" A grave-digger (l.) resting on his spade holds out in his left hand a decayed skull towards a skeleton-like man wearing an old-fashioned tie-wig, who is sitting on a rectangular tomb while he leans his right. elbow on another tomb at right angles to his seat. This man holds a scythe in his left hand, a pen in his right. He uses the second tomb as a writing table; an ink-pot stands upon it. His hand rests on two papers inscribed "Marcus Aurelius Servius Tullius . . ." and "Addison - Dr. Swift". From the jaws of the skull held by the grave-digger issue the words,"Life is a jest & all things shew it I thought so once but now I know it." In the foreground are bones and a skull; in the background (l.) a rat scampers away."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Numbered '11' in upper right of plate., Evidently a caricature of Lord Lyttelton (1709-73), author of 'Dialogues of the Dead'. He was noted for his thin, lanky figure and awkward bearing, see 'The Motion', British Museum satire no. 2479. He died in August 1773., Eleventh plate in the series Nature display'd both serious and comic in 12 designs dedicated to S. Foot Esqr. Series title appears only on the first of twelve plates., Another state, with altered title, of no. 5122 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Quotation from My Own Epitaph by John Gay (1685-1732)., Watermark., and Letters preceding and following dashes in title erased from this impression.
Title from item., Imprint from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., Numbered '7' in upper right of plate., Seventh plate in the series: Nature display'd both serious and comic in 12 designs dedicated to S. Foote Esqr. Series title appears only on the first of twelve plates., and Temporary local subject terms: Literature: quotation from My Own Epitaph by John Gay (1685-1732).
"Satire on Samuel Martin's duel with Wilkes. On the left, two Scotsmen support Lord Sandwich who is holding up a copy of Wilkes's Essay on Woman saying, "This will do for him I warrant ye". In front of them the diminutive figure of Samuel Martin fires a shot at a mouse representing Wilkes. In the centre, behind Martin, a group of four men express their horror at the Essay: Kidgell proclaiming, "I'll publish a Narrative about it", Bishop Warburton holding up a copy and condemning it as blasphemy, and Lord Lyttleton crying, "O 'tis so shocking I can't bear it." In the centre, a Scot (Bute?) wearing a bonnet with a feather draws his sword at the mouse. To the right, Britannia, naked to the waist, swoons as a rat representing Bute attacks her heart; she is attended by Newcastle, Temple, Pitt and Cumberland. Engraved inscriptions and speech-balloons, letterpress title and verses in two columns, and one vertical and one horizontal segment of type ornament."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Great ***** in an uproar and Great house in an uproar
Description:
Caption title in letterpress below image plate mark (17.5 x 23.5 cm)., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Two columns of verse in letterpress below title, separated vertically with an ornamental border. When a certain great ***** was alarm'd at a mouse, they vow'd that they'd quickly ***** him ..., and Publisher's advertisement below verses, following imprint: ... where may be had, The British antidote to Caledonian poison, 2 vols. Price 5s.
Publisher:
Sold by E. Sumpter, three doors from Shoe-Lane, Fleet-Street
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Martin, Samuel, -1788., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Warburton, William, 1698-1779, and Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
Title from item., Plate numbered '50' in upper left corner of design., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two lines of text below image: But in their own defence sure they may mount the rostrum and plead their pardon from the people., Plate for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., and Reversed copy of No. 3424 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
Title from item., Plate numbered '50' in upper right corner of image., Two lines of text under image: But in thier [sic] own defence sure they may mount the rostrum and plead thier [sic] pardon from the people., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Pulpits., and Mounted to 14 x 24 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Novr. 24, 1756, by Darly & Edwards at the Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
Title etched above image., Plate numbered '20' in upper right corner., Four lines of verse below image: How varied are the turns of fickle chance call'd fate, Bung [sic] was obnoxious till he pamphleteer'd of late ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Battles: reference to the Battle of Minorca, Port Mahon, 20 May 1756., and Mounted to 17 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Oct. 20th, 1756, by Edwards & Darly at the Acorn, facing Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781, and Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
Title etched above image., Plate numbered '5' in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of verse below image: How varied are the turns of fickle chance call'd fate, Bung [sic] was obnoxious till he pamphleteer'd of late ..., Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., and Temporary local subject terms: Battles: reference to the Battle of Minorca, Port Mahon, 20 May 1756.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
A satire plainly inferring that those in power will represent things as they pelase; for as all occurarences are deduced form them; both the Prince and the people are equally deceived
Description:
Title etched above image., Plate numbered '40' in upper right corner., Four lines of verse below image: In vain to hard'ned vice your wrongs you'll plead / There is but one who will those wrongs redress ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Addresses: 'Western Address' to George II, 1756., and Mounted to 16 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Oct. 11th, 1756, by Edwards & Darly at the Acorn, facing Hungerford in the Strand
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, and Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Four lines of verse below image: The puppets blindly led away, are made to act for ends unknown ..., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 1 (1767)., and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: St. James's Palace -- Puppets -- Puppeteers -- Theater: stage -- Theater curtain -- Devil -- Audiences -- Wigs: bag wig.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Warburton, William, 1698-1779, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, and Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770
