigree and precendence
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Two images, side by side, on one plate., Four lines of verse in two columns: O say British youths is it valor you boast , why then fly unanimity's charms, pray tell us contenders, were foes on our coast, would your enmity strenghten our arms., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Military: Portsmouth Volunteer Corps -- Military uniforms: Portsmouth Volunteer Corps -- Shovels: counting houses shovels -- Buildings: breweries -- Counting house clerks -- Latrines -- Brewer's counting houses -- Puns -- Expressions: It is not all gold that glitters -- Furnishings: rugs., and Watermark: E & C T Russell 1797.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octobr. 1st, 1798, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
