Sir Francis Burdett, holding copies of the Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights, is arrested by the Speaker of the House of Commons (who calls Britannia a 'blank eyed b-h'). Britannia stands, hands clasped in supplication, her lion by her side. Burdett argued in the House of Commons against the imprisonment of the radical John Gale Jones. Failing to have Jones released, Burdett issued a revised edition of his speech in the Weekly Register, an action which the House voted a breach of privilege. The Speaker issued a warrant for Burdett's arrest and he was taken by soldiers from the Commons to the Tower of London, where he remained until the next Parliamentary recess
Description:
Title from item., Possibly by Thomas Rowlandson?, and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 11th, 1810, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844 and Jones, John Gale, 1769-1838.
"A sequel to British Museum Satires No. 10518, Gillray's 'Tiddy-Doll'. Napoleon, haggard and desperate, wearing tattered uniform without the former apron and sword, walks in profile to the left, carrying on his head a large tray. On this stand three gingerbread kings, burlesqued and mutilated, with two queens, a detached head (crowned), and (right) a pile of imperial emblems: crowns, mitre, sceptre, eagle, flag, &c. On the left a bonnet rouge hangs from a staff. In the middle stands an imperial eagle with a tricolour flag to which is tied a broom showing that the contents of the tray are for sale. Napoleon says (with grimly closed mouth): "Buy my Image! Here's my nice little Gingerbread Emperor & Kings Retail and for Exportation!" Behind him is a tumbledown thatched hovel; over an aperture where more gingerbread figures are displayed is a board: 'Tiddy-Doll Gingerbread Baker. NB Removed from Paris.' Above fly three of the (carrion) birds associated in these prints with Elba. Napoleon walks towards the sea; across the water (in France) tiny figures dance holding hands round a white flag inscribed 'Vivent les Bourbons' and topped by a fleur-de-lis. Behind them is the gable-end of a rustic inn: 'The Kings Head New Revived'. A fiddler capers on the edge of the cliff, watching Napoleon."--British Museum online catalogue and "One of many satires on Napoleon's banishment, see British Museum Satires No. 12229, &c., and on the fall of the Bonaparte kings, the 'Corsican Kinglings' of British Museum Satires No. 10518. The Kings must be Joseph, Louis, and Jérôme, see British Museum Satires No. 12225, the Queens either their wives or Napoleon's sisters; they symbolize the fall of the dynasty and no precise identification is necessary. The other kings of British Museum Satires No. 10518, those who owed their crowns to Napoleon, are absent; they are now his enemies."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist "G.H." identified as George Humphrey in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On verso in brown ink is the collector's stamp of Nick Knowles: A pair of crossed skis.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 21st, 1814, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844, Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, 1778-1846, and Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, 1784-1860
Subject (Topic):
Elba and the Hundred Days, 1814-1815, Military uniforms, French, Baked products, Trays, Kings, Queens, Crowns, Scepters, Miters, Liberty cap, Flags, Brooms & brushes, Birds of prey, Bodies of water, and Cliffs
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[after 30 October 1841]
Call Number:
841.10.30.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Wellington (as Constable of the Tower of London) holds a pistol to the head of John Bull, as Henry Goulburn (Chancellor of the Exchequer) harangues Bull from the other side, forcing John to reach into his pockets to pay for the rebuilding of the Tower of London, seen burning in the background
Description:
Title from item., Signed with the initials of printmaker Charles Jameson Grant., Part of a new series of The political drama that was begun in 1841. See pages 12-13 in: C.J. Grant's political drama: a radical satirist rediscovered. London : University College, c1998., Sheet trimmed with partial loss of printed border., Wood engraving with letterpress text., "Price 1d. plain."--Upper right corner., and Mounted to: 57 x 38 cm. With a fragment of a burnt document from the 30 October fire at the Tower of London that destroyed the Grand Armoury. With a note saying that it had been recovered on 6 November. The fragment contains references to Viscount Townsherd (Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance in the Greenville Ministry in 1763), Sir Charles Frederick (1709-1785), and James Syme are among the legible names.
Publisher:
Printed and published by B.D. Cousins, 18, Duke-Street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Goulburn, Henry, 1784-1856, Tower of London (London, England),, and Tower of London (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Fires and fire prevention, John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Handguns, and Fires
"Brougham stands in profile to the left, selling brooms; he holds up one, two are under his left arm. He wears a barrister's wig and bands, with a small conical cap tied under the chin, a tight-fitting bodice, and a full petticoat to the knee, showing flat feet and large and ill-formed legs in black stockings. The dress is that of the German and Flemish girls who sold brooms in the London streets ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to George Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., On verso in brown ink is the collector's stamp of Nick Knowles: A pair of crossed skis., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1825.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 13th, 1825, by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's St. St. [sic]
Subject (Name):
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868
Page 172. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Caricatures copied from George Lord Townshend
Description:
Title written in ink beside image, in a contemporary hand., Artist unidentified; after designs by George Townshend., Numbered key below title identifies the figures in the image: 1. Thomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle; 2. Geo. Lord Lyttelton; 3. William, Duke of Cumberland; 4. Henry Fox, Lord Holland., Date based on death date of Horace Walpole, who assembled the collection in which this drawing is found., and Mounted on page 172 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
"Eldon as a street-beggar kneels on both knees on straw placed on paving-stones, wearing a cap resembling those worn by butchers and the rags of a Chancellor's gown over tattered breeches. He supports himself by a staff, and holds out his short powdered wig. Beside him (left) lies an empty and dilapidated bag inscribed The Old Bagg [cf. British Museum Satires No. 12883]. He looks down with a gloomy scowl, and from his closed lips rise the words: Pity the sorrows of a poor old man [cf. British Museum Satires Nos. 13991, 16236]--vide beggars petition, Tricked out of Work by a Soldier. Round his neck is tied a placard reaching below the waist, and inscribed: Pity a poor Old Man out of Place, at the age of 78 [76], and though extremely anxious, for employment, disappointed in, all his expectations of procuring the Same. His pension is only 4.000 P A [cf. British Museum Satires No. 10714] and not a Dinner has been dressed in his house within the memory of man! He has a wife to support, and a Son to provide for, who holds only Eight Appointments! Beside him an emaciated dog stands on its hindlegs holding a begging-dish, with a piteous expression."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
To a benevolent public
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides.
Plate 42. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in a country town with two newly-elected members of parliament (one a representation of George Bubb Doddington, the other visible only as a shadow on a distant wall) carried shoulder-high along the street, led by a blind and ragged fiddler and surrounded by a chaotic and disreputable crowd; two chimney boys sit on the church wall, a dancing-bear interferes with a donkey's load and is about to be clubbed by the driver, the one-legged bear-leader (dressed in sailor's clothes) is engaged in a fight with a man swinging a flail, a rifle slung over a monkey's shoulder discharges to the horror of a black serving woman, a sow and her piglets up-end a woman as they charge across the street, a soldier stripped to the waist for a boxing bout is taking tobacco from a wrapper; to right, dishes of food are being carried into an elegant house where victory is being celebrated."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., State from Paulson., State with the word "NDINTUR" added to the paper hanging from the upper window on the right. with other design enhancements. See Paulson., Fourth and final print in a series: Four prints of an election., Dedication etched below image: To the Honble. George Hay, one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, &c,&c. This plate is most humbly inscrib'd by his most obedient, humble servant, Willm. Hogarth., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 43.6 x 55.8 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Leaf 42 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bears, Black people, Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Fighting, Monkeys, Peg legs, Political elections, Riots, Servants, Street musicians, and Swine
publish'd according to act directs March [the] 15th 1762.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 83. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The interior of a chapel with an impassioned preacher inspiring his listeners; considerably altered from the earlier state known as "Enthusiasm Delineated", for instance, by the substitution of representations of the Cock Lane Ghost (a topical reference to a fraud of 1762) for the figures of Christ, the removal of the barking dog, and the introduction of rabbits emerging from the skirts of the woman swooning on the floor in allusion to Mary Toft, the Rabbit Woman of Godlaming"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Enthusiasm delineated
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from Paulson. Reworking of Enthusiasm delineated., With caption: "Believe not every Spirit; but try the Spirits whether they are of God because many false prophets are gone out into the World. 1. John. Ch.4. V.1"., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 43.2 x 32.8 cm, on sheet 56 x 42 cm., Plate 83 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works., and Formerly identified as Paulson state 2.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Toft, Mary, 1703-1763, Villiers, George, 1690-1748., and Whitefield, George, 1714-1770
Subject (Topic):
Christianity, Superstition, Demonology, Demons, Ghosts, Rabbits, Witches, Sleeping, and Supervisors
publish'd according to act directs March [the] 15th 1762.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 83. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The interior of a chapel with an impassioned preacher inspiring his listeners; considerably altered from the earlier state known as "Enthusiasm Delineated", for instance, by the substitution of representations of the Cock Lane Ghost (a topical reference to a fraud of 1762) for the figures of Christ, the removal of the barking dog, and the introduction of rabbits emerging from the skirts of the woman swooning on the floor in allusion to Mary Toft, the Rabbit Woman of Godlaming"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Enthusiasm delineated
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from Paulson. Reworking of Enthusiasm delineated., With caption: "Believe not every Spirit; but try the Spirits whether they are of God because many false prophets are gone out into the World. 1. John. Ch.4. V.1"., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 43.2 x 32.8 cm, on sheet 56 x 42 cm., Plate 83 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works., and Formerly identified as Paulson state 2.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Toft, Mary, 1703-1763, Villiers, George, 1690-1748., and Whitefield, George, 1714-1770
Subject (Topic):
Christianity, Superstition, Demonology, Demons, Ghosts, Rabbits, Witches, Sleeping, and Supervisors