"Ministers recline on a large low platform, representing a magnificent state bed, which is completely covered with roses. It recedes in perspective from left to right. On the left is Fox, looking sourly over his left shoulder at his neighbour, Sheridan, to say: "This is the most uncomfortable bed I was ever on in my Life and not the least like a bed of Roses - Zound!! what a thorn is running into me - Oh that Bramble - Sherry my Dear how do you find it - ". Sheridan answers: "My dear Charley, I have not had a wink since I have been on it, - curse that Castle man what did he mean by his bed of roses - I am as sore from the tip of my Nose, to the tip of my Toe - as if I had been roling on a quick set-hedge - or stung to death by a swarm of bees at a Hampshire Farmers [an allusion to Cobbett's pen]". Behind Fox, and in profile to the left, Moira, in uniform, with cocked hat and jack-boots, sits up, very erect; he says: "What are Cannons or Bombs or clashing of swords, compared to the pain I endure." Windham, next Sheridan, registering melancholy, says: "I feel more uneasy than if the whole Volunteer force was upon me." Ellenborough, behind Sheridan and Windham, ill-temperedly puts his hand to his wig. Erskine, also in wig and gown, reclines as if exhausted, his eyes closed, his attitude characteristic of his notorious fainting in court (see British Museum Satires No. 7956). He and Grey (Lord Howick from 11 Apr.), who sits behind him, are in profile to the right; the latter says: "It is just such a bed, as I expected the late bungling bed makers would leave us." On the extreme right little Lord Henry Petty (wearing his Chancellor of the Exchequer's gown) sits up, angrily holding above his head two handfuls of thorn-branches. He says: "I shall never have done clearing the brambles and Nettles from this Bed, my Budget would not hold one half of them." The low frame of the bed is carved and has a valance of fringed and festooned draperies. At the head are the Royal Arms; looped curtains are suspended above it."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on linen and formerly sewn in an album with only the holes remaining on left edge.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 1806 by Walker, 7 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822., and Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Beds, Roses, and Draperies
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
May 8th, 1841.
Call Number:
Print00282
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man in bed with vegetables sprouting from all parts of his body; as a result of taking an overdose of James Morison's vegetable pills."--Wellcome Collection online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Publisher's and printer's statements lightly printed but mostly legible. S. Lingham identified as printer based on street address., Sheet trimmed resulting in slight losses to top of series statement and beginning of printer's statement. Missing text supplied from impression at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, accession no.: 1988-102-100., Six lines of text below title: Who green'un like was order'd to live for the space of one month upon vegetable diet ..., Text at bottom of sheet: Query. Is he not one of the productive classes., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Proprietary medicines -- Morison's Pills.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Kendrick, 54 Leicester Sqre and Printed by S. L[ingham], Grays Inn Road
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
May 8th, 1841.
Call Number:
841.05.08.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man in bed with vegetables sprouting from all parts of his body; as a result of taking an overdose of James Morison's vegetable pills."--Wellcome Collection online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Publisher's and printer's statements lightly printed but mostly legible. S. Lingham identified as printer based on street address., Sheet trimmed resulting in slight losses to top of series statement and beginning of printer's statement. Missing text supplied from impression at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, accession no.: 1988-102-100., Six lines of text below title: Who green'un like was order'd to live for the space of one month upon vegetable diet ..., Text at bottom of sheet: Query. Is he not one of the productive classes., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Proprietary medicines -- Morison's Pills., 1 print : lithograph on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 31.5 x 24.6 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of series statement from top edge.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Kendrick, 54 Leicester Sqre and Printed by S. L[ingham], Grays Inn Road
Title from item., Place of publication from item., In lower margin right: For D.T. Valentine's Manual, 1864., From: David Thomas Valentine, Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, for 1864., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Soldier's Depot; Hospitals, interior.
Publisher:
Lith. of Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway N.Y.
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Topic):
Military hospitals, War wounds, Hospital wards, Soldiers, Physicians, Stoves, Beds, and History
"Satire; a country squire in a bedroom, sitting on the left and holding out strips of paper to two prostitutes who draw lots for him."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Timothy Thicketts first reel to London and Beauties of Kings place
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett ... No. 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Courtesans, Interiors, Beds, Clothing & dress, and Hats
[approximately 20 April 1784] and [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 48. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A parody of The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli in which Fox lies prone on a bed with a demon on his chest. Behind them a horse with bulging eyes pokes his head through the bedcurtains. On a table in the foreground are a pair of dice and dice-box
Alternative Title:
Covent Garden nightmare
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike; design has been altered with the addition of a covering over Fox's naked legs, and the erroneous signature "Gillray" has been added in lower left. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6543 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Plate originally published ca. 20 April 1784; see British Museum catalogue., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 129., Temporary local subject terms: Prudery., and On leaf 48 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand [i.e. Field & Tuer] and Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Beds, Sleeping, Nightmares, Draperies, Demons, and Horses
Title from text above image., Publication date inferred from that of the book in which this plate was published., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763]., Three columns of explanatory description below image: A. Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, favourite of Edward III ..., Plate numbered '29' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Bedchamber -- Pictures amplifying subject: portraits of the Princess of Wales and Lord Bute -- Monitor -- North Briton -- Furniture: couch -- Furnishings: bed curtains -- Quotation from Thomson -- Literature: allusion to Richard III by Shakespeare -- Peter des Roches, d. 1238, Bishop of Winchester., and Mounted to 27 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mortimer, Roger de, Earl of March, 1287?-1330, Burgh, Hubert de, d. 1243, Montfort, Simon de, Earl of Leicester, 1208?-1265, and Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1566-1601
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Beds, Ghosts, Newspapers, and Draperies
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse begins: "In the province of Ulster a farmer did dwell,"., In four columns with the title and a woodcut above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., The imprint in enclosed in square brackets., Mounted on leaf 57. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Evans, No. 41 Long-Lane, West-Smithfield, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland)
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English, Soldiers, Bedrooms, Beds, Bows (Archery)., Spears, Chamber pots, Confrontations, and Social life and customs
Title from item., The date is derived from when the Staten Island Ferry "Westfield" exploded, July, 1871., Place of publication supplied by curator., Sheet trimmed., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Hospitals, Interior; Hospitals, military., and In pencil lower right margin: Aug. 1871.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Ferries, Accidents, Staten Island Ferry, Hospitals, Physical diagnosis, Hospital wards, Sick persons, Wounds & injuries, Beds, Litters, Physicians, Health care personnel, and Medicines
"A couple in bed, the upper part of the bedclothes forming the foreground. A handsome termagant (left) holds her husband by the hair, raising her right fist to smite. He lies with clasped hands, blood gushing from his nose."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Belle savage on Ludagte Hill and Belle savage on Ludgate Hill
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 23d, 1808 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
