"Seven Aldermen, with ass's ears, sit in conference (a meeting of the Court of Aldermen) in Guildhall wearing their furred gowns. The table is covered with a cloth on which are the City Arms and motto, 'Domine Direge [sic] Nos', but a turtle replaces the griffin as the sinister supporter. The arcaded wall, showing the lower part of the windows (with the City Arms), forms a background. The table is flanked by the statues of the giants, 'Gog' (left) and 'Magog' (right), on pedestals. The former, holding a staff with a spiked ball dangling from it, asks: "I say Brother what do you think of our City Asses." Magog, holding pike and shield: "Why I think Brother Gog they are a set of D--n'd Stupid Blockheads." Five Aldermen are on the farther side of the table. The other two sit facing each other at the opposite ends. In the centre sits Bridges; he says: "As late Mare I should be a Great Ass if I did not differ from those Radical Individuals who trust in their own confidence-- I say the Q--n must not go to St Pauls." On his right is Curtis, the largest and most prominent, who says with raised forefinger: "We shall have a speedy Revolution and soon [see British Museum Satires No. 11306], if she is allowed to come into the City-- I protest on my part against prayers of any description." The man at the head of the table says: "No Prayers by St Paul I say for one." The Alderman next him asks: "Where is our friend At--ns, he knows all about burning the Thames" [see British Museum Satires No. 13272]. The others (left to right) says: [1] "Let me see--Keep her out by all means." He stares through an eye-glass, shutting one eye. [2] "Oh dear we shall all be ruined if she comes." [3] "If the Q--n is prayed for we are all dished by Goles--I'll have the Caracatures taken out of the Windows." In the upper margin: 'List of the Wise Men--G. Br--s, Billy Blubber [Curtis], C. Fl--r. [Sir Charles Flower, see vol. viii], G. Sc--y [Scholey, see British Museum Satires No. 12038, &c.], S B--h [Birch, see vols. vi-ix], C. Ma--y [Magnay], W. H--y--e [Heygate].' [This list is in the order of the signatures to their letter of 28 Nov.]."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Seven wise men of the East, prophesying before Gog and Magog of a row in the city, November 29th, 1820
Description:
Title etched below image., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 36 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Date "Dec. 1820" written in black ink in lower right corner. Above the censored "List of Wise Men" at top of image are annotations in brown ink that name the men: Aldn. Bridges, Curtis, Flower, Scholey, Birch, Magnay, Heygate.
Publisher:
Published December 1820 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Bridges, George, approximately 1762-1840, Curtis, William, Sir, 1752-1829, Flower, Charles, Sir, 1763-1834, Scholey, George, -1839, Birch, Samuel, 1757-1841, Magnay, William, 1767-1826, Heygate, William, Sir, 1782-1844, and Guildhall (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Tables, Robes, Coats of arms, Sculpture, Arms & armament, City council members, and Hand lenses
"A fox with the head of Fox sits in profile to the right, one paw on the forehead of a life-like bust of the Prince of Wales, which he has carved; his mallet and chisels lie on the ground. He says: "What a goodly figure this makes! what a Pity that it should want Brains. Esops Fab." Two other pieces of sculpture stand on pedestals: (left) a whole length statue of a woman, kneeling on one knee in profile to the left, partly draped, having a certain resemblance to Mrs. Fitzherbert; a head (right) wearing a laurel wreath in profile to the left, looking up at Fox and the Prince; it has the long nose of Hanger, but is perhaps intended for Aesop."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to George Townley Stubbs in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,4.57., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right and left sides., and Partial watermark at top center of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 2, 1786 by W.S. [sic] Fores at the Caracature Ware-House, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
"A satire on William Pitt on his accepting office in government showing him reacting in horror to the sight of the ghost of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough who appears in her shroud saying “Furies Wheres my 10000 £”, in one hand she holds a paper lettered “Taken a Place” and another lettered “Voted for ye C(our)t”. Her other hand points down to a portrait of Lord Chesterfield on the floor which has been torn from its frame on the wall and in this hand she holds a paper lettered “and you too 20000£”. Behind her is a statue of Queen Anne. Flashes of lightening come through the window at the back of the room aimed at Pitt as he sits at a table with two candles on it writing “an answer to T.H.” also on the table are “Letters to W(ilia)m. P(itt) Tr(easurer) of I(relan)d” and “Letter to W(ilia)m P(itt) by T. H-y Esq. On his forehead is written “HANOVER T(urnip)S”."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
The ghost of a Duchess to William Pitt Esqr
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Thirteen lines of verse in three columns below image: Ungrateful P---. You have me bitt! ..., Temporary local subject terms: Statues: statue of Queen Anne on pedestal -- Ghosts: the Duchess of Marlborough -- Lightning bolts -- Female dress: Queen Anne's dress -- Lighting: candlesticks -- Furniture -- Furniture -- Furnishings: wall clock and bracket -- Letters -- Legacy., Watermark., and Mounted to 32 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
Publishd. for L. Raymond
Subject (Name):
Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714, Marlborough, Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of, 1660-1744, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Depiction of a head of King Henry III carved in wood. The king wears a crown, and curled hair protrudes out from under it on both sides. The date(?) "12 III 16" and decorative symbols fill the space above the head
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from title page of the work for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: Carter, J. Specimens of the ancient sculpture and painting, now remaining in this kingdom ... London : Published as the act directs by John Carter, Wood St. Westminster, 1780-87 [1780-94]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 96 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs by Jon. Carter, Wood St., Westminster
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A lady (Mrs. Catherine Macaulay) with an aquiline profile sits at a table opposite a clergy man (Dr. Wilson) as she writes with a quill pen. The walls are lined with full bookshelves separated in the middle by a fireplace with a mantelpiece on which sits a bust of "Alfred rex". Both figures wear the same enormous hair as in British Museum no. 5441
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., In black ink plate numbered "2" added to upper right corner in ink., Mrs. Macauley and Dr. Wilson also appear in another Mattina Darly satirical print. See number 5441 in v. 5 of British Museum catalogue: A speedy & effectual preparation for the next world. [London] : Pub. May 1, 1777 by M Darly 39 Strand., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Contemporary annotations in pencil in lower margin: Mrs. M[...?]ly ; Dr. Wilson.
Publisher:
Pub. May 1, 1777, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791. and Wilson, Thomas, 1703-1784.
Leaf 19. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: a youth is being examined by a Cambridge don while his father looks on and an old servant and student laugh."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different version of the design
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker John Williams later adopted the pseudonym Anthony Pasquin., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge leaving thread margin., A different, probably earlier, version of no. 4727 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Bust of Cicero, Marcus Tullius, B.C. 106-43 -- Literature: Ovid, B.C. 43-A.D. 18 -- College room at Cambridge -- Hanging bookshelf -- Pictures., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Strand, June 10th, 1772, accor. to act
Leaf 19. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: a youth is being examined by a Cambridge don while his father looks on and an old servant and student laugh."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different version of the design
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker John Williams later adopted the pseudonym Anthony Pasquin., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge leaving thread margin., A different, probably earlier, version of no. 4727 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Bust of Cicero, Marcus Tullius, B.C. 106-43 -- Literature: Ovid, B.C. 43-A.D. 18 -- College room at Cambridge -- Hanging bookshelf -- Pictures., On leaf 19., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 24.6 x 35.4 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Strand, June 10th, 1772, accor. to act
"View within the courtyard of the Exchange, looking towards the tower, with colonnade around edge, statue of Charles II in centre; large groups of men conversing in space."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe du dedans de la Bourse Royale à Londres
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication based on Robert Sayer's earliest year of activity. The address "near Sergeants Inn, Fleet Street" only appears on his very early prints; see British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of the city of London and public buildings therein, accurately engraved from the originals taken on the spot", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 86, no. 8., Plate numbered "8" in upper right corner., and Leaf 27 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Royal Exchange (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Merchants' exchanges, Commercial facilities, Courtyards, Colonnades, Sculpture, and Crowds
Leaf 69. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A close up view of the lower part of the Achilles, exaggerated to a colossal size ... Women stand below holding garments with which they purpose to drape the statue. One holds a large print of the Achilles at which she stares ecstatically. One lady, wearing a cap in the form of a baron's coronet, has climbed on to the plinth; she addresses the women below, holding out a large chemise and pointing up at the colossal legs behind her."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed by the printmaker in lower right corner of image., Restrike, with altered title and with top portion of design burnished from plate. For an earlier state bearing the title "Ladies buy your leaf!!" and with the design intact, see no. 14380 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Plate originally published ca. July 1822; see British Museum catalogue., "Irish Chairman"--Below title, in lower right., Cf. Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonné, 1097., Cf. Reid, G.W. A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank, 1086., Temporary local subject terms: Prudery., and On leaf 69 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
