Fashionably dressed ladies and gentlemen stand or sit in small groups conversing the elegant saloon at the Marine Pavilion designed by Henry Holland
Description:
Title etched below image., Sixth of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. An excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching and aquatint in sepia on laid paper ; sheet 26.2 x 33.3 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint. Printmaker's statement partially erased., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1, 1790, by Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
"Under a canopy (left), sits the 'Noble Grand' or chairman on a raised platform, on each side of him on a lower level sits a 'Vice Grand'. All three wear hats and (like the other members) medallions hung on broad ribbons. In front of the dais is a draped table with emblems of the society, a beehive, a Holy Bible, with a punch-bowl, wine-bottle, and a writing-desk, beside which sits the secretary, holding a pen. On the extreme right is the doorkeeper, a small man wearing a lion's skin round his shoulders and holding up a large club, at the head of which is ficed the jaw-bone of an ass. A member, whom the text shows to be Sir Watkin Lewes, is introducing a small man as a candidate for membership, his thumbs being tied together. The other members are smoking and drinking. In the foreground (left) sits a man whose wooden leg, and a paper inscribed Pension 500 which issues from his pocket, show that he is Brook Watson. Others are seated in the background (right) behind a table with punch-bowl, glassses, and pipes. On the wall is a half-length picture of Samson, raising the ass's jawbone. There are also six framed coats of arms of those who have served the office of Noble Grand. The room is lit by a chandelier composed of two (Argand?) lamps with glass chimneys, hanging from the ceiling."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Attic miscellany, v. i, page 161. An illustration to an account of the 'Samsonic Society, held every week at the Pied House, Chiswell Street.", and Mounted to 26 x 32 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, by Bently & Co.
Subject (Name):
Lewes, Watkin, Sir, 1740?-1821 and Watson, Brook, 1735 -1807
Subject (Topic):
Chandeliers, Clubs, Dogs, Organizations, Peg legs, and Pipes (Smoking)
Three brave lads against one poor Roscius and Scrub and Bonniface
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication year from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right., and Matted to 47 x 63 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 9 by Steine Briton
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Barrymore, Richard Barry, Earl of, 1769-1793, Barrymore, Henry Barry, Earl of, 1770-1823, and Barry, Augustus, 1773-1818
Justification of the first effort of his Royal Highness's courage
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Gillray in an unverified card catalog record., One line of text below title: When the Duc' had ascended in the balloon forty or fifty feet from the Earth in the greatest fright he desired to go down ..., Companion print to: The battle of Ouessan between the English & French fleets., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark., and Matted to 47 x 63 cm.
Publisher:
Publishd Augt. 4th 1790 by J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Field
Subject (Name):
Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751 [that is, between 1790 and 1835]
Call Number:
Print20073
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In the street outside the Thavies Inn, Holborn, the coach driver Tom Nero beats the horse that has collapsed under the weight of the overturned coach, having been overloaded with four lawyers who try to scramble out the door. To the right in the foreground, another man beats a sheep to death. Behind him in the mid-distance a sleeping drayman runs over a small boy with his cart loaded with barrels. To the left a driver uses a pitchfork to prod a donkey burdened with two men, a barrel, and a large trunk on its back. In the distance, a crowd of men follow a bull being baited by a dog. On the side of the building on the left, broadsides advertise a cock-fight and a boxing bout between James Field and George Taylor at Broughton's Amphitheatre
Description:
Title engraved above image., State from Paulson., Second state, with price mostly burnished from plate. This state of the plate was first issued in The original works of William Hogarth (London : Sold by John and Josiah Boydell, 1790). It was reissued, with some lines strengthened by the engraver James Heath, in The works of William Hogarth (London : Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy ..., 1822); another edition was published by Baldwin & Cradock in 1835. See Paulson., Second in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Prevention of cruelty to animals.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Field, James, -1715. and Taylor, George, boxer.
Subject (Topic):
Bullfighting, Carts & wagons, Carriages & coaches, Donkeys, Dogs, Rake's progress, Punishment & torture, Signs (Notices), Sheep, Accidents, and Children
"design in two strips, one headed the intention, the other (below), the fact. Each strip is divided into three compartments of unequal width. [1] Two councils sit, each round a circular table. On the left is 'An Infernal Council'. The Devil, irradiated, presides at a meeting of six demons. He says "Such is the Plan Now choose your Parts". The three on his right hand say (right to left): "Blasphemy Atheism & P-----st-----y [Priestley] are mine. I will assist B--r--g--n [? Barrington] F-----zh------t [Fitzherbert] & the Catholicks in their Bigotry & Ambition. And I Pr------e [Price] & such as are full of Disaffection & Treason". The three on the Devil's left say (right to left): "I will patronize L--ns--y [Lindsey] Speciousness Low Cunning. &c. I will help K-----p------s [Kippis] &c. to furnish the press with suitable Trash. And I will be at hand to assist whenever I am Wanted." The other conclave is 'A Nocturnal Council'. A monk and six ministers sit round a table. A minister resembling Price says, "A Republick is the best Form of Government". On his left is the monk, who says, "All religious Establishment is absurd, (aside) except Popery". On Price's right, and in profile to the left, is Priestley, saying, "And thus we will lay Gun Powder Grain by Grain till we blow up the Constitution". Lindsey, on the extreme right, says, "We must become Bad Citizens before they will grant us the Privileges of good Ones". The other three, who are in back view, say respectively: "We must propose a Test to the Candidates; Meanwhile we must send a Deputation to other Ministers"; and "We must promise Fox our Support at the next general Election". Priestley wrote that he was assisted by friends of the hierarchy in the 'disposition of grains of gunpowder' which would certainly blow it up. 'Letters to the rightev. Edward Burn'. This was quoted by Burke in the debate. 'Parl. Hist.', xxviii. 438. (Cf. BMSat 7632, &c.) But it appears that he quoted from a printed extract circulated with misleading omissions. See 'An Arranged Catalogue of the several Publications . . .' 1790, p. 30 n. (B.M.L. 126, i. g.). The dissenters had agreed to resolutions declaring that at the (pending) general election they would support only men 'Well affected to the cause of civil and religious liberty'. This Pitt denounced as the imposition of a test. 'Parl. Hist.', xxviii. 408-9; see also p. 444. See BMSat 7630. [2] The next design is 'The Deputation Rejected'. A man (left), hat in hand, approaches four ministers wearing bands and three-cornered hats, who turn away from him; their spokesman says: "We plainly perceive that Popery and Infidelity will be the Result of your Measures - therefore - we will not join you." They are probably Methodists. [3] The third design is 'A Future K-----g & Q------n at their Devotion'. A king and queen wearing crowns and royal robes kneel at a console table supported by a harpy, which serves as altar (right). On it is a crucifix, above it hangs a half length portrait of a Pope. Burke in monastic robes (cf. BMSat 6026) enters through a door (left), saying, "Lord now lettest thou thy Servant depart in peace . . for mine Eyes have seen thy Salvation." The king and queen do not appear to be portraits (though probably intended for the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Fitzherbert). Burke, who had absented himself from the House during the debates on repeal of 1787 and 1788, voted against the motion. [4] In the lower strip the first design is 'The Mortifying Report'. Fox (left) holds out to four men standing behind a circular table a large placard inscribed: 'For the Repeal 105 Against It 294 Majority 189' (they are the chief members of the 'Nocturnal Council' above): the monk says "It is our determination never to Rest until we enjoy Civil and Military Power". Stanhope says "I am now resolved to try it in our House". Price, raising his fist, says, "Nothing will be done for us 'till some great Calamity again Alarm our fears, or some great abuse of Power provoke our Resentment". Priestley says: "The Conversion of S--l--s D------n to Atheism was but an Introduction to what I intended to do on ye Repeal". For Silas Deane see BMSats 6288, 6303. He died suddenly, 23 Sept. 1789, 'having ruined himself and family, and deranged France and America with the charming words, Liberty, Constitution and Rights'. 'Gent. Mag.' 1789, p. 867. [5] 'The Death bed Avowal of S--l--s D------e*' A man lies in a large four-post bed; a parson wearing a surplice stands behind it, his hands raised in horror, saying, "No God! who taught you that Doctrine?" He answers "Dr P------s-----y. *The Particulars of this awful & interesting Conversion to Atheism may be seen in a Pamphlet entitled Theodosius, & sold with or without the Print" (marginal note). Deane died on board the Boston packet in the Downs, having intended to visit Canada. In 'Theodosius' is related a supposed conversation and dying confession of Silas Deane. This was quoted in the 'Gent. Mag.' 1790, p. 383 (May) with a contradiction by Priestley, ibid., pp. 384, 385, who stated that he had never had any conversation on religion with Deane. For Priestley and death cf. BMSats 5644, 7892. [6] The last scene is 'FINIS'. A swarm of flying demons with webbed wings drag, by threads attached to their noses, the seven members of the 'Nocturnal Council' towards the flames of Hell (right). One says to Price, the foremost, "Come along most learned Doctor I have always led you by the Nose - so dont mind it now". Another says, "I fear they will set H------l in an Uproar". Three others say respectively: "How the Dogs Quarrel, they'll get to fighting soon"; "Here comes the precious Set, & a fine parcel of Divinity it is"; and "They are such seditious Rascals, they will strive to overturn Our Government". On the extreme left a seventh demon kicks the rearmost (Priestley), saying, "Get along Joey 'tis too late to recant Now besides we love you too well to part with you". Priestley says "O! S-----s D------n! [Silas Deane] Oh Mercy! Pardon! I recant I recant". The next two turn round furiously towards Priestley, saying, "Dog! I'll ease my Tortures by tormenting You", and, "Blasphemous Villain! Your Curs'd Sophistry brought me here." The next two say "Oh Conscience! Horror! - Miserable Wretch!" and "Oh H-----l! H------l! hide me from myself". The monk says to Price, who is the leader of the group, "Curse your Republican Cant - you have ruined the Cause". Price answers, "No - tis admitting ye Whore of Babilon into ye Confediracy have undone us.""--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below images., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Where may be seen the compleatest collection of comick & satirical prints in the kingdom. Admittance one shilling., Two lines of text below title: This print is humbly dedicated to the Church of England & to the great body of worthy dissenters who refused to join ..., Design consists of six captioned panels in two horizontal strips, the upper strip entitled "The intention" and the lower strip entitled "The fact.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Sedition -- Furniture: Bed -- Acts: Reference to the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, March 2, 1790 -- Clergy: Monk -- Popery -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Mythology: Harpies -- Altars -- Crucifixes -- Votes on the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts -- Horace Walpole refers to subject., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 18, 1790, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Priestly, Joseph 1733-1804, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Price, Richard, 1723-1791, Lindsey, Theophilus, 1723-1808, Kippis, Andrew, 1725-1795, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Deane, Silas, 1737-1789, and Rees, Abraham, 1743-1825
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1790?]
Call Number:
790.00.00.127+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A gaunt older man sits in an upholstered chair (left) and shown in profile looks upon his well-fed son (facing the viewer). A cat sits at the son's feet. The father says: "It is high time child, thee should't think of setting out in life. Thee art too lively for a farmer, what treade, shoudst like best?" The son replies: "Why father if you have no objection, I should like woundily to be bound prentice to a bishop, for is all pay and little work! Now that would just suit I to a tittle."
Description:
Title etched below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Chairs, Clergy, Fathers, Occupations, and Sons
"Ghismonda weeping over the heart of Guiscardo; a young woman leaning inwards from left reting her elbows on a table, chin on left hand, weeping, a platter containing a heart in front of her; after Correggio; proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand to left side of print: See Mr. Nichols's Book, 3d edit, p. 70 & seg., and On page 224 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, May 5, 1790 by Jas. Basire
