"Satire on the Duke of Newcastle and Lord Barrington suggesting that their conduct of the war is influenced by, respectively, corruption and incompetence, with reference here to the disgrace of General Fowke and Admiral Byng."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Discard
Description:
Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four columns of verse below image: I've heard of times (pray God defend us, we're not so good but he may mend us) ..., Temporary local subject terms: Naval uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Literature: Shakespeare., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials LVG below.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Byng, John, 1704-1757, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Military uniforms, British, Thrones, and Eagles
Title from item., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Ghosts -- Interiors: bedroom -- Furniture: canopy bed with ornamental bedposts -- Nightstand -- Wine glasses -- Glass: wine bottles -- Wine: burgundy -- Chamberpot -- Pocket watch -- Male dress: nightcap -- Miss Gubbins (fl. 1799)., From Minto Wilson collection, with his stamp on verso., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 15, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Regicide peace -- Malmesbury's peace negotiations, 1796 -- Pictures amplifying subject: Hercules breaking rods -- French government: Directory., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of sheet: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746-1820, Barras, Paul, vicomte de, 1755-1829, Carnot, Lazare, 1753-1823, and Reubell, Jean-François, 1747-1807
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: where may be seen the completest collection of caricature prints & drawings in the Kingdom. Admite. 1 s. Just pubd Chesterfields Principles of Politeness in the stile [sic] of Mr. Bunbury. In a few days will be pubd. Frailties of Fashion., Temporary local subject terms: Military: officers -- Military uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Guns: pistols -- Highway robbery -- Cowardice -- Environs of London -- Literature: allusion to Chesterfield's Letters To His Son, "Principles of Politeness" -- Allusion to Henry Bunbury, 1750-1811., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 29, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: Coaches: King's glass coach -- Crowds -- Opposition: members of the Opposition., Watermark: Strasburg bend with initial W below., Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F., and Collector's stamp on verso: half-length raised figure of fox with initials MW below.
Publisher:
Pub. N 2, 1797, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
Title from item., Possibly by Bickham., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Where may be had [the] original Reason., Fifteen stanzas of verse in five columns below image: All ye friends to merry ditty, Pray attend and I will fitt ye ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Motion for dismissal of Sir Robert Walpole -- Mottoes: Pro Patria Mori -- Conventions: allusion to the Pardo Convention, 1739 -- Emblems: Commonwealth as a coach -- Fairs: allusion to Bolingbroke's fair -- Buildings: Exchequer -- Signs: signboard -- Clergy: bishop -- Vehicles: coach -- Preferments -- Bills: place bill -- Pension bill -- France as a French ape -- Newspapers -- Allusion to Barcelona -- Literature: allusion to Vindication of the miracles, by Richard Smalbroke, 1672-1741 -- Speeches: allusion to Gage's speech against registering of seamen, December 1740 -- Animals: Viscount Bolingbroke as a bull -- Cardinal Fleury as a fox.
Publisher:
Sold by G. Bickham at the Black Moors Head, Exeter Change, by authority
Subject (Name):
Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743 and Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751
Title etched at top of plate above image., A satire against Walpole. See Foxon., Verse: "Who be de noble lady dere ..."., Letterpress broadside poem printed, illustrated with hand-colored etching at top of sheet (plate mark 21.3 x 32.2 cm.)., Lewis Walpole Library 741.04.07.01+: Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: White Hall -- Buildings: Treasury -- Personifications: Justice -- Britannia (Symbolic character)., and Unidentified watermark.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament, April the 7th 1741, and sold by J. Tinney, at the Golden Lion, in Fleet-Street, and at the print and pamphlet-shops
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Title from item., Advertisement by the printseller following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Taxes: wine duty, 1796 -- Mythology: Bacchus -- Windsor uniforms -- Containers: wine casks., Watermark: 1794., Printseller's stamp in lower right of sheet: S.W.F., and Collector's stamp on verso: half-length raised figure of fox with initials MW below.
Publisher:
Pub. April 26, 1796, by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Gordon, Jane Gordon, Duchess of, 1748-1812
Title from description in the British Museum catalogue for the original version of the print., Publication date based on an adverstisement of the series in Robert Sayer's catalog for 1766. See no. 1858 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., Copy in reverse of a print published ca. 1730. Cf. No. 1864 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., Original print was etched by W.H. Toms after a design by Egbert van Heemskerck II., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: See valiant Captain Snout appears, the drum beats up for volunteers, you that are weary of your wives, and willing to live merry lives ..., Plate numbered '3' in lower left corner. Possibly a reissue of Egbert van Heemskerck, the Younger's satires of people with animal heads, published in the 1760s., and Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Military: recruiting sergeants -- Food: roast beef -- Plum pudding -- Buildings -- Signs: tavern signboard -- Nest made of a bottle -- Elephants -- Boars -- Monkeys -- Cats.
Publisher:
Robert Sayers?
Subject (Topic):
Recruiting & enlistment, Military uniforms, Drums (Musical instruments), Banners, Taverns (Inns), Birds, and Nests
