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1. The Graces they were culling posies and found young love among the roses [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1817 and 1819?]
- Call Number:
- 817.00.00.24+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Three grotesquely ugly old maids stoop delightedly over a Cupid who sleeps against a rose-bush, arrow in hand, his unstrung bow beside him. On the back of one sits an ape; a lap-dog is beside her. A parrot sits on the bonnet of another, the third kneels. On a mound (right) a cock stands crowing: 'Cock a doodle doo.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., "One of prints (coloured) by, after, or attributed to G. Cruikshank [many were closely copied and unless original and copy can be compared they are difficult to distinguish; some attributed by Reid or Cohn to Cruikshank are in the manner of the supposed copyist; some are probably by I. R. Cruikshank], from a set issued c. 1817 to c. 1819"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1865,1111.2137., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Watermark: C. Wilmot 1815.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Older people, Single women, Roses, Putti, Cupids, Monkeys, Dogs, Parrots, and Roosters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Graces they were culling posies and found young love among the roses [graphic].
2. The Hombourg waltz, with characteristic sketches of family dancing! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [4 May 1818]
- Call Number:
- 818.05.04.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Published May 4, 1818, by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., nephew & successor to the late Mrs. H. Humphrey
- Subject (Name):
- Elizabeth, Princess of England, 1770-1840, Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Caricatures and cartoons., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820, William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834, Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, 1776-1857, Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843, Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, and Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
- Subject (Topic):
- Ethnic stereotypes, Dance, Obesity, Military uniforms, Drinking vessels, Musical instruments, Dogs, and Pipes (Smoking)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Hombourg waltz, with characteristic sketches of family dancing! [graphic]
3. [Money hunting] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 January 1823]
- Call Number:
- 823.01.10.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Money hunting] [graphic]