Caption title above woodcut., Date range conjectural., Verse begins: "In Rome a nobleman did wed"., In five columns with the title and woodcut above the first three; the columns are not separated by rules., In this setting line 24 begins with "and"., Mounted on leaf 51. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Rome (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Household employees, Murder, Master and servant, Abused children, Pleading (Begging), Homicides, and Criminals
Title from item., Engraved broadside poem illustrated with etching at top of sheet., Eight stanzas of song in two columns below image: Now ghosts are in fashion resolv'd to make one, I'm come sir to tell you that you must have done ..., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
[publisher not identified].
Subject (Name):
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
"Heading to a printed broadside. Four Ministers, summoned by the King, sit at a table bending over a crown broken into two pieces. Sidmouth (right), tilting forward his seat, which is a commode, holds his clyster-pipe; in his pocket is a bottle labelled 'Strong Mixture'. He says: "There seems to have been a flaw in it for some years it only required a slight tap to do all the mischief." Liverpool, next him, says: "Some Foreign Cement or a decoction of steel lozenges [see British Museum Satires No. 13513] properly applied may stick them together for the present, but I'm afraid it won't last long, the parts seem of opposite compositions." Castlereagh says, with a sinister smile: "By the Ghost of my Father I will hold it together by a Tringular [sic] Proceeding. & whip it all round" [see British Museum Satires No. 14135]. Wellington, dressed as a field-marshal, and wearing cavalry boots with huge spurs, sits in a chair decorated with military emblems; he says: "Steel filings and leaded paste is the only Composition to be depended on." At his feet are bayonets and cannon-balls, with (left) a cannon, and a huge ball inscribed 'Bolus'. Behind Sidmouth stands George IV (right) in consultation with Eldon; he weeps, holding his handkerchief to his eye, and says, pointing to his Ministers: "Cant Sid my Tool and L--r--pl, Some how contrive to mend it." Eldon, in Chancellor's wig and gown, holds the lower end of the mace against his chin with a puzzled scowl. He answers: "Dash my Wig if I know what to do! my head's in Chancery." Beside him are two 'Old Green Bags done with' [see British Museum Satires Nos. 13735, 13986]. At the King's feet is a paper: 'Straight Jacket'. By Sidmouth's chair are papers: 'A Blister for the Radicals if they Kick up a Row'; 'A Gagging Bandage', with a pot of 'Poison for the Q . . .' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13868]. Also the words 'Filth', 'Dirt'. On the extreme left, John Bull, a stout and formidable 'cit', is seated on a bale inscribed 'Knowledge is Power' [see British Museum Satires No. 14005]. One hand is on his hip, the other on a bludgeon of 'English Oak'. He says, frowning at the Ministers: "I think the following prescription would be the best Cement, a handful of reformation; a large portion of the abolition of Sinicures [sic], a ladle full of the reduction of Taxes, with a plentiful solution of the Oil of Just Claims, and attention to the wants of an industrious part of the Community, would more safely ensure a permanent union with the separate pieces than all the cement or steel lozengers [sic] in the world." The Queen looks in through a small window, Wood looking over her shoulder; they watch the proceedings, tense and indignant. Above the King's head is a shelf of 'Chinese Toys from Hot Creek': a little pagoda flanked by figures of (left) a fat lady and a thin man (the Conynghams) and (right) a squatting obese man (the King). The last two of seven verses (of a 'New Version'): "She claims a share "To all (I swear!) "That I possess;--but mind her "Good C--tl--gh, "Look sharp--d'y' see "There's Radicals behind her. "A stronger pill "'S required still "Than G--ff--d's famous lotion; "Your brains well shake, "The corners rake, To give the jade a motion."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Disasters of a green-bag chief!!!
Description:
Title from letterpress text below image., Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Mounted on page 38 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861., and Conyngham, Henry, Marquess, 1766-1832.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Tables, Crowns, Medical equipment & supplies, Bayonets, Cannons, Cannon balls, Crying, Ceremonial maces, Bags, and Windows
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.
Caption title., A version of this song appeared in The Gentleman's bottle companion (1768)., In verse., First line: Not far from town a country squire ..., Not in ESTC., and For further information, consult library staff.
Verse -- "Once I read a noble volume,"., In five columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first three; the columns are not separated by rules; there is no imprint., Divided into four parts; each part headed with a line reading "PART [roman numeral].", Column 2, line 1: "Prince and princess both admire"; column 4, last line: "Since he’s dead let us two die."; last line of text: "He is ace,borrinp royal sir,n." (apparently the last line dropped out and the types were replaced haphazardly)., Some letters of the title appear above the space between the woodcuts; in this printing, all or part of "Y[space]LO" are above the space. The right edge of the left woodcut aligns with the p in "princess" (column 2, line 1)., There are several printings from this setting of the text, with variations in several points: text of column 2/line 1, column 4/last line, and the last line of text; the presence or absence of part numbers; the alignment of the woodcuts with the title and text; and the presence or absence of an imprint., The other printings are ESTC N48661, T44329, N511125, N511126, and T44330., Dated from the address in the imprint found on one printing (ESTC T44330); see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Mounted on leaf 25. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
A slip-song - "O brave England’s forces!"., "In praise of James Butler, duke of Ormonde's campaigns in Spain against Cadiz and Vigo; after his banishment" (Foxon)., Foxon dates this "[1715/-]"; that is, no earlier than 1715 (the year of Ormonde’s banishment), but with no terminus ante quem specified., Mounted on leaf 43. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Spain
Subject (Name):
Ormonde, James Butler, Duke of, 1610-1688
Subject (Topic):
Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1747, Campaigns, Vigo Bay, Battle of, Spain, 1702, Naval warfare, Warships, and Sailing ships
Verse -- "A wealthy man of late, we hear,"., In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; imprint at foot of the fourth column, below a single rule; the columns are not separated by rules., Also published with title ’A cabinet of good counsel’., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Mounted on leaf 45. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Verse begins: "Attend, ye lovers, and give an ear"., In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., The left woodcut is found in other broadsides with Bow Church Yard and Aldermary Church Yard imprints; the date range is that covering both imprints; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Susan’s surname appears in other editions as either Massie or Mease., Mounted on leaf 60. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Cemeteries, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Skulls, and Staffs (Sticks)
Verse - "In Bath a wanton wife did dwell,"., What appears to be the same setting of type was also issued with imprint: Sold at no. 42, Long Lane; dated from that address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157. Appearance of woodcut suggests this issue preceded one with imprint., In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 63. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
J. Evans?
Subject (Geographic):
Bath (England)
Subject (Topic):
Repentance, Women, Moral and ethical aspects, Heaven, and Gates