Title from item., Plate from: Westminster Magazine. London : Printed for W. Goldsmith, v. 2 (1774) , p. 416., Two lines of verse below image: Thy kingdom, Stanisl'us, is now at stake. To four such stomachs, 'tis a mere plumb cake., and Temporary local subject terms: Partitions of Poland: 1st partition, 1772.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Stanisław II August, King of Poland, 1732-1798, and Abdul Hamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Price 6 Pence"., Eight lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: Behold that race whence Englands woes proceed ..., Seven lines of quotations from Bible in the lower left corner of plate: Jer. 23.21 & 32: I have not sent these prophets yet they ran ..., Seven lines of text in the lower right corner of plate: Scotch Presbyterian eloquence, page 4: one of these vile hypocrites ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Presbyterian clergy.
The Queen, grossly caricatured, sits on a zebra which stands in a round band-box with a hinged and upturned lid inscribed 'a Present from Bart. Bergami'. The zebra has the (profile) head of Wood, looking with greedy and imbecile satisfaction towards a sieve of food inscribed 'Garden of St Cath[erine]'. This is held out by two hands projecting from the right margin. The Queen, with a grin both calculating and insane, sits full-face, negligently holding reins attached to Wood's mouth, her right hand on her hip. She sits in a smaller (bottomless) band-box which surrounds her entirely from just below her large waist down, with only one leg extended below. She wears a décolletée dress; on her head is an erection of feathers and flowers rising from a circlet inscribed 'Wood'. An owl (cf. British Museum satires no. 14199) flies by her head. In the background is Brandenburgh House, in front of which is a braying ass
Alternative Title:
Queen's ass in a band-box
Description:
Title etched below image., A reversed copy of a print attributed to Theodore Lane that was published 22 January 1821 by G. Humphrey. See no. 14110 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., and The letters "ee" have been added in ink to the censored word "Qu-n's" in title, to complete the intended word "Queen's".
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., and Brandenburgh House (London, England),
"Portrait seen three-quarter length, directed towards right, facing towards and looking to front, wig, velvet coat, ruffles, right arm across that of chair, hand holding pen, left arm on table to right, on which lie inkstand and papers addressed."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Right Honorable Horatio Walpole Esq
Description:
Title etched below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with some loss of image and text; complete printmaker's signature from Smith., and Mounted to 37 x 26 cm.
"Portrait seen three-quarter length, directed towards right, facing towards and looking to front, wig, velvet coat, ruffles, right arm across that of chair, hand holding pen, left arm on table to right, on which lie inkstand and papers addressed."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Right Honorable Horatio Walpole Esq
Description:
Title etched below image., Early state, before addition of date at end of artist's signature. Cf. State I in: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v. 3, no. 157, page 1122., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted to 43 x 33 cm., and Annotated by Horace Walpole in pencil (traced in ink) in lower left corner: Created Lord Walpole June 1756.
"Portrait, whole length; standing to front, with head turned towards right, looking to front; wearing a long wig, ermine-trimmed robes, lace cravat, breeches and stockings, and a sword hanging from a belt; holding a crown in his right hand; his left hand at his chest; on left, column wrapped in curtain bearing coat of arms with motto: 'Virtute et Fide'; on right, ornate vase in a niche; after Dahl."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Place of publication from printmaker's place of activity., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of last line of text., and In paper frame: 461 x 343 mm.
Title from item., Possibly engraved when Pitt was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1782 but before he became prime minister in 1783?, Mounted to 75 x 52 cm.; written on lower portion of mount: S. 72679. In the center: 56. Stamped in black ink in lower right corner: 56. Lower center: 93., and Stamped in purple ink on verso "Fürst zy Liechtenstein. Wein."
On the right, the chairman of the Robin Hood Society leans over a rostrum toward the speaker, Jeffery Dunstan, a hawker whose physical deformities and wit led to his election as the "mayor of Garrett" shown in the image behind him on the wall. The caricatured audience, plebeian in its appearance, along with the subject of an upcoming debate announced on the side of the rostrum, further ridicule this well-known debating society
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image. and Cf. No. 6331 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Debates and debating, Audiences, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 1st 1752.
Call Number:
752.06.01.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 'Price 6d. plain. Colour'd 1s.', Three columns of text below image: It is impossible to trace the origins of the above society, tho we imagine they first took the name of Robin Hood from their shootting [sic] with long bows ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Debating societies: The Robin Hood Society -- Allusion to trades -- Male dress, 1752 -- Writing implements: quill and inkwell -- Hammer -- Food: loaves of bread -- Furniture: table -- Benches -- Lighting: chandeliers -- Candlesticks -- Containers: tankard with lid -- Watches -- Butcher Row -- Trades: shoemakers -- Butchers -- Customs -- Books -- Humpbacks.
"Portrait, half-length, facing front, facing and looking to front, wearing a cap trimmed with lace, a dress with large sleeves, lace at the cuffs, and broad skirts, drawing together a lace-trimmed scarf around her neck."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable Ethelreda Viscountess Townshend
Description:
Title engraved below image., Engraved after a painting by Carle Vanloo; see British Museum online catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title from lower edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1885,0509.1546., Mounted on page 162 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.