"A giant mushroom reaches the upper margin of the design; in its summit a cask is embedded. The butler stands on a ladder (left) holding out the spigot, and saying to Banks who stands below (right): "here's a pretty "Tale of a tub, all the Wine's gone!!" Sir Joseph stands in back view, capering delightedly; he holds up both arms, a stick in the left hand, and says with head thrown back: "It is a most Glorious discovery cut it down & send it to the Museum had the Wine been Bottled, it wod not have been half so Interesting." Against the wall of the cellar are wine-bins, stacked with bottles, four inscribed respectively 'Curious Tinta'; 'Cypress'; 'Very Curious'; 'Wine drank by the Grt Mogul'. Flasks on the top of the bins are 'Nile Water' and 'Water from Tombuctoo'. On the ground (left) is a two-handled covered vase: 'A small portion of the Sabine left by Horace at his death contained in this Vase preserved for dinners of the R S.'."--British Museum online catalogue and "Below the title: '--Dedicated to the worthy President--Sir Joseph Banks having a Cask of Wine rather too sweet for use, he directed that it shod be placed in a Cellar that the Saccharine matter it contain'd might be more perfectly decomposed by age--At the end of three years he directed his Butler to ascertain the state of the Wine, when on attempting to open the Cellar door he was prevented by some powerful obstacle--the Door was therefore cut down & the Cellar was found to be completely fill'd with a firm fungus vegetable production--the Cask was Empty & carried up to the deling where it was supported by the surface of the Fungus.--(vide Monthly Magazine).'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of a fungus lately grown on their own banks
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on lower edge.
Publisher:
Pub. by J. Sidebotham, 287 Strand & sold also at No. 20 Princes St.
Subject (Name):
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820,
Subject (Topic):
Mushrooms, Barrels, Ladders, Butlers, Staffs (Sticks), Bottles, and Vases
"The King is on the throne (right), with five advisers seated at a round table at the base of the dais; all are thrown into confusion by the arrival of a top-booted messenger (left) who rushes into the room, hair on end, yelling, "The Queen's Arrived!!!" The terrified King screams: "The Devil!!!!" His wig stands on end and his crown falls off; a bottle of 'Curacoa' is upset. The Ministers are engaged on 'Plans for Divorce', a paper so inscribed is on the table; all register terror. The Archbishop of Canterbury says "The Lord have mercy on our vicked Souls," the pious Liverpool says "Amen." All are broadly burlesqued, with goggling eyes and large heads in the manner of Woodward's 'Long Heads' or 'Lilliputians' (cf. British Museum satires nos. 10604, 10889). See British Museum Satires No. 13730, &c."--British Museum online catalogue, description from probable copy of this print
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Robert Cruikshank based on expertise of Andrew Edmunds., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Plate 2"--Upper left corner., For an Irish copy of nearly identical composition, see no. 13728 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on page 17 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1820 by Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yd., Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, and Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, Politicians, Bishops, Messengers, Tables, Crowns, Wigs, Bottles, and Fear
Title etched below image., Top margin of print contains the text 'Characters on board' followed by a list of ten names., Two columns of verse below design: So we made t'other tack and lay gunnel to, which soon gave a damp to our joy ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 2, 1804 by John Fairburn, 146 Minories
"God above that made all things,". - In three columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., In three columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; imprint at the foot of the third, below a single rule; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., Mounted on leaf 46. 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:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, Bow Lane, London
Subject (Topic):
Drinking of alchoholic beverages, Tobacco pipes, Drinking vessels, Wine, Bottles, and Smoking
Title etched below image., Trace remains of printmaker's signature below image, in lower right., Date of publication based on publisher's active dates., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Five lines of dialogue below title: Woman have ye not the smallest shame at your disgusting situation ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"A scene in the Lords. A large Green Bag stands wide open on the floor before the Woolsack; John Bull, a fat 'cit', takes from it a bottle inscribed 'Imputation' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13796]; the cork, in the form of a crown, flies up, and smoke rises. Eldon, seated on the Woolsack, one foot regally on a sack inscribed 'Mother Coal', scowls at the bottle; his mouth, like those of the other peers, is closed by a padlock, but he holds up a paper inscribed: 'My Lords-- Right or Wrong we will proceed'. J.B. faces him with arm flung back, exclaiming: "Stop--hear me first--step one Inch if you dare without my consent-- I protest against your Secret Tribunal I'll protect the Queen look at this Bottle--and look at that Reptile." He refers to a serpent wearing a royal crown and representing the King; this issues from a rent in the bag which is inscribed 'The Green Bag Opened'. Peers are grouped near Eldon, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Wellington, and Liverpool being the most prominent. On the right, behind a bar, stands the Queen wearing a small spiky crown, surrounded by three counsel (Brougham, Denman, and Lushington)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bull and the secret committee
Description:
Title etched below image. and Mounted on page 46 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Published July 1820 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Lushington, Stephen, 1782-1873, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Legislative bodies, Interiors, Bags, Bottles, Crowns, Smoke, Locks (Hardware), and Snakes
Leaf 41. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a well furnished room, a stout man in a queue wig starts up from his chair to fire from a blunderbuss at the portrait of a French Field Marshall on the left. His companion seeks cover under the table, his legs tangled in the chair he has overthrown. In the foreground lie a sheathed sword and a map. A drum stands next to the shooter
Alternative Title:
Captain Bounce and Colonel Fearful
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., Plate numbered "V. 2" in upper left corner and "15" in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject headings: Furniture: Chippendale-style chair -- Military: Drums -- Paintings amplifying subject: A man on a rearing horse -- Weapons -- Guns: Blunderbusses -- Glass: Wine bottle and glass., and Watermark: countermark I V.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, Sepr. 9, 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Leaf 41. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a well furnished room, a stout man in a queue wig starts up from his chair to fire from a blunderbuss at the portrait of a French Field Marshall on the left. His companion seeks cover under the table, his legs tangled in the chair he has overthrown. In the foreground lie a sheathed sword and a map. A drum stands next to the shooter
Alternative Title:
Captain Bounce and Colonel Fearful
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., Plate numbered "V. 2" in upper left corner and "15" in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject headings: Furniture: Chippendale-style chair -- Military: Drums -- Paintings amplifying subject: A man on a rearing horse -- Weapons -- Guns: Blunderbusses -- Glass: Wine bottle and glass., First of two plates on leaf 41., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.4 x 24.6 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, Sepr. 9, 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Title from item., Date from item., Place of publication derived from publisher's known location., Below image at left: Baugniet Lith., 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: Stratton, Charles S. (1838-83).
Publisher:
Day & Haghe Lithrs. to the Queen
Subject (Name):
Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883,
Subject (Topic):
Dwarfism, Human curiosities, Dwarfs, Books, Pens, Eggs, and Bottles
Title etched below image., Theodore Lane collaborated with George and Charles Hunt on prints with non-political jokey subjects from 1825 to 1827; see British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two lines of verse etched below title: Wine cures the gout, the colic and the phthisic. Wine it is to all men the very best of physic., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Cholic -- Wright, Charles.
