Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, lithographer, artist
Published / Created:
[1 August 1834]
Call Number:
834.08.01.04+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Four rows of designs with one to four designs in each row, individually titled. The pairs are visual puns, e.g., starting at the top row from the left, "A box at the opera" shows two men fist fighting; "A rain beau" shows a couple walking in the rain, he not sharing the one umbrella; a man with has hooks for arms addresses a small group, "To arms, to arms -- Brave boys". The second row, the images show domestic scenes of various social classes, including clerks, dustmen, chimney sweeps, all playing instruments or singing, titled "The musical mania" who woun'd'nt have a piano." The third row "Small profits & quick returns" shows a large man hitting a thinner man in the face outside a printshop window; "The light guitar" shows a red-nosed man smoking a large pipe and holding a guitar under his arm standing with his back to the blazing fire, unaware that his guitar is burning; in "Standing his ground" a soldier's legs are shot off by a cannon ball. The fourth row contains four scenes: "A Hottentot & a Holterman" depicting a Black man and a Chinese man; "80 in the shade" shows an old man sitting on a bench under an arbor; "Two Beaks" two stick-figures of a judge and a soldier; "Little Andrew" is drawn as a man with no legs on a platform with wheels; and finally, "Ass matical" is illustrated with an image of a sick ass with scarfs over his head and throat, sneezing
Description:
Title devised by cataloger from captions below each design, starting in the upper left., Series title and number at top of sheet. Dated below series title: August 1st, 1834. Continued every fortnight., and "6d, plain. 1s/ cold."--Upper right above design.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Kendrick, 54 Leicester Square, & sold by T. Dewhurst, T. Drake, R. Thorley, M.A. Organ, Ross & Nightingale, and Printed by Dean & Munday, 40 Threadneedle St.
A group of Chinese men in traditional attire stand and sit around a table, smoking and apparently gambling, with two Chinese women standing in a nearby doorway
Title from caption below image., Approximations of Chinese characters precede each line of text., Imprint statement mostly erased from sheet. Publication information from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Print numbered in pencil in upper right corner: 4., and Imprint statement mostly erased from sheet.
Six designs, arranged in two rows, each showing a mother, father, and child from different cultures. The figures wear their native dress and appear in front of landscapes, buildings, and animals found in their region of the world
Alternative Title:
Six national figures
Description:
Titles etched below images., Alternative title and publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., and Plate numbered "36" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Families, Africans, Chinese, English, Khoekhoe, Native American, and Sami (European people)
"A companion plate to British Museum Satires No. 13989 by the same artist, and with the same imprint. A Chinese interior resembling that of British Museum Satires No. 13986. George IV as a mandarin, languid and ill, sits cross-legged on a low settee. Peacock's feathers (cf. British Museum Satire No. 13299) decorate his round hat. Sidmouth as a Chinese doctor feels his pulse with concern. At the King's feet is a long rolled document headed 'List of Addresses presented to Caroline Queen of [Engla]nd'. Behind (right), a melancholy Chinese messenger hands Bloomfield (a Chinese wearing a large sword) a paper: 'Bill Thrown Out'. The latter registers dismay with raised arms. There is a slanting cloud of smoke as in British Museum Satires No. 13986. On the wall is a picture of the Queen, with sword and shield, fighting a dragon. Carved dragons decorate the King's settee (or throne), and there is a big dragon jar on the right; all the dragons look menacingly towards the King, who rests his right hand on a table on which are decanter, pill-box, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Approximate month of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: Moments of pleasure., and Mounted on page 37 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Bloomfield, Benjamin Bloomfield, Baron, 1768-1846, and Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844
Subject (Topic):
Costumes, Chinese, Interiors, Furniture, Draperies, Medical equipment & supplies, Physicians, Documents, Smoke, Messengers, Vases, Figurines, and Dragons
Six Chinese men depicted in traditional costume and queues walk in a line towards the left, all holding or smoking opium pipies. The two in the lead hold their heads in pain. The third man has just exhaled a large puff of smoke as he turns to the fourth man who leans heavily on his left arm, gray-faced and slightly doubled over in distress. The last man in the line has a devious look on his face as he pulls the queue of the fifth man who whinces in pain
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Richard Doyle., Plate numbered '20' in upper right corner from: The brother to the moon's visit to the court of Queen Vic., and On verso: Principal tea pots to the Celestial Court . No. 19 in the series.
Publisher:
Printed by W. Kohler
Subject (Topic):
Chinese, Clothing and dress, Opium, and Opium pipes
Round-faced Chinese men depicted in traditional hats, shoes and pants but bodies in the shape of round, ornately painted Chinese teapots stagger to the left, some holding sticks. Young boys with tea cups and saucers on their heads struggle behind them, two having tripped and fallen
Description:
Title etched below images., Attributed to Richard Doyle., Plate numbered '19' in upper right corner from: The brother to the moon's viist to the court of Queen Vic., Series forms a companion work to The christening of Prince Taffy. Cf. Verso of cover which also lists other "Clever humorous works by Messrs. Fores.", and Image on verso: Opium chewers and smokers, the cap's wot caused all the shindy. No. 20 in the series.
"The King, in Chinese costume and seated on a cushion, among the chinoiseries of the Pavilion (cf. British Museum Satires No. 12749), throws up his arms in terror at the entry (right) of the Queen, closely followed by Alderman Wood. Her demure dress contrasts with that of a woman, who, much alarmed, runs off to the left from beside the King. Sidmouth (left) and Castlereagh (right), both in Chinese dress, are equally terrified, and Lord Eldon peeps anxiously from behind a little pagoda. Both visitors extend an arm towards the King in an authoritative gesture. Words float from them towards the King: 'Nothing extenuate nor set down aught in Malice [Othello, v. ii] men sleeping with her at Black Heath 1808 v. call Hoods [sic].'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
More free than welcome
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Mounted on page 17 of: George Humphrey shop album., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25.6 x 33.7 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. June 17th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 50 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, and Quentin, Georgina
"The King, in Chinese costume and seated on a cushion, among the chinoiseries of the Pavilion (cf. British Museum Satires No. 12749), throws up his arms in terror at the entry (right) of the Queen, closely followed by Alderman Wood. Her demure dress contrasts with that of a woman, who, much alarmed, runs off to the left from beside the King. Sidmouth (left) and Castlereagh (right), both in Chinese dress, are equally terrified, and Lord Eldon peeps anxiously from behind a little pagoda. Both visitors extend an arm towards the King in an authoritative gesture. Words float from them towards the King: 'Nothing extenuate nor set down aught in Malice [Othello, v. ii] men sleeping with her at Black Heath 1808 v. call Hoods [sic].'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
More free than welcome
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub. June 17th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 50 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, and Quentin, Georgina
