"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., and 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.
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., 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
"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
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., 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., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 36.4 x 26.1 cm, on sheet 41.7 x 29.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 5 of volume 10 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 4th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"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
"Sheridan, fat and grotesque, dressed as Pizarro, strides to the front of the royal box, followed by the King and Queen in Court dress. He holds out a guttering candle in each hand and shouts towards the stage: "Stand by there, move that Stone out of the Way hollo Music there play God Save the King d'ye hear take care Sire mind that Step, louder there Music make room for the best of Kings & wisest of Sovereigns! Encore." The King says to the bejewelled Queen: "No! no! no Jacobins here all Loyal all Loyal, Charming Man the Author eh! charming Man, never saw him in such a good light before." Three princesses follow; one says: "bless me I never saw that General at Court". Behind are two princes in uniform with gorgets, evidently the Dukes of York and Cumberland. On the floor by Sheridan are two papers: 'Maidstone Loyalty' [see British Museum Satires No. 9245, &c], and '[Tomorr]ow Evening performed a new play called the Loyal Author to which will be added a Peep behind the Curtain Vivan[t] Rex et Regina'. The curtain is down; on the proscenium, replacing the usual 'Veluti in Speculum', is 'Anti Jacobin House'. Two men stand in the pit, waving their hats towards the royal box; one is Fox."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Pizarro a new play, or, The Drury-Lane masquerade and Drury-Lane masquerade
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "N" in "New" is etched backwards., Tentative attribution to Ansell from the British Museum catalogue., Attributed to Charles Williams in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printseller's announcement in lower right: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Theatrical costume: Spanish don -- Gorgets -- Songs: God Save the King -- Anti-Jacobin House -- Queen Charlotte's jewels -- Female dress: Queen Charlotte's dress., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Mounted to 28 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 11th, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Jacobins, Theaters, Interiors, Costumes, Stages (Platforms), Candles, Jewelry, and Military uniforms
Title etched above image., Also attributed to Gillray. See Wright., Two lines of text below image: In Pizzarro's plans observe the statesman's wisdom guides the poor mans [sic] heart ..., Plate from: The Anti-Jacobin review and magazine. London, 1799, v.4, p. 318., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Pizarro by Sheridan -- Magazines: Anti Jacobin Review., Description in a later hand filed with this impression: The caricature was published with the Anti Jacobin Review on Oct. 1, 1799. It represents Sheridan gloating [...] his wealth acquired by his play Pizarro. The print attributes its success to the acting of John Kemble, who carries Sheridan on his head., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of title, text below image, and imprint.
Publisher:
Published Oct. 1, 1799, by J. Whittle, Peterboro' Court, for the Anti Jacobin Review
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 and Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
Title etched above image., Also attributed to Gillray. See Wright., Two lines of text below image: In Pizzarro's plans observe the statesman's wisdom guides the poor mans [sic] heart ..., Plate from: The Anti-Jacobin review and magazine. London, 1799, v.4, p. 318., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Pizarro by Sheridan -- Magazines: Anti Jacobin Review., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 22 x 25 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in partial loss of imprint.
Publisher:
Published Oct. 1, 1799, by J. Whittle, Peterboro' Court, for the Anti Jacobin Review
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 and Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
Title etched below image., Eight lines of verse below title: Cast my love thine eyes aroud [sic] view thine swain upon the ground ..., 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, 1799.
Publisher:
Published at Akermann's [sic] Gallery, No. 101 Strand, London
Title etched below image., 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: Buildings: Gothic church -- Corporations: country corporations -- Buildings: 16th-century houses., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 28.7 x 40.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 17 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 12, 1799, by T. Rowlandson, No. 1 James Street, Adelphi
Subject (Topic):
Churches, City & town halls, City council members, Mayors, Parades & processions, Signs (Notices), and Wells
Title etched below image., 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: Buildings: Gothic church -- Corporations: country corporations -- Buildings: 16th-century houses., and Mounted.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 12, 1799, by T. Rowlandson, No. 1 James Street, Adelphi
Subject (Topic):
Churches, City & town halls, City council members, Mayors, Parades & processions, Signs (Notices), and Wells
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Temporary local subject terms: Publicans -- Squires -- Interiors: publican's parlor -- Smoking -- Dishes: tankards -- Pictures: Rowlandson's 4 Horse accomplishments prints on wall., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.5 x 19.5 cm, on sheet 25.4 x 20.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 35 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., and Temporary local subject terms: Publicans -- Squires -- Interiors: publican's parlor -- Smoking -- Dishes: tankards -- Pictures: Rowlandson's 4 Horse accomplishments prints on wall.
"Three revellers sit at a small round table on which is a large punch-bowl, each holding a full glass. A fat man in an arm-chair (right), full-face, each gouty bandaged leg supported on a stool, his left hand bandaged, and wearing a dressing-gown, with jovially contorted features, declaims the first part of the title. His neighbour, a young woman with her hand clasping her waist, declaims the second part. A wretched invalid (left), with stick-like limbs, looking on the verge of the grave, repeats the last part. The words, inscribed in scrolls, form the only title. They are the words of an old catch which continues: 'And is by all agreed the very best of physic' A patterned carpet, and cast shadows on a plain wall, complete the design."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in speech balloons within image, transposed right to left., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on leaf 8 of volume 10 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 13th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"Three revellers sit at a small round table on which is a large punch-bowl, each holding a full glass. A fat man in an arm-chair (right), full-face, each gouty bandaged leg supported on a stool, his left hand bandaged, and wearing a dressing-gown, with jovially contorted features, declaims the first part of the title. His neighbour, a young woman with her hand clasping her waist, declaims the second part. A wretched invalid (left), with stick-like limbs, looking on the verge of the grave, repeats the last part. The words, inscribed in scrolls, form the only title. They are the words of an old catch which continues: 'And is by all agreed the very best of physic' A patterned carpet, and cast shadows on a plain wall, complete the design."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in speech balloons within image, transposed right to left., Printmaker from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Publisher and date of publication from those of the volume in which the plate was issued., Plate numbered "453" in upper right corner., Plate from: The works of James Gillray, from the original plates ... London : Printed for H.G. Bohn by C. Whiting, [1849?]., For an earlier state lacking plate number, see no. 9449 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, page 265., Cf. Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 453., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Cholic.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 13th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street [i.e. H.G. Bohn]
Title etched below image., Numbered '234' in lower left of plate., One line of text below title: Not visit me -- got money enough, don't care a f--t for any body., From the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls., and Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: coaches -- Buildings: country house -- Architectural details: wrought iron gate -- Female dress: cloak, 1799 -- Female dress: hats -- Beauty marks.
Publisher:
Published 15 August 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Volume 4, after page 582. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Sheridan, a candle in each hand, shambles before the royal party, ushering them through the theatre and looking over his shoulder with an expression of exasperated anxiety. The King, in back view, turns to the Queen, saying, "I like the Author very much - took him for a Jacobin - no such thing - quite a different man - brim full of loyalty - I'll certainly come again!!" Behind the pair Salisbury, the Lord Chamberlain, walks stiffly, holding his staff and wearing his gold key. He is followed by one of the Princesses (Augusta Sophia), walking with the Prince of Orange, whose portly contour and sulky profile with closed eye appear on the extreme left. Through the door (probably that from the box lobby) Fox is seen holding a constable's staff and saying to the crowd, anxious to see the arrival: "Stand away there, don't stop up the passage you pack of Jacobin Rascals"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Window mounted to 36 x 51 cm., and Mounted after page 582 (leaf numbered '12' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Holland, N. 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, Augusta Sophia, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1768-1840, William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Anxiety, Candles, Sconces, Interiors, and Theaters
Title engraved below image., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., Plate numbered '231' in lower right corner., From Laurie and Whittle series of drolls., Four lines of verse in two columns below title: "I'll list for a soldier!" said Robin to Sue, / To avoid those eternal disputes ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: cottages -- Military uniforms -- Military musicians: drummer boy -- Fifer boy -- Cuckolds -- Recruiting -- Recruits -- Officer -- Children: babies.
Publisher:
Published 12th April. 1799 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"Pitt (caricatured), dressed as Rolla, addresses a group of chieftains (left); the ranks of the Peruvian army with erect spears watch from the background. Below the (printed) title is printed Rolla's patriotic speech from 'Pizarro', II. ii, beginning 'My brave Associates', 'and ... we serve a Monarch whom we love . . .' (see British Museum Satires No. 9436). He stands with both arms outstretched, head turned in profile to the left, pointing rhetorically across the sea to the Spaniards, whom Sheridan (in this speech) equates with French republicans, and who are here represented by the Foxites. The Peruvians wear feathered head-dresses and feather kilts in the manner of Red Indians, except Dundas, who wears tartan and feathered head-dress. Dundas (caricatured) sits on the ground holding bow and shield, and looking with cunning scepticism at Pitt; he is the only one of the ministerial group of five who can be identified, though others may be presumed to be Grenville, Portland, and Windham."--British Museum online catalogue and From the printed British Museum catalogue: "(Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) The Foxites, who 'fight for power, for plunder and extended rule', and follow 'an Adventurer whom they fear', all wear or carry bonnets-rouges and have tricolour flags, one inscribed 'Libertas'. They are small comic figures headed by Fox, who urges them towards the water. The others (left to right) are Lauderdale with a flag, Derby with a shield, Bedford wearing a jockey cap, Erskine in wig and gown, Norfolk holding his Earl Marshal's staff, Tierney holding pistols (see BMSat 9218, &c), Burdett, and two unidentified figures. For Pizarro see BMSat 9396, &c. The scene is burlesqued and altered from the play, where it takes place in the Temple of the Sun. The patriotic speech of Rolla (cf. BMSat 9436) made the fortune of the play and was reprinted as a broadside or placard in 1803, see BMSat 9397."
Description:
Title from letterpress text above image., Watermark: 1794., and Matted to 51 x 61 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834., Windham, William, 1750-1810., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
Subject (Topic):
Public speaking, Armies, Peruvian, Headdresses, Shields, and Spears
"Five ladies play musical instruments; all stand, except a performer on the triangle who is seated (right) in profile to the left. Next her a vast lady, perhaps Lady Buckinghamshire, raises a massive fist to thump a tambourine. The centre figure, who plays the cymbals with graceful energy, her head turned to the left to show a classic profile, may be Lady Charlotte Campbell .... A fat performer on the French horn inflates her cheeks grotesquely. On the extreme left a thin woman, of gipsy-like appearance, plays the true hurdy-gurdy or vielle."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Musical mania of 1799
Description:
Title etched below image., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Watermark: Edmeads & Pine.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 24th, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816 and Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady, 1775-1861
Subject (Topic):
Savoyards, Bracelets, Clothing & dress, Chairs, Cymbals, French horns, Musical instruments, Organ grinders, Tambourines, and Women
Title from item., Printmaker identified based on unverified card catalog record., 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: Buildings: farm cottage -- Fences: gate -- Scare crows -- Female dress, 1799 -- Female dress: poke bonnet -- Male dress, 1799., and Mounted.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Games: see-saw.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Holland, Oxford St.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"Turks and Bedouins besiege the base of a tall Corinthian column, on which is a group of terrified French savants. They have lit a fire at the base of the column whose smoke ascends in an expanding cloud; other Arabs advance with sheaves of reeds to feed the flames. On the small platform eight Frenchmen are crowded together; one, with wings attached to his shoulders and arms, steps into the void, stretching out his arms to a balloon, already wrecked by musket-fire. Their commander (probably Bonaparte), who wears a large plumed cocked hat and an order, shouts to the besiegers, holding up a placard 'Vive Mahomet Qui protegoit les Sciences'. A man kneeling beside him clasps him in terror; from his pocket issues a paper: 'Projet pour Bruler la Mecque'. A stout man (left) is about to hurl down a (? celestial) globe and a scientific instrument; another prepares to fling a large book: 'Le Ciel Revolutionné ou les Constellations Sans-culottisés'. A lean fanatic is about to commit suicide: he holds up a bottle labelled 'Tone', and clasps another labelled 'Louvet Opium'; in his belt are weapons inscribed 'Romme' and 'Roland' (all of whom but (?) Louvet killed themselves). A terrified face bites a book inscribed 'Savary'. A thin scholar (right) wearing a skull-cap is perhaps Monge. A ninth man falls from the summit (left); from his pocket issues a paper: 'Projet pour rendre les Hommes Immortels'. A stork (left) flies upwards from the column. Two scientific instruments (one electric) and six books fall from the column: 'Ebauche d'un Systeme de Législation pour une Colonie d Anthropophages' [cf. BMSat 9356]; 'Traité sur la Guillotine par un Théophilanthrope'; 'Sur le Reedification de la Tour de Babel'; 'Encyclopédie Edit: de Paris Vol: LX.'; 'Tableau de Logarithms'. The lowest, 'Projet de Fraternisation avec les Bedouins', hits a Bedouin and strikes him to the ground. On the ground is 'Le Contrat Social'. The besiegers fire at the Frenchmen or hold up their spears waiting for them to fall. One fires at an exploding balloon (right), 'La Diligence d'Abissynie' (cf. BMSat 9403), from which the (tricolour) boat has already fallen. One of the occupants falls head first towards the spears below; another descends by a parachute which has been traversed by the shot at the balloon; he is about to be transfixed by an arrow. Falling books are 'Les Ruines par le Cit: Volney'; 'Traité sur la Velocité des Corps Descendans'; and 'Theorie de l'Aerostation'. In the foreground right two fat Turks sit impassively back to back on a camel which gazes upwards; they are confident and incurious; one smokes reflectively. Arabs and Africans are in violent motion, some firing, others with spears. Behind (left) men gallop up on asses. A man (left) looks up through the wrong end of a telescope. In the background are pyramids. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Science in the pillory
Description:
Title from item, in French and English., Twelve lines of text in two columns, followed by twelve lines of verse in two columns, etched below title: It appears by an intercepted letter from General Kleber, dated "Alexandria, 5 Frimaire, 7th year of the Republic" ..., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 55.4 x 42.1 cm, on sheet 60.1 x 46.0 cm., Watermark: J. Whatman 1817., and Mounted on leaf 2 of volume 5 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 6th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"Turks and Bedouins besiege the base of a tall Corinthian column, on which is a group of terrified French savants. They have lit a fire at the base of the column whose smoke ascends in an expanding cloud; other Arabs advance with sheaves of reeds to feed the flames. On the small platform eight Frenchmen are crowded together; one, with wings attached to his shoulders and arms, steps into the void, stretching out his arms to a balloon, already wrecked by musket-fire. Their commander (probably Bonaparte), who wears a large plumed cocked hat and an order, shouts to the besiegers, holding up a placard 'Vive Mahomet Qui protegoit les Sciences'. A man kneeling beside him clasps him in terror; from his pocket issues a paper: 'Projet pour Bruler la Mecque'. A stout man (left) is about to hurl down a (? celestial) globe and a scientific instrument; another prepares to fling a large book: 'Le Ciel Revolutionné ou les Constellations Sans-culottisés'. A lean fanatic is about to commit suicide: he holds up a bottle labelled 'Tone', and clasps another labelled 'Louvet Opium'; in his belt are weapons inscribed 'Romme' and 'Roland' (all of whom but (?) Louvet killed themselves). A terrified face bites a book inscribed 'Savary'. A thin scholar (right) wearing a skull-cap is perhaps Monge. A ninth man falls from the summit (left); from his pocket issues a paper: 'Projet pour rendre les Hommes Immortels'. A stork (left) flies upwards from the column. Two scientific instruments (one electric) and six books fall from the column: 'Ebauche d'un Systeme de Législation pour une Colonie d Anthropophages' [cf. BMSat 9356]; 'Traité sur la Guillotine par un Théophilanthrope'; 'Sur le Reedification de la Tour de Babel'; 'Encyclopédie Edit: de Paris Vol: LX.'; 'Tableau de Logarithms'. The lowest, 'Projet de Fraternisation avec les Bedouins', hits a Bedouin and strikes him to the ground. On the ground is 'Le Contrat Social'. The besiegers fire at the Frenchmen or hold up their spears waiting for them to fall. One fires at an exploding balloon (right), 'La Diligence d'Abissynie' (cf. BMSat 9403), from which the (tricolour) boat has already fallen. One of the occupants falls head first towards the spears below; another descends by a parachute which has been traversed by the shot at the balloon; he is about to be transfixed by an arrow. Falling books are 'Les Ruines par le Cit: Volney'; 'Traité sur la Velocité des Corps Descendans'; and 'Theorie de l'Aerostation'. In the foreground right two fat Turks sit impassively back to back on a camel which gazes upwards; they are confident and incurious; one smokes reflectively. Arabs and Africans are in violent motion, some firing, others with spears. Behind (left) men gallop up on asses. A man (left) looks up through the wrong end of a telescope. In the background are pyramids. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Science in the pillory
Description:
Title from item, in French and English., Twelve lines of text in two columns, followed by twelve lines of verse in two columns, etched below title: It appears by an intercepted letter from General Kleber, dated "Alexandria, 5 Frimaire, 7th year of the Republic" ..., and Matted to 72 x 57 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 6th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"Suvorov, bald and with heavy eyebrows and moustache, caricatured as in BM Satires 9390, standing at left before his mirror, on the upper part of the frame of which is written 'Not used these forty years'; he looks at his reflection, his head in profile and striking an attitude with his left hand to his shoulder; wearing skin-tight costume with pointed boots and a thick, hairy garment worn over his shoulders; plumed helmet and cylindrical case on a stool in front of the mirror at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Suwarrow and his looring glass!
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of text etched below title: Since I have crept in favour with myself ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 47 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sept. 7th, 1799, by R. Akerman, N. 101 Strand
Title etched below image., Date from alternate state. See The Lewis Walpole Library, call no. 799.08.30.06., Series title and number etched above image., 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: Squires -- Glass: wine bottle -- Wine glasses., and Mounted on leaf 40 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Squires -- Glass: wine bottle -- Wine glasses., and Watermark: Russell & Co.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 30, 1799, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand
Title etched below image., Printmaker from Grego., Two lines of verse below title: Here vulgar nature plays her courser part. And eyes speak out the language of [the] heart ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27.3 x 21.6 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all text below image., and Mounted on leaf 12 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. April 10, 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Drinking vessels, Hats, Pipes (Smoking), Pitchers, Rings, and Wine
Title etched below image., Printmaker from Grego., Two lines of verse below title: Here vulgar nature plays her courser part. And eyes speak out the language of [the] heart ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. April 10, 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Drinking vessels, Hats, Pipes (Smoking), Pitchers, Rings, and Wine
Title etched below image., Printmaker from Grego., Two lines of verse below title: Here like the fly, vice flirts the painted wing without, all saint within, a venomed sting! ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Female dress: headdress -- Male costume: night-cap-- Dishes: coffee service -- Coffee cups without handles, 1799., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 26.3 x 21.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all text below image., and Mounted on leaf 13 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. April 10, 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Eyeglasses, Jewelry, Older people, and Young adults
Title etched below image., Printmaker from Grego., Two lines of verse below title: Here like the fly, vice flirts the painted wing without, all saint within, a venomed sting! ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Female dress: headdress -- Male costume: night-cap-- Dishes: coffee service -- Coffee cups without handles, 1799., and Watermark: Russell 1798.
Publisher:
Pub. April 10, 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Eyeglasses, Jewelry, Older people, and Young adults
"The steward, in night-cap and slippers, sits (left) in his office, looking up with stern suspicion at a yokel in a long smock who scratches his head, saying, "Donna look so Glum your Honor - I would pay my Rent un I could but consider what a Nation bad hay time it has been." A 'Survey of the Estate', books (List of 'Tenan[ts]') are on the wall; writing-materials on a small table, on which is a 'Rental'."--British Museum online catalogue description of alternate state
Description:
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Date based on alternate state. See The Lewis Walpole Library, call no. 799.09.10.04., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 44 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
"No. 10, the steward, in night-cap and slippers, sits (left) in his office, looking up with stern suspicion at a yokel in a long smock who scratches his head, saying, "Donna look so Glum your Honor - I would pay my Rent un I could but consider what a Nation bad hay time it has been." A 'Survey of the Estate', books (List of 'Tenan[ts]') are on the wall; writing-materials on a small table, on which is a 'Rental'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., and Temporary local subject terms: Stewards -- Country estates -- Estate books -- Tenant farmers -- Maps: survey of the estate -- Interiors: steward's office -- Writing implements: inkstand and quills.
Publisher:
Publd. Septr. 10, 1799, by R. Akerman, N. 101 Strand
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on verso of leaf 32 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 10, 1799, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand
"A man with a prodigious paunch standing squarely in the centre of the design with an expression of uncomplicated joy, legs and arms wide apart and his removed tricorne and wig in his raised hands."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on verso of leaf 31 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 10, 1799, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand
"One of the Directory, stripped to the waist, is chained by the wrists to a post inscribed 'Tree of Liberty' and surmounted by a bonnet-rouge (cf. BMSat 9214, &c). Suvóroff holds him by the hair and ferociously raises a whip to strike. He wears a fur-bordered cap (with skull and cross-bones as in BMSat 9387), tunic, cloak, and boots, and says: "This is the new Dance a la Carmagnole!" The other four Directors (see BMSat 9387), full-face, but looking sideways in horror at the Russian, wait their turn; one (left) kneels in supplication. They wear their official dress (see BMSat 9199); the cloak and hat of the victim are on the ground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched within image. and Temporary local subject terms: Napoleonic wars, 2nd Coalition: reference to Suvorov's victories in Italy, 1799 -- Punishments: lashing -- Male costume: habits of the French Directors -- Male dress: Russian dress.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Holland, Oxford St.
Subject (Name):
Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilʹevich, kni︠a︡zʹ Italiĭskiĭ, 1730-1800
Title etched below image., Signed by Brownlow North using an artist's device: compass pointing north., Printmaker identified from another print by Brownlow North signed with the same device ., One line of text below title: While your master is saying grace, take the chairs from behind the company and go out., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: dining room -- Art: pictures -- Domestic service: manservants -- Table settings -- Literature: Jonathan Swift (667-1745), Direction to Servants.
A large crowd of brawling men, some fallen with injuries, one being bitten by a dog; in the background a cat is thrown in the air, many clutching body parts in pain
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '8' in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark; printmaker's name erased from this impression., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
J. Baldrey
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Crowds, Dogs, Fighting, and Wounds & injuries
Title from item., Place of publication from other prints by Baldrey., Plate numbered '4' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Skating., and Watermark: E & P.
Title from item., Place of publication from other prints by Baldrey., Plate numbered '5' in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Dueling -- Vehicles: coaches., and Watermark: E & P.
"A sequence of disasters: a servant (left), entering with a joint of meat, is tripped up by a dog, falls forward, bringing his dish down heavily on the head of one diner. The latter falls backwards, grabbing the table, which tilts and, together with a plate of soup, strikes his 'vis-à-vis' under the chin. The contents of a large tureen deluge the falling man. A second servant (right) runs forward with uplifted arms. Two lighted candles fall with the table."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '10' in upper right corner., and Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark.
Title etched below image., Date from alternate state. See The Lewis Walpole Library, call no. 799.08.30.05., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Taxes: tax collector -- Window tax -- Income tax -- Bird cages -- Pets: cat., and Mounted on leaf 39 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. and Temporary local subject terms: Taxes: tax collector -- Window tax -- Income tax -- Bird cages -- Pets: cat.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 30, 1799, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand
Title from caption below image., Artist from unverified data in local card catalog record., Publisher's advertisement below image in lower right: Folio's of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Design consists of twelve figures in two rows, each with lines of text etched above., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Accounting ledgers -- Allusion to parsons -- Female costume: Wig -- Muff -- Sandals -- Lawyer -- Banker -- Drunkard -- Crim. con. -- Military uniforms -- Officer uniforms -- Naval uniforms -- Sailor uniforms -- Wooden leg., and Watermark: A. Stace 1798.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 15, 1799, by S.W. Fores, No. 50, Piccadilly
