Two men, elderly and grotesque, stand one on each side of a double-bass, playing it simultaneously with great vigour; one (right) is left-handed. Behind the instrument stands a violinist, holding up fiddle and bow in his right hand, giving an agonized scream and stopping his ear with his finger. In the foreground lies a large open music-book: 'Double Bass Hum strum diddle dum'. On the wall is a picture of a little chimneysweep flourishing two brushes like drum-sticks behind the Hottentot Venus (see British Museum satires No. 11577), who capers along, pipe in one hand, staff in the other, her much-exaggerated posterior serving as a drum. A vase of flowers stands on a wall-bracket.'
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 21t 1813 by H Humphrey, St. James's Street London
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on all sides., In upper right corner of design: Plate 28., Variant state of no. 11688 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and Temporary local subject terms: Dr. Syntax: illustrative material.
Publisher:
Pubc. Apr 1.1813, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
The arms of two gibbets extend symmetrically, high above a bonfire; between them is an equally high post supporting a board on which the title is etched. From one (right) dangles a realistic effigy of Napoleon (scarcely caricatured) in cocked hat, uniform, and Hessian boots. From the other hangs a ruffianly fellow holding a dark lantern. They face each other in profile
Description:
Title from ink annotation, centered at the top of the sheet within the design., Unsigned; attributed to Rowlandson., and Preliminary pencil sketch of a print published by R. Ackermann on 27 November 1813. Cf. No. 12103 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 9.
Subject (Name):
Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
"The arms of two gibbets extend symmetrically, high above a bonfire; between them is an equally high post supporting a board on which the title is etched. From one (right) dangles a realistic effigy of Napoleon (scarcely caricatured) in cocked hat, uniform, and Hessian boots. From the other hangs a ruffianly fellow holding a dark lantern. They face each other in profile. The fire is under Napoleon; smoke and flames drift towards Guy Faux. Country people cheer the bonfire, with two boys capering hand in hand in the centre foreground. Below the design (an alternative title): 'Bonfire at Thorpe Hall near Louth Lincolnshire on 5th Novr 1813 given by ye Revd W. C. to the boys belonging to the Seminary at Louth in consequence of the arrival of news of the Decisive Defeat of Napoleon Buonaparte by the Allies [see No. 12093] at 11 O Clock P M on ye 4th & Louth Bells Ringing all night.' Below is etched in two columns (left): 'GUY FAUX'S DYING SPEECH I Guy Vaux meditating my Country's ruin by the clandestine and diabolical means of Gunpowder Plot, was most fortunately discovered and brought to condign punishment by Old England and here I bewail my fate.' / 'NAPOLEON BUONAPARTES DYING SPEECH [right]. I Napoleon Buonaparte flattered by all The French Nation that I was invincible, have most cruelly and most childishly attempted the subjugation of the World, I have lost my fleets, I have lost the largest and finest armies ever heard of, and I am now become the indignation of the World, and the scorn and sport of boys. Had I not spurned the firm wisdom of the Right Hon. Wm Pitt I might have secured an honourable Peace. I might have governed the greatest Nation but Alas my ambition had decieved me and Pitts plans have ruined me.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker's name suggested in British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., Explanatory text engraved below image., Temporary local subject terms: Gibbets., and In contemporary hand in ink at top of print: 130.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 27, 1813, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Executions, Hangings (Executions), Gallows, Bonfires, and Lanterns
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A ship's boat filled with rollicking prostitutes, is rowed towards a King's ship whose bows are on the extreme left. The two oarsmen and the helmsman, and a marine playing a fiddle are swamped by the women, who hold up decanters and glasses. The helmsman lounges with his arms round two women, one of whom holds the tiller. A negro woman smokes a long pipe (cf. British Museum Satires No. 8793). All are in high spirits. Tied outside the boat are two barrels, both inscribed 'Smugled', one is 'Hollands Gin', the other and larger is 'Coniac Brandy'. Behind (right) is a ship with guns projecting from port-holes; two women climb on board by a rope-ladder from a boat, watched by sailors and an officer, while from a window of the captain's cabin another woman looks out. A ship in full sail (left) makes for the horizon. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 11981."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with beginning of imprint statement burnished from plate., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pubd. Febry. 23, 1813, by Thos. Tegg - No. 111 Cheapside, London. Cf. No. 12158 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Plate numbered "188" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., "Price one shilling coloured."--Lower left corner of design., and Temporary local subject terms: Prostitutes -- Ship.
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A ship's boat filled with rollicking prostitutes, is rowed towards a King's ship whose bows are on the extreme left. The two oarsmen and the helmsman, and a marine playing a fiddle are swamped by the women, who hold up decanters and glasses. The helmsman lounges with his arms round two women, one of whom holds the tiller. A negro woman smokes a long pipe (cf. British Museum Satires No. 8793). All are in high spirits. Tied outside the boat are two barrels, both inscribed 'Smugled', one is 'Hollands Gin', the other and larger is 'Coniac Brandy'. Behind (right) is a ship with guns projecting from port-holes; two women climb on board by a rope-ladder from a boat, watched by sailors and an officer, while from a window of the captain's cabin another woman looks out. A ship in full sail (left) makes for the horizon. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 11981."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with beginning of imprint statement burnished from plate., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pubd. Febry. 23, 1813, by Thos. Tegg - No. 111 Cheapside, London. Cf. No. 12158 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Plate numbered "188" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., "Price one shilling coloured."--Lower left corner of design., Temporary local subject terms: Prostitutes -- Ship., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.7 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 42 in volume 3.
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on all sides., Variant state of no. 12140 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., and Temporary local subject terms: Mirror -- Bell pull.
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A dying man, wearing a tattered shirt, lies stretched on a miserable bed under a casement window, through which looks Death, a skeleton holding up an hour-glass and a javelin which he points menacingly at his victim. A fat doctor (left) sits asleep at the bedside (left) while an undertaker's man, with a coffin on his back, and holding a crêpe-bound mute's wand, enters from the right as if smelling out death. The doctor wears old-fashioned dress, with powdered wig, and has a huge gold-headed cane. Beside him are the words: "I purge I bleed I sweat em, Then if they Die I Lets em"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
One too many
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably a later state; beginning of imprint statement appears to have been burnished from plate., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue and Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Also issued separately., Plate numbered "292" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Doctor., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death., 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 25.5 x 39.5 cm., and Watermark: 1819.
Publisher:
Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Skeletons, Physicians, Undertakers, Coffins, Hourglasses, Interiors, Sick persons, Deathbeds, and Windows
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A dying man, wearing a tattered shirt, lies stretched on a miserable bed under a casement window, through which looks Death, a skeleton holding up an hour-glass and a javelin which he points menacingly at his victim. A fat doctor (left) sits asleep at the bedside (left) while an undertaker's man, with a coffin on his back, and holding a crêpe-bound mute's wand, enters from the right as if smelling out death. The doctor wears old-fashioned dress, with powdered wig, and has a huge gold-headed cane. Beside him are the words: "I purge I bleed I sweat em, Then if they Die I Lets em"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
One too many
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably a later state; beginning of imprint statement appears to have been burnished from plate., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue and Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Also issued separately., Plate numbered "292" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Doctor., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death.
Publisher:
Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Skeletons, Physicians, Undertakers, Coffins, Hourglasses, Interiors, Sick persons, Deathbeds, and Windows
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A dying man, wearing a tattered shirt, lies stretched on a miserable bed under a casement window, through which looks Death, a skeleton holding up an hour-glass and a javelin which he points menacingly at his victim. A fat doctor (left) sits asleep at the bedside (left) while an undertaker's man, with a coffin on his back, and holding a crêpe-bound mute's wand, enters from the right as if smelling out death. The doctor wears old-fashioned dress, with powdered wig, and has a huge gold-headed cane. Beside him are the words: "I purge I bleed I sweat em, Then if they Die I Lets em"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
One too many
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably a later state; beginning of imprint statement appears to have been burnished from plate., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue and Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Also issued separately., Plate numbered "292" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Doctor., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 67 in volume 4.
Publisher:
Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Skeletons, Physicians, Undertakers, Coffins, Hourglasses, Interiors, Sick persons, Deathbeds, and Windows
