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1. Britannia between death and the doctor's "Death may decide when doctor's disagree" / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [20 May 1804]
- Call Number:
- 804.05.20.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire of Pitt's return to office in 1804. Pitt is shown in the chamber of Britannia. Britannia sits listlessly on a bed, holding a sword in one hand. Next to her, leaning against the bed, is her shield and olive branches. Pitt holds aloft a bottle labelled "Constitutional Restorative" as he kicks another man, a caricature of Addington, through the door. Addington is in the process of dropping a bottle labelled "Composing Draft". With his other foot, Pitt steps on the face of a flailing and prostrate Fox, who holds a bottle labelled "Rebublican Balsam" towards Britannia. From Fox's pocket dice and a dice container labelled "Whig Pills" have fallen. Emerging from behind the bed curtains, the figure of Death, a skeleton with the face and plumed bicorne of Napoleon, overturns a table and upsets bottles of medicine and points his sword toward the unsuspecting Britannia
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and In paper frame: 450 x 330 mm. Stamped in upper right corner: "84."
- Publisher:
- Publish'd May 20th 1804 by H. Humphrey
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character) and Politics & government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia between death and the doctor's "Death may decide when doctor's disagree" / [graphic]
2. [Le bonnet rouge] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 January 1789] and [probably printed 1794]
- Call Number:
- 789.01.12.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Printed on one sheet with: A mis-fire at the Constitution., Originally printed on a separate sheet and included with a set of eight satirical portraits published in May 1794 in which the members of the Opposition are travestied as French republicans. The sheet was cut along the lower edge of the cap in order to place it on the head of each of the portrayed politicians. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., nos. 8450-7., Variant state of No. 8449 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Sans culottes -- French Revolution., and Mounted to 49 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publ. 12th Jany, 1789, by Thos. Cornell
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Le bonnet rouge] [graphic].
3. The vulture of the Constitution [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 January 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.01.03.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A vulture with the head of Pitt (in profile to the left) grasps in the left claw the Crown and sceptre, in the other (outstretched) the coronet of the Prince of Wales; the latter he crushes under the weight of his powerful talons, while he bites at the Prince's feathers, one of which he has already plucked out. The gorged bird's bulging breast is inscribed 'Treasury'; under the crown lies 'Magna Charta', torn. The spread of the creature's wings and the stretch of its long heck towards the feathers give an impression of savage rapacity."--British Museum catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Reissue. Cf. No. 7478 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Numbered '41' in upper right corner.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany 3d 1789, by H. Humphrey, New Bond St.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830. and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency, Crowns, Scepters, and Vultures
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The vulture of the Constitution [graphic].
4. The Right Honorable Lord John Townshend [graphic]
- Creator:
- Jones, John, -1797, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [25 March 1789]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1767); almost half-length slightly to right within rectangular frame, looking to left, wearing frilled cravat, plain coat, partially fastened, and his hair powdered; published state."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., Dedication engraved beneath title: To the Noblemen & Gentlemen of the Whig Club and the Electors of the City & Liberty of Westminster, this plate is dedicated by their most obedient faithful humble servt. Willm. Austin., and Bound in opposite page 211 (leaf numbered '26' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, Mar. 25, 1789, by Wm. Austin, private teacher of drawing & etching, in York Street, near St. James's Church & the Surry side of Westminster Bridge
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Townshend, John, 1757-1833,
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Right Honorable Lord John Townshend [graphic]
5. The Right Honorable William Pitt Chancellor of the Exchequer, first Lord of the Treasury &c. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kingsbury, Henry, 1775-1804, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [15 July 1789]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait, almost half-length in a rectangular frame, as a young man, directed to left, wearing a jacket with a high collar fastened with two buttons across the chest, with a frilled cravat and powdered hair."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Third state, with statement of responsibility "Painted & engrav'd by H. Kingsbury" burnished from plate., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 286 (leaf numbered '112' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- Publised [sic] July 15, 1789, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806,
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Right Honorable William Pitt Chancellor of the Exchequer, first Lord of the Treasury &c. [graphic]
6. Scene in the School for scandal [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 7 April 1789.
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, opposite page 182. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Probably a later state, with imprint altered and plate number added, of a print published in 1783 by R. Sayer and J. Bennett. For the early state of a print from the same series, see Colonial Williamsburg online collection, object number: 1973-381., Plate numbered "160" beneath lower left corner of image., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 182 (leaf numbered '222' 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:
- Printed for Robert Sayer, map, chart & printseller, No. 53, Fleet Street
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Scene in the School for scandal [graphic].
7. Scene in the School for scandal "Lady Teazel! by all that's damnable". [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- Decr. 5th, 1789.
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, after page 182. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Later state, with alterations to imprint and addition of plate number. For an earlier state lacking plate number and with the imprint "London, Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, map, chart & printsellers & globe-makers, No. 53, Fleet Street, as the act directs, Decr. 5th, 1783", see Colonial Williamsburg online collection, object number: 1973-381., Plate numbered "161" beneath lower left corner of image., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted after page 182 (leaf numbered '223' 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:
- Printed for Robert Sayer, map, chart & printseller, No. 53, Fleet Street, as the act directs
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Scene in the School for scandal "Lady Teazel! by all that's damnable". [graphic]
8. A rat catcher [graphic]
- Creator:
- Baldrey, John, 1758- printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 January 1789]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 70. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 17. Bunbury
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man, accompanied by two dogs, carries a cage of live rats in his right hand and in his left hand, a sharp, wooden stick on which dead rats are impaled
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Plate was engraved by either John Baldrey or his brother Joshua Kirby Baldrey., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 17 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : stipple engraving, etching, and engraving on wove paper ; sheet 38.0 x 29.0 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Janry. 26th, 1789, by W. Dickinson, New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Pest control, Rats, Cages, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A rat catcher [graphic]
9. The fruits of early industry & oeconomy [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ward, William, 1766-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 November 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.11.01.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A family in a wealthy interior; an elderly man at centre, seated at a table, a glass in his left hand, holding out his right to receive coins from a younger man standing to left with his right hand on a book and a quill in his mouth; on the table, another glass, writing materials, coins and notes; to right, a woman wearing a large feathered hat, supporting, and holding up a bunch of grapes for, a young child standing on a chair; looking on from behind the chair, a boy and, at right, a black servant holding a bowl of fruit, his left hand on the chair; in front of the table, a young girl lying on the carpet with a spaniel; a shipping wharf seen through an open window to left"--British Museum online catalogue and A large painting on the back wall shows a large country estate which amplifies the subject of the print
- Alternative Title:
- Fruits of early industry and oeconomy and Fruits of early industry and economy
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Eight lines of verse beneath image, four on either side of title: Lo here, what ease, what elegance, you see, the just reward of youthfull industry ..., and Companion print to: The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 1, 1789, by T. Simpson, St. Pauls Church Yard
- Subject (Topic):
- Black people, Interiors, Families, Writing materials, Wealth, Servants, Dogs, and Piers & wharves
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fruits of early industry & oeconomy [graphic]
10. The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ward, William, 1766-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 July 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.07.01.03++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Poverty-stricken family in bare, attic interior; man seated at left beside table, skinny dog beside him, looking away from woman, standing in centre mending garment, watched by boy lying on floor and resting on stool at right, looking up from his reading; young woman sitting dejectedly with bellows beside fireplace, at right; published state."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Effects of youthful extravagance and idleness
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Eight lines of verse beneath image, four on either side of title: What misery in a narrow scale confined! The mournful work of one degenerate mind ..., and Companion print to: The fruits of early industry & oeconomy.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd July 1, 1789, by T. Simpson, St. Pauls Church Yard
- Subject (Topic):
- Bellows, Dogs, Interiors, Families, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, and Fireplaces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness [graphic]
11. Pulpit extravaganzas [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Octr. 26, 1789.
- Call Number:
- 789.10.26.01++ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Twelve carciatures of a clergyman delivering sermons from a pulpit with his clerk sitting below, satirizing the words etched above the clergyman
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Imprint repeated on the sheet without the title, with slight change in date: Published by William Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street, October 23, 1789., Two lines of verse below title: For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight ..., Publisher's advertisement below image on sheet without title: Lately pubd. The prince's bow, Old maids at a cat's funeral, English slavery, Meeting an old friend with a new face, The city assembly, all prints on the Irish embassy, &c. &c., Publisher's announcement on the sheet with title: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humorous prints and drawings. Admittance one shilling., Cf. No. 7643 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Both sheets joined and then cut into three strips.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Preaching, Pulpits, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Pulpit extravaganzas [graphic].
12. A duett at the Hanover Square concert [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- Augst. 5, 1789.
- Call Number:
- 789.08.05.01
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two women stand on a balcony, mouths open in song and eyes cast downward at their music sheet. They wear corsetted dresses and feathered head wear. A satire of the duet performed by Harriet Abrams (1758-1821), the English soprano and composer, and her sister Theodosia (ca. 1770-1849), a contralto, on 9 May 1788 at Hanover Square Rooms. The piece performed was 'Gia che mia sposa sei' by Antonio Sacchini, and the occasion was the annual benefit concert for the tenor Samuel Harrison
- Alternative Title:
- Duet at the Hanover Square concert
- Description:
- Title etched below image., After a drawing by John Nixon, now in the Gerald Coke Handel Collection, Foundling Museum, London. The artist's "JN" monogram and "1788" date are etched within center left portion of image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the Gerald Coke Handel Collection, Foundling Museum, London., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Laid down onto album paper, with a cropped portrait of an unidentified man on the verso: I. Hiresman pinx. ; M. Vdr. Guchta sculp.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
- Subject (Name):
- Abrams, Miss, approximately 1758-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- Singers, Concerts, Balconies, and Headdresses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A duett at the Hanover Square concert [graphic]
13. Refreshment at St. James's [graphic]
- Creator:
- Stubbs, George Townly, -1815?, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately June 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.06.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Elegant and affluent customers enjoy ices in a grand room in London's fashionable St. James's. The female server behind the counter is elegantly dressed and looks with ease out of the window. A finely dressed gentleman leans against the counter at right, spooning ice cream into his mouth from a glass he holds in his left hand; his hat, gloves, and stick are carefully arranged on a chair next him. Two women are seated at the left side of the counter, one holding an ice cream glass and spoon. A classical fireplace on the right has additional glasses arranged upon it. A great craze in 18th-century Britain, amongst the wealthy, was ice cream. Establishments such as The Pineapple on Berkeley Square (close by St James’s), owned by Domenico Negri, offered "All Sorts of Ice, Fruits & Creams" (see the elaborate trade card in the British Museum). This print was intended as a companion piece to "Refreshment at St. Giles's" which, in contrast, shows two women and a man being served gin by a female proprietor from a makeshift and run-down bar
- Alternative Title:
- Refreshment at Saint James's
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Probably a later state, with remnants of a burnished imprint statement visible beneath title. Publication information inferred from imprint "London, Publish'd June 1st, 1789, by G.T. Stubbs, No. 2 Compton Street, Soho" present on companion print; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0315.6.36., Companion print to: Refreshment at St. Giles's., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- G.T. Stubbs
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Ice cream & ices, Eating & drinking, and Fireplaces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Refreshment at St. James's [graphic]
14. A rat catcher [graphic]
- Creator:
- Baldrey, John, 1758- printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 January 1789]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 70. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 17. Bunbury
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man, accompanied by two dogs, carries a cage of live rats in his right hand and in his left hand, a sharp, wooden stick on which dead rats are impaled
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Plate was engraved by either John Baldrey or his brother Joshua Kirby Baldrey., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 70 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Janry. 26th, 1789, by W. Dickinson, New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Pest control, Rats, Cages, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A rat catcher [graphic]
15. Henry Bunbury Esqr. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ryder, Thomas, 1746-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 April 1789]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 1. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait after Lawrence; seated three-quarter length slightly to left in an oval, looking to the right, holding a sheet of figures across his lap inscribed 'Long Minuet', completing the drawing with a pencil in his right hand, which rests on a table at left; pilllar and trees behind"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 1 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : stipple engraving and etching on laid paper ; oval image 32.1 x 26.3 cm, on sheet 41.4 x 32.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, 24 April 1789, by S. Watts, No. 28 Walcot-place, Lambeth & to be had at T. Ryders, No. 34, Great Titchfield St.
- Subject (Name):
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811,
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Henry Bunbury Esqr. [graphic]
16. Sola experientia vera medicamina docet [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1789]
- Call Number:
- Print10018
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on medicine: to right, a man sits on a close stool holding a steaming glass vessel; behind him a doctor reads from a large volume propped against the lid of the stool; he wears a tall hat, large glasses and an ermine-trimmed robe which is held by a man with a moustache, hat, lace-trimmed collar and cloak who carries a sword; men in white pierrot costumes stand on either side behind the doctor each holding a large candle the smoke from which partly obscures the doctor's hat; at the end of the procession are three men in the same costumes carrying clysters on their shoulders; all are in profile to right and have large noses."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different version of the same design
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attribution to Isaac Cruikshank based on faint "I.C" signature in lower right corner of image., Copied from one of a set of satirical prints on medicine made by Desprez in Sweden in 1789; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1969,0719.2. For a different English copy of the same design, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2007,7058.4., "Dor. Bssi."--Lower left margin., "CAP: &"--Lower right margin., This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Clysters -- Water closets -- Dr. Bossey., and Contemporary annotation in ink below title: 'Tis only experiences that teaches proper remedies.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Quacks and quackery, Medical equipment & supplies, Physicians, and Candles
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Sola experientia vera medicamina docet [graphic]
17. Mercury and his advocates defeated, or, Vegetable intrenchment [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [29 November 1789]
- Call Number:
- Print10029
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A quack doctor (right) stands outside his house surrounded by a pyramid of bottles inscribed 'Velnos Syrup', one of which he holds up, demonstrating its virtues with a complacent smile to a band of rival practitioners (left) who are furiously threatening his barricade. Behind his head is inscribed : 'List of Cures \ In 1788,5,000 \ In 1789, 10,000'. The house is at the corner of 'Frith Street'; it has a porch inscribed in large letters 'Mr Swainson N. 21'. A surgeon threatens Swainson with a knife, raising also a leg to kick. A second surgeon kneels on one knee, also holding a knife and glaring ferociously; beside him is a basket of surgeon's instruments. Behind him is a man who directs an enormous syringe at the self-satisfied Swainson. An old man wearing spectacles holds up a 'Pill Box'. These assailants are dominated by a very stout man in the rear who holds up a pestle in one hand, in the other a mortar inscribed 'Mercury the only Specific'. Above his head is poised a nude Mercury holding a caduceus and urging on the attacking force."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Vegetable intrenchment and Vegetable entrenchment
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue and Grego., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Proprietary medicines -- Velnos Syrup.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 29, 1789, by W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Swainson, Isaac, 1746-1812
- Subject (Topic):
- Quacks and quackery, Interpersonal confrontation, Physicians, Mercury, Patent medicines, Bottles, Sculpture, Medical equipment & supplies, and Mortars & pestles
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Mercury and his advocates defeated, or, Vegetable intrenchment [graphic].
18. Ornaments of Chelsea Hospital, or, A peep into the last century [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [19 January 1789]
- Call Number:
- Print10011
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A three quarter length portrait of Dr. Messenger Monsey walking towards the spectator; his right arm rests on the shoulder of a Chelsea pensioner; both men walk with sticks. Monsey wears a hat and wig, the pensioner holds his hat in his right hand. The background is the north front of Chelsea Hospital showing its pediment and eastern portion. This is very freely sketched, as are two pensioners with crutches by the doorway. Beneath the title is etched: 'Epitaph on the late Dr Monsey, supposed to have been written by himself. Here lie my old limbs - my vexation now ends, For I've liv'd much too long for myself & my Friends As to church-yards & grounds which the Parsons call holy, Tis a rank piece of priestcraft, & founded on folly; In short, I despise them; and as for my Soul, Which may mount the last day with my bones from this hole I think that it really hath nothing to fear From the God of mankind, whom I truly revere. What the next world may be, little troubles my pate If not better than this, I beseech thee, Oh! Fate, When the bodies of millions fly up in a riot, To let the old carcase of Monsey lie quiet. Peter Pindar.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Peep into the last century and Epitaph on the late Dr. Monsey, supposed to be written by himself
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Chelsea Hospital: exterior, north front -- Dr. Messenger Monsey's epitaph -- Chelsea pensioners' uniforms -- Clock on pediment of Chelsea Hospital., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Dissection -- Veteran's hospitals., and 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 313 x 274 mm, on sheet 425 x 296 mm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 19th, 1789, by H. Humphrey, New Bond St.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Monsey, Messenger, 1693-1788 and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Hospitals, Clocks & watches, Physicians, Crutches, and Veterans
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Ornaments of Chelsea Hospital, or, A peep into the last century [graphic].
19. A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 January 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.01.12.01.1+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 47. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his shooting-pony (his stalking-horse), whose head is held by Sheridan. The headband, inscribed 'Ich Dien', and holding the Prince's feathers, indicates the Prince of Wales. His eyes are covered by blinkers. Under his fore-feet are two papers: 'Addresses from Edinburgh Glasgow Borough of Southwark' and 'City of London Vote of Thanks to Mr Pitt . . . 267'. Papers issue from Sheridan's coat-pocket and flutter to the ground: 'Paragraph against the Minister, Puffs direct for the P------e, Puffs oblique for the P------e of W(an allusion to the passage on 'the Puff direct', &c, in 'The Critic', 1. ii), Abuse of the Minister'. Under his foot is the 'Oath of Allegiance'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Misfire at the Constitution
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Watermark: (partial) crown on top of shield with fleur-de-lis., and On verso in contemporary hand: A horse being the arms of Hanover, the horse stands for the P[rince] of W[ales], 1789. Fox, Sheridan make the P[rince] of W[ales] their stalking horse to fire at the rights of the Crown & the people.
- Publisher:
- Publ. 12th Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency, Crowns, Horses, Rifles, Scepters, Slogans, National emblems, British, and Hanoverian
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]
20. Loose principles [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 January 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.01.21.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Fox rises from a close-stool; Sheridan (left) is about to apply a syringe, inscribed 'R------ts [Regent's] Clyster', to his rectum. Burke (right), wearing a Jesuit's biretta (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6026), gropes in the close-stool, holding in his left hand its lid, inscribed 'Not searching from Precedents but Consequences' (a characteristic dictum); he says, "To Ordure - Ordure" (Burke was often called to order for his speeches on the Regency, cf. British Museum Satires No. 7499, &c). Fox says, "Exegi Monumentum cere perennias, or the finishing Stroke" (perhaps an allusion to the revolution Pillar, see British Museum Satires No. 7396). In his hand is a paper inscribed 'Magna Charta Non Posteris sed Posterioribus'; his posterior is inscribed 'Patriotic Bum' and 'Vox Populi'. He stands on a paper inscribed 'Resolutions of P------l------t.' Sheridan is 'Principal Promoter of loose Principles'; under his right foot is an open book: 'Congreve Plays School for Scandal', probably implying plagiarism by Sheridan (cf. Moore, 'Life of Sheridan', p. 180, where resemblances between 'The School for Scandal' and 'The Double Dealer' are noted). The background is a library wall: a book-case containing folio volumes in some disorder is flanked by scowling busts of 'Wat Tyler' and 'Jack Kade'. The books are inscribed: 'The Laws of Pharaoh' (Faro, cf. British Museum Satires No. 5972), 'Political Prints', 'Life of Oliver Cromwell' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6380, &c), 'Cataline' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6784), 'Memoirs of Sam House'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., The number "3" in publisher's street address in imprint is etched backwards., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.5 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 25.5 x 36.6 cm., and Mounted on card backing to 28 x 39 cm; matted to 33 x 43 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 21, 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency, Defecation, Medical equipment & supplies, and Bookcases
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Loose principles [graphic].
21. By His Majesty's royal letters patent, copper kitchen furniture lined with a strong substance of pure grain tin, by Edward Iohns, ironmonger, brazier, &c., No. 141 New Bond Street, London ... [graphic]
- Creator:
- Darling, William, 1737-1789, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1789]
- Call Number:
- 66 800 C69
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Title continues: ... who furnishes house with the most fashionable aricles in any of the above branches, on the shortest notice., Date of publication based on printmaker's death date., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom., Text surrounded on three sides with images of metal housewares with captions below: Variety of plated goods ; Iron chests & book cases ; Compleat sets of camp kitchen furniture ; Smiths work in general., and Part of a collection of 10 trade cards and tickets housed together in a box.
- Publisher:
- Edward Iohns
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- Iron industry and trade
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > By His Majesty's royal letters patent, copper kitchen furniture lined with a strong substance of pure grain tin, by Edward Iohns, ironmonger, brazier, &c., No. 141 New Bond Street, London ... [graphic]
22. Miss Farren [graphic]
- Creator:
- Jones, John, 1745?-1797, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [31 March 1789]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait bust as Thalia on a ledge, turned in profile to right and wearing crown of leaves, her hair curled to her shoulders, oval design; after a sculpture by Anne Seymour Damer, from a series of engravings after her work."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Dedication etched below title: To the Countess of Aylesbury this engraving from the original bust executed in marble by the Honble. Mrs. Damer is most respectfully dedicated by her Ladyship's most devoted & most grateful servant, James Roberts., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 200 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:
- Publish'd as the act directs, March 31, 1789, by James Roberts, Hogarth's Passage, Oxford; and John Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street, London
- Subject (Name):
- Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829,
- Subject (Topic):
- Sculpture
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Farren [graphic]
23. Refreshment at St. Giles's [graphic]
- Creator:
- Stubbs, George Townly, -1815?, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 June 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.06.01.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Three women and a man stand drinking gin in an interior in St Giles's, London; the woman on the left grabs a bottle from a shelf, to her right a woman holds up a gin cup; the man stands behind the three women leaning against a clock and a fireplace."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Refreshment at Saint Giles's
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with probable loss of imprint statement. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1948,0315.6.36., Companion print to: Refreshment at St. James's., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on laid paper backing and matted to 31 x 39.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd June 1st, 1789, by G.T. Stubbs, No. 2 Compton Street, Soho
- Subject (Geographic):
- St. Giles in the Fields (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Bottles, Gin, Longcase clocks, and Fireplaces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Refreshment at St. Giles's [graphic]
24. A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 14 Jany. 1789.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Verso of leaf 54. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Sheridan (left) speaks through a small aperture in the curtain which he holds open, addressing the musicians, some of whom are seen on the right, saying, with a conspiratorial scowl, "D-n em dont play God Save the King". Behind the musicians are the heads of some of the audience in the pit, shouting; a label extending across part of the print (right), inscribed 'Play God save the King', shows their words. In a box are a lady and two men. The print shows the arrangement of footlights, orchestra, pit, and a box on the first tier."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 19.3 x 17 cm, on sheet 21.1 x 18.4 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 54 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. by Thos. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency, Musicians, Musical instruments, National songs, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane [graphic]
25. Barataria [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 March 1789]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 51. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Prince of Wales is seated in a magnificent dining-hall before a bare table. The Duke of Leinster (right) offers him across the table a dish of 'Potatoes from Leinster'; the Prince extends his arms to take them, but turns his head to look at the forbidding Thurlow, dressed as a doctor, who stands (left) on his right. Thurlow points authoritatively to the potatoes with the head of his cane, saying, "Take back the Irish Potatoes". The Prince says with a peevish expression: "If I must not have the roast Beef [the English Regency] let me have ye Potatoes Doctor I have paid for them". On the extreme right, behind Leinster, Sheridan, with a melancholy expression, tries to take a dish containing a sirloin from a beefeater, who says, "This belongs to my Master Sir." In the foreground (left) Weltje (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7509), dressed as a cook, stands looking at the Prince, his hands clasped in dismay, saying, "By Got now we sail not heb our Desert". Two colonnades of pillars recede in perspective behind the Prince; on the plinth of one is a relief of Tantalus vainly trying to drink from the vessel at his lips. In the foreground (centre) are two dogs coupled together, one is Burke, in spectacles, looking hungrily at the bare table, the other is Fox, turning his back on the table and straining away from Burke. The Prince's chair is surmounted by his coronet and feathers. On a chain round Leinster's neck hangs a crowned Irish harp attached to the order of St. Patrick with its significant motto, 'Quis separa[bit].'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched at bottom of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Temporary local subject terms: Ireland & the Irish -- Mythology: Tantalus -- Literature: allusion to Cervantes, Don Quixote -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 30.1 x 34 cm, on sheet 32 x 36.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 51 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 11th March 1789 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency, Bears, Dogs, Dining rooms, Knives, Interiors, Plates (Tableware), and Potatoes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Barataria [graphic]
26. The Regency twelfth cake not cut up "And all the people rejoiced and said "Long live the King" / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 19 Febry. 1789.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 50. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Fox and his party (three quarter length) surround a Twelfth Night cake which Weltje was about to cut into portions. The cause of a sudden check to this proceeding is indicated by a broad ray of light (which strikes the cake and the bystanders) and by a scroll: 'The King shall enjoy his own again'. Weltje stands on the left, his arms extended towards the scroll, saying, "Den by Got we sail heb no Cake"; he drops his knife. He and Sheridan are the most agitated of the party: Sheridan with a face of despair looks up, saying, '"Now our Ruin is complete" School for Scandal'. (He is Joseph Surface as in British Museum Satires No. 7510, &c; the actual words are "Tis now complete!') Fox stands disconsolately, his hands in his pockets, his back to the ray. Burke (right), his arms folded, scowls up at the ray. Behind these three Stormont, Loughborough, and Sandwich (on the extreme right) regard it with less pronounced despair. Portland stands behind the cake, frowning fixedly. The centre of the cake is ornamented with the Prince of Wales's coronet and feathers (as are Weltje's buttons); on the centre feather is poised a crown. The cake has been marked in sections where it is to be cut, these are inscribed 'Ist Lord Admy' [Sandwich had been considered for the post and also for that of Ambassador to France], 'Secrety State foreign' [Fox], 'Secrety State home' [Stormont], 'Paymar Genl' [Burke], 'Ist Comm Board Control', and 'Treas Navy' (Sheridan's arm extends across this, the place intended for him, pending a transfer to the Chancellorship of the Exchequer, Sir G. Elliot, 'Life and Letters', i. 260-1)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Quotation from Sheridan's School for scandal., 1 print : etching and aquatint with drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 25.2 x 32.9 cm, on sheet 27 x 34.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 50 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publ. by Thos. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency, Crowns, Cakes, and Knives
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Regency twelfth cake not cut up "And all the people rejoiced and said "Long live the King" / [graphic]
27. The comet [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 18th Feby. 1789.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 49. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A comet traverses the design diagonally and downwards from right to left across an aquatinted background; the head is that of the Prince Wales in a star, the tail contains the heads of his disappointed followers. This broadens as it recedes from the head; immediately after the Prince is the head of Sheridan, with a gloomy expression. Behind him are Fox, with a melancholy smile, and Portland, looking angry. After them comes the wig in back view of Lord Loughborough (see British Museum Satire No. 6796). Next come Stormont and (in 'profil perdu') North. They are followed by the Duke of Queensberry (one of the 'rats') holding up a quizzing-glass and Powys with his habitual melancholy scowl. Behind them are Lord Lothian (another 'rat'), Burke, with an angry frown, and the Duke of Norfolk. Between Norfolk and Queensberry is the 'profil perdu' of Derby. They are followed by Lord Sandwich, Bishop Watson of Llandaff, and Sir Grey Cooper. Next are two clerical wigs in back view identified by Miss Banks as Wilson, Bishop of Bristol, and Warren, Bishop of Bangor, while in the upper left corner of the print is the swarthy profile of Sawbridge. Beneath the title, and on the background which represents the sky, is etched: 'A Return of the Comet which appeared in 1761 [Above the final '1' of the date is a '2'.] is expected this Year and to be within our horizon from the month of Octr 1788 to Augt 1789 but is expected to be most -visible {if it forces itself upon our Notice) in the Winter months Febry & March ------ vide Dr Trusslers Almanack By some of the ancient Astronomers Comets were deemed Meteors kindled in the Air and designed as Presages or unlucky Omens of some disastrous Catastrophe------ The Peripateticks deemed them not permament Bodies but bodies newly produced and in a short Time to perish again, and affirmed that they were made up of Exhalations in the terrestrial Regions------ Sr Isaac Newton asserts That the Tail of a Comet is nothing else than a fine Vapour which the Head of the Comet emits by its heat that Heat the Comet receives from the Sun and the magnitude of the Tail is always proportional to the degree of heat which the Comet receives, and Comets which are nearest to the Sun have the longest Tails------'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched in image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Date precedes publisher's statement in imprint., 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper ; plate mark 23.3 x 29.8 cm, on sheet 25.7 x 31.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 49 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Buccleuch, Henry Scott, Duke of, 1746-1812, Powys, Thomas, 1737-1809, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Watson, Richard, 1737-1816, Cooper, Grey, Sir, ca. 1726-1801, and Lothian, William John Ker, Marquis of, 1737-1815
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency and Comets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The comet [graphic]
28. To be seen at Mr. S------n's menagerie the wonderful learned Han---r colt who writes a letter blindfolded N.B. he is in training for sev[era]l other useful purposes ; also a very curious monkey who can read & write a little & imitates the human voice ; also several very extraordinary rats from Holland, Buckinghamshire, Wilton, Poole & other places / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [27 January 1789]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 48. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A spirited horse, wearing the feathers of the Prince of Wales in his headband, stands on his hind legs, a pen in his fore-foot, writing a letter while Sheridan (right) guides the pen; his blinkers cover his eyes. Sheridan, who leans across the table in profile to the left, holds the paper: 'To Mr Pi[tt] ....' An ape with the (simian) features of Lord Derby squats on the table behind Sheridan, reading a paper: 'Rough Drat of the Letter', and saying "Hear hear hear". On the extreme left appear the profile, hands, and one foot of Weltje, saying, "By Got he vill teach de Orse to speak". Under the table is a circular rat-trap, in which are five rats with quasi-human faces."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- To be seen at Mr. Sheridan's menagerie the wonderful learned Hanover colt ...
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Regency crisis -- Prince of Wales's answer to Regency restrictions -- Ministerialists as rats -- Lord Derby as a monkey -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Horse of Hanover -- Writing horse -- Caged rats -- Menageries -- Rat traps., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 20.2 x 25.6 cm, on sheet 21.8 x 26.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 48 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. 27 Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746-1820, Aubrey, John, Sir, 1739-1826, Hamilton, William Gerard, 1729-1796, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency, Animal shows, Horses, Writing, Rats, Cages, and Monkeys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > To be seen at Mr. S------n's menagerie the wonderful learned Han---r colt who writes a letter blindfolded N.B. he is in training for sev[era]l other useful purposes ; also a very curious monkey who can read & write a little & imitates the human voice ; also several very extraordinary rats from Holland, Buckinghamshire, Wilton, Poole & other places / [graphic]
29. A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 January 1789]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 47. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his shooting-pony (his stalking-horse), whose head is held by Sheridan. The headband, inscribed 'Ich Dien', and holding the Prince's feathers, indicates the Prince of Wales. His eyes are covered by blinkers. Under his fore-feet are two papers: 'Addresses from Edinburgh Glasgow Borough of Southwark' and 'City of London Vote of Thanks to Mr Pitt . . . 267'. Papers issue from Sheridan's coat-pocket and flutter to the ground: 'Paragraph against the Minister, Puffs direct for the P------e, Puffs oblique for the P------e of W(an allusion to the passage on 'the Puff direct', &c, in 'The Critic', 1. ii), Abuse of the Minister'. Under his foot is the 'Oath of Allegiance'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Misfire at the Constitution
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 23.9 x 26.3 cm, on sheet 25.2 x 27.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 47 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publ. 12th Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency, Crowns, Horses, Rifles, Scepters, Slogans, National emblems, British, and Hanoverian
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]
30. Miss Farren [graphic]
- Creator:
- Jones, John, 1745?-1797, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [31 March 1789]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait bust as Thalia on a ledge, turned in profile to right and wearing crown of leaves, her hair curled to her shoulders, oval design; after a sculpture by Anne Seymour Damer, from a series of engravings after her work."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Dedication etched below title: To the Countess of Aylesbury this engraving from the original bust executed in marble by the Honble. Mrs. Damer is most respectfully dedicated by her Ladyship's most devoted & most grateful servant, James Roberts., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 260 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 : stipple engraving with etching on laid paper ; sheet 26.9 x 20.1 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, March 31, 1789, by James Roberts, Hogarth's Passage, Oxford; and John Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street, London
- Subject (Name):
- Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829,
- Subject (Topic):
- Sculpture
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Farren [graphic]
