V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"In the foreground (left) is a crowd wielding battledores who send small puppet-like M.P.s high into the air. On the right is the House of Commons represented by a corner of a dilapidated building with a high Gothic doorway. To this men and one fat Billingsgate woman are hurrying with flat baskets on their heads, on which are heaped more M.P.s. The crowd is cheerful and in general fashionably dressed. They shout "No Corn Bill [often repeated]," "Keep the game alive," and "there he goes." One with patched clothes and the hat of a dustman or coal-heaver, shouts to his victim, a lawyer in wig and gown, "Now for it Mr Garrow." Most of the shuttlecock M.P.s register silent dismay; one with gouty legs exclaims "Oh! my Heels," another who is bald shouts "Oh! my head." Most of the 'mackerel' lie limply on their baskets; one struggles to rise, saying, "Faith & I never was in such a Flood before--I really beleive I'm dead--but However dead or alive an Irishman will always do his duty." Over the doorway is 'St Stephens.' in large letters. Within, the (burlesqued) Speaker is seen in his Chair, extending arms and legs in terrified astonishment; behind the table are two Clerks. Only the Government benches are visible; these are empty, but a man is indicated in the gallery. Outside, standing between the two groups of the mob, two constables holding their staffs consult gloomily. One says "We had better let them alone"; the other answers "I think so." On the ground (right) is a pile of bricks, stones, spiked knuckle-dusters, and a spiked club with a bag of: 'Pepper for the Piccadilly Squad'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Shuttlecocks & mackerel, or, Members going to vote on the Corn Bill, Shuttlecocks and mackerel, or, Members going to vote on the Corn Bill, and Members going to vote on the Corn Bill
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered "349" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 28 in volume 4.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 14, 1815, by T. Tegg, 101 [sic] Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Garrow, William, Sir, 1760-1840. and Flood, Frederick, Sir, 1741-1824.
Subject (Topic):
Corn laws (Great Britain), Badminton, Crowds, Games, Lawyers, Politicians, and Social classes
"Six country people surround a flaming bowl on a small round table. A man jocosely holds a terrified cat over the bowl to force it to pull out a raisin. A man wearing a shirt or surplice stands with both arms held up, from one hand dangles a (?) burnt rag. A mastiff (right) snarls at the cat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker identified in the British Museum catalogue and from original drawing in the Huntington Library., One of a series of Drolls., Plate numbered '165' in lower left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Snap dragon -- Punch bowl., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 12th 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Games, Beverages, Bowls (Tableware), Tables, Pets, Cats, and Dogs
"View of Copenhagen House, from the gardens; two slim and one stout man smoking a pipe stand in foreground, a horse to their left, two further men walk away from tavern to right, looking suspiciously towards the other men, behind them men play a game of skittles; fields in the distance."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Southeast view of Copenhagen House
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom., For a nearly identical print, probably from a different plate, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1927,1126.1.5.9., and Leaf 64 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, map and printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Islington (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Taverns (Inns), Pipes (Smoking), and Games
Broadside ballad by Charles Dibdin, with an etched headpiece showing the interior of a tavern with a one-legged pensioner holding a beer tankard decorated with an anchor (center), singing the song, while a maid holds a mug to another who has lost both arms (left). On the right two men play a game (draughts?) at a table. On the wall behind them is another broadside 'Poor Jack', also about a sailor with words by Dibdin. On the windows at the entrance of the tavern are postings advertising rum and gin. Several are dressed in the uniform of Greenwich pensioners
Description:
Title from letterpress caption title below image and above verses: " ... written and composed by Dibdin for his entertainment called The oddities.", Lettered with the artist's initials in the one-legged pensioner's hat and with his full name on the edge of the table on the right., Publisher's advertisement at the bottom of sheet: Just published, by Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly, where may be had, price 6d. plain and 1 s. coloured, The Patient Parson Forgetting His Text, or The Hogs in the Ale-Cellar, Poll and My Partner Joe, Bachelors' Hall, Let Us All Be Unhappy Together, The Barber's Wedding, Mrs. Thrale's Three Warnings, and many other esteemed songs and pieces, by Dibding and others. In Fores's exhibition may be seen the compleatest collection of caricature prints and drawings in Europe. Admittance one shilling., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and sides of illustration., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis.
Two men, both in elaborate wigs, sit on opposite sides of a table playing cribbage while a young woman seated between them at the end of the table, watches the game. The player on the left looks delightedly at his loosing opponent and puts another peg in the board. He has a large quantity of coins while his adversary has only one coin left. The table holds only one wine glass and one bottle only. On the wall behind them is a hanging bookshelf with feather pen in an inkwell and an oval painting (print?) of a mother and child (a Madonna and Child?)
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Window mounted to 41 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 4th, 1773, by W. Humphrey, St. Martins Lane
Subject (Topic):
Bookcases, Eating & drinking, Card games, Gambling, Games, and Wigs
In a large paneled room decorated with four paintings, a young couple play at battledore and shuttlecock. Another young woman, sitting on a low stool near the fireplace, appears to be keeping score
Alternative Title:
Diversion of battledore and shuttlecock
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., Publisher inferred from another print in the series: The king and miller of Mansfied., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., and One of a series of engravings made from the paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743.
Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed to plate mark., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., and Publication statement etched as part of design.
Publisher:
Publishd by some body in [the] caracter of no body one of [the] minority
Subject (Name):
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '132 'in lower right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Pastimes -- 'Ninepins' -- Garden benches.
Publisher:
Published 1st Decr. 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
In the upper right, beneath the French flag, French troops and Indians attack English settlers and burn their homes as signs of general social and political corruption are illustrated in the foreground; each scene is numbered and explained in the key below the image. In the center a tower covered by a cloud, obscuring all but a crown, orb and scepter. Two counselors with goose heads standing gossiping, and two bishops play backgammon and drink spirits (wine?), one sits on a chair made from a bible and the other sits on am overturned model of a church. Two noblemen rob a countryman as he sleeps in his chair. Two senators count their bribes, one hiding the money in his 'pension'. The decline in manufacturing (trade) is symbolized by the idle loom, covered with cobwebs and labeled "To be sold cheape". A thin, starving seaman begs while behind him two common folk stand idly with their hands in their pockets. In the upper left, soldiers in uniform lounge around their military encampment, beside rows of tents and cannons. In the distance, lines of ships stand idle at sea
Description:
Title etched above image., Earlier state of the print had 'Gazette' in title; this later state Gazette has been burnished out and replaced with 'Evening Post.', Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark., Following imprint: "Price six pence.", Later state, with change in title, of No. 3605 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 17, 1757, by T. Ewart at the Bee Hive near St. Martins Lane in the Strand
Subject (Geographic):
United States and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760
Subject (Topic):
History, Political corruption, Backgammon, Clergy, Games, Pleading (Begging), and Starvation
