"Kemble (scarcely caricatured), as Rolla (the noble Peruvian), stands with his left hand pointing upwards, his right arm thrown back, his head in profile to the right. He wears quasi-classical dress, with barbarian adornments, feathered head-dress, heavy gold belt, and ornaments. The costume appears substantially correct, with some exaggeration of the gold chains and ornaments."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 26 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Kemble" in pencil below plate mark.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
"The Prince and Mrs. Fitzherbert, dancing to the fiddle of George Hanger (right), advance towards an open door (left) through which is seen a large bed, the curtains raised; above the pillows are a crown and triple plume. The feathers are repeated on a chamber-pot under the raised valance of the bed. They are more elaborately dressed than in BMSat 6924; their arms are round each other's waists, the Prince holds with his right hand the left hand of Mrs. Fitzherbert. She wears a small crown, with flowers and ribbons, and triple ostrich plume. George Hanger is dressed as in BMSat 6924; he stands in profile to the left, watching the couple fixedly; a bludgeon hangs from his wrist. An open music-book at his feet shows that he is playing the 'Black Joke'. On the floor (left) are an open book, 'Matrimony', and a torn paper, 'Cirtificate'. Over the door is a picture of Cupid with his bow turning away from Danaë receiving the shower of gold."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wedding night, or, The fashionable frolic, Fashonable frolic, and Fashionable frolic
Description:
Title etched below image., In lower right corner: Price 2 sh. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Morganatic marriages -- Pictures amplify subject -- Emblem: Ostrich feathers for Prince of Wales -- Music books -- Song: 'The Black Joke' -- Furniture -- Colonel's uniform, Light Infantry -- Violin -- Danae -- Mythological characters -- Lighting: Chandelier -- Sticks: Bludgeon., and On verso in pencil: George T. Stubbs attrib. by J. Riely, 7-29-83.
Publisher:
Publish'd by J. Phillips, No. 164 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Hanger, George, 1751?-1824
Subject (Topic):
Beds, Chamber pots, Crowns, Cupids, Dancers, Military uniforms, British, and Musical instruments
"Sir William Curtis (left), grossly obese, wearing quasi-nautical dress, dines in the cabin of his yacht. The table is littered with wine-glasses; a dish contains a bare bone. Behind his chair is a pile of empty bottles. His broken pipe lies on the ground. He has a carbuncled nose, wears a small straw hat and striped trousers, with blue coat. He says to a servant who takes a bottle of wine from a large hamper: "John, I vonder if there ever vas since the Creation an Alderman possessed of so much courage as me (Zounds! what noise is that? Oh it's only the Vind,) to come to go into real earnest Danger, & all for one's pleasure! which is more than any other Officer in the whole of this here Fleet or Army can say, now there's your Seizures [Caesars], I thinks there were ten or a Dozen on 'em, then there's your Pitolomies & Cannibles & Poly-buss's & Eckserkses [Xerxes's] and all the rest of the bunch of Roman Generals -you never reads of any Alderman going out in any of their Exhibitions! no more Lord Mayors neither! & thats a bold word to say, now John we must 'bout Ship Speedy & soon ...for we dont know but one of Bonyparts D-d Bullets may get in to one of us then that would be a Bullet in [Bulletin] that ve dont Vant but how do we stand for Bubb & Grubb & Grape Shot?" The servant, a rough-looking fellow wearing a night-cap and apron, answers: "Why your Honor the Brown Stout is all gone, there is nothing left but the wing of a Turkey & Ham bone & a Bottle of Red --herefore as how we must steer speedily & soon for Port. Behind Curtis's head hangs a picture of the façade of a two-storied house: 'A view of Jacobs well'. On the right is a window through which are seen the sea and ships."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Who's afraid, Great & glorious news for old England, and Great and glorious news for old England
Leaf 25. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 5169. Fourteen caricature heads showing the different types of wig worn in 1773. Most appear to be portraits: one is evidently a caricature of Lord Chancellor Bathurst, see British Museum Satire No. 4888."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image., State without plate number. Cf. No. 5170 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Companion print to: Hats., and Watermark : countermark W.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act, Octr. 12, 1773, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
A companion print to British Museum satire no. 5169. Fourteen caricature heads showing the different types of wig worn in 1773. Most appear to be portraits: one is evidently a caricature of Lord Chancellor Bathurst, see British Museum satire no. 4888."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Plate numbered '29' in upper left corner. Plate number cited in the British Museum Catalogue: 28., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials G R below.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act, Octr. 12, 1773, by M Darly, 39 Strand
Leaf 25. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 5169. Fourteen caricature heads showing the different types of wig worn in 1773. Most appear to be portraits: one is evidently a caricature of Lord Chancellor Bathurst, see British Museum Satire No. 4888."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image., State without plate number. Cf. No. 5170 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Companion print to: Hats., On leaf 25., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 24.6 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act, Octr. 12, 1773, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
"Mrs. Clarke stands before a large doorway inscribed Clark and Company. She wears a white short-sleeved dress with plumed cocked hat, gorget, and military sash, sword-belt and scabbard. The sword she holds over her head, saying, Now Gentlemen you had better be quick I have a few bargains to dispose of. as the partnership is disolving. She holds out a paper: List of Prices at Clark and Co's Warehouse--Majority--£900. Company --7oo. Lieutenancy 400. Through the doorway behind her are seen great stacks of papers in her 'warehouse'. These are labelled: Captains Commissions 500 each, Half-pay Commissions 200 each, Lieutenant, Colonel, Major, Cornet. On the wall is a notice: NB a sum wanted by way o Loan, terms to be seen within. On the right stands a man playing a fiddle, and saying with a sly smile, If you want de commission, you must give me de Note den I go play de Fiddle to de white petticoat. From his coat-pockets hang papers: Pay Sigr Cor[ri] for [word illegible] 200; and a piece of music: The Petticoat [see British Museum Satires No. 11220]. Beside him lies a large Note Book. Above his head hangs upside down a portrait: The Dukes Head; the upper part only of the Duke of York's profile is visible, defaced by a black mark, the rest of the picture being cut off by the upper margin of the design. On the left two military bandsmen play a drum and fife. One asks: What tune shall we play now Jack the Duke of Yorks Marck [sic]? Answer: No No lets play she's off with another."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Commission warehouse
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Imperfect; the word "York" at beginning of title has been erased from sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. February 1809 by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852 and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827.
Subject (Topic):
Daggers & swords, Musicians, Violins, Drums (Musical instruments), Military bands, Military uniforms, British, Price lists, Warehouses, and Portraits
An oversized John Bull with a carbuncled-faced sits at a round table across from a very young looking William Betty and his father, both handsome and not caricatured. John Bull toasts the two, full wine glass in hand: "Youngster, heres to you I'm glad to see you in town. Old Master Roscius your health, and may you get such another boy every New Year's Day for the benifit [sic] of the English stage." Behind them pinned to the wall are two prints: the one a profile portrait of Mrs. Siddons, hangs from one corner only, and the other a portrait of J.P. Kemble. The three ostrich feathers on the back of Master Betty's chair may indicate the patronage of the Prince of Wales
Description:
Title etched below image., Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F., and Description from British Museum catalogue of "Young Roscius and Don John" mounted on verso.
Publisher:
Pubd January 4, 1805, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Betty, William Hen. West 1791-1874. (William Henry West),, Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831, and Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Theater, Actors, British, and Child actors
Sailors carouse in a drunken orgy between decks; hammocks are slung from the roof and drunken sailors vomit over the sides into the crowd. Musicians play fiddles and drums. Men and women drink and dance. A negro fiddles; a Jew sits on the ground ready to receive the watch which a woman steals from a sailor as she sits stirring a bowl on a box labeled "T. Ockham'. A marine kicks over a bucket labeled with the ships name as he spills the contents of his mug onto a barefoot boy who in turn pours the contents of his kettle onto a dog. To the left is a large keg of rum. The scene is watched by smiling officers (left), among whom is Lord Cochrane. This wartime scene is called to mind by the sight of the frigate 'Peranga' lying off Spithead. See British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, 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. 14952 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Ms. note in pencil on front: Vol. 2, page 214.
Publisher:
Sherwood Jones & Co.
Subject (Name):
Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of, 1775-1860
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Jews, Boys, Dogs, Eating & drinking, Fighting, Military officers, British, Musicians, Robberies, Sailors, and Vomiting
Full length portrait of the Duke of Richmond standing facing left, wearing general's uniform and holding hat in his left hand
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with dypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 17.8 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 19.3 x 13.4 cm., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 9 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and The figure in the print is identified by a small strip of paper (approximately 5 x 35 mm) pasted in lower left corner of sheet with their name in letterpress: Duke of Richmond.
Publisher:
Published 3d July 1782 by C. Bretherton
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806