"A violent disturbance in a luxuriously furnished breakfast parlour. The only lady present has risen from her chair to pull a bell-pull. The frantic efforts of five elderly men to stop her have produced a sequence of disasters. An urn overturns and pours boiling water on a fat man who puts a large lump of food speared on his fork into his eye. A man behind him, rushing to seize the bell-rope, spears the former's wig with his knife. Crockery cascades to the floor, the contents of a tea-pot falling on a dog, who bites the knee of a man in regimentals; he leans forward, planting his toe on the gouty foot of a man behind. The latter, about to fall, grasps the officer's pigtail, flourishing a knife, his mouth choked with food. A fifth man stands behind the table with raised hands and shrugged shoulders. The fare is boiled eggs, bread, and muffins. Over the chimney-piece is a picture of a fat Cupid firing his bow; his quiver is reversed, and one leg is transfixed with an arrow. The walls of the room are ornamented by gilt pilasters in the shape of palm-trees (as in BMSat 10472). Between them are empty candle-sconces decorated with palm-branches. The men appear to be the suitors of a rich widow. Cf. BMSat 9822."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from Wright., Print signed using Brownlow North's device: A compass pointing north., Temporary local subject terms: Fireplace -- Sconces -- Cupid -- Eggs: Boiled -- Breakfast -- Urn -- Bell Pull -- Carpet., and Watermark: 1832.
Publisher:
Publish'd November 20th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Plate [96] 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'; Anne Boleyn standing in distress centre of council, her arms raised, Henry sitting behind at left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [96] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547, and Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536,
"Two tiers of single English figures expressing appropriate opinions about the coronation of Napoleon."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in dealer's description. Questionably attributed to Isaac Cruikshank in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1985,0119.188., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., "Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening"--Below image in lower right., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 16th, 1804, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Foreign public opinion, British, Public opinion, Soldiers, French, Sailors, and British
"Scene in a kitchen. An Irishman wearing smart (spurred) ton-boots, bastes a bird which turns on a spit. A man dressed as a (stage) African prince approaches the fire with clasped and extended hands. Beneath the title: 'Actor, Zounds that Fowl will never be done in time - Irishman, No by St Patrick it will not be done in time for You, you outlandish looking Rascal what do you want here, the Fowl is Roasting for my Supper - Actor, My Dear Sir I dont want your Fowl I am going to play Oroonoko in this House and we cannot begin for want of the Jack Chain.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
No tricks upon travellers
Description:
Title from item., Plate numbered "365" in the lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., and Three lines of caption below title: Actor, zounds that fowl will never be done in time Irishman, no by St. Patrick it will not be done in time for you, you outlandish looking rascal what do you want here, the fowl is roasting for my supper ...
Publisher:
Publish'd Aug't. 20th, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
In the top half of the image, three soldiers in full dress uniform assume exaggerated, ballet-like poses, their rifles in hand; each pose is identified above, left to right: 'shoulder arms', 'present arms', and order arms'. In the lower half, two soldiers also pose: 'charge bayonet' and 'at ease'.
Description:
Title etched below image., "J.B. Gearing" unidentified; fictitious name?, Printseller's announcement following imprint: "Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening.", Dedication below title: "Dedicated to the volunteer associations of Great Britain by their obedient humble servant J.B. Gearing.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark, partially trimmed: J. Whatman 1794.
Title from item., Plate numbered '352' in lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Two lines of caption below title: This is an excellent tap of small beer, I wish the servants to be saving of it, but how will you manage that John. Why my lady I don't know a better method than by placing a good barrel of ale by the side of it., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 4, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Plate [171] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Chapter title-page to Bowyer's edition to Hume's 'History of England'; James II stepping into a boat on the left, at night, with one of the boatmen holding a flaming torch, while the abdicating king looks back over his shoulder at the group seeing him off."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Flight of James the Second and Flight of James II
Description:
Title from text above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [171] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
"Two designs placed side by side, the title so arranged that 'The Contrast' applies to both, the first four and last two words to the two designs respectively. [1] A scene outside Jaffa where the French flag flies from a fort on a rock at whose base are hospital tents (left), in which the sick can be seen. In the foreground Napoleon (a poor portrait) points with an imperious gesture to a bottle of 'Opium' in the hand of a distressed doctor in civilian dress. He says: "Don't talk to me of Humanity & the feelings of a generous heart, I say Poison those Sick dogs they are a burthen to me, & can no longer fight my Battles!!! I say destroy them - As for those Turks, them up in the Garrison, turn all the Guns upon them, Men, Women, & Children & blow them to atoms, they are too bold & resolute for me to suffer them to live, they are in my Way." In the middle distance (left) is a body of Turks, their arms tied behind them, guarded by a French soldier who points at Napoleon. Behind Napoleon two French officers exchange glances, acutely dismayed at the orders." ... [2] Two black soldiers, in neat regimentals, prepare to kill three haggard French officers. One raises an axe to smite a bound prisoner. Two British officers (left) interpose with outstretched arms; one says: "We know they are our Enemies, & yours, & the Enemies of all Mankind, nevertheless Humanity is so strongly planted in the Breast of an Englisman [sic], that he can become an humble beggar, for the lives, even of his enemies, when they are subdued." The other adds: "A mercy unexpected, undeserved surprises more."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Contrast to English humanity
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement in lower right: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Mounted on a 19th-century blue album sheet. On the verso are newspaper clippings on a variety of topics: Sir Lionel Darell and the benevolence of the King to grant him land for his greenhouses in Richmond Park; "Observations on the rot of sheep"; Poem entitled "Leamington Spa"; "Balloon Ascension" an extract from a letter from Bristol, dated Sept 26.; an report of the death of Simon Southward, a miller who was a prisoner for 43 years for debt and the delusion of being the Earl of Derby.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 13, 1804, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Flags, French, Forts & fortifications, Tents, Military medicine, Sick persons, Soldiers, Physicians, Opium, Military officers, Prisoners of war, Turkish, British, Physical restraints, and Axes
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on one side., Printseller's identification mark located in lower right corner: S·W·F., Giles Grinagain is a pseudonym., Temporary local subject terms: French Poodle -- Blunderbus., and Watermark: Strasburg Lily.
