"The trunk of a tree projects horizontally from a trestle on which it rests. Within its circumference is the head of Lord Sydney, in profile to the right, facing the point of an auger with which a judge (Loughborough), whose head is in back-view, is boring into the transverse section of the log. The point of the auger is the smiling head of Lord Stormont, in profile facing downwards, the top of his wig being the point of contact. Two small stumps of branches are inscribed 'Ist Proposition' and '2d Proposition'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a probable earlier state
Alternative Title:
Boring a secret of state
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Publisher's name is absent from imprint, and beginning of date has been burnished from plate., Probably a later state, with day of publication burnished from plate and month of publication altered from "June" to "July", of no. 6796 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Temporary local subject terms: Ireland & Irish -- Irish Propositions, 1785 -- Tree trunks -- Benches -- Tools: Augers.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, and Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Logs, and Drilling & boring machinery
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of actress Clara Hayward and Philip Medows
Alternative Title:
Clara Hayward and Philip Medows Esqr
Description:
Title from item., T. (Thomas) Walker, publisher of the Hibernian magazine, was located at Dame Street Dublin from 1770-1786., and Probably from the Hibernian magazine, 1776. Cf. No. 5347 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5. Originally published in Town and country magazine.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by T. Walker, No. 79 Dame Street
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of Count De B. (Belgioioso) and the singer identified as Charlotte Brent
Alternative Title:
Vauxhall syren and Count de Belgioioso
Description:
Titles from text below images., T. (Thomas) Walker, publisher of the Hibernian magazine, was located at Dame Street Dublin from 1770-1786., and Probably from the Hibernian Magazine, 1776, a reversed variant of no. 5353 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires; originally published in Town and country magazine.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs by T. Walker, No. 79 Dame-Street
Subject (Name):
Barbiano di Belgiojoso, Lodovico Carlo Maria, 1728-1801, and Brent, Charlotte,
Folding plate (also issued separately) to 'Anti-Jacobin Review', i. 285, illustrating extracts from a pamphlet published by Wright: Considerable allowance to those who purchase Thousands and Tens of Thousands for distribution. A burlesque of the trial of O'Connor at Maidstone (22 May), parts of the court being hidden by the large labels which issue from the mouths of prisoner and witnesses. The presiding judge (Buller) looks down with horror at the witnesses, the other judges are hidden. O'Connor (not caricatured), wearing leg-irons, stands at the bar; his hands are clasped, and he bends forward in profile to the left, making a confession which, though condensed, does not differ substantially from that made by him, McNevin, and Emmet, and published in the Report of the Secret Committee made to the Irish House of Commons on 21 Aug. ('Lond. Chron.', 27 Aug.), ... 'I confess, that I became an United Irishman in 1796 & a Member of the National Executive, from 1796, to 1798. I knew the offer of French assistance was accepted at a meeting of the Executive in Summer 1796: I accompanied the Agent of the Executive (the late Lord Edward Fitzgerald) ...had an interview with General Hoche (who afterwards had the command of the expedition against Ireland) on which occasion every thing was settled between the parties with a view to the descent. ... "--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Caricatures of Gillray, London, John Miller, [ca. 1824-1827], opposite page 17., and Mounted to 30 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Published by John Miller, Bridge Street, and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland
Subject (Name):
O'Connor, Arthur, 1763-1852, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
Subject (Topic):
Emblems, Judges, Justice, Nooses, Scales, Traitors, Trials, litigation, etc, Witnesses, History, and Politics and government
The convicted traitor Robert Watt sits on an open sled being pulled by a horse through a city square. A man in a hat, perhaps the executioner, sits across from him holding an axe. Soldiers escort the sled through the crowd. In the distance on the right, a man stands on a platform outside the upper floor of a building and readies a noose
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: Exshaw's Gentleman's and London magazine. Dublin : J. Exshaw, October 1794., and Sheet mutilated along bottom edge with slight loss of text.
Publisher:
J. Exshaw
Subject (Geographic):
Edinburgh (Scotland)
Subject (Name):
Watt, Robert, -1794.
Subject (Topic):
Criminals, Executions, Plazas, and Sleds & sleighs
A young drunk dandy, his clothes torn and spattered, is being ushered into a box-chair on the left by three members of the Watch, who grin consipiratorily towards the viewer. The scene is apparently set in the arcade of Covent Garden; on the ground is a playbill lettered 'At the Theatre Royal / Crow Street / the Road to Ruin'.
Description:
Title etched below image., Place of publication inferred from text on playbeill within image, which mentions Dublin's Theatre Royal in Crow Street., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Probably a copy, with different text on depicted playbill, of a print after Dighton that was published in London by Haines & Son on 18 June 1795. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.435., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of imprint statement., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: London: Covent Garden -- Footmen -- Playbills -- Literature: Allusion to The Road to Ruin, by Thomas Holcroft (1745-1809) -- Theatre Royal, Crow Street.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Intoxication, Pickpockets, and Sedan chairs
Title from item., Dated suggested by respository based on costume., and Temporary local subject terms: Curtains -- Carpets -- Urn -- Mirrors -- Tailor -- Scissors.
In a fashionable parlor, two well-dressed couples entertain each other. On the right a gentleman plays the violin as his companion sings; she holds sheet music in her hand as she faces the fireplace, her back to the viewer. The violinist stands on a sheet of paper on which is written "The downfall of Paris." Above the fireplace, over a mantel with piles of books, including a volume with Code Napoleon written on its spine, is a portrait of "Napoleon le-Grand" and on either side, landscape views of Elba and St. Helena. On the left an effeminate soldier with a medal that reads "Jena" (a reference to the 1806 victory?) offers a young lady plates of fruit and cookies. The side table beside them is laiddened with fruit, flowers, liquor, and cookies. A fluffy, white dog barks at her feet. Pairs of Cupids with arrows and with laurel wreaths decorate the wallpaper
Alternative Title:
French fireside
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publication date from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Manuscript "8" in upper center of plate.
Publisher:
Publish'd by J. Le Petit, 20 Capel St., Dublin
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Dogs, Fireplaces, Floor coverings, Mantels, Parlors, Singing, and Violins
"A witch-like old woman floats in the air in profile to the left, playing an Irish harp. An infant is at her back, supported by her cloak. Beneath her is a pleasant landscape with a waterside town and a background of low mountains. Under the title: 'This Portrait of Lady Hibernia Bull is humbly dedicated to her Husband the great Mr John Bull'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Droll caricature map of Ireland
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of text below title: This portrait of Lady Hibernia Bull ..., and Text below title erased from this impression.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland
Subject (Topic):
Harps, Leprechauns, Ethnic stereotypes, National emblems, Irish, and Witches
"A young man, his arm around the waist of a coy young woman, whispers in her ear and gestures towards the cover of a wood at left, at the edge of which they stand; in the mid-distance at right, another man rides away from the wood, leading a riderless horse."--British Museum online catalogue, description of earlier print of which this is a copy
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Irish copy of a print by Rowlandson. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.10.207., and Mounted on leaf 18 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd by H. Brocas and sold at No. 32, New Buildings, Dame Street, Dublin
