"Satire on the expected effect of a return of John Wilkes to parliament. Wilkes as Hercules leaps over the fallen figure of Discord to seize the arm of the Speaker, Sir John Cust, as members flee in all directions. In the front, to right, is Fletcher Norton, holding a bag of money while other coins fall from his pocket as he steps over the mace, lettered "A Mere Bauble" (quoting Oliver Cromwell). In the background, on a pedestal decorated with the mournful figure of Britannia, a bloated figure squats over "Magna Charta". It has three heads, a wolf, a snake and a sheep; one outstretched hand is in the form of a claw, the other holds a bag of money. Behind this figure, Lord Bute, emerges raising hands in shock at the sight of Wilkes/Hercules."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above image., Two lines of text below image: The figure on the pedestal is the symbol of bribery, corruption & hypocrisy., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon [1767-1772], v. 2 (1768), page 193., and Temporary local subject terms: Mythology -- Influence: Lord Bute's influence -- Emblems: Speaker's mace -- Bags of money -- Personifications: Bribery, Corruption and Hypocrisy -- Weapons: mace.
"Lord Barrymore and his two brothers are represented as figurines on the shelf of a chimney-piece, along which the title is etched. Each stands on a circular pedestal inscribed: (left to right) 'A Hell-gate Blackguard', 'A Newgate Scrub', and 'A Cripplegate Monster', the three brothers being known as Newgate, Hellgate, and Cripplegate. In the centre Barrymore, as Scrub, is seated as in Act iii of Farquhar's play, when in conference with Archer: dressed in livery and wearing an apron, his hands on his knees (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6221). On the left Augustus Barry, stripped to the waist and wearing boxing-gloves with a high hat, stands in the attitude of a pugilist, which his extreme thinness makes ridiculous. On the right Henry Barry grins and capers, holding a toy whirligig. He wears the fashionable dress of the bloods of the moment: high hat, long tight breeches reaching almost to the ankle, short wrinkled top-boots with enormous spurs. His coat is slipping off his shoulders and fastened by one button (a caricature of the fashion); all have cropped hair, cf. British Museum Satires No. 8040, &c. Over Barrymore's head is the lower part of a bust-portrait of the Prince of Wales in an oval frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eighteen lines of verse etched below image: To whip a top, to knuckle down at taw ..., Temporary local subject terms: Mantelpieces -- Pugilism -- Toys: whirligig -- Spurs -- Literature: allusion to George Farquhar's The Beaux Stratagem, iii, 3 -- Barrymore, Richard, 7th Earl, 'Newgate' -- Barrymore, Henry, 8th Earl, 'Cripplegate' -- Barry, Augustus, 'Hellgate' -- Prince of Wales's circle -- Pictures amplifying subject: Prince of Wales'e portrait., and Mounted to 36 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Barrymore, Richard Barry, Earl of, 1769-1793, Barrymore, Henry Barry, Earl of, 1770-1823, and Barry, Augustus, 1773-1818
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Chimneypieces, Figurines, Pedestals, Boxers (Sports), and Toys
Volume 2, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"[1] 'H. Bunbury Esqr del.' Punch (left) points to a large butt or tun inscribed 'WYNNSTAY', from the top of which hang comic masks which encircle its upper circumference; in his right hand is a stick with an ass's head. On the right side of the butt are three figures: Mother Shipton, humpbacked with a profile like Punch's; a demon or satyr, who looks from behind the cask; and a small man or boy, perhaps Tom Thumb. [2] 'View of the Theatre at Wynnstay. I. Evans Esqr del.' A view of the theatre is framed by a curtain held up (left) by Comedy and right by Tragedy. The façade has the date '1782'. [3] 'Wynnstay. H. Bunbury Esqr del.' Amateur actors and actresses dance in a circle round a high pedestal supporting a bust of (?) Shakespeare. They include a Falstaff leering at a lady in Elizabethan dress, a man wearing a tall leek in his hat (? Fluellen), and a French military officer with long queue and cavalier's boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above images., Three designs arranged in a vertical strip, each with its own title and artist's signature., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Plate from: The European magazine, and London Review, v. 9 (February 1786), page 71., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Theatre at Wynnstay., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 25.8 x 14.9 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge with loss of title.
Publisher:
Publishd. Feby. 1, 1786, by I. Sewell, Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Shipton, Mother approximately 1488-1561 (Ursula), and Wynnstay Theatre,
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Masks, Barrels, Demons, Theaters, and Pedestals
Volume 2, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"[1] 'H. Bunbury Esqr del.' Punch (left) points to a large butt or tun inscribed 'WYNNSTAY', from the top of which hang comic masks which encircle its upper circumference; in his right hand is a stick with an ass's head. On the right side of the butt are three figures: Mother Shipton, humpbacked with a profile like Punch's; a demon or satyr, who looks from behind the cask; and a small man or boy, perhaps Tom Thumb. [2] 'View of the Theatre at Wynnstay. I. Evans Esqr del.' A view of the theatre is framed by a curtain held up (left) by Comedy and right by Tragedy. The façade has the date '1782'. [3] 'Wynnstay. H. Bunbury Esqr del.' Amateur actors and actresses dance in a circle round a high pedestal supporting a bust of (?) Shakespeare. They include a Falstaff leering at a lady in Elizabethan dress, a man wearing a tall leek in his hat (? Fluellen), and a French military officer with long queue and cavalier's boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above images., Three designs arranged in a vertical strip, each with its own title and artist's signature., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Plate from: The European magazine, and London Review, v. 9 (February 1786), page 71., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Theatre at Wynnstay., and Mounted on page 22 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publishd. Feby. 1, 1786, by I. Sewell, Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Shipton, Mother approximately 1488-1561 (Ursula), and Wynnstay Theatre,
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Masks, Barrels, Demons, Theaters, and Pedestals
Between two large pedestals, the one to the left topped with the head of George II, the one to the right with a sitting figure of George III, the Coalition ministers fall to the ground, their balance upset by a large platform, "New method of executing criminals (...)" pushed by George III with his foot. Charles Fox, who has already landed on the ground, grins announcing his intention of returning to power. Falling behind him, the frightened Lord North clutches the open "Budget" sack from which several documents fall out. Above him, Edmund Burke is about to lose his balance. The indifferent-looking George III busies himself blowing a large bubble, "Royal favour." The pedestals are inscribed, respectively, with the achievements of George II and the failures of George III
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 37 x 33 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Pedestals, Angels, and Clothing & dress
Volume 2, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An engraved ticket for a program of four plays presented in 1781 by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, the wealthy fourth baronet devoted to private theatricals. This ticket, an oval design in a rectangular frame, is for the 1781 performance of Rule a wife and have a wife, Bon ton, Richard III, and Lyar
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist identified as Bunbury in the British Museum online catalogue., Questionable printmaker attribution to Bretherton from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2958., and For further information, consult library staff.
Volume 2, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An engraved ticket for a program of four plays presented in 1781 by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, the wealthy fourth baronet devoted to private theatricals. This ticket, an oval design in a rectangular frame, is for the 1781 performance of Rule a wife and have a wife, Bon ton, Richard III, and Lyar
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist identified as Bunbury in the British Museum online catalogue., Questionable printmaker attribution to Bretherton from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2958., Mounted on page 22 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 21.5 x 14.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
