Forestallers & regraters reaping the fruits of their harvest
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Cruikshank in British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Laws: revived law against regrating and forestalling, 1800 -- Legal cases: R. v. Rusby, Guidhall, 4 July 1800 -- Dearth of 1800 -- Cornfactors -- Profiteers -- Flails -- Regraters -- Forestallers -- Grain -- Monopoly -- Farm animals in miniature -- Food: cheeses -- Guildhall: window -- Judges: Chief Justice.
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 caption etched below images on second and third sheets., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... where may be had Chesterfields principles of politeness, sellected [sic] from the Earls letters, the best engraved print ever published of this kind., Sixteen designs on four plates, each with a caption etched above., Sheets trimmed within plate mark on one or more sides., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Gossips -- Authors -- Clergy: Parson -- Eye patches -- snuff boxes -- New Year's resolutions -- Gout -- Countrymen -- Preachers -- Drunkards -- Literature: Allusion to Principles of politeness by Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of, 1694-1773., Printseller's stamp in lower right corner of fourth sheet: S.W.F., and Watermark: I. Taylor.
Publisher:
Pub. January 2, 1792, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly ...
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