"Erskine stands in profile to the left; he bends forward, resting both hands on the table of the House of Commons, part of which is visible on the left. His half-closed eyes give him an almost imbecile expression ..."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue. and Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Satire on Sir Robert Fagge, M.P. for Steyning, Susses and a Baronet, showing him on a poor-conditioned, thin horse offering a coin to a country woman in exchange for eggs that she carries in a basket
Description:
Title from published state. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top., For possible Hogarth attribution see: Anecdotes of William Hogarth, written by himself. London : J.B. Nichols and son, 1833, p. 312., Cf. No. 2023 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Annotated on verso in an unidentified hand: original state., and Title, "Sr. R. Fagg & the Gypsy," added in an unidentified hand below image.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Sympson, print seller at the Dove in Russell Court Drury Lane
"Lewes, in profile to the right, sits astride a ram which is eating a bunch of grapes. Across the plate is etched: 'The Lordly Knight, The Coalition bite, Now takes the earliest hour To taste the grapes, - before they're sour.' Beneath the design is etched: 'Here I am, Riding upon a black ram, Like a Whore as I am: And for my Crincum, Crancum, Have lost my Bincum Bancum; So pray Mr P-tt, give me my place again.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed partially within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Aldermen: London -- Black ram: custom of riding -- Allusion to Lord Delaval (as an artist) -- Political grapes.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Title devised by cataloger., Sheet trimmed to plate mark (plate mark 18.7 x 23.8 cm.) on top and sides., Imprint etched below image: London, Pubd. July 7, 1791 by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St., Letterpress caption title "To Mr. Holland" printed below the plate., Song purported to have been written by the boys of Westminster school upon the death of Anna Davis., Publisher's advertisement at bottom of sheet: ... of whom may be had, lately published, ... [list of print titles]., Variant of no. 8002 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: bedroom -- Furniture: beds -- Chairs -- Lighting: candlesticks -- Furnishings: chamber pots -- Women: old maids -- Schoolboys -- Birds: cockrels -- Spectacles -- Books -- Female costume: stays., and Watermark: countermark I V.
Sixteen men are seated at an oval table in Windsor arm-chairs smoking long-stemmed tobacco pipes, drinking from glasses and tankards, and engaging in conversation. The figures include Lord George Gordon, William Holland, William Lloyd, Thomas Townley Macan, James Ridgway, Henry Delahay, Charles Pigott, Daniel Holt, Daniel Isaac Eaton, William Williams, Doctor Watson, and Joseph Gerald. On the far right a female servant brings in fresh tobacco pipes and a bottle and the walls include various prints and pictures including landscapes, 'three witches addressing Macbeth', and satires
Description:
Title and date based on Newton's aquatint print after this image. and Later published aquatint described in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8339.
Subject (Name):
Gordon, George, 1741-1779, Holland, William, active 1782-1817, Macan, T. T. (Thomas Townley), Ridgway, James, Symonds, H. D. (Henry Delahoy), Pigott, Charles, -1794, Holt, Daniel, and Eaton, Daniel Isaac, -1814
Mathews (left) gives a selection from his "Entertainments"; he stands behind his accustomed small draped table, which is lit by candles in place of the usual lamps. A pianist sits at the grand piano. The King stands as if making a speech: he is giving an imitation of John Kemble, evoked by Mathews's imitation thought by the King "too boisterous". On his right sits Marchioness of Conyngham, on his left Princess Augusta. Knighton stands behind the former. Five men (portraits) stand behind the royal settee: Liverpool, Wellington, and Hertford are recognizable. The room has an ornate cornice and Ionic pillars. Behind Mathews are two tall Chinese folding screens.-- See British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title and imprint from published state., Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., For published state see: No. 14940 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Ms. note in pencil on front: Page 337, vol. 1. Watermark 1822., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1822.
Publisher:
Sherwood, Jones, & Co.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
"The Prince stands in back view, his head turned to the left. His heels are together. His powdered hair or wig has a cockatoo-like crest, worn with a very small queue, round which his coat is thickly frosted with powder, cf. BMSat 8190. His neck, as indicated by his coat-collar, is grotesquely thick, his coat has the bulky sleeves associated with Jean de Bry, see BMSat 9425, with pointed coat-tails. Under his left arm is a cocked hat. The word 'Honi . . .' appears on his garter."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Prince of Wales from behind
Description:
Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Mounted to 37 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 10th, 1802, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Title from the print of which this plate is a copy. See Stephens., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Reduced copy, without title and verse, of No. 3817 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Temporary local subject terms: London: Cheapside -- Vehicles: chariot -- Slang: "bruisers," i.e., prizefighters, and Mounted to 32 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782, and Beckford, William, 1709-1770
Title and imprint from from British Museum catalogue., Description based on imperfect impression; text lacking, image only., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Temporary local subject terms: London: Tyburn -- Executions: procession to Tyburn -- Gibbet -- Reference to the Treaty of Paris, 1763 -- Reference to cider tax -- Scots -- Emblems: dove with an olive branch., and Mounted to 31 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Burd, in the Temple-Exchange Passage, Fleet-Street; and sold by all printsellers, &c in London and Westminster
Title devised by cataloger., Artist from original drawings in the British Museum., Date of publication based on running dates of the Great Exhibition: 1 May to 15 October, 1851., Design consists of large upper image and four rows of small figures below, three of the rows having titles etched within them: The arts and manufactures of France; The arts and manufactures of Turkey; [The arts and manufactures of] China., Text below large upper image begins: In consequence of the diversity of opinion manifested as to the most eligible site for the Great Exhibition ..., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with some loss of image or text on three sides.