"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 Queen Charlotte, dressed as Judy or Mother Shipton; she takes a pinch of snuff, the King holds out his hands as if in disapproval. A crowd of suppliants surrounds the platform. Pitt, bending towards them, pulls ribbons from his mouth; three men on the extreme left hold out their arms eagerly: one is a naval officer, a 'Log Book' under his arm shows that he is Sir Alexander Hood, see BMSat 5536, K.B. elect, see BMSat 7318. The second is Wilkes; the third cannot be identified. Hastings kneels between Pitt and Thurlow, his hands crossed humbly on his breast, a copious stream of coins issues from his mouth. Dundas, Lansdowne, Sydney, a bishop, and a fifth suppliant hold out their hats eagerly to catch the coins. Thurlow stands erect, his hands on his hips, flames and smoke issuing from his mouth inscribed "Hell-Fire, my Soul, Dam, Blast, Eyes, Heaven, Curse, Limbs, Blood". A little chimney-sweep [The sweep is said to represent Frederick Montagu, one of the Commissioners in Fox's India Bill. Wright and Evans.] and a ragged fishwife, a basket of fish on her head, stand gazing at him with wonder and admiration. On the extreme right, at the side of the platform, Fox, supported on the shoulders of Burke, slyly holds out his hat behind Thurlow; Sheridan (?) [Identified by Wright and Evans as the Duke of Norfolk] supports them. Beneath the title is etched : '"Who wrought such wonders as might make "Egyptian sorcerers forsake "Their baffled mockeries, & own ''The palm of magick our's alone.'' Churchll'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker identifiedin British Museum catalogue as Gillray who disguised his identity by signing the work with Sayers's initials., Sheet trimmed on one side within plate mark, with loss of design., Cf. No. 7320 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Numbered '39' in upper right corner of plate., and Quotations from Charles Churchill, 1731-1764.
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
"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
"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
"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
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
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
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
"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
"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
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.
