Title from item., Attributed to Cruikshank by George., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Cf. No. 9528 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: Royal Court -- Military uniforms: Highland officer -- Coats of arms: Royal Arms -- Emblems: Chamberlain's gold key and wand., Watermark: Russell & Co 1797., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 25th, 1800, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Criminal portrait; three-quarter length with hands to side wearing a hat. Gibbs was tried twice in the autumn of 1799 for falsely accusing men of robbing her; After making many similar attempts, being recognized, assaulted by the mob, and protected by constables, she was at last found to be insane. See British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Six lines of text below title: She addresses herself to decent dressed men, as a servant out of place, or a Quaker, pretends a deal of modesty, and if she cannot prevail by these means, she then accuses them of having robbed her ..., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 February 1796]
Call Number:
796.02.24.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A country yokel in a hat and smoking a pipe sits on a stool beside a simple table outside in a farm house opposite a pigsty wtih a large pig and her piglets and chickens and their chicks running around in alarm. In the upper left sky a flock of parson in the form of birds fly in various directions. A second man sits on the gate looking up at the clergy/birds
Description:
Also attributed to Isaac Cruikshank in unverified information from card., Publisher's statement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Paper watermarked T.W. 1795., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner of plate: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Published Febry. 24, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Agricultural laborers, Clergy, Farms, Pipes (Smoking), Poultry, and Swine
A torrent of taxes gushes from the mouth of Lord Henry Petty, chancellor of the exchequer, emptying into the "Unfathomable Sea of Taxation" in which John Bull is drowning in full view of greedy cormorants representing members of the Grenville ministry which was formed after the death of William Pitt
Alternative Title:
John Bull swamped in the flood of new taxes
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Williams in the British Museum catalogue., A copy of a print by Gillray. Cf. No. 10564 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and With stamp of S.W. Fores in the lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1806 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Adair, Robert, Sir, 1763-1855
Subject (Topic):
Taxes, John Bull (Symbolic character), Fountains, Cormorants, and Rowboats
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Printseller's identification stamp located in lower right corner of print: S·W·F., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Devils -- Peace -- Punch bowl -- Pistols -- Razor., and Mounted to 29 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octor. 28th, 1801 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Title from item., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... who has fitted up his caracature exhibition in an entire novel stile [sic]. Admit. 1 s. NB. folios lent out., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to the French Revolution -- Reference to Louis XVI, King of France -- Symbols: skull and cross-bones -- Daggers -- Guns: pistols -- Executions -- Poverty., Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials G R below., and With S.W. Fores stamp.
Publisher:
Pub. March 10, 1794, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caricatures let out., Temporary local subject terms: Opposition -- St. Anne's Hill -- Emblems: tree of liberty as cake decoration -- Twelfth Night -- Furniture: dining table -- Armchairs -- Food: cake -- Bonnets rouges -- Pictures amplifying subject: placard with "Rules to be observed at this meeting.", Watermark: Strasburg lily dated below 1797., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pubd by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, and Byng, George, 1764-1847
Title engraved below image., One of seven plates in the series: Every body in town., First published by G.M. Woodward in 1796., Printseller's announcement below image: Prints and drawings lent to copy., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folio's of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Women: country girls -- Male dress: riding clothes., Printseller's stamp in lower right of sheet : S.W.F., and Watermark mostly trimmed: Russell [& Co] 1797.
Publisher:
Pub. Feby 4th, 1800, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Title engraved below image., Second plate in a series of six entitled: Every body in town., First published by G.M. Woodward in 1796., Printseller's announcement below image: Prints and drawings lent to copy., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Fops -- Jews -- Reference to money lending., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of sheet.
Publisher:
Pub. Feby 14, 1800, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Title engraved below image., Third plate in a series of six entitled: Every body in town., First published by G.M. Woodward in 1796., Printseller's announcement below image: Prints and drawings lent to copy., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Older men -- Older women.
Publisher:
Pub. Feby 14, 1800 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
