"A satire on Thomas Herring, Archbishop of York, and the enthusiastic part he played in raising volunteer troops to resist the Jacobite rising. He is shown dressed partly as a bishop and partly as a military officer his episcopal gown tucked up over a lace-edged military coat and waistcoat beneath, he has lawn sleeves but wears gaiters and a gorget, on his back is a knapsack with his mitre on top. He shoulders a gun from the trigger of which is a ribbon lettered O Lord open thou my Lips & my Mouth shall show forth thy Praise. He says 'My [mitre] My Lands My Gold, Church'. A fish is shown above his lace cocked hat in allusion to his name. Behind him are a group of less keen volunteers, on the left lay men march with armed clergy, one saying 'May [he] Starve with us' another carries a standard (large flag?) a cleric says 'I'm a Canon', another claims 'I’ll be Vicar of Bray still', two clerical soldiers on the right complain one saying 'I've 12 Children but no Lands' the other 'Fight I have but 20£ a Year'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Church militant
Description:
Title from text below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., The following words within title are represented by a rebus: 'mitred' by a bishop's mitre, 'church' by an image of a church building., Temporary local subject terms: Clergymen -- Emblems: crowned herring for Bishop Herring -- Literature: reference to the song The Vicar of Bray -- Knapsacks -- Church buildings -- Portrayal of a church militant., and Watermark: countermark IV.
A satire on the British response to the Lisbon earthquake
Alternative Title:
Britannia's maternal call to her children to deep humiliation
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Following imprint: Price 6d., Publisher's statement following price: Where may be had a print on the earthquake., Four columns of verse below image: [The] offspring of my favour'd isle attend, hear in my voice the parent & the friend ..., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to general fast, 1756 -- Enumeration of sins -- Repentance for sins -- Magistrates -- Britannia's shield -- Destiny of English citizens --Britannia's prophecy., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliamt., Jany 17th, 1756, by T. Kitchin at the Star opposite Ely House, Holborn Hill, London
Subject (Topic):
Lisbon Earthquake, Portugal, 1755, Britannia (Symbolic character), and Clergy
George III sharing a cannibal feast with an Indian chief. Under a palm-tree (left) are three American Indians; one, standing, holds the dismembered body of an infant, so that its blood pours into a cup formed of a skull held by a kneeling Indian (left). The third (right), whose feathers and bracelets show that he is a chief, sits on the ground holding a tomahawk in one hand, a long bone which he is gnawing in the other. On his left, and in the centre of the design, sits George III on the ground, gnawing the other end of the Indian's bone, while he holds a smoking bowl made of a skull. He is wearing the ribbon and star of the Garter. On the ground in front are the head and limbs of an infant, and a dog vomiting. On the king's left is a flag-staff, surmounted by a cross, from it hangs a ragged flag on which is inscribed "GEO . . . E the T[hird] by the Grace of. . . . of. . . . King [Def]ender of the Faith &c.” Beneath it, a 'Holy Bible' stands upside down. Two figures hasten towards the feast from the right. A very fat bishop wearing a mitre holds in his right hand a crozier, in the left a paper inscribed “Form of Prayer 4th Febry General Fast.” He is saying “That thy Ways may be known upon Earth, thy saving Health among all Nations.” Behind him is a sailor carrying on his head a packing-case inscribed “Scalping Knives, Crucifixes, Tomahawks, Presents to Indians 96,000”; he says, “D------n my dear Eyes, but we are hellish good Christians.” Beneath the design is engraved, “Qui facit per alium, facit per se. Princ. Leg. Ang.” In the upper right corner of the print is engraved on a scroll, “The Party of Savages [The original here adds “under Le Mote”] went out with Orders not to spare Man, Woman, or Child. To this cruel Mandate even some of the Savages made an Objection, respecting the butchering the Women & Children; but they were told the Children would make Soldiers, & the Women would keep up the Stock. Remembrancer, Vol. 8. p. 77”--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Par nobile fratrum
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and First state, with imprint present.
Publisher:
Pub'd as the act directs Febry. 3, 1780 by I. Almon, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. and Markham, William, 1719-1807.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Cannibalism, Clergy, and Clothing & dress
"The seven men ride (right to left) on asses, a signpost (right) pointing 'To Dublin'; they carry 'Regency cakes' in place of potatoes. On the extreme left three men lean eagerly forward, one shouts: "What news, What News the tidings tell make haste and tell us all, Say why are Thus mounted Is Regent come and all." St. Patrick, whose galloping donkey has a head-dress of the Prince of Wales's feathers, answers, "By Jasus I'll tell you all in no time why you must know the K-----g is better than the Reg------t that is all". Next comes Charlemont, identified by his earl's coronet; his donkey kicks violently ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ambassadors extraordinry return on bulls without horns and Ambassadors extraordinary return on bulls without horns
Description:
Title from item., Tentatively attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: Irish ambassadors extraordinary!!!, Temporary local subject terms: Irish Commissioners -- Irish Commissioners' address, 1784 -- Clubs: Shillelaghs -- Coronets -- Regency crisis -- Signposts: "To Dublin" -- Emblems: Regency cakes -- Irish asses -- Food: potato cakes -- Allusion to George III -- Allusion to George IV -- Allusion to Louis Weltje, 1745-1810 -- Allusion to Francis Willis, 1718-1807 -- James Stuart, fl. 1789 -- Thomas Connolly, ca. 1738-1803 -- William Brabazon Ponsonby, 1744-1806, John O'Neill, 1st Viscount, 1740-1798., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 16th, 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccaddilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804, Charlemont, James Caulfeild, Earl of, 1728-1799, and Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?
"A bishop (right) standing behind an altar-rail, holds out both hands over the head of a kneeling clergyman. A demon kneels on the ground beside the latter; another has crept under his cassock, from which the tips of two wings project. Over the door is a picture of the Last Supper with Judas as a prominent figure. The lid of a large chest (left) is slightly raised, from it hangs a paper inscribed: "I Suit of Scarlet & Gold, I Suit White & Silver, I Suit Blue & Silver, i Suit Flower'd Silk, i Suit Black Silk, I Black Velvet Surtout." On the Chest is pasted a label: "Left to Messrs Panchauld & Fo . . ." Paris. On the ground is a book, 'A Course of Humanity on Miss S------rs'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above image., One line of text below image: It is true I have suffered the infectious hand of a bishop to be wav'd over me, whose imposition like the sop given to Judas is only a signal for the devil to enter, &c., Temporary local subject terms: Benediction -- Parson -- Coffers., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, April 14, 1772, by W. Darling, engraver, Great Newport Street
"Satire on Lord Bute in the form of a reply to Henry Howard's bawdy ballad, "The Queen's Ass" (BM Satires 3870): the zebra kicks Howard, who has fallen to the ground, behind him a group of men comprising John Fielding, the three Cherokee chiefs who visited London in 1762, and another who may be identified as the man referred to in the verse below as "M-re [who] sally'd forth the fair Sex to relieve"; on the right, Bute, dressed in tartan and wearing a boot, riding a tamed British Lion; a Jewish stockbroker in the stocks; and George Whitfield looking into a mirror which reflects the image of an ass. In the background Charles Churchill, wielding a stick, chases off Bute's supporters, the journalists Arthur Murphy and Tobias Smollett, who raise their hands in surprise. Engraved inscriptions, title and verses in two columns by "Fartinando", to be sung to the tune of "The Ass in the Chaplet"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Answer to Harry Howard's ass
Description:
Caption title below etching., Engraved broadside poem illustrated with etching at top of sheet (late mark 30.1 x 20 cm). Etching signed: J. Jones delin et sculpt., Harry H----d's = Henry Howard., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., The lion bears some resemblance to those designed by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale for the Ladies Amusement (first published by Sayer in 1760), especially plate 108, and was perhaps copied from his work. Cf. British Museum online catalogue., Ten stanzas of verse below title: Permit me good people (a whimsical bard) and snarl not [the] critical class ..., and Mounted to 35 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by J. Williams, next the Mitre Tavern, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Whitefield, George, 1714-1770, Fielding, John, Sir, 1721-1780, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, and Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),
Subject (Topic):
Cherokee Indians, Jews, Clergy, England, National emblems, British, Stocks (Punishment), and Zebras
A squel to the print "The Battle of Cornhill", showing an eastern view of Temple Bar and a view of Fleet Street showing the exterior of Nando's Coffee House and The Devil Tavern; the gates of Temple Bar are closed; at the top of the bar are the heads of Fletcher and Townely, the Jacobites executed for the part if the Scottish raid of 1745-1756 ...
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : R. Baldwin, v. 38 (1769), p. 166., Temporary local subject terms: Edward Boehm., and Mounted to 16 x 24 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fletcher, George, -1745., Towneley, Francis, -1745., and Temple Bar (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Jacobites, Bird's-eye views, Carriages & coaches, City & town life, Clergy, Crowds, Coffeehouses, Decapitations, Executions, Riots, and Taverns (Inns)
Leaf 31. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A kitchen scene. An ugly parson holding a small slice of meat speared on a fork, angrily berates his gardener (right), pointing behind him to a vast round of beef on the table (left). He bawls: 'Tis my Beef you rascal I'll swear to the Complexion of it--& my Bread too! & I'll have you hanged for stealing it. The gardener, a young man holding a spade, draws back in astonishment, saying, Lord love your Reverence my Aunt gave me that slice of Bread & Beef for my dinner to day!! The comely cook holds up her hands and turns up her eyes, exclaiming: O L--d O L--d what a x x x !!!!! it is no more like his Beef than I am--. A mouse scampers off, saying, Besides, if it was Cookee, what a d--d mean wretch to take notice of it-- 'tis time for me to be off! On the table are also a huge loaf, a slice of bread, and a knife. A leg of mutton is on a shelf; a large dresser with dishes, drawers, pots, &c, and a roller towel form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vialls of wrath!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 14407 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [approximately 1868?], Plate originally published in 1822; see British Museum catalogue., Cf. Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonné, 714., Cf. Reid, G.W. A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank, 1059., and On leaf 31 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pub. by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill and Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
Vialls, Thomas, 1768?-1831 and Sharp, Joseph, active 1822
"A wild turmoil of men and women in court dress or uniform outside Buckingham House, which is indicated in the background, with a covered way or awning leading to the doorway from the right. Two beefeaters stand before the door and above the crowd, holding up their arms and yelling: Keep back, Keep back Put off postponed till the first of next April. Prominent figures in the foreground are (right), a field-marshal (? Prince Leopold) with a hussar officer (? Prince Esterházy). The former steps on and tears the train of a lady who looks round in angry dismay. She and an absurdly dandified Lancer officer are the central figures in the foreground. Women and men are prostrate, and there are many incidents. A barrister with (?) Brougham's profile drives his elbow savagely into the face of a bishop. Plumed shakoes, helmets, and cocked hats tower above the crowd. An arm holds up a lady's feathered wig and curls on the point of a sword. Complaints are inscribed along the upper margin: [1] Have I not borrowed the Duchess's last Birth Day suit & had it transmogrified to prevent its being known again, at the expence of 1.13.9 & and only to be hustled. [2] ever since four Oclock this morning, under two men & three maids suffering purgatory to be made an April Fool of. [3] I never looked so bewitching in all my life. [4] What a cut. [5] have I been up all night, Dressing, perfuming, painting, & plastering to be served thus. [6] What after hiring all these dashing Diamonds & Jewels at such an extravagant price & not to be suffered to shew them insulting, provoking. [7] was to have been Presented now I suppose shall be Represented [? caricatured]. The last speaker is a fat lady who tugs at a man's bag-wig"--British Museum onling catalogue
Alternative Title:
Birthday hoax and April fools
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on one side.
Publisher:
Pub. April 24th, 1823 by S.W. Fores 41 Picadilly[sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865, Esterházy, Prince, 1786-1866 v Caricatures and cartoons., and Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868
Subject (Topic):
Celebrations, Clergy, Crowds, Dandies, Military officers, and Nobility
Surrendred March 22, 1770 and Surrendered March 22, 1770
Description:
Two designs within one plate, each titled separately., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of statement of responsibility., Publication place, date and statement of responsibility from British Museum catalogue., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon [1767-1772], v. 6 (1770), p. 309., Temporary local subject terms: Magna Charta -- Petitions: City Petition, March 14, 1770 -- Cross -- Male costume: king's robes., and Mounted to 20 x 14 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
John, King of England, 1167-1216 and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
