"After the title: 'fully accow [crossed out and replaced with a 'u'] --tred the Hero lay.' Above the design: 'Review--PI 2.' Wellington, sword in hand, falls from his horse, his white trousers crashing into a patch of cow-dung. He wears (in place of his field-marshal's cocked hat) a bearskin so enormous that it may well have overbalanced him. His horse stands beside him, pawing the ground. Behind (right) a group of mounted officers watch the accident. On the left two privates in huge bearskins stand at attention."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Oh what a falling off was there
Description:
Title from caption below image., The "w" in "accow-tred" in subtitle is scored through and a "u" etched above it., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Imprint continues: ... sole publisher of P. Pry caricatuers., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 211.
Publisher:
Pub. May 29, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Daggers & swords, Hides & skins, Horses, Military officers, British, and Military uniforms
An image of Phaethon falling to the earth from overturned chariot of the sun. At the top is the enthroned figure of Zeus with a thunderbolt in hand
Description:
Title from quote in lower left, a quote from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 2, verse 313., First two letters of printmaker's signature forms a monogram., and Added in pencil below plate mark: For Arthur Roberts with Sir George Hayters kind regards 1847.
Leaf 18r. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man holds a whip in one hand and a tankard the other as he stands beside his horse on a city street; a large barrel is strapped on the horse's side
Description:
Title from verses etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented : accompanied with views of several principal buildings of the city. Edinbr. : Sold by L. Scott ..., 1803., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
L. Scott
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Peddlers, Milkmen, Horses, Barrels, and Drinking vessels
"Three men riding in different directions, having come through a large gateway of square brick pillars surmounted by stone vases. The rider in the centre on a clumsy horse wears a clerical wig, broad-brimmed hat, and gaiters. On the right, and riding in profile to the right, is a man on a stout cob, wearing boots and a bob-wig. Behind him is a fat old woman with outstretched arms shouting in alarm. On the left, riding in profile to the left, is a thin man riding a more spirited horse, and dressed like a layman. Behind him walks a fat divine wearing an academic cap, bands, and a long gown. Through the gateway in the distance a short fat man in a clerical wig stands on a mounting block, a groom beside him holding his horse. With him are two men wearing mortar-boards and long gowns. Behind a large rectangular building is indicated and behind it a church steeple."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with additional publisher's street address added to end of imprint statement. Cf. No. 5804 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate numbered "5" in upper left corner., and Watermark: L.V.G.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 15th, 1780, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street & No. 33 Strand
"Three men riding in different directions, having come through a large gateway of square brick pillars surmounted by stone vases. The rider in the centre on a clumsy horse wears a clerical wig, broad-brimmed hat, and gaiters. On the right, and riding in profile to the right, is a man on a stout cob, wearing boots and a bob-wig. Behind him is a fat old woman with outstretched arms shouting in alarm. On the left, riding in profile to the left, is a thin man riding a more spirited horse, and dressed like a layman. Behind him walks a fat divine wearing an academic cap, bands, and a long gown. Through the gateway in the distance a short fat man in a clerical wig stands on a mounting block, a groom beside him holding his horse. With him are two men wearing mortar-boards and long gowns. Behind a large rectangular building is indicated and behind it a church steeple."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from text below image., Reissue, with plate reworked in aquatint and with a different imprint statement, of a print originally published 15 November 1780 by Watson & Dickinson. Cf. No. 5804 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate numbered "5" in upper left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Male costume -- Gaiters -- Clerical wig -- Bob-wig -- Reference to Cambridge., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub. April 1, 1794, by J. Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
Volume 1, page 27. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three men riding in different directions, having come through a large gateway of square brick pillars surmounted by stone vases. The rider in the centre on a clumsy horse wears a clerical wig, broad-brimmed hat, and gaiters. On the right, and riding in profile to the right, is a man on a stout cob, wearing boots and a bob-wig. Behind him is a fat old woman with outstretched arms shouting in alarm. On the left, riding in profile to the left, is a thin man riding a more spirited horse, and dressed like a layman. Behind him walks a fat divine wearing an academic cap, bands, and a long gown. Through the gateway in the distance a short fat man in a clerical wig stands on a mounting block, a groom beside him holding his horse. With him are two men wearing mortar-boards and long gowns. Behind a large rectangular building is indicated and behind it a church steeple."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered "5" in upper left corner., and Mounted on page 27 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 15th, 1780, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
"An elderly general rides a high-stepping horse in profile to the left, posed like an equestrian statue. He wears a high cocked hat with cockade and plume; his sword-belt is buckled over his sash, which girds a heavy paunch. In his right hand is a cane. He is Lt.-General Richard England of Lifford, co. Clare, Colonel of the 5th Foot and Lt.-Governor of Plymouth, father of Sir Richard England (b. 1793). He was a veteran of the American War, and had been one of the first colonists of Western Upper Canada."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides, with minimal loss of image from right edge., Leaf 71 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Watermark, trimmed: [Ed]meads 1808.
Title from caption below image., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Printmaker's signature has been burnished from lower left corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Waterloo Place -- Carlton House -- Male costume: top-hat, 1819 -- Coronets -- Female costume: 1819., and Manuscript "141" in upper center of plate.
Publisher:
Pubd. by M. Clincl [i.e. Clinch] No. 20 Princes Street Soho
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Gordon, Charlotte
"An elderly man in profile to the right sits heavily on a horse which plods slowly with lowered head. He holds the single rein awkwardly; in his right hand is a cudgel. He wears old-fashioned dress with round hat and high-quartered buckled shoes with spurs. Identified as Thomas Clark of Exeter Change."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Gentle ride from Exeter Exchange to Pimlico
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 6 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 28.1 x 22.4 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Mr. Clark" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
"An elderly man in profile to the right sits heavily on a horse which plods slowly with lowered head. He holds the single rein awkwardly; in his right hand is a cudgel. He wears old-fashioned dress with round hat and high-quartered buckled shoes with spurs. Identified as Thomas Clark of Exeter Change."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Gentle ride from Exeter Exchange to Pimlico
Description:
Title etched below image. and Written in lower right corner in red ink: Mr Clark.
