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1. A toad under a harrow [graphic]
- Creator:
- Phillips, John, active 1825-1831, artist
- Published / Created:
- June 20, 1829.
- Call Number:
- 829.06.20.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "John Nash, misery personified, sits on the ground, in profile to the left, hands on knees, chin close to his hands; a harrow with huge spikes rests on his shoulders, and is thus tilted up, while a horse, its head cut off by the left margin, drags it along. Only one corner touches the ground, on a heap of papers, some of which it has spiked up; these are: 'Artists' Gallery', 'Marble Job', 'Lath & Plaister Acct', 'Job' (five times), 'Pimlico job' [Buckingham Palace], 'Regent Street Job', 'Brighton Job' [the Pavilion], 'Suffolk Street Job', 'Woods and Forests Job', 'Windsor Job', 'Brick . . .', 'his Mi . . . Job', 'Mosaic Gold Job'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., A. Sharpshooter tentatively identified as John Phillips. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Spiked harrows., Watermark: J. Whatman., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 99.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Nash, John, 1752-1835
- Subject (Topic):
- Horses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A toad under a harrow [graphic]
2. John Bull & the arch-itect wot build's the arches &c &c &c &c [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [5 June 1829]
- Call Number:
- 829.06.05.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- John Bull and the architect wot builds the arches
- Description:
- Title from text above image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Imprint continues: ... sole pub. of P. Prys caricatues [sic]., Text above imprint: None are orilinal [sic] without McLeans name., Text below image: The architect. Glory consists in the designment and idea of the work; his ambition should be to make the form triumph over the matter., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., Temporary local subject terms: Buckingham Palace -- Male costume: Apron -- Trowels -- Architects -- Walking-sticks., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 91.
- Publisher:
- Pub. June 5, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
- Subject (Name):
- Nash, John, 1752-1835
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character) and Eyeglasses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John Bull & the arch-itect wot build's the arches &c &c &c &c [graphic]
3. Nashional taste!!! dedicated without permission, to the church commissioners / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Aprial [sic] 7th, 1824.
- Call Number:
- 824.04.07.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Below the title: Dedicated without permission, to the Church Commissioners--Nash, much caricatured, is spiked by the seat of his trousers on the spire of All Souls Church, Langham Place, the upper part of the ring of pillars below the spire forming the base of the design. He is suspended like a scarecrow, large in proportion to the building, his arms extended horizontally from the shoulders and hanging limply from the elbow, his head is turned to the left. Carrion birds fly round him. There is a background of clouds. Below the dedication: Providence sends meat, Parliament sends Funds-- The Devil sends cooks-- But, who sends the Architects?--!!!"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- National taste!!!
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Print signed using George Cruikshank's device: Q in the corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of text below title: Providence sends meat, the devil sends cooks ..., Temporary local subject terms: Churches: All Souls Church, Langham Place., and Manuscript "97" in upper center of plate.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by G. Humphrey, No. 24, St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Nash, John, 1752-1835
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Nashional taste!!! dedicated without permission, to the church commissioners / [graphic]
