In a tavern diners eat eagerly as they sit crowded around tables each covered in white linen and divided from each other by curtains. A waiter delivers a covered tureen to the table on the right as he crosses pathes with the waitress hurrying to the left with two tankards of beer. The diners' hats hang on pegs around the walls. A chandelier hangs before three casement windows with oval mirrors decorating the walls between. The tavern has been identified as either the Rainbow Tavern or the Wheatsheaf Eating House, both on Fleet Street
Printmaker and title from Grego., Publication date from watermark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Title on the original drawing (now in private hands): The Wheatshief Eating House, Salisbury Court, Fleet Street. See Bridgeman Art database., Later reprint in Caricatures / drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. (London, 1836) is titled: Table d'hote., Restrike of a print listed by Joseph Grego in Rowlandson the caricaturist, London, Chatto and Windus, 1880, v.2, p. 19., Watermark: J Whatman 1828., and Title supplied in unknown hand below plate: Rainbeau Tavern in Fleet Street in 1800.
Portrait of George Griffith after Robert White, half length in an oval, long hair, wearing bands and gown, holding a book; curtain in the background to left, bookshelf to right, with inscribed motto 'Most gladly would I Learne & gladly Teach'.
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date from unverified data from local record., Copy of 17th century engraving by Robert White. Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits, v. 2, p. 390., and For further information, consult library staff.
Pleasure of riding in company (one would stop if the other could)
Description:
Title from manuscript annotation on mount., Text at bottom of image: The pleasure of riding in company (one would stop if the other could)., Printmaker and publisher from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1865,1209.33-75., Plate from: Humourous specimens of riding, &c. &c. London : Thomas McLean, 1821., 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 annotation on mount: Much-too-fast.
Hayne sits, pen in hand, at a table, nervously facing a burly ruffian holding a large key who proffers a paper headed 'items'. Other debtors sit by the fire or gaze from the padlocked window of the sponging-house. There are pictures of the two chief debtors' prisons, 'Bench' and 'Fleet', and a framed table of 'House Fees. Fire 0 2.6. Candles 0.2.6. Bed 0.10.6. Warming do. 0.1.0. Breakfast 0.7.6. Eggs 0.2.0. Total £1.7.0. See British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state., Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., For published state see: No. 15214 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Ms. note in pencil on front: Vol. 2, Page 240. Note came originally up to nose, then change in plate. Watermark 1825., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1825.
Title devised by cataloger., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record, based on A dictionary of English costume by C. Willett Cunnington et al., London : A. & C. Black [1960], p. 249., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Wigs., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Three horizontal strips in between borders. First image on top left: two men greet each other bowing excessively. The one on the left says: Sir, I am proud to see you. The other replies: Sir, you do me honor
Description:
Title devised by cataloger; captions etched above each image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of publication information., Publication date and attributionsd to Rowlandson and Woodward from mss. notes on verso of print., Possibly a restrike from one of 24 plates of Borders for rooms drawn by Woodward, etched by Rowlandson, and published by Ackermann in 1799-1800. See British Museum Catalogue, nos. 9488-9492., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J Whatman 1821.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Variant state, without words "Ich dien" on Princess of Wales's headdress. Cf. No. 8667 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to mulatto -- Furniture: dressing table -- Pictures amplifying subject: miniature of the Prince of Wales -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Dishes: water bowls., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner of plate, mostly cut of: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly, London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, and Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821
"A couple dance in an assembly-room; the man, active and dishevelled, smaller than his immensely fat partner, holds the ends of a large spotted handkerchief, since it is impossible to grasp her waist. In the background are two other couples. A chandelier and a corner of the musicians' gallery with a man blowing a French horn complete the design."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Dancing -- Dances: waltz -- Interiors: ballroom -- Lighting: chandelier -- Architectural details: musicians' gallery -- Obesity -- Musical instruments: French horn., and Window mounted to 37 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 20th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered in upper right corner: N. 13., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered in upper right corner: N. 10., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Twelfth Night., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Published Janr. 10, 1807, by Thomas Tegg, 111 Cheapside
"The dentist, short, fat, and bald, stands in back view on a low stool, his knees pressed against the chair, his left arm round the victim's neck; he tugs at an upper tooth. The thin elderly patient raises her left leg in agony, overturning the folding wash-stand on which the dentist's appliances are spread. These include a basin, cup (both spilling their contents), a double set of teeth, a hammer, and a stoppered jar which falls against a large pier-glass, starring it. Both are unaware of the accident, though a little dog barks from under the table. The glass reflects dentist and patient, showing the latter gripping the arm of the chair. There is a window (right), the lower part screened by a slatted green shade. Above this dangle teeth with large blood-stained roots. On a chest of drawers-bookcase are laid out sets of false teeth. The books are Warbler; Winter in London; Lock on the Gums; Miseries of Human Life [Beresford, see See British Museum catalogue No. 10815, &c]; Bible; Tales of the Devil; Tommy Two Shoes; Treatise on Tooth Powder & Brushes; Feast of Wit; Tales of Terror, and two big volumes of Frankensteiv [sic] [Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, published 1818]. The room is carpeted to the wall."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tugging at a high tooth
Description:
Title etched below image., The word "high" in title remains visible but was scored through and replaced with "eye"., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Dentists -- Tooth extraction -- Dentures., and 1 print : etching with stipple, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.0 x 34.3 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., London
Subject (Topic):
Bookcases, Dental offices, Dentistry, Dogs, Mirrors, Pain, and Reflections
"The dentist, short, fat, and bald, stands in back view on a low stool, his knees pressed against the chair, his left arm round the victim's neck; he tugs at an upper tooth. The thin elderly patient raises her left leg in agony, overturning the folding wash-stand on which the dentist's appliances are spread. These include a basin, cup (both spilling their contents), a double set of teeth, a hammer, and a stoppered jar which falls against a large pier-glass, starring it. Both are unaware of the accident, though a little dog barks from under the table. The glass reflects dentist and patient, showing the latter gripping the arm of the chair. There is a window (right), the lower part screened by a slatted green shade. Above this dangle teeth with large blood-stained roots. On a chest of drawers-bookcase are laid out sets of false teeth. The books are Warbler; Winter in London; Lock on the Gums; Miseries of Human Life [Beresford, see See British Museum catalogue No. 10815, &c]; Bible; Tales of the Devil; Tommy Two Shoes; Treatise on Tooth Powder & Brushes; Feast of Wit; Tales of Terror, and two big volumes of Frankensteiv [sic] [Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, published 1818]. The room is carpeted to the wall."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tugging at a high tooth
Description:
Title etched below image., The word "high" in title remains visible but was scored through and replaced with "eye"., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Dentists -- Tooth extraction -- Dentures.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., London
Subject (Topic):
Bookcases, Dental offices, Dentistry, Dogs, Mirrors, Pain, and Reflections
"A terrified French civilian is about to be impaled on a spike planted in the desert. He is carried by two Turks, in a sitting posture, one supporting his legs, and clasps in the left hand a paper: 'Le Prophete demasqué', while in the right is raised a large volume: 'L'Imposture de Mahomet'. A Mohammedan priest follows the group, declaiming from his open 'ALKORAN'. A stout Turk with a long spear stands (left) facing the victim and directing operations. In the background is a Frenchman holding on his head a large turban, his discarded hat lying on the ground. He looks over his shoulder with a grin at the impending execution."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One of seven plates on the French Expedition to Egypt by Gillray, purported to have been drawn by a fellow expedition member., Temporary local subject terms: Egyptian campaign, 1798-1801-- Military: French soldiers -- Frenchmen: civilian Frenchman -- Turks -- Mohamedan priests -- Executions: impalement -- Weapons: spears -- Guns: rifles -- Books: Koran -- Allusion to Copies of Original Letters From the Army of General Bonapart in Egypt, Intercepted by the Fleet., and Watermark: 1794 J Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 12th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"Mrs. Clarke (left) stands on one of a pair of scales which is held down by Wardle and almost rests on the ground, while three lawyers in wigs and gowns (evidently Sir W. Grant, Gibbs, and Plomer) stand on the other (right) which General Clavering tries desperately to pull down. The beam is inscribed England expects every Man to do his Duty, and is supported on a mitre (see British Museum Satires No. 11227) worn by the Duke of York, who stands on William Adam's back, which is inscribed Rock of Adam ant. Adam, who lies prone, puffs a blast inscribed Gratuisously [sic] against Mrs. Clarke. Under his hand is an Anonymous Letter. Wardle, in civilian dress, holds out towards the Duke a paper headed [Ch]arges. Perceval, in his Chancellor of the Exchequer's gown, leans towards the right scale, holding out two papers: 199 Majority and 82 Majority, another, 241 Majority, lies on the scale. Where this scale is attached to the beam there is a purse labelled Light Crown Pieces. The Duke wears regimentals with gorget and star, and holds a paper: the Honor of a . . . [Prince]. He holds his drawn sword across Perceval, as if protecting him. Clavering sits on the ground, straining at the ropes. He sits on a paper inscribed [G]enl Claver[ing], and has a paper: Prevaricating Evidence [see British Museum Satires No. 11247]. Beside him is a fragment of paper inscribed Sic donec. Beside the principal performers, and between Mrs. Clarke and the Duke, stands John Bull, a short fat 'cit', holding a large weight inscribed Vox Populi --Sterling. He says: If I dont throw in my weight, our dearest sweetest Love will get the worst of it after all. (Her scale, however, rests on the ground with Wardle's help only.) She turns to him, saying, O Mr Bull! Pray give a pull! At her feet are Letters [see British Museum Satires No. 11228, &c.]."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1809 by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833, Grant, William, Sir, 1752-1832, Gibbs, Vicary, Sir, 1751-1820, Plumer, Thomas, Sir, 1753-1824, Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, Adam, William, 1751-1839, and Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812.
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, British, Mistresses, Lawyers, Miters, and Scales
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Letterpress broadside printed by: D.N. Shury, Berwick-Street, Soho., Fourteen lines of text below title on broadside: You are now, young man, entering on a scene of life the most glorious and enterprising--that of an English sailor ..., Temporary local subject terms: Invasion broadside., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1794.
Publisher:
Published at Ackermann's Gallery, 101 Strand, London
TItle from time., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J Whatman 1794.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 9th, 1801 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
The three chief autocratic sovereigns of Europe -- Alexander of Russia, Francis I of Austria, and Frederick William of Prussia -- sit on a section of a map of the globe which swings above a fire that is labelled 'liberty' and is being blown by the winds in the form of three cherubs heads. Frederick William's sword points to Sicily, Alexander's to Portugal, and Francis's to Naples
Alternative Title:
Secrets of Troppeau disclosed
Description:
Title from item. and On verso, printseller's ticket: Tomlinson, Print and bookseller, Stationer &c., No. 3 Wades-Passage, Bath.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany 30, 1821, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Europe
Subject (Name):
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840, and Holy Alliance
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[1807]
Call Number:
807.04.22.02.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Countryman and the Quakers
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered in upper right corner: No. 17., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 22d, 1807 by T. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Title engraved below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Pigs -- Guillotines -- Interiors: clubs -- Gambling -- Debts: Charles James Fox's indebtness., Watermark: J Whatman., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of plate: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 15, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 the corner of Sackville St., Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Title from caption below image., Below title: over the hills and far away., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J Whatman 1826 [?]
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's announcement following imprint: where may be seen the largest collection of caracatures [sic] in the kingdom admittance one shilling., Watermark: J Whatman., 1 print on wove paper : etching ; sheet 39 x 50 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint.
Publisher:
Pubd. Deccr. [sic] 10, 1791 by S.W. Fores, N 3 Piccadilly
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's announcement following imprint: where may be seen the largest collection of caracatures [sic] in the kingdom admittance one shilling., and Matted to 47 x 63 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Deccr. [sic] 10, 1791 by S.W. Fores, N 3 Piccadilly
Framed within the image of a rustic hut decorated with garlands and ivy, on the left, a man in an outdoor coat and hat walks in a rain storm; on the right a young woman dances in a pastoral landscape as the bright sun rises behind her. Beside her on the left, lambs nibble at the grass; a cottage can be seen in the background on her right. Below the image, the lines: Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought, devised the weather-house, that useful toy! Fearless of humid air and gathering rains, Forth steps the man, an emblem of myself, more delicate his tim'rous mate retires." Below the verse a round image of three rabbits identified as Puss, Tiney & Bess
Alternative Title:
Cowper's tame hares
Description:
Title from text in image., Etched plate on sheet with letterpress above and on verso., Plate from: Hayley, W. The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, Esqr. Chichester : Printed by J. Seagrave, 1803, v. 2, page 415., and Watermark: J Whatman 1801.
Publisher:
Publish'd Nov. 5, 1802 by J. Johnson, St. Pauls Church Yard
Title from item., Attributed to West in the British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to taxes -- Reference to Prince of Wales's debt -- Reference to subsidies -- Reference to pensions -- Bills: Convention Bill., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 17, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville Street
Title from item., Engraver from unverified card catalog record., Figure on the left, seated at a table in background: All I desire of mortal man is for to love whilst he can., Figure on the right seated at a table in background: Well said Robby-- his father will broom stick him., Temporary local subject terms: Pellegrine Treves -- Nobodies -- Mottoes: 'Ich Dien' -- Brooms -- Morganatic marriages -- Pictures amplify subject -- Emblems: 3 ostrich feathers for Prince of Wales -- Lighting: Chandelier -- Cats out of the bag -- Flastaff -- Venus (Mythological character)., Watermark: J Whatman., and In pencil on verso: George T. Stubbs attrib. by J. Riely, 7-9-83.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 21, 1786, by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse No.3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Robinson, Mary Darby, 1758-1800
Lame and blind beggar, Lawyer & the oyster, and Lawyer and the oyster
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publication date based on printer's business address. See Maxted, I. London book trades, 1775-1800., In lower left corner of plate: Price 6 pence., Two columns of verse below title: Two vagrants, as they hobbling stray pop on an oyster in their way ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Beggars -- Lawyers -- Law: lawyer's clients -- Male dress: legal robes -- Architectural details: windows -- Tablecloth -- Window curtain -- Food: oysters -- Writing implements: inkwell and quill -- Amputees -- Peg legs -- Blindness -- Medical: crutches., Imprint mostly burnished from plate., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Title etched on image., Date portion of imprint emphasized in contemporary ms. hand., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Where prints and drawings are lent out on the plan of a library., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Pub. July 10, 1803 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sachville St.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Boys, City & town life, Dogs, Fighting, Gambling, Intoxication, Pickpockets, Poor persons, Seduction, Street vendors, Taverns (Inns), and Urination
Title etched below image., Unverified attribution to Dent from local card catalog., Publication information from the Library of Congress copy. Cf. LC 3:42., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Dissenters -- Symbols: dove of peace -- St. Paul's Cathedral -- Dice and dice-box -- Reference to St. Stephen's Chapel -- Reference to the House of Commons -- Literature: reference to Richard Price's Observations on civil liberty -- Literature: reference to Edmund Burke's A philosophical inquiry into the origin of the sublime and beautiful -- Acts: repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, March 2, 1790 -- Thirty-nine articles -- Votes: majority 189 on repeal of Test and Corporation Act., and Mounted to 37 x 25 cm.
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Families -- Money: bribes.
A stork with the head of Shelburne is shown with its beak buried in the long neck of a glass jar labeled "The Treasury Jar". He smiles triumphantly as he picks up the gold guineas at the bottom; around his neck is the Garter ribbon. To his left is a fox with the bushy eyebrows, bulbous nose, and hairy chin of Charles Fox; he stands with his paws on the jar and a melancholy expression at the inaccessible treasure
Description:
Title from caption below image., Originally published in 14 January 1783 by William Richardson. Cf. No. 6166 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Humphrey Jany. 14, 1783, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and Great Britain. Treasury.
Title from heading above image., Publication information from ms. note on print and from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: J Whatman 1827., and Original imprint statement erased from sheet and replaced with ms. note: Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly, London.
Title from heading above image., Publication information from ms. note on print and from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Original imprint statement erased from sheet and replaced with ms. note: Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly, London., and Watermark: J Whatman 1827.
"Humphreys on the left, Mendoza on the right, squaring up in a boxing pen, with Trink in the left foreground holding a bottle, Jonson behind Humphreys, Moravia and Allen standing with pocket watches on the left and Jacobs and Isaacs standing behind Mendoza, a large crowd of spectators below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from first words of descriptive text etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Text below image continues: ... allowed by all judges of this gymnastic art to have been the most scientific ever exhibited ..., Figures in the design are identified by inscriptions etched at the bottom of the image; the Latin motto 'Sic transit gloria mundi' is etched below the four lines of descriptive text., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Tom Tring, fl. 1788 -- Tom Johnson, fl. 1788 -- Jacobs -- Isaacs -- Moravia -- Allen -- Latin motto: "Sic transit gloria mundi" -- Spectators -- Boxing: Umpires -- Jews -- Boxing: Bottle holder -- Boxing ring., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 11th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Picadilly, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Humphries, Richard, -1827. and Mendoza, Daniel, 1764-1836.
Title from letterpress text printed below plate., Plate numbered '488' in the upper left corner., Date of publication and artist from British Museum catalogue., Forty lines of verse printed on broadside portion: To a village that skirted the sea, an exciseman one midsummer came, but prudence, between you and me, forbids me to mention his name ..., and Watermark: J Whatman Turkey Mill.
Publisher:
Published by R.H. Laurie, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"In a country wash-house an old woman (left) feeds the fire under a large round copper, from which a youth emerges, raising the loose wooden lid. A young woman (right) deluges him with water from a pump. Another young woman, astonished, leaves the pitcher of beer which she has been filling from a beer-barrel to overflow. A cat runs off with a mouse."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
New cure for love
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Also issued separately., Plate numbered "E 3" in upper right corner., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 21.5 x 27.9 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 43 in volume 1.
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"In a country wash-house an old woman (left) feeds the fire under a large round copper, from which a youth emerges, raising the loose wooden lid. A young woman (right) deluges him with water from a pump. Another young woman, astonished, leaves the pitcher of beer which she has been filling from a beer-barrel to overflow. A cat runs off with a mouse."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
New cure for love
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Also issued separately., Plate numbered "E 3" in upper right corner., and Watermark: J Whatman.
"Pitt as an alchemist, but dressed as usual, sits in his laboratory blowing a furnace with bellows formed of a royal crown. The furnace heats a large glass retort in which the House of Commons is being dissolved: the galleries are collapsing, the Speaker's chair is breaking, he and the clerks are asleep, the broken mace drops from the table, the books fly into the air and ascend with documents, &c, into the curving neck of the retort: 'Coke', 'Acts', 'Statutes', 'Rights of Parliament', 'Magna Charta', 'Bill of Rights', a cap of 'Libertas', the scales of Justice are flying upwards. The Ministerial members applaud; the Opposition are dismayed. Sheridan and Fox, though tiny, are conspicuous on the front bench. A stream of vapour issues from the mouth of the retort containing tiny grovelling figures of abject members who fill both sides of another House of Commons above and behind the alchemist's head, and prostrate themselves before a miniature Pitt, who sits on a throne which replaces the Speaker's chair, and is inscribed 'Perpetual Dictator'. He sits arrogantly, holding a sceptre; his legs are those of a bird of prey (cf. BMSat 7478), one foot is planted on 'Mag[na] C[harta]' and 'Acts of Parl[iament]'. His throne is surmounted by his crest, a stork holding an anchor, with the addition of a crown on the bird's head. A smaller retort on the extreme left, inscribed 'Aqua Regia', adds its vapour to that produced by Pitt. (Aqua Regia, used punningly, with a double meaning, is a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids which converts metals, even gold, into chlorides.) Pitt (the Alchemist) and the figures he is evoking, as well as the ministerialists in the dissolving House, wear the blue coat with red facings of the Windsor uniform. He sits in profile to the right on the model of a high rectangular building, 'a bastille', having a row of windows on the top story only; it is a 'Model of the new Barracks'. From his pocket hangs a paper: 'Receipe - Antidotus Republica'. On the right of the circular furnace is a coal-scuttle, inscribed 'Treasury Cole' (cf. BMSat 6213), and overflowing with guineas. On the other side is a pestle and mortar in which is Britannia's shield, about to be broken up. From the roof hang emblems of nefarious wizardry: a crocodile, a headsman's axe, a scorpion, a bull's head, a locust (cf. BMSat 8669), an asp issuing from an egg, a bat. On the wall are three rows of large jars, some with inscriptions: 'Ointment of Caterpillars' (beside Pitt's head, cf. BMSat 8676), '[Univer]sal Panacea', 'Oil of Influence', 'Extract of British Blood', 'Spirit of Sal: Machiavel.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Alchymist producing an aetherial representation
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Parliament dissolutions -- Alchemists -- Allusion to Treasury -- Uniforms: Windsor uniform., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 21st, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"A dancing-master in profile to the left, playing his kit, faces a little girl, who stands firmly, her feet in the first position, heels back to back, toes pointing almost at r. angles with her profile. His feet are also in the first position, as are those of a little boy in the doorway (right), one hand on the handle, bowing, or stooping, low. The room is boarded and bare."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
1st Position and First position
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., A symbol or monogram comprised of an elaborate double 'X' precedes Cruikshank's signature., and Publication date erased from sheet.
A courier on horseback blows his horn as he approaches a small building with a sign board dangling from its post "Popularity, The Blown Bladder by W P". A bandaged foot (gouty) resting on a stool is sticking out the door; crutches resting against the side of the hovel. Behind the rider is a cushion with a royal crown, decorates with thistles labeled B-e (for Lord Bute) and M-d (for the Earl of Mansfield). Three young trees on the lower right represent the three British kingdoms. A quotation from Book II of Virgil's Aeneid in lower right corner of image
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Second state, as described in the British Museum catalogue, with the large cushion substituted for the public house behind the duke; It intended to express that Lords Bute and Mansfield though not in the cabinet, overshadowed the King., A satire intended to express that Lords Bute and Mansfield though not in the cabinet, overshadowed the King., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 23., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Title from item., Plate numbered in upper left corner: No. 19., Quotation following title: "Where now the routs full myriad clos [sic] the staircase and the door and where thick flies of belles and beaus perspire through every pore.", Earlier state of no. 11471 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 24th, 1807 by T. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
In a well furnished room a young, handsome curate is seated at one end of a sofa, surrounded by five admiring women of various ages, drinking tea and eating a biscuit. A little pug is begging for a treat. At the other end of the sofa, sits alone a very disconsolate young man, probably a veteran, with a wooden leg. His only companion is a large dog resting his head on his master's thigh. Between the soldier and the group on his left lies an open book, The Church triumphant - cedunt arma togae. Behind the sofa, a painting on the wall shows an old man being burned at stake by a group of soldiers
Alternative Title:
Mars in the dumps
Description:
Title from item., Below title: Engraved after an original picture by Mr. John Collett in the possession of Mr. Bradford., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Clergy: curate -- Military: soldiers -- Amputees -- Peg legs -- Pets: dogs -- Pictures amplifying subject: a saint(?) burned at stake by soldiers -- Furniture: Chippendale sofa -- Furniture: armchair -- Furniture: upholstered screen -- Furnishings: ornate picture frame -- Furnishings: carpet -- Female dress, 1768 -- Dishes: teacups -- Food: biscuits., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Published by T. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street, & H. Parker, No. 82 Cornhill
Print shows George Canning standing on the left holding a broom and a bag of money labeled "Gold" which he is giving to Henry Brougham who wears the dress of a German broom-girl over his parliamentary clothing and "Canning (left), in a court suit with bag-wig and sword, stands outside the door of the Treasury completing a bargain with Brougham. The latter is dressed as a German broom-girl as in British Museum Satires No. 14769, &c, with legal bands and a little cap perched on his barrister's wig, and very clumsy legs and feet. He has handed Canning his broom and takes in return a bag of Gold; his new silk gown is in his left hand. Canning says: Here's Money, and a hansome [sic] Silken Gown. Brougham watches Canning with a penetrating appraising smile; he answers: For my Proom, I could not take mush less."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Matted to: 45 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1827 by T. McLean, Hay-Market
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868., and Canning, George, 1770-1827.
Title from caption below image., Imprint statement flanks both sides of title., Four lines of text below title: City ladies admitted if extreemly [sic] rich, and who give good dinners, and elegante [sic] balls, all foreigners admitted however ugly, ignorant, or poor ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J Whatman 1826.
First bravery of Philippe the Fiery-Faced, Duc' of Orlean's
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Gillray in an unverified card catalog record., Publication date from an impression in the Library of Congress., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom., One line of text below title: where the Duc' upon the begining [sic] of the engagement, cried out in the greatest terror for the crew to carry him below deck ..., Companion print: Second bravery of Philippe the Fiery-Faced, Duc' of Orxxxn's., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: French naval uniforms -- French military uniforms -- Naval battles: French vs. English -- Cannons -- French ships -- Battles: Ouessan (Ushant)., Watermark: J Whatman., and Window mounted to 32 x 43 cm., matted to 47 x 61 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793
"A bishop (right) standing behind an altar-rail, holds out both hands over the head of a kneeling clergyman. A demon kneels on the ground beside the latter; another has crept under his cassock, from which the tips of two wings project. Over the door is a picture of the Last Supper with Judas as a prominent figure. The lid of a large chest (left) is slightly raised, from it hangs a paper inscribed: "I Suit of Scarlet & Gold, I Suit White & Silver, I Suit Blue & Silver, i Suit Flower'd Silk, i Suit Black Silk, I Black Velvet Surtout." On the Chest is pasted a label: "Left to Messrs Panchauld & Fo . . ." Paris. On the ground is a book, 'A Course of Humanity on Miss S------rs'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above image., One line of text below image: It is true I have suffered the infectious hand of a bishop to be wav'd over me, whose imposition like the sop given to Judas is only a signal for the devil to enter, &c., Temporary local subject terms: Benediction -- Parson -- Coffers., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, April 14, 1772, by W. Darling, engraver, Great Newport Street
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printseller's announcement within design: Price one shilling colored., Plate numbered in upper right corner: 24., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject headings: Sedan chair -- Dogs -- Stereotypes: Yorkshire countrymen., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. Aug. 6th, 1807 by Thomas Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Racing -- Horse-racing -- Male costume: riding habit -- Guns: pistols -- Jockeys -- Tetbury -- Duelling., Watermark., and Matted to 47 x 63 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Octr. 17, 1794, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly and to be had at Tetbury Glouster and every town in the county
publish'd according to act of Parliament 25 March 1740.
Call Number:
740.03.25.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: America -- Cuba -- Havanna -- Clergy: cardinals -- Personifications: figure of Folly -- Figure of Fortune -- Robert Jenkins -- Mottoes: aut mors aut victoria., Annotation in unidentified hand below image., Restrike?, and Mounted to 34 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740, Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, 1697-1745, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, and Coram, Thomas, 1668?-1751
Mosley, Charles, approximately 1720-approximately 1770, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd November the 26th 1738 according to the late act.
Call Number:
738.11.26.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
European race heat second anno domini 1738
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., One line of quotation from the Bible below title: Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter ... Ecclesiastes the 12th, verse the 13th., and Watermark: J Whatman.
