"A spirited horse, wearing the feathers of the Prince of Wales in his headband, stands on his hind legs, a pen in his fore-foot, writing a letter while Sheridan (right) guides the pen; his blinkers cover his eyes. Sheridan, who leans across the table in profile to the left, holds the paper: 'To Mr Pi[tt] ....' An ape with the (simian) features of Lord Derby squats on the table behind Sheridan, reading a paper: 'Rough Drat of the Letter', and saying "Hear hear hear". On the extreme left appear the profile, hands, and one foot of Weltje, saying, "By Got he vill teach de Orse to speak". Under the table is a circular rat-trap, in which are five rats with quasi-human faces."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
To be seen at Mr. Sheridan's menagerie the wonderful learned Hanover colt ...
Description:
Title from text below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Regency crisis -- Prince of Wales's answer to Regency restrictions -- Ministerialists as rats -- Lord Derby as a monkey -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Horse of Hanover -- Writing horse -- Caged rats -- Menageries -- Rat traps., and Mounted on page 65 with one other print.
Publisher:
Pubd. 27 Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746-1820, Aubrey, John, Sir, 1739-1826, Hamilton, William Gerard, 1729-1796, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Animal shows, Horses, Writing, Rats, Cages, and Monkeys
"A spirited horse, wearing the feathers of the Prince of Wales in his headband, stands on his hind legs, a pen in his fore-foot, writing a letter while Sheridan (right) guides the pen; his blinkers cover his eyes. Sheridan, who leans across the table in profile to the left, holds the paper: 'To Mr Pi[tt] ....' An ape with the (simian) features of Lord Derby squats on the table behind Sheridan, reading a paper: 'Rough Drat of the Letter', and saying "Hear hear hear". On the extreme left appear the profile, hands, and one foot of Weltje, saying, "By Got he vill teach de Orse to speak". Under the table is a circular rat-trap, in which are five rats with quasi-human faces."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
To be seen at Mr. Sheridan's menagerie the wonderful learned Hanover colt ...
Description:
Title from text below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Regency crisis -- Prince of Wales's answer to Regency restrictions -- Ministerialists as rats -- Lord Derby as a monkey -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Horse of Hanover -- Writing horse -- Caged rats -- Menageries -- Rat traps., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 20.2 x 25.6 cm, on sheet 21.8 x 26.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 48 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Pubd. 27 Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746-1820, Aubrey, John, Sir, 1739-1826, Hamilton, William Gerard, 1729-1796, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Animal shows, Horses, Writing, Rats, Cages, and Monkeys
"A spirited horse, wearing the feathers of the Prince of Wales in his headband, stands on his hind legs, a pen in his fore-foot, writing a letter while Sheridan (right) guides the pen; his blinkers cover his eyes. Sheridan, who leans across the table in profile to the left, holds the paper: 'To Mr Pi[tt] ....' An ape with the (simian) features of Lord Derby squats on the table behind Sheridan, reading a paper: 'Rough Drat of the Letter', and saying "Hear hear hear". On the extreme left appear the profile, hands, and one foot of Weltje, saying, "By Got he vill teach de Orse to speak". Under the table is a circular rat-trap, in which are five rats with quasi-human faces."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
To be seen at Mr. Sheridan's menagerie the wonderful learned Hanover colt ...
Description:
Title from text below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Regency crisis -- Prince of Wales's answer to Regency restrictions -- Ministerialists as rats -- Lord Derby as a monkey -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Horse of Hanover -- Writing horse -- Caged rats -- Menageries -- Rat traps., Note on verso in contemporary hand: The same Hanover Colt directed by Mr. Sheridan to write a Letter. - 1789. Allusion to an answer to the H. of C. in the P. of Ws. name suppos'd to be dictated by Sheridan., and Watermark: (partial) crown over shield with fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
Pubd. 27 Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746-1820, Aubrey, John, Sir, 1739-1826, Hamilton, William Gerard, 1729-1796, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Animal shows, Horses, Writing, Rats, Cages, and Monkeys
Title from item., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Series numbers in upper left and right corner of plate, respectively: V.2 5., Eight lines of text below title: All the valuable goods and effects of a savoir-vivre bankrupt consisting of a collection of very scarce books (not to be met with in any of the public libraries) ..., Another state, with volume and plate number added. Cf. No. 5171 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Temporary local subject terms: Bankruptcy.
Title from item., 'Price 3d'., Three lines of dedication at the bottom of the image: To the brave Admiral Vernon, and his worthy collegue [sic], Charles Edwin, Esq. this plate is most humbly dedicated by G. Bickham., Twelve lines of verse in three columns below title: O, put it in the public voice to make a free and worthy choice ..., Temporary local subject terms: London: St. Paul's, Covent Garden -- Elections: Westminster election, 1741 -- Clubs: Independent Electors of Westminster -- Taxes: excise., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Sold in Mays Buildings, Covent Garden
Subject (Name):
Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757, Edwin, Charles, ca. 1699-1756, Wager, Charles, Sir, 1666-1743, De Veil, Thomas, Sir, 1684-1746, and Sundon, William Clayton, Baron, 1671-1752
"Another version, reversed, of BMSat 8132. Paine (right) lies as before, but his legs and feet, which were hidden by straw and by cloud, project from under his coat, and the crisping of his toes indicates agitation caused by his dream. The three headless judges (left) with dependent scrolls are as before, with the addition of a cloud-shaped scroll ascending from the central wig, inscribed: 'Know Villain, when such paltry slaves presume To mix in Treason, if the Plot succeeds They're thrown neglected by - but if it fails Theyre sure to die like dogs! as you shall do.' In place of the prison wall is a glory of rays issuing from a sun in the centre of which are the scales of Justice. This is surmounted by shackles and by a scroll inscribed "The Scourge inexorable, and the tort'ring hour, awaits thee". Beneath are, as before, a gibbet (with the addition of a ladder) and a pillory. Between them are a scourge and birch-rod tied together. The inscriptions on the three scrolls are as before except that in 'Charges' 'Falshoods' takes the place of 'Lies', and to 'Punishments' is added 'Extinction from Society'. The inscriptions on Paine's book, &c, are as before except that the alternative title of 'Common Sense is or convincing Reasons for Britons turning Sans Culottes.' The fleurs-de-lis on the tattered curtain are larger and more conspicuous. Above the bed, in place of the crumbling wall, is an open casement window out of which flies a terrified demon with his tail between his legs; he holds a fiddle, but drops his bow and a sheet of music inscribed 'Ca-ira'. Through the window appear clouds and a full moon."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Reversed version, with some different and some additional elements in the image, of a print with the same title published in November 1792. Cf. No. 8132 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Poverty -- allusion to Paine's Common Sense -- Guardian angels -- Vermin: rats -- Writing supplies -- Architectural details: casement windows -- Furniture: straw beds -- Pillories -- Gibbets -- Shackles -- Torture: scourge -- Wigs: judges' wigs -- Trials: pleas -- Charges -- Punishments -- Liberty cap as a nightcap -- Literature: allusion to Paine's Rights of Man -- Symbols: fleur de lis -- Symbols: striped pillow as pro-American sentiment -- Symbols: scales of Justice -- Music: c̦a ira -- Demons., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 29.4 x 36.6 cm, on sheet 37 x 50 cm, mounted to 37 x 56 cm., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1811.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 10th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Poverty -- Literature -- Allusion to Paine's Common Sense -- Guardian angels -- Vermin: rats -- Writing supplies -- Interiors: dungeons -- Pillories -- Gibbets -- Shackles -- Judges' wigs -- Trials: pleas -- Charges -- Liberty cap as a nightcap -- Allusion to Paine's Rights of Man., and Mounted.
Publisher:
Pub. 26th Novr 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
"Another version, reversed, of BMSat 8132. Paine (right) lies as before, but his legs and feet, which were hidden by straw and by cloud, project from under his coat, and the crisping of his toes indicates agitation caused by his dream. The three headless judges (left) with dependent scrolls are as before, with the addition of a cloud-shaped scroll ascending from the central wig, inscribed: 'Know Villain, when such paltry slaves presume To mix in Treason, if the Plot succeeds They're thrown neglected by - but if it fails Theyre sure to die like dogs! as you shall do.' In place of the prison wall is a glory of rays issuing from a sun in the centre of which are the scales of Justice. This is surmounted by shackles and by a scroll inscribed "The Scourge inexorable, and the tort'ring hour, awaits thee". Beneath are, as before, a gibbet (with the addition of a ladder) and a pillory. Between them are a scourge and birch-rod tied together. The inscriptions on the three scrolls are as before except that in 'Charges' 'Falshoods' takes the place of 'Lies', and to 'Punishments' is added 'Extinction from Society'. The inscriptions on Paine's book, &c, are as before except that the alternative title of 'Common Sense is or convincing Reasons for Britons turning Sans Culottes.' The fleurs-de-lis on the tattered curtain are larger and more conspicuous. Above the bed, in place of the crumbling wall, is an open casement window out of which flies a terrified demon with his tail between his legs; he holds a fiddle, but drops his bow and a sheet of music inscribed 'Ca-ira'. Through the window appear clouds and a full moon."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Reversed version, with some different and some additional elements in the image, of a print with the same title published in November 1792. Cf. No. 8132 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Poverty -- allusion to Paine's Common Sense -- Guardian angels -- Vermin: rats -- Writing supplies -- Architectural details: casement windows -- Furniture: straw beds -- Pillories -- Gibbets -- Shackles -- Torture: scourge -- Wigs: judges' wigs -- Trials: pleas -- Charges -- Punishments -- Liberty cap as a nightcap -- Literature: allusion to Paine's Rights of Man -- Symbols: fleur de lis -- Symbols: striped pillow as pro-American sentiment -- Symbols: scales of Justice -- Music: c̦a ira -- Demons., and Mounted to 35 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 10th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1841]
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image., Initials of printmaker Charles Jameson Grant in lower left portion of design., Part of a new series of The political drama that was begun in 1841. See pages 12-13 in: C.J. Grant's political drama: a radical satirist rediscovered. London : University College, c1998., Five lines of text below title: Wellington, Peel, and Co.'s noted cabinet manufactory, wholesale, retail, and in expectation ..., "Price 1d."--Upper right corner., Wood engraving with letterpress text., and Mounted on leaf 98 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Printed and published by B.D. Cousins, 18, Duke-Street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 and Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868