"Rebecca Howse, as in British Museum Satires No. 10788, similarly posed but more upright, and seeming to stand for a portrait. She wears a neat fichu, a light print apron covers the greater part of her striped dress, and no cloak; her shoes are tied, not buckled."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Leaf 36 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
"A stout cylindrical shaft stretches across the upper part of the design, inscribed 'Manufactures & Commerce'. To this cling by both hands four ragged and desperate artisans, wearing aprons, but it has broken in the middle so that they, and others clinging to them, are about to fall into the swirling clouds at the base of the design. Two larger and stouter men, respectably dressed employers, cling frantically to the legs or garments of the four artisans. At the base of this inverted pyramid is a stout figure, half-bishop, half-King, clinging to coat-tails and pocket of the two men above him. A bloated episcopal face is half covered by a battered crown (right), while a large mitre tilts to the left, and the figure, Church and State, is clothed half in surplice (left), half in ermine-trimmed robe, with one episcopal leg, and one leg with a garter inscribed '[Hon]i Soit' [George IV as in British Museum Satires No. 15819 by the same artist]. Above the broken shaft is a large irradiated inscription: 'Manufactures & Commerce support the Workmen | they the Merchants & Masters who are the | chief tax payers & thereby support | The great tax eater Church-and- State.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly by Robert Seymour; see British Museum catalogue., and Matted to: 45.6 x 31.5 cm.
Publisher:
Publishd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Subject (Topic):
Artisans, Aprons, Crowns, Miters, Robes, Church & state, and Taxes
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 May 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 75. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, whole length, of a very stout woman standing in profile to right. Her right hand is thrust beneath her apron, a bunch of keys hangs from her waist. She wears a cap, elbow sleeves, a figured handkerchief or scarf, a straight full skirt over a quilted petticoat."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Bald faced doe
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist identified as Edward Topham in the British Museum catalogue., "Epping" is a pseudonym of Matthias Darly; see British Museum catalogue., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Portrait of Mrs. Owen, an innkeeper at Epping Forest; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Plate numbered "v. 3" in upper left corner and "10" in upper right corner., and First of three plates on leaf 75.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Strand, May 29th, 1772, accor. to act
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Owen, Mrs., -1783?,
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Aprons, Keys (Hardware), and Taverns (Inns)
"Portrait, whole length, of a short man standing full face. In his right hand are a number of wine glasses, his left thumb is thrust under his apron-string. He wears a wide hat, a striped handkerchief knotted round his neck, a rough irregularly shaped apron over his coat and waistcoat."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Macaroni waiter of Drury Lane
Description:
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., and Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773.
Leaf 96. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, whole length, of a short man standing full face. In his right hand are a number of wine glasses, his left thumb is thrust under his apron-string. He wears a wide hat, a striped handkerchief knotted round his neck, a rough irregularly shaped apron over his coat and waistcoat."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Macaroni waiter of Drury Lane
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "8" in upper right corner., For a variant (earlier?) state without plate numbering, see no. 5154 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Temporary local subject terms: Drury Lane -- Wide hats -- Wine glasses., and Second of three plates on leaf 96.
"John Bull sits full face holding a bowl of soup, between Addington, the cook, and the protesting Windham on the extreme right. On the left Pitt sits in profile to the left before an enormous kitchen fire, over which hangs a giant cauldron; he blows the fire with bellows, saying, 'I dont know how it is - but I manage this Soup business rather awkwardly - I suppose it is from being so much used to the stewing and Broiling line.' Addington, who wears the Speaker's wig with apron and over-sleeves, and holds a long ladle, says: 'Though I say it that made it - you never tasted better soup in your life'. Windham (right) stands in profile to the left his knees flexed, saying, 'O' Mr Bull - Mr Bull - if you have any regard for your Constitution - dont touch it - the Cayen of Jacobinism flavours every spoonful - and the Fire that boil it I consider as a Funeral Pile for all your well wishes - do Johnny take some of my Cheese-parings - they are very wholesome, and easy of Digestion.' John says, his eyes turned towards Addington, his spoon raised to his mouth: 'I don't mind what he says - my Hearty I say it's very good Soup - and a d------d deal better [word erased] than your Gin. I should like a little more bread for all that, and it would be quite as well - if it did not taste so strong of the Ceylon pepper.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Watermark in center of sheet., and Early gilt paper strips pasted to margins as a mount.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Windham, William, 1750-1810, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Bowls (Tableware), Soups, Eating & drinking, Interiors, Kitchens, Cauldrons, Fireplaces, Bellows, Aprons, and Cooking utensils
A young lady sits reading a book, her right elbow resting on a table on which lie two other volumes. Behind her is a drapery swathed column and an open window through which a rose bush and trees are visible. A large pot of geraniums stands before the window. The young lady wears a black hat with a blue ribbon at the back, an open robe with a large breast knot over a patterned fringed skirt. Over her robe is a striped apron and her shoes are buckled, two-tone with Italian heels
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Publication date erased from this impression., Date surmised from British Museum catalogue, v.5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles." See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, and Numbered in lower left of plate "371".
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his map & print warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Fashion, Reading, Hats, Aprons, Interiors, Clothing & dress, and Hairstyles
