"Perdita, mistress of the feast, with flowers in her hair and holding a staff in her left hand, giving rosemary and rue to Polixenes, who sits under a large tree to left, wearing a plumed hat and shrouded in a cloak, looking up at her appreciatively, ...
Description:
Title from published state.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feb. 6th, 1789, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
"A caricature portrait of Pitt speaking in the House of Commons in profile to the right. In his right hand is a document: 'Regency Restrictions' (see British Museum Satires No. 7488, &c.); his hat is under his left arm, his left hand is held out. He b...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger; title based on that given in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 17, 1789, by W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"A caricature portrait of Pitt speaking in the House of Commons in profile to the right. In his right hand is a document: 'Regency Restrictions' (see British Museum Satires No. 7488, &c.); his hat is under his left arm, his left hand is held out. He b...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger; title based on that given in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 17, 1789, by W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"Portrait of William Pitt three-quarter length seated, his head slightly turned to left, his right hand resting on documents on a table; curtain and pillar in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0901.1338.
Facius, Georg Sigmund, approximately 1750- printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1789]
Call Number:
Drawer 724 803B no. 78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Romeo sitting on a couch on the left, taking hold of Juliet's hand, under an awning in a classical palace, with dancers playing tambourines in the background and a man talking to Tybalt, who grasps his sword angrily."--British Museum online catalogue...
Description:
'Shakspeare' in open letters etched below imprint.
Publisher:
Aqua fortis publish'd May 1st, 1789, by Jno. & Josiah Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside, & No. 59, Pall Mall, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Plate with numbered depictions of the obverse and reverse of fourteen Roman coins and medals. Numbered "4" among these is a gold medal, with heads of Marc Anthony and his wife Octavia, that was formerly in the collection of Horace Walpole at Strawberr...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
J. Edwards and J. Johnson
Subject (Name):
Antonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C., and Octavia, -11 B.C.,
Plate with numbered depictions of the obverse and reverse of fourteen Roman coins and medals. Numbered "4" among these is a gold medal, with heads of Marc Anthony and his wife Octavia, that was formerly in the collection of Horace Walpole at Strawberr...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
J. Edwards and J. Johnson
Subject (Name):
Antonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C., and Octavia, -11 B.C.,
"Rechab, a male nude, rushing into a room from the right and lunging forward as he falls to his knees before David, holding up the severed head of Saul's son Ishbosheth in his right hand and pointing upwards with the other."--British Museum online cat...
"Landscape with figures binding a bundle of wood at right, cattle and sheep resting at left, hills beyond."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1878,0713.2234
Alternative Title:
From an original, late in the collection of Charles Frederick Abel Esqr
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 21, 1789 by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market
"Landscape with figures collecting wood beside a gnarled tree, cows grazing in the fields at left."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1867,0112.108
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1, 1789, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market
Simon, John Peter, -approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 June 1789]
Call Number:
Drawer 724 803B no. 74
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Hero fainting at the altar, supported by Beatrice, in front of the friar who was about to marry her to Claudio, while Claudio stands on the right, gesturing angrily as he accuses her of infidelity, and others look on; late etched state"--British Muse...
Description:
Title from published state.
Publisher:
Aqua fortis publish'd June 1st,1789 by Jno. & Josh. Boydell at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall & Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
"Landscape with figure carrying a bundle of branches at right, a copice behind and two cows in the field at left."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1852,0705.273
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 1, 1789, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market
"Henry V standing with one hand on the back of his chair, pointing with the other to left at the three traitors Cambridge, Grey and Scroop, who read with horror the news that their conspiracy has been discovered and plead for mercy, while three lords ...
Description:
Title from published state.
Publisher:
Aqua fortis publish'd March 25, 1789 by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London
"Landscape with a figure herding cattle to the water at left, a shepherd resting on the banks at right with his flock around him."--British Museum online catalogue, registraion no.: 1852,0705.266
Description:
Title from Grego.
Publisher:
Pub. May 1, 1789, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market
"Apollo alighting with a torch in his right hand, wings spread, gesturing with his left hand towards the arts and sciences, allegoriacal figures grouped on the right with Sculpture, leaning on a bas-relief of George III, Painting and Architecture in t...
"A very fat man draped in a sheet, his vast chin lathered, turns his eyes upwards to a thin barber who stands beside him (left), his bowl in one hand, soap in the other. Behind (left) a bald man bends over a basin, stanching a wound; and (right) the b...
"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 ...
Alternative Title:
To be seen at Mr. Sheridan's menagerie the wonderful learned Hanover colt ...
Description:
Title from text below image.
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
"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 ...
Alternative Title:
To be seen at Mr. Sheridan's menagerie the wonderful learned Hanover colt ...
Description:
Title from text below image.
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
"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 ...
Alternative Title:
To be seen at Mr. Sheridan's menagerie the wonderful learned Hanover colt ...
Description:
Title from text below image.
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
"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 t...
Description:
Title etched below image.
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
"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 t...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 3d, 1789, by H. Humphrey, New Bond St.
"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 t...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 3d, 1789, by H. Humphrey, New Bond St.
Satirical portrait of William Pickett, Lord Mayor of London for 1789; three-quarter length, seated; wearing the ceremonial gown and with a City of London sword hanging in the background; within a border composed of plates, cups, saucers, mugs, kettles...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. according to act of Parliament, June 1st, 1789, by E. Harding
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Pickett, William
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Robes, Swords, Containers, Firecrackers, and Fire extinguishers
Satirical portrait of William Pickett, Lord Mayor of London for 1789; three-quarter length, seated; wearing the ceremonial gown and with a City of London sword hanging in the background; within a border composed of plates, cups, saucers, mugs, kettles...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. according to act of Parliament, June 1st, 1789, by E. Harding
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Pickett, William
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Robes, Swords, Containers, Firecrackers, and Fire extinguishers
"A representation (not caricatured) of the duel between the Duke of York and Lennox on Wimbledon Common on 26 May. Lennox (left) fires at the Duke, who fires in the air. Above the Duke's head is written (in ink) 'Fire again Sir'. The two seconds stand...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. May 27, 1789 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1764-1819., Winchilsea, George Finch, Earl of, 1752-1826., Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826., and Wimbledon Common (Wimbledon, London, England),
Two stout ladies, dressed in long gowns, confront each other. Mrs. Fitzherbert (left) with her second the Prince of Wales faces in a confident manner the scowling and clumsy Mrs. Schwellenberg whose second, Pitt offers her a lemon. The furious German ...
Alternative Title:
Political heat for Rege & Grege and Political heat for Rege and Grege
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby 1, 1789, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Lee, Nathaniel, 1653?-1692., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797
Subject (Topic):
Marriage, Regency, Censorship, Crucifixes, Fighting, Lemons, Royal marriages, British, and Scepters
Two stout ladies, dressed in long gowns, confront each other. Mrs. Fitzherbert (left) with her second the Prince of Wales faces in a confident manner the scowling and clumsy Mrs. Schwellenberg whose second, Pitt offers her a lemon. The furious German ...
Alternative Title:
Political heat for Rege & Grege and Political heat for Rege and Grege
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby 1, 1789, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Lee, Nathaniel, 1653?-1692., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797
Subject (Topic):
Marriage, Regency, Censorship, Crucifixes, Fighting, Lemons, Royal marriages, British, and Scepters
"A strip design in imitation of British Museum Satires No. 7230. The names of the characters are etched beneath them, the words spoken above their heads. 'R------e' (Rose) rushes forward, in alarm, exclaiming "The People refuse to address to T--l--w" ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 12, 1789, by Holland, Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800, Rose, George, 1744-1818, Leeds, Francis Godolphin Osborne, Duke of, 1751-1799, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Watson, Brook, 1735 -1807, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794, and Chatham, John Pitt, Earl of, 1756-1835
A cartoon illustrating the first reactions in England to the news of the fall of the Bastille. On the right, the radiant figure of Liberty sits enthroned on the ruins of the Bastille. Kneeling on one knee before her, Louis XVI holds up to her his crow...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Aug. 3d, 1789, by J. Aitken, N. 14 Castle Street, Leicester Fields
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793, Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804, Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797, Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834, and Bastille.
Subject (Topic):
Liberty, History, and Foreign public opinion, British
A cartoon illustrating the first reactions in England to the news of the fall of the Bastille. On the right, the radiant figure of Liberty sits enthroned on the ruins of the Bastille. Kneeling on one knee before her, Louis XVI holds up to her his crow...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Aug. 3d, 1789, by J. Aitken, N. 14 Castle Street, Leicester Fields
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793, Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804, Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797, Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834, and Bastille.
Subject (Topic):
Liberty, History, and Foreign public opinion, British
"Mrs. Fitzherbert (left) in bed, supported on her right elbow, looks fixedly towards a warming-pan held by a stout woman who approaches the foot of the bed. In the perforations of the pan are stuck three ostrich feathers; a monk, holding up a crucifix...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. Dec. 17, 1789 by S.W. Fores at his Caricatura Exhibition Rooms, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Births, Canopy beds, Crucifixes, Monks, and Rugs
"Pitt as the modern Egbert (king of the West Saxons, d. 839) is rowed by four kings, and tows behind him a small boat in which the Prince of Wales is seated, his wrists and ankles chained. Pitt, who steers, is seated high in the stern of the 'Treasury...
Alternative Title:
King of kings
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Charles Bronwn [sic], Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806
"Pitt as the modern Egbert (king of the West Saxons, d. 839) is rowed by four kings, and tows behind him a small boat in which the Prince of Wales is seated, his wrists and ankles chained. Pitt, who steers, is seated high in the stern of the 'Treasury...
Alternative Title:
King of kings
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Charles Bronwn [sic], Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806
"Five heads surround a taper whose flame is the head in profile to the left of George III. The taper rises from the centre of a crown which rests on a tasselled cushion in the foreground. On the left is Sheridan in profile, his face disfigured by drin...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Octr. 3 by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
France, History, Foreign public opinion, British, Regency, and Sleepwear
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
Feb. 9th, 1789.
Call Number:
789.02.09.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Print shows an interior view of a kitchen, the "Treasury" or the "Privy Purse" represented by a crown, in which a large bull on a spit labeled "Fourth Estate" is being roasted before a fire, dripping coins; on the left is the Prince of Wales (George I...
Alternative Title:
Who rules the roast!
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Dent and Sold by W. Moore, Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Subject (Topic):
Bulls, Cookery, Treasuries, Kitchens, Crowns, Coins, and Spoons
"A strip design. Beneath the figures are inscriptions indicating their identity. The procession is preceded on the extreme right by Hall the apothecary, one of Fox's chief supporters in Westminster, who holds the abortive 'Regency Bill'. A medical ins...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 29th, 1789, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Ignatius, of Loyola, Saint, 1491-1556., Hall, Edward, active 1784-1793, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Lothian, William John Ker, Marquis of, 1737-1815, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
Subject (Topic):
Devil, Hats, Funeral processions, and Mourning clothing & dress
"A strip design. Beneath the figures are inscriptions indicating their identity. The procession is preceded on the extreme right by Hall the apothecary, one of Fox's chief supporters in Westminster, who holds the abortive 'Regency Bill'. A medical ins...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 29th, 1789, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Ignatius, of Loyola, Saint, 1491-1556., Hall, Edward, active 1784-1793, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Lothian, William John Ker, Marquis of, 1737-1815, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
Subject (Topic):
Devil, Hats, Funeral processions, and Mourning clothing & dress
"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, an...
Alternative Title:
Fruits of early industry and oeconomy and Fruits of early industry and economy
Description:
Title from text below image.
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
published acording [sic] to act of Parliament, July 14, 1789.
Call Number:
789.07.14.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A stork, its head a likeness of Lafayette, stands on a rock depicted with the head of Louis XIV of France protruding from the left edge. He gazes at a crowd of frogs in various dramatic poses, some standing at attention. Opposite the stork is a stick...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834, and Bailly, Jean Sylvain, 1736-1793
A satire, protesting the apparent embezzlement of city funds, depicts the members of the Corporation of Rochester with asses' heads herded back to Rochester by indignant townsmen
Alternative Title:
Mare foal'd of her folly and Mare foaled of her folly
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 18 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Rochester (Kent, England)
Subject (Topic):
Donkeys, Embezzlement, and Politics and government
An old woman wearing spectacles sits at a round table across from a young woman whose fortune she tells. She holds a tea-cup and points at the girl's hand
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
A man sits in a chair at a table reading about the French Revolution in The Gazetteer (newspaper). The candle in his right hand smokes heavily and is burnt down to a low stub. His tricorne hat is on the table and his walking stick is visibly leaning ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Jno. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Newspapers, Reading, History, and Foreign public opinion
"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 rea...
Alternative Title:
Effects of youthful extravagance and idleness
Description:
Title from text below image.
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
"A charming lady, elegantly dressed, plays the harp and sings close to her unconscious husband, asleep in a stiff arm-chair. Pose and expression are both provoked and provocative. Behind her (right) is a square piano with an open music-book, at her fe...
"Lennox leans back on a sofa, his pistol in his hand, looking up with a melancholy expression. A lady (left) holds a smelling-bottle to his nose; the Duke of Richmond (right), leaning on one end of the sofa, regards his nephew anxiously. Lennox says: ...
Alternative Title:
Scene immediately after the duel
Description:
Title etched below image; the word 'coward' has scratched out with numerous etched lines but is still legible.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 29th, 1789, by J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Fields
Subject (Name):
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1764-1819, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Richmond and Lennox, Charlotte Gordon, Duchess of, 1768-1842, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
"Lennox leans back on a sofa, his pistol in his hand, looking up with a melancholy expression. A lady (left) holds a smelling-bottle to his nose; the Duke of Richmond (right), leaning on one end of the sofa, regards his nephew anxiously. Lennox says: ...
Alternative Title:
Scene immediately after the duel
Description:
Title etched below image; the word 'coward' has scratched out with numerous etched lines but is still legible.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 29th, 1789, by J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Fields
Subject (Name):
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1764-1819, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Richmond and Lennox, Charlotte Gordon, Duchess of, 1768-1842, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
"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 ...
Description:
Title etched in image.
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
"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 ...
Description:
Title etched in image.
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
"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 ...
Description:
Title etched in image.
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
A view of an elegant carriage showing details of the structure; one of the back wheels is shown on a rock to demonstrate the stability of the carriage. Parts of the carriage have been labelled with letters suggesting that the print was accompanied by ...
"An opera dancer, on one foot, strikes an attitude with her right arm extended, left arm held above her head. She is grotesquely thin; her face with upturned head shows a long muscular neck, her arms are emaciated and muscular and her hands are almost...
Alternative Title:
Celebrated Mademoiselle Guimard or Grimhard from Paris
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. as the act directs by E. [sic] Humphrey, May 26th, 1789, No. 18 Old Bond Strt
A scene in a bedroom beside a canopy bed: A older gentleman with a caricatured face embraces a young servant woman who holds a warming pan in one hand and candlestick in the other. The man's wig is smoldering from the flame of the candle. The man's y...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Candlesticks, Canopy beds, Interiors, Seduction, Servants, and Women domestics
"The seven men ride (right to left) on asses, a signpost (right) pointing 'To Dublin'; they carry 'Regency cakes' in place of potatoes. On the extreme left three men lean eagerly forward, one shouts: "What news, What News the tidings tell make haste a...
Alternative Title:
Ambassadors extraordinry return on bulls without horns and Ambassadors extraordinary return on bulls without horns
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 16th, 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccaddilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804, Charlemont, James Caulfeild, Earl of, 1728-1799, and Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?
"The seven men ride (right to left) on asses, a signpost (right) pointing 'To Dublin'; they carry 'Regency cakes' in place of potatoes. On the extreme left three men lean eagerly forward, one shouts: "What news, What News the tidings tell make haste a...
Alternative Title:
Ambassadors extraordinry return on bulls without horns and Ambassadors extraordinary return on bulls without horns
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 16th, 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccaddilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804, Charlemont, James Caulfeild, Earl of, 1728-1799, and Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?
"The seven men ride (right to left) on asses, a signpost (right) pointing 'To Dublin'; they carry 'Regency cakes' in place of potatoes. On the extreme left three men lean eagerly forward, one shouts: "What news, What News the tidings tell make haste a...
Alternative Title:
Ambassadors extraordinry return on bulls without horns and Ambassadors extraordinary return on bulls without horns
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 16th, 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccaddilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804, Charlemont, James Caulfeild, Earl of, 1728-1799, and Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?
"A lady (left) lies in bed, baring her breast and looking amorously at the Duke of York, who takes her hand and is climbing into the bed. Her husband (in back view) leaves the room by a door on the right, saying, "A good night to your R . . . l High ....
Alternative Title:
Kind cuckold sent to Coventry; coming York over her, or what you like and Kind cuckold sent to Coventry; coming over her, or what you like
Description:
Title etched below image; 'York' in title is scored through with etched lines but conspicuously legible.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 15th, 1789, by J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Fields, London
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Tyrconnel, George Carpenter, Earl of, 1750-1805, and Tyrconnel, Sarah Hussey
A lady (left) lies in bed, baring her breast and looking amorously at the Duke of York, who takes her hand and is climbing into the bed. Her husband (in back view) leaves the room by a door on the right, saying, "A good night to your R . . . l High . ...
Alternative Title:
Tyrconnel's delight! Coming York over her, or what you like and Tyrconnel's delight! Coming over her, or what you like
Description:
Title etched below image; 'York' in title is scored through with etched lines but conspicuously legible.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 15th, 1789, by J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Fields, London
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Tyrconnel, George Carpenter, Earl of, 1750-1805, and Tyrconnel, Sarah Hussey
"The Mary Elizabeth (Nugent) Marchioness of Buckingham (died 1813) looks from a curtained bed towards her infant which is being shown by an old soldier to her husband, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, who enters from the right, wearing a ribbon and swo...
Alternative Title:
Vice Queen's delivery at the old soldier's hospital in Dublin
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Dublin pubd., London repubd by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland.
Subject (Name):
Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Nugent, George Nugent Grenville, Baron, 1788-1850, Lifford, James Hewitt, Viscount, 1709-1789, Hely-Hutchinson, John, 1724-1794, and Royal Hospital Donnybrook.
Subject (Topic):
Bowls (Tableware), Children, Crutches, Daggers & swords, Eye patches, Food.., Military uniforms, Irish, Peg legs, Pitchers, School superintendents, and Soldiers
Original date in imprint scored through, but visible: statement: Decembr.
Publisher:
Published by J. Aicken Jany. [the] 2nd 1789, Bear Streett [sic] Leicester Squares
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
"A strip design of a procession (left to right) of isolated figures, the names etched beneath, the words spoken above, as in BMSat 7482. The stout 'M--t--ws M--y--r' (Matthews, Mayor) heads the procession, he carried a pole across his shoulder on one ...
Alternative Title:
Corporation going to eat roast pork and oysters with the R-g-t
"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, descrip...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publised [sic] July 15, 1789, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"Portrait of William Pitt three-quarter length seated, his head slightly turned to left, his right hand resting on documents on a table; curtain and pillar in the background; coat of arms below."--British Museum online catalogue
"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.
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
"Portrait; half-length almost in profile to left, head turned and glancing towards the viewer, wearing a plain high-collared coat, one button fastened at the chest, a frilled cravat and stock and a powdered queue wig; in an oval."--British Museum onli...
Alternative Title:
Right Honorable William Pitt
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pub'd April 9th, 1789, by John Harris, Sweetings Alley, & No. 8, Broad Street
"Portrait; half-length almost in profile to left, head turned and glancing towards the viewer, wearing a plain high-collared coat, one button fastened at the chest, a frilled cravat and stock and a powdered queue wig."--British Museum online catalogue...
Alternative Title:
Right Honorable William Pitt
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 28th, 1789, by John Harris, Sweetings Alley, & No. 8 Broad Street
"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...
Description:
Title etched below image.
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
"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...
Description:
Title etched below image.
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
"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...
Description:
Title etched below image.
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
"Pitt and his followers are in wild pursuit of the crown which soars on widespread wings in the upper right corner of the design. Pitt, reaching up to it, is about to fall over a cliff into the pit of hell, from which flames and smoke are rising. He s...
Alternative Title:
Pit fall
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.
"The six Commissioners from Ireland seated on bulls, facing and clutching the tails of the animals (as in Gillray's 'Paddy', BMSat 5605), gallop towards the façade of Carlton House, where the Prince of Wales (left) and the Duke of York (right) look f...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 7, 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810, Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810, Charlemont, James Caulfeild, Earl of, 1728-1799, and Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804
"The six Commissioners from Ireland seated on bulls, facing and clutching the tails of the animals (as in Gillray's 'Paddy', BMSat 5605), gallop towards the façade of Carlton House, where the Prince of Wales (left) and the Duke of York (right) look f...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 7, 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810, Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810, Charlemont, James Caulfeild, Earl of, 1728-1799, and Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804
"Mrs. Damer, seated in profile to the left, chisels the posterior of a large and realistic Apollo standing in profile to the left holding a spear, the left arm extended. A little girl (left) in 'profil perdu', gazes at the Apollo in astonishment. On a...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. by Wm Holland, Garrick's Richard, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828 and Pan (Greek deity)
Subject (Topic):
Artists' studios, Sculptors, British, Sculpture, and Spears
"A game of marbles (taw, cf. BMSat 7393) for the crown is in progress; the Prince of Wales is dressed as a toddling child in petticoats but is larger in scale than the other figures; he leans towards Fox, Sheridan, and Burke (who are aiming at the cro...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"A game of marbles (taw, cf. BMSat 7393) for the crown is in progress; the Prince of Wales is dressed as a toddling child in petticoats but is larger in scale than the other figures; he leans towards Fox, Sheridan, and Burke (who are aiming at the cro...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"A game of marbles (taw, cf. BMSat 7393) for the crown is in progress; the Prince of Wales is dressed as a toddling child in petticoats but is larger in scale than the other figures; he leans towards Fox, Sheridan, and Burke (who are aiming at the cro...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"A man rides out of the gateway (left) which leads to the courtyard of an inn, three dogs barking at the heels of his horse. The horse is kicking, the rider has lost his stirrups and clutches the animal's mane. Part of the courtyard is visible showing...
"Pitt, Hastings, and Thurlow, the State Jugglers, are on a platform outside the gate of St. James's Palace. Above the gate projects the sign of the Crown inn, across which rests a plank forming a see-saw; on this the King (right) as Punch sits facing ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 16th 1788 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Bridport, Alexander Hood, Viscount, 1726-1814
Subject (Topic):
Chimney sweeps, Fishmongers, Jugglers, and Seesaws
"The Prince of Wales lies on his back on an operating-table (cf. BMSat 7512), wearing his feathers as a coronet. Members of the Ministry holding knives surround the Prince; their operations are directed by Pitt, who is seated in a throne-like chair ra...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, and Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800
"A boxing scene (two couples): the Prince of Wales and Hanger are worsted by d'Eon and St. George. In the foreground (right) Hanger staggers backwards under the attack of St. George; his hat and bludgeon are on the ground beside him. St. George says, ...
Alternative Title:
St. George and the dragon and Madmoiselle riposting
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 12, 1789 by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"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...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medical equipment & supplies, Physicians, and Candles
