"A family in a wealthy interior; an elderly man at centre, seated at a table, a glass in his left hand, holding out his right to receive coins from a younger man standing to left with his right hand on a book and a quill in his mouth; on the table, another glass, writing materials, coins and notes; to right, a woman wearing a large feathered hat, supporting, and holding up a bunch of grapes for, a young child standing on a chair; looking on from behind the chair, a boy and, at right, a black servant holding a bowl of fruit, his left hand on the chair; in front of the table, a young girl lying on the carpet with a spaniel; a shipping wharf seen through an open window to left"--British Museum online catalogue and A large painting on the back wall shows a large country estate which amplifies the subject of the print
Alternative Title:
Fruits of early industry and oeconomy and Fruits of early industry and economy
Description:
Title from text below image., Eight lines of verse beneath image, four on either side of title: Lo here, what ease, what elegance, you see, the just reward of youthfull industry ..., and Companion print to: The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1, 1789, by T. Simpson, St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Interiors, Families, Writing materials, Wealth, Servants, Dogs, and Piers & wharves
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[6 December 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 109. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on social aspiration: a plump young man standing facing to right wearing a wig with a long queue, flowers on his left breast and carrying a cane with a tassel; he appears to be saluting someone by removing his hat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies, 1772 -- Nosegays -- Canes -- Male costume: Shoes with buckles., and Mounted on page 109 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 6th December 1772, by J. Bretherton, No.134 New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Corsages, Staffs (Sticks), and Daggers & swords
"Napoleon, trampling over the map of Europe from 'Germany' to the 'British Channel', drops his sabre and raises his left leg, leaving behind the front part of his left foot, planted on the coast and sea between 'Holland' and 'France'. The foot has been slashed off by a little John Bull, who stands on the ocean pointing down at the two islands of 'Great Britain' and 'Ireland', towards which the amputated foot points. John holds a dripping sword, and looks up at the angry giant, saying, "I ax pardon Master Boney, but as we says Paws off Pompey, we keep this little Spot to Ourselves You must not Dance here Master Boney." Blood gushes from both sides of the amputation. Bonaparte, who wears his huge cocked hat, shouts, with gestures of pain and anger: "Ah you tam John Bull!! You have spoil my Dance, !! You have ruin all my Projets!!" 'Switzerland' and 'Italy' are also marked on the map in close proximity to France."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Governor of Europe stoped in his career, Governor of Europe stopped in his career, Little B-n to much for great B-te, and Little Britain too much for great Bonaparte
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement in lower right: Folios of caracatures lent out., and Mounted at the corners on a leaf: 42 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 16, 1803, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805, Maps, Daggers & swords, and Wounds & injuries
"A young woman in rustic dress, shown three-quarters length to left, holding a basket of grapes, wearing a broad-brimmed hat with a ribbon, her hair loose."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. April 1st, 1786, by J. Young, No. 28 Newman Street, Oxford Street, London
Volume 2, after page 340. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An altered copy of British Museum Satires No. 10389. The two principal figures are substantially the same, but Mrs. Fitzherbert's expression is less subtle; she looks down at her charge with an exulting smile. The feathers in her hair are set in a fillet inscribed 'Ich Dien', her breasts are almost bare, her drapery is more swirling. Her pouch is inscribed 'Amusements for Young Minds', its contents differ, and her book is a 'Missal'. Above them (left) ls inscribed: 'Angels ever bright and fair" Take, Oh Take me to thy Care,"'. The altar is larger and closer to the ascending figures. In place of the Virgin, the Prince of Wales (half length) stands behind it, looking down at the 'Guardian-Angel'. On the altar, which is inscribed 'Sanctum Sanctorum' is an irradiated chalice. The attendant cherubs are (left) Derby, (?) Grey, Grenville; and (right) Norfolk, Burdett, and Windham. Two cherubs have descended from the circle (right) and look fixedly at close range towards the child; they are Fox and Sheridan. The rays are inscribed: 'Bulls', 'Dispensations', 'Indulgences', 'Luxuries', 'Consecrations', 'Cannonizations', 'Remissions', 'Pardons', 'Beatifications', 'Permissions'. Below the ascending pair, in place of the Pavilion, is the roof of Carlton House."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Altered copy of a print by Gillray, published 22 April 1805 by H. Humphrey. Cf. No. 10389 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8., Text following title: The designer is particularly indebted to Mr. Peters for the hint for this subject., "Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening"--Beneath imprint., Printseller's stamp in lower right of plate: S.W.F., Four figures identified at bottom of mounting sheet, their names written in ink: Princess Charlotte; Mrs. Fitzherbert; C. Fox; R.B. Sheridan., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted after page 340 (leaf numbered '163' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 10th, 1805, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Volume 1, page 73. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in ink in upper left corner., Date supplied by cataloger., With four lines of verse in ink to the left of the depicted figure: Time swift doth run, to judgment thou must come; prepare for Death lest hee send theto woe & miserie., Also with nineteen numbered notes in ink below image, describing various aspects of the depicted figure's dress., and Mounted on page 73 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Volume 2, page 36. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A lady working at her embroidery turns to watch a child holding a bird, an oval composition."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: The tender mother., and Mounted on page 36 in volume 2 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 27th, 1787, by S. Vivares, Great Newport Street
Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1823-1848, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1829]
Call Number:
829.00.00.114+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"George IV, dressed as a sportsman, in a broad-brimmed hat, jacket with many pockets, and gaiters above the knee, walks in Windsor Park beside a deer with a woman's head and wearing a collar inscribed 'Chester'. He puts his arm round her neck, and says, staring at her amorously, '"I'll build you my Dear [altered to] deer a neat Cottage close by, | Where We can retreat unobserved, on the sly, | So be not afraid of the old Cunning Doe, | Whose stale selfish Tricks are become quite So-so.' They are under a tree; bushes screen them from the Cottage (left), just below Windsor Castle on its steep hill."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Head ranger and his fallow dear
Description:
Title etched below image; the word "dear" has been scored through and replaced with the word "deer" etched above., Questionable attribution to Thomas Howell Jones from the British Museum catalogue., and Month of publication is undetermined; the British Museum catalogue suggests June, while the British Museum online catalogue (registration no.: 1868,0808.9128) suggests ca. April.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1829 by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Windsor Great Park (England),
Subject (Name):
Windsor Castle,, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Chester, Eliza, 1799-, and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861.
Caption title., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: See the mall throng'd with ladies, the gay and the fair ..., and For further information, consult library staff.