Volume 2, page 66. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
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1
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still image
Abstract:
"A man canters in profile to the left on a lean and broken-kneed horse whose hind-quarter is branded. He has only one rein attached to ill-fitting harness, and sits with his leg thrust forward and holds a club against his right shoulder. Behind him (right) is a signpost: 'The Bridle Way to Horse-Lydown' (a pun on Horselydown, Southwark). In the background are trees and (left) the Thames with ships."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from: An academy for grown horsemen ... / by Geoffrey Gambado [pseud.] ... London : W. Dickinson [etc.], 1787., and Temporary local subject terms: Broken kneed horse -- Branded horse -- Signpost: The Bridie Way to Horse-ly Down -- Ships on the Thames.
Publisher:
Publish'd Augst. 1st, 1787, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Traffic signs & signals, and Ships
Volume 2, page 66. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man canters in profile to the left on a lean and broken-kneed horse whose hind-quarter is branded. He has only one rein attached to ill-fitting harness, and sits with his leg thrust forward and holds a club against his right shoulder. Behind him (right) is a signpost: 'The Bridle Way to Horse-Lydown' (a pun on Horselydown, Southwark). In the background are trees and (left) the Thames with ships."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from: An academy for grown horsemen ... / by Geoffrey Gambado [pseud.] ... London : W. Dickinson [etc.], 1787., Temporary local subject terms: Broken kneed horse -- Branded horse -- Signpost: The Bridie Way to Horse-ly Down -- Ships on the Thames., Mounted on page 66 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on laid paper ; sheet 23.0 x 18.9 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Augst. 1st, 1787, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Traffic signs & signals, and Ships
"The Prince of Wales and his friends besiege the Treasury, whose gate is on the right: a massive door, spiked and triply padlocked, fills a stone arch inscribed 'TRE[ASURY]'. Fox, his legs encased in armour, stoops down to bite one of the huge padlocks. Behind him are Hanger, about to strike the door with his massive club (cf. BMSat 6924, &c), and a barefooted Scot in Highland dress, probably Adam, preparing to smite with a sword whose blade is inscribed 'Faction'. In the centre, but rather behind his followers, stands the Prince, ragged and dishevelled, but fashionable, firing at the gate a blunderbuss inscribed 'Itch Diadem'. On the left are Burke and North: Burke, very lean, wears armour, a Jesuit's biretta (cf. BMSat 6955) and huge spectacles. He clasps a rolled document inscribed 'Impeachment', and bends forward, his right hand on his hip. North, very short and fat, stands passively on the extreme left, holding across his shoulder an axe inscribed 'To Conquer America'. He is grotesquely dressed, wearing a feathered helmet, bag-wig, and low top-boots. Beside Burke is a barking dog standing over an open book inscribed 'Plenipotentiary'. Fox, Burke, and North are evidently copied from BMSat 6955. There are four placards on the wall (left to right): [1] 'At a Meeting of the Not Abies Resolved Nem Con that they do vigioursly [sic] attack the Treasuary with all their proper Weapons Get into Place, Humble the Pride of Master Billy, Kick out the Treaty of Commerce, Convict Hastings, Remove the Sceptre, Repeal the Shop Tax Pass Fox's India Bill Keep their Places & do many more things if they are able' [2] 'Whereas Prosecution against High------[treason] in Fitz[herbert]' (cf. BMSat 6924, &c). [3] 'Sold by Auction by Tattersall His Highness's Studd A. Filly' (cf. BMSat 6967). [4, above the Prince's head] 'Theatre Royal Benefit of Mrs F------[Fitzherbert] Seduction Principal Characters . . . R.P.' Within the Treasury gate, above the door, is a crown inscribed 'Safe'; words from some one inside the Treasury, presumably Pitt, appear above the gate: 'I have Gain'd the affections of my Sovereign, and they must cut keener than a Diamond to affect me'. (Probably an allusion to the diamond sent to the King through Hastings, see BMSat 6966, &c.)"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Convention of the notables
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Kingsbury in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Treasury building.
Publisher:
Published April 28th, 1787 by S.W. Fores, No.3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Adam, William, 1751-1839
"The Prince of Wales and his friends besiege the Treasury, whose gate is on the right: a massive door, spiked and triply padlocked, fills a stone arch inscribed 'TRE[ASURY]'. Fox, his legs encased in armour, stoops down to bite one of the huge padlocks. Behind him are Hanger, about to strike the door with his massive club (cf. BMSat 6924, &c), and a barefooted Scot in Highland dress, probably Adam, preparing to smite with a sword whose blade is inscribed 'Faction'. In the centre, but rather behind his followers, stands the Prince, ragged and dishevelled, but fashionable, firing at the gate a blunderbuss inscribed 'Itch Diadem'. On the left are Burke and North: Burke, very lean, wears armour, a Jesuit's biretta (cf. BMSat 6955) and huge spectacles. He clasps a rolled document inscribed 'Impeachment', and bends forward, his right hand on his hip. North, very short and fat, stands passively on the extreme left, holding across his shoulder an axe inscribed 'To Conquer America'. He is grotesquely dressed, wearing a feathered helmet, bag-wig, and low top-boots. Beside Burke is a barking dog standing over an open book inscribed 'Plenipotentiary'. Fox, Burke, and North are evidently copied from BMSat 6955. There are four placards on the wall (left to right): [1] 'At a Meeting of the Not Abies Resolved Nem Con that they do vigioursly [sic] attack the Treasuary with all their proper Weapons Get into Place, Humble the Pride of Master Billy, Kick out the Treaty of Commerce, Convict Hastings, Remove the Sceptre, Repeal the Shop Tax Pass Fox's India Bill Keep their Places & do many more things if they are able' [2] 'Whereas Prosecution against High------[treason] in Fitz[herbert]' (cf. BMSat 6924, &c). [3] 'Sold by Auction by Tattersall His Highness's Studd A. Filly' (cf. BMSat 6967). [4, above the Prince's head] 'Theatre Royal Benefit of Mrs F------[Fitzherbert] Seduction Principal Characters . . . R.P.' Within the Treasury gate, above the door, is a crown inscribed 'Safe'; words from some one inside the Treasury, presumably Pitt, appear above the gate: 'I have Gain'd the affections of my Sovereign, and they must cut keener than a Diamond to affect me'. (Probably an allusion to the diamond sent to the King through Hastings, see BMSat 6966, &c.)"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Convention of the notables
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Kingsbury in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Treasury building., 1 print : etching with stipple, hand-colored, on laid paper ; sheet 302 x 418 mm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark; mounted to 32 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
Published April 28th, 1787 by S.W. Fores, No.3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Adam, William, 1751-1839
A smiling school master in a wig applies the switch to a boy whose rear has a painted face on it. The boy being switched is lifted onto the back of another boy. On the left, two boys holding open books look on, one snickering behind his hand. The classroom includes a map on the wall and a shelf with books and quill pens in ink stands
Alternative Title:
Two heads are better than one
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Number '136' appears in lower left corner of plate.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Boys, Child discipline, Classrooms, Students, and Teachers
"A stout man rides a trotting horse in profile to the right. followed by a dog. He rises from the saddle with his legsthrust forward, pulling hard at the curb with both hands; the snaffle rein lies on the lean horse's neck. He wears a broad-brimmed round hat and a coat buttoned across his chest by a single button."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Questionable attribution to West in local card catalog., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., In lower left corner of image: Gentlemens designs executed gratis., and Blue paper mounting partially removed.
Publisher:
Pub'd Jan. 1, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No.3 Piccadilly
Title from caption below image., Artist's signature from impression in the British Museum., Date of publication based on that of the print from which this design was copied. See no. 7229 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Design consists of ten figures arranged in two rows., Companion to a print of the same title and similar design. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Bunbury 787.00.00.24+., The Lewis Walpole Library impression: artist's signature erased from lower left corner of sheet, and sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title., and Temporary local subject terms: Dancing -- Minuet -- Couples.
Title from caption below image., Artist from signature on companion print in the British Museum catalogue., Date of publication based on that of the print from which this design was copied. See no. 7229 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark and artist's signature erased from lower left corner., Design consists of ten figures arranged in two rows., A companion print to no. 7229A in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Window mounted to 27 x 37 cm.
Volume 2, page 55. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A strip design of ten couples in different stages of the minuet, All dance in silence; the expressions of the male dancers denote anxiety, determination, or complacency. All are intended to be ugly, or awkward, or both, but the figures have charm, and even in some cases a certain grace. ... None of the men suggests a parson, most are lean and none corpulent by eighteenth-century standards."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image on second and third plates., Variant state, lacking the text "Bos, Fur, Sus, atque Sacerdos" above image on second plate. Cf. No. 7229 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Sheets trimmed within plate mark., A single design on four plates., Text in Latin below title, etched on second and third plates: Longa Tysonum Minuit Quid Velit et possit rerum concordia discors. Horace., Mounted on page 55 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and Sheet annotated by Horace Walpole in ink beneath Latin text: Tyson was Master of the Ceremonies at Bath.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 25th, 1787, by W. Dickinson, engraver, Bond Street
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Two contrasting images on one plate form contrasting pair of figures., Attributed to Kingsbury in the British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume -- Hats -- Muffs -- Puffs -- Derrières -- Trades: Milliners -- Men milliners -- Device for inflating the figure., and Watermark in center of sheet: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 16, 1787 by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
"Soldiers march impassively in double file through a crowded street, and over the prostrate bodies of those whom they have overthrown. Military arrogance and foppishness are personified by the officer, much caricatured, with a grotesquely elongated waist (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7352). He places one toe on the body of a fish-woman who lies on her back, her legs much exposed. His outstretched right leg is poised above a crouching woman who tries to protect her barrow of vegetables. Two men holding muskets precede the officer; one tramples on the face of an infant. The officer is followed by a man carrying a pike, behind whom march six soldiers in double file carrying muskets with fixed bayonets. All march ruthlessly, eyes front, regardless of the havoc they are causing. A porter lies on the ground clutching a broken wooden case faintly inscribed 'Mr . . . Silversmith'; from it pour plate and jewels. The porter's knee is badly damaged, and his knot has been knocked from his shoulders. A milliner or courtesan lies on her back clutching the hair of a barber who clasps her leg. On the extreme right a prostrate woman tries to protect her infant, and a newsboy with his horn and a sheaf of the 'Morning Herald' tries to escape from the trampling soldiers. Other victims between the soldiers and the wall are a woman with a crutch, a shoeblack, a man with a tray of rolls. A pair of beseeching hands and two female legs (right) waving in the air add to the turmoil, which is accentuated by the writhing forms of the fish which fall from the fishwoman's basket. The background is formed by the wall of a stone building with two elaborately barred niches, and by the window of a silversmith's shop (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Abuses: military marches, 1787 -- Newspapers: Morning Herald -- Architectural details: barred niches -- Trampled victims -- Guns: muskets with fixed bayonets -- Protection of the Bank, 1787 -- Military march, double file -- Children: abused infant -- Shops: exterior of a silversmith shop -- Silversmith's box -- Vegetable sellers -- Fishwomen -- Allusion to the Strand -- Allusion to Cheapside -- Allusion to Fleet Street -- Porter's knot -- Newsboys -- Milliners., and Watermark: Hall & [...]plin 1804 on the right side of sheet; Strasburg bend on the left.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 22d, 1787, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, British, Military uniforms, Military officers, Marching, Food vendors, Porters, Rifles, Barbers, Newspaper carriers, and Storefronts
Title from item., Twelve lines of verse in four columns below image: The modern bard says Tom, sublimely sings ..., Attributed to Kingsbury in British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: mirror -- Shops: milliner's -- Male costume -- Female costume -- Hats -- Band box -- George III and Queen Charlotte's miserliness -- Windsor Castle., and Stamped "E" in lower left corner, verso.
Publisher:
Published March 24th, 1787 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
"Lord Lansdowne sits at a small writing-table, pen in hand, a number of papers before him. Three Jews (left) stand obsequiously on his right, but he turns with his enigmatic smile towards a French post-boy (right), a grotesque dwarfish man with long queue and jack-boots holding his whip and hat, who holds out to him with a cunning smile a paper inscribed: 'My dear Lord Paris 7th Jany 1783 I am happy to hear you have so nearly concluded your Alley Arrangements. The Preliminaries shall be signed coute que coute by the Time you desire, & you may rely on the Courier's arrival on the Eve of the 23d yours truly Billy Paradice [William Eden.]' Under Lansdowne's elbow is a paper inscribed 'Memorandums Pay off the Mortgage on Jesuits Colledge in Berkeley Square - Pay off Solomons any for 500£ pr Annm Inquire what Tayt will take for my Bond for 3000£ given for furniture sold at Christyes'. The foremost Jew holds out to Lansdowne a paper ... On a shelf, inscribed 'Waste Paper', in the upper right corner of the design, are three large bundles of papers: 'Ordnance Estimates', 'State of the National Debt', and 'Civil List'; two piles of documents hang from the shelf. On the wall above Lansdowne's head are two bust portraits: 'John Calvin', wearing a steeple-crowned hat, gown, and bands, and 'Ignatius Loyola', a profile portrait of Burke wearing a Jesuit's biretta as in British Museum Satires No. 6026, &c. 12."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Counterfeit signature; print by Gillray. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to within thread margins of plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Treaties -- Commerical Treaty with France -- National debt -- Civil list -- Military Ordinance -- Allusion to J. Bond -- Allusion to St. Ignatious Loyola -- Allusion to John Calvin -- French post-boy -- Jesuits -- Allusion to William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, 1744-1814.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 12th, 1787, by R. Phillips, Southwke., London
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Ethnic stereotypes, Tables, Writing materials, Boots, and Whips
"Sir James Erskine dressed as a little girl but wearing a man's wig, bends forward in profile to the left to thrash a mastiff (Hastings) who lies (left) surrounded by a wreath of thorns, his collar inscribed 'Keeper of Ind[ia]'. He holds in his left hand a paper inscribed 'Speec[h] for Thur[sday] Monopoly of Opium'. On the lash of Erskine's whip is a judge's wig inscribed 'Defence of Lord Clive'; its handle is decorated with bells. Burke's head and right arm project into the upper right corner of the design; he holds leading-strings attached to Erskine's shoulders. Below him and immediately behind Erskine are the head and shoulders of Francis, who leans forward, clapping his hands. Above Hastings a rectangular block inscribed 'Impeachment' hangs by a thread. Beside him are three stones, which have been thrown at him, inscribed respectively 'Malice', 'Eloquence', and 'Calumny'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Lewis Walpole Library: Horace Walpole refers to subject.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Erskine, James Francis, 1743-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, and East India Company.
"Sir James Erskine dressed as a little girl but wearing a man's wig, bends forward in profile to the left to thrash a mastiff (Hastings) who lies (left) surrounded by a wreath of thorns, his collar inscribed 'Keeper of Ind[ia]'. He holds in his left hand a paper inscribed 'Speec[h] for Thur[sday] Monopoly of Opium'. On the lash of Erskine's whip is a judge's wig inscribed 'Defence of Lord Clive'; its handle is decorated with bells. Burke's head and right arm project into the upper right corner of the design; he holds leading-strings attached to Erskine's shoulders. Below him and immediately behind Erskine are the head and shoulders of Francis, who leans forward, clapping his hands. Above Hastings a rectangular block inscribed 'Impeachment' hangs by a thread. Beside him are three stones, which have been thrown at him, inscribed respectively 'Malice', 'Eloquence', and 'Calumny'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Lewis Walpole Library: Horace Walpole refers to subject., 1 print : etching and aquatint with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 27 x 22 cm, on sheet 29.1 x 23.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 40 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Erskine, James Francis, 1743-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, and East India Company.
"Sir James Erskine dressed as a little girl but wearing a man's wig, bends forward in profile to the left to thrash a mastiff (Hastings) who lies (left) surrounded by a wreath of thorns, his collar inscribed 'Keeper of Ind[ia]'. He holds in his left hand a paper inscribed 'Speec[h] for Thur[sday] Monopoly of Opium'. On the lash of Erskine's whip is a judge's wig inscribed 'Defence of Lord Clive'; its handle is decorated with bells. Burke's head and right arm project into the upper right corner of the design; he holds leading-strings attached to Erskine's shoulders. Below him and immediately behind Erskine are the head and shoulders of Francis, who leans forward, clapping his hands. Above Hastings a rectangular block inscribed 'Impeachment' hangs by a thread. Beside him are three stones, which have been thrown at him, inscribed respectively 'Malice', 'Eloquence', and 'Calumny'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Lewis Walpole Library: Horace Walpole refers to subject., and Mounted on page 58 with one other print.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Erskine, James Francis, 1743-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, and East India Company.
Two young women, attired in low-cut, fine dresses, their veils pulled back over their hair exposing their pretty, young faces, sit in a semi-embrace on a blue loveseat in a garden, one looking lovingly into the eyes of the other with her hand posed to encircle her companion. The other, wearing red shoes, with a rosary at her waist, looks down toward the low neckline of the first. Standing next to them is a rotund Catholic monk in brown robes. He points to the two women while with a mischievous smile he looks to the viewer. Below him is the caption: "The Scene delightful, Beauty here, what then! Ah, Benedicite! Men are but Men." The women speak: "We live recluse and are believed religious, We but dissemble for our Lusts prodigious."
Description:
Title engraved below image., Reissue, with altered publication line. For an earlier state with the imprint "London, Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, map and printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs, 5 April 1782," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.3219., Sheet trimmed to / within plate mark., Plate numbered "197" in lower right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, chart, map and printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Benches, Convents, Gardens, Garden walls, Monks, and Nuns
"Fox (right), wearing a hat, stands in profile to the left, discharging a blunderbuss at the Commercial Treaty (left), a long scroll whose lower portion rests on the floor. The muzzle of his weapon is the head in profile of Lord George Cavendish, from whose mouth missiles emerge. On bands round the muzzle are etched the Cavendish motto, 'Cavendo tutus'. From Fox's pocket protrudes a paper inscribed 'Methuen Treaty'. Behind Fox three seated members are indicated but not characterized; Burke leans forward from behind them holding out his hat in agitated approval. After the title is etched, 'a hasty Sketch of Yesterdays Business'."--British Museum online catalogue and "On 5 Feb. Pitt moved for a committee of the whole House (on 12 Feb.) on the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation with France. Cavendish moved an amendment to delay the debate. Fox then spoke, attacking the treaty as (inter alia) a sacrifice of the Methuen Treaty with Portugal, and alleging that Pitt was 'opposed by the whole body of the people', and 'wrong in every article of his scheme'. 'Parl. Hist.' xxvi. 346 ff."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Shot at the Minister for a call of the House
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 52 with one other print.
Publisher:
Publd. 6th Febry. 1787 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Strt
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and France.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and France.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Foreign economic relations, and Firearms
"Fox (right), wearing a hat, stands in profile to the left, discharging a blunderbuss at the Commercial Treaty (left), a long scroll whose lower portion rests on the floor. The muzzle of his weapon is the head in profile of Lord George Cavendish, from whose mouth missiles emerge. On bands round the muzzle are etched the Cavendish motto, 'Cavendo tutus'. From Fox's pocket protrudes a paper inscribed 'Methuen Treaty'. Behind Fox three seated members are indicated but not characterized; Burke leans forward from behind them holding out his hat in agitated approval. After the title is etched, 'a hasty Sketch of Yesterdays Business'."--British Museum online catalogue and "On 5 Feb. Pitt moved for a committee of the whole House (on 12 Feb.) on the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation with France. Cavendish moved an amendment to delay the debate. Fox then spoke, attacking the treaty as (inter alia) a sacrifice of the Methuen Treaty with Portugal, and alleging that Pitt was 'opposed by the whole body of the people', and 'wrong in every article of his scheme'. 'Parl. Hist.' xxvi. 346 ff."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Shot at the Minister for a call of the House
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 19.6 x 26.9 cm., and Mounted with one other print on verso of leaf 35 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Publd. 6th Febry. 1787 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Strt
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and France.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and France.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Foreign economic relations, and Firearms
"Fox (right), wearing a hat, stands in profile to the left, discharging a blunderbuss at the Commercial Treaty (left), a long scroll whose lower portion rests on the floor. The muzzle of his weapon is the head in profile of Lord George Cavendish, from whose mouth missiles emerge. On bands round the muzzle are etched the Cavendish motto, 'Cavendo tutus'. From Fox's pocket protrudes a paper inscribed 'Methuen Treaty'. Behind Fox three seated members are indicated but not characterized; Burke leans forward from behind them holding out his hat in agitated approval. After the title is etched, 'a hasty Sketch of Yesterdays Business'."--British Museum online catalogue and "On 5 Feb. Pitt moved for a committee of the whole House (on 12 Feb.) on the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation with France. Cavendish moved an amendment to delay the debate. Fox then spoke, attacking the treaty as (inter alia) a sacrifice of the Methuen Treaty with Portugal, and alleging that Pitt was 'opposed by the whole body of the people', and 'wrong in every article of his scheme'. 'Parl. Hist.' xxvi. 346 ff."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Shot at the Minister for a call of the House
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Figure with gun identified in contemporary hand as Charles Fox.
Publisher:
Publd. 6th Febry. 1787 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Strt
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and France.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and France.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Foreign economic relations, and Firearms
"Three ladies are seated in a box, their arms to the elbow are in enormous fur muffs which project over the front of the box. Beneath them, to indicate the fur of the muff and (apparently) the character of the lady, is engraved respectively 'Mrs Bruin', 'Miss Chienne', 'Miss Renard'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to 23.3 x 23.3 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany 1, 1787 by J. Wicksteed, No. 30 Henrietta Strt. Covt. Garden
"A fantastic theatre scene, showing stage, orchestra, and two boxes on each side of the stage. On the stage the fall of Amsterdam is represented by a number of frogs (burghers) who hasten obsequiously to submit to the Stadholder. William V, much caricatured as a short fat man wearing military dress with plumed helmet, gorget, and jack-boots, stands with an uplifted sabre, dripping blood, about to cut the throat of a frog, who kneels, holding out a purse in each hand. His sabre is inscribed 'W. de V'; he straddles across the decapitated heads and limbs of his frog-subjects; under his left foot is a standard decorated with three storks. A mutilated frog jumps from the stage into the orchestra from which rise the flames of Hell. Other frogs disappear into the flames, where demons act as musicians; one plays a gridiron with a pitchfork, two others sing. Dominating these musicians is the half length figure of a lean military officer playing the flute, in gauntlet gloves, his eyes fixed on the stage. The frogs who hasten towards the Stadholder have expressions of terror and are dressed as Dutchmen. One proffers a large key inscribed 'Stadt House', another a pail of 'Milk', another a beehive, another a cask of 'Butter', another a keg of 'Holland Gin'. Behind William V the Princess of Orange (left) stands with her hands on her hips, smiling coquettishly over her shoulder at her husband, the word 'Kiss' issuing from her mouth. Suppliant frogs fawn upon her. The background of this scene is a city wall (right) (Amsterdam) and clouds (left), across which straddles a grotesque figure of Fame blowing two trumpets. Above the proscenium the words 'Sic transit Gloria Mundi' replace the customary 'Veluti in Speculum'. ... "--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Last scene of the republican pantomine
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Later state of a plate originally issued with the title: The surrender of Amsterdam, or, The Duke of Brunswick in a bustle. Other changes include the addition of crosshatching, the replacement of the Duke of Brunswick's head with that of William of Orange, and the addition of an inscription on the sabre., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Dutch Patriot Party, 1787 -- Flag of the Dutch Patriot Party -- Demon musicians -- Personification: Fame blowing two trumpets -- Mottoes: Sic transit gloria mundi -- Emblem: Storks for Holland -- French interest: defeated at Amsterdam -- Club of British Oak -- Sabres -- Purses -- Fools cap: Hapsburg eagle -- Snuff boxes -- Stags -- Arms -- Flames of hell -- Cask of gin: Holland -- Pail of milk -- Cask of butter -- beehives -- Stadthouse keys -- Horace Walpole refers to subject -- Harem of veiled women -- Fredericka Sophia Wilhemina, Princess of Orange, 1751-1820.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1787, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, and Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790
A single head in oval, shown full-face that when viewed one way depicts an old woman, and when viewed upside down, is the head a judge, with the woman's cap forming the judge's wig. The closed eyelids of one form the eyebrows of the other
Alternative Title:
Judge
Description:
Title below each image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub'd March 30, 1787, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
A scene from chapter one of Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding in which Mrs. Slipslop kneels before Joseph holding his hand. From the doorway two servants eavesdrop
Description:
Title from caption below image., Number '143' appears in lower right corner of plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer, printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs
"The interior of the House of Commons, the Speaker in his chair, the two clerks, Hatsell and Ley, writing at the table on which is the mace. The members are represented by dogs, some having human faces; in the foreground four ministerial hounds (left) and four opposition leaders (right) tear violently at a paper inscribed 'Commercial Treaty'. On the right benches opposition hounds are in hungry cry after their leaders, on the left the ministerialists are gnawing bones with eyes fixed on the contest. The four Government dogs, who have human faces, are Pitt, a lean greyhound, his collar inscribed 'Fawning-Billy'; next him Dundas, his collar 'Treasurer Navy'; next Pepper Arden, his collar 'At. Gen', and last, Archibald Macdonald, his collar 'Sol. G.' Opposite these are North, wearing his ribbon, gnawing greedily, and Fox tearing ferociously (these two have quasi-human heads), Burke, a dog wearing spectacles, and Sheridan, his collar inscribed 'Sc. for Scan[dal]'. Three yelping puppies fawn on Fox, one of whom is probably intended for Grey. Behind the Speaker's chair stand members of the House of Lords, scandalized at the uproar. Spectators look down from the galleries."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Approaching fate of the French Commerical Treaty
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue and Wright., and Mounted to 31 x 49 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 16th 1787 by Mrs. Jackson, Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Hatsell, John, 1743-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, Macdonald, Archibald, Sir, 1747-1826, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Dogs, Interiors, Politicians, and Spectators
"The interior of the House of Commons, the Speaker in his chair, the two clerks, Hatsell and Ley, writing at the table on which is the mace. The members are represented by dogs, some having human faces; in the foreground four ministerial hounds (left) and four opposition leaders (right) tear violently at a paper inscribed 'Commercial Treaty'. On the right benches opposition hounds are in hungry cry after their leaders, on the left the ministerialists are gnawing bones with eyes fixed on the contest. The four Government dogs, who have human faces, are Pitt, a lean greyhound, his collar inscribed 'Fawning-Billy'; next him Dundas, his collar 'Treasurer Navy'; next Pepper Arden, his collar 'At. Gen', and last, Archibald Macdonald, his collar 'Sol. G.' Opposite these are North, wearing his ribbon, gnawing greedily, and Fox tearing ferociously (these two have quasi-human heads), Burke, a dog wearing spectacles, and Sheridan, his collar inscribed 'Sc. for Scan[dal]'. Three yelping puppies fawn on Fox, one of whom is probably intended for Grey. Behind the Speaker's chair stand members of the House of Lords, scandalized at the uproar. Spectators look down from the galleries."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Approaching fate of the French Commerical Treaty
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Date of publication based on imprint from earlier state that has been scored through but is still visible: Pubd. Jany. 16th 1787 by Mrs. Jackson, Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Hatsell, John, 1743-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, Macdonald, Archibald, Sir, 1747-1826, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Dogs, Interiors, Politicians, and Spectators
Title from item., Possibly by Rowlandson., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Military veterans -- Maps -- Military fortifications -- Negroes: boy servant -- Pictures amplify subject: army camp -- Military uniforms: officers -- Curtains.
A view of a church at Cam, including the churchyard with gravestones
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Bound in a volume of prints [English cathedrals and monuments]; leaf numbered '24' in mss. Label on front cover: Prints. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Richd. Bigland
Subject (Geographic):
Cam (England) and England.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Churches, and Cemeteries
"Burke, in the voluminous robes of a Roman senator, stands looking to the left, making a speech, his right arm extended, left hand on his hip. He is bald-headed, wears spectacles, and his feet are bare. Behind him (right) the heads and shoulders of Fox and North are seen above a barrier or partition. Fox watches Burke with cynical but melancholy impassivity; North reads shortsightedly, his back to Burke. In the middle distance (left) Britannia is seated on the ground, her arm protectingly round the shoulders of another woman, evidently intended for India; she points to the left. Beneath the design the words of Burke's speech are engraved: 'The time is come, Fathers, when that which has long been wished for, towards allaying the envy, your House has been subject to, & removing the imputations against trials, is (not by human contrivance, but superior direction) effectually put in our power. An opinion has long prevailed, not only here at home, but likewise in foreign countries, both dangerous to you, and pernicious to the state, viz. That, in prosecutions, men of wealth are always safe, however clearly convicted. There is now to be brought upon his trial before you, to the confusion, I hope of the propagators of this slanderous imputation, one, whose life and actions condemn him in the opinion of all impartial persons; but who, according to his own reckoning, and declared dependance upon his riches, is already acquitted; I mean W------H------. I have undertaken this prosecution, Fathers, at the general desire, and with the great expectation of the British People, with the direct design of clearing your justice and impartiality before the world. For I have brought upon his trial, one, whose conduct has been such, that, in passing a just sentence upon him, you will have an opportunity of re-establishing the credit of such trials; of recovering whatever may be lost of the favour of the British People; and of satisfying foreign states and kingdoms in alliance with us, or tributary to us. I demand justice of you, Fathers, upon the robber of the public treasury, the oppressor of Asia, and the invader of the rights & privileges of'Britons, the scourge and curse o/Indostan. If that sentence is passed upon him which his crimes deserve, your authority, Fathers, will be venerable & sacred in the eyes of the public. But if his great riches should bias you in his favour, I shall still gain one point, vis. To make it apparent to all the world, that what was wanting in this case was not a criminal, nor a prosecutor; but justice, & adequate punishment.'"--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Below image: Fourteen lines from Burke's speech., and Mounted to 43 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Pub'd by Boyne & Walker, No. 11 Great Turnstile, Lincolns Inn Fields
Subject (Geographic):
India.
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: 'Cits'.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs March 1st, 1787 for the proprietor by Bull & Jeffryes Printsellers, No. 18 Ludgate Hill
Title from item., Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames numbered 'xxxii' and 'xxxiii'., Originally used in: "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and country magazine, 1787, v. xix, p. 483., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on one side., and Temporary local subject terms: Actress -- Mrs. Martyr -- Drunken peer.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs Decr. 1, 1787 by A. Hamilton Junr., Fleet Street
"A fashionably dressed man and woman (half length) face each other in profile. The outline of the man's projecting shirt-frill resembles that of projecting gauze which covers the lady's bust, see British Mumeaum Satires Nos. 7021, 7099, &c. In the space between them two pouter-pigeons stand facing each other. On the man's coat are large buttons inscribed respectively 'A' 'B' 'C' 'D'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 24th, 1787, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Buttons (Fasteners), Clothing & dress, and Pigeons
"John Bull, grotesquely stout, is pressed downwards by a large rolled document which rests on his head inscribed 'Revision 3000 Resolutions Simplefication'. This roll is pressed down by three persons who rest their hands on it, their legs in the air, as if jumping to increase the pressure which has already so much compressed John Bull, concertina-fashion, that his arms reach the ground, and his contour is quasi-rectangular. The central figure is Pitt, saying, "Come, boys, since they say we have well begun, Let's bear hard till the whole's comprest in one". The other two are probably Rose and Steele, the Treasury Secretaries. The words 'Stamps' and 'Incidents' are inscribed on John Bull's shoulders, 'Custom' and 'Excise' (crossing each other) on his body."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified tentatively in British Museum catalog., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to the speech of George III on January 23, 1787 -- Variety of taxes -- Tax reforms -- Consolidation of duties bill, February 26, 1778 -- Treasury secretary., and Partial watermark on left edge.
Publisher:
Pub'd for the proprietor, by E. Macklew, No. 9, Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Rose, George, 1744-1818, and Steele, Thomas, 1753-1823
"A room crowded with cooks and scullions : a tall cook addresses the others with clenched fist, holding the queue of his hair. The others make similar gestures of indignation ; one negligently holds a spit transfixing a bird which a dog is eating. Against the wall hang birds, &c., and a poster: Royal Bill of Fare ... second course."--British Museum catalogue, description of a variant state with different title
Alternative Title:
Cooks, scullions, hear me every mother's son and Fierce as staring Ajax from his seat
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from Grego., Variant state, with different title, of a plate issued with the title: Fierce as staring Ajax from his seat, uprose with visage stern the king of meat. Cf. No. 7187 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Temporary local subject terms: Literary quotation -- Peter Pindar's The Lousiad.
A soldier with a sword in his right hand has his left hand under the chin of a young lady who holds his gun in her left arm. Another soldier grins from behind a chair on which sits a drum. A monkey sits on a music book on a stool
Description:
Title from item., Numbered '145' in lower right corner., and Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by Robert Sayer, Chart, Map, & Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Soldiers, Military uniforms, British, Drums, Parlors, and Pets
"A youth walks right to left, but looking to front, holding a long stick or staff. His hair hangs loosely on his shoulders, his dress is careless, with shirt open at the neck, breeches unbuttoned at the knees, and the buckles of his shoes unlatched."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Companion print to: London refinement., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jan. 1, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Title is on an ornamental scroll with tassels. Words to accompany song are inscribed in three columns below main design. Birds and bleeding heart are above and between the inscription., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Song -- Flowers: Bleeding heart -- Birds.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 9, 1787 by C. Sheppard, No. 19 Lambeth Hill, Doctors Commons
One of many satires on the morganatic marriage of George IV and Mrs. Fitzherbert. on the left Mrs. Fitzherbert as Dido sits on a funeral pyre made up of phallic-shaped logs and watches the Prince of Wales sail away in a small boat whose flag is inscribed with the word 'Windsor' [Castle]. The wind which fills the ragged sail of the boat appears to be produced by a blast from the mouths of Dundas and Pitt, whose profile heads are on the extreme left. It is directed at Dido's head, and has blown off a royal crown, an orb and sceptre, and a coronet decorated with the Prince of Wales's feathers. With a tragic gesture she holds out in her right hand a mutilated crucifix. Her breast is bare and her girdle of 'Chastity' is broken. At her feet lie emblems of Popery: a sharp-toothed harrow inscribed 'For the conversion of Heretics', shackles, a pair of birch-rods, an axe, a scourge, and a rosary and crucifix. The pyre seems to be made of money-bags. The boat is the 'Honor'; the Prince is seated between Fox, who holds the tiller, and Burke, who holds the sail; his arms are folded and he looks over his shoulder at Fox, saying, "I never saw her in my Life". Fox echoes "No, never in all his Life, Damme"; Burke, wearing a Jesuit's biretta, says "Never", and North, who sits beside him, apparently asleep, says "No, never". After the title is engraved: 'Sic transit gloria Reginae' (pardoy of "Sic transit gloria mundi"). See British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and 1 print : etching with stipple, hand-colored, on laid paper ; sheet 274 x 371 mm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 21st, 1787, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly, London
Subject (Name):
Virgil., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
"Diogenes as an elderly man, walking with a stick and a gourd at his waist-band, to right, holding out a lantern, with a dog going ahead of him; trees behind to left, a small building with steps leading to the door, across a fence in fields to right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Numbered '125' in lower right corner of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Greek philosopher.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer, Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street as [the] act directs
Title etched below image., Plate from: Grose, F. The antiquities of England and Wales. London : Hooper & Wigstead, 1783-1797, v. 8., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 253 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 14.5 x 19.1 cm., Note in ink below image on mounting sheet: There is a model of this Druid temple in wood at Strawberry Hill., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Outline of a large crowd with many carriages gathered to watch as men on horseback chase a deer at left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Approximate date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1876,1014.52., 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: Easter hunt -- Vehicles -- Wagons -- Male costume, ca. 1790., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Horseback riding, Crowds, Hunting, and Deer
"Bishop Watson of Llandaff stands in profile to the right, his arms outstretched as if preaching. He stands under an archway formed by a retort, the furnace of which is behind him (left); the neck of the retort swells into a globe above his head, then bends downwards, its bulb resting on a table or pedestal (right). A bishop (Pretyman) sits in back view (left) facing the furnace. The retort contains (above the furnace) papers inscribed 'Treaty of Commerce between Great Britain and France', and also (in the bulb which Watson faces): 'Chemical Deductions' (impolitic prejudicial to the Manufacturers / My Vote against the Treaty.' In the central bulb above his head are small etchings of 'St Paul's' and 'Lincoln' [cathedrals]; between them is etched: 'Some fancy this Promotion odd / As not the handy-work of God / Though e'en the Bishops dissapointed / Must own it made by God's anointed. Swift [i.e. Jonathan Swift].'--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 292 x 230 mm, on sheet 32 x 23 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and sides.
Publisher:
Publd. 8th March 1787 by T. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Watson, Richard, 1737-1816 and Pretyman, George, 1750-1827
Subject (Topic):
Commercial treaties, Public opinion, Bishops, Cathedrals, Chemistry, and Preaching
"Bishop Watson of Llandaff stands in profile to the right, his arms outstretched as if preaching. He stands under an archway formed by a retort, the furnace of which is behind him (left); the neck of the retort swells into a globe above his head, then bends downwards, its bulb resting on a table or pedestal (right). A bishop (Pretyman) sits in back view (left) facing the furnace. The retort contains (above the furnace) papers inscribed 'Treaty of Commerce between Great Britain and France', and also (in the bulb which Watson faces): 'Chemical Deductions' (impolitic prejudicial to the Manufacturers / My Vote against the Treaty.' In the central bulb above his head are small etchings of 'St Paul's' and 'Lincoln' [cathedrals]; between them is etched: 'Some fancy this Promotion odd / As not the handy-work of God / Though e'en the Bishops dissapointed / Must own it made by God's anointed. Swift [i.e. Jonathan Swift].'--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 53 with one other print.
Publisher:
Publd. 8th March 1787 by T. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Watson, Richard, 1737-1816 and Pretyman, George, 1750-1827
Subject (Topic):
Commercial treaties, Public opinion, Bishops, Cathedrals, Chemistry, and Preaching
"Bishop Watson of Llandaff stands in profile to the right, his arms outstretched as if preaching. He stands under an archway formed by a retort, the furnace of which is behind him (left); the neck of the retort swells into a globe above his head, then bends downwards, its bulb resting on a table or pedestal (right). A bishop (Pretyman) sits in back view (left) facing the furnace. The retort contains (above the furnace) papers inscribed 'Treaty of Commerce between Great Britain and France', and also (in the bulb which Watson faces): 'Chemical Deductions' (impolitic prejudicial to the Manufacturers / My Vote against the Treaty.' In the central bulb above his head are small etchings of 'St Paul's' and 'Lincoln' [cathedrals]; between them is etched: 'Some fancy this Promotion odd / As not the handy-work of God / Though e'en the Bishops dissapointed / Must own it made by God's anointed. Swift [i.e. Jonathan Swift].'--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with aquatint and stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 29.2 x 22.8 cm, on sheet 31.4 x 24.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 35 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Publd. 8th March 1787 by T. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Watson, Richard, 1737-1816 and Pretyman, George, 1750-1827
Subject (Topic):
Commercial treaties, Public opinion, Bishops, Cathedrals, Chemistry, and Preaching
"Bishop Watson of Llandaff stands in profile to the right, his arms outstretched as if preaching. He stands under an archway formed by a retort, the furnace of which is behind him (left); the neck of the retort swells into a globe above his head, then bends downwards, its bulb resting on a table or pedestal (right). A bishop (Pretyman) sits in back view (left) facing the furnace. The retort contains (above the furnace) papers inscribed 'Treaty of Commerce between Great Britain and France', and also (in the bulb which Watson faces): 'Chemical Deductions' (impolitic prejudicial to the Manufacturers / My Vote against the Treaty.' In the central bulb above his head are small etchings of 'St Paul's' and 'Lincoln' [cathedrals]; between them is etched: 'Some fancy this Promotion odd / As not the handy-work of God / Though e'en the Bishops dissapointed / Must own it made by God's anointed. Swift [i.e. Jonathan Swift].'--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Ms. note in contempory hand at the bottom of the print: Bp. Watson of Landaff speaking against the French commercial treaty.
Publisher:
Publd. 8th March 1787 by T. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Watson, Richard, 1737-1816 and Pretyman, George, 1750-1827
Subject (Topic):
Commercial treaties, Public opinion, Bishops, Cathedrals, Chemistry, and Preaching
"A design in two compartments, each based on one of the familiar 'Cries of London': In 'Le--Gagne--Petit' (left) Fox is a knife-grinder busily sharpening a headsman's axe. Arranged along his barrow are four knives of various shapes inscribed respectively 'Enquiry', 'inversion', 'sarcasm' (with a notched blade), 'incrementum'. A horn attached to the barrow is inscribed 'Fluidity', a box 'Collective Ideas'. In the background (left) is the gateway of St. James's Palace with two sentries. Behind Fox (right) is the house at the SW. corner of 'St James's St'. He wears a cap and a waistcoat showing a ragged shirtsleeve. Beneath the design is engraved: 'To be Sirs Ingenious I'll tell you my Mind 'tis for What I can get Makes me Willing to Grind.' [2] 'Poisson-Salé'. Burke walks (left to right) along Pall Mall carrying bundles of stock-fish on a pole across his shoulder; he bends forward supporting himself with a stout stick. His only garment, except hat and short wig showing his own hair, is a coat worn back to front, his legs being bare. On a wall behind him (left) are two play-bills: 'Much-Ado about Nothing Principle Performer Mr B------e with The Fathless Irishman', and 'Impeachment of Warren Hastings a Farce, as performed by the Tools of Faction St Stephens Chaple'. Beneath the design is engraved: 'Salt Fish ho 'tis I Who late Amused you all by Crying Hastings.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Gagne petit and Poisson salé
Description:
Title from text between the two designs; subtitles from text above each design., Later reissue of no. 6994 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.6., Temporary local subject terms: Knife grinder -- Barrow -- Gateway of St. James Palace -- Travesty of Cries of London -- Pall Mall., and Mounted to 29 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
Published by Boyne & Walker, Great Turnstile
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
Subject (Topic):
Impeachment, Fishmongers, Knives, Occupations, Puns (Visual works), and Signs (Notices)
787.07.01.03 Boxed separately; shelved in Object Room C:A
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The engraving has been mounted on wood and cut into 42 puzzle pieces. The frame is comprised of 10 pieces; the remaining 32 pieces each with a portrait of a king or queen of England, starting with William I and ending with George II, and one piece depicting Oliver Cromwell, contain extensive details about their lives and reigns. Below the title in the frame at the top are directions for the puzzle: "Directions. 1. Learn to put the heads in succession. 2. Get the dates of inner ovals & the houses of the respective kings. 3. Learn the names of the principal personages of each reign separately. 4. Get by heart the historical & chronological facts of the respective reigns with the dates of battles, treaties, &c." In the bottom portion of the framing pieces is a key to the contractions used in the text: "Contractions. K. king. Pr. prince. D. duke. E. earl. Abp. Archbishop. ... N.B. Capitals over the heads are the initials of the different houses. N. Norman. Pl. Plantagenet. L. Lancaster. Y. York. T. Tudor. S. Stuart. O. Orange. B. Brunswick. In the dates the year only of the current century is sometimes expressed as the rest is evident from the reign."
Description:
Title engraved in frame above the images. and With the original box with dove-tailed sliding lid and original label. Solution to the puzzle printed separately and mounted the side, inside the box. Also boxed and shelved separately.
Publisher:
Publish'd 1st July 1787 by Carington Bowles, St. Paul Church Yard ; C. Dilly, Poultry & W. Darton, Birchin Lane, London
On the left, a man with a beard and wearing a hat holds the coat of a short, bald man in waist coat, shirt, and trousers who is advancing to the right, fists up and ready to fight. In the front on the right is a foppish man holding an open snuff box in his right hand. He advances, pointing his left leg and wearing an expression of extreme alarn, and bowing at the pugilist. Between them but behind stands an older man in enourous boots and with a curious hairdo, who spreads his hands in a gesture of despair. A fifth man, standing in back of the fop, also wears an expression of apprehension
Description:
Title etched below image., Date altered in plate. First published August 31st, 1785, by S.W. Fores., and Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published August 30st, 1787, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Farmer George delivered of a most greivous speech with the cruelty of the gossips
Description:
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Games: Tug-of-war -- Interior of the House of Commons -- Allusion to the trial of Warren Hastings -- George III's speech to the House of Commons, January 23, 1787 -- Opening of Parliament -- Gossips., and Watermark in center of sheet.
Publisher:
Pub'd Jany. 23, 1787, by S.W. Fores, No.3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
An engraved writing sheet illustrated with seven scenes from Gay’s Fables, each titled above and with rhyming couplet below. At head, and the largest scene, is ‘The Shepherd and the Philosopher’; six smaller scenes form the right and left borders below. A garlanded oval, designed to carry a hand-inserted date-line, is engraved at the foot above the imprint
Description:
Title engraved at top of plate, on either side of the image of "The shepherd and the philosopher.", Watermark: [...]anshaw., and Sheet annotated in ink with the name 'Thomas Harbidge' and the date 'Decr. 19. 1787' in the blank oval at foot. Written in manuscript in black ink at the center of the sheet are three passages, beginning with 'Education either makes or mars us, and governments as well as private families, are concerned in it’s [sic] consequences, abcde’, and concluding with 'Good books are a guide in youth, and an entertainment for age, they support us under solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves'.
Publisher:
Published by Robt. Sayer, map, chart & printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street
A young woman, seated in a chair, shells peas into a basket in her lap, another basket at her feet. She is seated outside a house with a diamond paned window. In the background is a fence and a barn
Description:
Title from item., Numbered '179' in lower right corner of plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, Chart & Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street
Volume 2, page 50. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two women walking along a field with sheaves of corn, the woman at front pointing to right and looking back at a little girl at left, a bundle of grain in her arms and a tired expression, behind at right a third gleaner kneels to fastens her load together, a cottage behind; oval design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 50 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Published March 1st, 1787, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Volume 2, page 51. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three women in a field, one kneeling at left fastening corn into a bundle, another carrying hers on her head, the third behind, turned away with the grain under her arm, a boy sits playing a pipe at right, a building with tower behind; oval design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 51 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Published March 1st, 1787, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Shown before the gate of a castle, Hamlet is supported by two men as the ghost of his father, dressed in armour the knees of which are etched with the masks of Comedy and Tragedy, appears before him
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines from Shakespeare Hamlet quoted below title: "Still I am called .. unhand me gentlemens [sic]. By heaven I'll make a ghost of him that lets me"., Date based on publisher's address. See Maxted, I. The London book trades, 1775-1800., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Pro patria.
A young man in riding clothes half sits on a trunk of a tree in a park while a stylishly-dressed, young woman stands to his right, tying a ribbon in his hat
Alternative Title:
Henry and Emma
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Numbered '200' in lower right corner of plate.
"Lord Lansdowne is about to force down the throat of the Duke of Richmond a part of his model fortifications which are on a dish beside him. These are in the form of a semicircle of gun-embrasures, each marked with a letter of the word '[F]ORTIFICATION'; Lansdowne stands behind Richmond, who is seated, holding him by the arm, with the letter 'F' in a spoon which he holds before Richmond's mouth; Richmond starts back in alarm. The blind Barré, touching the wall to guide himself, enters from the right, leading by the empty right sleeve a lean and erect military officer with a wooden leg, who holds a long spear. On Richmond's table is a paper: 'Morning Post Tuesday March 6th 1787. Marquis La . . s . . . n; This Letter if his Grace thought proper, he would send him under cover to refresh his convenient & accomodating Memory------ Lords Debates' On the wall (left) behind the table is a plan of fortifications inscribed 'Cherbourg', above it is a scroll inscribed 'en le rose je fleurie' (the Lennox motto, cf. BMSat 7160)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Publisher's name written in ink in a contemporary hand in place of Fores's name, which has been erased from imprint.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 2d, 1787 by [J. Jarvis, Richmond Buildings]
Subject (Name):
Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802
"Lord Lansdowne is about to force down the throat of the Duke of Richmond a part of his model fortifications which are on a dish beside him. These are in the form of a semicircle of gun-embrasures, each marked with a letter of the word '[F]ORTIFICATION'; Lansdowne stands behind Richmond, who is seated, holding him by the arm, with the letter 'F' in a spoon which he holds before Richmond's mouth; Richmond starts back in alarm. The blind Barré, touching the wall to guide himself, enters from the right, leading by the empty right sleeve a lean and erect military officer with a wooden leg, who holds a long spear. On Richmond's table is a paper: 'Morning Post Tuesday March 6th 1787. Marquis La . . s . . . n; This Letter if his Grace thought proper, he would send him under cover to refresh his convenient & accomodating Memory------ Lords Debates'. On the wall (left) behind the table is a plan of fortifications inscribed 'Cherbourg', above it is a scroll inscribed 'en le rose je fleurie' (the Lennox motto, cf. BMSat 7160)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Previously issued April 2, 1787, with an imprint by Fores; this earlier imprint has been burnished from the plate but is still visible in lower left below image. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7155., Date of publication based on that of earlier state., Sheet trimmed, with thread margins around plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Richmond's fortification -- Wooden leg -- Spear --Bill to fortify Richmond, defeated Feb. 27, 1786 -- Mottoes: Honi soit qui mal y pense -- Lennox motto: En le rose je fleurite -- Map of Cherbourg -- Newspaper: Morning Post March 6, 1787 -- Military uniform: Officers.
Publisher:
Publisd. by I. Jarvis, Richmond Buildings
Subject (Name):
Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802
"An elderly Scots bonnet laird or farmer stands repeating the song, which is a complaint of the extravagance and misconduct of his wife. He wears a round Scots bonnet and a tartan plaid over his coat, long stockings, and shoes tied with strings, tattered gloves from which his fingers protrude; a cane is suspended from his left wrist. He holds in his left hand a small tankard with an open lid indicating in London 'a dram' or gin. In the background is a small house, partly visible on the left, outside which stands the wife, drunk and flourishing a similar tankard; a wine-bottle lies at her feet, a man leans from the window. On the right is a farm building wiuth a horse, two cows, and a broken fence. In the foreground right is a large thistle."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wholly and fairly
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of statement "Published as the act directs, 4 June 1787." See British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Printed for and sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
"An elderly Scots bonnet laird or farmer stands repeating the song, which is a complaint of the extravagance and misconduct of his wife. He wears a round Scots bonnet and a tartan plaid over his coat, long stockings, and shoes tied with strings, tattered gloves from which his fingers protrude; a cane is suspended from his left wrist. He holds in his left hand a small tankard with an open lid indicating in London 'a dram', or gin. In the background is a small house, partly visible on the left, outside which stands the wife, drunk and flourishing a similar tankard; a wine-bottle lies at her feet, a man leans from the window. On the right is a farm building with a horse, two cows, and a broken fence. In the foreground (right) is a large thistle."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wholly and fairly
Description:
Title from caption below image, Illustration to a song in Scots engraved beneath the title with the refrain: 'O! gin my Wife wad drink Hooly and Fairly'., Verse in three columns below title begins: "Oh what had I ado for to marry My wife she drinks naithing but Sack and Canary ...", Numbered "581" in lower left corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., No. 36 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 Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
"Two companion designs on one plate. On the left, directed to the right, stands a lady wearing the projecting gauze at her breast and the inflated petticoats then fashionable. Her wide-brimmed hat is trimmed with feathers and a curtain-frill of lace. Ringlets rest on her shoulders from her puffed-out hair. She holds a large muff. On the right, directed to the left, stands a country girl whose round hat, ringlets, kerchief, and looped-up petticoats resemble those of the fashionable lady, but without the exaggeration of the latter."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Titles etched below each of two images on one plate., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Ladies' costumes -- Country girl.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 18, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
"The King, Queen, and three princesses are seated at a small dinner-table, on which is a soup-tureen, &c. The King holds a plate on which is an insect, turning round to address angrily a cook (right), who stands trembling beside him. Two alarmed servants stand behind the King's chair. The Queen and princesses make gestures of alarm; one princess (left) has risen from her chair in horror. On the extreme left stands a beefeater holding a jug, who lets glasses fall from a salver in his consternation. A draped window forms a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image; source of the title "Lousiad canto 1st" as indicated., Printmaker from Grego., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right and left sides., and Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. The Lousiad. An heroi-comic poem. Canto I. London, G. Kearsley, 1787.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Corner, John, active 18th century-19th century, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1787]
Call Number:
523 H11 779cj
Collection Title:
Opposite page vi. Case and memoirs of the late Rev. Mr. James Hackman, and of his acquaintance with
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, bust-length in profile to left, wearing queue wig, ornate jacket, neckerchief and frill; in oval frame, surrounded by two laurel branches, with ribbon below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Later state, with imprint statement and periodical name burnished from plate. For an ealier state with imprint "Published by J. Sewell, Cornhill" below image and "European Mag." etched in upper right corner, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1865,0520.145., Plate originally published in The European magazine in 1787; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits., and Bound in opposite page vi in an extra-illustrated copy of: The case and memoirs of the late Rev. Mr. James Hackman ...
"Five elderly women of fashion attend an altar of Love in a temple whose walls are wreathed with roses. The fat Mrs. Hobart, in profile to the right, pours incense on the flames of the altar; in her right hand is an open book, 'Ninon'. Behind her (left) Lady Archer, with the nose of a bird of prey, leads a lamb garlanded with roses; she guides the animal with a riding-whip. Miss Jefferies walks beside Lady Archer holding a basket of flowers. On the extreme left Lady Mount-Edgcumb, aged and bent, holds a dove in each hand. On the right of the altar Lady Cecilia Johnstone plays a lyre. The altar is decorated with rams' heads, a heart, arrows, and roses. A sculptured group of the three Graces stands in an alcove in the wall above the altar. In the background (left) is a mountain peak, Parnassus, on which sits a tiny figure of Apollo, playing a fiddle, the sun irradiating his head."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Three lines of quoted text following title: "Here, Love his golden shafts employs; here lights "his constant lamp; and waves his purple wings; "reigns here and revels." Milton., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Music -- Literary quotation: Milton -- Mythology: Parnassus -- Three graces -- Elizabeth Jeffries., Watermark: J. Whatman., and The ladies are identified in ink on the back of the print: Ldy. Cecilia Johnson, Mrs. Hobart, Ldy. Archer, Ldy. Edgcumbe.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 12th, 1787, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801, Mount Edgcumbe, Emma Gilbert, Lady, 1729-1807, and Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817
Subject (Topic):
Graces, The, Apollo, Altars, Interiors, Temples, Books, Roses, and Lyres
A pretty young woman with roses springing from her hair and around her neck sits on a spotted sofa with her feet up on the seat and one arm over the back. Her hand rests in that of a young man, also with roses around his neck, who leans over the back of the sofa, gazing at her. She is facing to the right
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Sofa or settee -- Flowers -- Female costume.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby 16, 1787 by J. Wicksteed, Henrietta Street. Covt. Garden
Title from caption engraved below image., Attributed to Kingsbury in the British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Coffeehouses: Nando's -- China -- Mary Edmonds, fl. 1772-1787.
"A foppish young man wearing a looped hat with cockade, double-breasted waistcoat, ruffled shirt, striped stockings, and low shoes with rosettes, walks (left to right) rapidly but affectedly. His head is turned to the left and he looks downwards; his left hand held up in a finicking manner."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: Country simplicity., and Temporary local subject terms: Foppish young man.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jan. 1, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No.3 Piccadilly
A young man lounges against a young woman, as they sit on a sofa; she holds his right hand in hers. With the left hand he pours wine into her glass which she holds with her left as they exchange amorous looks. They are both partially disrobed. On the table in front of them is a bunch of grapes and an apple, an upturned glass, and playing cards
Alternative Title:
Love and wine
Description:
Numbered '112' in lower right corner of plate., Below the title, four lines of verse in two columns: Heighten'd by Bacchus see the amourous flair ..., Cf. British Museum Catalogue, v. 4, no. 4524 by Spooner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published June 12th, 1787 by Robert Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Dionysus (Greek deity)
Subject (Topic):
Card games, Couples, Playing cards, Seduction, Wine, and Eating & drinking
Title from item., Publication date based on that of the state described in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Four lines of verse in two columns below title: Heightened by Baccus, see the amorous pair ..., Cf. No. 4524 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Mounted.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map and Printseller in Fleet Street
"A squalid domestic interior: the Prince of Wales (right) and Mrs. Fitzherbert (left) sit facing each other on each side of an open fireplace. A calf's head suspended from a string roasts before the fire. She mends a pair of breeches which he has taken off; on the breeches and on his left leg the word 'Honi' is conspicuous. He is out at elbows though fashionably dressed. Next to Mrs. Fitzherbert and on the extreme left is an infant in a wicker cradle, on rockers; the Prince negligently holds a string attached to the cradle. On the wall is a ballad: 'A Begging We will go &c.' The Prince of Wales' feathers also decorate the wall. On the extreme right is a small table, scantily laid for one. Weltje kneels beside it, unpacking a basket of potatoes. He looks round at George Hanger who stands behind the table in profile to the left holding a mug."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Domestic scene -- Furniture: chair -- Literary quotation: Colley Cibber's Love's last shift, or The fool in fashion -- Military uniform: Colonel in light infantry -- Roasting a calf's head -- Infant in wicker cradle -- Prince's debts -- Basket of potatoes.
Publisher:
Pub'd Feby. 26, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne,, Hanger, George,, and Weltje, Louis,
A young woman sits under a tree, holding a small dog on a leash. An instrument (a recorder?) is partially hidden by her arm and hungs by a cord across her shoulder. In the distance is a horse and chaise
Description:
Title from item., Number '204' in lower left corner of plate., and Temporary local subject terms: Ladies' costume.
Publisher:
Published 23rd July, 1787, by Robert Sayer, 53 Fleet Street
George III, dressed as an old woman, the Queen, and the Prince of Wales in a fool's cap decorated with his three feathers, are seated around a basin perched on the laps of the King and Queen, marked "John Bull's Blood" and filled with gold coins. All three eagerly spoon the coins into their mouths. Pouches hanging from their necks like goitres are full, except for that of the Prince of Wales, whose is empty. In the background is a wide open gate to the Treasury
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Dishes: bowls -- Craws, monstrous -- Cutlery: ladles -- Coins -- Guineas as food -- Fool's cap -- Prince's debts -- Gate of the Treasury building -- Coalition feast -- Reconciliation of Prince George and his parents -- Miserliness of George III and Queen Charlotte -- Reference to John Bull., and Folded & mounted to 37 x 56 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 29th, 1787, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Title from item., Printmaker tentatively identified in the Britihs Museum catalogue., Statement following imprint: ... of whom may be had the new prints of Trip and Return from Brighton, Jovial crew &c., 'Mentor' in the title written in ink over illegible word that has been burnished out., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Literary allusion to Homer's Odyssey -- Mythology: Elysian Fields -- Mythology: Telemachus -- Mythology: Mentor -- Travesties: The Odyssey -- City of London arms reversed -- Puns on artists' names -- Pugilism -- Courtesans -- Horse racing -- Knocker on door: Delicacy -- Gambling -- Playing cards -- Drinking: Champagne and claret -- Treasury door: Knock and it shall be opened.
Publisher:
Pub'd as the act directs for the proprietor, by E. Macklew, N. 9, Haymarket, and W. Dickie, No. 195 Strand
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Newnham, Nathaniel, approximately 1741-1809
A pair of images showing a soldier full-length in profile and from the back entitled "Time past". Below, a similar pair labeled "Time present" but the figures are elongated and hair-style exagerated
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed toplate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 16th by S. Fores, No. E [sic] Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Military uniforms, and English
A composition set in an oval shows a scene from O'Keeffe's Agreeable surprise in which Cowslip (Mrs. Wells) stands in profile on the left holding out a bowl of milk. Lingo (Mr. Edwin) faces the viewer as his eyes turn toward Cowslip; he gestures with his right hand chest-high. Both are three-quarter views of the performers
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date based on drawing of Mrs. Wells by Donnman in the Brit. Museum., A related print of Edwin and Wells as Lingo and Cowslip / H. Singleton pinxt. ; Edmund Scott sculpt. Published 1 May 1788 by I. Birchall. See Catalogue of Engraved British portraits, v. 2, p. 136., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Edwin, John, 1749-1790, Wells, Mary, approximately 1759-, and O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833.
From the comic opera Rosina by Mrs. Brooke, a tousled countryman with his garters coming down, stands facing the viewer with a club in one hand and his hat in the other. Rosina was first performed at Covent Garden 13 December 1782 with music by W. Shield
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Gentleman's designs exectued gratis"--Lower left corner of image., and Text following title: "... and I slipt this bit of a switch out of the hedge, vide Rosina Act 2nd."
Publisher:
Pub'd Jany. 1, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No.3 Piccadilly
"Portrait of the actor Edward Shuter; half-length in oval frame, looking to the right, holding a comic mask."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Date of publication based on publisher's street address; see British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., With wash-line mount 37.4 x 28.9 cm. Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 100 (leaf numbered '150' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published by W. Richardson, Antient & Modern Print Warehouse, 174 Strand
"Portrait; half length to left; wearing white hood and embroidered trim; oval in rectangular pedastal."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., After a painting by Robert Walker; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1871,1209.5627., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was issued., Plate from: Noble, M. Memoirs of the protectoral-house of Cromwell ... London : Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Text in lower margin: From an original picture in the possession of the Earl of Sandwich at Hinchingbrooke., Mounted on page 248 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., 1 print : etching, engraving, and stipple engraving on wove paper ; sheet 15.9 x 9.6 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
G. G. J. and J. Robinson
Subject (Name):
Cromwell, Elizabeth, 1564 or 1565-1654, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
"Portrait; half length to left; wearing white hood and embroidered trim; oval in rectangular pedastal."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., After a painting by Robert Walker; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1871,1209.5627., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was issued., Plate from: Noble, M. Memoirs of the protectoral-house of Cromwell ... London : Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Text in lower margin: From an original picture in the possession of the Earl of Sandwich at Hinchingbrooke., and Mounted on page 194 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.
Publisher:
G. G. J. and J. Robinson
Subject (Name):
Cromwell, Elizabeth, 1564 or 1565-1654, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames numbered on left side: No. xxiii and No. xxiv, respectively or Mrs. Jordan and Richard Daly
Alternative Title:
Irish manager
Description:
Titles from text below images. and From the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" ini the Town and Country Magazine, 1787, v. xviii, page 625.
Title from item., Attributed to Bearblock. Cf. British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Windsor uniform -- Mythology: Nimrod -- Windsor Castle -- Windsor Park -- Hunt -- Horse-back riding.
Publisher:
Pub'd August 15, 1787 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"Fox, Sheridan, and Powys are engaged in opening a large rectangular tomb inscribed '[H]ere lie [t]he Remains [of] Mr F------s India Bill'. On the front of the tomb are two winged heads of cherubs and a scroll inscribed 'India Bill'. Fox (left), facing the inscribed end of the tomb, lifts the covering slab with both hands; the head of a skeleton looks out, holding out a crown in one hand, the other grasps the edge of the tomb and a cere-cloth inscribed 'Patronage'. Sheridan (right) stands in back view blowing a trumpet from which issues a scroll inscribed 'it was opposed by a sencless Yell'; on the banner of the trumpet are the words 'Compare the two'. Powys stands behind the tomb, leaning forward and blowing a trumpet, from which issues a scroll inscribed 'a bold Measure characteristic of the Movers Mind'. On the extreme left, above Fox, is a bell inscribed 'Vox Populi', tilted at an angle which shows that it is ringing; from it issues a long scroll which falls into the tomb, inscribed: 'Lie still if youre wise youll be d if you rise'. In the foreground are skulls and bones."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different version of the same design
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Different version of no. 7283 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6. The slight differences in text include the addition of an apostrophe in "Opposition's" in title and the abbreviation "Pubd." instead of "Pub." at beginning of imprint statement. The two versions are nearly identical in their design, differing only slightly in the details of the image and in the text within the image., and Lewis Walpole Library: Horace Walpole refers to subject.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. Cornell
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Lilford, Thomas Powys, Baron, 1743-1800, Great Britain. Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India., India, and East India Company.
"Fox, Sheridan, and Powys are engaged in opening a large rectangular tomb inscribed '[H]ere lie [t]he Remains [of] Mr F------s India Bill'. On the front of the tomb are two winged heads of cherubs and a scroll inscribed 'India Bill'. Fox (left), facing the inscribed end of the tomb, lifts the covering slab with both hands; the head of a skeleton looks out, holding out a crown in one hand, the other grasps the edge of the tomb and a cere-cloth inscribed 'Patronage'. Sheridan (right) stands in back view blowing a trumpet from which issues a scroll inscribed 'it was opposed by a sencless Yell'; on the banner of the trumpet are the words 'Compare the two'. Powys stands behind the tomb, leaning forward and blowing a trumpet, from which issues a scroll inscribed 'a bold Measure characteristic of the Movers Mind'. On the extreme left, above Fox, is a bell inscribed 'Vox Populi', tilted at an angle which shows that it is ringing; from it issues a long scroll which falls into the tomb, inscribed: 'Lie still if youre wise youll be d if you rise'. In the foreground are skulls and bones."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different version of the same design
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Different version of no. 7283 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6. The slight differences in text include the addition of an apostrophe in "Opposition's" in title and the abbreviation "Pubd." instead of "Pub." at beginning of imprint statement. The two versions are nearly identical in their design, differing only slightly in the details of the image and in the text within the image., Lewis Walpole Library: Horace Walpole refers to subject., and Mounted on page 54 with one other print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. Cornell
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Lilford, Thomas Powys, Baron, 1743-1800, Great Britain. Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India., India, and East India Company.
Simon, John Peter, -approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 September 1787]
Call Number:
Drawer 787.09.01.05
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: Picture the size of the print., Etched coat of arms below image, lacking motto., Plate LIX from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 2., and On same sheet: Three soldiers.
Publisher:
Published Sepr. 1st, 1787, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside
In a rural setting, a young man and woman stand in a wheat field under at tree. They are holding hands, while he recites lines to her. She holds a bundle of wheat in her apron
Description:
Title from item., Numbered '177' in lower right corner of plate., and Caption below the image from James Thomson's The seasons: "And art thou then Acasto's dear remains? She whom my restless gratitude has sought, So long in vain, O Heav'ns! the very frame. The soften'd image of my noble friend."
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer, Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
English.
Subject (Name):
Thomson, James, 1700-1748 and Thomson, James, 1700-1748.
"A party of clumsy Dutch burghers with frogs' heads advances through very shallow water to attack a ramshackle thatched booth, one corner of which is visible on the extreme right; from it hangs a sign with the half length portrait of a man in armour inscribed 'Prince van Orange'. From the same post flies a standard with a double-headed eagle. The leader carries a standard on which is the cap of Liberty and the Lion of the United Provinces with the motto 'Concordia Res parvae crescunt'; he smokes a pipe and turns round to his two followers, one of whom (also smoking) fires a musket at random, turning his head aside. The other holds a cocked musket. Behind them (left) a small, foppish military officer with a simian head beats a drum inscribed (?) 'L R' [Ludovicus Rex]. He stands on an overturned basket to keep his feet out of the water and turns towards a Dutchman, seated beside (or in) a boat whose sail is partly visible on the extreme left, attempting to rouse him to action. This man refuses to move: his spear terminates in an object resembling the brooms on the masts of ships for sale; his musket leans against a barrel. A number of frogs sit or swim at the feet of the Dutchmen. In the background is a Dutch landscape with water, trees, boats, a church, &c. Three storks fly away."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Dutch & United Provinces -- Free Corps -- William V, Prince of Orange -- Civil war: Holland, Patriots vs. Orangists -- Flags: Dutch Patriot Party standard -- Flags: Habsburg eagle standard --Brooms: Emblem of ships for sale -- Mottoes: Concordia res parvae crescunt -- United Provinces: seven arrows -- Dutch crisis, 1787 -- French interest in Holland, 1787 -- Emblems: Storks for Holland -- Emblems: Dutch lion -- Dutch Patriot Party, 1787.
Publisher:
Published 4th August 1787 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
"A party of clumsy Dutch burghers with frogs' heads advances through very shallow water to attack a ramshackle thatched booth, one corner of which is visible on the extreme right; from it hangs a sign with the half length portrait of a man in armour ... From the same post flies a standard with a double-headed eagle. The leader carries a standard on which is the cap of Liberty and the Lion of the United Provinces with the motto 'Concordia Res parvae crescunt'; he smokes a pipe and turns round to his two followers, one of whom (also smoking) fires a musket at random, turning his head aside. The other holds a cocked musket. Behind them (left) a small, foppish military officer with a simian head beats a drum inscribed (?) 'L R' [Ludovicus Rex]. He stands on an overturned basket to keep his feet out of the water and turns towards a Dutchman, seated beside (or in) a boat whose sail is partly visible on the extreme left, attempting to rouse him to action. This man refuses to move: his spear terminates in an object resembling the brooms on the masts of ships for sale; his musket leans against a barrel. A number of frogs sit or swim at the feet of the Dutchmen. In the background is a Dutch landscape with water, trees, boats, a church, &c. Three storks fly away."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Year of publication from another version of the design. Cf. No. 7172 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Temporary local subject terms: Dutch & United Provinces -- Free Corps -- Civil war: Holland, Patriots vs. Orangists -- Flags: Dutch Patriot Party standard -- Flags: Habsburg eagle standard --Brooms: emblem of ships for sale -- Mottoes: Concordia res parvae crescunt -- United Provinces: seven arrows -- Dutch crisis, 1787 -- French interest in Holland, 1787 -- Emblems: Storks for Holland -- Emblems: Dutch lion -- Dutch Patriot Party, 1787.
Publisher:
Published 4th August 178[...] by Thos. Cornell, Bru[...]
"A party of clumsy Dutch burghers with frogs' heads advances through very shallow water to attack a ramshackle thatched booth, one corner of which is visible on the extreme right; from it hangs a sign with the half length portrait of a man in armour ... From the same post flies a standard with a double-headed eagle. The leader carries a standard on which is the cap of Liberty and the Lion of the United Provinces with the motto 'Concordia Res parvae crescunt'; he smokes a pipe and turns round to his two followers, one of whom (also smoking) fires a musket at random, turning his head aside. The other holds a cocked musket. Behind them (left) a small, foppish military officer with a simian head beats a drum inscribed (?) 'L R' [Ludovicus Rex]. He stands on an overturned basket to keep his feet out of the water and turns towards a Dutchman, seated beside (or in) a boat whose sail is partly visible on the extreme left, attempting to rouse him to action. This man refuses to move: his spear terminates in an object resembling the brooms on the masts of ships for sale; his musket leans against a barrel. A number of frogs sit or swim at the feet of the Dutchmen. In the background is a Dutch landscape with water, trees, boats, a church, &c. Three storks fly away."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Year of publication from another version of the design. Cf. No. 7172 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Dutch & United Provinces -- Free Corps -- Civil war: Holland, Patriots vs. Orangists -- Flags: Dutch Patriot Party standard -- Flags: Habsburg eagle standard --Brooms: emblem of ships for sale -- Mottoes: Concordia res parvae crescunt -- United Provinces: seven arrows -- Dutch crisis, 1787 -- French interest in Holland, 1787 -- Emblems: Storks for Holland -- Emblems: Dutch lion -- Dutch Patriot Party, 1787., 1 print : soft-ground etching on wove paper ; plate mark 31.3 x 40.1 cm, on sheet 33.3 x 42.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 38 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Published 4th August 178[...] by Thos. Cornell, Bru[...]
"A party of clumsy Dutch burghers with frogs' heads advances through very shallow water to attack a ramshackle thatched booth, one corner of which is visible on the extreme right; from it hangs a sign with the half length portrait of a man in armour inscribed 'Prince van Orange'. From the same post flies a standard with a double-headed eagle. The leader carries a standard on which is the cap of Liberty and the Lion of the United Provinces with the motto 'Concordia Res parvae crescunt'; he smokes a pipe and turns round to his two followers, one of whom (also smoking) fires a musket at random, turning his head aside. The other holds a cocked musket. Behind them (left) a small, foppish military officer with a simian head beats a drum inscribed (?) 'L R' [Ludovicus Rex]. He stands on an overturned basket to keep his feet out of the water and turns towards a Dutchman, seated beside (or in) a boat whose sail is partly visible on the extreme left, attempting to rouse him to action. This man refuses to move: his spear terminates in an object resembling the brooms on the masts of ships for sale; his musket leans against a barrel. A number of frogs sit or swim at the feet of the Dutchmen. In the background is a Dutch landscape with water, trees, boats, a church, &c. Three storks fly away."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Dutch & United Provinces -- Free Corps -- William V, Prince of Orange -- Civil war: Holland, Patriots vs. Orangists -- Flags: Dutch Patriot Party standard -- Flags: Habsburg eagle standard --Brooms: Emblem of ships for sale -- Mottoes: Concordia res parvae crescunt -- United Provinces: seven arrows -- Dutch crisis, 1787 -- French interest in Holland, 1787 -- Emblems: Storks for Holland -- Emblems: Dutch lion -- Dutch Patriot Party, 1787., and Mounted on page 55.
Publisher:
Published 4th August 1787 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Hodges, C. H. (Charles Howard), 1764-1837, printmaker
Published / Created:
[13 April 1787]
Call Number:
Portraits P648 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, almost half-length in a rectangular frame, seated with head on right hand, the elbow on the arm of his chair, looking up to right thoughtfully, wearing a plain coat, with powdered wig; after Opie. "-- British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Imprint from scratched open-letter state print from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1943,1113.172, Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text., and In paper frame: 392 x 312 mm.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 13th, 1787 by J. Smith No 35, New Bond Street
"One of a set of four: see British Museum Satires No. 7176. France, as an elderly and ugly petit-maître (right), his hat under his arm, holds out obsequiously an empty purse and a snuff-box towards Holland, a stout peasant who kneels at his feet, weeping and clasping his hands in supplication. Behind Holland stand a Prussian soldier, threatening him with his bayonet, and England, a sailor who clenches his fists. In the background (right) is a windmill. Beneath the design is engraved: 'Prussian: Orange for ever! and respect to the Ladies. English: Confess yourself a French Dog! Dutch: Help me out Monsieur! you brought me in. Frenchm: Me beg to be excused. Bygar me have nothing to give; & me remember the Duke of Bronsvic, Pitt, Rosbac & Minden'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Dutch and United Provinces -- Military uniform: Prussian soldier -- Military uniform: British sailor -- Musket with bayonet., DeGrey's ms. note on verso., and Watermark: C Patch on the right side of sheet; Strasburg lily on the left.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 21st, 1787 by T. Harmar, No. 164 (opposite Bond Street) Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Sailors, British, Military uniforms, Prussian, Rifles, and Bayonets
Title from item., Statement following date of imprint: ... of whom may be had the Battle of Hastings &c., Printmaker suggested in the British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Taxes -- Proposal to farm the tax on post horses, 1787 -- Personification: Liberty -- Personification: Property.
Publisher:
Pub'd as the act directs for the proprietor, by W. Moore, No. 48 New Bond Street, E. Macklew, No. 9, Haymarket, & W. Dickie, Strand
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
"Half length portrait of Samuel Parr (1747-1825) seated full-face behind a table; his right fist rests on a large book, 'Bellen[denus]'; in his left hand is the stem of a long pipe which he smokes, scowling. In the smoke are the words 'Damn τоν δεινα'. Beneath the title is etched: '"Fore tamen optandum est ut ad ultionem potius quam defensionem composita fiat Tabula" Vide Prœf. fo. xxxvii'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Preface to Bellendenus
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., 1 print : soft-ground etching on wove paper ; plate mark 172 x 140 mm, on sheet 21 x 22 cm., and Mounted to 38 x 26 cm.
"Half length portrait of Samuel Parr (1747-1825) seated full-face behind a table; his right fist rests on a large book, 'Bellen[denus]'; in his left hand is the stem of a long pipe which he smokes, scowling. In the smoke are the words 'Damn τоν δεινα'. Beneath the title is etched: '"Fore tamen optandum est ut ad ultionem potius quam defensionem composita fiat Tabula" Vide Prœf. fo. xxxvii'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Preface to Bellendenus
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., 1 print : soft-ground etching on wove paper ; plate mark 17.2 x 14 cm, on sheet 19.4 x 16.1 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 36 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
"Half length portrait of Samuel Parr (1747-1825) seated full-face behind a table; his right fist rests on a large book, 'Bellen[denus]'; in his left hand is the stem of a long pipe which he smokes, scowling. In the smoke are the words 'Damn τоν δεινα'. Beneath the title is etched: '"Fore tamen optandum est ut ad ultionem potius quam defensionem composita fiat Tabula" Vide Prœf. fo. xxxvii'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Preface to Bellendenus
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image. and Mounted on page 54 with one other print.
A pretty young woman carries an enormous fur muff above her head. A key hangs from a string around her neck
Description:
Title etched below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge with loss of imprint statement. Imprint supplied from impression at the Library of Congress, call no.: PC 3 - 1787 [P&P]., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to a strip of paper on lower edge.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1st, 1787, by J. Wicksteed, No. 30 Henrietta Str., Covent Garden
"The interior of a church (? the Chapel Royal) showing pulpit, side-gallery, and pews beneath the gallery. Wilkes (left) is the preacher, beneath him is his clerk, Pitt. At a right angle to the gallery is the royal pew (right), from which the King looks with earnest attention to the preacher. Queen Charlotte, her fingers to her mouth, also listens attentively. A lady-in-waiting and a courtier with a long wand (Lord Salisbury, the Lord Chamberlain) stand behind. The pew is decorated with the royal arms and has a canopy. In the centre of the gallery sit the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Fitzherbert; he turns away from the preacher, looking at her. Behind him stands George Hanger; behind Mrs. Fitzherbert sits a man looking at Wilkes through a spy-glass. Between him and the royal pew are three men in legal wigs and gowns: Pepper Arden, Dundas, and (?) Kenyon. Between the Prince and the pulpit sit North (asleep) and Burke, looking intently at Wilkes; a lady (? Duchess of Devonshire) attempts to wake North. In the seats under the gallery sit parties of citizens, in general asleep or inattentive. Below the royal pew stands Fox on a low stool as a penitent draped in a sheet; he wears a placard inscribed 'For Playing Cards on the Lord's Day'. A stout lady with an aquiline nose stands near Pitt; with a raised whip she chases a number of dogs out of the church. She has some resemblance to the Duchess of Gordon, a friend of Pitt. Immediately behind Mrs. Fitzherbert and between two Gothic windows is a wall-tablet inscribed: 'This Tablet is erected to the memory of the renowned Plenipotentiary who died by the bow string a short time after his return to Algiers. Two maiden ladies of this Parish who tasted exquisite felicity from his Prowess, dedicate this frail memorial to his loved memory'. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 7935, &c. Immediately behind Mrs. Fitzherbert and between two Gothic windows is a wall-tablet inscribed: 'This Tablet is erected to the memory of the renowned Plenipotentiary who died by the bow string a short time after his return to Algiers. Two maiden ladies of this Parish who tasted exquisite felicity from his Prowess, dedicate this frail memorial to his loved memory'. Cf. BMSat 7935, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wonderful effects of a proclamation
Description:
Title from item., Artist tentatively identified as Henry Wigstead; see British Museum catalogue., Printmaker formerly identified as Rowlandson, but an attribution to F.G. Byron (Andrew Edmunds, February 2021) is noted in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,4.101., The listed publisher "Paddy Whack" probably stands for William Holland; see British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Congregations -- Piety Proclamation, June 1, 1787., and Mounted to 30 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Paddy Whack, Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824, Gordon, Jane Gordon, Duchess of, 1748-1812, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Chapel Royal (Saint James's Palace, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Churches, Religious services, Pulpits, Pews, Dogs, Whips, Signs (Notices), and Windows
