"A lady, partly hidden by a sheaf of corn, reclines against a tree. The Duke of York, wearing regimentals and a mitre, prods her with the end of his crozier. She holds an open book inscribed 'Monody on the Death of the D- of R-d' [Rutland]. In the middle distance and on the extreme left a military officer stands on guard holding a sword and pistol: he says, "I am allways ready to Pimp or Bully."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Babes in the wood with Rawheadon, bloody bones
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom., and Matted to 47 x 62 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Rutland, Mary Isabella Manners, Duchess of, 1756-1831, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, and Rawdon-Hastings, Francis, Marquess of Hastings, 1754-1826.
"A design in two compartments. On the left the triumph of Necker in a land of 'Freedom', in the other that of Pitt in a land of 'Slavery'. Necker (full face), seated in an armchair is carried on the shoulders of distinguished personages, who wave their hats. He holds in his right hand the staff and cap of 'Liberty', in his left a royal crown. He is stout and benevolent. Above his head floats a laurel wreath, irradiated, inscribed 'Necker', and adding a touch of absurdity. Under his feet are a chain and an instrument of torture resembling a harrow. The naval officer (left) wearing a star, -who holds one pole of the chair, is labelled 'Orleans'; his companion, in regimentals, is probably Lafayette; both wave their hats. In the background is a cheering crowd and the massive but broken stone wall of the 'Bastile'. On the right Pitt, lean and arrogant, stands in profile to the left on a royal crown which bends under his weight (as in BMSat 7478). In his right hand is a banner on which are instruments of torture: a narrow, shackles, and scourges; in his left hand, which rests on his hip, are a headsman's axe and chains, the other ends of which are attached to persons who kneel humbly behind him, the most prominent of whom is the King. Other chains are attached to artisans, &c, who kneel abjectly before him. In the background are (left) a gallows from which hang seven nooses, and (right) a high scaffold on which stands a headsman with an axe. From Pitt's pocket projects a large tobacco-pipe inscribed 'Excise'.."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
France, Britain, freedom, slavery and Freedom, slavery
Description:
Title from text in and below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Instruments of torture -- Cap of Liberty -- Staff of Liberty -- Transference of customs to excise -- Banners with instruments of torture -- Cheering crowds -- Laurel wreaths -- Chairing of Necker -- Kneeling slaves -- Emblems: pipe as tobacco tax -- Allusion to excise -- Crowns -- Gallows -- Bastille -- Executioners: headsman -- Artisans as slaves -- Emblems: slavery., and Watermark: countermark S. Lay.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 28th, 1789, by J. Aitken, Printseller, N. 14 Castle Street, Leicester Fields
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804, Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Title etched below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement. Imprint supplied from impression in the Library of Congress., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Regency crisis -- George III's prerogative, protected by British Lion -- Emblems: crown and scepter, prerogative -- British Lion: vigilant of prerogative -- Implements of execution -- Figure of Justice -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Whig frogs -- Double entendres -- Puns: "Son" -- Literature: Aesop fables -- Allusion to George III -- Dormant George IV., Watermark: S. Lay., and Mounted to 35 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by J. Aiken, the corner Bare Street, Leicester Square
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, and Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Britannia (Symbolic character), Justice, and Frogs
Plate showing six helmets arranged in three rows, each with a number (1 to 6) etched above
Description:
Title etched below image; plate number etched above image., Imperfect; only the helmet engraved in upper left corner of plate is present, with the rest of the sheet trimmed away. Description based on more perfect impression., Plate from: Grose, F. Supplement to A treatise on ancient armour, being illustrations of ancient and Asiatic armour & weapons. London : Printed for S. Hooper, 1789., and Mounted on page 72 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
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.
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. and Sheet trimmed within 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.
"Political satire; under a sinking sun in which is drawn a crown, with the words "Obscured, not lost", a masked figure with a crow-bar labelled "Begum Sophistry" and the Prince Regent with a broken axe labelled "Presumptive Rights" try to break down the door of the Treasury, while another picks the lock, labelled "G R" with keys labelled "Tropes"; behind them stands a man in black with a lantern labelled "Loyalty", a belt labelled "Truth" and a clapper labelled "Vox Populi"; from the window of the Treasury, Pitt attacks the house-breakers with a blunderbuss labelled "Constitution"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Housebreaking before sunset
Description:
Title etched below image., "Pr. 1s."--Below image, lower right., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Pick axes -- Padlocks -- Swords -- Masks -- Guns -- Setting sun -- Watchman's lanterns -- Emblems: King's monogram on the padlock., Watermark: Fleur de lis on crowned shield, with initials G R below., and Mounted to 44 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 6t 1789 by R. Butters, 79 Fleet Stt
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
Two sailors, one in uniform, fall from a horse, its reins caught on a post on the road, causing both it and the riders to collapse
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Text below title: A horse running away with two sailors, the lad who rode behind, exclaim'd run her aground, run her a ground, avast reply'd the other, I can throw out the grapples. He accordingly manag'd to throw the reins over a post by the road side & so came safe to land., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with initials G R below.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 7, 1789, by J. Kendal Bury
Subject (Topic):
Sailors, Horses, Horseback riding, Accidents, and Falling
"A cavalcade of ladies and gentlemen on horseback riding close together, the legs of the horses being cut off by the lower margin of the print. Beneath the title is etched: 'The World - and all the great "which it inherit" - was there - Equestrian motion, universal - we saw all - mark'd all! - the Duelist with one Curl, & the Fraternal, one degree higher, down to the intelligencers of the Low-Pnnts (who cast their eyes around, that witness'd huge affliction & dismay); all was splendid - who (& what dignity but contained in that monosyllable?) not present? - Becky - was there!! - attraction spontaneous! - Old Quiz, cast a single glance! - "O the days when I was young! - one pang arose! - we view'd the field - captivating - beautiful - most beautiful! - but - Bunbury - where was Harry Bunbury? - we return'd - as (craving appetites of Cheapside satisfied) cent. pr cent. Citz: - Mans-mercers & Womens-mercers, were arriving, to inhale the clouded Air - Heat - Dust - Ibid - Ibidem. -" Topham rides (left to right) in the foreground, enormously fat, looking through a quizzing-glass. Next him is a stout lady probably intended for 'Becky' (Mrs. Wells) though resembling Mrs. Fitzherbert; she wears a hat with a floating veil. Queensberry (left) rides behind her, holding up a bunch of reins in his right hand. The other persons mentioned, the Duke of York (the duellist, see BMSat7531, &c.) and the Prince, are not depicted, unless a very stiff and erect officer (right) is intended for the Duke. The shoulders of the ultra-fashionable Topham are sprinkled with powder, cf. BMSat 8190."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Both hemispheres of the world in a sweat
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., "Price 1 sh./6.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Satire on newspapers -- Newspapers: World, or Fashionable Intelligencer -- Horsemanship -- Cavalcades -- 'Cits' -- Hyde Park -- Costume: riding habits -- Allusion to the Prince of Wales -- Allusion to the Duke of York -- Allusion to Henry William Bunbury, 1750-1811 -- Wells?, Mary (Davies), fl. 1781-1812., and Watermark: Armorial shield with crown above and monogram SL below.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1st, 1789, by J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Fields
Subject (Name):
Topham, Edward, 1751-1820, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810
