"The Speaker in his hat and robes stands in back view directing a stream (as Gulliver extinguished the fire in the royal apartments in Lilliput) upon Lilliputian fortifications and cannon; those seen between his legs are being dashed to pieces. Beyond are the masts of ships. The devastating stream is inscribed 'Casting vote'. The right side of the Speaker's chair is visible (right)."--British Museum online catalogue and Allusion to Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's travels in reference to a bill in the House of Commons addressing Richmond's fortifications. It was defeated, Feb. 27, 1786
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 47 with one other print.
Publisher:
Publd. 1st March 1786 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Richmond (Richmond upon Thames, London, England)
Subject (Name):
Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789 and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Cannons, Forts & fortifications, British, Guns, and Urination
"The Speaker in his hat and robes stands in back view directing a stream (as Gulliver extinguished the fire in the royal apartments in Lilliput) upon Lilliputian fortifications and cannon; those seen between his legs are being dashed to pieces. Beyond are the masts of ships. The devastating stream is inscribed 'Casting vote'. The right side of the Speaker's chair is visible (right)."--British Museum online catalogue and Allusion to Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's travels in reference to a bill in the House of Commons addressing Richmond's fortifications. It was defeated, Feb. 27, 1786
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted to 36.8 x 27.6 cm.
Publisher:
Publd. 1st March 1786 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Richmond (Richmond upon Thames, London, England)
Subject (Name):
Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789 and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Cannons, Forts & fortifications, British, Guns, and Urination
Print depicts the heads of five officers wearing tricorne hats trimmed with braid. The figure on the left foreground has a quizzing glass
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Military -- Officers' uniforms.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st, 1786 by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
A pretty, young woman rakes hay under a tree. Behind her three man use scythes in a hay field; in the distance a hitched wagon full of hay is pulled up a hill
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Numbered '181' in lower right corner of plate.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer, Map, Chart and Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[June 1786]
Call Number:
786.06.00.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark and corners trimmed at an angle., Attributed to Bretherton and Fanshawe in the British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Ladies' costume -- Men's costume., and Mounted to 29.5 x 39 cm.
Title etched below image., Earlier state before imprint added?: Publish'd March 1st, 1786, by W. Dickenson, No. 158, New Bond St.., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 266., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: ibid. 441., and On page 187 in volume 2. Plate mark 10.1 x 8.2 cm, on sheet 11.3 x 9.4 cm.
"An elderly invalid sits in an armchair, his gouty legs swathed, a shawl over his head, a pair of bands shows that he is a parson. He turns to his visitor, an elderly lady seated next him in a similar armchair, wearing a hooded cloak over her cap, and holding a muff. Both talk emphatically, their faces and gestures rendering the subject very expressively. An elderly footman (left) hands two glasses of wine on a salver. Beside the host is a circular table with a bowl; behind the armchairs is a folding screen. Two windows, an oval mirror, a chair and low circular table (left) complete the design. In the manner of a pen drawing."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Comfort & relief often found in relating one's complaints and Comfort and relief often found in relating one's complaints
Description:
Title etched below image., Text in bottom part of image: Comfort & relief often found in relating one's complaints., "Possibly etched by Rowlandson"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1932,0226.13., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For a probable earlier state, before the title "How d'ye do?" was etched in lower margin, see no. 7088 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6.
Publisher:
Publish'd 20 Octr. 1786 by E. Jackson, Mary-le bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Visiting the sick, Muffs, Older people, Clergy, Sick persons, Visiting, Complaining, Servants, Interiors, Screens, and Mirrors
Volume 2, page 67. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man leans back in the saddle tugging hard at his single rein, his legs thrust forward. The runaway horse is leaping an overturned wheelbarrow belonging to a woman (right) who lies on her back screaming. The fruit from the barrow strews the ground. In the background (right) another rider leans back trying to stop a plunging horse. Trees and a house (right) form a background."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image. and Plate from: An academy for grown horsemen ... / by Geoffrey Gambado [pseud.] ... London : W. Dickinson [etc.], 1787.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 1, 1786, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Volume 2, page 67. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man leans back in the saddle tugging hard at his single rein, his legs thrust forward. The runaway horse is leaping an overturned wheelbarrow belonging to a woman (right) who lies on her back screaming. The fruit from the barrow strews the ground. In the background (right) another rider leans back trying to stop a plunging horse. Trees and a house (right) form a background."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from: An academy for grown horsemen ... / by Geoffrey Gambado [pseud.] ... London : W. Dickinson [etc.], 1787., Mounted on page 67 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : etching and stipple engraving with rocker on laid paper ; sheet 22.6 x 20.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 1, 1786, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
