Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 30 Box D180
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An elderly woman (left) clasps her head in despair and looks up, away from the body of a tiny dog which a black liveried footman holds on a cushion. Both figures are shown three-quarter length
Description:
Title inscribed in black ink in the artist's hand., Signed by the artist in black ink., Date from Rowlandson etching after this drawing., Drawing numbered in upper right corner in black ink: No. 12., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Two women ..., the Duchess of Gordon and her daughter, weep beside an ornate coffin on trestles decorated with ducal coronets and the arms and crest, 'Che Sara Sara', of the Duke of Bedford. The Duchess, grossly fat and much caricatured, her hands on her hips, stands on the left, saying, "You intended to ha'a him my dear if you cauld thats certain or ony of the Family, but ne'er heed it Chiel I'll take You down to the Abbey [Woburn] and try again." She wears a Scots cap on a wig with short curls. Lady Georgiana (right) stands with both arms extended, staggering backwards, in uncontrolled despair. A miniature on a velvet ribbon has fallen from one wrist, another is about to fall. She exclaims: "Ah me, a luckless Maid, thus crossed in hope & expectation too. quite lost in both Attempts, the one for ever gone the other far too Cold, to feel the genial warmth of mine and Mothers Love. I'll take me to my Weeds & shew the World the ne'er was Love like mine." Her hat and necklace lie on the coffin; her curled wig, flung off by her extravagant gestures, is about to fall on it. Broadside ballads lie on the ground; beside the Duchess: 'There's Nae luck about the House' and 'We'll tuck up our petticoats under our arm and over . . .' Beside her daughter: 'Wither my Love ah Wither art thou gone' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 9311] and 'Mad Bessy of Bedl[am]'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Disapointed Dido still in despair and Disappointed Dido still in despair
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., and Publisher's advertisement in lower right: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 9th, 1802, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Gordon, Jane Gordon, Duchess of, 1748-1812, Bedford, Georgiana Gordon Russell, Duchess of, 1781-1853, and Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802.
Subject (Topic):
Crying, Grief, Coffins, Obesity, Miniatures (Paintings), Hats, and Wigs
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from street address., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Published by H. Gray, No.2, Barbican
Subject (Topic):
Physician and patient, Pharmacists, Dead persons, Grief, and Physicians
Plate [81] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Titlepage for the continuation of Chapter XXIII; Elizabeth sitting at a table to right, writing out a declaration, while Richard III stands looking at her and gesturing towards her grieving children who are gathered to left, the foremost sitting with her head covered and her hands outstretched; a descriptive plaque below."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Queen Dowager putting herself and daughters under the protection of Richard the Third
Description:
Title from text above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [81] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492, and Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485,
"Satire on the South Sea Bubble: mezzotint showing a mourner holding an empty money bag upside down. Above, an emblematic image with, from left to right, a failed investor holding a torn paper reading, "Poverty is at an end"; a man falling from clouds; a dove bearing a message saying "Nothing but Disappointments"; two men opening a strong box and finding nothing but bubbles inside; a total eclipse of the sun; another man falling from clouds; a man being pushed by the devil holding a note reading, "Speed my feet to the Mint". Below, a mock coat of arms with, as supporters, asses holding cornucopias through which men and money fall; as the crest, a Janus head; on the shield, four quarters, with castles in the air, a debtors' prison, three empty money bags and a beggar; as the motto, "Mar del Zud".On either side are lists of financial enterprises, actual and speculative, including the Pennsylvania Company (with verses mocking "Saints" and their "quaking friends"), insurance, mining, fisheries, textile and other manufactories, import schemes, and "making China in England", "making Iron with Pit Coal", "Engine to remove ye S. Sea House to Moorfields", (i.e., Bedlam), "Insurance against ye Venereal Disease", "Insurance of Maidenheads", Westley's "Actions" and Welby's "Golden Mines".Satire on the South Sea Bubble: mezzotint showing a mourner holding an empty money bag upside down. Above, an emblematic image with, from left to right, a failed investor holding a torn paper reading, "Poverty is at an end"; a man falling from clouds; a dove bearing a message saying "Nothing but Disappointments"; two men opening a strong box and finding nothing but bubbles inside; a total eclipse of the sun; another man falling from clouds; a man being pushed by the devil holding a note reading, "Speed my feet to the Mint". Below, a mock coat of arms with, as supporters, asses holding cornucopias through which men and money fall; as the crest, a Janus head; on the shield, four quarters, with castles in the air, a debtors' prison, three empty money bags and a beggar; as the motto, "Mar del Zud".On either side are lists of financial enterprises, actual and speculative, including the Pennsylvania Company (with verses mocking "Saints" and their "quaking friends"), insurance, mining, fisheries, textile and other manufactories, import schemes, and "making China in England", "making Iron with Pit Coal", "Engine to remove ye S. Sea House to Moorfields", (i.e., Bedlam), "Insurance against ye Venereal Disease", "Insurance of Maidenheads", Westley's "Actions" and Welby's "Golden Mines"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Englands folly
Description:
Title from text above center image., Questionable date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Design composed of a central image in mezzotint, smaller etched images above and below center image, and columns of etched text surrounding images., Reissue with different imprint; for earlier state published by Tho. Bowles in 1720, see no. 1621 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., Mounted to 56 x 37 cm., and Collector's annotations on mount.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69, St. Paul's Church Yd
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
South Sea Company
Subject (Topic):
Speculation, Business failures, Commerce, and Grief
Title from item., Publication date in British Museum catalogue: June 21, 1770., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 5 (1770), p. 152., Temporary local subject terms: Mourners -- Reference to William Beckford, Lord Mayor of London, 1709-1770., and Mounted to 28 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
Plate [93] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; Wolsey lying in bed at right, four grieving figures surrounding the bed."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., and Plate [93] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Title from item., Below title: Engraved expressly for the Parlor Annual., The Parlor Annual was published in New York, and this print was in Volume 5, 1845., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Deathbeds, Death, Older people, Priests, Grief, Family members, Prayer, and Medicines
Title and date from item., Place of publication derived from publisher's street address., Sheet trimmed., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Published by J Stratford 112 Holborn Hill
Subject (Topic):
Plague, Great Plague, London, England, 1664-1666, Grief, Dead persons, Sick persons, and Litters
