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46. The royal bull-fight [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 November 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.11.21.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Pitt (left), as a toreador, rides a rearing white horse (of Hanover) with a spear directed horizontally against a buil (John Bull) snorting fire and bleeding from many wounds. He wears a short tunic and sash; his saddle-cloth is a leopard-skin on which is a crest: the white horse of Hanover enclosed in a Garter ribbon inscribed 'Honi soit qui mal y pense', and surmounted by a crown. He looks alarmed and spurs his horse viciously. Two tiers of spectators in an arc of the arena are freely sketched. In the upper row George III looking through a glass is in the centre, on his left is the Queen, on his right Loughborough. The man next the Queen is (?) Grenville. In the lower tier Fox is conspicuous with (?) the Prince of Wales on his left; Sheridan stands behind them. The other spectators are members of the Opposition or ragamuffins. Those who can be identified are (right to left): Stanhope, Derby, Grafton, Lansdowne. A chimney-sweep applauds with brush and shovel. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Three lines of text beginning to the left of title and continuing below it: Description from the royal bull fight of 1795. Then entered a bull of the true British breed ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Opposition -- Treason -- Emblems : the White Horse of Hanover -- Male costume: toreador.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 21st, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The royal bull-fight [graphic]
47. The shadow of a duke [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [25 June 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.06.25.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A man walks away from the spectator, slightly to the right, showing a whiskered right cheek. He wears a high round hat with a curved brim, sparrow-tail coat, and spurred top-boots. His shoulders are sprinkled with hair-powder (see BMSat 8190, &c). In his right hand is a riding-switch. He is in shadow. On the extreme right is the arm and left leg of a man in the exact position of his shadow, dressed in the same way."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress, 1795., and Mounted to 47 x 32 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 25th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Hamilton, Douglas Hamilton, Duke of, 1756-1799 and Thornton, Thomas, 1757-1823
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The shadow of a duke [graphic]
48. The sleep-walker [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 November 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.11.01.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Pitt, fast asleep, wearing only nightcap and night-shirt, walks down a staircase holding up a lighted candle in his right hand. On his right only are banisters, on his left the steps abut on a gulf indicated by the top of an arch supporting the stair; he is about to descend the first step, perilously near the left edge. Behind him, in a wall of heavy masonry, is an open door surmounted by a crown. A tall gothic window pierces the wall of the building."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Sleepwalker
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Possibly etched from a drawing by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 48 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Candlesticks, Castles & palaces, Interiors, Quatrefoils, Sleepwear, Somnambulism, and Stairways
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The sleep-walker [graphic].
49. Une femme d'esprit [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [22 June 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.06.22.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Half length portrait, scarcely caricatured, of a woman in profile to the right, smiling. She has a long nose and projecting chin, and wears a muslin cap, her hair hangs down her back with the ends looped beneath its heavy mass. Her neck is much swathed and she wears a fichu over her dress."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Female dress: fichu -- Cap.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 22d, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Une femme d'esprit [graphic]
50. What a cur 'tis! [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [9 June 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.06.09.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Lord Howe sits full-face in an armchair, reading a 'Gazette' headed 'June Ist 1795'. He wears naval uniform, with a hat, smokes a long pipe and scowls meditatively. A dog with the head of Sir Roger Curtis grovels at his feet, kissing his right toe; he has a collar inscribed 'Black Dick's Dog'. Behind Howe is a row of windows close together, with a view of the sea and ships. Beneath the windows is a broad shelf on which are wine-bottles, a sextant, and a punch-bowl. On a table at Howe's right hand are a glass of wine and a plan of Torbay."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- What a Curtis
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text below title: Done from an original drawing by a British officer & publish'd as a guide to preferment., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: ship cabin -- Newspapers: Gazette -- Glass: wine bottles -- Glass: wine glasses -- Dishes: punch bowl -- Naval instruments: sextants -- Maps: map of Torbay -- Chamber pots -- Pets: dogs -- Smoking: pipes -- Naval uniforms: admiral's uniform -- Furniture: armchair.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 9th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799 and Curtis, Roger, Sir, 1746-1816
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > What a cur 'tis! [graphic].