A group of cats look at book opened to a musical score, on the right and images of mice on the left. Some of the cats are singing while one plays a trumpet; one of the cats wears spectacles. In the foreground are a violin and loose sheets of music. The book is propped against a birdhouse from which emerges a mouse; a cloth has been draped over the birdhouse
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., After a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1855,0609.487., Two similar prints, with slight variations in the image, were published by Ackermann in July 1817 with the title "Concert of cats". See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 817.07.00.01., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Cats, Mice, Musical instruments, Musicians, and Singers
"One of a set (coloured) by Williams, all with the same imprint (Nos. 12933-6). An imitation of No. 12927; the falling man lies on the ground, his foot (without a spur) gashes a lady's dress from waist to hem; the lady whom he clutches falls forward, kicking a man behind her. All the figures are altered in pose and character and two have been added. The two musicians are on a cloth-covered table, the violinist stands instead of sitting. In the centre of the back wall between two heavily draped windows is a large mirror above a console table with a jar of flowers. The round chandelier is decorated with dragons emitting flames of gas. There is a rolled up carpet (right) showing that the dancing is impromptu."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vis a vis
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on two sides., Plate numbered "No. 2" in upper left corner., and Watermark: John Hall 1816.
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Ill-matched couples dance facing each other; all are burlesqued. On the right a very tall man watches the assembly. The room is decorated with two sets of curtains and a large wall sconce lit with candles
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionably attributed to William Heath in local card catalog record., Later state; former plate number "394" has been replaced with a new plate number, and imprint statement has been completely burnished from plate., Publication information inferred from earlier state with the imprint: Pub. June 8, 1817, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 817.06.08.01+., Plate numbered "189" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Leaf 43 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Couples, Dance, Dandies, British, and Waltz
Ill-matched couples dance facing each other: all are burlesqued. On the right a very tall man watches the assembly. The room is decorated with two sets of curtains and a large wall sconce lti with candles
Description:
Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Plate numbered "394" in upper right corner., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Pub. June 8, 1817 by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Couples, Dance, Dandies, British, and Waltz
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A satire on costume and manners. Dandies (see British Museum Satires No. 13029) eagerly offer refreshments to ladies at a reception or ball. An elderly fright stands in the centre, between a thin (left) and a fat (right) dandy, one proffering a large goblet on a salver, the other a plate of patties, one of which is stuffed into his grinning mouth. She eagerly turns to the left with an ogling grin. On the left a footman spills a tray of goblets and ices over an elderiy lady seated on a chair which tilts backward. He has been knocked off his balance by the bow of the thin dandy. On the right a dandy seated by a fat ugly lady offers her a goblet. Her short skirt displays fat shapeless legs, defined by cross-gartering. All are much décolletée. A dandy drinks, while admiring himself in a mirror. A candle-sconce hangs between two oval mirrors, but in an adjacent room seen through an archway is a hanging chandelier with chimneys which probably indicate gas. Violinist, 'cellist, &c., play in a musicians' gallery in the background (left)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "186" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 38 in volume 3.
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A satire on costume and manners. Dandies (see British Museum Satires No. 13029) eagerly offer refreshments to ladies at a reception or ball. An elderly fright stands in the centre, between a thin (left) and a fat (right) dandy, one proffering a large goblet on a salver, the other a plate of patties, one of which is stuffed into his grinning mouth. She eagerly turns to the left with an ogling grin. On the left a footman spills a tray of goblets and ices over an elderiy lady seated on a chair which tilts backward. He has been knocked off his balance by the bow of the thin dandy. On the right a dandy seated by a fat ugly lady offers her a goblet. Her short skirt displays fat shapeless legs, defined by cross-gartering. All are much décolletée. A dandy drinks, while admiring himself in a mirror. A candle-sconce hangs between two oval mirrors, but in an adjacent room seen through an archway is a hanging chandelier with chimneys which probably indicate gas. Violinist, 'cellist, &c., play in a musicians' gallery in the background (left)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "186" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., and Watermark: Turkey Mill.
"A pretty and elegant young woman kneels on a bed supporting her elbows on the pillow. A woman stands beside her raising the girl's skirt in order to birch her, but finds her posterior covered by a life-sized mask which is a close portrait of herself. She says: "Oh ma foi! dot is mine own Head in t'oder place.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Governess outwitted
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., A close copy in reverse of print published by Holland in 1799: The governess delineated, or, A pretty face spoiled. Note from Andrew Edmunds April 2019., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on brown paper backing to 31 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1817 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Governesses, Child discipline, Beds, Masks, and Young adults
Leaf 46. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two Thames watermen stand on the river bank gaping at the explosion of a steam packet-boat, whose stern is inscribed 'For Richmond'. Wreckage flies into the air carrying with it a number of passengers, men and women, who are flung about in a dense cloud of steam high above the boat. A lady falls near an elegant wooden seat, a boy sits astride a funnel. Against the bank lies the watermen's wherry, the carved back behind the cushioned seat is inscribed: 'The Swiftsure T. Tugg Lambeth'. One says: "My Eye Ned there they go!!" The other: "Aye and a going rather out of the Road! d--ce they are got into Ayrshire insead [sic] of Surry!!""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Travelling by steam
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 12920 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Plate originally published in 1817; see British Museum catalogue., and On leaf 46 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
An image of the printing house at Strawberry Hill. A figure believed to be Thomas Kirgate stands in the road in front of the building holding a large portfolio under his arm
Description:
Title etched below image., Date from related print in the British Museum online catalogue. Cf. British Museum online catalogue. Accessions no.: 1956,1018.31., and Possibly engraved after Edward Edwards's drawing "Printing-House at Strawberry Hill 1784". The original drawing is held in The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810,, Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),, and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England),
Title from caption below image., Date of publication based on watermark., Four lines of text below image, two on either side of title: When Obadiah & his coach horse turnd. the corner rapid, furious ... Vide vol. 1st, Tristram Shan[dy]., A copy in reverse of no. 5215 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Watermark: 1817., and Imperfect; artist's name mostly erased from sheet.
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two barristers in wig and gown fight furiously with umbrellas. The aggressor (right), with outstretched left fist, rushes at his enemy with a closed umbrella which terminates in a long spike. The other, Adolphus, with legs wide astride, uses an open umbrella; his brief-bag swings from his arm. From a door on the right a constable rushes forward, holding out his crowned staff. The lower part of a staircase is on the left. Above the combatants: 'Full often we're Told & true it may be That two of a Trade can never agree'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Learned Adolphus, or, A legal construction of rogues and vagrants and Legal construction of rogues and vagrants
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionably attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., Later state, with altered plate number. See British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "191" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., and Leaf 45 in volume 3.
Title from caption below image., Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Eight lines of verse underneath image: Of the crafty Intriguante, I'd have you be shy, and beware of th' artillery that speakes in her eyes ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
A "line and dot" series of caricatures featuring scenes with stick figures (or "pin men"), both male and female, engaged in some form of public violence, arranged in two rows, each grouping individually titled. In the first row the designs are titled: "You lie, sir!", "Proceeding to blows", "Friends ending the dispute" and then a larger group of figures with the title "Dispute at cards: proceeding to a round game". In the second row: "In love I pereceive [sic]", "Prick'd to the heart. She's gone, she's gone!", "Met to part no more", "O! Thou false wretch", "O, Sophia fairest of all women", "How you teaze me Charles" and "I'll seek revenge", and a pair of designs labeled above "The effects of jealousy" and on the left "Now for the fatal blow" and "Keep your distance fellow."
Alternative Title:
Milk Street in an uproar
Description:
Title from text in upper left., Similar prints, also published by G. Blackman in 1817, are attributed to George Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue. Cf. Nos. 12955 and 12956 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., The genre was perhaps originated by G.M. Woodward who designed two plates of acrobatic feats, &c., entitled 'Multum in Parvo, or Lilliputian Sketches shewing what may be done by lines and dots'. See Curator's note to British Museum online catalogue, Registration number: 1935,0522.10.220.b, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 30, 1817, by G. Blackman Junr., 362 Oxford Strt
A "line and dot" series of caricatures featuring scenes with stick figures (or "pin men"), both male and female, engaged in some form of public violence, arranged in two rows, each grouping individually titled. In the first row the designs are titled: "You lie, sir!", "Proceeding to blows", "Friends ending the dispute" and then a larger group of figures with the title "Dispute at cards: ending in a round game". In the second row: "In love I perceive", "Prick'd to the heart. She's gone, she's gone!", "Met to part no more", "O! Thou false wretch", "O, Sophia fairest of women", "How you teaze me Charles" and "I'll seek revenge", and a pair of designs labeled above "The effects of jealousy" and on the left "Now for the fatal blow" and "Keep your distance fellow."
Alternative Title:
Milk Street in an uproar
Description:
Title from text in upper left., Unidentified artist., Date conjectured from that of the published print of the same design., Similar to a print, published by G. Blackman in 1817, and attributed to George Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue. Cf. Nos. 12955 and 12956 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., and The genre was perhaps originated by G.M. Woodward who designed two plates of acrobatic feats, &c., entitled 'Multum in Parvo, or Lilliputian Sketches shewing what may be done by lines and dots'. See Curator's note to British Museum online catalogue, Registration number: 1935,0522.10.220.b
A scene from Tristram Shandy in which Susannah stands holdings her nose with her lefthand while in her right she holds a candle over the cradle where the swandled infant Tristram lies with a plaster on his nose. She addressed the doctor with obvious fury, her mouth agape. On the left Dr. Slop raises his right fist at her while in his left he holds a cataplasm in a ladle, ready to fling at her. His hat lies at his feet, and his wig is ablaze. Obadiah stands behind him carrying in his hands a chamber pot and a bowl, a medicine bottle tucked under his arm. The two men stand before a screen. The walls of the room are hung with portraits and a mirror; a grandfather's clock showing the time as 6:15 stands against the wall behind the cradle and Susannah. Two medicine bottles sit on a table partially hidden behind the screen. In the foreground lies an over-turned chair
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication based on watermark from a print possibly of the same series. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Bunbury 803.00.00.44+., Text following title: Vid[e] Tris. Shandy, vol. 4., Three lines of text below title: Susannah rowing one way & looking another, set fire to Dr. Slops wig, which being somewhat bushy ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., A copy in reverse of no. 5216 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Trimmed within plate marks to 24.0 x 65.0 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Cradles, Longcase clocks, Physicians, Quarreling, Screens, and Servants
A scene from Tristram Shandy in which Susannah stands holdings her nose with her lefthand while in her right she holds a candle over the cradle where the swandled infant Tristram lies with a plaster on his nose. She addressed the doctor with obvious fury, her mouth agape. On the left Dr. Slop raises his right fist at her while in his left he holds a cataplasm in a ladle, ready to fling at her. His hat lies at his feet, and his wig is ablaze. Obadiah stands behind him carrying in his hands a chamber pot and a bowl, a medicine bottle tucked under his arm. The two men stand before a screen. The walls of the room are hung with portraits and a mirror; a grandfather's clock showing the time as 6:15 stands against the wall behind the cradle and Susannah. Two medicine bottles sit on a table partially hidden behind the screen. In the foreground lies an over-turned chair
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication based on watermark from a print possibly of the same series. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Bunbury 803.00.00.44+., Text following title: Vid[e] Tris. Shandy, vol. 4., Three lines of text below title: Susannah rowing one way & looking another, set fire to Dr. Slops wig, which being somewhat bushy ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and A copy in reverse of no. 5216 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Cradles, Longcase clocks, Physicians, Quarreling, Screens, and Servants
"Three grotesquely ugly old maids stoop delightedly over a Cupid who sleeps against a rose-bush, arrow in hand, his unstrung bow beside him. On the back of one sits an ape; a lap-dog is beside her. A parrot sits on the bonnet of another, the third kneels. On a mound (right) a cock stands crowing: 'Cock a doodle doo.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "One of prints (coloured) by, after, or attributed to G. Cruikshank [many were closely copied and unless original and copy can be compared they are difficult to distinguish; some attributed by Reid or Cohn to Cruikshank are in the manner of the supposed copyist; some are probably by I. R. Cruikshank], from a set issued c. 1817 to c. 1819"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1865,1111.2137., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Watermark: C. Wilmot 1815.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Older people, Single women, Roses, Putti, Cupids, Monkeys, Dogs, Parrots, and Roosters
Title from text below image., Printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from Cohn., This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Electrotherapy.
Publisher:
S.W. Fores
Subject (Topic):
Electrotherapeutics, Physicians, and Shock therapy
Title from caption above image., Description based on imperfect impression ; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of text., Plate numbered "Pl. 2" in upper left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Line figures.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 23d, 1817 by S.W. Fores No. 50 Piccadilly
