"The Prince of Wales in a drunken frolic enters the King's bedroom, followed by Hanger and Sheridan. The King (right) lies under a tent-shaped canopy with curtains; he turns his head from his son, looking down with an expression of misery; his right arm is outstretched as if to ward off the intruders. By his bedside, between the Prince and the King, sits an elderly bishop, exclaiming in horror; in his hand is a paper inscribed 'A Prayer Restoration of Health Amen'. The Prince has overturned a circular table, a Communion cup lies on the ground. He reels drunkenly with folded arms, saying, '"Damme, come along, I'll see if the Old Fellow's------or not" --'. Hanger and Sheridan are dancing with glee. Hanger, wearing his hat, holds a bottle in both hands; Sheridan waves his hat. On the wall is a picture of 'The Prodigal Son', partly obscured by the label issuing from the Prince's mouth."--British museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Pictures amplifying subject: The Prodigal Son -- Clergy: Elderly Bishop -- Medical: invalid., and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Nov'r 25 1788 by S.W. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Title from item., 'Cold' etched above crossed out word 'French' in title., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: undergarments -- Military uniforms: grenadier's busby -- Pictures amplifying subject: portraits of monarchs -- Pictures amplifying subjects: fallen picture of the King of Poland -- Allusion to the 2nd partition of Poland, 1793 -- Lady Cecilia Johnston, 1738-1820., Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials D? L D below., and Printseller's stamp, 'S.W.F.' in lower right corner of plate.
Publisher:
Pub. Novr. 25, 1793, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Frederick William II, King of Prussia, 1744-1797, and Stanisław II August, King of Poland, 1732-1798
"A design in two compartments. On the left the triumph of Necker in a land of 'Freedom', in the other that of Pitt in a land of 'Slavery'. Necker (full face), seated in an armchair is carried on the shoulders of distinguished personages, who wave their hats. He holds in his right hand the staff and cap of 'Liberty', in his left a royal crown. He is stout and benevolent. Above his head floats a laurel wreath, irradiated, inscribed 'Necker', and adding a touch of absurdity. Under his feet are a chain and an instrument of torture resembling a harrow. The naval officer (left) wearing a star, -who holds one pole of the chair, is labelled 'Orleans'; his companion, in regimentals, is probably Lafayette; both wave their hats. In the background is a cheering crowd and the massive but broken stone wall of the 'Bastile'. On the right Pitt, lean and arrogant, stands in profile to the left on a royal crown which bends under his weight (as in BMSat 7478). In his right hand is a banner on which are instruments of torture: a narrow, shackles, and scourges; in his left hand, which rests on his hip, are a headsman's axe and chains, the other ends of which are attached to persons who kneel humbly behind him, the most prominent of whom is the King. Other chains are attached to artisans, &c, who kneel abjectly before him. In the background are (left) a gallows from which hang seven nooses, and (right) a high scaffold on which stands a headsman with an axe. From Pitt's pocket projects a large tobacco-pipe inscribed 'Excise'.."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
France, Britain, freedom, slavery and Freedom, slavery
Description:
Title from text in and below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Instruments of torture -- Cap of Liberty -- Staff of Liberty -- Transference of customs to excise -- Banners with instruments of torture -- Cheering crowds -- Laurel wreaths -- Chairing of Necker -- Kneeling slaves -- Emblems: pipe as tobacco tax -- Allusion to excise -- Crowns -- Gallows -- Bastille -- Executioners: headsman -- Artisans as slaves -- Emblems: slavery., and Watermark: countermark S. Lay.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 28th, 1789, by J. Aitken, Printseller, N. 14 Castle Street, Leicester Fields
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804, Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Dressed in the garb of a wizard, King George III sits in a chair, arms across his chest holding a long stick in one hand and legs also crossed; his eyes are closed, but he faces the large bust with the head of Pitt, its eyes also closed. The caption below the title continues: "And Friar Bacon made unto himself a head of brass to answer difficult questions and Friar Bacon watched it incessantly day and night, but it skake not a word. At length the Friar with overwatching fell asleep and the people without were much enraged thereat, as the question was an important one, vix. War or peace!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to Richard Newton from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Five lines of text below title: And Friar Bacon made unto himself a head of brass to answer difficult questions ..., Watermark: fleur-de-lis., and Mounted to 35 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Published by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Anglo-French War, 1793-1802, Sleeping, and Wizards
"A travesty of Quintin Matsys' picture of 'The Misers' at Windsor, the misers being George III, writing in his ledger and counting coins, and Queen Charlotte, leaning on his shoulder. The pose, dress, background, and accessories are closely copied, except that the hood over the Queen's head is pushed back to show a large ear-ring and her hair which is decorated with pearls. The 's' of 'Originals' in the title has been scored through, stressing the identification of 'the Misers'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
From the original at Windsor and Lord Courtown's dream
Description:
Title etched below image; letter 's' in 'originals' scored through with several etched lines., Questionable attribution to Kingsbury from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Pen cases -- Inkpots -- Jewels: Queen Charlotte's jewels -- Travesty: Quinten Metsys's The Money Changer and His Wife -- Allusion to James Stopford, Earl of Courtown, 1731-1810., and Watermark: initials LV G.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Jacob Dowse, near Turnstile, Holborn
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Subject (Topic):
Purses, Books, Candlesticks, Interiors, Pets, Birds, Miserliness, and Coins
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left edges., Temporary local subject terms: George III and Queen Charlotte's reputed miserliness -- Waxworks in Westminster Abbey -- Vergers -- Bags of money -- Figures in waxworks., Mounted to 27.5 x 43 cm., and Plate fouling lower part of plate.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 20, 1792, by Willm. Holland, 50, Oxford St.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
"The King, wearing military uniform, walks in profile to the left, bending forward and holding a cocked hat in his right hand, left forefinger extended. He wears a close-fitting wig with side-curl and tail, a star, high cavalry boots without spurs, and a large sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
George the Third aged 72 1810 and George III aged 72 1810
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.17.31., Leaf 1 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.2 x 19.8 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
"The King, wearing military uniform, walks in profile to the left, bending forward and holding a cocked hat in his right hand, left forefinger extended. He wears a close-fitting wig with side-curl and tail, a star, high cavalry boots without spurs, and a large sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
George the Third aged 72 1810 and George III aged 72 1810
Description:
Title etched below image. and Publisher from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.17.31.
"The Foxites rise from their chairs at a club-meeting to sing the National Anthem in the manner of a catch, each repeating a different line. The chairman is Fox, who stands at the head of the table (l.) holding up a punch-bowl and ladle. He sings with upturned eyes, "God save great George our King". Sheridan and Norfolk are on his right. and left hand; both gaze at him intently; Norfolk sings "Long live our Noble King". Sheridan echoes "God save the King"; he holds up the music, inscribed with the same words. From his pocket hangs a playbill, only the words 'Vivant Rex et Regina' being visible. On the farther side of the table, next Norfolk, stands Moira, in regimentals, taller than the others and holding out his cocked hat. He says "Send him Victorious Happy and Glorious", and is followed by little Lord Derby, opposite, who stands with one foot on his chair, the other on the table, singing "Long to Reign over us \ God save the King." Lord Henry Petty, very small, leans against the back of Derby's chair, his right. arm round the waist of Erskine, who rests his left. arm on Petty's shoulder. Both wear their Chancellor's gowns, Erskine also his wig; the mace leans head downwards against his chair. They sing respectively: "O Lord our God arise" and "Scatter our Enimies". Opposite them stands Whitbread; he holds up a frothing tankard of 'Whitbre[ad's] Entire' [see BMSat 10421], singing "And make them Fall". On the extreme right., partly cut off by the margin, less ecstatic than the others, Grey [Identified by Miss Banks as Windham, but quite unlike him.] sings: "Confound their Politicks \ Frustrate their Knaveish tricks \ On thee our hopes we fix, God save us all." The Royal Arms decorate Fox's ornate armchair. From the back of Sheridan's overturned chair it appears that the other chairs are similarly decorated."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Imprint, publication date, and artist from British Museum catalogue., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint and printmaker., and Mounted to 30 x 41 cm; ms. annotations in modern hand, identifying subjects in print.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1805 by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863