Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "No. 1" in upper left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Musicians -- Ballrooms -- Dancers -- Couples., and Watermark: John Hall 1816.
"View of the procession in St. George's Chapel. The body is carried on the shoulders of some yeomen of the guard, under a canopy of black velvet, which is borne by eight gentlemen ushers, the pall is supported by baronesses who are preceded by the Lord Chamberlain and Vice Chamberlain of His Majesty's household, Garter, Principal, King-of-Arms, bearing his sceptre, the coronet is borne by Colonel Akenbroke, and followed by the chief mourner, Prince Leopold whose train is carried by Baron de Hardenbroke and Sir Robert Gardiner; on one side is the Duke of York, on the other the Duke of Clarence, who are followed by other princes of the royal blood."--Reid, G.W. Descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Frontispiece to: The whole of the burial procession and obsequies. : a most correct account of the funeral of the Princess Charlotte, in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. London : Printed by and for William Hone, 1817., and Window mounted to 23 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Hone, Old Bailey
Subject (Name):
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817, Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865,, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827,, and William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837,
Title etched below image., Questionable date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Female costume, 1817 -- Male costume, 1817 -- Vehicles -- Horses.
"Eight groups or couples display different dances, the names of which are in the lower margin. On the extreme left stands [1] a 'Dancing Master', thin, dandified, stooping, arms dropped, fiddle and bow in left hand, feet turned out. [2] 'Country Dance'. Three couples, 'hands across'. [3] 'Scots Reel' A man in Highland dress dances between two women in a six-hand reel. [4] 'Irish Jig'. Three bandy-legged peasants jig: man (holding up a 'Whiskey' bottle), woman, and small boy who drinks from a glass and holds a large shillelagh. [5] The centre-piece: 'La Minuet'. A very slim man in court-dress, with powdered queue, dances with a lady who holds up the train of a limp gown. Behind them is the musicians' gallery supported on two palm-tree pillars, round which serpents are twined from whose mouths gas-flames issue. A life-like 'Terpsichore' supports the drapery of the box, which is inscribed 'On the light fantastic toe'. The front of the box is decorated with fantastic dancing figures, including a Red Indian, a Harlequin, a Punch; some are in lines and dots (cf. No. 12955). The instruments are flutes, bagpipes, harp, violins, 'cello, oboe, French horn. On the right: [6] 'German Waltz', an ugly couple, her hands on his shoulders, his on her waist. [7] 'French Quadrille'. One man and three ladies face three men and one lady. [8] 'Spanish Boliero'. A couple dance, clicking castanets, the man wears slashed doublet with knee-breeches. [9] 'Ballet Italienne'. Two dancers, each poised on a toe, leg extended, holding between them a long garland of roses. Beside them dances a little Italian greyhound. The wall which forms a background is covered with pictures, flanking the gallery. 'Dancing Dogs': a man with a whip directs five dressed-up dogs on their hind-legs. 'Dancing Bear'. A man holds the muzzled bear on a chain; a dressed-up monkey capers on the bear's head; a boy plays pipe and tabor. 'Dancing Horse'. On the stage of an equestrian theatre a man in light horse uniform, a clown behind him, directs the movements of a horse. 'Rope Dancing'. A woman ascends a slanting tight-rope, while rockets explode around her. 'St Vitus's Dance'. A fat doctor, smelling his cane, holds the pulse of a capering and emaciated invalid. 'Dancing Mad'. Two men leap or prance frantically in rage or despair, while a third capers at the end of a rope by which he hangs from a gibbet."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sketches of characteristic dancing
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Watermark: John Hall 1814.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 31st, 1817, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Balls (Parties), Couples, Dance, Musical instruments, Orchestras, and Trained animals
"One of a pair, with the same signatures and imprint, see No. 12929. Two couples dance with vigour, holding hands in a line, the ladies facing right, the men left. Other couples stand. Fashionable dress is burlesqued, the ladies with very décolletée and short-waisted dress, with short skirts, very wide, flounced, and projecting. One has a grotesque coiffure, hair strained into a pyramid, bound with ribbon, and topped by an absurd flower. The dandified men wear knee-breeches or tight pantaloons with high collars; hair cropped on the neck and projecting like an inverted basin. The room is bare except for festooned curtains."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 4th, 1817 by H. Humphrey 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Dance parties, Dancers, Dandies, and British
"A dandy (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13029), with a handsome profile, wearing knee-breeches, advances with a mincing step and outstretched hands towards an ugly farmer who stands facing him with a large stick and wearing top-boots and broad-brimmed hat. The tenant holds a money-bag and is fiercely prognathous. The landlord: "My dear Sir--I am rejoiced to see you--I hope your lovely family are well--You are a charming Man--correct in every point--in short your countenance is an index to your mind." The farmer: "You certainly are flattering me--here is your Rent.--as to my family--thanks to the Lord, my Wife, and all the brats, be gone to kingdome come." There is a carpeted floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Landlord and tenant
Description:
Title from text below image., Artist identified as Capt. Hehl in the British Museum catalogue., Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., and "One of prints (coloured) by, after, or attributed to G. Cruikshank [many were closely copied and unless original and copy can be compared they are difficult to distinguish; some attributed by Reid or Cohn to Cruikshank are in the manner of the supposed copyist; some are probably by I. R. Cruikshank], from a set issued c. 1817 to c. 1819 ..."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from secondary imprint statement., Earlier imprint statement legible despite strikethrough: Published by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly, London, Augt. 11, 1817., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: J Whatman 1816., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: Price 1.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly & 312 Oxford Street
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from secondary imprint statement., Secondary imprint statement readable despite strikethrough: Published by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly, London Augt. 11th, 1819., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: Ruse & Turners 1818., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: Price 1.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly & 312 Oxford Street
