"Pitt's 'Propositions' for freedom of commerce between England and Ireland are supported on an Irish harp which rests on a rectangular framework above a fire which is being made to blaze by North and Fox. North (left, as Boreas), on hands and knees, his cheeks inflated, blows at the flames; Fox (right), seated on a bulky roll inscribed 'Petition from the Cotton Manufacture[rs]', plies a pair of bellows. The fuel of the fire consists of papers inscribed 'Rumour', 'Evidence at the Bar' (2), 'Pamphlets', 'Pleadings at ye Bar' (2), 'Arguments'. The flames and smoke which extend above their heads are inscribed 'Distrust', 'To Scotland', 'Discontent', 'To the Chamber of Commerce', 'Objections', 'Jealousy', 'To Manchester'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 19.9 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 22 x 26.6 cm., and Mounted with one other print on leaf 29 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Published 12th April 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, and Ireland. Parliament. House of Commons
Subject (Topic):
Resolutions, Politics and government, Bellows, Bonfires, Harps, and Musical instruments
Title devised by cataloger., 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, 1785 -- Male costume, 1785., and Mounted to 32 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Children, Illegitimacy, and Polygamy
Volume 2, page 43. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A group of sailors at rest, one leaning against a boat at left with a tankard in his hand, opposite him three of his companions are grouped around a barrel while another is in an embrace with a woman on a sack in the foreground, a figure behind him looking solemnly out to the front, the masts of a ship over a wall behind, another figure beyond tugging a rope; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
From a sketch taken at Portsmouth by W.H. Bunbury Esqr
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 43 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 24th, 1785, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
Five sketches depicting from upper left: two elder women in profile, "A infant Jew. Peter" (a Jupiter-like figure holding a thunderbolt) with an eagle emering from the clouds, a caricature of a man with a look of consernatin in profile, outline of six silhouettes in profile and two in front view, and an image of two figures, half-length, fighting
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title and publication date assigned by cataloger., Sheet trimmed at the bottom 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: Trades: watermen -- London: Thames River -- London: Westminster Bridge -- Boats -- Boat landings -- Uniforms: watermen's uniforms -- Badges: watermen's badges -- Female costume, 1785 -- Fans -- Military uniforms., and Watermark in center of sheet.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 January 1785]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Pages 139, 141, 143. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text on reissued state, published by J. Harris on 1 March 1799; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 799.03.01.01., For a slightly later state, with the date following printmaker's name changed from "Jany." to "March", see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Bunbury 785.03.25.01., A single design on three plates., Sheets trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted on pages 139, 141, and 143 of: Bunbury album., and Individual plates of the design are mounted on separate pages, instead of being joined at their ends to create a single image.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 March 1785]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 27. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text on reissued state, published by J. Harris on 1 March 1799; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 799.03.01.01., For a slightly earlier state, before the date following printmaker's name was changed from "Jany." to "March", see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 75 B87 770., A single design on three plates., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted on page 27 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 3 prints forming 1 image : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheets 52 x 47 cm or smaller., and Sheet trimmed within plate marks.
Title assigned by cataloger., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Temporary local subject terms: Tropical islands -- Savages -- Doctors: witch doctor -- Black giants -- Illustrative material -- Scrolls.
Plate showing two helmets, one engraved above the other. The helmet at top, numbered "1" above, is a Venetian Morion shown in profile, with the figure of Acteon visible at its center immediately under the crest. The helmet at bottom, numbered "2" above, is of the burgonet kind
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Imperfect; only the helmet engraved at top of plate is present, with the rest of the sheet trimmed away. Description based on more perfect impression., "Pl. 3.", Plate from: Grose, F. A treatise on ancient armour and weapons. London : Printed for S. Hooper, 1785 [1786]., Mounted on page 72 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., and Note in Thomas Kirgate's hand below image on mounting page: V. Appendix, page 96.