"Fox rises from a close-stool; Sheridan (left) is about to apply a syringe, inscribed 'R------ts [Regent's] Clyster', to his rectum. Burke (right), wearing a Jesuit's biretta (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6026), gropes in the close-stool, holding in his left hand its lid, inscribed 'Not searching from Precedents but Consequences' (a characteristic dictum); he says, "To Ordure - Ordure" (Burke was often called to order for his speeches on the Regency, cf. British Museum Satires No. 7499, &c). Fox says, "Exegi Monumentum cere perennias, or the finishing Stroke" (perhaps an allusion to the revolution Pillar, see British Museum Satires No. 7396). In his hand is a paper inscribed 'Magna Charta Non Posteris sed Posterioribus'; his posterior is inscribed 'Patriotic Bum' and 'Vox Populi'. He stands on a paper inscribed 'Resolutions of P------l------t.' Sheridan is 'Principal Promoter of loose Principles'; under his right foot is an open book: 'Congreve Plays School for Scandal', probably implying plagiarism by Sheridan (cf. Moore, 'Life of Sheridan', p. 180, where resemblances between 'The School for Scandal' and 'The Double Dealer' are noted). The background is a library wall: a book-case containing folio volumes in some disorder is flanked by scowling busts of 'Wat Tyler' and 'Jack Kade'. The books are inscribed: 'The Laws of Pharaoh' (Faro, cf. British Museum Satires No. 5972), 'Political Prints', 'Life of Oliver Cromwell' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6380, &c), 'Cataline' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6784), 'Memoirs of Sam House'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., The number "3" in publisher's street address in imprint is etched backwards., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.5 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 25.5 x 36.6 cm., and Mounted on card backing to 28 x 39 cm; matted to 33 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 21, 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Defecation, Medical equipment & supplies, and Bookcases
"A huge bull, snorting fire, rushes with lowered head towards a French fort (left) from which cannon-balls descend upon him. Beneath the fort sansculottes on one knee fire at the bull while standing French soldiers, correctly dressed, also fire. On the fortress stand Frenchmen, firing and waving their hats; they shout: "Vive la republic, Blood & plunder, no Quarter to John Bull!" A huge tricolour flag has a staff surmounted by a skull. To the bull's back is strapped a bundle inscribed 'Debt Debt'. One horn has been shot off and lies on the ground. To his left hind leg is chained a heavy weight inscribed 'Subsidies'. Nevertheless, he cries: "Now my brave Allies let us all stand firm together & make a bold push, & I'll be Answerable for the Event." But behind him (right) his allies have all turned their backs and are departing in directions indicated by signposts. A fat Dutchman smoking a pipe goes 'To Amsterdam', saying, "I care not who beats, I'll join the Strongest Party". Frederick William II (father-in-law of the Duke of York) walks off 'To Berlin', saying, "I've fingerd the Cash from both Sides, & will now employ it to Secure the Partition of Poland"; "Negociate with Robertspierre privately & then - Damn Relationship!!!" Next, a Spanish don, Charles IV, goes 'To Madrid', saying, "Whats the Bourbon Family to me when they Impede my Interest. Hush!! I am now treating for a Separate peace with that Blackguard Roberspere to Secure my own Crown - I must enlarge the Powers of the Inquisition". On the extreme right Francis II and Mack in a two-wheeled gig, on which is the Habsburg eagle, are driving off 'To Vienna'. The Emperor says: "Well Mack we have made a Glorious Campaign of it; of what use are the Low Countries without they continue to fill my Coffers? As for John Bull, let him settle the business as he can he loves to be meddling"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bulls last effort to oblige his false friends
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Isaac Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Matted to 39 x 52 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. July 17, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Mack von Leiberich, Karl, 1752-1828, Frederick William II, King of Prussia, 1744-1797, Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794., Charles IV, King of Spain, 1748-1819, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Frederick William II, King of Prussia, 1744-1797., and Mack von Leiberich, Karl, 1752-1828.
Subject (Topic):
Great Britain, Foreign relations, John Bull (Symbolic character), Bulls, Ethnic stereotypes, Caricatures and cartoons, English wit and humor, Pictorial, and Satire, English
As she looks directly at the viewer, a short, plump woman dressed in a short dickey bares her breasts as she stands, legs apart, between a dresser and an armchair. A cat with a shocked expression looks up under her short chemise
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Printmaker and imprint from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 29 x 22 cm.
A muzzled bear sits up, as if begging, on a fat woman who lies on her back. She says: "Gemini! what a Weight! my poor dear Mr Dripping was quite a Feather to him". She wears a ribbon with a miniature portrait of a man around her neck; her hat lies on the ground beside her. The bear's keeper (right) raises his club, saying, "Down Bruin! I'll teach you to ride the high Horse". A dog (right) springs towards the bear. A man (left) runs off, saying, "D------m me I'll be off! . . . [etc.]".
Description:
Title etched below image. and Giles Grinagain is possibly a pseudonym of Samuel Howitt. See British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
Published Decbr. 20th, 1801, by S. Howitt, Panton Street
Subject (Topic):
Animal attacks, Bears, Dogs, Jewelry, Miniatures (Paintings), and Obesity
A social satire: a woman in a apron and with a kerchief on her head is seated at a low table with a basket of lobsters; she holds out one lobster that is pulling a man's nose, as she says "There d-n your Eyes, who stinks now?" He winces in pain and pushes back against her arm as he replies, "Begar he bite! Oh!!!"
Description:
Title etched below image., Giles Grinagain is possibly a pseudonym of Samuel Howitt. See British Museum online catalogue., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published Decbr. 1, 1801, by S. Howitt, Panton Street
"Members of the Opposition in a row, talk in couples, except for the arch-egotist Erskine (see British Museum satires no. 9246) on the extreme left, who exclaims: "Peace - and I not consulted 'tis very strange, by Gad". Sheridan (left), seated in profile to the right, reads the 'Gazzette Extraordina[ry] Peace! Peace!' with an expression of dismay. He says: "It is here, sure enough, I can scarcely believe my eyes, then all my fine speeches respecting the continuance of the War is dish'd, its no farce." Burdett stands with legs astride looking down at him; he says: "O it can't be true depend upon it." The centre pair, Fox and Bedford, face each other in profile. Fox says: "This is a curious kind of business. I heard of it at the Crown and Anchor." Bedford, in top-boots, and a riding whip under his arm, answers: "I heard of it in Bedfordshire." On the right little Lord Derby turns to Tierney, asking, "Pray who is this Peace Maker - this Mr A- Ad, Ad, what's his name, I never can think of it dam my Wig" [he is almost bald, with a tiny pigtail]. Tierney, looking down morosely, his arms folded, answers: "I really cannot immediately recollect, but I know he is not one of us - however we can find it in the Red Book"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Politicians puzzled
Description:
Title etched below image., Approximate date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., With publisher's watercolor., and Watermark: W. Elgar 1797.
Publisher:
Pubd. by P. Roberts, 28 Middle-Row, Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, and Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844
Subject (Topic):
Whig Club (London, England), Whig Party (Great Britain), and Politics and government
Three women, two standing and one sitting smoking a pipe, converse outside a shop, 'Fine Cordial Gin, two penny & best Virginia'.
Alternative Title:
Gin, two-penny and tobacco
Description:
Title etched below image., Giles Grinagain is possibly a pseudonym of Samuel Howitt. See British Museum online catalogue., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and From the Renier Collection; on verso ms. notes in black ink 'Renier' and monogram 'AR'.
Publisher:
Pub. July 25, 1802, by S. Howitt, Panton Street, Haymarkt
Subject (Topic):
Baskets, Carts & wagons, Pipes (Smoking), Stores & shops, Street vendors, Women, and Tobacco
A social satire: a beggar wearing ragged clothes and leaning on a crutch hold his hat out towards a old, well-dressed woman as he says, "My angelic young lady! Heaven preserve your ladyship's beautiful shape and countenance these thousand years! Give a halfpenny to a poor old man." Her face is caricatured, with a large pig-like nose from which long hairs protrude and with growths on her face, but she carries a parasol and is fashionably dressed and wears a feather and flower in her hair and earrings and large beaded necklace
Description:
Title etched below image., Giles Grinagain is possibly a pseudonym of Samuel Howitt. See British Museum online catalogue., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and On verso ms. notes in black ink: 'Renier' and monogram 'AR'.
Publisher:
Published Febry. 1st, 1802, by S. Howitt, Panton Str., Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Beggars, Clothing & dress, Crutches, Flattery, Ugliness, and Umbrellas
"A man in ragged but quasi-fashionable dress rides (right to left) an ass through a river which flows past a steep mountain. The animal jibs, with ears set back; the rider raises a whip in each hand. He wears, and uses, three pairs of spurs, and attached to his shoulders and to the ass is a monstrous pile of bladders inscribed respectively 'Repartee', 'Nonsensical Verses', 'Catastrophe', 'Sentiment', 'Blasphemies', 'Puns', 'Duels', 'Double Entendres', 'Metaphors', 'Ghosts', 'Melting Speeches', 'Squibs', 'Dialogue', 'Daggers Poisons'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state.*
Alternative Title:
Dramatic author foiled in his attempt to ascend Parnassus
Description:
Title etched below image., Giles Grinagain is possibly a pseudonym of Samuel Howitt. See British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by S.W. Fores in 1804. Cf. No. 10334 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
"A mounted officer with drawn sabre heads a procession of 'Volunteers' linked by a chain to his horse and to each other. The horse is a well-bred animal with handsome trappings, but the rider is lean and has torn breeches. He is followed by a file of three whose necks are attached to the horse and whose hands or arms are pinioned. All are miserable wretches, barelegged and ragged; the last, less abject, has sabots and takes snuff. He is chained to the neck of a donkey on whose back is a pannier containing three despairing conscripts. To the animal's tail is tied a low truck on which a moribund shackled man lies on his back, his knees drawn up. To the truck is chained, in a stooping position, a man whose hands are tied behind his back, his nails being long talons. Birds, scenting carrion, fly towards the procession. Below the design: 'Dedicated (by an Eye Witness) to the Volunteers of Great Britain'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched in top part of image., Printmaker identified as Gillray and the artist questionably identified as Charles Loraine Smith in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 21.8 x 60.4 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark; mounted to 28 x 66 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 25th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Soldiers, French, and Starvation
