"John Bull's head and shoulders emerge from a gigantic coffee-mill. He is being ground by Pitt into guineas which pour from the spout of the machine into the inverted coronet of the Prince of Wales, held out by the Prince (left). John Bull, his hands clasped, shrieks "Murder! Murder!" Pitt (right), both hands on the handle, is working hard, stripped to his shirt. His coat lies across an enormous heap of guineas on which he rests his left knee. He says: "God save great George our Ki . . ." Behind him, and in the upper right corner of the design, is the crown, the centre of a sun whose rays extend behind Pitt's head, with the words: "Grind away! grind away grind away Billy! never mind his bawling! grind away." Other words from the crown are directed towards the victim: "What! - What! - what! Murder hay? why, you poor Stupe, is it not for the good of your Country? hay? hay". Between Pitt and the post of the mill Dundas and Burke are grovelling for guineas: Burke, frowning, uses both hands; Dundas, who wears a plaid, fills his Scots cap. Behind the post Loughborough grovels, his elongated judge's wig turned in back view (cf. BMSat 6796). The Prince (right) wearing a Garter ribbon, with the letters 'G.P' on the jewel, kneels on one knee, his head turned in back view; he points out his harvest of coins to a row of creditors. These stand in a row on the left: a jockey, probably Chifney (given a pension by the Prince, see BMSat 7918), holds out a paper: 'Debts of Honor'. Next, a bearded Jew holds out a paper headed 'Money Lent at £500 pr Cent'. Next is Mrs. Fitzherbert (caricatured) and another woman (? Mrs. Crouch); others are indicated. Behind this group is part of the colonnade and façade of Carlton House."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Coffee-mills -- Taxation -- Debts: Prince of Wales's debts -- Buildings: Carlton House -- Creditors -- Jews -- Pensions: pension for Samuel Chifney, the jockey -- George III as sun -- Crowns -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 34.7 cm, on sheet 28.1 x 38.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 55 of volume 3 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1st, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
"A reception given by Mr. and Mrs. Fox to various groups of the Opposition, [With one or two exceptions the identifications are those of Miss Banks; the characterization is excellent, and most are unmistakeable.] in which the arrangement has political and social significance. Three Grenvilles bow to the host and hostess; the Marquis of Buckingham, wearing his ribbon, holding hat and gold-headed cane and showing a gouty leg and foot, bends low. Next is Lord Grenville, clasping his hat to his breast, more ingratiating but less obsequious than his brother. Next is the stout Lord Temple, awkwardly imitating his uncle's gesture. Fox, wearing a sword, returns Buckingham's bow, his hand on his heart; on his right. stands the fat Mrs. Fox, curtseying, and ogling Grenville. She holds a fan on which is a profile portrait of 'Napoleone Ist'; from her pocket projects a flask of 'French Brandy', indicative of her antecedents (cf. BMSats 7370, 10589) as well as her sympathies, cf. BMSat 9892). On the extreme right. is the Prince of Wales, in back view, the greater part of his figure cut off by the margin, but unmistakable. From his pocket projects a paper: 'Henry IV. Sc. I [sic] Pr of W -l know you all, & shall . . . while.' A short fat man gazes up at him admiringly, obsequiously amused; he is identified by Miss Banks as 'Mr [i.e. General] Fitzpatrick', but resembles M. A. Taylor. Beside him is a dog, his collar inscribed 'Tommy Tattle' [? Thomas Tyrwhitt]. Mrs. Fitzherbert sits, in semi-state, in the corner of a sofa, holding a fan on which are the Prince's feathers and 'Ich Dien'; she is about to take a ticket, 'Coalition Masquerade', proffered with ingratiating vivacity by Lord Carlisle. Next Carlisle behind the sofa stands the Duke of Clarence, facing the Prince, and cruelly caricatured. Mrs. Jordan takes his right. arm, but is reading Jobson & Nell [characters in 'The Devil to pay] with the Farce of Equality' [see BMSat 7908, &c.]. Behind the pair are Col. McMahon, sly and furtive, and a large man, resembling the Duke of York. [Identified by Miss Banks as 'Mr. Tyrwitt', but Tommy Tyrwhitt was noted for his small size. ] Behind Mrs. Fitzherbert, Erskine, in wig and gown, delightedly holds up a large paper (the words partly obscured): 'Arraignments for the new Broad-Bottom'd Administration [cf. BMSat 10530], Citn Volpone [see BMSat 9892] . . . Lord Pogy [Grenville] . . . Madame Volpone .. . Cit . . . Ego [Erskine, see BMSat 9246], Lord High [Chancellor], Greyhound [Grey], H . . . Tooke . . ., Tierney' [imaginatively legible]. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Grand cooperative meeting at St. Ann's Hill
Description:
Title etched below image., Text following title: Respectfully dedicated to the admirers of a "Broad-Bottom'd administration.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 74 of volume 5 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 18th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Fox, Elizabeth, 1750-1842, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824, Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby, Countess of, 1761-1821, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Walpole, George, 1761-1830, Jones, Thomas Tyrwhitt, Sir, 1765-1811, Adair, Robert, Sir, 1763-1855, Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759 or 62-1829, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Gordon, Jane Maxwell Gordon, Duchess of, d. 1812, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, Cecil, Mary Amelia, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1750-1835., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
"A squalid domestic interior: the Prince of Wales (right) and Mrs. Fitzherbert (left) sit facing each other on each side of an open fireplace. A calf's head suspended from a string roasts before the fire. She mends a pair of breeches which he has taken off; on the breeches and on his left leg the word 'Honi' is conspicuous. He is out at elbows though fashionably dressed. Next to Mrs. Fitzherbert and on the extreme left is an infant in a wicker cradle, on rockers; the Prince negligently holds a string attached to the cradle. On the wall is a ballad: 'A Begging We will go &c.' The Prince of Wales' feathers also decorate the wall. On the extreme right is a small table, scantily laid for one. Weltje kneels beside it, unpacking a basket of potatoes. He looks round at George Hanger who stands behind the table in profile to the left holding a mug."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Domestic scene -- Furniture: chair -- Literary quotation: Colley Cibber's Love's last shift, or The fool in fashion -- Military uniform: Colonel in light infantry -- Roasting a calf's head -- Infant in wicker cradle -- Prince's debts -- Basket of potatoes.
Publisher:
Pub'd Feby. 26, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne,, Hanger, George,, and Weltje, Louis,
"A lady stands on a mound in profile to the left; a young military officer (left) fires a cannon from an embrasure, while another fires a trench-mortar at her from behind. Her dress caricatures the fashion for a very projecting breast, and a large protuberance at the back of the petticoats. She wears a hat with an enormous brim, her hands are in a large fur mutt. She resembles Mrs. Fitzherbert. At the foot of the mound a Cupid uses his arrow to undermine the ground on which she stands. Beneath the title is engraved: 'In vain Before the Fair one Arms, With Breastworks high her panting charms, In vain Behind yon Mount is plac'd, Which Wits may say is Bum proof cas'd, Ifparts More Weak to guard she fails, Where artful Love by Mine assails. Tho' Fox's Brush as Muff may warm And snug conceal what all must charm, Guard well that Pass: there lies the Proof Jove! dearly lov'd a well Thatch'd Roof.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Siege of Fort Phyllis
Description:
Title etched below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Ladies' costumes -- Hat -- Muff -- Derrières -- Bosoms -- Military uniforms -- Fortification -- Cannon
Publisher:
Pub'd 16 May, 1786, by Geo. Townley Stubbs Peters Court St. Martins Lane
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... who has just fitted up his exhibition in an entire novel stile [sic], admittance one shillg. NB. folios of caracatures [sic] lent., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Morganatic marriages: George IV to Mrs. Fitzherbert, Dec. 15, 1785 -- Deeds: George IV to Mrs. Fitzherbert -- Bible: I, Kings, 11, 3, altered quotation -- Pictures amplifying subject: King Solomon.
Publisher:
Pub. August 26 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821
"The stage, flanked by the stage-boxes, extends across the design, the base of which is the orchestra, where the new Ministry perform. George III has stepped on to the stage from the royal box (l.) and confronts Napoleon, who stands arrogantly upon clouds and points to an enormous scroll held up by Talleyrand. This stretches across the cloud to rest on the stage. The Emperor, in uniform, with spurred jackboots and wearing a large, feathered bicorne, holds a sword in his right. hand and says fiercely: "There's my Term's." The King, who wears uniform with a small cocked hat and buckled shoes, holds his sword against his shoulder. He inspects the scroll through his glass, saying: " - Very amusing Terms indeed! - and might do vastly well with some of the new-made little Gingerbread kings [see BMSat 10518] - but WE are not in the habits of giving up either "Ships, or Commerce, or Colonies", merely because little Boney is in a pet to have them!!!" The scroll is inscribed: 'TERMS OF PEACE - Acknowledge me as Emperor - "mantle your Fleet, - Reduce your Army - Abandon Malta & Gibraltar, - Renounce all Continental Connection - Your Colonies I will take at a Valuation, - Engage to pay to the Great-Nation for 7 Years annually £1.000.000. and Pace in my Hands as Hostages the Princess Charlotte of Wales, with Ten of ye late Administration whom I shall name.' Talleyrand kneels on one knee, displaying a deformed l. leg, on a cornupia which rests on the clouds that support Napoleon. He wears a long gown with a rosary (denoting the ex-Bishop of Autun); a pen is behind his ear. From the cornucopia papers, money-bags, and coin pour down on to the stage. The papers are: 'Address to the Papists'; 'Loan to the - ['Prince' implied, cf. BMSat 6945]; 'To the United Irishmen'; 'To the London Corresponding Society'; 'The Press'; 'The Argus'; 'For the Whig Club'; 'To the Army; 'To the Navy', 'To [the] Volunteers'. Money-bags are labelled: 'Maynooth [word illegible]', 'Horne Tooke', 'Morning Chronicle', '[Cobbett's] Weekly Register', 'Thelwall.' Immediately behind Talleyrand, and also on the Napoleonic clouds crouch Arthur O'Connor, looking down conspiratorially at Fox in the orchestra below. His words extend in a long label towards Fox: "Remember m Friend your Oath, - " Our Politicks are the same!"" He holds a paper: 'at Maidstone Not Guilty - N.B - my Confederate Quigley only, was Hanged there.' Behind Talleyrand and O'Connor three desiccated corpses wearing French Grenadier's uniform hold up three eagles to each of which a banner is attached: 'Army of England', 'Army of Ireland', 'Army of Scotland'. Their caps are decorated with an 'N' surmounted by a crown. Behind them bayonets recede in perspective, their holders hidden by the peace scroll. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Flight from St. Cloud's "over the water to Charley"
Description:
Title etched below image. and Mounted on leaf 19 of volume 6 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 5th, 1806, by H. Humphrey, St. James Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838, O'Connor, Arthur, 1763-1852, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, and Grattan, Henry, 1746-1820
"Mrs. Fitzherbert stands beside a dressing-table, her head turned in profile to the left, looking at her reflection in the mirror. She wears petticoat and stays, with a tiara inscribed 'Ich [dien]' and head-dress of three ostrich feathers and drapery. She is very buxom, with conspicuously large breasts, but is about to place a pad or frame across her bust which will increase her 'enbonpoint'. Above the dressing-table hangs an oval bust-portrait of the Prince of Wales surmounted by a crown and 'ich. dien'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on leaf 18 of volume 8 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 13th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
"The Regent, as Macheath, wearing military uniform and heavily shackled, stands between Mrs. Fitzherbert, who kneels at his feet (left) removing his leg-irons, and Lady Hertford (right), who stands beside him taking the fetters from his wrists (inscribed 'Restri[ctions]'), He sings "How happy could I be with either." Mrs. Fitzherbert, a long rosary dangling from her waist, says: "The Benediction of His Holiness light on the Defender of Our Faith." Lady Hertford, sultana-like in a jewelled turban, says: "You heard of the Row & the Rowly Powly Song before Our house the Other Night?!!" Behind and on the right Eldon stands full-face between Perceval and McMahon, who face each other in profile. Perceval, in his Chancellor of the Exchequer's gown, and holding a brief-bag, says: "The Greys won't move without their own Coachman tho the Brewer [Whitbread] has offerd his black to do the dirty Work." Eldon, in a huge wig, holds the Purse of the Great Seal; he says: "We must hire Jobs for the Night Work but we are Pro' Rogued." McMahon, in military uniform, has a number of ribbons and stars hanging over his arm; he says: "These Garters & Ribbonds are all returned." On the wall are two pictures: George Hanger, bestriding his pony (as in No. 8889) with a burly bailiff seated behind him, rides in the direction of a sign-post, with a noose hanging from it, pointing 'To the Kings Bench'. This is 'George & his Hanger On, takeing a ride together to a Lodging in Surry'. The other is Sheridan as Bacchus, but dressed as Harlequin (cf. British Museum Satires No. 9916), bestriding a cask of 'Old Sherry'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Polly & Lucy taking off the restrictions, Polly and Lucy takeing off the restrictions, and Polly and Lucy taking off the restrictions
Description:
Title etched below image. and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Published March 1812 by J. Jonhston, 98 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, McMahon, John, approximately 1754-1817, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845., Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815., and Dionysus (Greek deity),
Subject (Topic):
Harlequin (Fictitious character), Military uniforms, British, Shackles, Religious articles, Turbans, Wigs, Bags, and Pictures
"The interior of a church (? the Chapel Royal) showing pulpit, side-gallery, and pews beneath the gallery. Wilkes (left) is the preacher, beneath him is his clerk, Pitt. At a right angle to the gallery is the royal pew (right), from which the King looks with earnest attention to the preacher. Queen Charlotte, her fingers to her mouth, also listens attentively. A lady-in-waiting and a courtier with a long wand (Lord Salisbury, the Lord Chamberlain) stand behind. The pew is decorated with the royal arms and has a canopy. In the centre of the gallery sit the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Fitzherbert; he turns away from the preacher, looking at her. Behind him stands George Hanger; behind Mrs. Fitzherbert sits a man looking at Wilkes through a spy-glass. Between him and the royal pew are three men in legal wigs and gowns: Pepper Arden, Dundas, and (?) Kenyon. Between the Prince and the pulpit sit North (asleep) and Burke, looking intently at Wilkes; a lady (? Duchess of Devonshire) attempts to wake North. In the seats under the gallery sit parties of citizens, in general asleep or inattentive. Below the royal pew stands Fox on a low stool as a penitent draped in a sheet; he wears a placard inscribed 'For Playing Cards on the Lord's Day'. A stout lady with an aquiline nose stands near Pitt; with a raised whip she chases a number of dogs out of the church. She has some resemblance to the Duchess of Gordon, a friend of Pitt. Immediately behind Mrs. Fitzherbert and between two Gothic windows is a wall-tablet inscribed: 'This Tablet is erected to the memory of the renowned Plenipotentiary who died by the bow string a short time after his return to Algiers. Two maiden ladies of this Parish who tasted exquisite felicity from his Prowess, dedicate this frail memorial to his loved memory'. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 7935, &c. Immediately behind Mrs. Fitzherbert and between two Gothic windows is a wall-tablet inscribed: 'This Tablet is erected to the memory of the renowned Plenipotentiary who died by the bow string a short time after his return to Algiers. Two maiden ladies of this Parish who tasted exquisite felicity from his Prowess, dedicate this frail memorial to his loved memory'. Cf. BMSat 7935, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wonderful effects of a proclamation
Description:
Title from item., Artist tentatively identified as Henry Wigstead; see British Museum catalogue., Printmaker formerly identified as Rowlandson, but an attribution to F.G. Byron (Andrew Edmunds, February 2021) is noted in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,4.101., The listed publisher "Paddy Whack" probably stands for William Holland; see British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Congregations -- Piety Proclamation, June 1, 1787., and Mounted to 30 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Paddy Whack, Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824, Gordon, Jane Gordon, Duchess of, 1748-1812, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Chapel Royal (Saint James's Palace, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Churches, Religious services, Pulpits, Pews, Dogs, Whips, Signs (Notices), and Windows
