John Bull lies on his back in bed, his mouth gaping; Pitt, a goblin creature, sits on his chest in profile to the right, holding above his upturned head a loaf inscribed '13 Pence'. Pitt has a huge head, much caricatured, with starting eyeballs; his hair stands up and the bag of his queue, inscribed 'Taxes', flies out behind him. Through a casement window (left) looks a fantastic French republican, with bulging eyeballs and fang-like teeth, glaring at John Bull; from his neck hangs the model of a guillotine. Behind his head is a waning moon. Beside him are the words: 'Republic War and Famine for Ever.' Beneath the bed is a chamber-pot inscribed 'John Bull'; beside it is a chair on which stands a candle.
Alternative Title:
Nightmare
Description:
A satire, alluding to Henry Fuseli's The Nightmare., Attributed by George to West., CtY-LW, Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Augst. 13, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville St.,
"A design divided into two portions by a vertical line and a slanting line which diverges to the right from the vertical line forming with it an obtuse angle. On the left of this division are the Speaker and three members of the House of Commons; on the right the Chancellor and three peers. Only a small part of the Speaker and his chair are visible on the extreme left. Fox stands facing him, his right hand extended, his left on his hip, a scroll inscribed 'Consuetudo et Lex Parliamenti' issues from his mouth. Burke stands with his back to Fox, scowling with folded arms; his scroll is inscribed 'Tropes Figures and a long Speech'. Sheridan stands in back view, facing Burke and bending forward, his scroll is 'Speech all Point'. The figures on the right have similar attitudes to those on the left, only the extreme left of the Chancellor and Woolsack being visible. Loughborough, in back view, wearing a judge's wig and gown, says "Lex Parliamenti"; Stormont says "Long Speech". Lord Derby, turning to the right in a mincing attitude, says, "Point de tout". Beneath the titles is etched: 'Each Patriots Speech another Speech affords The C . . . . ns have their Echo in the left . . . ds Thus Opposition proves the Assertion true That even Shadows have their Shadows too'"--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
de Grey., Four lines of text in two columns below title: Each patriots speech another speech affords / The C....ns have their echo in the L...ds ...", Inscribed in ink by an early hand below the design: "Fox, Burke Sheridan in the H: of Commons"., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publ'd 31st March 1788 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Name):
Cornell, Thos., active 1780-1792
Subject (Topic):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Thurlow, Edward Thur
"Price only one shilling with a suitable frame included.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Sheet appears to be trimmed outside of plate mark but plate mark not traceable., Suckling ; May 1956., and Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: chairs -- Dented swords -- Orbs -- Dishes: teacups and saucers -- Dishes: plates -- Dishes: teapots -- Toys: teddy bears? -- India crackers -- Dishes: pots -- Ornaments: satyr's head.
Publisher:
Publishd according to act of Parliament, June 1st, 1789, by E. Harding
Printseller's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening. and Temporary local subject terms: Nobodies -- Female dress, 1795: high-waisted dresses -- Female dress: cross-gartered stockings -- Shoes: cothurnes -- Hats, 1795 -- Headdresses, 1795 -- Allusion to frocks of waggoners.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augst. 4, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville Street,
"Portrait standing whole-length next to an orange tree, left foot raised on the plinth below it, left arm resting on the large urn in which the tree is planted, holding a fruit and gesturing towards it with the other hand, smiling towards the viewer; from a series of thirteen plates after Kneller."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Printmaker and publishers statements taken from alternate state, see British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins, resulting in loss of imprint., and Title and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.1207.
Publisher:
[J. Cooper],
Subject (Name):
Bliss, G. T.--Mrs.--Ownership., Bliss, Susan Dwight--Donor., Cooper, John, fl. 1726-1737, publisher., and Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723, artist.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Numbered '328' in lower right of plate., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. 2., Temporary local subject headings: Major Skey., and Title supplied by cataloger.