Leaf 59. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, published ca. 1827, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 827.00.00.27., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], and On leaf 59 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland and Dublin.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Coach drivers, Carriages & coaches, and Buildings
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[1799 or 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 2 Box D170
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A trio of servants with hats removed meekly approach a magistrate to register their complaint: '... Mr. Sparemalt and Mr. Doublechalk charge us four pence a pot for porter'. The seated, bespectacled magistrate haughtily challenges their grumbling and proclaims, 'that great men may combine and charge you poor wretches what they please ...'
Description:
Title from heading inscribed in ink above image, in artist's hand., Date based on events depicted. See St. James's Chronicle or the British Evening Post (London, England, January 2, 1800 - January 4, 1800)., Attributed to Woodward., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Complaints (Rhetoric), Complaining, Judges, Coach drivers, and Servants
A coach drives into swampy water; the drunken coachman has dropped the reins, the footman at the back shouts at him; the occupants, an elderly man and two ladies, have opened the door and are screaming. There is a crescent moon
Description:
Caption title from letterpress printed below image., Imprint appears at top of image. Imprint in letterpress at bottom of third column: Published 6th April, 1807, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with slight loss of imprint at top of sheet., Plate numbered '464' in the upper left corner., Header to broadside: Written by Captain Morris, with additional stanzas by the late Mr. Hewerdine, marked by inverted commas., Fourteen stanzas of verse arranged in three columns on broadside portion: In London I never know what to be at, enraptur'd with this, and transported with that, I'm wild with the sweets of variety's plan, and life seems a blessing to happy for man! ..., and Number '464' in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls.
Publisher:
Publish'd Apr. 6, 1807 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Number six in a series of prints published by Fores that parodies the infamous Mulready stationery released by the British Post Office in 1840. Each of the prints is numbered and centers on a different theme, e.g. Fores's military envelope, Fores's hunting envelope, Fores's comic envelopes, Fores's alderman envelopes, Fores's dancing envelope, etc
Description:
Title from text above image., Other prints in the series attributed to John Leech and dated 1840. See British Museum onlne catalogue., "No. 6"., and Sheet trimmed.
Publisher:
Published by Messrs. Fores at their sporting & fine print repository & frame manufactury, 41 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Strt
Subject (Name):
Mulready, William, 1786-1863.
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, Horses, Passengers, and Postal stationery
Title printed below image center., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., 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:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883,
Subject (Topic):
Dwarfism, Human curiosities, Dwarfs, Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, and Horses
Title printed below image center., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from street address., 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:
Dean & Co. Threadneedle St.
Subject (Name):
Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883,
Subject (Topic):
Dwarfism, Human curiosities, Dwarfs, Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, and Horses
Title printed below image center., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from street address., 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:
Dean & Co. Threadneedle St.
Subject (Name):
Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883,
Subject (Topic):
Dwarfism, Human curiosities, Dwarfs, Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, and Horses
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Caption below title: Oh! Mr. Blacksmith ease our pains -- and tye us fast in wedlocks chains., Plate numbered '277' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Blacksmith's shop -- Trades -- Coachmen -- Gretna Green -- Female costume, 1795.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Forge shops, Blacksmiths, Military uniforms, Coach drivers, and Marriage
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 23d Feby. 1774.
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 71. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A bench in a kitchen on which are seated, from left to right: the coachman, half asleep; the huge cook seated facing us, arms akimbo; and a rather drowsy black boy. A shelf with pots and pans on it is on the wall to the left. At the extreme right is a grandfather clock. There are two drawings pinned to the wall
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three lines of dialogue etched below title: Coachman: You go." Cook: Hang me if I go." Kingston: Mollsey, Pollsey go.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Theater: High life below stairs -- Amateur theatricals -- Domestic service: Coachman -- Kingston -- Black foot-boy -- Reference to William Ann Holles, earl of Essex, 1732-1799., Mounted on page 71 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching and drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 26.6 x 29.0 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Townley, James, 1714-1778.
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Coach drivers, Cooks, Servants, Longcase clocks, and Theatrical productions
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 23d Feby. 1774.
Call Number:
Bunbury 774.02.23.01.2+ Impression 1
Collection Title:
Page 71. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A bench in a kitchen on which are seated, from left to right: the coachman, half asleep; the huge cook seated facing us, arms akimbo; and a rather drowsy black boy. A shelf with pots and pans on it is on the wall to the left. At the extreme right is a grandfather clock. There are two drawings pinned to the wall
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three lines of dialogue etched below title: Coachman: You go." Cook: Hang me if I go." Kingston: Mollsey, Pollsey go.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Theater: High life below stairs -- Amateur theatricals -- Domestic service: Coachman -- Kingston -- Black foot-boy -- Reference to William Ann Holles, earl of Essex, 1732-1799., and Watermark, trimmed.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Townley, James, 1714-1778.
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Coach drivers, Cooks, Servants, Longcase clocks, and Theatrical productions
