"Emblematical title-page to a set of prints on the Opposition. A fire burns on an altar of quasi-classical shape, on which is the title; apes' heads take the place of rams' heads, and a garland of laurel is bound with tricolour ribbon. At the base of the altar lies a cornucopia in the form of a bonnet-rouge transformed into a fool's cap terminating in a bell (cf. BMSat 8644). From it pour emblems of gods and goddesses: Thunderbolts tied with tricolour, an owl, grapes, caduceus, bow and arrows, hammer and pincers, trident, lyre, club, two doves on a shield with the head of Medusa. The arc of a pilastered wall forms a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Frontispiece to a series of six prints, each with the series title: New pantheon., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Pantheon -- Altars: sacrificial altar -- Cornucopias -- Emblems of gods and goddesses from Greek mythology -- Fool's cap as bonnet rouge -- Fool's cap as cornucopia -- Fire., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.1 x 20.0 cm, on sheet 34.0 x 24.1 cm., and Mounted on leaf 11 of volume 5 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
Novr. 7, 1799.
Call Number:
799.11.07.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Old bachellors in the next world chang'd into post horses with old maids driving them! and Old bachelors in the next world chang'd into post horses with old maids driving them!
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and right., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Old men as post horses -- Old women -- Scourges.
Publisher:
Published by William Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Title etched below series title and number., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 7 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. May 4, 1799, at Ackermann's Gallery, 101 Strand
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '9' in upper right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caricatures lent., Temporary local subject terms: Irish Rebellion, 1798 -- Ulster protestants: Peep of Day Boys -- Sun -- Fire: pyres -- Holyhead, Scotland., and Watermark: J Whatman 1794.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
"Caricature portrait of John Penn (1760-1834), miscellaneous writer and grandson of the founder of Pennsylvania. He stands in profile to the left, his feet splayed out, wearing a round hat, gloves, wrinkled Jean de Bry coat (see BMSat 9425), pantaloons tied above the ankles, and heelless slippers with spike toes. In his left hand is a cane. He has a vacant expression with gaping, fish-like mouth and receding chin. A flagged pavement, brick wall, and cast shadows form a background. The title continues: '- NB; This Title has no affinity to Pen, as connected with the Goose-Quill; nor has it any allusion to Penguin, a stupid creature between a Fish & a Fowl; - the word is simply derived from Pen, as the Instrument used to express the deep researches of the mind; see the St James's Street chitchat - respecting a Keen Pen; - a Witty Pen; - & a Pen, often Cut, but never mended.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Penetration
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: Jean de Bry coat -- Slippers with spike toes -- Pantaloons.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 6th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, N. 27 St. James's Street
"Caricature portrait of John Penn (1760-1834), miscellaneous writer and grandson of the founder of Pennsylvania. He stands in profile to the left, his feet splayed out, wearing a round hat, gloves, wrinkled Jean de Bry coat (see BMSat 9425), pantaloons tied above the ankles, and heelless slippers with spike toes. In his left hand is a cane. He has a vacant expression with gaping, fish-like mouth and receding chin. A flagged pavement, brick wall, and cast shadows form a background. The title continues: '- NB; This Title has no affinity to Pen, as connected with the Goose-Quill; nor has it any allusion to Penguin, a stupid creature between a Fish & a Fowl; - the word is simply derived from Pen, as the Instrument used to express the deep researches of the mind; see the St James's Street chitchat - respecting a Keen Pen; - a Witty Pen; - & a Pen, often Cut, but never mended.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Penetration
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: Jean de Bry coat -- Slippers with spike toes -- Pantaloons., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 26.1 x 19.0 cm., and Mounted on leaf 11 of volume 10 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 6th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, N. 27 St. James's Street
Two horizontal strips in between borders. First image on top left: A terrified footman looks at the ghost of a pregnant woman who faces a clergyman holding up a candle to see her face. The clergyman says, I declare it is a ghost of Molly the chambermaid. The ghost replies: You base seducer. The footman exclaims: Oh, maister what you done to poor Molly
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and artist's names, title, and imprint added in pencil on recto., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: GR 1815., and Identified on verso as copy in reverse of some of the designs from: Borders for rooms, extravaganza, plate 1.
"Sheridan stands on the stage dressed as Pizarro (played by Barrymore), gloating over guineas with which his helmet is filled. On the right is a flat consisting of a palm-tree with golden fruit, on the left columns wreathed with roses and decorated with theatrical emblems: tragic masks and spirals of cupids who blow Fame's trumpet, each holding a placard: 'Oracle Puff p ..'; 'Morning Chronicle Puff Puff Puff'; 'Morning Herald Puff' [&c, &c]; 'Courier' [&c, &c, cf. BMSat 9194]; 'Times' [&c, &c.]. In the background is mountain scenery with the mouth of the cave. Below the title: "Honor? Reputation? a mere Bubble! - will the praises of posterity charm my bones in the Grave? - 'psha! - my present \ "purpose is all! - O, Gold! Gold! for thee, I would sell my native Spain, as freely as I would plunder Peru.""--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Pizarro by Richard Brinsley Sheridan -- Theatres: scenery on stage -- Drury Lane Theatre -- Theatrical costume: Spanish don -- Theatrical emblems -- Puffs -- Money: guineas -- Newspapers: Morning Chronicle -- Morning Herald -- Times -- Courier.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 4th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
