"The King steps forward to embrace the Prince of Wales, who throws himself into his father's arms, saying, "against Heaven - and before thee, and am no more worthy------" (the words fade out). George III wears court dress, the Prince's dress is tattered and dishevelled, his pocket hangs inside out, the garter at his knee - 'Honi soit' - is loose. Behind the King stands the Queen on the door-step, half-smiling, her arms outstretched. Two pleased princesses look over her shoulder. Just outside the door stand Pitt and Moira watching the reconciliation, Pitt with a benign expression, Moira more doubtfully; both wear footmen's court-livery, of military cut; Moira wears jack-boots. Pitt holds a paper: 'New Union Act Britains best Hope', implying that he is the author of the 'Union'. Moira holds Pitt's arm. Beside the house (right) are a tree and a balustrade, against which grow a rose-bush and a thistle."--British Museum online catalogue, description of the Gillray print of which this is a copy and "A close copy by Williams, with additions, apparently ante-dated ... Behind the Prince Lord Dartmouth, Lord Chamberlain, stands full face, holding his wand, his gold key attached to his coat. Pitt and Moira turn their eyes slyly towards each other: both weep large burlesqued tears, as do the Queen and Dartmouth."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Copy of a print by Gillray; see British Museum catalogue., Imperfect; sheet mutilated in lower right corner with slight loss of text., Text following title: And he arose and came to his father, and his father saw him & had compassion, & ran & fell on his neck, & kissed him. Read the Parable, verse 16th to 24th., and Watermark. With residue of blue paper on verso, formerly mounted in an album?
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 18, 1804, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Augusta Sophia, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1768-1840, Elizabeth, Princess of England, 1770-1840, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, and Dartmouth, George Legge, Baron, 1755-1810
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Three lines of caption below title: "If you had seen us t'other day in Hyde Park, we charged in such a stile [sic], that Colonel told us it was impossible for any core to make a better charge." --"Bless! you sir, your core knows very little about charging when compared to mine, we excel even the Loyal Lawyers." --"What is your Core?" --"The Taylors, at your service.", Plate numbered '334' in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 12, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"Scene in a breakfast parlour. The table, at which a lady and two girls are seated, is drawn close to an open sash-window (right). A boy, wearing a large two-peaked cocked hat and quasi-military double-breasted tail-coat, stands angrily, having overturned his chair and dashed his cup and saucer to the ground. His mother tugs at his coat-tail, pointing to the two girls."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Spoiled child
Description:
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Six lines of caption under the heading: Mama speaks to her son Antony., Plate numbered '349' in the lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Breakfast Parlour -- Urn -- Carpet -- Curtains.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 12, 1804, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"A lumbering wagon drawn (l. to r.) by eight asses is stuck fast, up to the axles in water; the asses strain hard to drag it up a steep slope to dry land. Its dilapidated tilt is much patched and is labelled 'British State Waggon 1804'. The wagoner, Addington (r.), kneels on an adjacent bank, and shouts to a fat and jovial John Bull, dressed as a volunteer, who stands on the opposite bank of the deeply sunken lane, his bulldog beside him. Addington wears a smock, but his powdered hair is in a black bag. He holds his long whip and his hat in his right. hand, and extends his left. arm, shouting, " - help, Johnny Bull! - help! - my Waggon's stuck fast in the Slough! - help! help." John, who holds his bayoneted musket, looks down at Addington, pointing behind him with outflung r. arm at thirteen horses with human heads above and behind him on rising ground. He answers: " - stuck fast in the Slough! - ay to be sure! - why dost'nt put better Cattle to thy Wain? - look at them there Horses doing o' nothing at all! - what ether they matches in Colour, if they do but drag the Waggon out o' the Mud! - don't ye see how the very thoughts o' being put into Harness makes 'em all love and nubble one another?" The horses, [The identifications (most being self-evident) are those of Miss Banks, the alternatives in brackets being those of E. Hawkins. Wright and Evans arrange them differently and omit Spencer and Lansdowne.] though close together, are in groups. On the extreme left., and rather behind the others, Lord Spencer (or Carlisle) rubs noses with Carlisle (or Lauderdale), Erskine (in wig and bands) with Wilberforce. In front of this group the bulky Lansdowne (or Norfolk) lies on the ground, asleep, his back to the others. Next, Grey turns his head towards the haughty Buckingham, who wears spectacles and a Garter ribbon. Their backs are turned to the main group of four: Fox, with a foreleg placed on Grenville's shoulder looks up affectionately at the latter, who responds with a complacent smile. Pitt watches the pair with haughty benignity; Canning, behind, watches them intently. On the extreme right. Sheridan (a plump piebald), scowling fiercely, kicks up his heels at Windham, who retorts with a blast of excrement, his head turned towards Fox and Grenville. In the foreground (l.) is the stage-wagon (the slowest form of transit), drawn by its eight undifferentiated asses. The tilt is open at the back, showing it crammed with bundles, &c. The centre-piece is a bulging sack: 'Budget for 1804', from which project papers inscribed 'Taxes'. A treasure-chest is inscribed 'Treasury'; coins pour from a hole in its side. It is flanked by two bundles: 'Secret Service Money' and 'Family Pickings'. A bundle of 'Pensions' consists of bulky papers inscribed 'Sinecure'. Large volumes tied together are 'New Acts of Parliament'. Other papers are 'Defence against Invasion'; 'State of Ireland'; 'East Indies'. A bundle of 'Loans for / 84' [sic] contains 'Navy Bills' and 'Exchequer Bills'. There are also three tiny barrels of 'Gun Powder' and a bundle of muskets inscribed 'Volunteers'. From the side of the wagon hangs a basket of 'Family Medicine' containing two bottles labelled 'Broth[er] Bra[gge]' and 'Brother Hiley'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
State wagoner and John Bull, Waggon too much for the donkeys!, and Wagon too much for the donkeys!
Description:
Title etched in upper left corner of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint. Imprint from British Museum catalogue., Mounted to 37 x 56 cm., and Collector's annotations on mount.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 14th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
Subject (Name):
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Windham, William, 1750-1810, and Canning, George, 1770-1827
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Twelve lines of text arranged in two columns below title: From the white blossom'd sloe, my dear Chloe requested..., Plate numbered '354' in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 23, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
A prosperous farmer, who leans on his walking stick as he stands over his chubby, young worker who is caught resting under a tree; he scratches his head as he leans up on his elbow. His scythe is half-hidden in the left foreground. On the right in the distance, a woman and two other young men rake the hayfield. The farmer's dog sniffs the ground, right foreground
Description:
Title engraved below image., Plate numbered '351' in lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Two lines of caption below title: Farmer. You lazy rascal what do you do here, why don't you work? such a fellow as you does not deserve the sun to shine on him. Haymaker. Indeed Master I thought so, therefore I've lain myself down in the shade., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: 1799.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 4, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Farmers, Hay, Laziness, and Raking (Sweeping)
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Four lines of caption arranged in two columns: "I am glad to see you well" -"O' faithless breath ..., Plate numbered '359' in the lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 23, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Three lines of caption below title: Gentlemen I am not going to the further end of the country to prove what I say; the road which I am obliged to pass to my nown [sic] house, is quite unpassable to any thing but a beast ..., Plate numbered '366' in the lower left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Inkwell -- Burns Justice.
Publisher:
Published 10th Septr., 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"Portrait of the dramatist Thomas Morton; head and shoulders, to the right, looking at viewr; wearing double breasted jacket fastened with one button, over frilled shirt with high collar; short hair and sideburns; in oval; afer J. R. Smith. 1804."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1, 1804 by J. Heath, 15 Russell Place, Fitzroy Square, and I.P. Thompson, Great Newport Street, Long Acre
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Two lines of caption below design: "Bless your eye-sight; remember the sweeper, pray do: -Bless your honour's eye-sight." -"Why do you bless my sight? My eyes are very good." -"Yes sir, your eyes are good, but if they should fail, you have no nose to hang your spectacles on.", Plate numbered '337' in the lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 14, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
