Leaf 23. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Fox, dressed as a watchman, stands full-face, his right hand grasping his staff (inscribed 'Uprightness'), his left on his hip. Over his head is the word 'Liberty'; his lantern stands on the ground beside him sending forth rays inscribed 'Truth'. His dog (left) is 'Vigilance'. Zigzag flashes of lightning among clouds, inscribed 'Ministerial Thunderbolts', threaten him from all sides. In the background (right) two sham watchmen are running off to the right holding staves and dark lanterns, which contrast with that of Fox, which sheds its rays in all directions. The foremost is Sir Cecil Wray in military uniform, saying, "For Chelsea Ho a"; the other wearing a hooded cloak over his naval uniform is Lord Hood saying, "For Greenwich Ho a". They are followed by two dogs."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6525 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Plate originally published ca. 12 April 1784; see British Museum catalogue., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 126-7., and On leaf 23 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813., Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, Hospitals, Dogs, Lanterns, Military uniforms, and Watchmen
Leaf 85. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man in military dress walking or running in profile to the right. His right hand holds a cane, his left the hilt of a sabre. His queue, twisted like a rope, is looped up with narrow ribbon. He wears a hat with a feather, a coat with facings and epaulettes, a ruffled shirt, and half-boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from vol. IV: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, 1772., and Plate numbered "v. 4" in upper left corner and "19" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Septr. 21, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Dandies, Daggers & swords, Staffs (Sticks), Hats, and Feathers
Leaf 85. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man in military dress walking or running in profile to the right. His right hand holds a cane, his left the hilt of a sabre. His queue, twisted like a rope, is looped up with narrow ribbon. He wears a hat with a feather, a coat with facings and epaulettes, a ruffled shirt, and half-boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from vol. IV: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, 1772., Plate numbered "v. 4" in upper left corner and "19" in upper right corner., First of three plates on leaf 85., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.2 x 12.5 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Septr. 21, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Dandies, Daggers & swords, Staffs (Sticks), Hats, and Feathers
"Three allied generals (left) hold the long handle of a shovel (peel) on which is a dish containing a tiny Napoleon. This they try to push into a baker's oven, but are hindered by the Austrian emperor, who holds the door of the oven, feigning to be trying to open it, but actually holding it at an angle which prevents the entry of the dish. The leading baker is Blücher, wearing an apron over his uniform, and without a hat; he looks sternly at Francis, saying, "Pull away Frank! you Keep us waiting!" General Mikhail Woronzoff, young and handsome, immediately behind Blücher, pushes hard, saying, "In with it Blücher." On the extreme left is Bernadotte, one hand on Woronzoff's shoulder, saying, "I tell you what, Woronzow, the Hinges want a little Russia Oil." Francis I, who like the others wears uniform with jack-boots, but has (baker's) over-sleeves to the elbow, says with an expression of startled alarm: "This door Sticks! I dont think I shall get it open?!" A weathercock surmounts his cocked hat. Wellington comes up (right), poking him in the back with his baker's tray on which are two pies. He says: "Shove alltogather [sic] Gentlemen! D-me shove door & all in!" His two pies are 'Soult Pie', with two spurred jack-booted legs projecting through the crust, and a pie with spires and other buildings, with a flag inscribed 'Bourdeaux'. He wears an apron and the order of the Golden Fleece as well as the star of the Garter. A fat, grotesque Dutchman sits on a flat cushion gazing up at the oven; he holds, but does not use, a pair of bellows. In his conical hat is a tobacco-pipe. The fire under the oven is filled with broken eagles and fragments of weapons. Among the debris in the recess for ashes is a crown. Above the oven is the inscription 'Allied Oven' surmounted by a crown and cross-bones. In the shadow formed by the half-open door, a skull (Death) waits to receive Napoleon, who lies on his back, kicking violently, and shouting "Murder! Murder!!"; he wears a large plumed bicorne. The stone wall in which the oven is built forms the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Corsican toad in the hole
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist "G.H." identified as George Humphrey in the British Museum catalogue., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 1st, 1814, by H. Humphrey, St. James St.
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway, 1763-1844, Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Soult, Nicolas-Jean de Dieu, 1769-1851, and Voront︠s︡ov, Mikhail Semenovich, kni︠a︡zʹ, 1782-1856
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Emperors, Ethnic stereotypes, Generals, Kings, Military uniforms, Ovens, and War allies
Two military officers on horseback beside a fence, one tall and thin with a walking stick under his arm, following another who is short and corpulent who holds his sword by the blade
Alternative Title:
City defenders
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub by M Darly Sept 1, 1780 (39) Strand
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, British, Military uniforms, Horseback riding, Staffs (Sticks), Daggers & swords, and Wigs
A poor family in rags sing on a city streets to earn money. The man, a veteran with a peg leg, plays the violin; his uniform is patched up. The boy wears no shoes and a coat too big for him; he holds out a hat to collect the money. The woman wears a ragged dress and a patched cloak covering a baby on her back; she carries a basket with loaded with the broadsides for sale
Description:
Title from text below image., Date of publication inferred from a "Novr. 1828" manuscript note on an impression of a print entitled "My girl," likewise designed by Mercer and published by Smyth and Parsey; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 828.11.00.01. An apparent companion to that print, entitled "My boy," is assigned a date range of 1825-1835 in the British Museum online catalogue (registration no.: 1905,0822.4)., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Published by T. Smyth & sold by A. Parsey, Burlington Arcade
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, Families, Poor persons, Singing, Violins, Peg legs, Disabled veterans, Military uniforms, and Street vendors
"Scene outside a posting inn. A man (right) riding right to left clutches his horse round the neck, he has lost his stirrups and his hat flies off. The horse is rearing, startled by the drum and fifes of a recruiting party in Guards' uniform led by an officer with a drawn sword, and followed by three recruits wearing ribbon favours in their hats. The rider is fashionably dressed in riding clothes, a pair of curling tongs falls from his pocket, a box which he was carrying has fallen to the ground, where various articles of the barber's trade have fallen from it: tresses of hair, a packet of "Powder", a comb, razor, &c. In the background is a three-storied inn, with bay-windows on all floors. Spectators watch from the windows. The sign is hung from a standard (right); behind (left) are outhouses inscribed "Licensed to [hire] post horses"; a coach stands in front of them."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item. and Plate numbered '474' in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
Margate (England)
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Carriages & coaches, Taverns (Inns), Military uniforms, British, Musical instruments, Outbuildings, Signs (Notices), and Spectators
"A fat fishwife (left) and George Hanger face each other with clenched fists. Between the combatants in the background are ships at anchor close to the shore. Another fishwife stands behind Bess holding out a lemon. Behind Hanger (right) stand the Prince of Wales and Prince William, the latter in naval coat and striped trousers. Between the Prince and Hanger stands the Duke of York; on the extreme right is a rough-looking sailor. Hanger's club lies at his feet. Beneath the title is etched: 'Fought at Plymouth to the Amusement of their Royal Highness's the Prince of Wales Duke of York & Prince William Henery. This battle lasted only two minutes being Decided on the first onset by a knock down Blow from Big Bess which Entirely Did up the Prig Major. NB Big Bess was carried in Triumph through the Town Exclaiming I have done the Major [a parody of Humphries's 'I have done the Jew'].'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Suggested attribution to Kingsbury from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Pugilism -- Trades: Fishwife -- Naval uniforms., Mounted to 29 x 42 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub'd 4 Feb. 1788 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):
Fighting, Lemons, Military uniforms, British, Sailors, and Sailing ships
The Duke of Wellington flys in a cloudy sky on a large quill pen, holding a pair of reins which are attached to the tip of the pen. From the tip hangs a scroll which reads "Bill for the relief of Roman Catholics." The point of the pen strikes George IV's eye; he stands in profile on the far right and exclaims "Oh, my eye the fellow has blinded me." Wellington looks over his shoulder at a bird with the head of Grey who flies after him from the left, beneath the pen's feather. Grey calls, "I say you Old Soldier you have stole one of my feathers! Hollo'a stop thief."
Alternative Title:
Borrowed plume
Description:
Title etched below image., The artist's signature is an imitation of W. Heath's Paul Pry Esq., but this figure is obese and leans on a cudgel. Cf. British Museum catalogue., and Window mounted to 26 x 35 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1829 by S. Gans, Southampton Street, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
British
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Catholic emancipation, Anti-Catholicism, Military uniforms, and Pens
