"The two members for Middlesex simultaneously address a meeting of freeholders from a hustings against a building (The Mermaid, at Hackney) which forms a background. Both lean forward in profile to the right. Byng (left), thin and elegant, gesticulates with clenched fist, right arm above his head. He frowns, while Mainwaring (right) grimaces insinuatingly, his hands held out deprecatingly. From Byng's pocket issues a paper: 'Treatise on the use of Cocoa'. On the extreme left, behind Byng, stands Fox, holding Byng's hat. The other men on the platform, all wearing hats, are freely sketched. On the wooden barrier of the hustings are two bills, the lower part of which is concealed by the heads of the spectators, which reach across the lower edge of the design: 'Mermaid Hackney Meeting of the Freeholders for obtaining a Repeal of the odious, detestable, obnoxious, unconstitutional oppressive treasonable . . .' and 'Address to his Majesty by the Freeholders.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Hustings -- Reference to Treasonable Activities and Seditious Meetings bills., Possibly an impression from a worn plate; publisher's street address is lightly printed and barely legible., and Mounted to 42 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 1st, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Byng, George, 1764-1847, and Mainwaring, William, 1735-1821
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... whe [sic] may be seen the largest collection of caratures [sic] in the world. Admite 1 shilg., and Temporary local subject terms: Dice and dicebox -- Allusion to Crown and Anchor tavern -- Male costume: sansculotte -- Allusion to sansculottes -- Subscription for Fox, 1793 -- Allusion to Catiline: Fox as Catiline.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of verse in two columns below title: How happy could I be with either ..., Publisher's advertisement following the imprint: ... who has again opened his exhibition room to which he has added several hundred old & new subjects., Temporary local subject terms: Duplicity -- Association Against Levellers -- Sansculottes -- Music: c̦a ira -- Slogans: God save Great George our King -- Bludgeons -- Weapons: pistol -- Dover Straights., Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials G R below., and Mounted to 40 x 34 cm.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in partial loss of ms. annotation., Four lines of verse in two columns below title: How happy could I be with either ..., In lower right corner added in contemporary hand: Sold by Fores & Co. 51 St. Pauls Churc[h Yard]., Publisher's advertisement following the imprint: ... who has again opened his exhibition room to which he has added several hundred old & new [subjects]. Also a complete model of the guillotine 4 feet high. Admite. 1.., Reissue, with additional advertisement, line of text below the verse and sale information, of No. 8142 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Temporary local subject terms: Duplicity -- Association Against Levellers -- Music: c̦a ira -- Slogans: God save Great George our King -- Bludgeons -- Weapons: pistol -- Dover Straights.
Volume 2, page 31. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A scene in a barber's shop during the Westminster Election of 1784. The centre figure is a man seated, full-face, swathed in a sheet, while a boy (left) applies tongs to his hair, which a man (right) is combing. From the pocket of the boy protrudes a label inscribed 'Hood'; from that of the other, '[Wr]ay'. On the ground projecting from the sheet is '[F]ox'. In the foreground (left) a customer is seated, clasping his bald head with a concerned expression as he reads a newspaper; behind his head is a notice, 'State of the Poll'. Two men, their hair freshly curled, stand in profile to the left before a looking-glass (left) adjusting their cravats. On the extreme right a barber shaves a man whose face is lathered; the barber's apron is inscribed 'Success to the Poll'. Next, a stout man wearing top-boots, standing full-face, turning his head upwards and in profile to the left, stanches a cut on his cheek with a towel. A boy stands beside him holding a barber's basin. In the centre foreground two dogs tug at a bag-wig; one (left) wears a 'Hood & Wray' favour, the other a Fox favour. A large hat on the ground has a 'Hood and Wray' favour. A barber's block has been overturned (left). On another (left) is a wig. Wigs and wig-boxes decorate the back wall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Mounted on page 31 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : stipple engraving and etching with rocker on laid paper ; sheet 50.7 x 66.7 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, May 12, 1785, by J. Jones, Great Portland Street, & W. Dickenson [sic], No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805., Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Political elections, Barbers, Barbershops, Dogs, Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, Shaving equipment, and Wigs
Volume 2, page 31. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A scene in a barber's shop during the Westminster Election of 1784. The centre figure is a man seated, full-face, swathed in a sheet, while a boy (left) applies tongs to his hair, which a man (right) is combing. From the pocket of the boy protrudes a label inscribed 'Hood'; from that of the other, '[Wr]ay'. On the ground projecting from the sheet is '[F]ox'. In the foreground (left) a customer is seated, clasping his bald head with a concerned expression as he reads a newspaper; behind his head is a notice, 'State of the Poll'. Two men, their hair freshly curled, stand in profile to the left before a looking-glass (left) adjusting their cravats. On the extreme right a barber shaves a man whose face is lathered; the barber's apron is inscribed 'Success to the Poll'. Next, a stout man wearing top-boots, standing full-face, turning his head upwards and in profile to the left, stanches a cut on his cheek with a towel. A boy stands beside him holding a barber's basin. In the centre foreground two dogs tug at a bag-wig; one (left) wears a 'Hood & Wray' favour, the other a Fox favour. A large hat on the ground has a 'Hood and Wray' favour. A barber's block has been overturned (left). On another (left) is a wig. Wigs and wig-boxes decorate the back wall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, May 12, 1785, by J. Jones, Great Portland Street, & W. Dickenson [sic], No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805., Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Political elections, Barbers, Barbershops, Dogs, Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, Shaving equipment, and Wigs
Title etched below image., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Publication information extrapolated from the place and date of publication of the periodical for which the plate was etched., Reduced copy of a print published by William Holland in London in 1797., Plate from: London und Paris. Weimar: Im Verlage des Industrie-Comptoirs, 1798, v. 2, opp. p. 200., Numbered 'No. XX' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Pugilism: boxing match -- Soldiers -- Military uniforms: grenadiers' uniform -- Sailors -- Naval uniforms: sailor's uniform -- Trades: barber -- Butcher -- Tailor -- Bricklayer -- Glazier -- Baker -- Shoemaker -- Blacksmith -- Allusion to the secession of the Opposition, May 1797., and Mounted to 27 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Im Verlage des Industrie-Comptoirs
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
"The Prince of Wales, Mrs. Fitzherbert (three quarter length figures), and Fox are seated at a rectangular table playing cards. Fox, who is full face, sits behind the table between the Prince (left) and his partner (right). He has taken three tricks, and holds one card above his head, about to play it, looking fixedly at Mrs. Fitzherbert. His other hand is under the table. His opponents hold two cards, and have taken no tricks. The profiles of the Prince and his partner are blank, except for the eyelashes of the concealed eye of each. Fox's features, especially his eyes, are marked and swarthy. Above his head, and between two pilasters which decorate the wall, is a picture of a fox running off with a goose, while a bystander lashes at him with a whip; in the background is a windmill."--British Museum online catalogue and The picture of a fox running off with a goose, while a bystander lashes at him with a whip amplifies the subject; the title is a reference to the song "Black Jack.".
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's statement following imprint: Where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures &c. in the kingdom. Admittance one shilling., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 24, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
