Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1830?]
Call Number:
830.00.00.169
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two asses on a bare patch of ground, with the first line of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' below. The play begins with three witches in a storm deciding when to meet next ('When the hurlyburly's done, / When the battle's lost and won'). That there are only two asses in this parody presumably means that the dedicatee of the print, whose name is withheld, is the third
Description:
Title from text below image., Signed with the initials of Charles Jameson Grant., Imprint lacking, but text "See Tregear's catalogue" beneath title suggests G.S. Tregear as publisher., Date of publication from dealer's description., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Title from caption below image., Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Title continues: ... Vy come the hartful dodge, nothin a year and finds my-self to be sure., and One in a series of at least 13 prints published by W. Soffe: Whims and oddities.
Publisher:
Published by W. Soffe, 380 Strand and Printed by W. Kohler, 22 Denmark St.
Title from caption below image., Publication information from unverified data from local card catalog record., Caption continues: Turn away thine eyes from me, Timothy, for they overcome me thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead!", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume: 1830 -- Male costume: 1830 -- Lighting -- Shells: conch --Reference to Gilead., and Print numbered in ms. near top edge of sheet: 44.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Chairs, Dogs, Fireplaces, Mirrors, and Vases
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom., and Temporary local subject terms: Child's costume, 1795 -- Toys: doll.
Title from caption below image., Shortshanks is the pseudonym of Robert Seymour., Text on either side of title: Note-- In the ladies vehicle the steam is made with a strong infusion of gunpowder tea. For an explanation of the machinery see the next number of the Edinburgh Review., Text above image: Walking by steam, riding by steam, flying by steam., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: Steam carriages -- Steam walking-machines -- Steam flying-machines -- Reference to Hyde Park -- Newspapers: Reference to Edinburgh Review -- Steam.
Title from caption below image., Shortshanks is the pseudonym of Robert Seymour., Text on either side of title: Note-- In the ladies vehicle the steam is made with a strong infusion of gunpowder tea. For an explanation of the machinery see the next number of the Edinburgh Review., Text above image: Walking by steam, riding by steam, flying by steam., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: Steam carriages -- Steam walking-machines -- Steam flying-machines -- Reference to Hyde Park -- Newspapers: Reference to Edinburgh Review -- Steam., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 25.1 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.4 x 35.5 cm, mounted to 35 x 40 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed to plate mark. On wove paper; hand-colored., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1827.
Title from text above images., Nine images on one plate, eight in two rows; the center image of Liston as Paul Pry is two columns high., 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:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Liston, John, 1776-1846
Subject (Topic):
Performances, Actors, British, Actors, British, and Theatrical productions
"Two ladies (left) walk arm-in-arm to the left; a good-looking man, extravagantly dressed, stands (right) legs apart, head turned to inspect them as if they were strange specimens. One, short and fat, wears a round straw cap over a shock of hair which covers her eyes, she holds up a small jointed parasol to shield her face. The other, taller, wears a shovel-shaped scoop of straw tied to her head and projecting far beyond her face. Both have bare arms with long gloves, and transparent draperies which define the figure. The man wears an exaggerated Jean de Bry coat with high inflated sleeves, cut above the waist in front, with tails which show between his legs. A high swathed neck-cloth covers his chin and sets off bushy whiskers. His boots have high tasselled fronts above the knee and elongated toes. There is a background of trees with three other figures similarly dressed, one wears striped trousers of nautical cut instead of boots and pantaloons."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Explanation of title in lower left corner: *for the origin of the word consult the Johnnesonian dictionary, edition of 1799., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Female dress: high-waisted transparent dresses, 1799 -- Female dress: bonnets -- Parasols -- Male dress: tasselled boots -- Male dress: neck-cloth -- Male dress: Jean de Bry coat -- Kensington Gardens -- Reference to Thomas Johnes (1748-1816) -- Books: Allusion to Samuel Johnson's Dictionary -- Eyeglasses: quizzing glass.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 25th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
"A scene in the House of Commons. Burke stands on the shoulders of two seated members: his right foot is on the left shoulder of Powys, his left on the right shoulder of Sawbridge. His arms are crossed on his breast, his right arm clutching his left shoulder; from his mouth float three scrolls inscribed, 'Invective against ye Minister', 'Short Observations on India Affairs' [a long scroll], and 'Tropes on the Irish Trade Bill'. Powys looks up at him with an angry expression; he holds in his hand a thick bundle of papers inscribed 'Memda of Important Observations Obvious Objections Perpetual Motions Doubts Facts Surmises Queries &ca &ca'. Sawbridge looks gloomily away from Burke, his left leg stretched along the seat; he holds a paper inscribed 'Mock Motion for Reform in the Representation &c.' Three members seated behind Burke hide their heads or turn aside from his spate of words. Beneath the title is etched: 'Sublimi feriam Sidera Vertice Hor.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Burke on the sublime and beautiful and ***** on the sublime and beautiful
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 43.
Publisher:
Published 6th April 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton S[tre]et
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Powys, Thomas, 1737-1809, and Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795
"A scene in the House of Commons. Burke stands on the shoulders of two seated members: his right foot is on the left shoulder of Powys, his left on the right shoulder of Sawbridge. His arms are crossed on his breast, his right arm clutching his left shoulder; from his mouth float three scrolls inscribed, 'Invective against ye Minister', 'Short Observations on India Affairs' [a long scroll], and 'Tropes on the Irish Trade Bill'. Powys looks up at him with an angry expression; he holds in his hand a thick bundle of papers inscribed 'Memda of Important Observations Obvious Objections Perpetual Motions Doubts Facts Surmises Queries &ca &ca'. Sawbridge looks gloomily away from Burke, his left leg stretched along the seat; he holds a paper inscribed 'Mock Motion for Reform in the Representation &c.' Three members seated behind Burke hide their heads or turn aside from his spate of words. Beneath the title is etched: 'Sublimi feriam Sidera Vertice Hor.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Burke on the sublime and beautiful and ***** on the sublime and beautiful
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 32.8 x 23.2 cm, on sheet 34.9 x 24.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 27 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Published 6th April 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton S[tre]et
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Powys, Thomas, 1737-1809, and Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795
