Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Walking staves -- Spy glasses., Watermark in center of sheet., and Mounted to 25 x 18 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Food, Prosperity, Staffs (Sticks), and Hand lenses
"Seven Aldermen, with ass's ears, sit in conference (a meeting of the Court of Aldermen) in Guildhall wearing their furred gowns. The table is covered with a cloth on which are the City Arms and motto, 'Domine Direge [sic] Nos', but a turtle replaces the griffin as the sinister supporter. The arcaded wall, showing the lower part of the windows (with the City Arms), forms a background. The table is flanked by the statues of the giants, 'Gog' (left) and 'Magog' (right), on pedestals. The former, holding a staff with a spiked ball dangling from it, asks: "I say Brother what do you think of our City Asses." Magog, holding pike and shield: "Why I think Brother Gog they are a set of D--n'd Stupid Blockheads." Five Aldermen are on the farther side of the table. The other two sit facing each other at the opposite ends. In the centre sits Bridges; he says: "As late Mare I should be a Great Ass if I did not differ from those Radical Individuals who trust in their own confidence-- I say the Q--n must not go to St Pauls." On his right is Curtis, the largest and most prominent, who says with raised forefinger: "We shall have a speedy Revolution and soon [see British Museum Satires No. 11306], if she is allowed to come into the City-- I protest on my part against prayers of any description." The man at the head of the table says: "No Prayers by St Paul I say for one." The Alderman next him asks: "Where is our friend At--ns, he knows all about burning the Thames" [see British Museum Satires No. 13272]. The others (left to right) says: [1] "Let me see--Keep her out by all means." He stares through an eye-glass, shutting one eye. [2] "Oh dear we shall all be ruined if she comes." [3] "If the Q--n is prayed for we are all dished by Goles--I'll have the Caracatures taken out of the Windows." In the upper margin: 'List of the Wise Men--G. Br--s, Billy Blubber [Curtis], C. Fl--r. [Sir Charles Flower, see vol. viii], G. Sc--y [Scholey, see British Museum Satires No. 12038, &c.], S B--h [Birch, see vols. vi-ix], C. Ma--y [Magnay], W. H--y--e [Heygate].' [This list is in the order of the signatures to their letter of 28 Nov.]."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Seven wise men of the East, prophesying before Gog and Magog of a row in the city, November 29th, 1820
Description:
Title etched below image., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 36 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Date "Dec. 1820" written in black ink in lower right corner. Above the censored "List of Wise Men" at top of image are annotations in brown ink that name the men: Aldn. Bridges, Curtis, Flower, Scholey, Birch, Magnay, Heygate.
Publisher:
Published December 1820 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Bridges, George, approximately 1762-1840, Curtis, William, Sir, 1752-1829, Flower, Charles, Sir, 1763-1834, Scholey, George, -1839, Birch, Samuel, 1757-1841, Magnay, William, 1767-1826, Heygate, William, Sir, 1782-1844, and Guildhall (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Tables, Robes, Coats of arms, Sculpture, Arms & armament, City council members, and Hand lenses
Leaf 16. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three men examine a curious head, which the man on the left is lifting off a low pedestal. The head has hollow eyesockets, is missing the nose, but has a moustache and wears what purports to be a crown. In the middle of the picture the man who faces us wears a brocaded coat, the star and ribbon of the Order of the Bath[?]. The fat man on our right is a portrait of Francis Grose, antiquarian and draughtsman. He holds a magnifying glass in his right hand and what looks like a small carved animal [possibly an armadillo?] in his left hand over the head
Alternative Title:
Connoisseurs
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Printseller's announcement following imprint statement: ... where may be had the greatest variety of comic prints, by several ladies, gentlemen, and the most humourous artists., One line of text below title: The head is undetermined, some taking it for Julius Caesar, some for Holifernes, other for an antideluvian [sic] law giver &c., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., On leaf 16., and 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 25.2 x 35.4 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt., Sepr. 1th [sic], 1771, by MDarly, engraver, (39) Strand ...
Leaf 16. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three men examine a curious head, which the man on the left is lifting off a low pedestal. The head has hollow eyesockets, is missing the nose, but has a moustache and wears what purports to be a crown. In the middle of the picture the man who faces us wears a brocaded coat, the star and ribbon of the Order of the Bath[?]. The fat man on our right is a portrait of Francis Grose, antiquarian and draughtsman. He holds a magnifying glass in his right hand and what looks like a small carved animal [possibly an armadillo?] in his left hand over the head
Alternative Title:
Connoisseurs
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Printseller's announcement following imprint statement: ... where may be had the greatest variety of comic prints, by several ladies, gentlemen, and the most humourous artists., One line of text below title: The head is undetermined, some taking it for Julius Caesar, some for Holifernes, other for an antideluvian [sic] law giver &c., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials LVG below., and Matted to 49 x 62 c
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt., Sepr. 1th [sic], 1771, by MDarly, engraver, (39) Strand ...
Leaf 89. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of a man walking in profile to the right. In his right hand he holds a botanic drawing, in his left a magnifying glass or lorgnette. His gouty right leg is swathed; from his right wrist hangs a knotted walking stick."--British Museum online catalogue and "A portrait of Joseph (afterwards Sir Joseph) Banks, see British Museum Satires Nos. 4695, 5146, who at this time had recently returned from his expedition with Solander, see British Museum Satires No. 4696, to Iceland."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from vol. V: Caricatures, macaronies, & characters. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., Plate numbered "v. 5" in upper left corner and "11" in upper right corner., Second of three plates on leaf 89., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.6 x 12.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Novr. 14th, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820,
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Naturalists, Hand lenses, and Staff (Sticks)
Leaf 89. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of a man walking in profile to the right. In his right hand he holds a botanic drawing, in his left a magnifying glass or lorgnette. His gouty right leg is swathed; from his right wrist hangs a knotted walking stick."--British Museum online catalogue and "A portrait of Joseph (afterwards Sir Joseph) Banks, see British Museum Satires Nos. 4695, 5146, who at this time had recently returned from his expedition with Solander, see British Museum Satires No. 4696, to Iceland."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from vol. V: Caricatures, macaronies, & characters. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., and Plate numbered "v. 5" in upper left corner and "11" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Novr. 14th, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820,
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Naturalists, Hand lenses, and Staff (Sticks)
Volume 2, page 95. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elderly man, his profile caricatured, dressed as a military officer, inspects through a glass a fat man and boy (left), both Dutch, wearing baggy breeches and sabots, who lean against a rail, the man smoking a pipe. A pretty young woman, wearing a high-waisted travelling dress and small hat, takes the officer's arm; her left hand is in a large muff. Behind are the masts of a vessel backed by chalk cliffs, showing that the rail edges a small creek or harbour; on the right are a beam and pulley."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., One of a set of six plates by Shepheard after Bunbury that were first published by Thomas Macklin., For a reissue published 1 January 1809 by J. Deeley, see no. 11456 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and Mounted on page 95 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 10th, 1796, by Thos. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Older people, Military uniforms, Hand lenses, Ethnic stereotypes, Pipes (Smoking), Muffs, Dogs, and Pulleys
"An elderly man, his profile caricatured, dressed as a military officer, inspects through a glass a fat man and boy (left), both Dutch, wearing baggy breeches and sabots, who lean against a rail, the man smoking a pipe. A pretty young woman, wearing a high-waisted travelling dress and small hat, takes the officer's arm; her left hand is in a large muff. Behind are the masts of a vessel backed by chalk cliffs, showing that the rail edges a small creek or harbour; on the right are a beam and pulley."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue of a plate first published 10 January 1796 by Thomas Macklin., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Quizzing -- Dutchmen.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1, 1809 by J. Deeley, 95 Berwick St. Soho
Subject (Topic):
Older people, Military uniforms, Hand lenses, Ethnic stereotypes, Pipes (Smoking), Muffs, Dogs, and Pulleys
"Two pretty women leave a shop (left) to enter a coach whose back is towards the spectator. The foremost (? Duchess of Rutland), raising her petticoats high, puts a foot on the step. She is followed by (?) Lady Jersey, who crosses a step laid across a barred area or cellar, also raising her petticoats. A little girl (left) stands in the doorway. The legs of the ladies are eagerly inspected by male loungers. One man crouches at the back of the coach to peep through a quizzing-glass. The roadway on the right of the coach is crowded. Men with telescopes are indicated in the windows of the houses (right). Other spectators stand in the cellar or area looking upwards through the bars. The cover of a coal-hole in the pavement is pushed aside to show a profile. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Cause of the lounge!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker Isaac Cruikshank's initials are incorporated into the design, etched within the escutcheon on the back of the coach., Date in imprint transcribed as "April 1st, 1793" in the British Museum catalogue; etched lines resembling a "7" are found beneath the superscript "st" but may not actually represent a digit., and Imprint continues: ... who has just fitted up his Exhibition in an entire novel stile, admitance [sic] 1 shg. N. folios of caracatures lent out.
Publisher:
Pub. April 17st [sic], 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly ...
Subject (Name):
Rutland, Mary Isabella Manners, Duchess of, 1756-1831 and Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821
Subject (Topic):
Stores & shops, Carriages & coaches, Streets, Hand lenses, Telescopes, and Voyeurism
