"A balloon about to rise from the ground encircled by three tiers of galleries or narrow platforms, protected by railings. Behind the railings sit the passengers. In the highest tier are three ladies notorious at that time for their amours ...: Grace Elliott or Eliot, née Dalrymple, known as 'Dally the tall', she holds a fan, turning her head in profile to the left, towards Perdita (Mary Robinson), who clasps her hands ecstatically; Lady Worsley sits on the right. In the centre gallery sit ex-ministers: North (left) and Fox (right) in the centre, North's arm on Fox's shoulder; Fox turns his head to North with an expression of satisfaction. Each rests his right hand on the railing in front of him, and these hands hold an inconspicuous thread which is attached to the nose of the Duke of Portland (left), who turns in profile to the right. On the right, a little apart, sits Burke dressed as a Jesuit (see British Museum Satires No. 6205) looking in profile to the right towards the Pope, who stands on the gallery, emerging from behind the curve of the balloon. He wears furred robes and his triple crown; as a pendant to him on the extreme left is the Devil looking towards the ministers with a pleased expression; over his arm he holds a net. In the lowest gallery sit celebrated quacks and other London characters. These are (left to right) "Vestina', the goddess of Health who advertised the virtues of the celestial bed (incorrectly said to have been Lady Hamilton), sits next her employer, Dr. Graham; they look at each other; she holds a sceptre wreathed with a garland. Jeffery Dunstan, Mayor of Garrat, stands, knock-kneed, with his sack over his shoulder in his accustomed attitude when calling 'old wigs'. Sam House sits resting a foaming tankard of porter on the railing in front of him, the tankard inscribed "House Ward[our] Stre[eet]". Katerfelto, turned in profile to the right, gazes up at the moon through his telescope; in his left hand is a paper, "Wonders, Wonders Most Wonderfull Wonders", the usual heading of his advertisements, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6162. His black cat sits on the railing facing him, saying, "are there Mice in the Moon Master". In the upper right corner of the design is the moon, a crescent-shaped profile inset in a circle, looking down at the balloon. The balloon is encircled longitudinally by eight ropes which meet in a knot beneath it and are there attached to four stouter ropes attached to the four corners of a platform which rests on the ground, from which the balloon appears about to ascend. On this platform is a tub inscribed "Vanity", bubbling over with soapsuds inscribed "Froth". Beside the platform (right) stands a Frenchman capering on one leg and flourishing a knife. He says, "Oh Begar dis be von fine Cargo." ... In the background are the roofs and spires of London, St. Paul's being prominent on the left, the Monument on the right. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "Hanibal Scratch" might be a pseudonym of John Nixon; see Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5, page 842., Text beneath title: Setts out from Swan with two Necks Lad Lane every Monday morg., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Twenty lines of verse in four columns below image, etched above and on either side of title: Who choose a journey to the Moon, may take it in our Stage Balloon ...
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 23, 1783, by Wm. Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Elliott, Grace Dalrymple, -1823, Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800, Worsley, Seymour Dorothy, Lady, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Pius VI, Pope, 1717-1799, Graham, James, 1745-1794, Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797, House, Samuel, -1785, Katterfelto, Gustavus, -1799, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Leaf 31. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A kitchen scene. An ugly parson holding a small slice of meat speared on a fork, angrily berates his gardener (right), pointing behind him to a vast round of beef on the table (left). He bawls: 'Tis my Beef you rascal I'll swear to the Complexion of it--& my Bread too! & I'll have you hanged for stealing it. The gardener, a young man holding a spade, draws back in astonishment, saying, Lord love your Reverence my Aunt gave me that slice of Bread & Beef for my dinner to day!! The comely cook holds up her hands and turns up her eyes, exclaiming: O L--d O L--d what a x x x !!!!! it is no more like his Beef than I am--. A mouse scampers off, saying, Besides, if it was Cookee, what a d--d mean wretch to take notice of it-- 'tis time for me to be off! On the table are also a huge loaf, a slice of bread, and a knife. A leg of mutton is on a shelf; a large dresser with dishes, drawers, pots, &c, and a roller towel form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vialls of wrath!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 14407 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [approximately 1868?], Plate originally published in 1822; see British Museum catalogue., Cf. Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonné, 714., Cf. Reid, G.W. A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank, 1059., and On leaf 31 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pub. by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill and Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
Vialls, Thomas, 1768?-1831 and Sharp, Joseph, active 1822
Leaf 82. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of a man standing; he sharpens a knife on a steel. On the right is a butcher's block on which is a large calf's head. He is dressed as a man of fashion and wears a macaroni club, ruffled shirt and cravat. ... A portrait of a butcher named Watts ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: Watts it you want. Watts it you buy., Plate from vol. IV: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, 1772., and Plate numbered "v. 4" in upper left corner and "12" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Septr. 7, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Butchers, Knives, Wigs, and Neckties
Leaf 82. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of a man standing; he sharpens a knife on a steel. On the right is a butcher's block on which is a large calf's head. He is dressed as a man of fashion and wears a macaroni club, ruffled shirt and cravat. ... A portrait of a butcher named Watts ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: Watts it you want. Watts it you buy., Plate from vol. IV: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, 1772., Plate numbered "v. 4" in upper left corner and "12" in upper right corner., Third of three plates on leaf 82., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.4 x 12.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Septr. 7, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Butchers, Knives, Wigs, and Neckties
Title from item., From: The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World, London: Printed by William Jackson, 1733-1739., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
William Jackson
Subject (Topic):
Circumcision, Religious aspects, Judaism, Rites and ceremonies, Rabbis, Infants, Knives, Chairs, Wine, and Spectators
Title from item., Two lines of verse on plate below image: Though parsons often patience teach ..., Illustration to ballad The Patient Parson. The text of the ballad is printed below the plate., Publisher's advertisement at bottom of sheet: Just published in this manner, Mrs. Thrale's Three Warnings, The Greenwich Pensioner, Poll and My Partner Joe, and many other esteemed songs and pieces. In Fores's exhibition, No. 3 Piccadilly may be seen the compleatest collection of caricatures in Europe. Admittance one shilling., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Ballads -- Clergy wives --Parsonage -- Pictures amplifying subject: 'Job in his distress' -- Wall clock -- Furniture: dinner table., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"First panel: politician whipping a man; second panel: politicians cutting and chopping a sheet of paper representing the Corporation Reform Bill."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tickling the orange charity nob's toby
Description:
Titles from item., Attributed to Charles Jameson Grant in the British Museum online catalogue., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Design consists of two panels side by side, each individually titled., Wood engraving with letterpress text., One line of quoted text below first panel: "More in the breech than in the observance.", One line of text below second panel: The bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the bill., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of imprint and series statement. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Incorrectly numbered "104" in brown ink in top left portion of first panel of design., and No. 103.
Publisher:
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Whipping, Brooms & brushes, Axes, and Knives
Leaf 77. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on Daniel Solander, in profile to right, holding a plant specimen with flowers and root in his right hand, and a curved knife (lettered "Savigny") in his left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Text below title: Like Soland-Goose from frozen zone I wander, on shallow Bank's grows fat Sol*****., Plate numbered "18" in upper left corner and "v. 3" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Naturalist's knife, engraved 'Savigny' -- Macaronies., and Third of three plates on leaf 77.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and England
Subject (Name):
Solander, Daniel Charles, 1733-1782 and Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820.
Subject (Topic):
Naturalists, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Plants, and Knives
Volume 2, page 92. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Kitchen scene with a woman standing over a table at left with knife in hand, displaying a diamond in her palm to a man and young boy, a figure at right seen from behind leaving the room, above a bird-cage hangs; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image, enclosed within parentheses., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 92 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Pub'd April 10th, 1795, by W. Dickinson, No. 53 next York House, Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Kitchens, Tables, Knives, Fish, Diamonds, Fireplaces, Birdcages, and Boys
A trade card for Thomas Martin, illustrated around the perimeter with tools of his trade including various kinds of knives and a fork, scissors, pocket books, belt buckles, and cocks. Also in three corners are images of a composer seated before type trays, a printer working at his press, and a weaver working his loom
Description:
Title from text in central oval of the design., Title continues: ... where merchants, shopkeepers, &c. may be supplied with a great variety of table knives & forks, razors, scissars [sic], pen & pocket knives, buckles, brass cocks, Japan'd wares, pocket books, books on various subjects, bound or in quires; silk handkerchiefs, velveteens, ... wholesale terms., Text around oval: Birmingham & Sheffield. Wholesale warehaouse., Date of publication based on other works by Martin published from this location. See English short title catalog, nos. T058628 and N66748., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.