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19. The rival queans, or, A scene in The beggars opera [graphic].
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1809]
- Call Number:
- 809.03.00.08+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Mrs. Clarke (left) and Mrs. Carey (right) (see British Museum Satires No. 11050) berate each other; both wear evening dress, with feathers in their hair, those of Mrs. Carey being the taller. The Duke, wearing regimentals, watches the quarrel, equally distant from both. Mrs. Clarke, arms akimbo, says: "Why how now Madam Carey, although you are so Warey In saveing of your cash, John Bull and I we both will try, And settle all your hash." [see 1803 Isaac Cruikshank print for an earlier use of this phrase, BM impression 1868,0808.7141/ PPA108823] Mrs. Carey retorts: "Why how now Madam Clarke------ Why since you thus can chatter------ And thus betray your spark------ I wonder whats the matter with, you, Madam Clarke!!" The Duke looks at Mrs. Clarke, stopping his ears, a leg raised in angry protest; he says: "Zounds! the thunder of Valencienes was Music to this". Behind Mrs. Clarke is a cockatoo on a high perch, screaming: "go it! go it"; a chair has been overturned, and a mastiff, its collar inscribed 'John Bull', barks at the Duke. A small dog behind Mrs. Carey also barks. She stands with her back to the fire. On the chimney-piece a china Cupid aims his arrow at a heart on the trunk of a tree."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Rival queens, or, A scene in The beggars opera and Scene in The beggars opera
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 1809 by Walker, Cornhill
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852 and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
- Subject (Topic):
- Military officers, British, Mistresses, Quarreling, Headdresses, Cockatoos, Dogs, and Fireplaces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The rival queans, or, A scene in The beggars opera [graphic].
20. The savages let loose, or, The cruel fate of the loyalists [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 15 March 1783.
- Call Number:
- 783.03.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Three American Indians are shown killing six loyalists as the result of the 1783 peace treaty preliminaries. On the left, an Indian pulling on the rope attached to the nooses of two military officers and two civilians hanged from a limb of a dead tree says, "I have them all in a String." The limb is inscribed, "Recommended to Congress by Lord S___e [Shelburne]." Below, another Indian with a large knife in his hand pulls the hair of a loyalist lying on the ground saying, "I'll scalp him." To their right, a loyalist kneeling on the ground and looking with horror over his shoulder at the Indian with a raised tomahawk says, "O Cruel Fate! is this the Return for Our Loyalty," to which the Indian responds, "I'll tomahawk the Dog."
- Alternative Title:
- Cruel fate of the loyalists
- Description:
- Title from item. and Date, including day, in lower right corner of the design. The day of publication not given in British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Sold by W. Humphrey No 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805.
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America, Hangings, Scalping, Massacres, Clothing & dress, Military uniforms, British, Headdresses, Tomahawks, Politics and government, and History
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The savages let loose, or, The cruel fate of the loyalists [graphic].
21. [Het tegenwoordig verward Europa] [Europe in her present disordered state]. [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- [1780?]
- Call Number:
- 780.00.00.27.1 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A curiously carved chest, or seat, representing "The English Bank of Exchange" (Wisselbank) is suspended like a pair of scales by chains from the horn of a unicorn whose head emerges from clouds. It tilts down on the right, where a stout Englishman, "an English lord", sits precariously, exclaiming in alarm as a Frenchman (right), standing on the ground beneath, pulls him by the leg. The Frenchman's right hand is on the hilt of his sword. The balance is further depressed by America, a naked child crowned with feathers, who is seated on the "Bank" beside the Englishman and holding his arm, admonishing him with an upraised finger. A Spaniard holding a crutch crouches on the ground beside the Frenchman. A "Dutch skipper" (left) holds one leg of the "Bank" to prevent its being dragged down by France. He turns to speak to a "merchant of Amsterdam" seated on a chest and writing in a ledger. Round the chest are "sacks of gold", bales of goods, cheeses (one stamped with crossed keys), and rolls of textiles. In the background (centre) is a Dutch landscape; a group of six windmills flying a flag with three stripes, and four cows, two of which are being milked. Beneath the design, verses are engraved in two columns, English (left) and Dutch (right)."--British Museum catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Europe in her present disordered state
- Description:
- Titles from British Museum catalogue., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Verses beneath image in English and Dutch: "Bold Jack! pray, what's the business to-day? ..." and "Hoezee! tienduizendmaal! van dikhuot zaagt men deelen...", and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Headdresses, Windmills, and Commerce
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Het tegenwoordig verward Europa] [Europe in her present disordered state]. [graphic] =
22. [Het tegenwoordig verward Europa] [Europe in her present disordered state]. [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- [1780?]
- Call Number:
- 780.00.00.27.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A curiously carved chest, or seat, representing "The English Bank of Exchange" (Wisselbank) is suspended like a pair of scales by chains from the horn of a unicorn whose head emerges from clouds. It tilts down on the right, where a stout Englishman, "an English lord", sits precariously, exclaiming in alarm as a Frenchman (right), standing on the ground beneath, pulls him by the leg. The Frenchman's right hand is on the hilt of his sword. The balance is further depressed by America, a naked child crowned with feathers, who is seated on the "Bank" beside the Englishman and holding his arm, admonishing him with an upraised finger. A Spaniard holding a crutch crouches on the ground beside the Frenchman. A "Dutch skipper" (left) holds one leg of the "Bank" to prevent its being dragged down by France. He turns to speak to a "merchant of Amsterdam" seated on a chest and writing in a ledger. Round the chest are "sacks of gold", bales of goods, cheeses (one stamped with crossed keys), and rolls of textiles. In the background (centre) is a Dutch landscape; a group of six windmills flying a flag with three stripes, and four cows, two of which are being milked. Beneath the design, verses are engraved in two columns, English (left) and Dutch (right)."--British Museum catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Europe in her present disordered state
- Description:
- Titles from British Museum catalogue., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Trimmed within plate line; damage with loss of design in lower right corner., and Verses beneath image in English and Dutch: "Bold Jack! pray, what's the business to-day? ..." and "Hoezee! tienduizendmaal! van dikhuot zaagt men deelen ..."
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Headdresses, Windmills, and Commerce
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Het tegenwoordig verward Europa] [Europe in her present disordered state]. [graphic] =
