Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[September 1801]
Call Number:
801.09.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the shop of P. Roberts, publisher, from the street with a crowd on the sidewalk and street looking at the display of prints in the window. An elegant figure Roberts (?) stands in the doorway with a tool of his trade (a burin?) in hand; a customer is seated inside near the window. In the crowd are men, women and children, including a Black man and a man with no legs
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Printmaker surmised from subject matter., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mss. note at top of sheet: No. 7.
Publisher:
Pub'd. Sepr. 1801 by P. Roberts, Middle Row, Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805,
Subject (Topic):
Black people, City & town life, Crowds, Dogs, Merchandise displays, Prints, Stores & shops, Window displays, Printing industry, and People with disabilities
A caricature on the prevalence of bribery during elections, most probably that of 1826. The successful liberal candidate stands on a platform before a cheering crowd and people waving from the windows of adjoining building. In the 'Committee Room' behind him, an official pays a man holding a sign inscribed 'No bribery or corruption' with the word 'and' between bribery and corruption scored through. On the right is an armchair and behind it stand two large flags; two flowers on the chair match the flower on the lapel of the candidate
Description:
Title written in ink in bottom left corner of image, in an unidentified hand (possibly Theodore Lane's)., Statement of responsibility written in ink on verso, in an unidentified hand (possibly Theodore Lane's)., Date supplied by cataloger., A small hole in the lower right and two small looses along left edge., Probably the original drawing for a lithograph published in 1829; Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 829.06.01.02+., and A companion drawing: Rejected candidate.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Political corruption, Elections, Cheering, Corruption, Crowds, Political elections, Politicians, and Signs (Notices)
"Scene in an auction room, a sale in progress; paintings hang from walls and are displayed from an easel, a crowd gathers in room."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 6., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 32.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 1, 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Christie, Manson & Woods.
Subject (Topic):
Audiences, Crowds, Events, Interiors, and Art auctions
"Scene in an auction room, a sale in progress; paintings hang from walls and are displayed from an easel, a crowd gathers in room."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 6., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 32., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25.2 x 30.7 cm., Imperfect; plate number erased from sheet, and sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., Watermark: 1805., and Mounted on leaf 24 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 1, 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Christie, Manson & Woods.
Subject (Topic):
Audiences, Crowds, Events, Interiors, and Art auctions
"A large and plebeian crowd is being addressed from three roughly made platforms, one being in the middle distance, another in the background. In the foreground (right) a man, supposed to be Thelwall, leans from his rostrum in profile to the left, shouting, with clenched fists, and raised right arm. Behind him stands a ragged barber, a comb in his lank hair, holding out a paper: 'Resolutions of the London Corresponding Society'. Next him, a man with the high-crowned hat and bands of a dissenting minister holds a tattered umbrella over the orator. A man on the steps leading to the platform, wearing a bonnet-rouge (the only one in the crowd) has a vague resemblance to Fox. From the next platform (left) a butcher, supposed to be Gale Jones, bawls at the crowd with raised right arm. Beside him stand a man holding a scroll inscribed 'Rights of Citizens'. The third orator is a tiny figure (Hodgson) with both arms raised. All the platforms are surrounded by crowds, and hats and arms are being waved by those addressed by the butcher. In the foreground (left) a man sits holding out for signature a document which is supported on a barrel of 'Real Democratic Gin by Thelwal & Co.' Three little chimney-sweepers stand round it, one of whom, holding a pen, has just made his mark on the 'Remonstrance', below the signatures of 'Jack Cade', 'Wat Tyler', 'Jack Straw'. All wear caps with the name of their master on a brass plate (according to the Chimney-Sweepers' Act of 1788); this is 'Thelwall'. A fat woman sells a dram to one of the crowd. Another presides over a portable roulette or E.O. table, a 'teetotum', inscribed 'Equality & no Sedition Bill'; three barefooted urchins are staking their pence. The heads in general do not appear to be portraits, but in the centre of the design, with his back to the woman selling drams, is Priestley, caricatured, standing with folded arms facing Thelwall. There is a landscape background with trees up which spectators have climbed. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One line of quoted text, running on both sides of title: "I tell you, citizens, we mean to new-dress the Constitution and turn it, and set a new nap upon it." Shakspeare., and Mounted to 30 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 16th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Thelwall, John, 1764-1834, Jones, John Gale, 1769-1838, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Hodgson, Richard, 1760-1816, and London Corresponding Society.
Subject (Topic):
Freedom of the press, Meetings, Petition, Right of., Sedition, Political crimes and offenses, Butchers, Chimney sweeps, Crowds, Podiums, Political parades & rallies, and Working class
"A large and plebeian crowd is being addressed from three roughly made platforms, one being in the middle distance, another in the background. In the foreground (right) a man, supposed to be Thelwall, leans from his rostrum in profile to the left, shouting, with clenched fists, and raised right arm. Behind him stands a ragged barber, a comb in his lank hair, holding out a paper: 'Resolutions of the London Corresponding Society'. Next him, a man with the high-crowned hat and bands of a dissenting minister holds a tattered umbrella over the orator. A man on the steps leading to the platform, wearing a bonnet-rouge (the only one in the crowd) has a vague resemblance to Fox. From the next platform (left) a butcher, supposed to be Gale Jones, bawls at the crowd with raised right arm. Beside him stand a man holding a scroll inscribed 'Rights of Citizens'. The third orator is a tiny figure (Hodgson) with both arms raised. All the platforms are surrounded by crowds, and hats and arms are being waved by those addressed by the butcher. In the foreground (left) a man sits holding out for signature a document which is supported on a barrel of 'Real Democratic Gin by Thelwal & Co.' Three little chimney-sweepers stand round it, one of whom, holding a pen, has just made his mark on the 'Remonstrance', below the signatures of 'Jack Cade', 'Wat Tyler', 'Jack Straw'. All wear caps with the name of their master on a brass plate (according to the Chimney-Sweepers' Act of 1788); this is 'Thelwall'. A fat woman sells a dram to one of the crowd. Another presides over a portable roulette or E.O. table, a 'teetotum', inscribed 'Equality & no Sedition Bill'; three barefooted urchins are staking their pence. The heads in general do not appear to be portraits, but in the centre of the design, with his back to the woman selling drams, is Priestley, caricatured, standing with folded arms facing Thelwall. There is a landscape background with trees up which spectators have climbed. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One line of quoted text, running on both sides of title: "I tell you, citizens, we mean to new-dress the Constitution and turn it, and set a new nap upon it." Shakspeare., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 35.4 cm, on sheet 28.1 x 39.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 66 of volume 3 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 16th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Thelwall, John, 1764-1834, Jones, John Gale, 1769-1838, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Hodgson, Richard, 1760-1816, and London Corresponding Society.
Subject (Topic):
Freedom of the press, Meetings, Petition, Right of., Sedition, Political crimes and offenses, Butchers, Chimney sweeps, Crowds, Podiums, Political parades & rallies, and Working class
"View of the election in Covent Garden Market, temporary structure erected outside St. Paul's Church, a man on a platform from the stalls addresses the large crowd, towards the edge the crowd becomes more bawdy, with people singing and playing music."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 26., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 209., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1806.
Publisher:
Pub. 1 July 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Covent Garden Market (Westminster, London, England) and St. Paul's Church (Covent Garden, London, England)
"View of the election in Covent Garden Market, temporary structure erected outside St. Paul's Church, a man on a platform from the stalls addresses the large crowd, towards the edge the crowd becomes more bawdy, with people singing and playing music."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 26., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 209., 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 23 x 28 cm, on sheet 26.7 x 34 cm., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Pub. 1 July 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Covent Garden Market (Westminster, London, England) and St. Paul's Church (Covent Garden, London, England)
Title from item., Publication place from that of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Publication date from British Museum catalogue: 1 May 1773., Sequel to: Cupid turn'd auctioneer. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5066., Two lines of verse below image: [The] maids, dames, courtesans, now lend your ears, folly and love beat up for volunteers!, Plate from: Westminster magazine. London : Printed for W. Goldsmith, v.1(1772-3), p. 237., and Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Cupid as drummer -- Kettle-drums -- Fashion -- Cupid as auctioneer -- Flags: folly -- Caps: cap with bells -- Recruiting party: beating up for volunteers -- Female dress: macaroni dress, 1773 -- Buildings: gateway of St. James's Palace -- Allusion to Adrien Louis de Bonnieres, comte de Guines, 1735-1806, French ambassador in London.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cornelys, Teresa, 1723-1797
Subject (Topic):
Auctioneers, Crowds, Dandies, British, Musical instruments, and Musicians
Dick Wildfire and the captain promenading in the gardens of the Tuilleries
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 1st, 1822 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
