"The Duke of Richmond (left) sleeps in an arm-chair beside a table on which are playing-cards and bits of broken tobacco-pipes arranged to represent fortifications. On the right are two cannons, one on a gun-carriage ; a cat sits on its muzzle miaowing at Richmond, one paw on the table. By his side (left) are plans on rollers and a box of long tobacco-pipes. On the wall hang two pictures on rollers as if they were plans. In one (left) soldiers with wheelbarrows, &c. work on the sea-shore, off which dismantled ships lie at anchor. In the other, cannons and cannon-balls with one sentry lie along the sea-shore, off which are ships at anchor with brooms at their mast-heads to show that they are for sale. Richmond's hat, overcoat, and sword hang on the wall between the two pictures. At his feet is an open book inscribed 'Trial of Colol Debbeig'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Planing of fortifications and Planning of fortifications
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from Grego and British Museum Catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: House of Cards -- Card players -- Bill to fortify Portsmouth -- Fortifications -- Furniture -- Pictures that amplify subject -- Matches -- Pets., Horace Walpole refers to subject of print in his letter to Mann dated March 16, 1786., and Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman?
Publisher:
Published March 7th, 1786, by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Sleeping, Tables, Playing cards, Pipes (Smoking), Cats, and Pictures
"The King and Queen (left), seated under a canopy decorated with a crown and the royal arms, listen enraptured to a concert; the performers are arranged in a pyramid on the right. Numbers on the figures refer to notes engraved beneath the design. George III leans back, his hands clasped, eyes turned ecstatically upwards; he wears a laurel wreath and his head is surrounded by a star-shaped halo. The Queen sits upright with an eager expression, beating time; her hair and scraggy neck are covered with jewels (cf. BMSat 6978, &c). On the extreme left, and on the King's right, stands Pitt, very erect, a rattle in his right hand, blowing a whistle attached to a child's coral and bells. Behind the Queen are two ladies: '4', lean and ugly, holds an ear-trumpet to her ear; ['5'], who is stout, holds a parakeet on her finger. This group is: '1 Mr P------t'. '2 K------'. '3 Q------'. '4 Mad. Schw---gh--n' [Schwellenberg]. '5 Miss Jeff-----s' [Elizabeth Jefferyes or Jeffries, a Maid of Honour]. The royal party are on a circular carpet. On the roof of the canopy sits a demon holding up a purse in each hand, emblem of the supposed avarice of the King and Queen, a favourite subject with Gillray, cf. BMSat 7166, and see BMSat 7836, &c. Three demon hounds, inscribed 'G. R. Windsor', chase a realistically drawn fox (Fox), to whose tail is tied (by a ribbon inscribed 'Coalition') a pot with the features of North. The performers are arranged behind a low semicircular barrier. A stout man with a goat's head is asleep on the left, his hands clasped on his breast; from his pocket protrudes a paper inscribed 'Road to Wynnstay' (cf. BMSat 7068, &c). He is '6 Sr W. W. W-----ne' [Williams-Wynn], one of the founders of 'The Concert of Antient Music'. A demon child and an infant with butterfly-wings sit together on the barrier, singing from one book. A braying ass holding a book is '7 Mr Assb-----ge' (Ashbridge, a celebrated kettle-drummer). A bird of prey (? an owl) wearing a large cap stands on the barrier, a piece of music under its claws inscribed 'Anointed Solomon, King over all, E------'. She is '8 Mad. Mara.' Next '7' is seated a large ox supporting a music-book on his hoofs. He is 'J------h B--tes' (Joah Bates, originator (1776) and conductor of 'The Concert of Antient Music'). In the second row of performers (right to left) is a group (behind '7' and '8') of three fishwives: '10, D------ R------d'. the Duke of Richmond, with a basket of fish on his head, arms akimbo, is scolding '11, M-----s La--sd--e' (Marquis Lansdowne), while '12, Col. B--r-' (Barré), his eyes closed, joins in the dispute. An allusion to the altercation in the House of Lords over Richmond's proposed fortifications (see BMSat 7149 etc.). Next, realistically drawn, is '13 Sir J. M--why' (Mawbey), holding under his arm a squeaking pig whose tail he is twisting as if it were a musical instrument. Mawbey, as a distiller, was famous for keeping large quantities of hogs, see BMSats 5746, 7506, &c. Two lawyers sing from the same music; they are '14 Atty Genl' (Arden) and '15 Sollr Genl' (Macdonald). Behind their heads, and towards the apex of the pyramid, stand two judges facing each other, each holding a chimney-sweep's shovel and brush which they strike together in the manner of chimney-sweeps on May Day. They are '16. D--n--as' (Dundas) and '17. Ld L--ghb--gh' (Loughborough). The former's shovel is decorated with a thistle, the latter's with a man hanging from a gibbet, with the date '1745' and 'Kenn Com' in allusion to the Jacobites executed on Kennington Common, one of whom was Sir John Wedderburn. The apex of the pyramid is '18. Ch--n--ll--r', Thurlow, standing with a fierce expression; he holds up a pair of birch-rods above the bare posteriors of two terrified boys who serve as kettle-drums. Two squalling and fighting cats hang from the ceiling by ribbons attached to their tails. Beneath the design is engraved: '------Monarchs, who with Rapture wild, Hear their own Praise with Mouths of gaping Wonder, And control each Crotchet of the Birth-day Thunder. Peter Pindar.' The satire illustrates this and other passages from 'Ode upon Ode', which attack Pitt for obsequiousness to the King, and the King and Queen for their parsimony in attending the Concerts of Antient Music as subscribers instead of having concerts at their palace: '- Monarchs, who with oeconomic Fury Force all the tuneful World to Tot'n'am Lane.' Mawbey is mentioned: 'Strains! that Sir Joseph Mawbey deem'd divine, Sweet as the Quavers of his fattest Swine.' Wynn also: 'The sleek Welsh Deity who Music knows- The Alexander of the Tot'n'am Troops.' Richmond is mentioned: 'Mad as his Military Grace For fortifying ev'ry Place . . .' The cats: 'How like the Notes of Cats, a vocal Pair.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Later state, with numbers and explanatory notes, hairs on the queen's face and further stippling on the king's face., Publication date inferred from watermark., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Sir John Wedderburn, 1704-1746? -- Chimney sweep's implements -- Singing lawyers -- Squeking pigs -- Fighting cats -- Dispute over Richmond's fortifications -- Child demons -- Ribbon of coalition -- Circular carpets -- Royal canopies -- Demon hounds -- Royal parsimony -- Birds: paraket -- Owls -- Kensington Common -- Literature: allusion to Peter Pindar's Ode upon ode -- Concerts: Antient music, 1787 -- Music: Serenata 'Solomon' by William Boyce -- Emblems -- Allusion to Jacobites -- Children: bous a kettle drums -- Richmond as a fishwoman -- Music books -- Performers in pyramid shape -- Star-shaped haloes -- Birch rods -- Toys: coral and bells -- Cherubs., Watermark: R A 1801 on the left side of sheet; fleur-de-lis on the right side., Matted to 56 x 71 cm., and Verso of former mount (49 x 60 cm), now laid in, with image in reverse of La belle assemblee.
Publisher:
Pub'd May 10th, 1787 by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Williams-Wynn, Watkin, Sir, 1749-1789, Mara, Gertrud Elisabeth, 1749-1833, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Mawbey, Joseph, Sir, 1730-1798, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, Macdonald, Archibald, Sir, 1747-1826, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797, Jefferyes, Elizabeth, active 1787-1791, Ashbridge, John, -1799, Bates, Joah, 1741-1799, and Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802
Titles from captions below individual images., Series titles from text above design., Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record., and Design consists of ten images; most individually captioned.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: French term for pregnancy.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 20th 1786 by J. Wicksteed, No. 30 Henrietta Strt. Covent Garden
In seven scenes in a design of two tiers, citizens dispute the oppressive fees imposed by a zealous tax collector who taxes bugs, pets, a bulbous nose and a runny nose, corns on a foot, and a man's skin. In the scene on the upper right, the tax collector penalizes a man whom he accuses of evading tax as he defecates in a bush
Alternative Title:
Taxes as they will be!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Isaac Cruikshank by Krumbhaar., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Taxation, Black people, Birds, Birdcages, Cats, Defecation, Dogs, Servants, Single women, and Tax payers
Two designs on one plate. Design on top: A fat woman sits in a nightgown on the edge of a curtained bed while her husband (right) yawns in an armchair, glass and decanter beside him. He has dropped a (broken) pipe and his book: 'Memoirs of an Amorous Fat Rump'd Old Tabby'. She watches him anxiously, holding out his nightshirt to the fire (left). An elderly maidservant leaves the room with warming-pan and candle, looking over her shoulder much amused. On the chimney-piece by the bed are bottles labelled 'Restorative Drop' and 'Corn Plais[ter]'. A cat and kitten sit by the fire. Design below: A young man and a pretty courtesan caress each other on a sofa. Beside them are wine and fruit on a round table; a dog sits on hind legs looking up at the couple. Behind a curtain (right) a degraded-looking woman drinks furtively. See British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Abroad and at home
Description:
Two distinct designs on one plate each titled separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 35 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feb. 28, 1807, by T. Rowlandson, No. 1 James St., Adelphi
Leaf 54. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two designs on one plate. Design on top: A fat woman sits in a nightgown on the edge of a curtained bed while her husband (right) yawns in an armchair, glass and decanter beside him. He has dropped a (broken) pipe and his book: 'Memoirs of an Amorous Fat Rump'd Old Tabby'. She watches him anxiously, holding out his nightshirt to the fire (left). An elderly maidservant leaves the room with warming-pan and candle, looking over her shoulder much amused. On the chimney-piece by the bed are bottles labelled 'Restorative Drop' and 'Corn Plais[ter]'. A cat and kitten sit by the fire. Design below: A young man and a pretty courtesan caress each other on a sofa. Beside them are wine and fruit on a round table; a dog sits on hind legs looking up at the couple. Behind a curtain (right) a degraded-looking woman drinks furtively. See British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
At home and abroad ; Abroad and at home
Description:
Titles etched below images., Two images on one plate, each with a separate title and signature. A single imprint statement is etched in lower left corner of top image., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see nos. 10809 and 10810 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 66., and On leaf 54 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feb. 28, 1807, by T. Rowlandson, No. 1 James St., Adelphi [i.e. Field & Tuer]
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young man with a grotesquely long chin sits in a high back chair, kissing a pretty young woman who stands between his legs. Behind him a dog has his paws on the cloth-covered table on which is laid cheese and bread; a cat drinks from a pitcher on the ground. Through the door on the right, a fat older man sits on a stool, smoking his pipe as he looks up at another pretty girl. On the wall hangs his gun and game; above them hangs a bird in a cage
Alternative Title:
Bachelor's fare, bread cheese and kisses
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state; former plate number "309" has been replaced, date following artist's signature has been altered from "1813" to "1818," and beginning of imprint statement has been burnished from plate., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pubd. Feby. 10th, 1814, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside. Cf. No. 12400 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 9., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Also issued separately., Plate numbered "285" in upper right corner., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 253-4., 1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 350 x 247 mm., and Hand-colored.
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young man with a grotesquely long chin sits in a high back chair, kissing a pretty young woman who stands between his legs. Behind him a dog has his paws on the cloth-covered table on which is laid cheese and bread; a cat drinks from a pitcher on the ground. Through the door on the right, a fat older man sits on a stool, smoking his pipe as he looks up at another pretty girl. On the wall hangs his gun and game; above them hangs a bird in a cage
Alternative Title:
Bachelor's fare, bread cheese and kisses
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state; former plate number "309" has been replaced, date following artist's signature has been altered from "1813" to "1818," and beginning of imprint statement has been burnished from plate., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pubd. Feby. 10th, 1814, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside. Cf. No. 12400 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 9., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Also issued separately., Plate numbered "285" in upper right corner., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 253-4., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1822.
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young man with a grotesquely long chin sits in a high back chair, kissing a pretty young woman who stands between his legs. Behind him a dog has his paws on the cloth-covered table on which is laid cheese and bread; a cat drinks from a pitcher on the ground. Through the door on the right, a fat older man sits on a stool, smoking his pipe as he looks up at another pretty girl. On the wall hangs his gun and game; above them hangs a bird in a cage
Alternative Title:
Bachelor's fare, bread cheese and kisses
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state; former plate number "309" has been replaced, date following artist's signature has been altered from "1813" to "1818," and beginning of imprint statement has been burnished from plate., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pubd. Feby. 10th, 1814, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside. Cf. No. 12400 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 9., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Also issued separately., Plate numbered "285" in upper right corner., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 253-4., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.1 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 41.8 x 25.6 cm., and Leaf 95 in volume 4.
