Title from item., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Two images on one plate, signed below Lambeth and Spital Fields., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... where folios of caracatures are lent out for the evening., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: Lamabeth Palace -- Interiors: parsonage -- Poverty vs. abundance -- Spitalfields -- Subscriptions for war victims -- Consequences of war -- Banquets -- Dishes: tureen with bishop's mitre -- Food: roasted turkey -- Footmen -- Literature: Samuel Coleridge's Essay on His Own Time, i.45 -- John Moore, 1733-1805, Archibishop of Canterbury.
On the right a grotesque figure representing the French Republic sits on a pile of gin barrels, serpents writhing in her hair as flames -- labelled Rapine, Murder, Famine, Atheism -- spit from their mouths. At her feet lies the decapitated figure of Justice. Approaching her from the left are Stanhope carrying a model of the House of Lords, a crown, sceptre and the Holy Bible. Following him is Sheridan carrying a model of the Bank of England and Fox who carries a model of India House and the royal arms. The British lion walks in the opposite direction away from the arms. Next, Whitbread hauls three barrels labelled "Whitbreads intire", the Duke of Bedford a promisary note, and finally Erskine carries a pile of books labelled "Treason / Law of / Libel / Misprisons of ..."
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., "Publ" in imprint partially burnished from plate., and Mounted to 30 x 47 cm.; caricatures partially identified on mount.
Publisher:
Publ. Feby 10, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, and Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
Subject (Topic):
Justice (Virtue), Sansculottes, History, Foreign public opinion, British, and Foreign relations
Title etched below image., Eight lines of verse in two columns on sides of title: When he came to the Court, oh, what giggle and sport ..., Temporary local subject terms: Costume: Turkish costume -- Plenipotentiaries -- Eye-glasses -- Court -- Turks -- Alllusion to Barbary Coast -- Wands: Lord Chamberlain's wand -- Naval uniforms: admiral's uniform -- Ministers: Turkish minister., and Matted to 41 x 56 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Janry 1, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, and Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823
Title from item., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... who has fitted up his caracature exhibition in an entire novel stile [sic]. Admit. 1 s. NB. folios lent out., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to the French Revolution -- Reference to Louis XVI, King of France -- Symbols: skull and cross-bones -- Daggers -- Guns: pistols -- Executions -- Poverty., Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials G R below., and With S.W. Fores stamp.
Publisher:
Pub. March 10, 1794, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., One line of text below title: Lovely woman. There is in you all that we believe of heaven., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., "No. 129" from the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., and Temporary local subject terms: Female costume, 1794 -- Veils-- Male costume, 1794 -- Walking -- Military uniforms: naval officer's uniform -- Quizzing glasses.
Publisher:
Published 1st Novr. 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., Publisher's statement following imprint: who has lately fitted up his exhibition in an entire novel stile [sic] admittance one shilling. NB. folios of caracatures [sic] lent out., Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: Dutch Light Horsemen -- Timpani -- Trumpets -- Pulleys -- Smoking: pipes -- Guns: muskets., and Watermark in center of sheet.
Publisher:
Pub. July 24, 1794, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
"Bottom sits in an arm-chair directed to the left, wearing spectacles on his ass's forehead. In his right hand is a piece of charcoal in a holder, in his left is a paper, which he is studying. Above his head is etched 'Apollo'. On the left stands a man looking over Bottom's shoulder, his fists clenched. Behind (right) two students (seated) draw from the antique, a nude male statue on a pedestal just above the level of their heads."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image, a line from a speech by the character Quince, from Shakespeare's A midsummer night's dream, iii.1.121., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Six lines of verse below title: "W_hen Phidias or Raph'el shall chuse to repair, I_ncog to our fine modern Artists' fam'd School, L_ost in wonder to see stuck in Genius's Chair T_he Block which now fills it) a formal old Fool. O_ ff again with this sneering Remark they will go, N_o marvel your Pupils old Friend are so so". JP.", and Initial letters of each line form word 'Wilton.'
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany 1, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Wilton, Joseph, 1722-1803, Richards, John Inigo, 1731-1810, Phidias, approximately 500 B.C.-approximately 430 B.C., Raphael, 1483-1520., Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain), and Apollo (Deity)
Subject (Topic):
Artists' materials, Artists' models, and Sculptors
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '131' in lower right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Pastimes: games -- Games: 'Blindman's buff' -- Haystocks.
Publisher:
Published 1st Decr. 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"A domestic concert with a lady playing the piano, accompanied by male violinist, cellist and flautist, while a man sings behind; a man listening throws up his hands in horror."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Concert of vocal and instrumental music and Rising generation of Orpheus
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker identified from an original drawing in the Huntington Library., One of a series of Drolls., Eleven lines of verse in three columns below title: Orpheus was music master of the woods ..., Plate numbered '84' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: allusion to Orpheus -- Musical scores -- Musical instruments: cello, with head carved at top -- Pianoforte -- Violin -- Flute or recorder -- Amateur musicians -- Songs: God Save the King.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London