Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Female dress: riding habit -- Male dress: riding clothes -- Fortifications -- Notice boards., Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials G R below., and Mounted to 27 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Pub by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, and Barwell, Richard, 1741-1804
"A design with much-burlesqued 'Lilliputian' figures with large heads, as BMSat 9635, &c, but grotesquely elongated as in BMSat 10604, &c In the foreground (l.) are four card-players at a round table lit by two candles. One man (l.) is in military uniform, with a pigtail, trousers and tied shoes; he and his partner (r.) are pleased: she says: "I lead trump"; he says: "A charming hand this time however". A man in back view wears an enormous bag-wig, the bag covering the back of his chair; he says: "Worse and worse". His melancholy partner says: "I never held such cards in my Life." Behind the lady on the r. stands a footman holding a salver with three tall glasses of wine; he yawns cavernously: "Ya, ha!" In the middle distance (r.) an bows to a lady who curtseys; he says: "I never saw your Ladyship look more beautiful will you take cards or dance." She answers: "Neither my Lord at Present." A cut-glass chandelier with four tall candles hangs above their heads. Behind is an ornate archway through which is seen a ball-room with a musicians' gallery and grotesque dancers. On the extreme right. is a side-table with decanters, candles, a stand of jelly-glasses. These small background figures and the table, with the inscriptions, are etched by G. Cruikshank."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Also attributed to George Cruikshank in British Museum catalogue., Numbered in upper left corner: Plate 5., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A design with much-burlesqued 'Lilliputian' figures with large heads, as British Museum Satires No. 9635, &c, but grotesquely elongated as in British Museum Satires No. 10604, &c. In the foreground (left) are four card-players at a round table lit by two candles. One man (left) is in military uniform, with a pigtail, trousers and tied shoes; he and his partner (right) are pleased: she says: "I lead trump"; he says: "A charming hand this time however". A man in back view wears an enormous bag-wig, the bag covering the back of his chair; he says: "Worse and worse". His melancholy partner says: "I never held such cards in my Life." Behind the lady on the right stands a footman holding a salver with three tall glasses of wine; he yawns cavernously: "Ya, ha!" In the middle distance (right) an bows to a lady who curtseys; he says: "I never saw your Ladyship look more beautiful will you take cards or dance." She answers: "Neither my Lord at Present." A cut-glass chandelier with four tall candles hangs above their heads. Behind is an ornate archway through which is seen a ball-room with a musicians' gallery and grotesque dancers. On the extreme right is a side-table with decanters, candles, a stand of jelly-glasses."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate etched by both Isaac and George Cruikshank; the small background figures and the table, with the inscriptions, were etched by George. See British Museum catalogue., Later state; plate number has been added in upper right, and date has been burnished from end of imprint statement., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Published by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, Sepr. 26, 1806. Cf. No. 10663 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate numbered "119" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2., and Leaf 58 in volume 2.
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered in upper right corner: No. 12., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Dance parties -- Beauty -- Caricatured figures (large head, small bodies) -- Minuets., and Final digit in year "1807" in imprint statement has been altered from "7" to "6" in ink.
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Country seats: Gibside, Durham -- Sarah Hussey Delaval, Countess of Tyrconnel, 1763-1800 -- Pimping -- Allusion to Lord Tyrconnel -- Window treatments -- Furniture: sofa -- Watches -- Dishes: salt-cellar -- Food: lamb chops -- Luncheon tables -- Domestic service: grooms., Watermark: I Taylor., and Translation of title in contemporary hand below the plate.
Publisher:
Pub. April 26, 1792, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Title from item., Printmaker identified in British Museum catalogue., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Bill of Rights -- Bills: Convention Bill -- Newspapers: Telegraph -- Justices of the Peace -- Acts: Riot Act -- Sedition -- Dishes: punch bowl -- Dog muzzles -- John Bull as a dog -- William Pitt as a dog., and Watermark: (countermark) E & P.
Publisher:
Pub. No. 17, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '172' in lower left corner., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., One line of text below title: "The end of these things is death.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Old women -- Earrings -- Miniature portraits as jewelry -- Female dress: masquerade costume -- Tickets: masquerade tickets -- Pictures amplifying subjects: portrait of Cleopatra -- Pulley-stiles -- Parasols -- Furniture -- Powder puffs -- Domestic servants: lady's maid -- Furnishings: window curtain tassels.
Publisher:
Published 15th Septr. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Older people, Women, Headdresses, Clocks & watches, Jewelry, Dressing tables, Umbrellas, and Women domestics
"A whole length figure stands full-face divided by a vertical line, one half (left) representing a man, the other a woman. The background is similarly bisected, one half (left) being a surgeon's dispensary, the other a carpeted room with a domestic grate on which a saucepan is heating. Beneath the title: 'or a newly discover'd animal, not known in Buffon's time; for a more full description of this Monster, see, an ingenious book, lately publish'd, price 3/6, entitled, Man-Midwifery dessected, containing a variety of well authenticated cases, elucidating this animal's Propensities to cruelty & indecency, sold by the publisher of this Print, who has presented the Author with the above for a Frontispiece to his Book.' The surgeon, who is fashionably dressed, holds an instrument inscribed 'Lever'; the woman holds out a small vessel. The man's bottles, &c, are ranged on three shelves; on the lowest, inscribed 'This shelf for my own use', are bottles inscribed 'Love Water', 'Cantharides', 'Eau de vie', 'Cream of Violets'. Obstetric instruments are inscribed: 'forceps', 'Boring Scissors', and 'Blunt Hook'. On the ground (left) is a large pestle and mortar."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Man-midwife
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Isaac Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., Frontispiece to: Fores, S. W. Man-midwifery dissected; or, the obstetric family-instructor ... , London : Published for the author, by S. W. Fores, 1793., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Forceps.
Publisher:
Pub. June 15, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fores, S. W.
Subject (Topic):
Midwives, Pharmacists, Mortars & pestles, Medical equipment & supplies, Surgical instruments, and Scissors & shears
"A 'cit' smokes angrily over his glass, tilting his chair, while his pretty young wife sits with folded arms. A handsome young officer opens the door, apparently unseen by both. Below the design: 'Husband. - What makes you look so thoughtful my Love, what are you puzzling your Dear Head about now." Wife - Why you said last Night at Supper, that you knew every one in our Street were Cuckolds but one, - And I have been Puzzling Myself ever since to find out who that one could be." - "Husband.-" Oh! Oh! Very well, I have done."'"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '202' in lower right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Cuckolds -- Furnishings -- Furniture.
Publisher:
Published 10th October 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Young adults, Women, Military officers, Adultery, Mirrors, Pipes (Smoking), and Chairs