"A party of clumsy Dutch burghers with frogs' heads advances through very shallow water to attack a ramshackle thatched booth, one corner of which is visible on the extreme right; from it hangs a sign with the half length portrait of a man in armour ... From the same post flies a standard with a double-headed eagle. The leader carries a standard on which is the cap of Liberty and the Lion of the United Provinces with the motto 'Concordia Res parvae crescunt'; he smokes a pipe and turns round to his two followers, one of whom (also smoking) fires a musket at random, turning his head aside. The other holds a cocked musket. Behind them (left) a small, foppish military officer with a simian head beats a drum inscribed (?) 'L R' [Ludovicus Rex]. He stands on an overturned basket to keep his feet out of the water and turns towards a Dutchman, seated beside (or in) a boat whose sail is partly visible on the extreme left, attempting to rouse him to action. This man refuses to move: his spear terminates in an object resembling the brooms on the masts of ships for sale; his musket leans against a barrel. A number of frogs sit or swim at the feet of the Dutchmen. In the background is a Dutch landscape with water, trees, boats, a church, &c. Three storks fly away."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Year of publication from another version of the design. Cf. No. 7172 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Dutch & United Provinces -- Free Corps -- Civil war: Holland, Patriots vs. Orangists -- Flags: Dutch Patriot Party standard -- Flags: Habsburg eagle standard --Brooms: emblem of ships for sale -- Mottoes: Concordia res parvae crescunt -- United Provinces: seven arrows -- Dutch crisis, 1787 -- French interest in Holland, 1787 -- Emblems: Storks for Holland -- Emblems: Dutch lion -- Dutch Patriot Party, 1787., 1 print : soft-ground etching on wove paper ; plate mark 31.3 x 40.1 cm, on sheet 33.3 x 42.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 38 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Published 4th August 178[...] by Thos. Cornell, Bru[...]
"A party of clumsy Dutch burghers with frogs' heads advances through very shallow water to attack a ramshackle thatched booth, one corner of which is visible on the extreme right; from it hangs a sign with the half length portrait of a man in armour inscribed 'Prince van Orange'. From the same post flies a standard with a double-headed eagle. The leader carries a standard on which is the cap of Liberty and the Lion of the United Provinces with the motto 'Concordia Res parvae crescunt'; he smokes a pipe and turns round to his two followers, one of whom (also smoking) fires a musket at random, turning his head aside. The other holds a cocked musket. Behind them (left) a small, foppish military officer with a simian head beats a drum inscribed (?) 'L R' [Ludovicus Rex]. He stands on an overturned basket to keep his feet out of the water and turns towards a Dutchman, seated beside (or in) a boat whose sail is partly visible on the extreme left, attempting to rouse him to action. This man refuses to move: his spear terminates in an object resembling the brooms on the masts of ships for sale; his musket leans against a barrel. A number of frogs sit or swim at the feet of the Dutchmen. In the background is a Dutch landscape with water, trees, boats, a church, &c. Three storks fly away."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Dutch & United Provinces -- Free Corps -- William V, Prince of Orange -- Civil war: Holland, Patriots vs. Orangists -- Flags: Dutch Patriot Party standard -- Flags: Habsburg eagle standard --Brooms: Emblem of ships for sale -- Mottoes: Concordia res parvae crescunt -- United Provinces: seven arrows -- Dutch crisis, 1787 -- French interest in Holland, 1787 -- Emblems: Storks for Holland -- Emblems: Dutch lion -- Dutch Patriot Party, 1787., and Mounted on page 55.
Publisher:
Published 4th August 1787 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Gothic church -- Corporations: country corporations -- Buildings: 16th-century houses., and Mounted.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 12, 1799, by T. Rowlandson, No. 1 James Street, Adelphi
Subject (Topic):
Churches, City & town halls, City council members, Mayors, Parades & processions, Signs (Notices), and Wells
"A ragged 'botching tailor' is climbing out of his bulk or stall (right) to attack with his goose a tailor who hastens from him, turning to snip his shears contemptuously. Above the penthouse stall is a placard, 'Simon Snip - maks & mendes Mens & Buoys reddy mad Close. N.B. nete Gallows for Breaches.' A garment and a pair of braces hang on a line; within a window is a sheet of patterns. The other, who is neatly dressed, carries a coat under his arm; a book of patterns protrudes from his coat pocket. A street receding in perspective (right) and the façade of a dignified house (left) form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Quarrelsome tailors and Two of a trade seldom agree
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Numbered '644' in lower left of plate., and Mounted to 37 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Sewing equipment & supplies, Signs (Notices), Tailor shops, and Tailors
"A ragged 'botching tailor' is climbing out of his bulk or stall (right) to attack with his goose a tailor who hastens from him, turning to snip his shears contemptuously. Above the penthouse stall is a placard, 'Simon Snip - maks & mendes Mens & Buoys reddy mad Close. N.B. nete Gallows for Breaches.' A garment and a pair of braces hang on a line; within a window is a sheet of patterns. The other, who is neatly dressed, carries a coat under his arm; a book of patterns protrudes from his coat pocket. A street receding in perspective (right) and the façade of a dignified house (left) form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Quarrelsome tailors and Two of a trade seldom agree
Description:
Title engraved below image., Variant state, with publication date etched in lower right corner of plate. For state lacking publication date, see no. 8595 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Numbered '644' in lower left of plate., No. 48 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Sewing equipment & supplies, Signs (Notices), Tailor shops, and Tailors
Print shows on the left, a statue of Justice in a niche beneath which a candidate, doffing his hat, offers a purse of money to a voter who replies, "Twill scarce pay, make it twenty more", beside them a gentleman points to the statue saying "Regard Justice" to another carrying a bundle on his shoulder who replies, "We fell out, I lost money by her". In the centre, in front of a large crowd are two candidates, both waving their hats, slip coins into two of the many pockets of a voter's coat; one candidate says, "Sell not your Country" and the voter replies, "No Bribery but Pocketts are free". Further to the right another candidate, saying "Accept this small acknowledgment", offers a purse to a gentleman who grovels on the ground for coins that have been thrown down by the prevailing candidate, from his position on a chair supported by poles on the shoulders of four men. On the right, a statue of Folly in a niche empties bags of coins; before the statue is an altar on which a fire burns, a candidate kneels at its base imploring, "Help me Folly or my Cause is lost"; to the left of the altar, is a butcher crying "See here, see here" and to the right, a classical philosopher, saying "Let not thy right hand know what thy left does", puts his hand behind him to received a bribe from a young man. Beyond is a tavern outside the landlord, wearing horns, calls out "He kist my Wife he has my Vote"; outside the tavern hangs the sign of a bottle with a large globe attached
Alternative Title:
Ready money the prevailing candidate, or The humours of an election and Humours of an election
Description:
Title engraved above image., Satire on corrupt elections, particularly that of 1727, set in a country town with several candidates bribing voters., Three columns of verse below: The Laws, against Brib'ry Provision may make ... Contemn Gilded Baits, & Elect Men of Merit., Price following imprint: "Pr. 6 pence.", and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold at the Print Shop in Grays Inn
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Elections, Corrupt practices, Corruption, Crowds, Justice, Political elections, Signs (Notices), and Taverns (Inns)
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.5.48., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., A copy in reverse of no. 4766 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Soldiers -- Volunteers -- Clerks -- Sign: "The Old Fortune" -- Town centers -- Castle gate -- Pictures amplify subject., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 239.
Volume 1, page 13. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: a group of new recruits being drilled by two soldiers outside an inn called 'The Old Fortune', the sign showing a one-legged old soldier, while a young woman sells vegetables from a basket; the head of a grinning man appears behind her below the inn sign."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,6.47., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered "2" in upper left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Military: Drilling recruits -- Recruits -- Sergeant -- Signboards: 'The Old Fortune' (Of War) -- Street scenes., and Mounted on page 13 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st, 1780, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Saint James's Palace (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Military officers, Soldiers, Recruiting & enlistment, Taverns (Inns), and Signs (Notices)
"The interior of a church (? the Chapel Royal) showing pulpit, side-gallery, and pews beneath the gallery. Wilkes (left) is the preacher, beneath him is his clerk, Pitt. At a right angle to the gallery is the royal pew (right), from which the King looks with earnest attention to the preacher. Queen Charlotte, her fingers to her mouth, also listens attentively. A lady-in-waiting and a courtier with a long wand (Lord Salisbury, the Lord Chamberlain) stand behind. The pew is decorated with the royal arms and has a canopy. In the centre of the gallery sit the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Fitzherbert; he turns away from the preacher, looking at her. Behind him stands George Hanger; behind Mrs. Fitzherbert sits a man looking at Wilkes through a spy-glass. Between him and the royal pew are three men in legal wigs and gowns: Pepper Arden, Dundas, and (?) Kenyon. Between the Prince and the pulpit sit North (asleep) and Burke, looking intently at Wilkes; a lady (? Duchess of Devonshire) attempts to wake North. In the seats under the gallery sit parties of citizens, in general asleep or inattentive. Below the royal pew stands Fox on a low stool as a penitent draped in a sheet; he wears a placard inscribed 'For Playing Cards on the Lord's Day'. A stout lady with an aquiline nose stands near Pitt; with a raised whip she chases a number of dogs out of the church. She has some resemblance to the Duchess of Gordon, a friend of Pitt. Immediately behind Mrs. Fitzherbert and between two Gothic windows is a wall-tablet inscribed: 'This Tablet is erected to the memory of the renowned Plenipotentiary who died by the bow string a short time after his return to Algiers. Two maiden ladies of this Parish who tasted exquisite felicity from his Prowess, dedicate this frail memorial to his loved memory'. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 7935, &c. Immediately behind Mrs. Fitzherbert and between two Gothic windows is a wall-tablet inscribed: 'This Tablet is erected to the memory of the renowned Plenipotentiary who died by the bow string a short time after his return to Algiers. Two maiden ladies of this Parish who tasted exquisite felicity from his Prowess, dedicate this frail memorial to his loved memory'. Cf. BMSat 7935, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wonderful effects of a proclamation
Description:
Title from item., Artist tentatively identified as Henry Wigstead; see British Museum catalogue., Printmaker formerly identified as Rowlandson, but an attribution to F.G. Byron (Andrew Edmunds, February 2021) is noted in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,4.101., The listed publisher "Paddy Whack" probably stands for William Holland; see British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Congregations -- Piety Proclamation, June 1, 1787., and Mounted to 30 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Paddy Whack, Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824, Gordon, Jane Gordon, Duchess of, 1748-1812, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Chapel Royal (Saint James's Palace, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Churches, Religious services, Pulpits, Pews, Dogs, Whips, Signs (Notices), and Windows
