Outside a country tavern, a recruiting officer with a sword in his right hand holds up a purse in his left, facing right before 4 grotesquely drawn long-haired yokels who grin foolishly at the prospect. Behind the officer stands a drummer wearing a grenadier's cap on which is inscribed the words "War for ever".
Description:
Title from item., Place of publication suggested by engraver's name, possibly identifiable with Graham Stewart the wood-engraver who died in 1786 (cf. Strickland, A Dictionary of Irish artists)., Date based on that suggested for no. 5796 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Title in the British Museum catalogue: Beating up for recruits, originally designed by Robert Dighton.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Recruiting & enlistment, Military uniforms, British, Hats, and Drums
Outside a country tavern, a recruiting officer with a sword in his right hand holds up a purse in his left, facing right before 4 grotesquely drawn long-haired yokels who grin foolishly at the prospect. Behind the officer stands a drummer wearing a grenadier's cap. In the far distance is a horse-drawn covered wagon
Description:
Title from item. and Date from British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, No. 53, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Recruiting & enlistment, Military uniforms, British, Hats, Drums, and Taverns (Inns)
Two well-dressed young women sit in chairs opposite each other over a table on which are placed scissors, fabric, and ribbon and other sewing notions. They each are sewing , the woman facing the views attaches a large feather to a hat. The room is well-furnished with wallpaper, a patterned rug and a mirror on the wall behind them
Description:
Title engraved below image., Plate numbered '383' in lower right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd 24th Jany 1797, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hats, Interiors, Parlors, Rugs, Sewing, and Wallpapers
The sudden entrance, through the window, of Napoleon Bonaparte startles tailors assembled in their shop, i.e., the European rulers at the Congress of Vienna, busy "cutting out" portions of Europe for themselves. With a blood-dripping sabre in his hand, Bonaparte declares his readiness to join them in this activity. To his left, a startled King of Holland moves toward the Austrian Emperor, shown with a pair of small scissors and an iron in his hands, who is Napoleon's father-in-law and whom the deposed French Emperor asks, "Where is my wife and son, father Francis?" Beside Francis I, the Russian Emperor stands on a large piece of cloth lined with "Polish fur," raising in his left hand a knot made out of the measuring tape. On the opposite side of the workbench, a fierce-looking Prussian general Blücher threatens Napoleon with huge shears. Behind him, the King of Prussia, sitting cross-legged, continues sewing a piece of cloth signed, "Pattern of an Emperors Robe." To his right stands Napoleon's former marshal, Bernadotte, now allied against him as the Crown Prince of Sweden. In the middle of the room, a frightened and helpless-looking King of France lies flat on the floor, consoled by John Bull, with a large club, who promises to sew up "that rascal Boney." Behind John Bull, a terrified Pope scrambles away for the safety, his tiara and cross fallen to the ground. On the other side of Louis XVIII, the French negotiator at the Congress, Talleyrand, attempts to hide under the tailors' bench
Alternative Title:
Devil among the tailors
Description:
Title from caption below image., Artist from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 29 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd April 21st, 1815 by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821., Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824., Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835., Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825., William I, King of the Netherlands, 1772-1843., Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840., Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823., Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway, 1763-1844., Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819., and Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Congress of Vienna, Tailor shops, Clothing and dress, Scissors & shears, Hats, and Crowns
Title from caption below center image., Seven designs on one plate, each individually titled., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and One of six plates of a series entitled: Scraps and sketches / by George Cruikshank. To be continued occasionally. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 11, p. 73.
Leaf 83. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man (right) and woman (left) are shown full length and appear to be quarrelling. The young woman runs left holding up in her right hand a glass whose contents are being spilled. In her left hand she holds a sword hilt downwards. She wears a flat ribbon-trimmed hat, low ribbon-trimmed bodice. The man (right) dressed as a macaroni holds a cane above his head in his right hand; his left hand is on the hilt of his sword. The mouths of both are open as if shouting."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Buck and doe macaronies
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from vol. IV: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, 1772., Plate numbered "v. 4" in upper left corner and "13" in upper right corner., For an earlier state, see no. 5029 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., First of three plates on leaf 83., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 12.5 x 17.4 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Septr. 7, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Leaf 83. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man (right) and woman (left) are shown full length and appear to be quarrelling. The young woman runs left holding up in her right hand a glass whose contents are being spilled. In her left hand she holds a sword hilt downwards. She wears a flat ribbon-trimmed hat, low ribbon-trimmed bodice. The man (right) dressed as a macaroni holds a cane above his head in his right hand; his left hand is on the hilt of his sword. The mouths of both are open as if shouting."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Buck and doe macaronies
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from vol. IV: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, 1772., Plate numbered "v. 4" in upper left corner and "13" in upper right corner., and For an earlier state, see no. 5029 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Septr. 7, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
A young man with a large nosegay in his lapel, holding a tasselled walking stick in his left hand and facing right wears the oversized shoe buckles and enormous buttons of the day, as well as a round hat with the brim held up on the sides by bands looped around a large button on the top
Description:
Title from item., Publisher's initials "MD" form a monogram., Title varies slightly from that given in British Museum catalogue: "I'm the thing..."., and Numbered in plate at top: 23, V.2.
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
Octr. 28, 1777.
Call Number:
777.10.28.01+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A very corpulent couple facing left, promenade arm in arm. The gentleman, behind the woman, wears a military coat, ruffled shirt and a tricorne hat with a bow on the front. He carries a walking stick, and the pommel of his sword is just visible behind the voluminous dress of his wife, whose face is nearly hidden in an enormous calash hat of the period
Alternative Title:
Captain Calipash and Mrs. Calipee
Description:
Title from item., Trimmed within plate mark., Signed in lower left image M.D. i.e. Matthias Darly?, MD of publisher's name form a monogram., and Numbered '35' in ink on upper mount.