"Social satire; four soldiers in uniform with bayonets, shooting at bugs on the wall, and uttering threats, including "I'll lodge a bullet in his Thorax"; one walks off, smiling, a bug speared on the end of his bayonet, saying "There is a Trophy of my Victory. I wish we were in Ireland."; around the walls are rows of bayonets.."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Volunteer corps in action
Description:
Title etched below image., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent for the evening., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Military: volunteers -- Military uniforms: Light Horse -- Weapons: bayonetted muskets -- Guard-rooms -- Vermin., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with date 1797 below.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 23d 1798 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, Rifles, Bayonets, Insects, and Interiors
Title from captions below images., Printmaker from initials on first print in the series., Date of publication based on watermarks from other prints in the series., and Four designs on one plate, each individually captioned.
Leaf 87. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An obese man in military dress, whole length in profile, marches to the right. In his left hand he carries a musket with bayonet. His hat has a feather plume and he wears spatterdashes
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "n" in "infantry" is etched backwards., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. V: Caricatures, macaronies, & characters. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., and Plate numbered "v. 5" in upper left corner and "4" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 18, 1772, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Military uniforms, Soldiers, Marching, Obesity, Rifles, and Bayonets
Leaf 87. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An obese man in military dress, whole length in profile, marches to the right. In his left hand he carries a musket with bayonet. His hat has a feather plume and he wears spatterdashes
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "n" in "infantry" is etched backwards., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. V: Caricatures, macaronies, & characters. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., Plate numbered "v. 5" in upper left corner and "4" in upper right corner., Second of three plates on leaf 87., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.8 x 12.7 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 18, 1772, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Military uniforms, Soldiers, Marching, Obesity, Rifles, and Bayonets
Two 'cits' are shown out for a day's sport in the countryside. One is rather thin and fashionably dressed, while the other is an older, fat John Bull type. The younger man leaps a low fence, firing his rifle at a flight of birds, his clipped poodle leaping beside him. His fat companion stands on the far side of a ow stile, gun in hand, an eager bulldog at his side; he tries to catch his hat which his friend has knocked off
Description:
Title etched below image., Date based on range of years in which Davison produced caricatures. See: Isaac, Peter. Some Alnwick caricatures. Wylam : Allenholme Press, 1965., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., A copy in reverse of Gillray's print "Cockney-sportsmen shooting flying", published 12 November 1800. Cf. No. 9597 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Two women on the right stand next to a wooden gate and look over at a soldier on the left, who is seated on a hummock and holding a rifle
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Angelica's ladies library; or, Parents and guardians present. London : Printed for J. Hamilton and Co.; and Mrs. Harlow, 1794., Illustration to Lord Lyttelton's translation of parts of an elegy of Tibullus., and Mounted on page 103 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 1st, 1794, by W. Dickinson, No. 24 Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773 and Tibullus
Volume 2, page 48. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two women standing either side of a gate, looking over to a soldier seated on a hummock and holding a rifle at left, a church tower in the distance; oval design, after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of verse below title, from Lord Lyttelton's translation of parts of an elegy of Tibullus: With thee my love to pass my tranquil days, how would I slight ambitions painfull praise, by beauty held in strong, but gentle chains, far from tumultuous war, & dusty plains. Lyttelton., Companion print to: Love and jealousy., and Mounted on page 48 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 1st, 1786, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773 and Tibullus
"The left and wider portion of the design represents 'England', the right portion 'France'; two posts and the corners of two buildings meet along the dividing line. From each post a horizontal beam projects to support a signboard, in each case that of a crown. In England this is in place, and has the inscription 'Good Entertainment for Man & Horse'; two Frenchmen standing on the opposite side are pulling at the English sign with ropes. They stand on the sign of the (French) crown which has already been cut down. They are assisted by Tom Paine who sits astride the horizontal bar to saw it through, but leaves his saw in the wood to stare in terror at a large bill, posted on the house from which the sign projects, and inscribed: 'Association for preserving Liberty & Property against Republicans and Levellers Resolved. . . '. He exclaims, "Here's a Stop to my Levelling." He is dressed in a slovenly manner and from his pocket protrude 'D Priestley Sermon' (see British Museum Satires No. 7887, &c.) and 'Rights of Man' (see British Museum Satires Nos. 7867, 8137, &c). On the ground, and opposite the door of the Crown Inn, stand a sailor (left) and a soldier (right) who clasp hands; the sailor waves his hat, crying, "for our King and"; the soldier, who holds a musket, the butt end resting on the ground, adds "Country". Against the door is pasted a bill headed 'Proclamation' (see British Museum Satires No. 8095), and ending 'God save the King'. The rays of the sun dispel some dark clouds which surround Paine. In the background is a castle, flying a British flag, and the masts of ships. In front of them is a wall on which stands a small defiant British Lion. In France the sky is covered with heavy clouds. On the building are three large placards: [1] 'Liberté & Egalité Ca ira', [2] 'Mr Fox's Speech to the Vig Club Anglois', [3] 'Memorial of Cit Thos Paine to the Nation[al] Conven[tion]'. Beside the two men who pull at the English crown is a third Frenchman, a ragged sansculotte, who holds a pike on which is a head; he stands astride a recently decapitated body, shouting, "Vive la Nation." Behind him are the branches of a bare tree, inscribed 'L'arbre de la Liberte', from which hangs the body of a monk."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge and within plate mark in lower left corner., Two lines of quoted text below title: "Nought can make us rue, if England to itself do rest but true.", Temporary local subject terms: Associations: Association for preserving Liberty & Property against Republicans and Levellers -- Male costume: French sans culottes -- Signboard "Crown Inn" -- Tools: Aaws -- Chains -- Proclamations -- Soldiers: British soldier -- Soldiers' uniforms -- Weapons: Muskets -- British Lion -- Executions: Decapitated body -- Executions: Hanged monk -- Travesties: Dead tree of liberty -- St. James's Palace., and Mounted on page 76.
Publisher:
Publd. 15 Decr. 1792 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Signs (Notices), Taverns (Inns), Ropes, Saws, Sailors, British, Soldiers, Military uniforms, Rifles, Lions, Crowns, Spears, Decapitations, Nooses, and Monks
"The left and wider portion of the design represents 'England', the right portion 'France'; two posts and the corners of two buildings meet along the dividing line. From each post a horizontal beam projects to support a signboard, in each case that of a crown. In England this is in place, and has the inscription 'Good Entertainment for Man & Horse'; two Frenchmen standing on the opposite side are pulling at the English sign with ropes. They stand on the sign of the (French) crown which has already been cut down. They are assisted by Tom Paine who sits astride the horizontal bar to saw it through, but leaves his saw in the wood to stare in terror at a large bill, posted on the house from which the sign projects, and inscribed: 'Association for preserving Liberty & Property against Republicans and Levellers Resolved. . . '. He exclaims, "Here's a Stop to my Levelling." He is dressed in a slovenly manner and from his pocket protrude 'D Priestley Sermon' (see British Museum Satires No. 7887, &c.) and 'Rights of Man' (see British Museum Satires Nos. 7867, 8137, &c). On the ground, and opposite the door of the Crown Inn, stand a sailor (left) and a soldier (right) who clasp hands; the sailor waves his hat, crying, "for our King and"; the soldier, who holds a musket, the butt end resting on the ground, adds "Country". Against the door is pasted a bill headed 'Proclamation' (see British Museum Satires No. 8095), and ending 'God save the King'. The rays of the sun dispel some dark clouds which surround Paine. In the background is a castle, flying a British flag, and the masts of ships. In front of them is a wall on which stands a small defiant British Lion. In France the sky is covered with heavy clouds. On the building are three large placards: [1] 'Liberté & Egalité Ca ira', [2] 'Mr Fox's Speech to the Vig Club Anglois', [3] 'Memorial of Cit Thos Paine to the Nation[al] Conven[tion]'. Beside the two men who pull at the English crown is a third Frenchman, a ragged sansculotte, who holds a pike on which is a head; he stands astride a recently decapitated body, shouting, "Vive la Nation." Behind him are the branches of a bare tree, inscribed 'L'arbre de la Liberte', from which hangs the body of a monk."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge and within plate mark in lower left corner., Two lines of quoted text below title: "Nought can make us rue, if England to itself do rest but true.", Temporary local subject terms: Associations: Association for preserving Liberty & Property against Republicans and Levellers -- Male costume: French sans culottes -- Signboard "Crown Inn" -- Tools: Aaws -- Chains -- Proclamations -- Soldiers: British soldier -- Soldiers' uniforms -- Weapons: Muskets -- British Lion -- Executions: Decapitated body -- Executions: Hanged monk -- Travesties: Dead tree of liberty -- St. James's Palace., and Mounted to 37 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Publd. 15 Decr. 1792 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Signs (Notices), Taverns (Inns), Ropes, Saws, Sailors, British, Soldiers, Military uniforms, Rifles, Lions, Crowns, Spears, Decapitations, Nooses, and Monks
