Number five in a series of prints published by Fores that parodies the infamous Mulready stationery released by the British Post Office in 1840. Each of the prints is numbered and centers on a different theme, e.g. Fores's comic envelopes, Fores's musical envelope, Fores's alderman envelopes, Fores's hunting envelopes, etc
Description:
Other prints in the series attributed to John Leech and dated 1840. See British Museum onlne catalogue., Title from text above image., and "No. 5".
Publisher:
Published by Messrs. Fores at their sporting & fine print repository & frame manufactury, 41 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Name):
Mulready, William, 1786-1863.
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Horse racing, Postal stationery, Race horses, and Race tracks
Two scenes of gambling at cards, arranged vertically. In the top scene, labeled "Monte," a group of miners sits around a table while one man deals to another, with many other miners milling in the background. In the bottom scene, labeled "Faro," two gentlemen in top hats sit at a table with several miners, some looking forlorn, while other miners stand around watching
Alternative Title:
Gambling in the mines : monte, faro
Description:
Title from caption at top of sheet.
Publisher:
Lith & published by Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Card games, Cardsharping, and Gold miners
Two scenes of gambling at cards, arranged vertically. In the top scene, labeled "Monte," a group of miners sits around a table while one man deals to another, with many other miners milling in the background. In the bottom scene, labeled "Faro," two gentlemen in top hats sit at a table with several miners, some looking forlorn, while other miners stand around watching
Alternative Title:
Gambling in the mines : monte, faro
Description:
Title from caption at top of sheet.
Publisher:
Lith & published by Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Card games, Cardsharping, and Gold miners
Title from item: a quotation from satirist Thomas Brown's 'Works'., Attribution following title: Vide Tom Brown Works., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Gaming house interior -- Illustrative material -- Literature quotation: Thomas Brown, 1663-1704: Works., Print numbered '28' in ms. above design., and Printmaker's name erased from this impression.
Charles James Fox, with the feet and tail of a fox, his empty pockets turned out, and with cow horns protruding through his hat, stands on an E.O. (gaming) table placed on the North Pole. Quoting Satan's speech from Paradise Lost, he looks to the upper right where the sun is depicted as Lord Shelburne. Refers to Fox's gambling habit and his July 1782 resignation after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury
Alternative Title:
Devil addressing the sun
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Publisher and date of publication from those of the volume in which the plate was issued., Plate numbered "11" in upper right corner., Plate from: The works of James Gillray, from the original plates ... London : Printed for H.G. Bohn by C. Whiting, [1849?]., For an earlier state lacking plate number, see no. 6012 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Printed on verso, an uncolored impression of: The V- Committee framing a report. [London] : Pubd. according to act of Parliament, Augt. 12th, 1782 by C. Atkinson, and sold in Mark Lane!!! Numbered in upper right corner of image: 10.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 22d by W. Humphrey [i.e. H.G. Bohn]
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Foxes, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
Charles James Fox, with the feet and tail of a fox, his empty pockets turned out, and with cow horns protruding through his hat, stands on an E.O. (gaming) table placed on the North Pole. Quoting Satan's speech from Paradise Lost, he looks to the upper right where the sun is depicted as Lord Shelburne. Refers to Fox's gambling habit and his July 1782 resignation after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury
Alternative Title:
Devil addressing the sun
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from description in the British Museum catalogue of a probable later state., Probably an earlier state of the plate with the publication line: Pubd. July 22d by W. Humphrey. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6012., and Mounted to 45 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 22d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Foxes, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
Charles James Fox, with the feet and tail of a fox, his empty pockets turned out, and with cow horns protruding through his hat, stands on an E.O. (gaming) table placed on the North Pole. Quoting Satan's speech from Paradise Lost, he looks to the upper right where the sun is depicted as Lord Shelburne. Refers to Fox's gambling habit and his July 1782 resignation after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury
Alternative Title:
Devil addressing the sun
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Date based on that of earlier state with the publication line: Pubd. July 22d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 22d by W. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Foxes, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
"Interior view of the great room at Brookes's Subscription House; men sit playing cards at large round tables to the right side of room; a grand chandelier hanging from ceiling; sofas and smaller tables to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Great Subscription Room at Brooks's, St. James's Street
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 39., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 94., and Matted to 36 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Octr. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Brooks's (Club),
Subject (Topic):
Private clubs, Interiors, Parlors, Card games, Gambling, and Chandeliers
"Interior view of the great room at Brookes's Subscription House; men sit playing cards at large round tables to the right side of room; a grand chandelier hanging from ceiling; sofas and smaller tables to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Great Subscription Room at Brooks's, St. James's Street
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 39., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 94., 1 print : aquatint with etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 22.9 x 27.6 cm, on sheet 27 x 33.8 cm., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Octr. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Brooks's (Club),
Subject (Topic):
Private clubs, Interiors, Parlors, Card games, Gambling, and Chandeliers
