"Eight scenes arranged in two rows. An elderly man riding Pegasus pursues Fame, who beckons to him; he despairs of overtaking her, even "if my Pegasus was as fleet as the wind". Two cronies concur in "hunting the bottle". An old military officer pursues a pretty young woman. Two bailiff's men with bludgeons pursue a debtor. A solitary man has been fruitlessly "hunting after money the whole day". A young and handsome fortune-hunter kneels to an elderly harridan. A hunter after company invites himself to crack a bottle with another man. A fat parson, eyes closed, at a table with punch-bowl, glasses, &c, the second chair being empty, says: "My worthy friend the Vicar and myself have just killed old care and I am very happy Doctor, to welcome you in at the death". Perhaps belongs to a set, see BMSat 8541, &c. c.1800"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folio's of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Design consists of seven scenes arranged in two rows, with lines of dialogue etched above the figures in the scenes., and Watermark: E & P 1794.
Publisher:
Pub. March 8th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sachville [sic] St.
"Two lovers embrace within a small shed inscribed 'Strong Box' supported on a pole; a tailor with huge shears is about to cut the pole, saying, "I'll upset the basket". The open doors of the shed are 'Modesty' and 'Chastity'. Behind is sketched an equestrian statue with a railing, indicating a London square. On the right is a room, flanked on the left by a high folding screen on which are bills with the titles of chap-books or songs relating to tailors, the uppermost being 'The Brighton Taylor' (see BMSat 6942, &c). In the room five men with horns sprouting from their heads approach a (?) lawyer sitting at a writing-table, who says, "Say & seal, I say said & sealed". One stands on a three-legged stool, two legs of which have been replaced by moneybags, each inscribed '£2,500'. He says: "Joys that none but a married man can know - would that there was a Taylor here to measure them, but it would cost five thousand - " [Other inscriptions have not been transcribed.] An old man with a crutch looks round the screen at the lovers, saying, "D------d good Trade Ill go & get married too."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Adultery -- Cuckolds -- Divorce: crim con damages -- Trades: tailors -- Lawyers -- Barbers -- London square., Watermark: J Whatman 1794., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of plate: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, Adultery, Barbers, Couples, Hugging, Lawyers, and Tailors
"'Truth', fully draped, her name on her belt, hurries forward, holding up an irradiated torch which directs darts of lightning at creatures in the mouth of a cave (left). This is formed by an arch of rocks, from which 'The Lethean Stream' emerges. Jacobinism, a creature with scaly legs and long serpent-like tail (like 'Sin' in BMSat 8105), naked except for bonnet-rouge and a belt inscribed 'Egalit[é]' in which is a dagger, kneels terror-struck, shrinking from the darts of Truth; he drops his pen and a mask falls from his face. His ink-bottle, inscribed 'Gall', is overturned. Beside him is a heap of pamphlets, which the lightning from Truth's torch has set on fire. They are 'Libels', 'Defamation', 'Sedition', 'Ignorance', 'Anarchy', 'Atheism', 'Abuse'. Toads crawl from under them and drop into the adjacent 'Lethean Stream'. Owls and bats fly off into the recesses of the cave. On Truth's forehead is an irradiated star; she points up with her left hand at an open book resting upon clouds: 'Anti-Jacobin Review & Mag[azine]'. Above her head fly two winged infants holding up between them a crown; one holds the cross of Religion, the other the scales of Justice."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Text following title: "Magna est veritas et praevalebit.", Frontispiece from: The Anti-Jacobin review and magazine, or, Monthly politique and literary censor. v. 1: 1798. London, 1798., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Caves -- Jacobinism: figure of Jacobinism -- Serpents -- French as frogs -- Cupids -- Emblems: scales of Justice -- Cross -- Royal crown -- Torches -- Figure of Truth -- Mythology: Lethean Stream -- Masks.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 1st, 1798, by J. Wright, 169 Piccadilly, for the Anti Jacobin review
Title from item., Printmaker from an unverified card catalog record., Temporary local subject terms: Taxes -- Physicians -- Diseases: hypochondria., and Mounted, matted to 47 x 55 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Holland, N 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
"Twelve figures arranged in two rows, each representing Dundas (not caricatured) in one of his capacities, title and words etched above each. [1] 'A Governor of the Charter House'. He walks (left to right), looking down at a document in his left hand and saying: "How I venerate Charters". [2] 'Joint Keeper of the Signet in Scotland'. He holds out his left hand looking admiringly at a signet ring: "a vera pretty Seal ring worth £2000 a Year". [3] 'Chancellor of the University of St Andrew'. He sits directed to the left in a high-backed arm-chair wearing academic cap and long gown: "There is great weight and Dignity in a gown and Square Cap." [4] 'Patent Printer of the Bible in Scotland'. He sits in dressing-gown, cap, and slippers at a printing-press of the Caxton type, saying: "This printing and composing is vera tedious, but as it brings in about £6000 per Annum I must noe loose sight of it." [5] 'Custos Rotulorum for Middlesex'. He sits pompously in a high-backed chair wearing an old-fashioned cocked hat and laced coat, saying: "A little Consequence is very necessary in a custos Rotulorum". [6] 'A Treasurer of the Navy'. He sits at a table on which are money-bags and piles of coin, which he is counting: "Ah! this is pretty neat employment I love to count over the Siller." [7] 'A Governor of Greenwich Hospital'. He stands, wearing cocked hat and uniform, in profile to the right, right hand on his hip, left hand on the hilt of a sword: "a naval uniform is vera becoming." [8] 'A Commissioner of Chelsea Hospital'. He stands with arms folded, wearing cocked hat with military uniform: "As is also that of the Miliatory in due season." [9] 'A Commissioner for India Affairs'. He stands with his back to a group of barrels and chests, turning to the right: "What are ye aboot ye lazy loons, why are not these goods shipp'd off for India d'ye mean to do nothing at aw' for your money." [10] 'Governor of the Bank of Scotland'. He stands in profile to the left, 'chapeau-bras', one hand thrust under his waistcoat and wearing an old-fashioned wig: "This is what I call snug - vera little trouble." [11] 'A Secretary'. He writes busily in profile to the right at a davenport desk: "By my Sawl I care not how many Trades they make me sae that the Siller comes alang with them catch aw things is the rule in Scotland." [12] 'An Elder Brother of the Trinity House'. He stands in profile to the left, wearing a gown, bowing, cap in hand: "This concludes for the present my small portion of the Candle ends, and cheese parings" [cf. British Museum Satires No. 9038]."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed in image with printmaker Isaac Cruikshank's initials in lower right corner., and Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folio's caracatures lent out for the evening.
Publisher:
Published Feby. 5, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Name):
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
Subject (Topic):
Government officials, College administrators, Documents, Academic costumes, Printing presses, Coins, Barrels, Writing materials, Desks, and Military uniforms
Title from item., Attribution to Newton from an unverified card catalog record., Publication date in the British Museum catalog: December 13th., Possibly earlier state of No. 9280 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Temporary local subject terms: Taxes: allusion to income tax -- Devil -- Demons.
Title from item., Plate numbered '83' in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles and Carver, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805.
Subject (Topic):
Barrels, Drinking vessels, Intoxication, and Toasting
"An imaginary scene on the deck of the 'Vanguard'. The sailors are crowded round an improvised table, drinking and huzza-ing. Nelson and his officers sit abovet hem in the stern; a wounded officer is wrapped in a blanket. An officer takes a glass held up to him by a sailor. One man plays a fiddle. A Turk sits on the deck (left) smoking a long pipe ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Variant state, with two additional stanzas of the song added on each side of the chorus lines. Cf. No. 9256 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Three stanzas of a song etched below title in three columns: Verse 1st. Dammy Jack, what a gig, what a true British whim, let the fiddles strike up on the Main. What seaman wou'd care for an eye or a limb to fight o'er the battle again., Temporary local subject terms: Invasions: Ships decks -- Celebrations -- Sailors -- Turks -- Smoking: pipes -- Dishes: tankards -- Punch bowl -- Drinking glasses -- Musical instruments: fiddle -- Singing., and Mounted to 49 x 62 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Octr. 20, 1798, at Ackermann's Gallery, No. 101 Strand
Plate [16] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Afred the Great sitting enthroned to right under an awning spread over tree branches, surrounded by knights, gesturing with clemency at Hastings' wife and children as he frees them, while a man in chains kneels in the right foreground, hiding his face; illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., and Plate [16] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Titles from item, Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Where prints and drawings are lent on the plan of a library., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Lewis Walpole prints 798.04.07.01: Publication date erased from the print and supplied in contemporary hand as "Apl. 7, 1798."
Publisher:
Pub. Apl. 7, 1798, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly, corner of Sachville [sic] St.
