P- and his reduced household retiring for the summer season and Prince and his reduced household retiring for the summer season
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., Attribution by British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Cradle -- Warming pan -- Gridiron -- Wine raisan -- Hangercoach -- Food -- Coach and horses -- Bellows., and C Patch watermark in center of sheet.
Publisher:
Pub'd as the act directs, for the proprietor, by J. Carter, Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '3' in upper right corner., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763]., Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Coffee-houses -- Male dress: Roman armor -- Emblems: jack boot (Lord Bute) -- Buildings: warehouse -- Reference to the peace negotiation in Paris, 1762: territorial concessions -- Reference to the East India Company -- Excise -- Whigs -- Chancellors -- Vehicles: go-cart -- Buildings: hospital., and On page 296 in volume 3. Sheet: 7.1 x 10.3 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), National emblems, Scottish, and British
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '3' in upper right corner., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763]., Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Coffee-houses -- Male dress: Roman armor -- Emblems: jack boot (Lord Bute) -- Buildings: warehouse -- Reference to the peace negotiation in Paris, 1762: territorial concessions -- Reference to the East India Company -- Excise -- Whigs -- Chancellors -- Vehicles: go-cart -- Buildings: hospital., and Mounted to 31 x 33 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), National emblems, Scottish, and British
"A ship, apparently bearing 'Aeneas' (George II) is tossed on a stormy sea. On the shore at right, 'Dido' (the figure of Britannia), points and smiles, above the inscription, "She, while [the] outragious winds [the] deep deform, Smiles on [the] tumult, & enjoys [the] storm". In the sea Neptune near the shore looks at the ship in displeasure. Above in the sky are three Winds, as three young boys, one blowing, one farting, the last kicking a hat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Formerly attributed to Hogarth, now thought to be by Van der Gucht. See British Museum online catalogue., Questionable attribution in Paulson's 2nd edition., Lettered below image: Tanta haec mulier potuit suadere malorum., Latin motto below image translated: So much evil can a woman induce., Verse etched in lower right of image: She, while [the] outragious winds [the] deep deform, Smiles on [the] tumult, & enjoys [the] storm., Also a note in Steevens's hand discussing the three prints on this page pasted down at top of page., and On page 89 in volume 1.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760., Dido,, Aeneas (Legendary character),, and Neptune (Roman deity),
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Britannia (Symbolic character), Sailing ships, and British
April 26, 1745, publish'd according to act of Parliament.
Call Number:
745.04.26.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on Admirals Thomas Mathews and Richard Lestock and other officers who had been engaged in the fight off Toulon, and who subsequently became subjects of a Court Martial. A street scene, on the left a portico, from which a goup of persons is led by the figure of Britannia towards a dockyard; with letterpress inscriptions, verses in four columns
Description:
Title from item., Four columns of verse below image begins: Shall British glory rise again, and wipe the degen'rate stain ..., Later state, with publisher's name burnished from plate. Cf. No. 2682 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: portico of the Admiralty's Building -- Admiralty: satire on admiralty inscribed on portico -- British Lion -- Personifications: Justice -- Trade -- Symbols: Hand of Providence -- Lightning bolts -- Reference to the Battle of Toulon, 1744 -- Reference to the War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-1748 -- Court martial -- Emblems: laurel wreath -- Balance -- Weapons: sticks as cudgels -- Architectural details: busts -- Naval uniforms -- Gates: dockyard at Deptford -- Reference to Bremen and Verden., and Watermark: countermark IV.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Torrington, George Byng, Viscount, 1663-1733, Blake, Robert, 1599-1657, Mathews, Thomas, 1676-1751, Lestock, Richard, 1679?-1746, and Norris, John, Sir, 1660?-1749
Title etched at top of image., A letter in form of a rebus., The following words in the title are represented by images: Lord Bute by a boot, 'be' in 'between' by a bee, Jockey by a figure of a jockey, 'Cloud' in 'McCloud' by clouds, Britannia by a figure of Britannia., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to 35 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Three columns of verse below image begins: In an---t days Sr Robt Carr ..., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to William Pitt the Elder -- Executioner's axe -- Emblems: Thistle (Scotland) -- Emblems: Jack boot (Lord Bute) -- Ghosts., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Publisher:
Printed & sold at Darly's in Cranbourn Ally, as the act directs Js. P.
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Somerset, Robert Carr, Earl of, d. 1645
Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Three columns of verse below image begins: In an---t days Sr Robt Carr ..., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to William Pitt the Elder -- Executioner's axe -- Emblems: Thistle (Scotland) -- Emblems: Jack boot (Lord Bute) -- Ghosts., 1 print : etching ; sheet 20 x 25 cm., and On laid paper, sheet trimmed within plate mark, mounted to 32 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
Printed & sold at Darly's in Cranbourn Ally, as the act directs Js. P.
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Somerset, Robert Carr, Earl of, d. 1645
"Caricature with Britannia and her lion, with the help of 'A Nation's Love', protecting Queen Caroline from the attacks of her accusers in Parliament."--British Museum online catalogue and Portrays Princess Charlotte defending her mother against attacks by George IV and his ministers
Description:
Title etched below image., With large manuscript lettering "Oh my mother, my mother" in ink above image; impression at the British Museum (registration no.: 1983,0305.31) has the same phrase written in the same place., "Argus" was an early pseudonym of Charles Williams; however, three other prints signed "Argus" from 1820 have been attributed in the British Museum catalogue to William Heath (as have others from this time period with S.W. Fores's address spelled "Picadilli" in imprint). See page 799 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., Possible artist's device follows the "Argus" signature in lower right: A cross above a circle divided into quarters., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Watermark: Weatherley & Lane 1818., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 70 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Caroline," "Eldon," "Londondery [sic]," "Sidmouth," "Liverpool," and "Geo. IV" identified in ink below image; date "23 Aug. 1820" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. Aug. 23, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, Britannia (Symbolic character), Lions, Shields, Spears, and Politicians
