"Two men, wearing patched and ragged clothes, stand together. One (left) stands full-face, arms folded, shoulders hunched, staring to the right with fierce despair. From his pocket issues a bulky document: 'By Law I'm Ruin'd quite'. The other (right) stands in profile to the left, his left hand in his coat-pocket from which hang papers inscribed: 'Spent all my Money & Lost my Cause'; 'Mortgage'; 'Officer's Fees'. He looks down with an expression of angry melancholy."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Doe & Richd. Roe, brothers in law and John Doe and Richd. Roe, brothers in law
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Law: legal fees., and Watermark: Horn on shield.
Title from item,, Numbered 'Plate 44' in upper left corner., Placement instructions 'Page 107' in upper right corner., Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales / by G.M. Woodward, 1796., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Women -- Itinerant pedlars -- Dishes: Dunstable ware -- Walking staves.
Plate [68] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; Joan of Arc standing at left with arms rasied to heavens, before a table of clerics at right, eyeing her suspiciously."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [68] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published May 12, 1796, by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
"John Bull, blind, maimed, and ragged, walks (right to left) near a chasm, the edge of which stretches across the foreground of the design. His wooden right arm terminates in a hook to which is attached a cord from the collar of a lean greyhound with the head of Pitt (as in BMSat 8794). Pitt drags him forward and slightly towards the gulf; in his mouth is a large bare bone, his collar is inscribed 'Licenc'd to Lead'. In John Bull's left hand is a staff, on his back a burden inscribed 'Loans'. He has a wooden leg, which a dog with the head of Sheridan and a collar inscribed 'Licenc'd to Bite' is biting savagely. Behind and on the extreme right is a dog with the head of Grey, and a collar inscribed 'Grey Hound'; he bites John Bull's coat. Fox, a mastiff with a fox's brush, stands behind Pitt, glaring fiercely, on his collar is 'Licenc'd to Bark'. Behind is grass and a tree (left) and in the distance the roofs and spires of London, showing St. Paul's."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bull and his dog Faithful
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., A satire on a Dog Tax, April 1796., and Mounted to 31 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 20th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxation of personal property, Artificial limbs, Blindness, Debt, Dogs, and People with disabilities
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '169' in lower right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Lighting -- Female dress: miniatures as jewelry -- Practical jokes.
Publisher:
Published 8th March 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Interiors, Theater audiences, Theaters, Wigs, Candles, and Military uniforms
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[9 February 1796] and [printed approximately 1824]
Call Number:
796.02.09.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two little men, arm-in-arm, with enormous heads, grinning broadly and delightedly."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publication date from watermark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening. Prints & drawings lent out on the plan of a circulating library., Cf. No. 8911 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Watermark: Cansell 1824.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 9, 1796, by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
"Portrait of the dramatist Sir William Killigrew; three-quarter length, standing, to the right, right hand under robe; with shoulder length hair, moustache, and short pointed beard; a column and tree in background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir William Killigrew
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?]., and Engraved after a copy of a painting by Anthony van Dyck that was in the Little Library of the Cottage at Strawberry Hill that was misidentified as John Milton.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 1, 1796, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Killigrew, William, Sir, 1606-1695, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Dundas (right) turns the handle of a machine in which two cylinders revolve in contact. Pitt (left) drags out by the wrists the flattened and elongated body of John Bull from between the cylinders where his ankles are still confined. The upper cylinder is marked 'LOAN LOAN'; the lower, 'SUBSIDY TAX'. Pitt says: "He'll come out a great deal further yet turn the loan stone again he is not half flat enough!!" John Bull turns his eyes despairingly towards Pitt. Both his tormentors have discarded their coats; Dundas wears a plaid over his shirt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at base of image., Attributed to West in British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on sides., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Loans -- Subsidies: allusion to the subsidy for Austria -- Mills: hopper., Watermark: Strasburg bend., Mounted to 27 x 46 cm., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of sheet, partially cut off: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pub. May 25, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxation, and Finance, Public
"A handsome mulatto woman walks from left to right and slightly towards the spectator. Her hair is a mop of carefully arranged curls. She wears a high-waisted, trailing dress, defining her limbs, with a shoulder-scarf, bare arms and neck, and much quasi-barbaric jewellery. On the wall (right) half of a picture of 'Havanna' is visible. A patterned carpet completes the design."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Doublure de Madame Tallien
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Blacks: Mulattos -- Female costume: Creole -- Roman costume -- Headdresses -- Mme Tallien, fl. 1796.
Publisher:
Pubd. 25th Feby. 1796 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street