An introduction Christmas Day after dinnner ; A Christmas box ; The Austrian amongst thorns ; An Attorney Ge-l grilling old grill ; John Bull and his Grey. [graphic]Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836, printmaker[1 January 1831]eng"AN INTRODUCTION. (16533) Below the title: 'An Honourable member wish'd an address to his Majesty praying the appointment of a General Fast'. A bland M.P. bows amiably, his left hand under that of a distressed artisan, the right hand extended towards a general, smart, smiling, and bowing, but grotesquely emaciated. The latter points behind him to a skeleton (left), wearing a cocked hat and holding a cane to its jaw; it holds a large paper: 'The Best of Fish for the Rich'; and has a placard: 'A Form Of Prayer For The Poor'. The introducer: 'General Fast, Mr Hard-work, Mr Hardwork General Fast'. Fast: 'Spare your introduction my dear Sir, we are Old acquaintances'. Hardwork, who is in his shirt-sleeves, turns aside in deep dejection to say: 'Yes indeed! I wish it had been General Feast'. A little boy, starving and ragged, tugs at his father's sleeve."--British Museum online catalogue"CHRISTMAS DAY AFTER DINNER (16857) A fat John Bull, with unbuttoned waistcoat, sits in an arm-chair by the fire, dessert and decanter at his elbow. With closed eyes he says: 'Excellent pudding--prime beef--glorious fat Goose (Snores.--)'."--British Museum online catalogue"A CHRISTMAS BOX. (16534) Grey holds out a mitre and an episcopal wig to a surpliced parson (right), who registers surprise; he says: 'Here's something for you Brother'."--British Museum online catalogue"THE AUSTRIAN AMONGST THORNS. (16535) Francis I, in crown and robes, sits upon huge spikes or thorns, and is menaced by others. He exclaims: 'Alack & Alas! who'd be an Emperor'. The thorns are 'News from London; News from Naples; News from Greece; News from Warsaw; Home affaires; News from Turin; News from Brussels; News from Paris'."--British Museum online catalogue"AN ATTORNEY GE-L GRILLING OLD GRILL. (16536) Denman (left), in wig and gown, uses a three-pronged fork to hold Cobbett on a huge gridiron, under which is a fire of blazing 'Political Registers', indicated by a gridiron on the papers. Cobbett, angry and tortured, holds up a copy of his paper, kicking wildly."--British Museum online catalogue"JOHN BULL AND HIS GREY, (16537) John, a farmer in top-boots, sits on a horse with Grey's profile inset in its head. The animal jibs at a fork in the road (right) beside which is a signpost: 'To Reform'. J. B.: 'I could never get a Horse up this road to the right, but I've some hopes, of this--dang it master Grey no shying'. (For misgivings (before 1 Mar.) as to Grey's intentions cf. British Museum Satires No. 16544.)"--British Museum online catalogueTitles from text beneath the individual images.Attributed to Seymour in the British Museum catalogue.Publisher inferred from magazine title.Six individually titled images on one sheet, comprising the first page of a monthly magazine that consisted of four pages. Magazine title "McLean's monthly sheet of caricatures, or, The looking glass" at top, with the text "Published on the first of every month" printed beneath. "Vol. 2d" precedes magazine title, with the date "January 1st, 1831" beneath; "No. 13" follows magazine title, with price statement "Price 3s. plain, 6s. cold." beneath.