"The patriots (known as 'Bataves', who had emigrated in 1787 after their defeat by the Anglo-Prussian alliance, see BMSat 7178, &c.) approach the committee (apparently two French Représentants en Mission) with requests for money and clothes. Four men stand obsequiously on the right, two with papers inscribed 'Request'. From the pocket of one (right), dressed as a soldier, projects a carriage-lamp (which he is alleged in the text to have stolen). One Frenchman (wearing a scarf inscribed 'Representant'), holding a pair of breeches, puts money into an outstretched palm. The other haughtily watches the suppliants. On the left an old Jew measures a patriot wearing sabots, his coat inscribed 'N° 25', for a suit of clothes. Behind him is a wall from which projects a sign: 'Nathan Levi Uitdraager en Kleermaaker' [broker and tailor]. On the wall are four pegs, from one hangs a 'Capts Pack': coat, boots, and sword, from another a 'Lts Pack': coat and sword. Between them hangs a small empty bag of 'Courage Militais' [sic], and on the right a mask. Behind the suppliants is a door (right) above which is a notice surmounted by a cap of liberty: 'Nederlandsche \ Societeÿt \ Vry Wÿn en Moll' [Wine and beer gratis]. On the door: 'gebranndte Waateren te koop' [brandy for sale]. Text, 'Proverbs', xiii. 21."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., Artist identified as Hess and printmaker questionably identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Possibly published by Hannah Humphrey. See British Museum catalogue., One of twenty plates published as a bound set entitled: Hollandia regenerata., Plate numbered "12" in upper left corner., With: Letterpress explanation in French that includes appropriate texts from the Bible in Dutch and in English., Temporary local subject terms: Holland: civil discord -- Committees: refugee committee -- Frenchmen -- Lamps: carriage lamps -- Jews -- Trades: tailors -- Brokers -- Military uniforms: Dutch uniforms -- Cap of liberty., and Letterpress explanation lacking.
"A lamp-lighter (left) stands dejectedly on his ladder which rests against a stone obelisk supporting a lamp whose glass is broken. The light has been extinguished by a blast from the head of a cherub emerging from clouds (right). A man wearing a cocked hat standing by the lamp-post tries in vain to get a spark from a flint. A stout citizen bends over a cup held by an old woman seated on the right, he stirs it and blows upon it, evidently trying to kindle a light. A dog befouls the obelisk. '. . . Ce Committé se donne bien dela peine pour allumer la grande lanterne. Mais - le vent siffie - les verres sont cassé - comment les raccomoder ? - ' Text, 'Job', xviii. 5."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., Artist identified as Hess and printmaker questionably identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Possibly published by Hannah Humphrey. See British Museum catalogue., One of twenty plates published as a bound set entitled: Hollandia regenerata., Plate numbered "9" in upper left corner., With: Letterpress explanation in French that includes appropriate texts from the Bible in Dutch and in English., Temporary local subject terms: Holland: civil discord -- Committees: committee of public instruction -- Lamp-lighters -- Lighting: lamps -- Dutchmen., and Letterpress explanation lacking.
"An old woman of repulsive and disreputable appearance sits full-face surrounded by quack doctors. Her cap is inscribed 'Rep: Bat' (Batavian Republic), her petticoat is decorated with the seven [The artist has arranged the arrows in groups of five, not seven] arrows of the United Provinces. Her feet are in a tub of water. One doctor (left) holds her arm, the blood from which gushes into a bowl on her lap. Another (right) applies a cupping-glass to her left shoulder. A man (right) stands primly in profile to the left holding his cane; from his pocket protrudes a book: 'Traité sur la Reconaissance'. (He is 'Citoyen L' who owes everything to the ex-Stadholder.) Two military officers also watch the treatment, one (left) has a clyster-pipe under his arm. Standing behind, and on a higher level, is the zany (cf. BMSat 6398, &c), holding up a club wreathed with a serpent in his right hand, a bottle inscribed 'Tinct. Univer.' in the left. On the ground is a prescription inscribed 'R. P M: Mere' [i.e. Merc]. Text, 'Jeremiah', li. 9."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., Artist identified as Hess and printmaker questionably identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Possibly published by Hannah Humphrey. See British Museum catalogue., One of twenty plates published as a bound set entitled: Hollandia regenerata., Plate numbered "15" in upper left corner., With: Letterpress explanation in French that includes appropriate texts from the Bible in Dutch and in English., Temporary local subject terms: Holland: civil discord -- Committees: health committee -- Quacks -- Quacks' zanies -- Military uniforms: French uniforms -- Medical instruments: clyster pipes -- Medical procedures: bleeding -- Emblems: Caduceus -- Medicine: mercury -- Water tubs -- Allusion to the Batavian Republic., and Letterpress explanation lacking.
"Two French commissaries stand (left), each with a book under his arm, holding out their demands for assignments on the exchequer; one has a paper inscribed 'Payer'. Their president, as in BMSat 8849, shrugging his shoulders, answers 'Impossible!' Another man seated on a bale (right) counts on his fingers; before him are figures giving a total of 'o'. A third holds up a paper: '2 /2 /3/', looking at it through an eye-glass. On the wall is a 'Tafel van Multiplicatie' and beside it shelves in which are books and bundles of papers, one inscribed 'Pretentions des Trouppes Suisses'. A shelf is inscribed 'Insolvable'. Text, 'Ecclesiasticus, Jesus Sirach', xli. 24."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., Artist identified as Hess and printmaker questionably identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Possibly published by Hannah Humphrey. See British Museum catalogue., One of twenty plates published as a bound set entitled: Hollandia regenerata., Plate numbered "5" in upper left corner., With: Letterpress explanation in French that includes appropriate texts from the Bible in Dutch and in English., Temporary local subject terms: Frenchmen -- Dutchmen -- Committees: finance committee -- Holland: civil discord., and Letterpress explanation lacking.
Title from text engraved above image., Attributed to Berge in an unverified card catalog record., Publication date from book in which this print was published., Earlier lettering burnished from plate and replaced with title and verse of this edition., On sheet with five columns of letterpress., Four lines of verse in Dutch below the design: Het Actiescheepjen , omgeslingerd op de báren ..., Plate 46 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ...?, Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: South Sea Bubble., Watermark., Mounted to 46 x 33 cm., and Title translation on verso of mounting: The jolting share-ship of Mme. Company and Mr. Bubbles.
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Royal bedchamber at Richmond Lodge(?) -- Domestic service: black footboy -- Royal arms -- Royal beds -- Crowns -- Courtiers -- Carpets.
Publisher:
P. Schenk?
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760., Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737., William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765., and Suffolk, Henrietta Hobart Howard, Countess of, 1688?-1767.
Title from text engraved above image., Attributed to P.V.D. Berge in an unverified card catalog record., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Earlier lettering burnished from plate and replaced with title and verse of this edition., On one sheet with five columns of letterpress., Four lines of verse below image: Schoon de eid'le Hoop nog hoopt, het actie boomtze sterft ..., Plate 49 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark., Sheet numbered '49' in pencil in an unidentified hand in upper right corner, recto; mounted to 46 x 33 cm., and Title translation on verso of mount: The emanciation and death of the share tree.
In avenue of trees beside a rail-fence, an old farmer's wife (right), wearing spectales and dressed in black silk hat and mantle and muslin apron, starts back in astonishment at seeing her daughter (left) dressed in the extreme fashion of 1765-1775, with high hair and hat perching on top; at the girl's feet (left) is a small lap-dog
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Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Copy of a print originally published by Carington Bowles in 1770. See no. 4537 and 4538 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the Act directs, 11th October 1779 by Robert Wilkinson, at No. 58 in Cornhill
In avenue of trees, an old farmer's wife (right), dressed in black silk hat and mantle and muslin apron, starts back in astonishment at seeing her daughter (left) dressed in the extreme fashion of 1765-1775, with high hair and hat perching on top; to the left a black page boy holds the girl's lap-dog. In the distance on the left is a house with two gable windows
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Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "From an original drawing by Grimm." See Stephens., Companion print of: Welladay! is this my son Tom!, Cf. "Be not amaz'd dear mother. It is indeed your daughter Anne" no. 4537 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / F.G. Stephens, v. 4. Published by Carington Bowles in 1770., No. 6 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Daughters, Dogs, Hairstyles, Servants, and Mothers