"The Prince of Wales lies on his bed, partly dressed, in a drunken stupor, head downwards, right arm hanging to the ground, where are broken bottles and spilt wine. The ghost of his great-uncle, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), immensely fat, and naked except for cocked hat and sabre, emerging from clouds, stands at the bed-side (right), holding up an hour-glass whose sands have nearly run out; in his right hand he raises the bed-curtains which frame the design. He warns the Prince of the effects of drink and corpulence. See BMSats 9383, 9384, 9385, where the warning is extended."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Subject (Topic):
Beds, Drinking vessels, Ghosts, Hourglasses, Intoxication, and Obesity
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '39' in lower right corner., Restrike for Bohn's "Supressed plates". Cf. No. 9381in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.7., and Temporary local subject terms: Furnishings: bed curtains -- Hour-glass -- Glass: wine bottles.
Publisher:
Pubd May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Title engraved above image., Two images on one plate arranged horizontally., Six lines of verse below image on the left: Oh! Britain, didst thou e'er the hostile foe refuse ..., Six lines of verse below image on the right: Thus mighty George once view'd the heroes of this isle ..., Four lines of quotation in a vignette below title, overlapping both images: Must I stand still & tamely see ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: volunteers' uniforms -- Military: German mercenaries -- Literature: quotation from Abraham Cowley, 1618-1667.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Sepr. 21st 1756 by Edwards & Darly, at the Acorn opposite Hungerford Market, Strand
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
The Duke of Cumberland shown full length, standing in full glory astride the world with his left foot on Britain and "Medterianian" and Africa identified below. He wears a laurel wreath around his head and carries a bâton; he is very fat. To the left of the "Medterianian" are three fleurs-de-lis referencing the peril of Gibraltar and the predominance of France in the area
Description:
Title etched in image., Plate numbered '55' in upper right corner., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., and Mounted to 23 x 22 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and France.
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Litchfield races transpos'd and Litchfield races transposed
Description:
Caption title., Place of publication and suggested date from English short title catalogue and British Museum catalogue., An etching at top of sheet satirising the Jacobite enthusiasms of Staffordshire sportsmen, is followed below by a song in letterpress., Six stanzas of an anonymous song that is a patriotic British plea for unity, in two columns below the image: Ye subjects of true British race, Whether old Whig or Tory ... which does not clearly relate to the engraving in its contents., Temporary local subject terms: Union: Great Britain and Scotland -- Scotland : Rebellion, denial of redress for grievances -- Emblems: Britannia as symbol of the Union -- Emblems: fleur-de-lis as France, tied to Britain -- Races: Litchfield -- Ballads -- Cannons: touchole -- Tents -- Emblems: anchor for the Duke of Bedford., Watermark: Fleur-de-lis., and Sheet trimmed on the right, within plate mark of the etching, resulting in some loss of image and in loss of 'd' in 'transpos'd'.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, and Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Subject (Topic):
Jacobites, Caricatures and cartoons, Patriotism, Britannia (Symbolic character), National emblems, British, French, and Scottish
publish'd accoding [sic] act of Parliament, Sepr. 2d 1762.
Call Number:
762.09.02.01.1+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satirical riposte to Hogarth's 'The Times Plate 1' (Paulson 211) contrasting particular elements of that print to suggest that Lord Bute is creating faction within the country while Pitt and his supporters attempt to calm the situation. St James's Palace is ablaze; flames issuing from the gate set fire to an inn sign of the globe lettered "New Lost Land" (a reference to the recent loss of Newfoundland). On the left, Bute, wearing a tartan night shirt, holding a large pair of bellows, runs away from the fire but encourages it by breaking wind; two other Scots, crouching, also break wind, one of them addressing the other as "Brother Small Wit" (i.e., Tobias Smollett); Henry Fox runs away from Bute's supporters crying, "D[am]n the Dogs how they stink I'll turn my tail on them". On the right, Pitt stands on a fire engine directing a jet of water on the fire (in contrast to Hogarth's print where he stands on stilts fanning the flames while a supporter of the king is the chief fire fighter); the pump is manned by the Dukes of Newcastle and Cumberland and sailors who parallel the prominent sailor in Hogarth's print. Cumberland complains that the "machine is sadly out of Order" (meaning government) to which Newcastle responds "Yes ever since you left it", referring to Cumberland's resignation from military command. The sailors allude to Pitt's letter of October 1761 to William Beckford in which he explains his resignation "in order not to remain responsible for measures which I was no longer allowed to guide" (published in the Annual Register, 1761, p.300); they compare Pitt as the "Master [who] Guides it well" with Bute whose action is a wind that "encreases the Flame" and "comes from a very foul quarter". Charles Churchill, in clerical dress, walks towards the Pitt's group carrying a bucket labelled "North Briton" and offering to "help without hope of a Pension", an allusion to payments made by the Crown both to Hogarth and to Pitt. In the background, to left, a group of men look on saying the "Squire" (the king) and his family are "safe on the other side" (implying they have joined the opponents of Lord Bute, which was not in fact the case); one man continues to encourage Bute, "Blow away my Lad they will expend all their Water soon". Etched verses below describe the scene in scurrilous terms suggesting that the fire began in "the Welch Ladys Bed Room", i.e., that of Princess Augusta, and call for quenching of the "Fire of Party."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bull's house set in flames
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at bottom., Three columns of verse below titie: Iohn Bulls hous in flames, to whom is this owing, / That's what we've to tell you. There look at them blowing / New lost land is done for, and all the worlds going ..., "Price 6d.", Temporary local subject terms: Buildings -- London: St. James's Street -- Newspapers: North Briton -- Naval uniforms: sailor's uniform -- Seven Years' War: reference to the loss of Newfoundland -- Signboards -- Fire-engines., and Watermark: countermark I V.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Saint James's Palace (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Fires, Signs (Notices), Taverns (Inns), Bellows, Flatulence, Fire fighting, and Sailors
publish'd accoding [sic] act of Parliament, Sepr. 2d 1762.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Satirical riposte to Hogarth's 'The Times': A scene in St. James's Street ... reading the newspaper 'North Briton' ... -- the loss of Newfoundland
Alternative Title:
John Bull's house sett in flames and John Bull's house set in flames
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Price 6d."--Below middle column of verse., Second state, with plaid design added to Lord Bute's nightshirt and additional cross-hatching in foreground., Three columns of verse below titie: Iohn Bulls house in flames, to whom is this owing, that's what we've to tell you. There look at them blowing ..., and On page 289 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 24.4 x 28.9 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and St. James's Palace (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Fire engines, Military uniforms, British, and Signs (Notices)
publish'd accoding [sic] act of Parliament, Sepr. 2d 1762.
Call Number:
762.09.02.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Satirical riposte to Hogarth's 'The Times': A scene in St. James's Street ... reading the newspaper 'North Briton' ... -- the loss of Newfoundland
Alternative Title:
John Bull's house sett in flames and John Bull's house set in flames
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Price 6d."--Below middle column of verse., Second state, with plaid design added to Lord Bute's nightshirt and additional cross-hatching in foreground., Three columns of verse below titie: Iohn Bulls house in flames, to whom is this owing, that's what we've to tell you. There look at them blowing ..., and Window mounted to 28 x 39 cm, mounted again to 34 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and St. James's Palace (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Fire engines, Military uniforms, British, and Signs (Notices)
French Leuisdors for English bricks and French louis d'or for English bricks
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Sheet trimmed., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register ... London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., State lacking imprint and verse. Cf. No. 4043 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Lansdowne House, London -- Trades: masons -- Ladders -- Bricks -- Animals: fox -- Monkey playing violin., and Mounted to 34 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Animals in human situations, and Wheelbarrows
publish's according to act of Parliament, July 15th, [1749]
Call Number:
749.07.15.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Mars on his knees
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 'Price 6d.'--Lower right corner., Two lines of verse below title: Musick hath charms to soothe the savage breast! / To soften rocks, and bend the knotted oak. Congrave [sic]., and Temporary local subject terms: Savoyards -- Mythology: allusion to Mars -- Buildings: Eton College -- Peasants -- Royal Arms -- 'The great fat hog to be seen alive' -- Literature: quotation from The mourning bride by William Congreve, 1670-1729.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Subject (Topic):
Musical instruments, Organ grinders, and Signs (Notices)
