From the Collection: Howard of Escrick, Edward Howard, Baron, -1675
Published / Created:
1641 Sep 25
Call Number:
OSB MSS 61
Container / Volume:
Box 1, folder 20
Image Count:
4
Description:
2p., 31 x 20 cm L 8,000 for Berwick is insufficient, ships needed for transport of munitions; Lord Mourtons's removal from list of Councillors delays King's return, which Committee wishes to hasten.
BEIN Za W255 946A copy 1: "First edition.", BEIN Za W255 946Aab: "First edition." On slip tipped in: Advance copy. Quotation from Sinclair Lewis on dust wrapper: What Sinclair Lewis says about All the king's men., and BEIN Za W255 946A copy 2: "[d.8.46]"--4th printing of August 1946. Dust jacket and belly band.
BEIN Za W255 946Ad: Dust jacket. Advertisements on [6] p. at end not noted in pagination., BEIN Modern Library 858: Advertisements on [6] p. at end not noted in pagination. Inscribed in ms.: Theodore and Lillian McClintock, library sale 1970. From the collection of John I. Ely., and "Random House is the publisher of The Modern Library"--T.p. verso.
"Frontispiece to 'All the Talents', 18th edition, satirical verses by 'Polypus', i.e. E. S. Barrett, attacking the late Ministry. The print (Hogarthian in manner) has little relation to the verses, and is probably adapted from an earlier satire, perhaps on Bute. A creature with the body of a man and the face of an ape, with a tail, tramples on burning papers. It wears spectacles, a large wig, bands, old-fashioned laced coat (with a star), and tattered breeches. On one foot is a shoe; the left. leg is in a large jack-boot (? originally an emblem of Bute). In the right hand is a crozier with which he pulls down two books from a shelf: 'Magna Charter' and 'Coronation Oath'. Behind him a musket inscribed 'Army', the barrel pointing upwards, is firing a blast at the falling books. His left hand rests on a book or ledger, open on a book-stand, in which he writes with the feathered end of his pen. The page is headed 'Finance'; from the book hangs a paper: 'Country Dances'. The burning papers are inscribed 'Negotiation' [bis], 'Sinecures'. He is smoking a pipe from which thick clouds of smoke rise and obscure a profile bust portrait of Pitt. Below the design: 'Monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens, cui lumen ademptum.'."--British Museum online catalogue. and British Museum curator's comments: The monster symbolizes the blind and reckless politician. The verses, though published after the fall of the Ministry ... were written before it, and do not allude to the Catholic question, here indicated by the treatment of the 'Coronation Oath'. Nor are the peace negotiations, ... directly referred to. They contain a tribute to Pitt, and gibes at Petty, ... here illustrated. They went through nineteen editions in 1807 ....
Description:
Lettered below title with a line from Virgil (Aeniad, III, 658): Monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens, cui lumen ademptum., Plate from: All the Talents, 18th edition, satirical verses by 'Polypus.', and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Barrett, Eaton Stannard, 1786-1820, artist., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., and Stockdale, John Joseph, 1770-1847, publisher.
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations., Apes., and Pipes (Smoking)
"The White Horse of Hanover (the King) kicks violently; he has thrown off members of the Ministry who lie under his heels, while Howick and Grenville are about to fall from the saddle; the reins have broken. On the horse's shoulder is the star of the Garter. Grenville, on the hind-quarters, his peer's robe floating behind him, holds the (torn) 'Catholic Bil[l]', while he clutches the slipping Howick. In the middle distance (l.) John Bull, a yokel in a smock, watches delightedly, saying, "Dang it! he has kicked um off at last zure enough! Aye, Aye, it was that cursed Catholic Bill tickled his rightump and set him a Kicking." Sidmouth lies in front of the animal, holding up his arm; he clutches a clyster-pipe (cf. BMSat 9849). The others (l. to r.) are Petty and Erskine in their gowns; the former clutches Howick's r. ankle, dragging him down; the latter sits on a cushion inscribed '4.000 Pr Anm' [see BMSat 10714.] He says: "I've had a cursed short ride! and if it had not been for this little cushion I should have a confounded thump on my Rump." Ellenborough tries to protect his head from the horse's heels. Sheridan, as Harlequin (see BMSat 9916), sprawls on the ground, bleeding at the nose. Moira runs off, as does Temple, also with a bleeding nose; he says: "Curse that Stone I've broke my Nose against it." Before him is a large piece of 'Portland Stone' [see BMSat 10718, &c]; behind him is his spectacled father, Buckingham. On the extreme right. are Windham and Lauderdale, wearing a plaid."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
High mettled Hanoverian grown restive
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Catholic Bill., and Mounted to 32 x 47 cm.; figures identified by m.s. annotations on mount.
Publisher:
Pubd. April, 1807 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, and Windham, William, 1750-1810
BEIN Ih T215 +C630: Imperfect: A1 (blank? wanting); engraved t.p. slightly mutilated. Armorial bookplate: Aldenham House, Herts. Autograph: Henry H. Gibbs, St. Dunstans, 1860, bought of Libby., BEIN Osborn fpb42: 30 cm. Bookplate: A[rthur] L[ytton] S[ells]. Autograph: Charles Cotton. Autograph: Ber[esford] Cotton. Autograph: Jane [Cotton]. Ms. annotations on endpapers and in text. From the library of Henry Huth. Printed waste used in binding., BEIN Osborn fpb62: Imperfect: 2Q4 torn at fore-edge with some loss of text. Bookplate: Robert S. Pirie. Manuscript corrections, underlining, and notes throughout., Signatures: A-N⁶ O² 2A-2Q⁶ 2R⁴ 2S² 3A-3K⁶, ²3A-3L⁶ ²3M⁸., First leaf (A1) is blank, the engraved title page is a singleton and inserted following it., Added title page, engraved by T. Cockson with portrait of author in lower center., Not in fact a complete edition of the author's works; a number of which had been previously published are omitted., With woodcut illustrations and portraits., Numerous errors in pagination., Printers' names from STC: "Beale printed quires A, 2A-2S, and 3A-3K; Allde printed B-O; Alsop and Fawcett printed ²3A-3M"., and Partly in verse.
Publisher:
Printed by J.B. [i.e. John Beale, Elizabeth Allde, Bernard Alsop and Thomas Fawcett] for Iames Boler, at the signe of the Marigold in Pauls Churchyard
Title from caption below image., Date of publication based on running dates of the Great Exhibition: 1 May to 15 October, 1851., Artist's signature appears within design., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.