"The interior of a coffee-house, the customers, with one exception, deeply interested and dismayed at the news in a 'Gazette Extraordinary', which the title shows is that on the capture of the island of St. Eustatius by Rodney, see British Museum Satires Nos. 5827, 5837, &c, the 'Extraordinary Gazette' being that of 13 Feb. 1781. On each side of the room is an oblong table flanked by wooden settles. Between the tables and in the centre of the design three men stand, one of whom reads from a 'Gazette Extraordinary'. His two companions look at him with scowling attention; one, his hat under his arm, has both hands thrust deep into the pockets of his coat; the other holds his forehead, from which his wig has been pushed back. A dog gazes up at them. At the table on the left a man sits in full face gaping with dismay, his hands rest on the table grasping his knife and fork. Two men sit on opposite sides of the table on the right; one holds a glass in his left hand, while he looks up at the group with the newspaper. His vis-à-vis has turned sideways, his hands on his knees, with an expression of melancholy alarm. Behind him, one hand on the back of the settle, stands John Wilkes, conspicuous by his squint and his characteristic wig; he holds a glass of wine and frowns. At his side is a man leaning back asleep. A cockatoo's cage is hung from the roof, the bird head downwards, as if about to screech. Half of the dial of a large wall clock is visible on the extreme right. On the left is a folding screen."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
News from St. Eustatia and St. Eustatia
Description:
Title from text above and below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered in upper right corner: No. 12., Temporary local subject terms: News of the capture of St. Eustatius -- Gazette Extraordinary, February 13, 1781 -- The London Gazette -- Coffee-house furniture -- Dismay of patriots -- Folding screens -- Cockatoo., and Mounted on page 65 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 15, 1781, by W. Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
"A lean middle-aged man reclines on a sofa, his face contorted with pain. A handkerchief over his head, and ungartered stockings suggest an interrupted nap. His left toe touches the ground; his right leg is drawn up, the toes bent. The bell-wire is broken. Above his head is a picture of a man turning a grindstone, and beside him are two volumes: 'Dr Buchan Family Médecine in 2 Vol', suggesting the hypochondriac. A cockatoo (left) screams at him, and he screams (words below the title): 'Ecot! it's Tied my foot in a Knot--Oh!--Oh!--O--O--o--o--o--'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: Ecot! it's tied my foot in a knot. Oh! Oh! O O o o o o., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two edges., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Muscle cramps -- Dr. Buchan Family Medicine., and 1 print : aquatint with etching ; sheet 273 x 211 mm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1828, by Gillard & Cornish, 48, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Pain, Couches, Cockatoos, Birdcages, Books, and Windows
"A lean middle-aged man reclines on a sofa, his face contorted with pain. A handkerchief over his head, and ungartered stockings suggest an interrupted nap. His left toe touches the ground; his right leg is drawn up, the toes bent. The bell-wire is broken. Above his head is a picture of a man turning a grindstone, and beside him are two volumes: 'Dr Buchan Family Médecine in 2 Vol', suggesting the hypochondriac. A cockatoo (left) screams at him, and he screams (words below the title): 'Ecot! it's Tied my foot in a Knot--Oh!--Oh!--O--O--o--o--o--'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: Ecot! it's tied my foot in a knot. Oh! Oh! O O o o o o., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two edges., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Muscle cramps -- Dr. Buchan Family Medicine.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1828, by Gillard & Cornish, 48, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Pain, Couches, Cockatoos, Birdcages, Books, and Windows
"In a plainly furnished room a whole family suffers. An elderly 'cit' and a skinny old woman register acute discomfort. Between their chairs is a round table on which is a dish of cherries and currants. A stout maidservant (left) drinks from a bottle she has taken from a store-cupboard. A little boy, a cat, and a dog are afflicted. A door opens into a bedroom (right) where a little girl relieves herself; another tries to kick her from her seat. On the wall are three shelves of books, among them 'Family Bible' and 'Family Phisician'. A magpie is in a wicker cage."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Comforts of a hot summer
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Probably etched after a design by G.M. Woodward. For a drawing by Woodward of a similar scene, see Yale Medical Library call number: Print00232., Year of publication suggested in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Publisher's advertisement following title: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 12th, 1881 [sic], by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Two young women involved in an affectionate conversation watch a pair of doves perched on top of an open cage
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Plate numbered '203' in lower left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Doves -- Bird cages -- Female dress, 1770 -- Pearl necklace.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
A courtesan sits in a small armchair beside a small round tea-table, holding a cup in an affected manner. Behind her, on the chair, is a cat. A negro foot-boy in livery stands behind the table holding the tap of an urn which is filling the tea-pot. Both look towards the spectator with heads tilted to the left. A picture, freely sketched but apparently pornographic, hangs on the wall. From the ceiling hangs a cage containing a parrot. On the floor is an elegant rug with a scrolled design. See British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image; from a farce by John Scawen., Below image: Gentlemens design executed gratis., and Attributed to Kingsbury in British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pub'd Jany. 18, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Birdcages, Cats, Chairs, Floor coverings, Parrots, Servants, Tea tables (Tables), and Teapots
"Satire on the early stages of the Seven Years War with a map of the German states supported by the double-headed Imperial eagle; Louis XV seizes Alsace and Lorraine and Russian bears tear at Hungary and Moravia; on either side stand commentators uncluding the pope the Emperor and a figure represening Holland who express fears of French, Russian and Prussian ambitions. In the background, to left, the Prussian eagle is caged unable to defend Protestantism, and to right, a Frenchman attempts to lure the horse of Hanover to his side."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Emblematic representation of the duty incumbent on a patriot prince ... and Indulgent care of the Roman Eagle displayed
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three columns of verse below image: Unhappy Germany, what woes are thine! E'en who shou'd most protect against thee joyn! ..., Temporary local subject terms: Wall map of Germany -- Emblems: double-headed German eagle -- Prussian eagle -- Russian bears -- Cages -- Personifications: figure of France -- Figure of Holland., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 18., and Mounted to 23 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament, July the 29, 1757 by T. Kitchin at the Star on Holborn Hill
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758, and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1708-1765
Outside a pretty well-kept cottage a young woman kneels pleading before a farmer in a smock holding his hand as she jestures to a sailor. The sailor in response jestures to her. In the distance is a ship on the water. A bird hangs in a cage just outside the door; chickens eat from a bowl while a plough sits in the foreground on the right
Alternative Title:
Jolly carpenter
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered '306' in lower left of plate., Four numbered columns of verse below title: I that once was a ploughman, a sailor am now ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: cottages -- Young women.
Publisher:
Published 24th Octr. 1793 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Birdcages, Carpenters, Chickens, Dwellings, Plows, Sailors, British, and Ships
"A little boy (looking more like a girl) in a frock and cross-gartered shoes, with short, untidy hair, stands agressively, one foot raised to kick, fists clenched. At his feet are a battledore and shuttlecock and a doll; above his head hangs a canary in a cage. He shouts: I dont like Dolls!-I dont like Canary Birds-I hate Battledore and Shuttlecock, I like Drums, and Trumpets-I wont go to school-I will stay at home-I will have my own way in every thing!! The mother, an ugly middle-aged woman (right), in an old-fashioned dress, with a cap and apron, stoops towards him, saying, Bless the Baby-what an aspiring spirit-if he goes on in this way-he will be a second Buonaparte! Behind her (right) stands a pretty nursemaid holding a younger child who screams and waves a rattle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered "44" in upper left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Male child's costume -- Battledor and shuttlecock -- Canaries -- Female costume 1808 -- Domestic service -- Nursemaid.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 21st, 1808, by Thos. Tegg, N. 111 Cheapside
