"A fantastic theatre scene, showing stage, orchestra, and two boxes on each side of the stage. On the stage the fall of Amsterdam is represented by a number of frogs (burghers) who hasten obsequiously to submit to the Stadholder. William V, much caric...
Alternative Title:
Last scene of the republican pantomine
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1787, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, and Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790
"A fantastic theatre scene, showing stage, orchestra, and two boxes on each side of the stage. On the stage the fall of Amsterdam is represented by a number of frogs (burghers) who hasten obsequiously to submit to the Stadholder. William V, much caric...
Alternative Title:
Last scene of the republican pantomine
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1787, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, and Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790
"A bull (John Bull) in profile to the right sinks, snorting with distress, under the weight of five persons. The foremost, astride the animal s neck, is the Emperor Leopold; he holds the legs of Catherine II, a stout virago, who sits on his shoulders,...
Alternative Title:
Who pays the piper?
Description:
Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of title, imprint and publisher's advertisement. Title and publication information from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 11, 1791, by Willm Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1747-1792, Frederick William II, King of Prussia, 1744-1797, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Great Britain, and Politics and government
Fox hides under a four-poster bed hung with curtains, his hand resting on his chin with a speech balloon above his head: "They'll do nothing at last!" A bare-breasted woman [Catherine II of Russia] wearing a nightdress, a crown on her head, and pearl...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 20, 1791, by Wm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bedrooms, Daggers & swords, Canopy beds, and Sleepwear
"A colossal figure of Catherine II steps from 'Russia', a rocky mound on the extreme left, to 'Constantinople', her toe resting on the horn of a crescent which surmounts a spire on a group of buildings, with a dome and a minaret. Her head is turned in...
Alternative Title:
European powers
Description:
Title etched within image.
Publisher:
Pub. April 12th, 1791, by Wm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Manin, Lodovico, 1726-1802, Charles IV, King of Spain, 1748-1819, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1747-1792, and Selim III, Sultan of the Turks, 1761-1808
"Three busts on pedestals under two pictures: Fox, very lifelike, without inscription, between 'Demosthenes against Æschines' (left) and 'Cicero against Cataline' (right), both of whom look straight before them, frowning severely, as if outraged at th...
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 17th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Selim III, Sultan of the Turks, 1761-1808, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cicero, Marcus Tullius, and Demosthenes
"Three busts on pedestals under two pictures: Fox, very lifelike, without inscription, between 'Demosthenes against Æschines' (left) and 'Cicero against Cataline' (right), both of whom look straight before them, frowning severely, as if outraged at th...
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 17th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Selim III, Sultan of the Turks, 1761-1808, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cicero, Marcus Tullius, and Demosthenes
"Three busts on pedestals under two pictures: Fox, very lifelike, without inscription, between 'Demosthenes against Æschines' (left) and 'Cicero against Cataline' (right), both of whom look straight before them, frowning severely, as if outraged at th...
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 17th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Selim III, Sultan of the Turks, 1761-1808, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cicero, Marcus Tullius, and Demosthenes
Pub. Novr. 25, 1793, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Frederick William II, King of Prussia, 1744-1797, and Stanisław II August, King of Poland, 1732-1798
"The stout Empress of Russia sits on a throne, whose seat she completely covers, facing three-quarter to the left towards the Prince of Wales, who bows before her, hat in hand, in profile to the right. He says, adapting Falstaff's words ('2 Henry, IV'...
Alternative Title:
John Bull's hint for a profitable alliance
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Sepr. 26, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
