Oval portrait in a gilt frame, a fashionably dressed woman seated on a chair set on a terrace. She is shown in profile looking towards the right at a book in her left hand. Her right arm is at her side, her hand stroking the head of a dog at her feet. She has pearls in her hair, at her neck, and at her wrists and a oval brooch at her chest
Description:
Title from dealer's catalog. and Date based on year noted on the page of the diary in the image.
Volume 1, page 10b. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A grinning man with a long queue stands facing right, holding a pair of shears in his left hand. He holds wooden box that serves as a stool in his right hand, and under his right arm is a struggling dog. Behind him, in the upper left, hangs a sign with three fleur-de-lis that is lettered "LA VENGEANCE De crotteur royal Tond des CHIENS Proprement".
Description:
Title, printmaker, and publication date supplied by curator., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., For a version of this design in reverse, published 25 April 1771 by M. Darly, see no. 4668 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Mounted on page 10b in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
An enraged man with clenched fists, the presumed speaker of the diatribe inscribed below image, is flanked by family members. On his right his wife attempts to calm him ("Brother patriot you'll choak yourself with passion") while his diminutive son tugs at his clothes pleading "Daddy I wish you'd let the Patriots alone & give my Mammy some money to buy a Calfs Head for Dinner for I'm sure the Patriots wont," while another son holds on to the woman saying "Mother shant I be a Patriot when I'm a man". A bootblack seated to the left of the group says "Have 'em blackd your Honor. Twig the patriot your Honor". Two dogs are present as well, one barking wears a collar inscribed Patriot, while the other urinates on the man's shoe. Quotes appear in balloons
Alternative Title:
I am a patriot d- me Sir and I am a patriot damn me Sir
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger; printmaker surmised by repository., Trimmed into image with loss of imprint and portion of inscription torn., Publisher statement from impression in the Library of Congress., Inscription beneath image: I am a Patriot d- me Sir and I will be a Patriot & what of that & pray G- D- me Sir what do you mean by asking my Reasons did you ever know a Patriot that could give a Reason - only D- me I hate every thing thats done by any body that could or would do good to their Country and so d- me Sir that's what we call Patriotism., Date of "1778" written in contemporary hand between image and inscription., and Mounted to 20 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. accordg. to Act of Parlt. Octr. 21 1776 by J. Lockington Shug Lane ...