Volume 2, page 75. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three scenes with animals and humans wearing guards under their chins."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Titles from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: Annals of horsemanship ... London : Printed for W. Dickinson ..., 1791., For a brief mention of the illustrations to Annals of horsemanship, see page 446 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted on page 75 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publishd. March 25th, 1791, by W. Dickinson, No. 24 Old Bond Street
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's announcement following imprint: where may be seen the largest collection of caracatures [sic] in the kingdom admittance one shilling., and Matted to 47 x 63 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Deccr. [sic] 10, 1791 by S.W. Fores, N 3 Piccadilly
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's announcement following imprint: where may be seen the largest collection of caracatures [sic] in the kingdom admittance one shilling., Watermark: J Whatman., 1 print on wove paper : etching ; sheet 39 x 50 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint.
Publisher:
Pubd. Deccr. [sic] 10, 1791 by S.W. Fores, N 3 Piccadilly
Title from item., Attributed to Cruikshank from reproduction of the original drawing for this print. See Wark., From a series of Drolls., Temporary local subject terms: Military recruitment -- Military uniforms: recruiting sergeant's uniform -- Recruiting drummer's uniforms -- Buildings: inns -- Military: recruiting sergeants -- Drums -- Furniture: tresle tables -- Settles -- Puns -- Costume: cocked hats, 1791 -- Military: drummers -- Yokels -- Signs: chequered inn sign -- Landlords., and Watermark (partial): armorial shield.
Publisher:
Published 10th March 1791, by Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
A rotund rector with a caricatured, grinning face sits at his dinner table in his comfortable upholstered arm chair. He gestures to his manservant, who wears an equally pleased look on his face, to place the roasted pig on the table. A dog sits at the rector's feet, looking up expectedly
Description:
Title engraved above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 40 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 1, 1791, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Dogs, Eating & drinking, Servants, Swine, Tableware, and Tithes
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Trades: apple venders -- Walking staves: canes -- Old women.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Octr. 1, 1791, by J. Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street
Title from item., Attributed to Dent based on other works by this artist in the collection., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: dining rooms -- Naval uniforms: sailors' uniforms -- Fireplaces -- Literature: reference to Isaac Bickerstaffe's (d. 1812) The Spoil'd Child -- Allusion to William Congreve's Love For Love -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Food: roasts., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with monogram W at bottom.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Dent
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816
Title from caption below image., Above the image: Attic miscellany., and Temporary local subject terms: Mastiffs -- Weapons: bludgeons -- Ruffians -- Orders: Star of the Thistle -- Norfolk.
"Miss Gunning sits astride a cannon directed against the façade of 'Blenheim'. Her mother (right) fires the cannon by putting her pen to the touch-hole; from its muzzle issue flames an letters inscribed : 'forged Love letter', 'Letter from Marq: of Blan[dford] written by myself', 'Letter written by my Daddy', 'Letter forged by my Mother', 'Letter forged by myself', 'Letters in Answer to my self''. In the central window in the portico of Blenheim are the bare posteriors of a figure emitting a bias excrement which strikes Miss Gunning, knocking her backwards, reaches Mrs. Gunning. The former, terrified, says, "O Mother! Mother! my mask'd Battery is discovered, & we shall be blown up! - O Mother, Mother, we must raise the Siege immediately, & take refuge under the Duchess's cover'd way, & there act on the defensive: O Mother: Mother, its all your fault, say what you will:" Mrs. Gunning says, her left hand raised in horror, "Good Heavens! who could have thought that the Seige of a Coronet would have ended in smoke & stink! - well I'll take my affidavit that I know nothing at all about the matter". An aged crone, the Duchess of Bedford, stands on the extreme right, raising her hooped petticoat to form a shelter; she says, "Come under my Protection, deary's I'll hide you in Bedfordshire; & find one of my little Granny-boys, to play with Missy". On the extreme left General Gunning, wearing regimentals, walks off, stooping furtively; he says, "I find our Stratagem wont take effect, & therefore I'll be off; & menœvre; - any common Soldier can lead on, to an attack, but it requires the skill of a General to bring off his forces with honor after a defeat - "."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Siege of Blenheim and New system of gunning discovered
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text following title: Vide, A bold stroke for a husband., and Text in lower right corner: Dedicated to the Duke of A- [Argyll].
Publisher:
Pubd. March 5th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond St.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Bedford, Gertrude Leveson Gower, Duchess of, 1715-1794, Gunning, Miss (Elizabeth), 1769-1823, Gunning, Mrs. 1740?-1800 (Susannah),, and Gunning, John, -1797
