"Fourteen ugly and elderly men, much burlesqued, discuss libel proceedings. A large placard on the wall shows that they are members of 'The Rotten Bourough Society Established in 1810 Gibery Vixe [Vicary Gibbs] President Leatherbreech [Lethbridge] Vice--'. One stands in the centre, inspecting 'Cobbetts Register' through a glass; beside him is a very obese man, registering scandalized horror and trampling on 'Magna Charte[r]'. The others sit or stand in a shallow curve; on the extreme right one seated at a table writes on a paper inscribed 'Breach of Privilege'. A bundle of documents lies on the ground (right): 'Meetings of Freeholders Whig Club Speeches'; 'Sinecures Secret Service Money'; 'Pamphets' [sic] 'Civil List Reversions'; 'Bill of Rights'. The wall which forms a background is covered by bills, two pictorial: 'Mr Satirist' with a satyr's head and a scourge, and a 'View of the Tower' [unrecognizable]. The others: 'Monthly Statement of Politics'; 'Statesman Caveo'; 'Examiner a Watchful (eye) [depicted] upon You'; 'Enquiries into the Expedition to Walcheren Quere if not Treason' [see British Museum Satires No. 11530]; 'Morning Chronicle knows no bounds and must be Checked'; 'To the Keeper of Newgate'; 'List of those who Voted in the Minority'; 'Morn Post'; 'Indepent [sic] Wig Society--Speech of the Chairman'; 'Sarjant at Arms'; 'Treasury Bench'; 'Sir Francis Burdett committed to the Tower'; 'Proclamation Privy Council Ministers Present'; 'Coroners Inquest Justifiable Homicide'; 'List of Promotions'; 'Morning Post'; 'Commitment of Jno. Gale Jones--'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Daily examiners of the liberty of the press, Libel hunters on the lookout, or, Daily examiners of the liberty of the press, and Teggs caricatures ; no. 4
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
Container / Volume:
Vol. 1 (Box 1 of 2) | Folder I-22b
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
"Design in an oval. Used as a frontispiece to second edition (1785) of 'The Westminster Election' and probably designed for it. Britannia seated on a throne (right) raised on three steps holds out a laurel wreath towards the Duchess of Devonshire who is led towards her by the draped figures of Liberty (left) holding the staff and cap of Liberty, and Fame (right) with her trumpet. The British lion lies at Britannia's feet (right) looking over its shoulder at the Duchess."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Liberty and Fame introducing female patriotism to Britannia
Description:
Frontispiece to: Hartley, J. History of the Westminster election. London : Printed for the editors, and sold by J. Debrett ..., 1785., Printmaker and date of publication from Grego., Temporary local subject terms: British Lion -- Personifications: Liberty -- Fame -- Cap of Liberty -- Staff of Liberty -- Musical instruments: Trumpets -- Laurel wreaths -- Thrones -- Ships., Title etched below image., and Two lines of quoted text below title: "She smiles - infused with a fortitude from Heaven"! Vide Shakespears Tempest.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer,--Duchess of Devonshire,--1757-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Riviere & Son Binding.
A vicious satire on the life and works of Philip Thicknesse, writer and soldier, dedicated to a number of Thicknesse's most prominent enemies: Lord Thurlow, the Earls of Camde, Bute, Bathurst, and Coventry as well as Thicknesse's own sons Baron Audley and Philip Junior. Minerva bursts from Thicknesse's head; on her shield is a damning list of his "Acts of Courage & Wisdom," including running from his command in Jamaica, extorting money, refusing to fight Lord Orwell, debauching his own niece, and horsewhipping his daughter to death.
Alternative Title:
Birth of Minerva and Lieutenant Governor Gall-Stone inspired by Alecto
Description:
Dedication etched below title: To the opinions of The Right Honble. Edward, Lord Thurlow, the Earls Camden, Bute ... this attempt to elucidate the properties of honor and courage, intelligence and philanthropy, is most respectfully submitted by their servant, Js. Gillray., Quoted text following title: "From his head she sprung, a goddess arm'd." Milton., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., and Thicknesse, Philip,--1719-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Animals., Demons. , Erinyes (Greek mythology), and Minerva (Roman deity)
"In a squalid room Johnson and Boswell lie in two short truckle beds. Boswell (right) is in the foreground, his face contorted with horror, his hands before his mouth as if to stifle a scream, his bare feet drawn up, but projecting over the end of his bed. A gigantic spider descends towards his head, insects are spotted over the bedclothes and pillow, from which projects Ogden (see BMSat 7031). Johnson lies on his back (left) under a casement window, his eyes closed, his hands clasped as if in prayer, his knees drawn up to accommodate the shortness of the bed. A woman's dress hangs as an improvised curtain between the two beds. Under Johnson's bed two rats gnaw Boswell's wig."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Early state, before "a" inserted between "at" and "M'Queen's" in title. Cf. No. 7044 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Five lines of verse below title: "There were two beds in the room, and a woman's gown was hung on a rope to make a curtain of seperation between them ..." Vide Journal p. 153., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the Second. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786]., Temporary local subject terms: Night clothes -- Spider -- Spider's web -- Nightmare -- Literary quotations., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Boswell, James,--1740-1795.--Journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.--Illustrations., Boswell, James,--1740-1795--Caricatures and cartoons., Collings, Samuel, artist., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Jackson, Elizabeth, fl. 1785-1797, publisher., and Johnson, Samuel,--1709-1784--Caricatures and cartoons.
"In a squalid room Johnson and Boswell lie in two short truckle beds. Boswell (right) is in the foreground, his face contorted with horror, his hands before his mouth as if to stifle a scream, his bare feet drawn up, but projecting over the end of his bed. A gigantic spider descends towards his head, insects are spotted over the bedclothes and pillow, from which projects Ogden (see BMSat 7031). Johnson lies on his back (left) under a casement window, his eyes closed, his hands clasped as if in prayer, his knees drawn up to accommodate the shortness of the bed. A woman's dress hangs as an improvised curtain between the two beds. Under Johnson's bed two rats gnaw Boswell's wig."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Five lines of verse below title: "There were two beds in the room, and a woman's gown was hung on a rope to make a curtain of seperation [sic] between them ..." Vide Journal p. 153., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the Second. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
E. Jackson, No. 14 Mary bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Boswell, James,--1740-1795.--Journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.--Illustrations., Boswell, James,--1740-1795--Caricatures and cartoons., Collings, Samuel, artist., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Jackson, Elizabeth, fl. 1785-1797, publisher., and Johnson, Samuel,--1709-1784--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Atttics., Bedroooms., Nightmares., Sleepwear., and Spiders.
"Half length portrait, poised on a pedestal of a coarse-featured man directed to the left, a patch over one eye, bludgeon under his arm."--British Museum catalogue.
Description:
First half of artist's name in signature is lightly printed and barely legible., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Stevens, George Alexander,--1710-1784.--Lecture on heads., Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.