"The Empress Catherine, at the point of death, leans back supporting herself on a chest or seat against the wall (right) of her closet. She shrinks terrified from solid clouds rolling towards her, which support many spectres. Death, a skeleton, stands behind and above her, his spear about to strike her through the brain. In the upper left corner the sack of 'Warsaw' is in progress, soldiers are killing women and children, others hurling bodies from a battlement. Near these groups of tiny figures 'Kosciusko' sits heavily shackled, a pitcher beside him. Next him stands Stanislaus II of 'Poland', wearing his (lost) crown, his wrists chained. Nearest the Empress stands Peter in a shroud and wearing a crown, holding out clasped hands towards her. A woman's arm points at him with a rod. The other figures are persons in death-agonies: a young man is suspended by the bound wrists from a gibbet. A naked man holds up a rope which is round his neck; a decapitated man holds out his head; a hand holds a sword which has transfixed the naked body of a woman; a naked child holds up a goblet. Other heads emerge from the clouds. The Empress clutches at her petticoat, revealing two cloven hoofs. Behind her head is a bust portrait of Fox, looking with horror at the ghosts among the clouds. The end of the chest on which she sits is removed, showing within it two grinning demons among flames, holding up an open box inscribed 'for Kates Spirit.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tale for future times
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to regicide -- Devil: cloven hoofs -- Reference to the partitions of Poland (1772-1795) -- Reference to the massacre of Praga, 1794., and Watermark: 1794.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762, Stanisław II August, King of Poland, 1732-1798, Kościuszko, Tadeusz, 1746-1817, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Death, Demons, Executions, Ghosts, Hell, and Skeletons
Title from item., Sixteen lines of verse in four columns below image, preceded by instructions: Tune, London is a fine town: First is the King of Pru---a with his men of might ..., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: King John by William Shakespeare, 1564-1616., and Watermark: Pro Patria.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Blackmoos [sic] head, Exeter Change
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740, Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Francis II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1708-1765, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, Elizabeth Farnese, consort of Philip V, King of Spain, 1692-1766, Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Title from item., Sixteen lines of verse in four columns below image, preceded by instructions: Tune, London is a fine town: First is the King of Pru---a with his men of might ..., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: King John by William Shakespeare, 1564-1616., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Blackmoos [sic] head, Exeter Change
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740, Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Francis II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1708-1765, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, Elizabeth Farnese, consort of Philip V, King of Spain, 1692-1766, Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Statement of responsibility continues: Price sixpence plain, coulour'd [sic] one shiling. Likewise Act I, II & III. Price 6d each. Allso [sic] two houmourous [sic] prints on the present time price 6d. each., Fourth of four prints in the series. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, nos. 3820, 3821 and 3929., Six columns of verse below image: To know collectively what's past, view this fourth act & scene the last ..., and Mounted to 30 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
To be had of the following printsellers, Wm. Hannell at the Royal Exchange, Cornhill ; H. Jackson Fleet Street ; R. Richards, Holbourn ; Danl. Paillet, Princes Street, Leicester Fields ; Henderson, Westminster Hall & all other printsellers & booksellers in London & Westminster
Subject (Name):
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Mustafa, III, Sultan of the Turks, 1717-1774, Frederick V, King of Denmark, 1723-1766, Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762, Adolphus Frederick, King of Sweden, 1710-1771, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, and Lomellini, Agostino, Doge of Genoa, 1760-1762
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Devil, and Peace negotiations
"Satire on the ambitions of European powers ranged against Maria Theresa in the early stages of the War of Austrian Succession, and on Robert Walpole's preoccupation with his own precarious position as well as his lack of support for Austria; an adaptation of British Museum Satires No. 2463. The ships at sea in the foreground of the earlier state have been replaced by the naked figure of Maria Theresa (then Queen of Hungary) sitting on a chair, one leg having been amputated and replaced by a wooden stump; a cloth around her hips is lettered, "Hungary & Lindtz". Her clothing has been pulled off by her enemies: Frederick the Great of Prussia pins down her cap, labelled "Silesia", with his halberd; the figure on the ground, previously identified as Theodore of Corsica holds her necklace labelled "Buta" [Buda]; the King of Spain holds a string by which he has pulled off her shift, labelled, "Just Rights"; the word "Doteingness" has been removed from Cardinal Fleury's walking frame and a string attached to his wrist has pulled off the Queen's petticoat, labelled "Austria/Netherlands" which she tries to hold on to; Walpole's paper is now lettered, "Place Bill", he now says "King LOGG listen to the Cardinal" a label at his feet reads, "If I get off now thanks to ye Priest Successor of Richlieu", and his string is now attached to the foot of the City of London alderman, whose label "Sturdy Beggar" has been removed; the Dutchman holds a string to which is attached the Queen's tippet labelled "Munich"(?) and he now says, "But We Design to be on our Guard & remain neuter"; the labels "Bohemia" and "Grand Duke" have been removed from two figures in the background; The figure formerly identified as Austria is now "Bohemia" and holds a string pulling the Queen's robe which is labelled "Prague", "Sultzback" and "Breslau". The verses below have been erased and replaced by twelve stanzas. The lettering is otherwise unchanged."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Queen of Hungary stript
Description:
Title from item., Also attributed to George Bickam the Younger., Bickham's name and date burnished from plate and replaced with that of Richardson's, along with alterations to design. See British Museum catalogue nos. 2463 and 2512., Image enclosed within decorative scroll., Twelve lines of verse in four columns below image: Who are all these that look so fine-a 'Tis P-----a, R----a, F----e, H-L---d and Spine-a ..., and Temporary local subject terms: War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-1748: stripping of the Hungarian Empire -- Birds: goose -- Go-carts -- Male dress: royal robes -- Female dress: royal robes -- Furniture: chair.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Blackmoos head, Exeter Change
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740, Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Francis II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1708-1765, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746, Elizabeth Farnese, consort of Philip V, King of Spain, 1692-1766, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, and Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756
Subject (Topic):
Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748, Geese, Clergy, and Seesaws
