In a kitchen, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn is shown on a spit being basted by bills, petitions, etc
Alternative Title:
Welch Knight roasted and baisted and Welsh Knight roasted and basted
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publication date from the British Museum catalogue., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Leaf 47. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of a stout man standing in profile to the right. His right hand is in his breeches pocket, his left is thrust into his waistcoat; his hat is under his right arm."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Welch knight and Welsh knight
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "V. 3" in upper left corner and "19" in upper right corner., and Second of two plates on leaf 47.
"Wellington's head, in profile to the right, projects from a huge spurred boot, showing the upper part of his embroidered collar. He wears an enormous field-marshal's cocked hat. He has a satisfied smile, the eyes turned towards the spectator. On each point of the large star-shaped spur is a letter, to indicate some of his many orders: K.G. C.H. G G. C.B. Behind is Horse Guards Parade; a sentry stands in front of a cannon; men are drilling in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Head of the army
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., and Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Wars: war-weariness -- Expressions of speech: 'Will o' the wisp' -- Pensions: Burke's pension -- Lanterns -- Drowning., and Mounted to 34 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. March 28, 1796, by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Leaf 77. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Whole length portrait of a man with a dejected expression; his head is turned in profile to left. In his right hand is a money bag, and in his left a paper: "Scotch Bill for 10,000L". The four dice indicate that he is Alexander Fordyce, the most active partner in the firm of London bankers, Neale, James, Fordyce, and Down; he absconded in 1772
Alternative Title:
Fordyce macaroni gambler and Macaroni gambler
Description:
Title etched below image; four dice are depicted, suggesting the words "four dice" or the name "Fordyce"., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 3" in upper left corner and "16" in upper right corner., and First of three plates on leaf 77.
Whole length portrait of a man with a dejected expression; his head is turned in profile to left. In his right hand is a money bag, and in his left a paper: "Scotch Bill for 10,000L". The four dice indicate that he is Alexander Fordyce, the most active partner in the firm of London bankers, Neale, James, Fordyce, and Down; he absconded in 1772
Alternative Title:
Fordyce macaroni gambler and Macaroni gambler
Description:
Title etched below image; four dice are depicted, suggesting the words "four dice" or the name "Fordyce"., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. III: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., Plate numbered "16" in upper right corner., and For a later state with additional numbering, see no. 5016 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
"George IV, on a galloping horse, aims an arrow at the crowned head of the Queen (left), which emerges above the clouds of dust raised by his horse. He wears military uniform, with peacock's feathers (see British Museum Satires No. 13299) in his cocked hat. In the distance (right) are the domes of the Pavilion. The plate faces lines beginning: A, for an Archer, who wounded a Queen, The stoutest Apollo that ever was seen, ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
A, for an archer, who wounded a queen, the stoutest Apollo that ever was seen ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Alternative title from letterpress text on facing page of the bound work., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820., Mounted on page 9 of: George Humphrey shop album., and Mounted opposite the sheet of corresponding letterpress text that would have faced the plate in the bound work.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Rosco., and Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England),
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Feathers, Bows (Weapons), and Archery
Title devised by cataloger., Printmaker from an unverified card catalog record., Publication date in British Museum catalogue: 1762., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., An engraved letter in form of rebus., The following words within title are represented by a rebus: "letter" by an envelope, "to" by a toe, "as" in Dundas by an ass., Plate from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. 2, Appendix, additional plate no. 357., and Temporary local subject terms: Devil.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Politicians hide and try to encourage John Bull to enter a cage, making him believe in reform
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Charles Jameson Grant in the British Museum online catalogue., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Wood engraving with letterpress text., and No. 66.
Publisher:
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Political satire: In a bakery, George III is shown putting into a baking oven a group of three heads wearing peers' coronets. He is assisted by Queen Charlotte and Pitt. On the table to the left are four more heads wearing coronets with more heads on the shelves to the left of the oven. Speech balloon above Pitt reads, "Blast this roll. it is the crookedest son of a bitch that ever came out of an oven." The king's speech balloon reads, "Such a batch and such a match, there never was I swear now, But how it all was brought about That's neither here nor there now. [...] doodle &c."
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Printmaker identified as Richard Newton in the British Museum online catalogue., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: I V., and Mounted to 32 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 6, 1792 by William Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806