"A German officer lies on his back on a truckle bed in a poverty-stricken room. He smokes a long curved pipe, emitting clouds of smoke. His bare feet project from the striped duvet which is his only covering; on his nightcap is an insect. The plaster has fallen from the wall leaving large patches of brick; on it hang his sword, cloak, cocked hat, and a bust portrait of Frederick the Great inscribed 'F. 11'. The only objects on the boarded floor are a close-stool (left) with a torn 'Brussells Gazette', a chamber-pot, and pair of jack-boots (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Repos a l'allemande
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: delapidated cottage -- Furniture: truckle bed -- Close-stool -- Chamberpots -- Newspapers: Brussels Gazette -- Smoking: pipe -- Pictures amplifying subject: portrait of Frederick II -- Military uniforms: German uniform -- Emblems: two-headed Habsburg eagle -- Germany: German Legion (York Hussars)., 1 print : etching with aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27.0 x 34.7 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left edges., and Mounted on leaf 20 of volume 10 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 22th [sic], 1800, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A confused design: in the centre the kings of England (left) and Prussia (right) sit together under a canopy; they turn their heads in profile, gazing intently at each other. Behind George III's chair a British sailor lounges, behind Frederick's a Prussian grenadier with a musket stands erect. Frederick holds the ends of two chains attached to the necks of the Habsburg eagle beneath the feet of the two kings; the two beaks of the bird hold a scroll inscribed 'Universal Monarchy'; with its claws it strikes fiercely at the prostrate bodies of a man and woman, evidently intended for inhabitants of the United Provinces. Beneath the bird is the word 'Austria'. On the sides of the canopy under which the kings sit are shields, one (left) inscribed 'Hanover Brunswick Hesse', the other (right), 'Saxony Deux Pont Mayence &c', representing German States under the control or influence of England and of Prussia. On the left and right of the two kings, as if supporters to an escutcheon, are whole length figures on a large scale of military officers; each holds the hilt of his sword, saying, "Whilst you agree I am ready". One (left) is the 'Reigg Duke of Brunswick', the other 'Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick'. In the lower right corner of the design a Frenchman wearing a bag-wig milks a cow inscribed 'Holland'; a dog barks at him angrily. Next the cow a man seated on the ground, probably intended for the Stadtholder, holds up his hands imploringly to the two kings, saying, "Pray protect me". Isolated figures round the two sides and upper edge of the design represent the other Powers of Europe: a crowned bear (left) inscribed 'Russia', couchant, looks greedily towards a much smaller bear inscribed 'Poland'. Russia says, "Tortur'd by Ambition - back'd by Brother Joseph"; Poland answers, "I am not muzzled". The bust of an oriental wearing a turban (Turkey) looks over its shoulder (across Poland) towards Russia, saying, "By the great Prophet thou art but a Woman". A crowned monkey with a sceptre and shield, representing Louis XVI, is seated on a globe inscribed 'Holland', saying, "Mundus vult decipi". Down the right side of the print are three crowned busts looking towards the two kings: Sardinia says, "You shall not Settle without me"; Spain says, "Oh. give me the Rock" (cf. BMSat 6025, &c), Portugal says, "Oh! buy my Wine" (an allusion to the preference to Portuguese wines, given by the Methuen treaty and threatened by the pending commercial treaty with France). On the left side Sweden says, "I am in the pay of France"; Denmark says, "I lay by at present"."--British museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from Grego and British Museum Catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 26.0 x 36.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 36 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 10th 1786 by S. Hedges No. 91 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1721-1792, Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, 1735-1806, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790, Victor Amadeus II, King of Sardinia, 1726-1796, Maria I, Queen of Portugal, 1734-1816, Gustav III, King of Sweden, 1746-1792, Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway, 1749-1808, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, and Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789
"A confused design: in the centre the kings of England (left) and Prussia (right) sit together under a canopy; they turn their heads in profile, gazing intently at each other. Behind George III's chair a British sailor lounges, behind Frederick's a Prussian grenadier with a musket stands erect. Frederick holds the ends of two chains attached to the necks of the Habsburg eagle beneath the feet of the two kings; the two beaks of the bird hold a scroll inscribed 'Universal Monarchy'; with its claws it strikes fiercely at the prostrate bodies of a man and woman, evidently intended for inhabitants of the United Provinces. Beneath the bird is the word 'Austria'. On the sides of the canopy under which the kings sit are shields, one (left) inscribed 'Hanover Brunswick Hesse', the other (right), 'Saxony Deux Pont Mayence &c', representing German States under the control or influence of England and of Prussia. On the left and right of the two kings, as if supporters to an escutcheon, are whole length figures on a large scale of military officers; each holds the hilt of his sword, saying, "Whilst you agree I am ready". One (left) is the 'Reigg Duke of Brunswick', the other 'Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick'. In the lower right corner of the design a Frenchman wearing a bag-wig milks a cow inscribed 'Holland'; a dog barks at him angrily. Next the cow a man seated on the ground, probably intended for the Stadtholder, holds up his hands imploringly to the two kings, saying, "Pray protect me". Isolated figures round the two sides and upper edge of the design represent the other Powers of Europe: a crowned bear (left) inscribed 'Russia', couchant, looks greedily towards a much smaller bear inscribed 'Poland'. Russia says, "Tortur'd by Ambition - back'd by Brother Joseph"; Poland answers, "I am not muzzled". The bust of an oriental wearing a turban (Turkey) looks over its shoulder (across Poland) towards Russia, saying, "By the great Prophet thou art but a Woman". A crowned monkey with a sceptre and shield, representing Louis XVI, is seated on a globe inscribed 'Holland', saying, "Mundus vult decipi". Down the right side of the print are three crowned busts looking towards the two kings: Sardinia says, "You shall not Settle without me"; Spain says, "Oh. give me the Rock" (cf. BMSat 6025, &c), Portugal says, "Oh! buy my Wine" (an allusion to the preference to Portuguese wines, given by the Methuen treaty and threatened by the pending commercial treaty with France). On the left side Sweden says, "I am in the pay of France"; Denmark says, "I lay by at present"."--British museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from Grego and British Museum Catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 27.5 x 37.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 37 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 10th 1786 by S. Hedges No. 91 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1721-1792, Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, 1735-1806, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790, Victor Amadeus II, King of Sardinia, 1726-1796, Maria I, Queen of Portugal, 1734-1816, Gustav III, King of Sweden, 1746-1792, Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway, 1749-1808, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, and Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789
"A fantastic theatre scene, showing stage, orchestra, and two boxes on each side of the stage. On the stage the fall of Amsterdam is represented by a number of frogs (burghers) who hasten obsequiously to submit to the Stadholder. William V, much caricatured as a short fat man wearing military dress with plumed helmet, gorget, and jack-boots, stands with an uplifted sabre, dripping blood, about to cut the throat of a frog, who kneels, holding out a purse in each hand. His sabre is inscribed 'W. de V'; he straddles across the decapitated heads and limbs of his frog-subjects; under his left foot is a standard decorated with three storks. A mutilated frog jumps from the stage into the orchestra from which rise the flames of Hell. Other frogs disappear into the flames, where demons act as musicians; one plays a gridiron with a pitchfork, two others sing. Dominating these musicians is the half length figure of a lean military officer playing the flute, in gauntlet gloves, his eyes fixed on the stage. The frogs who hasten towards the Stadholder have expressions of terror and are dressed as Dutchmen. One proffers a large key inscribed 'Stadt House', another a pail of 'Milk', another a beehive, another a cask of 'Butter', another a keg of 'Holland Gin'. Behind William V the Princess of Orange (left) stands with her hands on her hips, smiling coquettishly over her shoulder at her husband, the word 'Kiss' issuing from her mouth. Suppliant frogs fawn upon her. The background of this scene is a city wall (right) (Amsterdam) and clouds (left), across which straddles a grotesque figure of Fame blowing two trumpets. Above the proscenium the words 'Sic transit Gloria Mundi' replace the customary 'Veluti in Speculum'. ... "--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Last scene of the republican pantomine
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Later state of a plate originally issued with the title: The surrender of Amsterdam, or, The Duke of Brunswick in a bustle. Other changes include the addition of crosshatching, the replacement of the Duke of Brunswick's head with that of William of Orange, and the addition of an inscription on the sabre., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Dutch Patriot Party, 1787 -- Flag of the Dutch Patriot Party -- Demon musicians -- Personification: Fame blowing two trumpets -- Mottoes: Sic transit gloria mundi -- Emblem: Storks for Holland -- French interest: defeated at Amsterdam -- Club of British Oak -- Sabres -- Purses -- Fools cap: Hapsburg eagle -- Snuff boxes -- Stags -- Arms -- Flames of hell -- Cask of gin: Holland -- Pail of milk -- Cask of butter -- beehives -- Stadthouse keys -- Horace Walpole refers to subject -- Harem of veiled women -- Fredericka Sophia Wilhemina, Princess of Orange, 1751-1820., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; sheet 33.6 x 45.4 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two edges., and Mounted on leaf 20 of volume 2 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1787, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, and Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790
Title etched below image., Printmaker from description in the British Museum catalogue of a later state., Early state with variant title, with the central figure bearing the Duke of Brunswick's head instead of that of William of Orange, and with the sabre lacking an inscription. Cf. No. 7181 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Sheet trimmed within plate mark and mutilated in lower left corner, with partial loss of imprint; remainder of imprint mostly erased from sheet. Imprint from the impression at the Beinecke Library., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 33.4 x 45.1 cm, on sheet 35.4 x 48.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 19 of volume 2 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1787, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, 1735-1806, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, and Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790
Satire on Hogarth, being a rejoinder and parody of his print 'The Times plate 1': Showing a city scene
Alternative Title:
The times. Plate 2
Description:
Title etched below image. Plate number below verses., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Six lines of verse in two columns below title: If we're too scrupulously just, what profits in a place of trust ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Map of Newfoundland and Minorca, with signboards: The Cock-Pit -- Bourbon House -- The Patriot Arms -- Old England Coffee House --- Street vendors -- Newspapers: Monitor -- Briton -- Marrowbones and cleavers -- Constables -- Beadles -- Emblems: dove of peace.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Butchers, City council members, City & town life, Coffeehouses, Crowds, Law enforcement officers, Newspapers, Pillories, Street vendors, and Weather vanes
Title from item., Dated in the British Museum catalogue: 1 May 1773., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London, v. 42 (1773), p. 160., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Spain as bear-leader -- France as a fiddler -- Britain as a dancing bear -- Alliances.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790, and Guines, Adrien Louis de Bonnières de Souastre, Duc de, 1735-1806
Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Statement of responsibility continues: Price sixpence plain, coulour'd [sic] one shiling. Likewise Act I, II & III. Price 6d each. Allso [sic] two houmourous [sic] prints on the present time price 6d. each., Fourth of four prints in the series. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, nos. 3820, 3821 and 3929., Six columns of verse below image: To know collectively what's past, view this fourth act & scene the last ..., and Mounted to 30 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
To be had of the following printsellers, Wm. Hannell at the Royal Exchange, Cornhill ; H. Jackson Fleet Street ; R. Richards, Holbourn ; Danl. Paillet, Princes Street, Leicester Fields ; Henderson, Westminster Hall & all other printsellers & booksellers in London & Westminster
Subject (Name):
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Mustafa, III, Sultan of the Turks, 1717-1774, Frederick V, King of Denmark, 1723-1766, Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762, Adolphus Frederick, King of Sweden, 1710-1771, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, and Lomellini, Agostino, Doge of Genoa, 1760-1762
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Devil, and Peace negotiations
Title from item., Printmaker and publisher from other prints in the series., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Statement of responsibility and publication continued: Price sixpence plain, coulour'd [sic] one shiling likewise Act I & Act II. Also two houmourous [sic] prints on the present time price 6d. each. To be had of the following printsellers: Wm. Hannell at the Royal Exchange Cornhill, H. Jackson Fleet Street, R. Richards, Holbourn, Danl. Paillet Princes Street Leicester Fields, Henderson, Westminster Hall & all other printsellers & booksellers in London & Westminster. In a few days will be publish'd Act IIII. Price 6d., Third of four prints in the series., Six columns of verse below image: Ha! Madness horror & dispair / What wretched creatures are those here ..., and Mounted to 30 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
H. Jackson
Subject (Name):
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Maubert de Gouvest, Jean Henri, 1721-1767, and Brühl, Heinrich, Graf von, 1700-1763
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Hangings (Executions), Hospitals, and Maps
Title from item., Plate numbered '47' in upper right corner of image., An engraved letter in the form of rebus., The following words within title are represented by a rebus: king by an image of a king, 'peech' in 'speech' by a peach, to by a toe, Britannia by an image of Britannia., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., and Mounted to 18 x 24 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Novr. 20, 1756, by Darly & Edwards at [the] Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
