Political flight to the moon and Quem Deus vult perdere, prius dementat
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Five columns of verse below image, titled, P- and Proteus: Mutatas dicere formas. Chousing [sic], cheating, chopping, changing ..., Temporary local subject terms: Kites -- Influence: Bute's influence -- Family compact -- Slang: "lame ducks", i.e., stockholders -- Slang: "Oliver", i.e., moon -- Prerogative -- Ministries: Pitt's ministry -- Mythology: Proteus., and Mounted to 38 x 56 cm. with Bowditch's notes.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Martin, Samuel, -1788, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, and Townshend, Charles, 1725-1767
"The Duke of York (left), in regimentals and wearing a cocked hat, stands in profile to the right, tipsily swaggering; he hands to George III two large keys: 'Keys of Paris'. The King, seated on the throne (right) in hunting-dress, leans eagerly forward. The Duke is followed by soldiers bearing (worthless) trophies of victory; he says: "Th-th-th-there's Paris for you, damme! did not I say I'd take it? -th-thats all! - a-a-and here's all the Plunder of France! and all the Heads of the whole nation of Sans Culottes, damme! - if y-y-you will do me any honor, why do it; - if not, why even take the next Paris yourself, damme! - look 'e I expect to be made either a Cæsar or an Alexander! ------, d-d-d-d-damme!' The King, eagerly goggling, says: "What! what! Keys of Paris! Keys of Paris! give us hold! gads bobs, its nothing but, Veni, with you, lad, hay? Veni, Vidi? - ay, ay! Veni, Vidi, Vici! - ay, ay." A tricolour standard inscribed 'Vive la Liberta' lies at the King's feet. Behind the Duke are French weapons, broken: a sword inscribed 'Vive la Lib . .', a cannon similarly inscribed, cannon-balls, a musket, and a pile of decapitated heads wearing bonnets-rouges, on which tramples the Duke's secretary, who holds out a scroll inscribed: 'Authentic Journal - Issuing Manifesto's - Taking Dunkirk [see BMSat 8341] 1500 Barrels of Gunpowder 32 pieces of Cannon, & killing 5000 Troops, - sending off 10000 to the hospitals in Flanders - marching into the heart of France, & finishing the War without expence. Js Suckfizzle Secretary.' The secretary, who wears regimentals, a pen behind his ear, says, "Here's something like a List of glorious Actions! - well, let them that come after us do as much as we have done, and the Campaign will soon come to a conclusion." Behind him, guardsmen advance carrying bulky burdens: bales of 'Assignats', a large basket of sabots inscribed 'Wooden Shoes of the Poissards', a bundle of 'Breeches of the Sans Coulotte[s]', a pot from which frogs are leaping. Pitt sits on the dais at the King's left hand; he writes on papers which he supports on his up-drawn knees: 'Bricks Rum - Brandy Water Air'; 'new Taxes not to be felt by the Swinish Multitude'; 'loan of Eleven Millions.' Behind the throne (right) sits the Queen in profile to the right, gleefully holding out an apron into which the Devil shovels coins from a sack inscribed 'Two Millions Pr Annm'; only his horns, arms, and a hoof appear on the extreme right. Above the Queen's head are shelves on which are ranged large money-bags, inscribed: 'Spy Money 40000 pr A'; 'for Flatterers & Toad-eaters [cf. BMSat 7548] 10000 pr A'; 10000; 'Pin Money 50000 p Ann'; 'for Private Whim Wham[s] 50000 pr [A]'. At the King's right hand are three large bags inscribed 'for Horses Hound[s] & other Nicknackatories.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., Temporary local subject terms: Military: British soldiers -- Uniforms: regimentals -- Keys of Paris -- Paris keys to the city -- Male costume: hunting dress -- Flags: flag of liberty -- Tricolored French flag -- Weapons: broken cannon and cannon-balls -- Swords: broken sword -- Guns: muskets -- Decapitation -- Bonnet rouge -- Spoils of war -- Military secretaries -- Devil -- Treasure: bags of money -- Money: coins -- Thrones., and Mounted to 36 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby 10th, 1794, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Title from item., Publication date and place from British Museum catalogue., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Seven Years War -- Peace negotiations with France, 1762 -- Dutchmen -- Allusion to Dutch neutrality -- Signs: signboards -- Buildings: inns -- Soldiers: veterans., and Watermark: unidentified watermark (Pro patria?).
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
"Satire on the resignation of Lord Bute. George III is enthroned, Peace and Fame flying above and a large dog and a lion crouching at his feet; he welcomes the Duke of Newcastle and William Pitt who kneel before him (it was assumed that these two men would return to government, although in the event George Grenville replaced Bute). Britannia is seated in the centre of the print, facing a hydra-headed monster of faction; she is saying "See this and Tremble all you that wish evil to Israel" (Israel standing for England); behind her a Spaniard and a Frenchman despair at their loss. At top left, the Lord Mayor of London (probably intended for William Beckford) and a group of aldermen approach the king with a petition. At top right, a witch flies off on a broomstick over the "Flus Jordanus" to the "Alpes Herbronites" (the River Tweed and Scotland) carrying Henry Fox, two other ministers and the devil. One of the ministers wishes that "the Devil had the Author of Gisbal" (see BM Satires 3848) alluding to the role of the satirists in driving Bute to resign. Charles Churchill and John Wilkes fire at the broomstick, Wilkes wanting "One Pounce more and we will bring that Irish Owl to the Ground". In the foreground, on the right, Princess Augusta runs off carrying a diminutive Bute in a large boot on her back; she is chased by the Duke of Cumberland brandishing a sword and crying "Damn the Scotch Loon he flies faster than his Bretheren did in 45. If I come up with him I'll spoil his Running"; the young Duke of York runs with him. On the left, a group of sailors harrass a Scotsman declaring,"We will stand by our Noble Captain till not a Sawney be feft in the Land", "O O Jack see what this Dog has got to wet his Whistle with" and "Lend me your Sneaker [a rod] Tom I'll Probe him who knows but the Rascal has got his Belly full"; coins fall from the bagpipes clutched beneath the Scotsman's arm."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Boot put to the flight
Description:
Title from item., Reduced and reversed copy of a print with the same title published on April 8, 1763. Cf. Stephens., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered '35' in upper right corner., Plate from: The second volume of The British antidote to Caledonian poison: ... for the years 1762 and 63, ... London : E. Sumpter's, [1764]., Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Hydra -- Literature: Gisbal -- Resignations: Lord Bute's resignation, 1763 -- Personifications: Fame -- Personifications: Victory., and Mounted to 32 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Dashwood, Francis, Sir, 1708-1781, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, and Beckford, William, 1709-1770
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Devil, and Thrones
"Fox (right) kneels in profile to the left, firing point-blank from a blunderbuss at a post which roughly suggests George III in back view: it is surmounted by a short wig and a hunting-cap decorated with the royal arms; round a protuberance simulating posteriors a circle is drawn with a bull's-eye at which Fox is firing. He is much caricatured, with large head and short fat legs; he wears a slouch hat with the inscription 'Ca-Ira', and has a pleased and sinister smile. Behind him Priestley (left) and Sheridan (right) face each other in profile with conspiratorial smiles. Sheridan is ramming the barrel of a pistol, saying, "Well! this new Game is delightful! - O Heavens! if I could but once Pop the Post!!! then you and me, - Dear Brother P, - Would sing with glee, - Full merrily Ca-ira! Ca-ira! Ca-ira!" Priestley holds out to him two books: "on the Glory of Revolution and on the Folly of Religion & Order", saying, "Here's plenty of Wadding for to ram down the Charge with, to give it force, & to make a loud Report.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Swedes practising at a post
Description:
Title from text in image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to the assassination of Gustavus III of Sweden, March 1792 -- Guns: blunderbuss -- Pistol -- Targets: George III as a shooting target -- Toadstools -- Arms: royal arms -- Literature: books by Joseph Priestley satirized -- Music: c̦a ira., and Watermark: Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 19th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
Title from item. and Temporary local subject terms: First partition of Poland, 1772 -- Allusion to Russo-Prussian Treaty, February 17, 1772 -- Allusion to first Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774 -- Maps: map of Poland -- Scales -- Imprisonment.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789, Stanisław II August, King of Poland, 1732-1798, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
"Sheridan, fat and grotesque, dressed as Pizarro, strides to the front of the royal box, followed by the King and Queen in Court dress. He holds out a guttering candle in each hand and shouts towards the stage: "Stand by there, move that Stone out of the Way hollo Music there play God Save the King d'ye hear take care Sire mind that Step, louder there Music make room for the best of Kings & wisest of Sovereigns! Encore." The King says to the bejewelled Queen: "No! no! no Jacobins here all Loyal all Loyal, Charming Man the Author eh! charming Man, never saw him in such a good light before." Three princesses follow; one says: "bless me I never saw that General at Court". Behind are two princes in uniform with gorgets, evidently the Dukes of York and Cumberland. On the floor by Sheridan are two papers: 'Maidstone Loyalty' [see British Museum Satires No. 9245, &c], and '[Tomorr]ow Evening performed a new play called the Loyal Author to which will be added a Peep behind the Curtain Vivan[t] Rex et Regina'. The curtain is down; on the proscenium, replacing the usual 'Veluti in Speculum', is 'Anti Jacobin House'. Two men stand in the pit, waving their hats towards the royal box; one is Fox."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Pizarro a new play, or, The Drury-Lane masquerade and Drury-Lane masquerade
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "N" in "New" is etched backwards., Tentative attribution to Ansell from the British Museum catalogue., Attributed to Charles Williams in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printseller's announcement in lower right: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Theatrical costume: Spanish don -- Gorgets -- Songs: God Save the King -- Anti-Jacobin House -- Queen Charlotte's jewels -- Female dress: Queen Charlotte's dress., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Mounted to 28 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 11th, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Jacobins, Theaters, Interiors, Costumes, Stages (Platforms), Candles, Jewelry, and Military uniforms
A bust of George III in an oval medallion, the profile (left) an obtuse angle, the face blank, giving an impression of complacent imbecility. The background is shaded to simulate a cameo. From behind the medallion two figures look out: 'Averice' (left), a hag with pendent breasts and serpents for hair, leans forward in profile to the left, holding up a money-bag. On the right is Famine, a thin man wearing a shroud; both are shouting
Description:
Title from text above image., Place of publication based on subject., Publication date from Thomas Kirgate's manuscript note on Horace Walpole's impression., A date of 1794 is suggested in the British Museum catalogue, but their online catalogue suggests 1795 based on the reference to a famine., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 158 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 16.1 x 17.9 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides., and With manuscript note by Thomas Kirgate below plate line: A vulgar satiric print of George 3d, published in 1796 but inserted here because it happened to be exceedingly like to a piece of flint, found the year before at Brighthelmstone, with a Lusus Naturae resembling the King, and now in this collection.
A bust of George III in an oval medallion, the profile (left) an obtuse angle, the face blank, giving an impression of complacent imbecility. The background is shaded to simulate a cameo. From behind the medallion two figures look out: 'Averice' (left), a hag with pendent breasts and serpents for hair, leans forward in profile to the left, holding up a money-bag. On the right is Famine, a thin man wearing a shroud; both are shouting
Description:
Title from text above image., Place of publication based on subject., Publication date from Thomas Kirgate's manuscript note on Horace Walpole's impression., A date of 1794 is suggested in the British Museum catalogue, but their online catalogue suggests 1795 based on the reference to a famine., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.