"Portrait, bust in a feigned oval frame directed to left, looking to left, dark hair loose around the shoulders, wearing a turban with a feather and a loose, low-cut silk gown with an eastern shawl draped around the shoulders, fastened with a brooch and braid at the breast."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Mounted on leaf numbered 24 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm, Ms. notes written in pencil below title in unknown hand., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, Septr. 4, 1780 by R. Wilkinson, No. 58, Cornhill
The Count sits in a large chair, a basket of frogs on the floor between his wide-spread legs; he wears a powdered wig under his hat, his uniform, a gold cross on a black ribbon around his neck, high black boots with spurs, and sword at his waist. He is wide-eyed and stiff -- marionette-like -- as he eats a frog. A man servant with a worried expression on his face and wearing a red liberty cap approaches him from the left, holding a tray labeled "Fricasee of Frogs". From the right, a woman, her face mostly obscured by her large head scarf, carries a bowl labeled “Soup meager”.
Alternative Title:
French admiral in all his glory
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 For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign participation, French, Frogs, and Wigs
"Dido, supported on a pyre by a woman wearing a veil and diadem, fainting with grief, a dagger at her side, an old woman standing behind to left and weeping women gathered on the right; in an oval."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from text below image., Three lines of text below title: Omnis et una delapsus calor, atq: in ventos vita recessit. Virg. IV, 705. The struggling soul was loos'd & life dissolv'd in air. Dryden., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 43 x 49 cm.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, Jany. 1st, 1780, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
"George III guides (left to right) a plough which is drawn by a snorting bull; he is blindfolded and wears a crown and the garter ribbon; from his pocket hangs a fragment of "Magna Charta". Lord North rides on the bull, urging him forward with a whip, attached to his shoulders is a knapsack or bundle inscribed "Ways & Means". Another man goads the bull with a spear. A Scot in highland dress, probably Gordon, tugs violently at the bull's harness, trying to pull it back; two other men who have been tugging at the bull have fallen to the ground and the wig of one has fallen off. The bull is advancing towards the "River Tweed" (right), on the farther side of which are a large thistle and some fir trees on a hill. This shows that Scotland has not as yet been ploughed up for the emissaries of the Pope, see BMSat 5534. In the foreground (left) lies a sleeping bishop, his head on his hand, holding a crozier, and leaning on a book and a "Map of Bishoprick". Behind him and the king a Jesuit, a Catholic priest, and a monk are sowing in the ground which has been already ploughed. Above their heads the Pope is seated on clouds which are supported by a swarm of demons and imps. He wears his triple crown, a royal crown is suspended over his head; in his right hand is a crozier to which are attached keys, in his left hand is a sheaf of thunderbolts. At his side is an inverted cornucopia, pouring out documents inscribed "Absolutions", "Persecutions", "Releases from Purgatory", "Pardons for Money", "Excommunications", "Curses on Heriticks", "Indulgences", "Bulls", "Confessions". Truth, an almost nude female figure, stands upon clouds (right) surrounded by a glory of rays; on her breast is a face surrounded by rays. She holds up a large scroll inscribed "40000 English Protestants massacred in Ireland 1641 Protestants burnt at Smithfield in the reign of Queen Mary. Gunpowder Plot or an attempt to blow up the Parliament House Protestants massacred at Paris, in the Vallies of Piedmont. Tortures of the Inquisition." Beneath the design are the dedication and explanation: "To the Respectable Association of Protestants & to every Worthy supporter of both Church & State this Plate is Dedicated by their Humble Servt the Publisher. Explanation. The State Husbandmen Plowing up the glebe of the Constitution, whilst the Popish Emissaries take the Advantage of the supineness of the Established Church who is fast asleep in the Vineyard where its grand Adversary the Pope, and all his host of Devils, are permitted to Sow the Seeds of their Pernicious Doctrine: Opposition attempts to stop their Progress, but the band of Unanimity is broke, & they have fallen off. Truth descends, showing a Scroll of Melancholy proofs of popish cruelty, Soliciting the Aid of her Friends, to vanquish the Inveterate Enemy, who threatens the Ruin of thair Religion, thair Posterity & thair much injured Country."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Trimmed within plate mark., Attributed to Gillray in British Museum catalogue., and Publisher's name and address burnished from plate. Publisher identified in British Museum catalogue as W. Humphrey, Printseller, Strand, London.
Publisher:
Published June 2 1780 by W [... ] Printseller [...]
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Gordon, George, Lord, 1751-1793., and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Papacy, Gordon Riots, 1780, Clergy, Demons, Plows, and Bulls
"A monk walks through a ford leading a dog with a crown on its head: 'Father Peters' leading George III to Rome. The monk says "He cocks his Tail yet". He is going towards a wayside cross (right), above which are rocks, on which is seated the Pope, holding out a cross towards the travellers and saying "Hold out my Sons to the End & I'll give you a Crown of Glory". Behind him is a dome surmounted by a cross indicating St. Peter's. On the other side of the pool (left) there are also rocks, on them stands a sheep (?) and in the distance, by the sea-shore, are two small churches of rural appearance; off the shore are three dismantled ships with brooms at their mast-heads to show that they are for sale, the scene being inscribed "Little Britain."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate line.
Publisher:
Pub. by M Darly No. 159 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Pius VI, Pope, 1717-1799., and Petre, Robert Edward Petre, Baron, 1742-1801.
A trade card for a deal in naval equipment and fireworks decorated wtih various kinds of fireworks including Catherine wheels, flares or firecrackers, signal lights, quadrants, and other tools for sailors
Description:
Title from item., Date of publication from dealer's description., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
"A sequel to BMSat 5797. Jack and his prize, the young woman of BMSat 5797, sit side by side on a settee, his left arm round her waist. Beside the woman (right) is a circular table, on which is a wine-bottle and two glasses, one of which she holds. The room is well furnished with a patterned carpet, on the wall which forms the background is a picture of a man seated at a table drinking punch, and a mirror in a carved frame with candle sconce"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Couples, Sailors, British, Clothing & dress, and Interiors