Worthington, William Henry, approximately 1795-approximately 1839, printmaker
Published / Created:
March 1st, 1805.
Call Number:
Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title:
Plate [146] 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'; Cromwell refusing the crown of England, standing on the right with the officers kneeling on the left presenting the crown on a cushion."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [146] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Plate [50] 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 for chapter XV and XVI, for Bowyer's edition to Hume's 'History of England'; with a headpiece showing Edward III standing by his throne on the left, bending to fasten a lady's garter around his leg, to the surprise of the assembled company; plaque below with chapter reference and contents' list."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [50] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
"Heading to engraved verses. A loutish would-be fashionable (left) stands, hat in hand, 'staring like a stuck pig', at a fashionably dressed young woman, who trips off gaily to the right, snapping her fingers at her admirer. She holds a small closed parasol. The last of twelve verses: 'With the use of my speech, I recovered my voice, Says I, "My dear lewel; pray take your own choice; For the future I'll serve, one my love will not slight, That's my King & my Country, with joy & delight. Derry down &c.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Love at first sight
Description:
Title from text engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., On second plate, twelve numbered quatrains of verse arranged in three columns above imprint line: Through Dublin, as once I was trudging away, about six O'Clock in the middle of the day ..., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Droll series were executed either by Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Lower plate numbered '416' in the lower left corner, on second plate., and Watermark: John Hall 1800.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 30th, 1805, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"A loutish yokel (l.), holding a pitchfork, grins avidly at a hideous and elderly country woman who crouches behind a stile (r.), her features twisted in a sly grimace. In the background (l.) men reap a corn-field, and corn-stooks cover a more distant hill. Lavinia is framed in foliage, with autumn leaves and a withered tree."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of quoted text following title: "He saw her charming; but he saw not half" "the charms her downcast modesty conceal'd.", and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Publishd. Jany. 23d, 1805, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
"John Bull, an ungainly yokel, short and stout, stands between Melville (left) and Pitt (right). Melville, wearing Highland dress, sits full face, vomiting a shower of guineas (as in British Museum Satires Nos. 10392, 10400) into a tub. Pitt, rather behind and in profile to the right, rests his elbow on a table and supports his head; a similar tub is before him on the ground. On the table are two large books, 'Debates' and 'Interest Tables'. In the foreground lies a large tankard inscribed 'Whtbr[ead]'. John holds a decanter of 'Conscience Emetic'; he grins, saying, "It do work em rarely to be zure it be better zo than having a continual load on the Stomach tho!" Melville says: "Mercy on me now sick I am! curse this Whitbreads Porter oh Billy, Billy, how is it we you Mon I shall disgorge every thing to the last Baubee!" Pitt, who is desperately thin, looks far more ill and miserable but is not vomiting; he answers: "O Lord afraid I shall reach my heart up by and bye! I never was so sick in all my life.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bulls recipe
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Politics, British -- Emetics.
Publisher:
Pubd. by R. Rapine, Great Knaves Acre, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, and Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Vomiting, Coins, Sick persons, Books, Wash tubs, and Drinking vessels
"Four ladies and two men play cards at a round table lit by two candles. A woman in back view says to a handsome woman next her: "Whom in your opinion Madam, are the happiest couple in England?" The other shows King and Queen, answering, "The King and Queen, Ma'am that's a stop." An elderly woman turns to a man in regimentals with a scarred face: "And do you really think, Major, that Bonaparte means to attempt an Invasion? - pray what is your opinion of him." He displays a knave: "A knave Ma'am, and that's a stop." A young woman says to a fat parson who sits in a wheeled armchair, his gouty leg on a cushion: "What unfortunate Old Lady was that you mentioned just now, Mr Spintext!" He holds the nine of diamonds, intent on the bag of counters, and answers: "The Pope, Ma'am and I clear the Table.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Pope Joan
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to: George III< king of Great Britain, 1738-1820 -- Allusion to: Charlotte, queen consort of George III, 1744-1818 -- Allusion to: Pius VII, Luigi Barnaba Chiarmonti, pope, 1740-1823 -- Allusion to: Napolean I, emperor of France, 1769-1821 -- Allusion to: Joan, pope of Rome, fl. 853-855 -- Parsons -- Medical Disease: gout -- Medical Equipment: Wheelchair -- Military Unifroms: Officer -- Playing cards -- Candlesticks -- Furniture: Card table -- Games: Pope Joan., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1805 by Willm. Holland, Cockspur Street, London
"A grotesquely dilapidated post-chaise stands outside a ramshackle inn (r.); the driver lashes the horses cruelly, a boy lifts a pitch-fork to strike, but the wretched animals refuse to move. A barefooted slattern approaches from the r. with a huge red-hot poker. From the post-chaise leans its occupant, who wears a ribbon and star, and a night-cap. His feet have broken through the ruinous chaise; he threatens the driver with his cane; the latter's words are etched after the title: '"------"Forward immediately your Honour; But sure a'nt I waiting for the Girl with the Poker \ "just to give this Mare a burn your Honour, 'tis just to make her start your Honour.' The chaise is roofed with thatch on which a cock is pecking; it is held together by rope, the reins and traces are of rope. The wheels are broken. Above the door of the primitive inn is a placard: 'The New Thatched-House Tavern' [the Thatched House was a fashionable London tavern and club]. On the signboard an eagle attacking a naked infant (Ganymede) is depicted; above is a board: 'Nate Post-Chaise and Whiskey \ Nate \ Entertainment for Man & Beast.' From a brick chimney a little sweep looks out waving his brush. On a bench by the door a man with a crutch and wooden leg sits smoking and drinking, not interested in the departing grandee. In the foreground a lean sow eats from a heap of potatoes; a young pig attempts to suck; another, almost a skeleton, tries to eat potatoes. In the coach-house which is part of the inn, is a second and less-ruinous thatched post-chaise. Beside the road is a stone wall and behind it a signpost, pointing (r.) 'to Ballyragger', (l.) 'to Athlone'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., and Companion print to: "Posting in Scotland."
Publisher:
Publish'd. April 8th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
"A very clumsy post-chaise descends a mountain road across a bare moor. On approaching a hair-pin bend the fore-heels have broken off, the chaise is about to upset, the occupant falls through the front window. A Highlander lies prone on the roof, saying to the unfortunate traveller: '" - Hald your Haund Mun, hold your haund! - en troth mun! e'n gin you na mind \ "yoursel, youl just make the Muckle Laird coupeing his Creels! - ' The chaise was drawn by a horse and ass; on the latter, which kicks violently, sits a primitive postilion; the traces are of rope. A shepherd (the muckle laird) reclines in the elbow of the road in the foreground; his dog barks at the chaise, which is followed by a man on a donkey. Horned sheep with tattered fleeces and bare rumps are beside the shepherd (r.). All four Scots are bare-footed, and have bare posteriors, the kilt being a mere apron."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., and Companion print to: "Posting in Ireland."
Publisher:
Publish'd May 25th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"Three tax-collectors beset a house door, on which is a plate: 'Doctor Humbug', and above: 'Advice Gratis.' An elderly man holds the knocker, a ring in a lion's mouth, and looks up at the window above where two heads peer out: a grotesque aged couple wearing nightcaps. On the lintel stands a pestle and mortar, inscribed 'Hippocrates.' On the house are two bills: 'The Goodwill of this House to be disposed of for Particulars enquire' - and 'The Budget opened or how to raise the Wind for the Year 1805.' The tax-collector holds a large open book: 'Window Tax Income Property House Tax'; under his arm is another book;..'Tax-Servants-Horses.' Papers inscribed 'Tax' and 'Taxes' project from his coat-pocket. Beside him, a man holding a paper points his pen viciously at the open window. A third man stands close behind holding a large book inscribed 'Dog Tax.' On the extreme left a woman carrying an infant begs, looking up at the window; a little boy beside her holds out his hat for alms to the tax-collector. On the right a fat man gapes up at the window while a little boy picks his pocket of a hankerchief. The house is at a corner, and from its wall a lamp with oil, spilling it on the people below. In the background (right) are tall, old-fashioned houses, all the windows, except in the top floor and attics, are 'Block'd Up'; one is 'To Lett.'"--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Clamorous tax gatherers
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: 1809.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 3, 1805, by Howitt, N. 73, Wardour Street, Soho
Subject (Topic):
Beggars, City & town life, Pickpockets, Poor persons, and Taxes
