V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three fashionable dressed men stand to the left consulting with a man in his nightshirt and cap who addresses them from his bed. At the foot of the bed are three wigs on stands. An elder woman in a cap opens the curtains on the window to the right
Alternative Title:
Bonnell Thornton's consultation of physicians
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from unverified data in local card catalog record., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.8.140., Six lines of text, labeled "anecdode [sic] of Bl. Thornton," following curly bracket after title: Addison very humourasly [sic] compared physicians to an army of antient Britons ..., Plate numbered "307" in the upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Manuscript "161" in upper center of plate.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Thornton, Bonnell, 1724-1768
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Canopy beds, Physicians, Rugs, Sleepwear, Wigs, and Staffs (Sticks)
Title from item., Place of publication appears before date of publication., A variant state, without plate number. Cf. No. 4517 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Street scenes -- Cuckolds -- Architectural details: Doorway -- Lighting: street lamp -- Male dress: stockings -- Female dress: mob cap -- Rope ladder -- Literature: reference to the character of Ranger in Benjamin Hoadley's The Suspicious Husband.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, map & printseller, no. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
"A couple in bed, the upper part of the bedclothes forming the foreground. A handsome termagant (left) holds her husband by the hair, raising her right fist to smite. He lies with clasped hands, blood gushing from his nose."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Belle savage on Ludagte Hill and Belle savage on Ludgate Hill
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 23d, 1808 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Leaf 96. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A large man seated full-face in informal dress holding a billiard cue across his chest."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773., Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "7" in upper right corner., First of three plates on leaf 96., and 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; plate mark 17.8 x 12.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Billiards, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, and Sleepwear
Leaf 96. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A large man seated full-face in informal dress holding a billiard cue across his chest."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773., and Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "7" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Billiards, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, and Sleepwear
Leaf 96. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A large man seated full-face in informal dress holding a billiard cue across his chest."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773., Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "7" in upper right corner., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 17 x 12 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of series numbers.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Billiards, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, and Sleepwear
"The Prince of Wales stands full-face, in shirt and nightcap, his back to the bridal bed (right) in which the Princess lies with an expression of smiling expectancy. The Prince stands dismayed, with his right fingers to his mouth. On a table beside him (left) are two (?) mustard-pots and a bottle of 'Cantharides'. On the wall showing between the curtains of the bed is a picture of Leda and the swan. The bed is ornate with fringed curtains, and the Prince of Wales' feathers and motto at the head. Her stockings, shoes, a garter, and a garment draped over a chair are beside the Princess; the Prince's clothes lie at his feet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: who has just fitted up his exhibition in an entire novel stile, admittance one shilling., Temporary local subject terms: Furnishings: bed curtains -- Pictures amplifying subject: Leda and the swan -- Medicinal: cantharides potion -- Prince of Wales's marriage, 8 April 1795., Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials GR and date 1794 below., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pub. April 15, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Subject (Topic):
Marriage, Allegorical prints, Bedrooms, Canopy beds, Interiors, and Sleepwear
A man dressed in dishevelled clothes, a dressing gown, and a night cap unsteadily walks while holding a lit candle tilted at a very lazy steep angle
Description:
Title from text inscribed within image., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., and For further information, consult library staff.
Lady Conyngham sits at a table in front of a fireplace, quill pen in hand, writing a letter by candlelight; her large figure is exaggerated and her legs are spread far apart, causing her nightgown to billow. A clock sits on the mantle in front of her. In the background on the right, a bed in which Lord Conyngham sleeps can be seen beyond a curtain; a cloud of dreams rises from his head, filled with a crown and the word "Sinecures." A cat sleeps on a stool beside the bed
Alternative Title:
Expanded sentiments of Liddy Cunning-game
Description:
Title etched below image., Date from manuscript annotation in lower right corner of sheet., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 24 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Lady Conyngham" identified in ink below image; date "Nov. 1820" added in lower right corner, preceded by the word "Suppressed" written in pencil.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
"An ugly old man wearing night-cap, dressing-gown, and slippers stands at an open window gazing up through a spy-glass at a comet shaped like a large shuttle-cock. Keys hang from his waist. Behind him (left) sits a pretty young woman, turning her head to look at the comet, but giving her right hand to a young man who kneels beside her, while she presses her foot on his. She wears a long fur boa over her evening dress."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publication date from the British Museum online catalogue., State in the British Museum online catalogue numbered '91'., Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins., "Price one shilling coloured.", and Variant without publication date and series number. Cf. No. 11810 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9.
