"A design in three compartments, each with its title. [1] John Bull (left), very corpulent, a frothing tankard in his hand, sits in an arm-chair beside a table loaded with beef, pudding, and 'Home Brew'd'; he is approached by three famished Frenchmen, who lean eagerly towards him, cap in hand. He points to the table, saying: "The blessed effects of a good Constitution." The three say: "I am your Friend John Bull you want a Reform"; "My Honble Friend speaks my Sentiments"; "John Bull you are too Fat." Below: [2] The three Frenchmen, ragged, bare-legged, and fierce-looking, two with bludgeons and one with a dagger, advance menacingly to John Bull, who holds out a frog, saying: "A Pretty Reform indeed you have deprived me of my Leg and given me nothing but Frogs to eat I shall be Starved I am no Frenchman." He has a wooden leg, is less stout than in [1], and his clothes are ragged. The Frenchmen say: "Eat it you Dog & hold your Tongue you are very happy"; "Thats right my friend we will make him Happier still" (his cap is inscribed 'Ca ira'); "He is a little leaner now." Below: [3] John Bull lies prostrate screaming "O - H - O - H"; two frantic Frenchmen holding firebrands trample fiercely on him. One (left) says: "now he is quite happy I will have a Jump"; the other adds, "Oh Delightfull you may thank me you Dog for sparing your Life - thank me I say."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Reform begun and Reform compleat
Description:
Title from text etched above each image., Attributed to Rowlandson by the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Food: roast beef -- Beverages -- Dishes: tankards -- Jugs -- Weapons: bludgeons -- Wooden legs -- Allusion to French Revolution -- Frenchmen.
Publisher:
Pulished [sic] as the act directs, Jany. 8th, 1793, by Jno. Brown, No. 2 Adelphi
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, British, John Bull (Symbolic character), Ethnic stereotypes, Obesity, Meat, Beer, Pitchers, Daggers & swords, Frogs, and Peg legs
Manuscript on paper of an oration by Pope Pius II in support of the candidature of Ferdinand I of Aragon for the throne of Naples and Sicily
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by a single hand writing a small Gothica Hybrida Libraria/Currens under Humanistic influence. Heading in pale brown ink. Opening word in capitals and marginal captions in pale red ink. 3-line pale red initial on f. 1r., The present manuscript was probably copied soon after the oration was held at the council of Mantua in 1459. The Pope had requested the help of the Christian rulers for a crusade against the Turks. The King of France Charles VII refused his support unless the Pope would favour the candidature of René of Anjou to the throne of Naples and Sicily against the pretensions of Ferdinand I of Aragon. In the present oration, the Pope explains why he regrets to deny René's claim and supports Ferdinand., and Binding: 20th century: plain parchment over pasteboard.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and France
Subject (Name):
Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464. and Ferdinand I, King of Naples, 1423-1494.
Subject (Topic):
Letters, Papal, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Three grotesque French officers forceably recruit a gang of emaciated, terrified-looking Frenchman. Of the several men who have been thrown over the back of a horse, one has had a pole thrust into his posterior; at the top of the pole is a liberty cap. The wife and children of one man who has been tied to the back of the horse, cling in desperation to his ragged clothes, as they are dragged along behind him
Description:
Title from item., Publication year possibly an engraver's error for 1793 as the Republic was not proclaimed until 22 September 1792 and while the first execution by guillotine took place in April 1792, it was, early on, called La Louisette. See C.D. Hazen's French Revolution (1932), i., page 384 and British Museum catalogue v. 6, no. 7853., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: where may be seen a compleate model of the guilotine [sic], also the largest collection of caracaturs [sic] in the Kingdm., the head & hand of Count Streuenzee, &c. Admit. 1., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: F & P.
Publisher:
Pub. May 7, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, British, Guillotines (Punishment), Liberty cap, and Starvation
Title from item., Date supplied by cataloger., Above image: Actualités; 190., Published in Le Charivari., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Politics, French.
Publisher:
Chez Aubert & Cie. Pl. de la Bourse 29 Paris and Imp Ch Trinocq Cour des MIracles 9 Paris
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Véron, Louis Désiré, 1798-1867, Thiers, Adolphe, 1797-1877, and France. Assemblée nationale législative (1849-1851).
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Petitions, History, and Politics and government
At the center of the sheet stands John Bull, hands clasped in prayer, as Sheridan and Fox force the bread of liberty into his wide open mouth as they pick his pocket. On either side of the three stands a gallows and the Temple Bar. In each of the four corners in similar scenes, labelled clockwise from upper left, Holland, Savoy, German & Prussia, red-capped French sansculottes try to force the bread of liberty down recognizable national stereotypes from these four nations as they loot the terrfied citizens
Alternative Title:
Sansculottes feeding Europe with the bread of liberty
Description:
Title from text in image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 12st [sic], 1793, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Girondists, Sansculottes, Liberty, Liberty cap, Popes, History, and Foreign relations
A collection of James Sayers' prints, mostly political satires and caricatures, mounted on blue paper and assembled by an unknown collector; topics include, in addition to general political topics of the late 18th century, the Warren Hastings trial, the East India Company, and the French Revolution. Mostly black ink, with one in brown and one in blue. Prints were published by C. Bretherton, Ja. Bretherton, Thomas Cornell, and H. Humphrey
Description:
Title from spine., Bound in three quarter red morocco with spine title: Sayer's caricatures., and Accompanied by a typed list of titles bound in, with page numbers.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and France
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Political satire, English, Politics and government, and History
Terrible massacre de femmes dont l'histoire na jamais donne l'example
Description:
Title etched above image., Publisher and place of publication derived from Revolutions de Paris., Date from item., In margin top left and right: Rev. de Paris ; No. 165. P. 430., From: Révolutions de Paris, 1-8 September 1792., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Louis Marie Prudhomme
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Salpêtrière (Hospital).
Subject (Topic):
Massacres, Hospitals, Crowds, Soldiers, Prisoners, Homicides, Prostitutes, and History
