"Fox stands full-face, hands on hips, legs astride, looking arrogantly to the right. He wears a looped hat with large ostrich feathers, long loose coat with a lace collar and long revers over a tunic with a sash which defines his vast paunch. Tunic and coat have embroidered borders. The hat and coat are black, the tunic, stockings, lining and revers of the coat are red, which is the predominating colour. On the carpet is a design of the royal arms; he straddles across them, his feet planted on lion and unicorn."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., First plate in the series of "Habits of new French legislators and other public functionaries." Other plates in the series have series title "French habits.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: French costume: Directory minister -- Coats of arms: Royal arms.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 18th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"Lansdowne, Norfolk, and Grafton stand together wearing the dress of the Conseil des Anciens: a violet robe and cap, with a scarlet sash, over which hangs a white cloak in classical folds, the border of robe and cloak being embroidered in red. Lansdowne (centre) holds a book, the fingers of his right hand are raised, and he smiles slyly. Norfolk (left) and Grafton (right) listen to him with conspiratorial intentness. Under their feet are flag-stones."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Second plate in the series "French habits." First plate in the series has series title "Habits of new French legislators and other public functionaries.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: French costume: Directory Conseil des Anciens.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 18th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
"Stanhope, followed by Derby, Lauderdale, M. A. Taylor, and Grey, advances from left to right, left arm outstretched in the attitude of an orator. All wear the correct dress of the Five Hundred, resembling that of BMSat 9197, but in different colours: white robe, red cloak, blue cap and sash. The borders of the robe are embroidered in red, of the cloak in blue. Lauderdale, who is usually dwarfish in caricature, appears tall compared with the short and obese Derby, whose arms are folded, and his head, as always, turned in 'profil perdu'. Behind Lauderdale is M. A. Taylor, also short, but taller than Derby. Above him towers a man usually identified as Byng; Lord Holland (MS. note) identifies him as Grey, 'not Byng'. They stand on flag-stones. See BMSat 9196."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Third plate in the series "French habits." First plate in the series has series title "Habits of new French legislators and other public functionaries.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: French costume: Directory Five Hundred.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 18th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, and Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent for the evening., Cf. No. 9221 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: Military: volunteers -- Military uniforms: Light Horse -- Weapons: bayonetted muskets -- Umbrellas -- Literature: Laurence Sterne's Tristam Shandy -- Slang: lobsters (soldiers) -- Slang: Jessamin soldiers -- London: view from North., and Watermark.
Title engraved below image., Plate numbered '206' in lower left corner., Three lines of text below title: A quiz of a fellow seeing a bill on a window announcing lodgings to let ..., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: bedrooms -- Furniture: beds -- Dressing tables -- Seduction -- Expressions of speech: 'quiz of a fellow'., and Watermark: E & P 1796.
Publisher:
Published 1st January 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"Six brutal-looking men, much caricatured, sit round a table in a cellar, listening with apprehensive intentness to their chairman, who reads a paper: 'State Arrests - O'Conner Binns Evans Quigley'. He sits in an arm-chair, a grotesque ragged creature with sleeves rolled up; in his right hand is a candle taken from a candle-stick on the table. Beside him is a tankard inscribed: 'Tom Treason Hell-Fire Celler Chick Lane'. Against his chair leans an open book: 'Proceedings of the London Corresponding Society Ts Firebrand Secretary - Delegates - Forging Sam Barber Joe Dick Butcher Dissenting Nick Sheepshead Will Cut down Lary'. These names belong to the persons depicted: a barber sits on an upturned tub on the chairman's left, a comb in his ragged hair, a pair of tongs leaning against the tattered hat which lies beside him. Next (left) is a butcher, his steel hanging from his waist. All are grotesque denizens of the underworld. Two prints are on the brick wall, bust portraits of 'Horne Tooke' and 'Tom Payne'. Through an open door (right) is seen a flight of stairs, steeply ascending."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
London Corresponding Society alarmed
Description:
Title etched below image., "Price 1 sh., 6"--Below imprint., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Trades -- Barber -- Butcher -- Allusion to the planned French invasion of Ireland -- Interiors: cellars -- Dishes: tankards.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 20th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, and London Corresponding Society.
"Lord Moira, in regimentals, stands stiffly in profile to the left on the edge of a headland; in his right hand is an unstrung long-bow, much taller than himself. Across the water (left) is a fantastic night-scene in Ireland. Two soldiers by the waterside are seated over a large dish containing an infant which one is carving. The other, his hand on a barrel of 'Whiskey', drains the contents of a skull; human bones lie beside them. A little drummer beats his drum with bones. A soldier siezes a woman and is about to stab her with his bayonet. Behind this group a (?) woman is suspended by one wrist from three gigantic spears forming a tripod. Beside them (right) is a thatched cottage with a figure in distress just discernible through the door and with a lighted candle in the window. At this candle Moira is directing a blast (resembling a searchlight) from his pursed-up lips. On a cliff above the cottage a man supports in his arms a huge oak, in whose branches are many swans, some of which fly away to the right. Three frightened cows gallop off. Through the air, between Moira and the tree, gallops (right to left) a ram on which sits an old witch holding up a broom supporting a bonnet-rouge ; in her right hand she flourishes a bunch of serpents, emblem of discord or sedition. In the sky (right) behind Moira's head is a full moon with a grinning face which illuminates a semicircle of clouds surrounding Moira's head, its reflection making a broad path on the sea. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "Price 1 sh. plain, 2 sh. col." -- Following imprint., Three columns of text below title: Oh, my Lords, a man who walks erect like me, can plainly discover ..., One line of quoted text above image: "He had it from his father, who would tell you fifty in a breath--ay, & tell them,--'till he believ'd them all himself.", Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Ireland -- Soldiers: Irish soldiers -- Literature: George Ellis's Ode to Lord Moira -- Magazines: Anti-Jacobin -- Story of Moll Coggin -- Witches -- Emblems: serpents as symbol of discord -- Animals: rams -- Cannibalism -- Birds: swans -- Moon -- Spirits: whiskey.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 12th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826
Consists of the "interior of a dispensary where the viscount has brought his child-mistress to visit M.de la Pillule whose remedy has not cured her venereal disease; a large, well-dressed woman (perhaps a procuress) looks angrily at the young man and opens a knife, while the quack polishes his glasses; the room contains numerous medical and scientific objects, including machines for straightening shoulders and for drawing corks, a dried crocodile, a narwhal's tusk, and two mummies."--British Museum online catalogue and After Hogarth's painting "The Inspection" in the National Gallery, London
Description:
Title engraved below image., In lower left corner: Size of picture 3 ft. by 2 ft. 4 in., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., No. 3 in a series of 6 images, known as "The inspection.", Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2717., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 160., and Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 230.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1, 1798, by J. & J. Boydell, N. 90, Cheapside ; & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
Subject (Topic):
Children, Crocodiles, Medical equipment & supplies, Nobility, Physicians, Prostitutes, Quacks, Rake's progress, Scientific equipment, Sexually transmitted diseases, and Skeletons
"A grand bedroom with the countess holding a morning levée attended by her hairdresser while the lawyer, Silvertongue, arranges to meet her at a masquerade; others in the room include a female friend and effeminate men who pay rapt attention to a castrato singer accompanied by a flautist, a young black man who serves chocolate to the party, and a small black boy who points to the horns of a figure of Actaeon purchased at an auction with other objects, including a fake mermaid; playing cards and invitations lie on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Toilette
Description:
Title etched below image., After Hogarth's painting "The Toilette" in the National Gallery, London., In lower left corner: Size of picture 3 ft. by 2 ft. 4 in., No. 4 in a series of 6 images, known as "The toilette.", Series title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2375., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 161., and Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 231.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1, 1798, by J. & J. Boydell, N. 90, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
