"Fox addresses a proletarian mob from some point apparently under the portico of St. Paul's, Covent Garden. He stands behind a railing, and bends forward, hat in hand, clasping to his breast the 'Pewter-Pot Bill', saying, "Ever guardian of your most sacred rights, I have opposed the Pewter-Pot-Bill!!!" The crowd look up at him, cheering and shouting "a Mug, a Mug". They wear blue and buff favours. In the foreground are half-length figures of a little chimney-sweep with the name 'C. Fox Westminster' on the front of his cap (by the Act of 1788 these boys had to wear their master's name on their cap), and of a pot-boy, with a string of pewter pots slung to his shoulder; he holds up a foaming pot towards Fox inscribed 'Jack Slang - Tree of Liberty Petty France'. The same inscription is indicated on his pots. Beneath the title: 'Vox populi, - "We'll have a Mug! - a Mug! - a Mug! - Mayor of Garret' A quotation from Foote's comedy (1763)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., One line of text below title: Vox populi, "We'll have a mug! A mug! A mug! Mayor of Garret., Temporary local subject terms: Bills: allusion to the 'Pewter pot bill' -- Elections -- Hustings -- Chimney-sweeps -- Literature: quotation from Samuel Foote's Mayor of Garrat -- Allusion to the election of the mayor of Garrat., and Mounted to 45 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 21st, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Plate [95] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Elizabeth Barton, lying back with breasts bare, in the arms of a man, who holds out her hand to put her mark to a confession which is being written out by a cleric who kneels in front of an altar to right, while a priest stands behind them, gesturing towards a statue of the Virgin and Child on the altar and urging her to state that her revelations were fabrications."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [95] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
"Sir John Jervis sits in profile to the right at a table; his left hand clutches a pile of guineas, his right fist is raised to emphasize his words which are etched below the title: 'Phaedrus: - "The first Share is mine, because, I bore my part in killing the Prey; - the Second falls to my Lot, because I am King of the Beasts; - & if any one presumes to touch the Third!!!' The table is inscribed 'Unclaimed Dividends'; on it is a book: 'Hints on St Eustatia Prize Money'. On the carpeted floor lie torn papers: [1] 'Petition of Widow of ... . praying for payment of her Husbands dividend.' [2] 'Humble Petition of John lost a Leg in the Battle ...' [3] 'Starving for want of Just dividend,' [4] 'Petition of Major. . . who lost is [?] Beauty', and others which are illegible. On the wall which forms a background is an oval picture of 'Thieves dividing the Spoil', in the centre of four oblong prints: [1] Two bodies hanging from a gallows inscribed 'Peculation \ Tyburn'; [2] a map of 'St Vincents'; [3] 'Loaves & Fishes'; [4] a map of 'Martinico' showing 'Fort Bourbon'. Jervis wears admiral's uniform with a cocked hat and jack-boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Prize money -- Pictures amplifying subject: reference to Cape St. Vincent -- Pictures amplifying subject: reference to the conquest of the French West Indies -- Pictures amplifying subject: reference to contributions levied in West Indies -- Obesity., and Mounted to 42 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany 2d, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Regicide peace -- Malmesbury's peace negotiations, 1796 -- Pictures amplifying subject: Hercules breaking rods -- French government: Directory., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of sheet: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746-1820, Barras, Paul, vicomte de, 1755-1829, Carnot, Lazare, 1753-1823, and Reubell, Jean-François, 1747-1807
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: Christmas -- Mistletoe -- Literature: quotation from John Milton, 1608-1674.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1 May 1796 by G.T. Stubbs, at the Turf Gallery, Conduit Street, & at No. 97 High Street, Marylebone
"Illustration to verses signed 'Laura Maria' printed in three columns. The interior of a farmhouse kitchen. The elderly farmer seated by the fire watches with rage his wife being kissed under the mistletoe by a handsome young man. Men and girls stand or sit round the room, watching the scene."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title in letterpress below image., Verses printed in three columns below title: A farmer's wife, both young and gay, and fresh as op'ning morn of May ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: farmhouse kitchen -- Hearths -- Christmas games -- Mistletoe -- Farmers -- Jealousy.
Publisher:
Published 12th Sepr. 1800 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., Printmaker identified in British Museum catalogue., Four lines of text below title: The Leviathan among all creatures of the Crown ..., Printseller's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Pensions: Edmund Burke's pension -- Mourning -- Monsters -- Tombstones -- Literature: quotation from Burke's Letter to a Noble Lord., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials G R below.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 8, 1796, by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 and Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802
"The Empress Catherine, at the point of death, leans back supporting herself on a chest or seat against the wall (right) of her closet. She shrinks terrified from solid clouds rolling towards her, which support many spectres. Death, a skeleton, stands behind and above her, his spear about to strike her through the brain. In the upper left corner the sack of 'Warsaw' is in progress, soldiers are killing women and children, others hurling bodies from a battlement. Near these groups of tiny figures 'Kosciusko' sits heavily shackled, a pitcher beside him. Next him stands Stanislaus II of 'Poland', wearing his (lost) crown, his wrists chained. Nearest the Empress stands Peter in a shroud and wearing a crown, holding out clasped hands towards her. A woman's arm points at him with a rod. The other figures are persons in death-agonies: a young man is suspended by the bound wrists from a gibbet. A naked man holds up a rope which is round his neck; a decapitated man holds out his head; a hand holds a sword which has transfixed the naked body of a woman; a naked child holds up a goblet. Other heads emerge from the clouds. The Empress clutches at her petticoat, revealing two cloven hoofs. Behind her head is a bust portrait of Fox, looking with horror at the ghosts among the clouds. The end of the chest on which she sits is removed, showing within it two grinning demons among flames, holding up an open box inscribed 'for Kates Spirit.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tale for future times
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to regicide -- Devil: cloven hoofs -- Reference to the partitions of Poland (1772-1795) -- Reference to the massacre of Praga, 1794., and Watermark: 1794.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762, Stanisław II August, King of Poland, 1732-1798, Kościuszko, Tadeusz, 1746-1817, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Death, Demons, Executions, Ghosts, Hell, and Skeletons
New mercury dedicated to the free and independent electors of Westminster
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker identified by British Museum catalogue., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening., One line of text following title: Pull Devil, pull Baker., and Temporary local subject terms: Open carriages: mercury -- Postilions -- Elections: Westminster election, 1796 -- Westminster electors -- Symbols: cap of Liberty -- Staff of Liberty -- Parsons -- Uniforms: Windsor uniform -- Flags -- Crowns: royal crown.
Publisher:
Pub. June [1]st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Gardner, Alan Gardner, Baron, 1742-1809, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
"A game of cards at a round table in which Lord Jersey (left) and Mrs. Fitzherbert (right) face each other in profile. Lady Jersey sits full-face, her head turned in profile towards her husband and lover: the Prince has left his place (indicated by a stool decorated with his feathers) as Lady Jersey's partner to stand behind Lord Jersey, his hands resting on his head, forefingers raised to form horns as in BMSats 8809, 8811. Lady Jersey has taken seven tricks; her husband has laid on the table before him the ace and three court cards. All the players raise their hands in surprise. The Prince wears his Light Horse uniform (cf. BMSat 8800), his eyes being concealed by his helmet as in BMSat 8811. Lady Jersey wears three tall feathers in her hair, a locket inscribed 'J' hangs from her neck. The fatness of the Prince and Mrs. Fitzherbert contrasts with the leanness of the other two. A candle-sconce is on the wall."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Nunkee gaining the honors
Description:
Title etched below image., Thomas Humphrey is one of the pseudonyms used by Gillray. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: Prince of Wales's Light Horse uniform -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Gambling: card games -- Cuckolds -- Furniture: card table -- Obesity.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 16th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Jersey, George Bussey Villiers, Earl of, 1735-1805, Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821, and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
