"Design in an oval. half length portrait of Pitt in the House of Commons, standing at the table on which are books and two documents inscribed 'Parliamentary Reform' and 'Commutation Act'. Three shadowy seated figures watch him: Fox (left) says, "Oh that I had him at Brooks's! I'd Reform him". Next, a man wearing a hat says, "If I had him at Deal I'd soon Smuggle him - Oh that poor Charley had continued in, He'd never suppress our trade". The third says, "He has made a Bankrupt of me. Oh that I could Adulterate". (The smuggled tea had been much adulterated.) Above the design is etched, 'Save, oh Save my Country!!! My Fathers' dying words I never can forget.'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Tax: Commutation Tax, 1785 -- Parliamentary reform, 1785 -- Allusion to Pitt's suppression of smuggling -- Allusion to Pitt's suppression of tea adulteration -- Literature: quotation from William Pitt, 1708-1778., and Mounted to 26 x 19 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 18, 1785, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Six lines of verse engraved below title: "The summer it was smiling all nature round was gay ... Song of Auld Robin Gray.", Dedication below verse: "To Mrs. Brereton this plate is inscrib'd, by her much obliged servant, Saml. Shelley.", and Mounted to 24 x 17 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, June 20th 1785, by S. Watts, No. 50 opposite Old Round Court, Strand
"Gilpin gallops (right to left) past the 'Bell' at Edmonton. His wife leans from the balcony over the door. With her are three children and a woman holding an infant. Two horsemen are in pursuit, one holds up Gilpin's wig. A spaniel barks. The inn appears to be drawn with some topographical correctness. A sign bestrides the road (right) with the words 'The Old Bell \ An Ordinar[y] \ Late Lan' and, below the bell, 'J. King from'. Another sign is on the front of the house."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Gilpin's return from war
Description:
Title from caption below image., Verse in three columns below title begins: "Away went Gilpin, and away went Gilpin's hat and wig; He lost them sooner than at first for why? They were too big ...", Numbered "558" in lower left corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., No. 31 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Chasing, Dogs, Families, Horseback riding, Horses, and Taverns (Inns)
Leaf 11. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Gilpin gallops towards a toll-gate (left) which a man runs to open. Beside the gate is a turnstile for foot-passengers."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
And still as fast as he drew near, 'twas wonderful to view ...
Description:
Title etched above image., Four lines of verse below image: And still as fast as he drew near, 'twas wonderful to view, how, in a trice, the turnpike-men their gates wide open threw., Second plate in a series of six, each with a plate number in the upper right and verses at bottom. All plates have the same publication line and date; plate 1 has the longer title "Six prints, from the renowned History of John Gilpin" as well as "Book 110" etched in upper left corner. See British Museum catalgoue., Plate numbered "2" in upper right corner., and Bound in as leaf 11 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Fowler, J. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin. [London?], [1707?].
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Toll roads, Gates, and Gatehouses
Leaf 12. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Gilpin gallops (right to left) past the 'Bell' at Edmonton. His wife and family watch from the balcony; an inn-servant from the door. Dogs bark and spectators are amused."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
'Stop, stop, John Gilpin! here's the house!' they all at once did cry ...
Description:
Title etched above image., Four lines of verse below image: 'Stop, stop, John Gilpin! here's the house!' they all at once did cry; the dinner waits, and we are tir'd! said Gilpin 'So am I!'., Third plate in a series of six, each with a plate number in the upper right and verses at bottom. All plates have the same publication line and date; plate 1 has the longer title "Six prints, from the renowned History of John Gilpin" as well as "Book 110" etched in upper left corner. See British Museum catalgoue., Plate numbered "3" in upper right corner., and Bound in as leaf 12 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Fowler, J. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin. [London?], [1707?].
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Taverns (Inns), Servants, Family members, Balconies, Spectators, and Dogs
Leaf 13. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Gilpin outside the callender's house in Ware. The callender stands by the horse holding a hat, while Gilpin puts on the over-large wig. He wears a dressing-gown. On the steps of his house, inside a wall and railing, is a figure of Britannia. Two donkeys (left) complete the design."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Whence straight he came with hat and wig, a wig that droop'd behind ...
Description:
Title etched above image., Four lines of verse below image: Whence straight he came with hat and wig, a wig that droop'd behind, a hat not much the worse for wear; each comely in it's [sic] kind., Fourth plate in a series of six, each with a plate number in the upper right and verses at bottom. All plates have the same publication line and date; plate 1 has the longer title "Six prints, from the renowned History of John Gilpin" as well as "Book 110" etched in upper left corner. See British Museum catalgoue., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., and Bound in as leaf 13 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Fowler, J. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin. [London?], [1707?].
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Wigs, Dwellings, and Donkeys
Leaf 14. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Gilpin (left) holds out a coin to the driver (right) of her chaise who stands bowing deferentially beside his horse. Her sister and two children stand behind her. In the background is the inn and the chaise."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
And thus unto the youth she said that drove them to the Bell ...
Description:
Title etched above image., Four lines of verse below image: And thus unto the youth she said that drove them to the Bell, 'This shall be yours, when you bring back 'my husband safe and well., Fifth plate in a series of six, each with a plate number in the upper right and verses at bottom. All plates have the same publication line and date; plate 1 has the longer title "Six prints, from the renowned History of John Gilpin" as well as "Book 110" etched in upper left corner. See British Museum catalgoue., Plate numbered "5" in upper right corner., and Bound in as leaf 14 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Fowler, J. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin. [London?], [1707?].
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, Bowing, Coins, Taverns (Inns), and Family members
Leaf 15. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Gilpin gallops (right to left), the Youth on a horse with blinkers has passed him and is about to seize his rein. Behind gallop five other pursuers. In the background are two detached houses."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
The youth did ride, and soon they met; he tried to stop John's horse ...
Description:
Title etched above image., Four lines of verse below image: The youth did ride, and soon they met; he tried to stop John's horse by seizing fast the flowing rein, but only made things worse., Sixth plate in a series of six, each with a plate number in the upper right and verses at bottom. All plates have the same publication line and date; plate 1 has the longer title "Six prints, from the renowned History of John Gilpin" as well as "Book 110" etched in upper left corner. See British Museum catalgoue., Plate numbered "6" in upper right corner., and Bound in as leaf 15 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Fowler, J. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin. [London?], [1707?].
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Title from item., Publication date and the text, 'Published as the Act directs' removed from the plate. Date from British Museum catalogue., Artist from British Museum catalogue., Series number removed from the plate. Numbered '543' in series. Cf. British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Compass (instrument for drawing) -- Masons -- Farmyards -- Harvesting -- Fishing -- Mill-wheels -- Windmills -- Country churches -- Bags of money -- Shipwrecks -- Gambling -- Drunkenness -- Jails -- Gallows -- Male costume, 1785.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
"A young woman stands within a compass inscribed 'Fear God', holding an open book inscribed 'The Pleasures of Imagination Realized'. At her feet is an open chest full of guineas from which hang bank-notes and jewels; it is inscribed 'The Reward of Virtue'. A small dog stands beside her. In the background (right) is a country house, on the left farm-buildings and haystacks. The four corners are filled ... with the disasters which beset the woman who does not 'keep within compass'. (1) A woman weeps dejectedly with cards and an empty purse on the ground at her feet. (2) A drunken woman lets an infant fall from her arms; on the wall is a torn print inscribed 'Domestic Happiness'. (3) A woman is being conducted to the watch-house by two watchmen, one with his lantern, the other with a rattle. (4) She beats hemp in Bridewell, a man standing behind her with a whip, as in Hogarth's 'Harlot's Progress'. The words round the circle are the same as in BMSat 6903. Beneath the circle is inscribed 'Prudence produceth esteem'."--British Museum catalogue., The first three words of the title at the top and "Prudence produceth Esteem" below, followed by four lines of verse. The whole title appears around the circumference of the circle., Four verses of four lines begins: Instead of cards my fair-one look, (I beg you'll take it kind) Into some learned author's book, And cultivate your mind. ..., Companion print to: Keep within Compass and you shall be sure, to avoid many troubles which others endure., and Reissue of No. 6907 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6. Lacks series numbering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
