Chivalry revived by Don Quixote de St. Omer & his friend Sancho
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's statement following imprint: ... where may be seen the largest collection of caracatures [sic] in the Kingdom, also the head & hand of Count Struenzee admittance one shilling., Temporary local subject terms: Monsters: five-headed 'Beast of Rome' -- Clergy: Catholic bishops-- Literature: allusion to Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution -- Processions -- Societies: allusion to Revolution Society -- Coaches: cradle-shaped coach -- Medallion of William III -- City corporations -- Oppression -- Allusion to aristocratic privileges -- Weapons: swords -- Books as shields., and Mounted to 31 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Janry. 31, 1791, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793, Price, Richard, 1723-1791, and Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
The head of Louis XVI lies on the platform at the base of a guillotine, his hands tied behind his back, blood pouring from the blade and his head. The swirls of blood ascend and swirl around the guillotine like clouds of smoke and etched in this cloud are a long speech pleading for justice from the British nation and beginning: Wither, O wither shall my blood ascend for Justice? My throne is seized on by my murderers ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of text above image: This exact representation of that instrument of French refinement in assassination, the guillotine, is submited to the "Gentlemen of the Phalanx" & other well-wishers to the King & Constitution of Great Britain, by their devoted servants at command, The Assassins of the King of France., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 16th, 1793, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Decapitations, Executions, Guillotines (Punishment), History, and Foreign relations
publish'd as the act diricts [sic] Feby 3, [17]94.
Call Number:
794.02.03.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A large naked monster sits astride a large cup, which is balanced on a dagger held in the mouth of a small sansculotte juggler who exclaims, " By Gar tis var heavy, O dear! O dear! It will fall!" The monster holds in his hands the heads of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. On his head five daggers meet at a point to form a cap labelled "Cap of Liberty." He grins showing sharp teeth, two labels issuing from his mouth, " Ca ira, ca ira, ca ira" and "Hold me well up or I will bit off your head."
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Word "of'" in title etched over "!!" The original title appears to have been "Democracy!!", and Earlier state, with earlier date and without publisher's name. Cf. No. 8446 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 and Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, British, Sansculottes, Decapitations, Liberty cap, and Monsters
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Place of publication based on known local of Fores., Word "of'" in title etched over "!!" The original title appears to have been "Democracy!!", Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to the reign of Terror in France -- Sansculottes -- Daggers -- Cap of liberty made of daggers., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Publisher:
Publishd as the act directs, April 24th 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 and Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793
Title from item., Printmaker and publication year from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark., Publisher's announcement following imprint: where may be seen the compleatest [sic] collection of caracatures [sic] in the kingdom admitance 1 shillg., Two lines of quotation from Burke's Reflections below title: Is this a triumph to be consecrated at altars? ..., Temporary local subject terms: Sermons: sermon by Richard Price, Nov. 4, 1789 -- Literature: quotation from Reflections on the revolution in France by Edmund Burke, 1729-1797 -- Literature: sermon "On the love of our country" by Richard Price, Nov. 4, 1789 -- Pictures amplifying subject -- French crowns -- Plots: attack on Marie-Antoinette, Oct. 6, 1789 -- Chamber pots -- Close stools -- Interior of Versailles -- Pitchforks -- Guns -- Daggers -- Swords -- Beds: French royal bed -- Carpets -- Demons -- French revolutionary favors., and Window mounted to 32 x 43 cm., matted to 47 x 63 cm.
Publisher:
Pub Dec. 12 by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
published acording [sic] to act of Parliament, July 14, 1789.
Call Number:
789.07.14.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A stork, its head a likeness of Lafayette, stands on a rock depicted with the head of Louis XIV of France protruding from the left edge. He gazes at a crowd of frogs in various dramatic poses, some standing at attention. Opposite the stork is a stick with head of Bailly stuck on top, in his mouth a flag inscribed "Martial Law."
Description:
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Contemporary manuscript notes identifying the caricatured figures as Lafayette, Louis XVI, and Bailly.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834, and Bailly, Jean Sylvain, 1736-1793
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: young woman as the Genius of France -- Asses -- Scourges -- Caps: Phrygian cap.
Publisher:
Pub. Decbr. 21, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Frederick William II, King of Prussia, 1744-1797, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Gustaf III, King of Sweden, 1746-1792, and Brunswick-Lüneburg, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of, 1735-1806
"Orléans (Égalité), looking to the right, stands on the scaffold dressed as a grenadier of the National Guard. He holds out by the hair the decollated head of Louis XVI, while he waves his cap in his right hand. Behind (left) is the guillotine, with the King's body; streams of blood pour from head and trunk. Below the scaffold (right) are heads and bayonets of the National Guard, and, behind, two large buildings, the windows and roofs filled with spectators; those on the roof wave their hats."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Text below title: Behold the progress of our system.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 12, 1793, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Name):
Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793., and Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793.
Subject (Topic):
History, Guillotines (Punishment), and Decapitations
A cartoon illustrating the first reactions in England to the news of the fall of the Bastille. On the right, the radiant figure of Liberty sits enthroned on the ruins of the Bastille. Kneeling on one knee before her, Louis XVI holds up to her his crown; inscribed below him are the words "A repentant monarch." Following behind him are six figures in chains, each clearly identified: Orléans and Necker, Marie Antoinette, two German counselors, and a figure suggestive of Mrs. Schwellenberg. La Fayette and the ranks of the National Guard bring up the rear. All around them are cheering crowds
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., "Price 2 sh. plain.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Aug. 3d, 1789, by J. Aitken, N. 14 Castle Street, Leicester Fields
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793, Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804, Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797, Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834, and Bastille.
Subject (Topic):
Liberty, History, and Foreign public opinion, British
"Pitt runs forward (left to right) to the waterside, a large sabre raised above his head, saying, "The Russian trade down the first"; he threatens a number of stranded ships with broken masts. The blade of his sabre is inscribed: 'General War in Europe. Hartzberg Cutler Berlin'. In his left hand he holds up a paper: 'Responsibility Unpd Debts £20,00000 Ditto 3000000 New Taxes . . . Taxes'. Above him is a scroll inscribed: 'Under the Protection of the Commercial Treaty with France [see British Museum satires no. 6995], or by the Armed Neutrality improved Trade of Russia carried by French bottoms'. On the right a man stands on a quay inscribed 'Company of Russia Kay to be let'; he raises in both hands a headsman's axe, inscribed 'Hard Steel badly temper'd, to smite the masts of the ships below him', saying, "Down with it [ ? or its] Poland its as well Vengeance". Above his head, rays issuing from the upper right corner of the design, inscribed 'Remote fate, no more wars M--rs [Ministers] ultimatum', impinge on a semi-circle of cloud inscribed Confidence. On this stand five tiny gibbets, each with its pendent body. On the horizon is the open sea, on which are four French ships in full sail, the nearest flying a tricolour flag inscribed 'la Nation la loi le Roi'. On the left, next Pitt, stands Thurlow, holding against his left shoulder the mace, which is labelled 'Prerogative' and 'by G--d' (cf. British Museum satires no. 7320). In his right hand is a paper: 'Law Authorities for rendering defensive treatys ofensive'. His Chancellor's wig, over which is inscribed 'Geographical Knowledge', is divided into small sections, each inscribed with the name of a place: immediately surrounding his face are six portions each inscribed 'Russia'; on his nose is 'Poland'; above his forehead is 'England'. Other places in juxtaposition are 'Oczakow', 'Isle of Dogs', 'Botany Bay', 'Persia', 'Jordaine', 'Terras incognitas', 'Turin', 'Constantinople', and 'Antwerp', 'China', 'Swisserland', 'Africa', 'Nootka', 'Germany', 'Jerusalem', 'Paris', 'Pekin', 'Patagonia', 'France'. In the background on the extreme left is a building: 'National Assembly', with the cap of Liberty surmounting a tricolour flag inscribed 'French liberty benefitted by the blunders from the English M--r'. From the door issues a label inscribed 'oui oui une adresse de tanks a Mr P--t'. From the Assembly walk two kings, France and Spain; they say (pointing to Pitt): "How he plays our game" and "Bravo! bravo! bravo!""--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker identified as Frederick George Byron in dealer's description., Text below image: Inscribed to The Russian Company by their customers, the ship builders, sail makers, rope makers and other contemptible trades that contribute to the prosperity of Old England., Publisher's advertisement at bottom of plate: In Hollands Exhibition Rooms may be seen the larges [sic] collection in Europe of caricatures, admitce. one shilling., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., Mounted in modern matte: 36 x 49 cm., and Watermark: J. Taylor.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Wm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Russia
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Charles IV, King of Spain, 1748-1819, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, and Hertzberg, Ewald Friedrich, Graf von, 1725-1795
