"[1] "Ignorance is bliss --" Two liveried flunkeys, 'pampered menials', lounge on the doorsteps of a town house, a bloated dog seated between them. One asks his obese companion 'What is Taxes Thomas?!!' Answer: 'I'm sure I don't Know!' Inside the hall a grossly fat porter sleeps in his hooded chair. [2] 'Gentility!--' A little chimney-sweep, decked out in ribbons, and holding brush and shovel, addresses another 'climbing boy': 'vhy I say Jim ar'nt you a gooing out with Jack & the Green?!!' The other: 'No. Master says as how its werry low -- Ve ar all a going to dine with the Masters & Missus's at Vite Condic [White Conduit] House'. For sweeps on May Day cf. No. 6740. [3] 'Brobdignag Bonnet -- Seven people beside the wearer walk under the flat brim of a huge ribbon-trimmed hat. Cf. No. 15618. [4] "Now that, I heard"-- One ragged street lad says to another, at the corner of 'Argyll Street': 'Hallo! Jack vare are you agoing to?' The (ironical) answer: 'Oh! vhy I'm a going to a Consort at the Argyll Rooms!' (Cf. No. 15604.) [5] 'A Jolly Companion'. Bust profile to the right of a man constructed of materials for punch; the shoulders are the broken top of a sugar-loaf; bowl, decanter, two glasses, lemon, lemon-squeezer, and corkscrew make up the head. Cf. No. 11824, &c. [6] 'All a blowing all a growing' (the cry of the London street-sellers of plants). A woman's figure is formed of a hand-bell whose handle, the body, supports an immense hat, the crown covered with flowers; ribbon streamers from brim to shoulders form arms. Cf. No. 15611.†. [7] 'Tooth Powder . A sufferer from tooth-ache, seated on a couch, extracts a tooth by firing a pistol, the bullet attached by a string to the tooth."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below center image., Seven designs on one plate, each individually titled., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and One of six plates of a series entitled: Scraps and sketches / by George Cruikshank. To be continued occasionally. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 11, p. 73.
Title from text above center image., Five designs on one plate, each individually titled., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One of six plates of a series entitled: Scraps and sketches / by George Cruikshank. To be continued occasionally. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 11, p. 73., and Partial watermark.
Title from text above image; title lacks closing quotation marks., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with a top hat., Imprint continues: ... where political & other caricatuers are daily published., Text below image: If fashions various laws you would obey, the petticoat abridge: the ankle full display. July 1828., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below center image., Six designs on one plate, each individually titled., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and One of six plates of a series entitled: Scraps and sketches / by George Cruikshank. To be continued occasionally. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 11, p. 73.
"The freeholder, a ragged Irish peasant, stands full-face, between a bloated priest (left) and a fashionably dressed young man; both tug at his coat-collar. The obese priest, who wears robes, with a large cross from neck to knee, holds up a print of the Devil smoking a pipe, in the bowl of which sits a tortured man; he says: Vote for your Priest or see this picture of your Soul in the next world. The other points behind him to an eviction scene, saying, Vote for your Landlord or see the real consequence in this World. In the background is a cluster of mud huts placarded Wanted Protestant Tenants for these Cabins. Men chase away a ragged family in one direction, and a pig in the other. Freeholder: Sure I'm bother'd [cf. BM Satires No. 8141] hadent I better be after voten for both your honors id would make the thing asier aney how. In one hand is his shillelagh, in the other his hat with a tobacco-pipe thrust in it."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Forty shilling freeholders only expedient for the salvation of body and soul
Description:
Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Imprint continues: ... where political & other caricatuers are daily published., Questionable date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 193.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland.
Subject (Topic):
Devil, Peasants, Pipes (Smoking), Poverty, Priests, and Staffs (Sticks)
"A giant File (for filing papers by spiking them), a rod with a round base and terminating in a hook, bisects the design vertically. To the hook is padlocked a handsome country seat, surrounded by trees, lawn, flower-bed, deer, and peacock. At the base is the same house in ruins. In each corner of the design is a pair of figures: the lawyer and his client at different stages of the suit. Spiked on the file, and filling the centre of the design, is a long procession, extending over two concentric ovals and enclosing the final scene, the exterior of a debtors' prison; it begins with a Full Purse and ends with a limp Empty Purse. The corner designs: [1] an obsequious attorney bows to a stout and jovial sportsman, saying, Oh Yes, a Chancery Suit will soon put you in possession of that fine Estate. [2] The Defendant, dandified and slim, nonchalantly empties a purse into an attorney's hat, saying, There take that, and file a bill immediately. [3] Older and ragged, the Plaintiff stands back to back with an obese barrister who scans an enormous bill of Costs, much of which lies coiled on the ground. Below: How blest was I, before I went To Law I fear'd no Writs, I felt no Bailifs Claw. (lines quoted also in British Museum Satires No. 1609, see British Museum Satires No. 3047) [4] The Defendant, almost more ragged and dejected, stands with hands thrust in empty pockets, while a paunchy barrister marches off in triumph. Below: Now happy man, can'st triumph in thy Woes? For tho' thou'st got the Day, thou'st lost thy Clothes. (lines adapted from No. 3048 (1749) The centre procession of little figures, everyone carrying a purse, is headed by the Sergeant at Arms capering along, the mace on his shoulder, followed by the L--d--C--ll--r, and his train-bearer. Next, the Master of the Rolls and three Clerks, all carrying bulky packages of Orders and Decrees. Next, walking in pairs, come 12 Masters in Chancery [there were actually ten], in wig and gown, holding papers inscribed Affidavit, Recognizance, Orders, and Deeds; they carry between them one vast elongated purse. Six dandified Clerks follow, each with a pen behind his ear. Next, The Clerk of the Crown and Deputy, the first a barrister, the second carrying Decrees spiked on a rod, and followed by another barrister, the Registar [sic], and by another batch of (six) Clerks. After these walk The Six Clerks, in wig and gown, holding papers: Procedure on Bill, Pardon, Commission Bankrupt[cy]. A rather raffish crowd of 60 Assistants follows, their hands greedily extended, despite their fat purses. 24 Cursitors in wig and gown take up more space in the procession than the preceding '60'; they are headed by one of their number holding large Writs. Six individuals follow: Clerk of the Hamper, dragging two big Leather Bags; Comptroller of the Hamper; Clerk of the Patents with a Charter; Master of the Suppoena Office--; Clerk of the Affidavits. Eight Clerks of the Petty Bags follow, and are followed by two Examiners (barristers). Next are the Clerk of the Rolls, a barrister, burdened with Deeds, and the Usher of the Court holding a wand. Two Tipstaves follow; then comes the Warden of the Fleet, and last of all two burly Turnkeys, and a long Empty Purse. This procession marches along a path coiled in two concentric ovals, like a lengthy legal document, some of the figures being upside down; it encloses the centre design, so that its tail points to the door of the Fleet Prison. From a barred window placarded Poor Debtors a victim looks out; he is given alms by a dustman and an apple by an old apple-woman. On the right a fat prosperous butcher stands by his stall in the Fleet Market."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Imperfect; publication date erased from imprint. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., and Date in imprint supplied in ms.
"An inverted wine-glass (claret shape), partly fluted, represents a woman; the bowl is a bell-shaped petticoat, the stem a pinched waist and bodice; the wide base forms the brim of her plateau-hat on which stands a cork with a metal rim and upstanding ring to form the narrow jam-pot crown (cf. BM Satires No. 15466). On the base (or brim) are bunches of grapes from which hang trails of vine leaves. Tied symmetrically to the stem are two pears, representing inflated sleeves, the stalks serving for wrists and hands. Below the design six lines of verse
Alternative Title:
Desert-imitation of modern fashion! and Dessert-imitation of modern fashion!
Description:
Title from text above image., Print signed using a varient of William Heath's device: A man with a raised glass rather than an umbrella. Also with the lines in a speech balloon: What have we got here by Jove what we are all fond of a Lass & à Glass my service to you Gents tis but a frail fair after all., Questionable publication date from British Museum catalogue., and Six lines of verse below image: Turn a tumbler up side down, The foot for a hat and a cork for the crown, Some grapes for trimming, will give an air, And as for Sleeves have ready a pear, When join'd to gather tis sure to tell, A picture true, of a modern belle.
Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Text below title: D-n me she's a black one., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1823-1848, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1828]
Call Number:
828.00.00.62+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: "I say my fine fellow have you an idea that I look like a sportsman, eh?" ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., With: Not so flattering. No. 4, and Watermark: J. Whatman 1828.
A rotund doctor, holding a cane under his arm and wearing a wig, looks at his watch as he takes the pulse of very thin man in a dressing gown and night cap who jumps on one leg and wears a look of pain on his face. Above the doctor's head: "You are bespoke!!"
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date from ms. notation below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
A group of dogs of various breeds sit around a table playing cards or rouletttes. A cat playing with a box in the lower left is frightened by one dog who leaps at it from its chair. Another dog on a cushion (right) looks at the hand of one dog at the table
Description:
Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J Whatman 1827.
Publisher:
Printed and published by J. Didsbury, 22 Southampton Street, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Card games, Cats, and Dogs
"Eldon stands with his shirt-sleeves rolled up, carrying a great stack of petitions under each arm. On his head is a porter's knot made of a pair of green bags (emblem of 'Old Bags', see British Museum Satires No. 12883); on this rests a third pile of bulky parchments. Round his right leg is an unfastened garter inscribed '. . . d Expects Every Man will do' [his duty]. He puffs; sweat streams down his forehead; he says: 'Hard work this--got plenty more to bring down yet--.' The petitions are inscribed 'Petition' [five times]; 'against Concession' [twice]; 'Petition against'; '30.000 Inhabitants'; 'Humbly Sheweth'; 'Petition against Concession--' [twice] '3.00 Inhabitants'; '4000 of the . . .'; 'signed by 130.000 Men Women & Children ; 60,000 Respectable Inhabitants'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Matted to: 40 x 30.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Petitions, Bags, Head-carrying, and Lifting & carrying
Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1825.
A young woman is shown full-length in a huge head-dress and "fashionable" dress elaborately decorated with flowers
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: Introduce me to your female friends for whom, by taste, I was designed., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Partial watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Treguar 106 St. Martins Lane Chairing Cross
"George IV as the 'Great Babe' lies asleep in his cradle rocked by Lady Conyngham, while Wellington, seated before a pier-glass, places the crown on his own head. The glass reflects the dark emaciated features of British Museum Satires No. 15520. The Duke wears a uniform with boots and sword. On a table below the glass the sceptre and orb lie on a cushion. Lady Conyngham, with a towering coiffure as in British Museum Satires No. 15508, croons: Oh slumber my darling | The time may soon come | When thy rest may be broken | By Trumpet & Drum [the last three words in large letters]. The infant sucks a thumb; a gouty foot projects from the coverlet. On the floor is a line of toys: a sailing boat on wheels, a model of Buckingham Palace reconstructed by Nash as in British Museum Satires No. 15668, a giraffe (see British Museum Satires No. 15425), a Life Guard on a toy horse, a Foot-Guard, a dismantled or unfinished ship resting on a prostrate toy soldier. A napkin on a towel-horse (right) indicates a nursery."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: the character Paul Pry, a man with an umbrella., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Nurseries (Rooms & spaces), Cradles, Toys, Military uniforms, British, Daggers & swords, Boots, and Scepters
A fight on a country lane between gentlemen hunting and a farmer
Description:
Title from text below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 29 x 38 cm.
A hussar stands in his stirrups on a spirited charger to embrace a girl who leans from a window
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker and date from British Museum online catalogue., Imprint appears once below title of plate 2., Possibly a later state; plate number mostly burnished out., Description based on imperfect impression; imprint partially erased with loss of publisher name., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With: Artillery bringing up the field pieces.
Title etched below image., Text below title begins: Please sir mother says it's unpossible to wash your shirt any more without rubbing it in two ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"The Duke (left) and Duchess of St. Albans stand facing each other; the little Duke staggering under an ornamental basket which supports a side of bacon, inscribed Best Wiltshire. The Duchess holds on her shoulder a cutter in which are seated six oarsmen with oars held erect, and a helmsman. The Duke is dressed as Grand Falconer (see British Museum Satires No. 15596) and wears a hood with bells indicating both a fool's cap and the hood and bells of falconry. Two speeches float from his head: [1] "In love connubial, formed to live and last, This gift records a blissful twelvemonth past We claim, then boldly claim the flitch Dunmow First of the blest, who keep the marriag Vow". [2] I thought the flitch to small a present on this auspicious day so I have brought the Gammon with it Love. The Duchess answers: Thanks for your Bacon Duke well have you Saved it - and in return accept of this small Testimony of my affection. She wears Court dress, coronet, and feathers. The boatmen wear yellow and green liveries, and on the prow is a falcon's head; the back of the seat in the stern is decorated with a falcon perched on a melon resting on a heap of sovereigns. In the foreground are spectators: on the left the Dukes of Cumberland (wearing his hat) and Sussex stand together with Prince Leopold behind them; on the right is Sir Francis Burdett (son-in-law of Coutts), very thin, surprised, and displeased. In the background are other spectators, their heads concealed by the boat, and on the right a group of singers, some in Tyrolean costume, with (?) Braham and Miss Stephens; they sing: a boat a boat."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Scene in the honeymoon and Conjugal felicity
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: character of Paul Pry, a man with an umbrella., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Imprint continues: ... where political and other caricatuers are dialy [sic] pub. the largest assortment of any house in town., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Name):
St. Albans, William Beauclerk, Duke of, 1801-1849, St. Albans, Harriot Mellon, Duchess of, 1777?-1837, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843, Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Braham, John, 1774-1856, and Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882
Subject (Topic):
Marriage, Spouses, Baskets, Bacon, Boats, Rowers, and Spectators
Title etched below image., Two lines of verse below title: Without the fair one's consent if a kiss you would seek, you deserve to receive a smart slap on the cheek!!, 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:
Published Octr. 1, 1828 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Title etched below image., Two lines of verse below title: A sly kiss he steals, but there's no harm in that though it makes her poor heart to go to pit-a-pat!!, 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:
Published Octr. 1, 1828 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Title from text above and below image., Shortshanks is the pseudonym of Robert Seymour., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two lines of verse below image, in lower right: I go; I go; look, how I go; Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted.
Title from caption below image., Publication information from unverified data from local card catalog record and based upon other plates from the series., Plate from book: Joe Lisle's play upon words, pub by Thomas McLean, 1828., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Steam-driven coaches and carriages and three-wheeled vehicles loaded with well-dressed passengers fill Regent's Park. The chaos and conjestion fill the park with dust and dark smoke and result in accidents
Description:
Title from text below image., Series title from text above image., Companion print to: View in White Chapel Road 1830., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Matted to 39 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 20, 1828, by S & J. Fuller, at their Sporting Gallery, 34 Rathbone Place
Subject (Geographic):
Regent's Park (London, England), England, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Crowds, Parks, Steam automobiles, and Traffic accidents
"Nicholas I, in uniform with plumed cocked hat, rides (right to left) a gigantic Russian eagle, his sword raised to slash. The eagle holds in one of its beaks a round wicker coop which it drops over a turkey crouching on a grassy slope (left). From each predatory beak a cloud issues, inscribed WAR in large elaborate letters. The heraldic bird is very much alive, one claw clutching a sceptre, the other an orb. The Tsar stands in his stirrups; his saddle is superimposed on the shield on the bird's breast on which is a mounted knight in armour with visor down and sword raised. To the shield are appended eagles and other emblems. Far below (right) is a snow-covered plain where tiny Cossacks gallop with levelled spears, chasing Turks, The sky is filled with flame and smoke from blazing buildings. On the left from among the smoke emerges the dark silhouette of a profile bust of Napoleon; he says: Europe look well to this beware of the Kelmuc [sic]."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Approximate date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 219.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, 1796-1855 and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829, Cages, Ceremonial objects, Daggers & swords, Eagles, Poultry houses, Scepters, and Turkeys
Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1823-1848, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1828]
Call Number:
828.00.00.60+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from other plates in this series signed: T. Jones., Text below title: I say my man, have you an idea this 'ere hanimal will do for fox-hunting? ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With: Easter-Monday-to wit. No. 2.
Title from caption below image., Print signed using an unidentified artist's device: An image of an eye followed by three asterisks., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two edges., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Promenades -- Walking -- Couples.
Title from caption below image ; letter "e" following "corps" scored through., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Imprint continues: ... where political & other caricatuers are daily publishing-the largest colection [sic] in London., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
'Artillery bringing up the field pieces (14730). A hussar leads a pretty coquettishly dressed girl, holding a rake, from a hay-field, pointing to a waiting post-chaise. Behind (right) a second soldier carries off a girl in his arms. Cf. British Museum catalogue, no. 13078
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker and date from British Museum online catalogue, Description based on imperfect impression; imprint partially erased with loss of publisher name., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With: A salute.
Title from caption below center image., Seven designs on one plate, each individually titled., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and One of six plates of a series entitled: Scraps and sketches / by George Cruikshank. To be continued occasionally. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 11, p. 73.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"Eldon as a street-beggar kneels on both knees on straw placed on paving-stones, wearing a cap resembling those worn by butchers and the rags of a Chancellor's gown over tattered breeches. He supports himself by a staff, and holds out his short powdered wig. Beside him (left) lies an empty and dilapidated bag inscribed The Old Bagg [cf. British Museum Satires No. 12883]. He looks down with a gloomy scowl, and from his closed lips rise the words: Pity the sorrows of a poor old man [cf. British Museum Satires Nos. 13991, 16236]--vide beggars petition, Tricked out of Work by a Soldier. Round his neck is tied a placard reaching below the waist, and inscribed: Pity a poor Old Man out of Place, at the age of 78 [76], and though extremely anxious, for employment, disappointed in, all his expectations of procuring the Same. His pension is only 4.000 P A [cf. British Museum Satires No. 10714] and not a Dinner has been dressed in his house within the memory of man! He has a wife to support, and a Son to provide for, who holds only Eight Appointments! Beside him an emaciated dog stands on its hindlegs holding a begging-dish, with a piteous expression."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
To a benevolent public
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides.
Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1823-1848, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1828]
Call Number:
828.00.00.80+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: Tom I've an idea we shall find game here, look at Tiger there's a point for you!! ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With: Jemmy Green buying an unter. No. 8
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by T. Smyth and sold by A. Parsey 10 & 11 Burlington Arcade and Printed by C. Hullmandel
A comic nighttime scene: a man in his night cap stands in the entrance of his front doorway holding a blunderbuss under his arm and a lit candlestick in his hand. He and his dog both show alarm at the sight of a horse tied to the knocker on the door. In the background (left), around the corner of the house the moonlight reveals two young men who watch in amusement, one laughing behind his hand. On the ground are clam shells. A lantern above the door provides further light on the subject
Alternative Title:
Disturbed by the nightmare
Description:
Title engraved below image., Engraved after a painting exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1828; see Oxford Dictionary of national biography, entry for Theodore Lane., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Bulcock, 163 Strand, July 1, 1828, & at Paris by H. Rittner, Boulevard Montmartre
Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Dogs dressed in gentleman's coats and breeches meet around a table covered in papers. They address a dog in a police uniform who stands at attention to receive instructions. The figure at the head of the table address him, "And d'ye hear! destroy every Dog you find not Muzzled."
Alternative Title:
Dogmatism
Description:
Title etched below image., Date completed with "28" written in ink., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Partial watermark.
Publisher:
Pub. by S. Gans, Southampton St., Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Animal control, Animals in human situations, and Dogs
Title from caption below image., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed with partial loss of printer name., "Plate 1"--Below title., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1828.
Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1823-1848, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1828]
Call Number:
828.00.00.60+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from other plates in this series signed: T. Jones fec., Text below title: Have you an idea a pair of spurs would be of use here, eh? ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With: An essay on hunting. No. 1.
"Fashionably dressed men and women, in acute discomfort, hasten from right to left. A lady in the foreground (right) taking the arm of a dandy resembles Mrs. Robertson, see British Museum Satires No. 14557. There is a background of bushes and trees. The head of a black footman, wearing a cocked hat, pops up from behind a bush. On the extreme right is part of the Pump Room, with central cupola and pillared portico."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tis necessary to quicken your motions
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to William Heath from the British Museum catalogue., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: The Royal Well, Cheltenham., and 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.4 x 34.4 cm, on sheet 27.7 x 36.9 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Cheltenham (England)
Subject (Topic):
Hydrotherapy, Health resorts, Dandies, British, and Servants
"Fashionably dressed men and women, in acute discomfort, hasten from right to left. A lady in the foreground (right) taking the arm of a dandy resembles Mrs. Robertson, see British Museum Satires No. 14557. There is a background of bushes and trees. The head of a black footman, wearing a cocked hat, pops up from behind a bush. On the extreme right is part of the Pump Room, with central cupola and pillared portico."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tis necessary to quicken your motions
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to William Heath from the British Museum catalogue., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: The Royal Well, Cheltenham., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Cheltenham (England)
Subject (Topic):
Hydrotherapy, Health resorts, Dandies, British, and Servants
A fashionably dressed young woman, adorned with feathers, is attacked by flocks of birds on the lawn of an estate. Another young woman flees towards the door of the house in the distance
Alternative Title:
Real birds plucking the sham
Description:
Title from text etched above and below image., Shortshanks is the pseudonym of Robert Seymour., Approximate date of publication from dealer's description., Sheet trimmed to/within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
A soldier stands at attention beside an officer, who sits on a seat outside a rustic inn or cottage, inspecting a paper. The man's eyes are turned towards a girl who looks sideways at him from an open casement window (left).
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker and date from British Museum online catalogue, Imprint appears once, below plate 4., Description based on imperfect impression; imprint partially erased with possible loss of publication date., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With: Recruiting.
Title from caption below image., Text below title: "Give me a cigar." Byron., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published July 3, 1828, by John Fairburn, 13, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Title from caption below image., Plate numbered in upper right corner: No. 7., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed & published by Engelmann Graf Condel and Co.
A full-length view of a woman in an elaborate costume, with feathers and on her dress and flowers in her big hair
Description:
Title etched above image., Text following title: To be continu'ed., Four lines of verse below image: To see our feather'd nymph appear in all her flaunting glittering gear ..., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of imprint and printmaker's signature., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Signed in contemporary hand on verso: ...[?] Porter.
Title from caption below image., Shortshanks is the pseudonym of Robert Seymour., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Painters -- Clergy -- Illness -- Musical notation -- Town crier -- Accidents -- Blacks -- Skeleton -- Smoking -- Dogs -- Marriages.
Title from caption below image., Caption continues: " ... the enjoyments of a comfortable fire-side, Logic all happiness Corinthian, Tom at his ease the "old folks" in their glory the "uncommonly big gentleman" told out taking forty winks!", Sheet trimmed within plate mark and imprint statement partially erased from sheet., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Hurrah for the bonnels so big!! and Hurrah for the bonnets so big!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title begins: It having been represented to the city authorities that Temple Bar was not wide enough for the ladies bonnets to pass through ..., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with slight loss of text., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1828 by John Fairbun [sic], Broadway, Ludgate Hill
"Poor man on crutches cries out his song in the street during a thunderstorm."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication inferred from similar prints after Joe Lisle that were published by Berthoud & Son in 1828. Cf. No. 15624 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 11., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For a later state published in 1830 by S. Gans, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1993,1107.43., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Handicapped., 1 print : aquatint and etching, hand-colored ; sheet 310 x 235 mm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from bottom edge.
"Poor man on crutches cries out his song in the street during a thunderstorm."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication inferred from similar prints after Joe Lisle that were published by Berthoud & Son in 1828. Cf. No. 15624 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 11., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For a later state published in 1830 by S. Gans, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1993,1107.43., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Handicapped.
Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Dustmen -- Coalmen.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 1828 by J. Fairburn Broadway Ludgate Hill
Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1823-1848, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1828]
Call Number:
828.00.00.82+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: "Vell, I say Villiam you know ve citizens hav'nt much idea of milintary tic-tac ...", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., With: Ides of satisfaction. No. 5., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1826.
Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1823-1848, printmaker
Published / Created:
1828.
Call Number:
828.00.00.82+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Ides of satisfaction and Ideas of satisfaction
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: Here comes the young officer-Ive an idea you'll soon have satisfaction now Bob. ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., With: Ideas of pioneers. No. 6., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1826.
"A bear (right), wearing Cossack trousers and an imperial crown surmounted by a double-headed eagle, runs off to the right. He carries a piece of mountainous country inscribed Greece on which kneels a tiny Greek in profile to the left, exclaiming Save me from my Friends. The bear (the Tsar) tramples on the neck of a turkey, with the bearded, turbaned, and terrified head of the Sultan, which lies on its back. The bear looks fiercely over his shoulder towards an angry English sailor who sits in an open boat with a cannon mounted in the bows. The sailor wears a top-hat with a ribbon inscribed Navar[ino, see BM Satires No. 15507, &c]; he has dropped an oar to lean back, extending his clenched fist towards the bear, and shouting: Halloo--master-drop that, or d--me I'll run along side of you, in no time. Cannon-balls are piled in the stern; above them flies a Union flag topped by oak leaves. On the farther side of the water (left) stands Charles X, a capering French fop in the dress of the ancien régime, with a cane under his arm. He says: By gar he is take away all de Greece. The scene is watched from a distance by the Emperor of Austria, who draws his sword, saying, I should like a bit of that."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Imperial bears grease or a peep into futurity
Description:
Title from caption below image; the letters "a" and "s" in the word "grease" are crossed out and the letters "e" and "c" etched above to form the word "Greece.", Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 223.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Charles X, King of France, 1757-1836
Subject (Topic):
Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829, Bears, Crowns, Sailors, British, National emblems, Russian, and Turkeys
Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print on wove paper : lithograph, hand-colored ; sheet 25.2 x 29.9 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of imprint., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 31.
Title from text above image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Imprint continues: ... where political and other caricatuers are daily pub., Text below image: Thought would destroy his paradise where ignorance is bliss!! 'Tis folly to be wise., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Partial watermark.
Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1823-1848, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1828]
Call Number:
828.00.00.80+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: "Have you an idea he will go well?" ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With: Cockney sportsmen on a strong scent. No. 7.
"Cockaigne, shewing "Cousin Tummas" a "Lions" den--' A view of Crockford's with riders, carriages, and pedestrians in the roadway. From the opposite pavement of St. James's Street a cockney points it out to a countryman. On the roof is a (symbolical) pigeon-cote on which perches a rook, while pigeons circle round it. Below: 'That's one of the London "Hells" Coz!"--"No sure! why what a nice looking place!!--Well; no wonder so many people do go to the Devil if he a' gotten such Foine Housen!!--' See No. 15934, &c. [2] "Legs" famous for "Cutting" & "Shuffling". Three gamesters stand together, all with long black legs, no body, and the heads of birds (rooks) with predatory beaks. Legs = blacklegs. Jon Bee, Slang, 1823. Cf. No. 14399, &c. [3] "I could a tale unfold". A pig with a curly tail. [4] 'Any thing but Fair play!' A duel, a very broad fat man fires at an absurdly thin one (who does not fire). [5] 'The Abode of Genius'. A ramshackle attic with a mattress on the floor under a sloping roof, across which socks are hung on a line. A man in ragged clothes of fashionable intention sits at a small table struggling with a piece of food held between teeth and fork. He says: 'To call this a tender Chuck Steak! & charge me two pence half-penny for it!!--I've a great mind to go & Chuck it in his face!--Aye!--its a fine thing to be a Genius!!!!!' Below: "My lodging is on the cold ground, / And very hard is my fare;"-- The distressed poet, a standard theme, cf. (e.g.) Nos. 12139, 15641. [6] "House of Industry"-- [Workhouse.] A cobbler, his wife, and three small children are hard at work in a miserable room. She: 'If you get paid for them shoes shall us have a bit of meat on Sunday?-- ' He: 'Why--I dont know what to say to that--you know we had meat last Sunday!--we must not be extravagant.' Below: "A Cobler there was & he lived in a Stall / which served him for Parlour & Kitchen & hall"!--"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below center image., Six designs on one plate, each individually titled., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One of six plates of a series entitled: Scraps and sketches / by George Cruikshank. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 11, p. 73., and Temporary local subject terms: Cobblers -- Street scenes
Title from caption below image., "Cross" in imprint represented by an "X"., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Dandies -- Couples -- Dancing.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 1828 by G. Treguar 104 St. Martins Lane Chairing [sic]
Title from text below and above image., Date based on known years of publisher's activity., Image is presented as an inversion illusion. Title portion above image inscribed upside down: Cry and grow lean., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. by S. Gans, 15 Southampton St., Strand and Printed by C. Ingrey
Title from caption below image., Title continues: ... the "fat knight" floored!, 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.
Publisher:
Published Dec. 1, 1828 by Geo. Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row
"A magistrate sits behind his table listening intently to the angry harangue of a naval officer (right) who faces the accused (left), demure-looking, plainly-dressed woman, wearing a checked apron tucked round her waist, but evidently a prostitute. She is supported by two keen-looking lawyers. The officer, who is paunchy and wears very wide white trousers, stands with legs apart, right arm extended with pointing forefinger. He shouts: No. No. I've found my Breeches, but consider your Worship how I shall be Quized--The L--d H--h-A--l knows all about it. I never was before the Public but once, shant forget that in a hurry--Yes--yes I found the breeches, but where's my Silver Gilt Trafalgar Medal eh? I'll have it if it costs me a Thousand Pounds. I could'ent live without it. Ay Ay she's the Thief but I will not hang her unless your worship wishes it--If I had her aboard my Ship D--n me I'de give her a round dozen--I would. Behind him stand a footboy in livery and two rough-looking men. The woman extends both arms and says pathetically I never robbed you Sir. The lawyer says: There's no proof you cant Harm--her."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Sheet trimmed: 26 x 37 cm., Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1827., and Numbered in manuscript at top of sheet: 71.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837.
Subject (Topic):
Aprons, Boys, Judges, Lawyers, Military officers, Prostitutes, and Servants
"A magistrate sits behind his table listening intently to the angry harangue of a naval officer (right) who faces the accused (left), demure-looking, plainly-dressed woman, wearing a checked apron tucked round her waist, but evidently a prostitute. She is supported by two keen-looking lawyers. The officer, who is paunchy and wears very wide white trousers, stands with legs apart, right arm extended with pointing forefinger. He shouts: No. No. I've found my Breeches, but consider your Worship how I shall be Quized--The L--d H--h-A--l knows all about it. I never was before the Public but once, shant forget that in a hurry--Yes--yes I found the breeches, but where's my Silver Gilt Trafalgar Medal eh? I'll have it if it costs me a Thousand Pounds. I could'ent live without it. Ay Ay she's the Thief but I will not hang her unless your worship wishes it--If I had her aboard my Ship D--n me I'de give her a round dozen--I would. Behind him stand a footboy in livery and two rough-looking men. The woman extends both arms and says pathetically I never robbed you Sir. The lawyer says: There's no proof you cant Harm--her."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1827.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837.
Subject (Topic):
Aprons, Boys, Judges, Lawyers, Military officers, Prostitutes, and Servants
Title from caption below image., Plate from book: Joe Lisle's play upon words, pub. by Thomas McLean, 1828., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
A stereotyped image of an old maid who wears a cap and sits very upright in a high-back chair as she reads a newspaper, The Morning Herald. She has a large, hooked nose and wears spectacles, her lips pursed with disapproval at what she reads. She has a cat in her lap and a parrot sits on the chair back; her feet rest on the fire grate before the stove on which sits a kettle. In the foreground on a carpet and a rug beside her are three dogs. On the table beside her are a box of snuff and back-scratcher. A folding screen forms the background. On the mantel are a pair of statuettes of a woman with a spear and a dog leaping at her side (presumably Diana) and a taxidermized cat in a glass case. The picture on the wall above these objects further amplify the subject
Alternative Title:
Misanthropy
Description:
Title from caption below image ; the second "s" in "Miss" and the second "n" in "Ann" are lightly crossed out, suggesting the word "misanthropy.", Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Misanthropy, Single women, Newspapers, Kettles, Parrots, Snuff, Dogs, Cats, and Taxidermy
A stereotyped image of an old maid who wears a cap and sits very upright in a high-back chair as she reads a newspaper, The Morning Herald. She has a large, hooked nose and wears spectacles, her lips pursed with disapproval at what she reads. She has a cat in her lap and a parrot sits on the chair back; her feet rest on the fire grate before the stove on which sits a kettle. In the foreground on a carpet and a rug beside her are three dogs. On the table beside her are a box of snuff and back-scratcher. A folding screen forms the background. On the mantel are a pair of statuettes of a woman with a spear and a dog leaping at her side (presumably Diana) and a taxidermized cat in a glass case. The picture on the wall above these objects further amplify the subject
Alternative Title:
Misanthropy
Description:
Title from caption below image ; the second "s" in "Miss" and the second "n" in "Ann" are lightly crossed out, suggesting the word "misanthropy.", Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Misanthropy, Single women, Newspapers, Kettles, Parrots, Snuff, Dogs, Cats, and Taxidermy
Title from text above image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Imprint continues: ... where political and other caricatuers are daily publishing., Text below image: Keep outside. Oh dear it is so dirty. Keep off I say., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"An elderly, spinsterish, and ugly woman, three-quarter length, holds in her left hand a spy-glass (or microscope) which touches the circumference of a large circle, representing a magnified drop of water, filled with grotesque and horrifying aquatic creatures, from the quasi-whale to mere specks. She turns aside in disgust, looking towards the picture-plane, and dropping a full tea-cup. The Paul Pry of the signature raises his hat to a tiny pump, saying, Glad to see you hope to meet you in every Parish through London."--British Museum
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Imprint continues: ... where political & other caricatuers are daily published the largest collection of any house in town., Questionable date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Text above image begins: Microcosm dedicated to the London Water Companies ...
Half-length image of Punch with his peaked clown hat and a frightened look on his face
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from contemporary mansuscript note at bottom of sheet., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Women -- Tall -- Short., and Manuscript note in ink below imprint statement: Novr. 1828.
Publisher:
Published by T. Smyth and sold by A. Parsey 10 & 11 Burlington, Arcade and Printed by C. Hullmandel
A group of men sit around a table celebrating the new year as the clock passes midnight. Several of the men are quite drunk and one has fallen from his chair. Others laugh and talk as they toast each other with glasses of wine. One man is wearing a punch bowl on his head as his companion toasts the crowd with another steaming bowl of punch. The bowl is elaborately decorated with an oriental theme
Description:
Title from caption 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., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1825.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Geo. Hunt, 18, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden
Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1823-1848, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1828]
Call Number:
828.00.00.62+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: "Pray thur have thu any idea vhether I could thute thum partridgeth about here?" ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., With: A flattering idea. No. 3., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1828.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Plate from book: Joe Lisle's play upon words. London : Thomas McLean, 1828., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from text below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"George IV, with a swathed and gouty leg, stands in front of the throne, supported by Lady Conyngham and a crutch, his arm round her shoulder. Peel stands partly hidden by a curtain and immediately behind Wellington, his mouthpiece; he speaks into a speaking-trumpet, the stem of which passes from Wellington's ear to his mouth from which the trumpet projects. From this mouthpiece issue the words: I feel happy in being allowed thro any medium, however degrading to communicate my expressions of sincere devotion TO-- The King interrupts him: PLACE--hat will do Arthur, always keep between me and that fellow -- he rings such a peil in our Ears. Lady Conyngham turns to the King, pointing to the trumpet: This is a contrivance of my own -- I hate the sight of him & now your M-y can keep him at a distance. She wears a towering coiffure of loops of hair decorated with flowers. Beside Peel: To join with Christian Jew or Turk In doing any dirty Work."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Questionable publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 174.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Three officers dine at a small round table, waited on by two young soldier-servants. one ,standing stiffly, holds a bottle of wine behind his back; an arm (in uniform) extends from a curtain to take it.
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker and date from British Museum online catalogue., Description based on imperfect impression; imprint partially erased with possible loss of publication date., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With: Eyes right.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1828.
Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1823-1848, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 April 1828]
Call Number:
828.04.01.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Eight of the select vestry of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, dine in the Vestry Room, while the beadle blocks the doorway on the extreme right, saying, You can't come in now--the "Select" are engaged. A parson, identified as Dr. Richards, is in the chair at the head of the table; mopping his bald head he says blandly: "Dont be afraid of the viands, Gentlemen--although our fatigues are great, I hope we shall convince the parishioners we can do our duties at the table if we do not at the Board. Decanters of Port and Sherry, a ham, and a turkey are on the table; a dwarfish footman brings in a dish of ducks. A second footman oafishly holds out a glass of wine to the chairman, spilling the contents of a soup plate on to the head of a guzzling fellow gnawing a bone, who is identified as Alderman Winchester. The latter's neighbour eats with a knife; all but the parson-chairman appear ill-bred; one turns aside to vomit. The parson's vis-à-vis, identified as Mr. Staunton, leans back in his chair, asleep with food on his fork, while a spectacled doctor, identified as Dr. Morgan (not a guest) proffers a bottle of Rose Water. From the pocket of a gross and carbuncled man, identified as Mr. Thompson, hangs a paper: Hush-Money from certain Brothells, Flash-Houses &c &c. He drinks, putting his foot on that of a small man, 'Fentum', who stares at him knowingly. On the left is a large scroll: Items of Expences--for visiting the pauper Children --Dinner & dessert--£9"9"0, Lemon--0"1"0 Ten bottles Bucellas--3"0"0. Two do Sherry--0"12"0 Punch--0"12"0 Four bot: Champagne 2"8"0 Soda-- 0"16"0 Rose Water 0"2"0 Ice for Wine--0"2"0 12 bots Port--3"12"0 5 bots Sauterne 2"0"0 Broken Glass--0"5"6 Tea & Coffee--1"7"0 3 Servants food 0"7"6 Waiters 0"9"0 Coaches 8"11"6--34"12"6. On the wall hangs a large notice: Select Resolutions. Ist Resolved That when the minds of the Select" are engaged in Parochial affairs thier bodies must also be supported. 2nd. That, the "Select" shall have absolute power over their fellow parishioners to impose any rate or tax on them (the parishioners) which they (the "Select") shall think proper. 3rd. That, the Selet [sic] shall not submit their books to the inspection of the parishioners, nor render any account in any manner for the waste & expenditure of the aforesaid parishioners Money. By order of the "Select Anthy Absolute (Secty) On the wall are also a clock, pointing to 5.50, and a framed picture of a smallish house: British Pauper Children Asylum."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Watermark: J. Whatman 1826.
"A complicated piece of machinery fills the centre of a room in a fashionable establishment; an open door (right) leads into a shop where, in the background, a pretty and extravagantly dressed woman (in the costume of c. 1828) presides at a counter; above the door is a model of the machine, 'Patent Shavograph!!!' Through a window (left) is seen the 'Ladies Hair Cutting Room': another machine operates on seated ladies, whose long hair is raised perpendicularly into the mechanism. Above the window is an erection of erect loops of hair, burlesquing the fashion. A dandy, waiting his turn, ogles the ladies through his monocle. Another, sitting on a chair (left), reads a newspaper, 'Herald'. The 'Shavograph' operates from right to left upon the customers who sit on a circular bench, each with his head held firm in a wedge cut from a millstone-like disk (B) at the back of his seat. The razor has just sliced off the nose of an officer who stands gesticulating wildly, putting his hand before splashing blood while one dismayed neighbour rises from his seat, and the other shouts 'Stop! Stop!' Four men on the left, waiting their turn for the razor, &c, to reach them, are unconscious of the accident. One is having his head pressed into position by a rod held by a fashionably dressed man (H) who is also working a lever. Below the design, in the border of the print: 'EXPLANATION. AAA a circular form on which the shavees sit. BBBBBB wheels that govern the position of the head. CC [cog-wheels] the machinery which moves the brush in every required direction. D a resevior [sic] of water [above the brush], boiling hot E a pipe [connecting F and D] filld with patent double compress'd shaving powder, through which the water is forced to forme a lather in the brush F. GGG [cog-wheels] the machinery which moves the razor H the Engineer with his directing rod. (Note) it is indispensible that the sitter should be firm & steady, it will be percived [sic] the neglecting this by looking after the Shop woman has cost one his nose, but he only pays the penalty of his own imprudence. "Accidents will occur in the best regulated families.' (This phrase is attributed to David Copperfield (1849) in the Oxford Dict, of Quotations, but Micawber was evidently quoting."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above image., Shortshanks in the pseudonym of Robert Seymour., Text below image begins: Explanation. AAA a circular form on which the shavees sit ..., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., and Imprint continues: ... where political & other caricatuers are daily publishing.
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from unverified data in local card catalog record., Date of publication based on watermark., Plate also published in: Caricatures / drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London?], [1836?]., A reduced copy of no. 5084 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Imperfect; artist's signature erased from sheet., Shading added in pencil to lower part of design., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1828.
Leaf 53. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from unverified data in local card catalog record., Restrike. For an earlier issue of the plate, published ca. 1828, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Bunbury 772.12.07.04., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], A reduced copy of no. 5084 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and On leaf 53 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Tables, Chairs, Candles, Books, Sleeping, Dogs, and Cats
Title from caption 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., and Mounted to 30 x 38 cm.
"The Devil (right), in the foreground and much larger than the other figures, stands Asmodeus-like on a house-top (cf. British Museum Satires No. 16160), overturning with a long pole a dinner-table and upsetting the guests who fall on clouds of Dust. He is a grotesque muscular creature with goat's legs, barbed wings and tail, and looks round with a triumphant grin at the spectator. The guests are also assailed by harpies, little winged men, whose bodies terminate in barbed and scaly tails. One of these (Corder), holding a long bill which rises into the air above him, assails a man (Roach) mounted on a cockroach and holding up a book inscribed Parish Acct; he is The Grand Carver mounted on his Cockroach.; from the cockroach's antennae hang two big keys, and it emits a tail-blast inscribed We are of the Select, against his assailant. The latter holds out a paper inscribed Majority 7 and says am I not the Elect. Another harpy holding out a constable's staff flies menacingly towards the cockroach, saying, By St Thomas I cheque this. Roach exclaims: I tell you it's all a farce so we have taken the liberty to Cribb the Books Keep the Keys tight Cockey. A third harpy threatens the feast with a pair of spurred cavalry boots, saying you will Do-Well to give in, showing he is T. W. Dow (a boot-maker of York Street, Covent Garden. P.O. London Directory, 1822), see British Museum Satires No. 15528. A fourth has seized a paunchy Vestryman by the nose; the victim screams Oh my Nose--Rose Water rose water--oh oh oh-- From the table fall birds, hare, tureen, decanter, pineapple, &c. The dust forms a background, and is inscribed Dust for the Eyes of the Parishioners; looming through it is the façade of St. Paul's, Covent Garden. The bill held by Corder is headed Dinners. The items are Richardson £8-5, Hodgson & Gan £47-11-0, wine 5. 3. 0. Hodgson & Gan[n] Venison feast 30. 3- 6--Dinner on auditing Accounts £11- 4- 0, Hodg & Gann Ditto £40 4-0, Richardson Visitation Din . . £22. 7. 6, Joys St Thomas Day Dinner £20-10-0---&c &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Cruel radical harpies destroying a feast
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Text beside artist's device, meant to be words spoken by the man with an umbrella?: They seem to be introding [sic] here., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Imprint continues: ... where political & other charicatuers [sic] are daily brought out., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Text above image: "now by St. Paul's the work goes bravely on -.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Name):
St. Paul's Church (Covent Garden, London, England)
Title from caption below center image., Seven designs on one plate, each individually titled; title from caption below design in the upper left., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and One of six plates of a series entitled: Scraps and sketches / by George Cruikshank. To be continued occasionally. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 11, p. 73.
Publisher:
George Cruikshank
Subject (Topic):
Accidents, Black people, Carts & wagons, Dogs, Peg legs, Stilts, and Street entertainers
The figure of an artist in profile made from various artists' tools: the head is an artist's palette, paint brushes from a painter's box his hat, etc
Description:
Title from caption below image., Two lines of verse below title: On mind & matter there has been a great schism and here's the doctrine of materialism. T. H., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: 1824.
Publisher:
Published July 1, 1828 by W.B. Cooke, 9 Soho Square
Subject (Topic):
Artists' materials, Artists, Palettes, and Arcimboldesque figures
A poor family in rags sing on a city streets to earn money. The man, a veteran with a peg leg, plays the violin; his uniform is patched up. The boy wears no shoes and a coat too big for him; he holds out a hat to collect the money. The woman wears a ragged dress and a patched cloak covering a baby on her back; she carries a basket with loaded with the broadsides for sale
Description:
Title from text below image., Date of publication inferred from a "Novr. 1828" manuscript note on an impression of a print entitled "My girl," likewise designed by Mercer and published by Smyth and Parsey; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 828.11.00.01. An apparent companion to that print, entitled "My boy," is assigned a date range of 1825-1835 in the British Museum online catalogue (registration no.: 1905,0822.4)., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Published by T. Smyth & sold by A. Parsey, Burlington Arcade
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, Families, Poor persons, Singing, Violins, Peg legs, Disabled veterans, Military uniforms, and Street vendors
Title from caption below image., Two lines of text below title: 'Tis said that vice & here's the very case can harden the expression of the face. T. H., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published July 1, 1828 by W.B. Cooke, 9 Soho Square
Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Reference to print in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 11, p. 71., and Watermark: 1827[?].
A homely man holds a woman's as she pulls away, hand raised in objection to his advances. A spinet is on the right
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: "My dear let me persuade you", and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. & J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, 34 Rathbone Place
"A lean middle-aged man reclines on a sofa, his face contorted with pain. A handkerchief over his head, and ungartered stockings suggest an interrupted nap. His left toe touches the ground; his right leg is drawn up, the toes bent. The bell-wire is broken. Above his head is a picture of a man turning a grindstone, and beside him are two volumes: 'Dr Buchan Family Médecine in 2 Vol', suggesting the hypochondriac. A cockatoo (left) screams at him, and he screams (words below the title): 'Ecot! it's Tied my foot in a Knot--Oh!--Oh!--O--O--o--o--o--'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: Ecot! it's tied my foot in a knot. Oh! Oh! O O o o o o., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two edges., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Muscle cramps -- Dr. Buchan Family Medicine., and 1 print : aquatint with etching ; sheet 273 x 211 mm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1828, by Gillard & Cornish, 48, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Pain, Couches, Cockatoos, Birdcages, Books, and Windows