A woman facing left under an enormous coiffure. Within her hair several scenes illustrate the progress of the American war for independence. At the top, an American fort exchanges fire with British cannon. Flags over the fort bear images of a crossbow and a crocodile, while above the British fly images of a donkey and a fool's cap and bells. Fields of tents are shown further down, together with files of soldiers and a covered waggon. At the very bottom of the hair, soldiers in boats row towards 2 sailing ships, an allusion to Howe's March 1776 evacuation of Boston
Alternative Title:
Howe are we decieved
Description:
Title from item., Later state, with the "E" supplied to read "Howe". Cf. no. 5335 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires; originally issued in 1776., and Inlaid to 30 x 22 cm
Publisher:
Pubd. May 12, 1778 by M Darly, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Boston (Mass.), Great Britain, United States, America., and England
Subject (Name):
Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814.
Subject (Topic):
History, Politics and government, Colonies, Wigs, Military camps, Forts & fortifications, and Hairstyles
A satire on governmental policy towards America, depicting the deck of a sailing ship, with George III at the helm between 2 large masts. Behind him is the tartan-clad Earl of Bute, and at the rail the Devil casts the lead, announcing "no bottom." The King is depicted as saying "I trust all to you Sawney for I cannot see twice the length of my nose," while Bute reponds "Steady boy, steady and never fear while I am at the cun & my trusty friend at the lead, my dog vane is infallable." On the right of the print near a mast, a sailor warns another Scotsman that the ship is about to strike "the breakers of America" to which the latter replies "Hold your peace man; my Lord has provided cork jackets for all of his party as soon as this damned ship is wreck'd."
Alternative Title:
Royal George's cruise in the year two thousand seven hundred seventy-seven
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 27 x 37 cm., and Ownership mark, a rubber-stamped Tudor rose below image on right; pencilled annotations in lower margin.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Williams bookseller, near the Mitre Tavern Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and America.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Colonies, Sailing ships, Helms, Devil, and Sailors
A man, possibly George III or Lord North, is seated on a three-legged stool, the legs of which are labelled Lords, Privy Council, and Commons, this last deeply cut by the axe. At the left, a seated Britannia sleeps, the cap of liberty atopt her drooping spear while male figures representing Holland, Spain and France occupy the foreground, a suggestion that the conflict with America serves to the advantage of these other European powers
Description:
Title etched below image., In plate above image: Lon. Mag., and An illustration from: The London Magazine, vol. 45 p. 171.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, United States, and America.
Subject (Name):
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792. and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Bribery, Politics and government, History, Colonies, Clothing & dress, Axes, and Stools
"The five commissioners (right) recently nominated to negotiate peace with the colonies, kneel one behind the other at the feet of America, who sits (left) on a pile of barrels and bales looking away from the Commissioners at a cap of liberty which she holds on a staff. She is a partly draped woman wearing a crown of feathers; her head is irradiated, and above it is suspended a laurel wreath. The bales and barrels on which she sits are inscribed "Tobacco for Germany"; "Rice for France"; "Tobacco for France"; "Tobacco for Holland"; "America 1778"; "Indico for Spain"; "Indico for the Mediterranean Ports, V.R." (Monogram.), cf. BMSat 5472, 5859, &c. The Commissioners are headed by Lord Howe in naval dress; he says, "We have block'd up your ports, obstructed your trade, with the hope of starving ye, & contrary to the Law of Nations compelld your sons to war against their Bretheren". Behind him is General Sir William Howe, wearing the red ribbon of the Bath; he says "We have ravaged your Lands, burnt your Towns, and caus'd your captive Heroes to perish, by Cold, pestilence & famine". Next is Lord Carlisle wearing the green ribbon of the Thistle; he says "We have profaned your places of Divine worship, derided your virtue and piety, and scoff'd at that spirit which has brought us thus on our knees before ye". He is foppishly dressed and appears deeply interested in his snuff-box, cf. BMSat 5474. Behind him is William Eden (afterwards Lord Auckland) with a pen behind his ear; he says, "We have Ravish'd, Scalp'd, and murder'd your People, even from Tender infancy to decrepid age, altho Supplicating for Mercy", cf. BMSat 5470, &c. Last comes Commodore George Johnstone, known as Governor Johnstone, in naval dress; he is saying, "For all which material services, we the Commissioners from the most pious & best of sovereigns, doubt not your cordial duty & affection towards us, or willingness to submit yourselves again to receive the same, whenever we have power to bestow it on ye". The five swords of the Commissioners lie in a pile on the ground beside Carlisle. The words of the speakers are in long labels, numbered, as are the five Commissioners, to show by whom they are spoken."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item. and Trimmed within plate line.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 1, 1778 by M. Darly 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Great Britain, and America
Subject (Name):
Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814., Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799., Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825., Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814., and Johnstone, George, 1730-1787.
Subject (Topic):
History, Causes, Colonies, Economic policy, Clothing & dress, and Liberty cap
A landscape divided by a stream. On the left, a desolate wasteland with a man cutting down the remaining apple tree while several other men attack a cow with knives or drink its blood. The cow bears on its rump a large stamp, alluding to the Stamp Act of 1765. To the right a cow garlanded by flowers and standing on a yoke is milked by a woman while the milk is drunk from bowls by women and children. Other children dance in the background and a boy picks apples in a tree. Contrasts England's harsh rule of her American colonies with benign and more profitable policies, possibly those of Holland
Description:
Title from item., Sheet cropped into plate mark with some loss of text., Date from British Museum catalogue., Text in plate below image: "Let us not cut down the tree to get at the fruit. Let us stroke and not stab the cow, for her milk and not her blood can give us real nourishment and strength.", and Mounted on paper 30 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and America.
Subject (Topic):
Colonies, Children, Eating & drinking, Dancers, Milking, Cows, and Apple trees
In a landscape with a town in the background, a zebra is shown facing left with the names of the 13 colonies engraved on its stripes. Behind the animal, George Grenville is about to put on its back a saddle labelled "Stamp Act." To the left, Lord North pulls at the reins, proclaiming "My name is Boreas the First; I hold the reins and will never quit them till the beast is subdued." On the right two men hold the tail, one a representative of France, the other in English military dress (probably depicting Washington) saying "My name is Fabius the Second, & the rudder is my hand." Behind North are the three commissioners, probably Johnstone, Carlisle, and Eden, lamenting that "Our offers are rejected, no terms but independence" etc
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 24 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for G. Johnson as the Act directs 3 Sept. 1778, and sold at all the printshops in London & Westminster
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, United States, America., and England
Subject (Name):
Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825., Johnstone, George, 1730-1787., Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Washington, George, 1732-1799., and Grenville, George, 1712-1770.
Subject (Topic):
Stamp act, 1765, Politics and government, History, Causes, Colonies, Clothing & dress, and Zebras
An elegantly dressed and coiffed woman, representing Britain, exchanges blows with the tatooed female America, naked but for a skirt of feathers and a feathered headdress. The first says "I'll force you to obedience you rebellious slut," as America answers "Liberty, liberty for ever Mother while I exist." In the left foreground a shield bearing a compass rose leans agains a tree which is shedding its leaves. A corresponding tree on the right has full foliage with a cap of liberty at its top, while the shield before it displays a pointing hand on which stands a rooster. Ribbons below the British and American shields are titled, respectively, "For obedience" and "For liberty".
Alternative Title:
Who shall
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and "Price 6d."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Great Britain, America., and England
Subject (Topic):
History, Colonies, Fighting, Shields, and Clothing & dress
Leaf 11. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Sir Thomas Rumbold is depicted vomiting his ill-gotten wealth into a chamber pot decorated with a thistle. Kneeling beside it and embracing the chamber pot is Henry Dundas, Lord Advocate of Scotland who oversaw the prosecution of Rumbold in 1782-3. Rumbold's ankles are chained to two weights signed "Sureties," a reference to restriction on his leaving the country before the case was dropped in 1783. He is supported by his son, Captain Rumbold of 1st Life Guards, dressed in his regimentals and wearing a gorget. Behind them, an Englishman gallops on an elephant saddled with an enormous bag signed "Roupees." An Indian sitting behind him is holding a tall parasol above his head
Alternative Title:
Lord Advocates amusement
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6169 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Text in upper left margin: Political characters & caracatures of 1783. No. 1., and On leaf 11 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jan. 21, 1783, by E. D'Archery, St. James's Street and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
England, Great Britain, and India.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Rumbold, Thomas, Sir, 1736-1791, Rumbold, Richard William, Captain, 1760-1786, and Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
Subject (Topic):
Gorgets (Military insignia), Coins, Elephants, Vomiting, Chamber pots, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, and Colonies
Sir Thomas Rumbold is depicted vomiting his ill-gotten wealth into a chamber pot decorated with a thistle. Kneeling beside it and embracing the chamber pot is Henry Dundas, Lord Advocate of Scotland who oversaw the prosecution of Rumbold in 1782-3. Rumbold's ankles are chained to two weights signed "Sureties," a reference to restriction on his leaving the country before the case was dropped in 1783. He is supported by his son, Captain Rumbold of 1st Life Guards, dressed in his regimentals and wearing a gorget. Behind them, an Englishman gallops on an elephant saddled with an enormous bag signed "Roupees." An Indian sitting behind him is holding a tall parasol above his head
Alternative Title:
Lord Advocates amusement
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text above upper left border: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 1., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Text above upper left border has the date "1782" changed to "1783" in manuscript.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jan. 21, 1783, by E. D'Archery, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England, Great Britain, and India.
Subject (Name):
Rumbold, Thomas, Sir, 1736-1791, Rumbold, Richard William, Captain, 1760-1786, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
Subject (Topic):
Gorgets (Military insignia), Coins, Elephants, Vomiting, Chamber pots, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, and Colonies