"William IV, as Mars, in Roman armour, stands defiantly in a war-chariot drawn by three galloping horses, ridden by Discord, a virago with serpents for hair, who brandishes a handful of serpents. He holds a shield inscribed 'Signed Protocols', and a levelled spear; on his helmet is a dragon with gaping jaws. The chariot advances upon terrified Dutch soldiers (left), who flee; one drops his musket, but one on the extreme left (William I) stands firm beside the muzzle of a cannon and glares at the King with an obstinate scowl. They have high-crowned hats, with a ribbon inscribed 'Orange'. Facing the chariot-horses (left) are a menacing Russian bear and a Prussian Death's Head hussar with a levelled blunderbuss. Discord, looking sideways at the Prussian though turning away from him, says: 'A word in your Ear! there's nothing meant, its all show just to frighten these Dutchmen a little'. Under the chariot is a document inscribed 'Treatys'; the wheel is about to collide with a large stone inscribed 'Ireland', on which the features of O'Connell are faintly suggested. Behind the chariot are three Furies, with serpents for hair, and holding firebrands and bunches of serpents. Rushing forward, they urge the King on; they are (left to right) Grey, Durham, and Brougham. As a background to the chariot a swarm of countless frogs (French soldiers) is dimly suggested; they rush forward, with a tricolour flag. On the front of the chariot perches a Gallic cock. In the foreground (right) stands John Bull, stout and spectacled; he clutches his 'Reform Bill', and gapes up in horror, saying, 'Hey dey here's a bobbery, just as I was going to look over my Reform Bill quietly, what do they mean not to go to war sure now,!! after suffering Poland to be annihilated & Germany trampled on, Oh nonsense! Nonsense'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Publisher from publisher's statement "Published on the first of every month by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket, London" on first page of magazine; date of publication from series numbering "Vol. 3rd, Novr. 1st, 1832" on first page of magazine. See British Museum catalogue., Fourth page of a monthly magazine that consisted of four pages., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed resulting in loss of series title and numbering from top edge.
Publisher:
T. McLean
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, William I, King of the Netherlands, 1772-1843, O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847., Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Durham, John George Lambton, Earl of, 1792-1840, and Mars (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Armor, Chariots, Snakes, Shields, Spears, Firearms, Soldiers, Dutch, Prussian, National emblems, Bears, Frogs, and Roosters
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley" with an arrangement of Scottish and English weapons (swords, musket, canon, halberd, pickaxe, scimitar, pistol, broad-sward, haversadk, Lochaber axe, etc.), musical instruments (trumpet, drum, kettledrum, fife and bagpipes), and flags; in the center a pair of scissors excises the Scottish lion from the royal coat-of-arms
Alternative Title:
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley"
Description:
Title, printmaker, publisher, and date from Paulson., Lettered with subscription receipt: "Recd. [blank] of [blank] 7s:6d: being the whole payment for a print pepresenting a March to Finchly [sic] in the year 1746 which I promise to deliver when finish'd on sight hereof. N.B. Each print will be half a guinea after the subscription is over.", Ms. note: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d. edit. p. 284., Subscription ticket is filled in: April 10 1750 and illegible name. A scrap of paper attached at lower right with Hogarth's signature, 3 shillings, and Hogarth's wax seal., and On page 127 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 18.1 x 23 cm.
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley" with an arrangement of Scottish and English weapons (swords, musket, canon, halberd, pickaxe, scimitar, pistol, broad-sward, haversadk, Lochaber axe, etc.), musical instruments (trumpet, drum, kettledrum, fife and bagpipes), and flags; in the center a pair of scissors excises the Scottish lion from the royal coat-of-arms
Alternative Title:
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley"
Description:
Title, printmaker, publisher, and date from Paulson., Lettered with subscription receipt: "Recd. [blank] of [blank] 7s:6d: being the whole payment for a print pepresenting a March to Finchly [sic] in the year 1746 which I promise to deliver when finish'd on sight hereof. N.B. Each print will be half a guinea after the subscription is over.", and Sheet trimmed to 193 x 231 mm and annotated in Hogarth's hand(?): Aprl 2 1750, Robt. Thomson Esqr., N534. Also signed: "Wm. H[ogarth]".
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley" with an arrangement of Scottish and English weapons (swords, musket, canon, halberd, pickaxe, scimitar, pistol, broad-sward, haversadk, Lochaber axe, etc.), musical instruments (trumpet, drum, kettledrum, fife and bagpipes), and flags; in the center a pair of scissors excises the Scottish lion from the royal coat-of-arms
Alternative Title:
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley"
Description:
Title, printmaker, publisher, and date from Paulson., Lettered with subscription receipt: "Recd. [blank] of [blank] 7s:6d: being the whole payment for a print pepresenting a March to Finchly [sic] in the year 1746 which I promise to deliver when finish'd on sight hereof. N.B. Each print will be half a guinea after the subscription is over.", and Sheet 266 x 273 mm and annotated in Hogarth's hand(?): April 28 1750, Ja. Theoball Esqr., N1249. Also signed: "Wm. H[ogarth] 3 shilllings". With his wax seal.
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley" with an arrangement of Scottish and English weapons (swords, musket, canon, halberd, pickaxe, scimitar, pistol, broad-sward, haversadk, Lochaber axe, etc.), musical instruments (trumpet, drum, kettledrum, fife and bagpipes), and flags; in the center a pair of scissors excises the Scottish lion from the royal coat-of-arms
Alternative Title:
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley"
Description:
Title, printmaker, publisher, and date from Paulson. and Lettered with subscription receipt: "Recd. [blank] of [blank] 7s:6d: being the whole payment for a print pepresenting a March to Finchly [sic] in the year 1746 which I promise to deliver when finish'd on sight hereof. N.B. Each print will be half a guinea after the subscription is over."