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 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
"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
'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.
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.
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:
828.00.00.62+
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.
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.
"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.