"A procession headed by John Ross extends from the coast (right), where Esquimaux dogs swim ashore from a boat, to the gate of the British Museum, part of which is on the extreme left ..." (Source: British Museum catalogue). Print shows items brought from Captain John Ross' expedition to Baffin Bay being delivered to the British Museum
Alternative Title:
Results of the polar expedition!!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using Frederick Marryat's device: An anchor tilted diagonally., and Backed with blue paper, removed from an album?
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 18, 1819, by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856, Ross, James Clark, Sir, 1800-1862, Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883, Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820, Leach, William Elford, 1790-1836, and British Museum
"Satire on Joseph Banks, shown as a well-dressed man with elaborately curled hair, ass's ears and a large feather in his hat, balances on two globes - one lettered "Antartick Circle", the other "Artick Circle" - while he reaches towards a butterfly with a bat-shaped fly-catcher in each hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Text below title: I rove from pole to pole, you ask me why, I tell you truth, to catch a fly., Plate from vol. III: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., and Plate numbered "17" in upper left corner.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly accor. to act, July 12th, 1772, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
Subject (Topic):
Naturalists, Butterflies, Butterfly nets, Dandies, British, and Globes
Leaf 77. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on Joseph Banks, shown as a well-dressed man with elaborately curled hair, ass's ears and a large feather in his hat, balances on two globes - one lettered "Antartick Circle", the other "Artick Circle" - while he reaches towards a butterfly with a bat-shaped fly-catcher in each hand."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Text below title: I rove from pole to pole, you ask me why, I tell you truth, to catch a fly., Plate numbered "17" in upper left corner and "v. 3" in upper right corner., For an earlier state, see no. 4695 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Male costume: Macaroni hats with ostrich feather., and Second of three plates on leaf 77.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly accor. to act, July 12th, 1772, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
Subject (Topic):
Naturalists, Butterflies, Butterfly nets, Dandies, British, Globes, Hats, and Feathers
"A creature with the head of Sir Joseph Banks, a body defined by the ribbon of the Bath and roughly in the form of a chrysalis, and with the wings of a butterfly, rises (right) from a mud flat surrounded by sea. His head and body are decorated with trails of leaves; on his wings are sea-creatures: a shell, lobster, starfish, &c, and an (empty) cornucopia. He wears the jewel of the Bath with three insects (in place of crowns) in the centre. He is rising towards rays which radiate from a sun enclosing a crown in the upper right corner of the design. Caterpillars are emerging from the mud flat. Beneath the title: 'Description of the New Bath Butterfly - taken from the "Philosophical Transactions for 1795" - "This Insect first crawl'd into notice from among the Weeds & Mud on the Banks of the South Sea; & being afterwards placed in a Warm Situation by the Royal Society, was changed by the heat of the Sun into its present form------ it is notic'd & Valued Solely on account of the beautiful Red which encircles its Body, & the Shining Spot on its Breast; a Distinction which never fails to render Caterpillars valuable.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Great South Sea caterpillar transformed into a Bath butterfly
Description:
Title etched below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Reference to South Sea expedition, 1768-1771 -- Orders: Order of the Bath -- Crowns -- Reference to George III.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 4th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls., Four lines of text below title: A gentleman who was remarkably fond of raising fine tulips ..., Plate numbered '218' in lower left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Gardens -- Buildings: greenhouses -- Architectural details: garden wall with recessed seat -- Gardeners -- Vehicles: Bath-chair -- Domestic service: manservant -- Butterflies: 'Emperor of Morocco.'
Publisher:
Published 24th May 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from British Museum catalogue., Tim Bobbins the pseudonym of John Collier., Plate from: Human passions delineated in above 120 figures ... by Timo. Bobbin. [Manchester] : John Heywood, 1773., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Philosophers -- Literature: reference to Plato's Dialogues., and Mounted on verso is description in verse of the image: Plate 20. The querest [sic] contrast which my fancy uet / Hath sketched out, is here before you set ...
Publisher:
John Heywood?
Subject (Name):
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820 and Solander, Daniel Charles, 1733-1782
