"Satire on the Duke of Newcastle and Lord Barrington suggesting that their conduct of the war is influenced by, respectively, corruption and incompetence, with reference here to the disgrace of General Fowke and Admiral Byng."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Discard
Description:
Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four columns of verse below image: I've heard of times (pray God defend us, we're not so good but he may mend us) ..., Temporary local subject terms: Naval uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Literature: Shakespeare., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials LVG below.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Byng, John, 1704-1757, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Military uniforms, British, Thrones, and Eagles
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807 printmaker
Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.00.00.14 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
True breed in full cry and Fox and goose
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from an unverified card catalog record., Below imprint: 'Price 6d.', and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Pub. by the old fox hunter, Tom Steady, at the sign of the heart of oak in Antigallican Squre [sic]
Subject (Name):
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Title from item., Publication date from advertisement in The public advertiser. See no. 4127 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Three columns of text below image describing the procession: Last night the body of that poor politician Anti-Sejanus was privately interred in the criminal vault in St. Sepulchre's Churchyard ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Processions: funeral procession -- Reference to the Rev. James Scott, 1733-1814, pseud. Anti-Sejanus -- Literature: reference to Sejanus by Ben Jonson, 1572-1637 -- Reference to John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, "Jemmy Twitcher" -- Cattle drivers -- Vehicle: horse cart -- Reference to Sir John Fielding -- Buildings: gate with clock., Watermark: Vryheyt on the right, with countermark L V G on the left., and Mounted to 30 x 48 cm.
A gentleman wtih an angry, disappointed look on his face sits at a table in a coffeehouse filling his pipe with tobacco. On the table is a sugar bowl, a drinking glass, and a sugar basin. Below the design is engraved in two lines: You grumbled at the war; Here is a P-----ce for you, and be d----d to you
Description:
Title engraved above image., Attributed to Hogarth., Publisher identified from address: George Bickham., Two lines of text below image: You grumbled at the war; here is a p-----ce for you and be d----d to you., Earlier state, with different year in title and without the initial "B" forming a monogram with the "H" in printmaker's name, and without a third line in the caption below image. Cf. No. 3921 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Watermark: Strasburg lily (partially cut off at top) with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Sold in May's Buildings, according to act of Parliamt
Subject (Topic):
Coffeehouses, Complaining, Drinking vessels, and Pipes (Smoking)
A macaroni in a monk's robe walks to the right holding a bouquet of flowers; his belt is made up of playing cards and a dice box. The title is a reference to the social club Almack's.
Alternative Title:
Macaroni's downfall, or, The pious dove's lamentation : to the tune of The babies in the wood
Description:
Title etched above image., Text below image: The Macaroni's downfall, or, The pious dove's lamentation, to the tune of The babies in the wood., Variant state without numbering; Cf. No. 4642 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials LVG below.
On the left, a duelist has walked away from his opponent to take his place. He stops, his pistol pointed away from the scene, and looks behind in surprise as the other duelist, leaning heavily on his tasselled cane, appears to be ready to faint. On the extreme right, his second rushes towards him with a jar of smelling salts. In the foreground, the second of the first duelist, an obese macaroni in a long overcoat, points angrily with his cane to the ground
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered '24' in upper left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Dueling -- Medicine: smelling salts., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act by MDarly, Jany. 15th, 1772, (39) Strand
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on sides., First state? Lacks plate number. Cf. No. 4637 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Trades -- Domestic service: footman -- Female dress: high heel shoe., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act, Octr. 12, 1772, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Horseback riding, Occupations, Servants, and Shoemakers
Title from text above image., Caption below image: The modern Judas, addressed to the free electors of Westminster., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following the imprint: "... at whose exhibition rooms may be seen the compleatest collection of comick & satiricat [sic] prints in Europe. Admittance one shilling.", Temporary local subject terms: St. Stephen's Chapel -- Elections: Westminster, 1790 -- Literature: allusion to Sheridan's School for scandal -- Naval uniforms: admirals' uniforms., and Watermark: armorial shield with fleur-de-lis and initials LVG.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 12, 1790 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly, London
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, and Townshend, John, Lord
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., 'Price 6d.', Seven stanzas of verse engraved below image: Behold his bust who saved our state, view sympathizing Britain weep ..., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: old and injured British Oak -- Britannia (Symbolic character) -- Wars: allusion to war with Spain -- Wars: allusion to peace negotiations, 1762 -- Navy: war ships -- Family compact -- Containers: travelling trunks -- Medallions -- Bribes -- Spaniards -- Frenchmen -- Literature: quotation from Cato, iv.139, by Joseph Addison, 1672-1719 -- Allusion to François de Bussy, 1699-1789 -- Allusion to John Russell, Duke of Bedford, 1710-1771., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Printed & sold by R. Withy, at the Dunciad in Cornhill
