"Folding plate to 'Hints [ut supra] ... on his modelling a bust of Lord G ****** le' (a verse satire). Nollekens (three-quarter length) stands in back view placing a bust of Grenville on a shelf at the level of his head, between the busts of Pitt (left) and Fox (right). Grenville's eyes are slits; round his neck is a rosary with a cross. Pitt's head, turned to the right, looks over his shoulder at Grenville with a puckered brow ('dignified disgust'). Fox gazes to the left. Two other busts (right and left) on brackets look down with displeasure at Grenville. On an upper shelf is a group of antique busts, their expressions registering surprise or cynical amusement. With them is an oval medallion of a monk kneeling before a cross. Below, flanking Nollekens, are two marbles from his collection of antiques: a seated satyr (left) and a much-damaged torso inscribed 'ΑπΟΛΛωΝΙΟS ΝΕSΤOROS'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
And now the point of dress adjusted, methinks I see his Lordship busted ...
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Six lines of quoted verse below image: "And now the point of dress adjusted, methinks I see his Lordship busted, and with the Cross of Peter graced, between his quondam colleagues placed, propose with theirs to join his pate, and form a Bust Triumvirate"., Temporary local subject terms: Busts., and Mounted on page 106.
Publisher:
Published by R. Spencer
Subject (Name):
Nollekens, Joseph, 1737-1823, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Satyrs (Greek mythology), Sculpture, Monks, and Crosses
"Folding plate to 'Hints [ut supra] ... on his modelling a bust of Lord G ****** le' (a verse satire). Nollekens (three-quarter length) stands in back view placing a bust of Grenville on a shelf at the level of his head, between the busts of Pitt (left) and Fox (right). Grenville's eyes are slits; round his neck is a rosary with a cross. Pitt's head, turned to the right, looks over his shoulder at Grenville with a puckered brow ('dignified disgust'). Fox gazes to the left. Two other busts (right and left) on brackets look down with displeasure at Grenville. On an upper shelf is a group of antique busts, their expressions registering surprise or cynical amusement. With them is an oval medallion of a monk kneeling before a cross. Below, flanking Nollekens, are two marbles from his collection of antiques: a seated satyr (left) and a much-damaged torso inscribed 'ΑπΟΛΛωΝΙΟS ΝΕSΤOROS'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
And now the point of dress adjusted, methinks I see his Lordship busted ...
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Six lines of quoted verse below image: "And now the point of dress adjusted, methinks I see his Lordship busted, and with the Cross of Peter graced, between his quondam colleagues placed, propose with theirs to join his pate, and form a Bust Triumvirate"., Temporary local subject terms: Busts., and Mounted to 43 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Spencer
Subject (Name):
Nollekens, Joseph, 1737-1823, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Satyrs (Greek mythology), Sculpture, Monks, and Crosses
"Folding plate to 'Hints [ut supra] ... on his modelling a bust of Lord G ****** le' (a verse satire). Nollekens (three-quarter length) stands in back view placing a bust of Grenville on a shelf at the level of his head, between the busts of Pitt (left) and Fox (right). Grenville's eyes are slits; round his neck is a rosary with a cross. Pitt's head, turned to the right, looks over his shoulder at Grenville with a puckered brow ('dignified disgust'). Fox gazes to the left. Two other busts (right and left) on brackets look down with displeasure at Grenville. On an upper shelf is a group of antique busts, their expressions registering surprise or cynical amusement. With them is an oval medallion of a monk kneeling before a cross. Below, flanking Nollekens, are two marbles from his collection of antiques: a seated satyr (left) and a much-damaged torso inscribed 'ΑπΟΛΛωΝΙΟS ΝΕSΤOROS'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
And now the point of dress adjusted, methinks I see his Lordship busted ...
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Six lines of quoted verse below image: "And now the point of dress adjusted, methinks I see his Lordship busted, and with the Cross of Peter graced, between his quondam colleagues placed, propose with theirs to join his pate, and form a Bust Triumvirate"., Temporary local subject terms: Busts., 1 print : soft-ground etching and stipple engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 26.2 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 28.2 x 19.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 88 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Published by R. Spencer
Subject (Name):
Nollekens, Joseph, 1737-1823, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Satyrs (Greek mythology), Sculpture, Monks, and Crosses
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1801]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 28 Box D180
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The surface of a platform stretches across the design; on this Pitt (right), valiant but anxious, faces the massive Russian bear, Paul, behind whom stands a stout ferocious-looking Russian soldier (like a showman with a performing animal), nearsightedly reading a document: 'Be it known to all men, - that my master, - the most Magnanimous [see BMSat 9415] most puissant, most powerful and most wonderful great Bear of the north - being in his sound and sober senses - Challenges the Whole World to single combat - and commences his first trial of skill, here in Moorfields, after which it is his intention to persue his Travels, and visit every Court in Europe - Asia - Africa - and America'. The bear wears a plumed crown, a collar inscribed 'Paul Bruin', to which are attached the massive links of a chain. His drawn sword is 'Temper'd-á-lá-Suwarrow!' On his shield is a grotesque head with gaping mouth, and the inscription 'Swallow All O.' Pitt wears a plumed helmet and light armour. His sword is 'Temper'd á-lá Nelson', his shield is inscribed 'Howe', 'Duncan', 'Nelson', 'Jervaise' [St. Vincent], 'Warren', 'Parker'. The platform is surrounded by a dense and jovial crowd. The windows and roofs of the adjacent houses are crowded with tiny waving figures; a boy sits on the high wall before a bunding inscribed 'Moor Fields' and probably intended for Bedlam
Alternative Title:
Magnanimous Paul O! challenging all O
Description:
Title and date from Rowlandson print after this drawing., Attributed to Woodward., For the print based on this drawing see: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 9702., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Paul I, Emperor of Russia, 1754-1801, St. Vincent, John Jervis, Viscount, 1735-1823., Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799., Duncan of Camperdown, Adam Duncan, Viscount, 1731-1804., Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805., and Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilʹevich, kni︠a︡zʹ Italiĭskiĭ, 1730-1800.
Title and imprint from British Museum catalogue, Temporary local subject terms: Toppling buildings -- Staff of Liberty -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Allusion to many politicians of the day -- Allusion to Gustavus III, King of Sweden., Watermark: fleur-de-lis with initials G R below., and Mounted to 31 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs July 1, by J. Wjsen [sic] Walbrooke
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Columns, Liberty cap, Rats, Emblems, Shields, and Thrones
William Pitt, wearing a tricorn hat and large sword at his side, stands defiantly shouting at a group of four men and one woman. He holds a rolled document in his fist behind him. One of the men, his hands outstretched as if to hold off Pitt or calm him down, confronts him while his companions cower behind him. The woman has fallen to her knees and turns in terror
Alternative Title:
Dreaded apparition
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Undated, but possibly just after Pitt's death; signed in lower right., Written in pencil in another hand: Vide Life of Mr. Pitt by the Bishop of Winchester. Page 285 - Vol. 1., and Written in pencil on verso in a later hand: Dreaded apparition.
"A caricature portrait of Pitt speaking in the House of Commons in profile to the right. In his right hand is a document: 'Regency Restrictions' (see British Museum Satires No. 7488, &c.); his hat is under his left arm, his left hand is held out. He bends forward, his right leg advanced."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger; title based on that given in the British Museum catalogue., Questionable attribution to Gillray from the British Museum catalogue., An imitation of the whole length portraits of Sayers. See British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Speeches: Pitt's on Regency Bill, 1789 -- Bills: Regency Bill -- Opposition to Regency Bill -- Allusion to Regency restrictions.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 17, 1789, by W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"William Pitt; three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing three-quarter to left, looking towards three-quarter to right, holding a letter in right hand, resting left elbow on chair to right; ink pots on table to extreme left; drapery in background; after Gainsborough Dupont."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher, date and place of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: S,7.28., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on sheet: 575 x 434 mm.
