"Satire on the effect of the death of the Emperor Charles VII on the imperial electors and other protagonists in the War of the Austrian Succession. The scene is divided into two parts: on the left the scene of Marshall de Belle-Isle's arrest beside a crenellated wall, and on the right the interior of a room draped with a curtain in which the corpse of Charles VII lies in a partially open coffin with "Car VII Imp 1745" written on its lid. On the left, Marshall de Belle-Isle on his horse says “I'll Tallard 'em”, his brother grasps the horse's tail in order to cut it off, saying "We'll dock the Han[ove]r Horse Brother". Beside him, Johann Hermann Myer, the arresting officer, says "I am a Bailiff of Consequence"; in the front an English cook remarks "Good English Beef" while behind the horse's head a French cook, holding a spoon to hismouth, says "Soup Maigre Pope's Eyes". Two men stand on top of the wall, one say “He'll serve ye Lyon so". In the interior on the right, Maria Theresa dances to the tune of "Thieue and Cordelier" and the deceased Emperor's son, Maximilian III Josef of Bavaria, "to Short for is Age", shown as a child (although he was actually 17 years old), approaches her, hat in hand, asking "Spare his remains". She replies "Then Vote for ye Grand Duke", referring to her hisband, Francis Stephen. The protagonists are grouped near the coffin: a man smoking a pipe and holding seven arrows in his hand represents the Netherlands and says "Seven to one we are easy"; Frederick the Great, Elector of Brandenburg, asking "Who'll be my Candidate”, beside him Cardinal Tencin whispering "Put up the weakest"; a soldier, the Elector Palatine, Charles VI Theodore, weeps into his handkerchief saying "Damm Bohemia I have lost my Interest"; George II of England, Elector of Hanover, holds a purse saying "I'll pay my Friend's Expenses"; the Archbishop Elector of Trier, Franz Georg von Schonborn-Buchheim, saying "Drive off ye French”, holds a paper lettered “The Day of Election is -"; the Archbishop Elector of Mainz, Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostern, reading a paper lettered "10000 masses", says "I am quite expos'd"; the Archbishop Elector of Cologne, Clemens Augustus of Bavaria, brandishes a scroll and says "My Brother was a Tool: But he's dead"; a Russian in furs (identified by Stephens as the Empress Elisabeth) says "A Kingdom for an Empire" to an elegant man probably intended for Louis XV; the latter, saying "Monsieur may put up ye poor Pallintine" points towards Charles VI Theodore, and holds the arm of the mournful Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, King of Poland (Stephens transposes the identities of these two men) who is saying "Poland a third time let the Saxon be Emperor"; Francis Stephen seated beside Frederick Augustus holds his hand to his mouth and says "I represent my Wife. . ." Above the coffin is a grotesque face with huge open mouth surmounted by a laurel wreath on top of which are three feathers and a bird, beside the head is a bundle of fasces. Three columns of verse beneath starting "For what have these Gentry these four years been fighting ..." suggest that the war has settled nothing."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Emperor's funeral, with Belleisle's progress to captivity
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publisher's advertisment following imprint: ... where may be had 30 more different sorts., and Twelve lines of verse in three columns below image: For what have these gentry these four years been fighting? For what have their servants been treating and writing? ...
Publisher:
Bickham May's Buildings, Covent Garden ...
Subject (Name):
Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, 1697-1745, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Francis II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1708-1765, Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, 1727-1777, Tencin, Pierre Guérin de, 1679-1758, and Belle-Isle, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de, 1684-1761
"Satire on the effect of the death of the Emperor Charles VII on the imperial electors and other protagonists in the War of the Austrian Succession. The scene is divided into two parts: on the left the scene of Marshall de Belle-Isle's arrest beside a crenellated wall, and on the right the interior of a room draped with a curtain in which the corpse of Charles VII lies in a partially open coffin with "Car VII Imp 1745" written on its lid. On the left, Marshall de Belle-Isle on his horse says “I'll Tallard 'em”, his brother grasps the horse's tail in order to cut it off, saying "We'll dock the Han[ove]r Horse Brother". Beside him, Johann Hermann Myer, the arresting officer, says "I am a Bailiff of Consequence"; in the front an English cook remarks "Good English Beef" while behind the horse's head a French cook, holding a spoon to hismouth, says "Soup Maigre Pope's Eyes". Two men stand on top of the wall, one say “He'll serve ye Lyon so". In the interior on the right, Maria Theresa dances to the tune of "Thieue and Cordelier" and the deceased Emperor's son, Maximilian III Josef of Bavaria, "to Short for is Age", shown as a child (although he was actually 17 years old), approaches her, hat in hand, asking "Spare his remains". She replies "Then Vote for ye Grand Duke", referring to her hisband, Francis Stephen. The protagonists are grouped near the coffin: a man smoking a pipe and holding seven arrows in his hand represents the Netherlands and says "Seven to one we are easy"; Frederick the Great, Elector of Brandenburg, asking "Who'll be my Candidate”, beside him Cardinal Tencin whispering "Put up the weakest"; a soldier, the Elector Palatine, Charles VI Theodore, weeps into his handkerchief saying "Damm Bohemia I have lost my Interest"; George II of England, Elector of Hanover, holds a purse saying "I'll pay my Friend's Expenses"; the Archbishop Elector of Trier, Franz Georg von Schonborn-Buchheim, saying "Drive off ye French”, holds a paper lettered “The Day of Election is -"; the Archbishop Elector of Mainz, Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostern, reading a paper lettered "10000 masses", says "I am quite expos'd"; the Archbishop Elector of Cologne, Clemens Augustus of Bavaria, brandishes a scroll and says "My Brother was a Tool: But he's dead"; a Russian in furs (identified by Stephens as the Empress Elisabeth) says "A Kingdom for an Empire" to an elegant man probably intended for Louis XV; the latter, saying "Monsieur may put up ye poor Pallintine" points towards Charles VI Theodore, and holds the arm of the mournful Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, King of Poland (Stephens transposes the identities of these two men) who is saying "Poland a third time let the Saxon be Emperor"; Francis Stephen seated beside Frederick Augustus holds his hand to his mouth and says "I represent my Wife. . ." Above the coffin is a grotesque face with huge open mouth surmounted by a laurel wreath on top of which are three feathers and a bird, beside the head is a bundle of fasces. Three columns of verse beneath starting "For what have these Gentry these four years been fighting ..." suggest that the war has settled nothing."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Emperor's funeral, with Belleisle's progress to captivity
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publisher's advertisment following imprint: ... where may be had 30 more different sorts., Twelve lines of verse in three columns below image: For what have these gentry these four years been fighting? For what have their servants been treating and writing? ..., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
Bickham May's Buildings, Covent Garden ...
Subject (Name):
Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, 1697-1745, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Francis II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1708-1765, Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, 1727-1777, Tencin, Pierre Guérin de, 1679-1758, and Belle-Isle, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de, 1684-1761
An engraving showing the head of Louis XV in the image of the coast of France with the ports of Dunkirk and Boulogne shown. From his mouth come the words: "O! O! O! me d' Pompedour." The French navy is shown towing small forts across the Channel towards England. Flanking the French fleet are three British ships. The to on the left are labelled Anson, and the one on the right is labelled Hawk
Description:
Title from text above design., Publisher at this address: George Bickham., With a verse in two columns at foot of design: "A false creation"., and See Horace Walpole's letter to Mann 23 February 1756, vol. 20, p. 529-535.
Publisher:
Sold in May's Buildings
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and France
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Naval operations, Foreign relations, Campaigns & battles, Forts & fortifications, and Ships
"Satire on the French king and his nobles melting valuables to make coin to pay war expenses in reaction to the disasters of the year 1759. Louis XV stands on the left holding a broken sceptre that he prepares to add to the crucible; Marshal Belle-Isle crouches on the right cutting up a candlestick; Madame de Pompadour works the bellows. Items of plate lie on the floor, including a vase lettered, "Germain fec" and a box lettered, "Messonier Inv"; on the wall hang portraits of W[illiam] P[itt], lettered "Terror of France", into which a sword is stuck, Newcastle and Fox, the latter two covered by a large cobweb."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Paris coiners 1759
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject headings: Reference to George Germain, Viscount Sackville, 1716-1785., and Mounted to 24 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. accordg. to act by MDarly, Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764, Belle-Isle, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de, 1684-1761, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Title from item., Publisher identified from address., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Ten lines of verse in two columns below image: While Tencin spins, like Atropos, his thread ..., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Where is 50 sorts., For discussion of this print see the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Frederick George Stephens, v. 3, note to no. 2606., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Holland as a headless person with 7 hands -- Spinning wheels -- Bags of goods -- Smuggling -- Archers' bows -- Shears -- Spindles -- Jacobite plot -- Boxes of Dutch tea -- Bales of English wool., and Watermark: countermark IV.
Publisher:
Sold in May's Buildings, Covent Garden
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, and Tencin, Pierre Guérin de, 1679-1758
Title from item., Plate from: Westminster Magazine. London : Printed for W. Goldsmith, v. 2 (1774) , p. 416., Two lines of verse below image: Thy kingdom, Stanisl'us, is now at stake. To four such stomachs, 'tis a mere plumb cake., and Temporary local subject terms: Partitions of Poland: 1st partition, 1772.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Stanisław II August, King of Poland, 1732-1798, and Abdul Hamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789
Title etched above image., Plate numbered '76' in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Inscription below image: Mene tekel., Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., Copy in reverse of No. 3676 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: scales of Justice.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Adolf Fredrik, King of Sweden, 1710-1771, Ferdinand VI, King of Spain, 1713-1759, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, and Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg, 1728-1793
Title etched above image., Plate numbered '62' in upper right corner., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., and Mounted to 23 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Hague printed, London reprinted
Subject (Name):
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, and Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786
Two images on one plate, each with a distinctive title., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Publication date in Stephens: 1767., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : J. Almon, v. 3 (1768), p. 321., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: American colonies as a native woman -- Globes -- Amputation -- Emblems: British oak -- Ships with brooms at topmasts, i.e., for sale -- Emblems: laurel branch -- Mottoes: Date obolum Bellisario -- Reference to beggary -- Reference to the American colonies: Virginia -- Reference to the American colonies: New York -- Reference to the American colonies: New England -- Reference to the American colonies: Pennsylvania -- Emblems: Maltese Cross -- Weapons: spears -- Daggers -- Dutchmen.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
