Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Reduced copy of a print originally published by S.W. Fores in 1800., Plate is part of a series of reduced copies of prints published by Fores in 1806 and etched primarily by Charles Williams., Plate is numbered in lower left corner: No. 10., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: billiards room -- Furniture: raised bench -- Score boards -- Games: billiards., and Watermark.
"Fox as Abdallah, captain of the thieves, leads his band towards the treasure-cave; he stands in profile to the right., facing the cave where a Chancellor's gown and a Chief Justice's gown are suspended. On a table decorated with the Royal Arms are three coronets; in front of it, two sacks of 'Cash', a mace, large rolls of parchment inscribed 'Places' and 'Pensions'. The thieves all wear jewelled turbans with aigrettes, Turkisn trousers tucked into boots, zouave jackets edged with fur over short sleeves. Each holds a sabre. Fox exclaims "Open Sesame." The thieves are crowded together behind Fox and Sheridan, who points to the cave, turning round to say: "Glorious spoils comrades in this Cavern of Ours, surely there is enoug to satisfy us all, I long to lead a sober steady Life." The other thieves are not characterized, and it is not clear to which speaker the different speeches belong. Behind and between Sheridan and Fox is Sidmouth saying: "Blister me [cf. BMSat 9849] if I dont think my exploits deserve that roll of Parchment." Windham (regarded as a war-monger, cf. BMSat 9871), says: "I should like a little cutting and slashing befor I left off Buisiness!" The Marquis of Buckingham, indicated by spectacles, says: "If the Cady will but make me a Viceroy ill give up this buisiness at once." This speech is also connected with Bedford's profile Next the head of the latter is that of the tall Moira. Erskine (1.) says: "I'll take the black gown trim'd with gold, and the valuble [the mace] that belongs to it. for my share". An unappropriated speech must belong to Ellenborough (not discoverable): "Well I'll take the one with the Fur upon it, and some thing to make up for the want of Gold trimming." Others of the band are little Lord Henry Petty looking up at Sheridan and the bulky Grenville with his sabre resting on his shoulder. Profiles suggest Burdett (on the extreme left.) and Grey."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Scene in the Forty Thievs performing at the Theatre Royal and Scene in the Forty Thieves performing at the Theatre Royal
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publisher in British Museum catalogue: E. Walker active from 1789-1813., Figures identified in ms. annotations along outer margin of print., and Mounted to 32 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May, 1806 by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, and Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Clergy: vestry -- Poverty -- Families -- Churchwardens., and Mounted to 17 x 23 cm.
"The undergraduate walks diagonally (right to left) across the grass of a College court; under his arm is a book: 'Advice to Freshmen'. Behind him (right) the grossly obese Master stands in a Gothic doorway leading from a staircase, pointing angrily at the culprit. A shambling man with a broom stands obsequiously beside the doorway, looking over his shoulder apprehensively at the unconscious undergraduate, who leaves a trail of conspicuous footprints on the turf. A Fellow in a mullioned window next the doorway scowls at the young man through a glass."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Rake's-progress at the university. No. 2
Description:
Title from text within curly brackets below image, following series title., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Second of five prints in a series entitled: The rake's progress at the university.
Publisher:
Publish'd October 22d, 1806, by H Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
"Two Fellows in cap and gown (l.), walking l. to r. under a stone arcade, see with shocked disapproval a dismayed undergraduate emerging from a door giving on to the arcade. He is slim and fashionably dressed. Another undergraduate (r.) with gold-embroidered gown, and the gold tassel denoting a peer, walking r. to left. along the arcade, watches the encounter with amused delight."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Rake's-progress at the university. No. 1
Description:
Title from text within curly brackets below image, following series title., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and First of five prints in a series entitled: The rake's progress at the university.
Publisher:
Publish'd October 22d, 1806, by Hh. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Three lines of a quotation following title: "You were also Jupiter a swan for the love of Leda omnipotent love! how near the god drew to the complexion of a goose, when gods have hot backs: what shall poor men do? [Merry Wives of Windsor, v. v.], Temporary local subject terms: Lighting: Candlestick -- Mirror -- Female Costume: Night dress -- Furniture: Canopied bed -- Male Costume: Night shirt., Watermark: J. Whatman., and Print numbered '128' with ms. note in modern hand.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr., 1806 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Part of a series of reduced copies published by Fores in 1806 and etched primarily by Charles Williams., Printmaker inferred by cataloger based other prints from the series., Plate numbered '24' in 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: Beauty -- Weight -- Dogs -- Courtship.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 1st, 1806 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Reduced copy of a print originally published by S.W. Fores in 1802., Part of a series of reduced copies of prints published by Fores in 1806 and etched primarily by Charles Williams., Printmaker inferred from other prints from the series., Plate numbered in lower left corner: No. 14., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
