A pretty young woman sits on the knee of an officer (left) wearing a gorget and cocked hat. She looks over her shoulder to speak to her elderly husband who leaves the room (right) supported on crutches: "Pray my Dear go and speak to Sir John in the mean while the Captain & I will push the point in this Quarter." He answers: "I'll go this momment. now is the Golden instant so dont be Idle but exert yourselves to have the affair well done & quickly." Over the doorway is a stag's head with antlers. The captain says: "Thanks, Sir. I trust your good Lady will Succeed in her Undertaking
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., State with street address '20 Strand' burnished from plate., and Mounted to 38 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sepr. 24, 1802 by T. Williamson, London
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Couples, Horns (Anatomy), Military uniforms, British, Sofas, and Spouses
"A scene on the poop of a man-of-war. A lean and shambling civilian, his hat tied on by a spotted handkerchief, clutches the coat-tail of a sailor to say: "My dear Friend - I understand you are Captain of this here ship - and they says a how the Enemy, is in sight - now could not you put the ship a little on one side, and not be too ventersome - its the best way to be a little cautious - I am but a poor weaver - but however life is sweet." The sailor (r.) (dressed as in BMSat 10894) holds a cudgel, has a quid of tobacco in his cheek, and points with his left hand to the right. He glares fiercely at the weaver, saying, "Why you paltry land Lubber do you want me to run away? - but however I never bear malice so I'll give you a little Comfort - before I would strike to an Enemy d'ye see - I would blow the vessel up in the air - So before you could turn a chaw of tobacco you would be out of your misery." Behind (l.) two sailors man a gun. On the deck (r.) is a pile of cannon-balls."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Cf. No. 10897 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.
"A young woman sits despairingly on the edge of a bed, with the end of a garter round her neck; the other end dangles from the bed-tester. It is inscribed 'Tis expected every' and (round her neck) 'will do his duty'. She watches a servant holding a foppish and elderly naval officer, while he flourishes a cudgel. Bellows lie on the ground. The servant had discovered Miss Baily hanging, and after reviving her with bellows, had fetched the object of her affections and compelled him to marry her."--British Museum online catalogue. On the wall is a painting of Venus and Adonis with Cupid
Alternative Title:
Miraculous recovery of the unfortunate Miss Baily
Description:
Title etched below image., Later printing, not before 1812., Possibly also the work of Isaac's son George., One line of text immediately below title: A ballad by W.J. Donne., Five numbered stanzas of verse arranged in two columns in lower portion of print: A lady fair in deep despair, who pleas'd the beaux in singing, From off the tester of her bed, one morning she was singing..., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls, plate numbered: 456., and Watermark: [Turke]y Mill 1812?
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 28th, 1807 by Laurie and Whittle, 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Adonis, Cupid, Venus, Beating, Bellows, Bedrooms, Canopy beds, Military officers, British, Paintings, Seduction, and Servants
"British troops are about to march through a large fortified gate leading from open country (left) to the town of Buenos Ayres, where confused street-fighting is in progress. Can are fired from the battlements of the gate at the soldiers, some of whom lie dead or wounded. In the foreground an officer (mounted), in conversation with others, asks: "where is the General"; others say: "go look for the General"; "Find the General"; "why the General is lost". A Highland officer, taking snuff (right), slyly; "I dare say he is varra safe." From the country (left) three mounted men gallop, all saying, "I come for Orders". In the background Whitelocke's head and shoulders are seen peeping over a hillock on the extreme left. He says: "He that fights and runs away, May live to fight another day, But he thats in the Battle slain, Will never live to fight again". In the distance, behind him, are tiny (British) soldiers in close formation. In the city men are firing and hurling stones from the roofs of flat-roofed houses on British soldiers in the plaza. On the wall (right) is a placard: 'Lost, or Mis-led a General officer Who ever can [give] Information ... ampl[y] rewarded.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Symptoms of courage
Description:
Title etched below image., "G. Whiteliver" is a pseudonym. Questionable attribution to Isaac Cruikshank from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.7629., Variously attributed to either Isaac or George Cruikshank; see British Museum catalogue., Title is a direct reference to an Isaac Cruikshank print, published by S.W. Fores in 1790, entitled "Symptoms of courage, or, The tables turned." Cf. No. 7667 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., and Penciled note in an unidentified hand: relates to Genl. Whitelock's conduct at Buenos Ayres, S. America.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Argentina and Buenos Aires.
Subject (Name):
Whitelocke, John,
Subject (Topic):
History, Campaigns & battles, Soldiers, British, Military officers, Scottish, Ethnic stereotypes, Gates, and Signs (Notices)
"Tipu Sultan (left) gallops (right to left) past Cornwallis who is seated in an ornate chair on the back of an ill-drawn elephant. Tipu, rising in his stirrups, excretes a blast which displaces a boy-mahout on the elephant's neck and strikes Cornwallis. He says, "Now my Lord I'll Tip you the Swamps". The horse excretes a blast directed at the elephant's eye. The elephant, raising its trunk, says, "I wish I could run as fast as he how i would thump him." Cornwallis, with his sabre raised above his head, his left fist clenched, says, "These Monsoons are more Violent than ever I knew them before Boy turn back again." The boy says, "Yes my Lord I am going backwards Pr force." Behind Cornwallis's seat is a box inscribed 'Rice for Gruel during the Monsoons'. Behind Tipu (left) is a circular fort inscribed 'Seringapatam'."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
How to gain a complete victory and say you got safe out of the enemys reach
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., and Watermark: I Taylor.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 15, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
India and India.
Subject (Name):
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805., Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805, and Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799
Subject (Topic):
History, Daggers & swords, Defecation, Elephants, Horses, Military retreats, British, and Urination
"Naval mutineers, seated and standing at a long table, glare ferociously at Admiral Buckner, who stands (left) calmly, hat in hand, in profile to the right at the foot of the table. The man at the head of the table, seated in a chair which is higher than the others, holds a blunderbuss and wears a hat. He must be Richard Parker, but does not resemble him. At his elbow and on the extreme right stands Thelwall filling a glass from a 'Grog' can; he says "Tell him we intend to be Masters, I'll read him a Lecture"; from his pocket hangs a paper: 'Thellwals Lecture' (see British Museum Satires No. 8685). One man only is seated on the president's left and on the near side of the table. He places a fist on a long paper headed 'Resolutions'. Under the table in the foreground, lifting up the tablecloth, five secret instigators are (left to right): Lauderdale, holding a paper: 'Letter from Sheerness to Ld L------le'; Horne Tooke, Stanhope, Grey, Fox, the most prominent, saying, "Aye, Aye, we are at the bottom of it", and Sheridan. All have satisfied smiles. Four ruffians are seated at the farther side of the table, others stand behind them; one aims a pistol over the admiral's head, one man smokes, another chews tobacco, taking a quid from his box. Weapons lie on the table. On the wall behind them are a print of Britannia head downwards, and two torn ballads: 'True Blue an old Song' and 'Hearts of Oak are our Ships Jolly Tars are our men We alway are Ready', the last word scored through. On the right the slanting window of the captain's cabin is indicated."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Beggars on horseback
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and MS. notes in pencil in an unidentified hand, describing the satire.
Publisher:
Published by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Buckner, Charles, approximately 1735-1811, Grey, Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764-1845, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Parker, Richard, 1767-1797., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Thelwall, John, 1764-1834, and Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812
Subject (Topic):
Sandwich (Sloop), Nore Mutiny, 1797, Spithead Mutiny, 1797, Sailors, Admirals, Interiors, Mutinies, Firearms, Ships, and British
"A fat squat and ugly woman sits on a sofa next a tall dandified officer (right) who makes his address, his hand on his breast. She turns to him complacently, her feet awkwardly resting on a stool. Their two dogs face each other, each with shape and manner corresponding with its owner. Two appropriate pictures are on the wall: Bank of England (left) and Seige of Acre (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Had I heart for falshood fram'd, I ne'er could injure you and Had I heart for falsehood framed, I never could injure you
Description:
Title from later state., Four lines of quoted dialogue below image: "Had I heart for falshood [sic] fram'd, I ne'er could injure you - For tho' your tongue no promise claim'd, your charms would make me true! &c. &c. &c.", First state, before title added above image. For a later state with G. Humphrey's imprint and the title "Money hunting," see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 823.01.10.01. For a reissue with Thomas McLean's imprint, published in Cruikshankiana (London : Thomas M'Lean, [1835]), see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1853,0112.247., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 10, 1823 by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's Stt
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Military officers, Dogs, Couples, and Courtship
Jones, J. (John), approximately 1745-1797, printmaker
Published / Created:
[17 January 1786]
Call Number:
Portraits B747 no. 4+
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of James Boswell after Reynolds (Mannings 214); half-length, turned to left, eyes to front; wearing plain, unbuttoned coat and waistcoat; curtain and landscape behind; lettered state before title erased."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Unframed in February 2023. Printed label of the Rowley Gallery in Kensington, London, and a second label with a 20th century ink inscription, affixed to backing of former frame., and Watermark: Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs Janry. 17, 1786, by I. Jones, No. 63 Great Portland Street, Mary-le-bone
Plate [188] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of Cooper, Sir Godfrey Kneller, Mrs Beale, Sir James Thornhill, Hogarth on a wall with Ephesian Artemis kneeling above, holding a veil over herself, watched by a painter kneeling in the left foreground with portfolio in hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [188] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall