"A design in four compartments. [1] THE SULTAN RETIRING The Prince of Wales in flowered dressing-gown and night-cap stands arrogantly with folded arms, saying "Va-ten" [sic], as in BMSat 8807, to the dwarfish Lord Jersey (right), who stands deferentially before him, holding a candle, and raising his hand to his forehead with a senile grin. The Prince stands at the foot of Lady Jersey's bed (left), where she lies expectantly. It is decorated with two earl's coronets, but under it is a chamber-pot ornamented with the Prince's feathers. On the wall (right) is a picture of a turbaned and arrogant Turk, standing among the ladies of his harem, who are seated around him. Probably imitated from BMSat 8807. Reproduced, Fuchs und Kind, 'Die Weiberherrschaft', i. 153.[2] FASHIONABLE PASTIME Lady Jersey sits on a settee, holding her arms above her head, two fingers in each hand extended to simulate horns. Before her is Lord Jersey, bending under the weight of the Prince, who sits on his shoulders; he supports himself by resting his hands on his wife's lap. The Prince, very fat and complacent in his Light Horse uniform (see BMSat 8800), wearing a helmet, with slippers and ungartered stockings, holds Jersey by the head, his fingers extended like Lady Jersey's (as in BMSats 8811, 8816), and putting a hand over Jersey's eyes and mouth. Lady Jersey wears a loose high-waisted dress, with uncovered breast, and flowing hair. Both say: "Buck-Buck how many Horns do I hold up". Jersey answers "one you say & two there is Buck Buck". A cat (left) slinks off to the left. On the wall behind the Prince (right) is a picture of 'Sir Rd Worsley', a free copy of BMSat 6109, the right portion being cut off by the margin of the design. Reproduced, Fuchs und Kind, 'Die Weiberherrschaft', i. 153.[3] THE DISCOVERY The Princess (right) draws aside the fringed curtains of a bed in which lie the Prince (awake and dismayed) and Lady Jersey (asleep). She looks aside, weeping. Above her head are the words 'Give me [sic] all you can & let me Dream the Res [sic]'.[From Pope's 'Heloise to Abelard', often reprinted in the eighteenth century (cf. BMSat 9283).] Behind her head is a half length portrait of the Duke of Brunswick, his head turned towards his daughter but hidden by the Prince's helmet, which hangs from the frame. [4] CONFIDENCE BETRAYED The Prince is seated full-face, with a distraught expression, his left hand on his forehead, his right hovers above a pistol which lies on a table beside him. Lady Jersey stands on his left, holding an open letter addressed 'The D------ of B------c'. She puts her forefinger to her nose, saying, "Here would have been a rare Kettle of Fish to have served up to a German Prince". Through an open window (or perhaps in a picture) behind the Prince a landscape is indicated with forked lightning."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
The sultan retiring, Fashionable pastime, The discovery, and Confidence betrayed
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate divided into four compartments, each with caption title., One line of text below title: The very Stones look up to see, Such very Gorgeous Harlotry, Shameing an Honest Nation., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Cuckold's horns -- Coronets -- Guns: pistols., Names of the printmaker and subjects of satire printed on mat below image., and 1 print on wove paper : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 45 x 31 cm., window mounted to 53 x 39 cm., matted to 62 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. May 28, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Jersey, George Bussey Villiers, Earl of, 1735-1805, and Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Bedrooms, Candlesticks, Chamber pots, and Interiors
"A design in four compartments. [1] THE SULTAN RETIRING The Prince of Wales in flowered dressing-gown and night-cap stands arrogantly with folded arms, saying "Va-ten" [sic], as in BMSat 8807, to the dwarfish Lord Jersey (right), who stands deferentially before him, holding a candle, and raising his hand to his forehead with a senile grin. The Prince stands at the foot of Lady Jersey's bed (left), where she lies expectantly. It is decorated with two earl's coronets, but under it is a chamber-pot ornamented with the Prince's feathers. On the wall (right) is a picture of a turbaned and arrogant Turk, standing among the ladies of his harem, who are seated around him. Probably imitated from BMSat 8807. Reproduced, Fuchs und Kind, 'Die Weiberherrschaft', i. 153.[2] FASHIONABLE PASTIME Lady Jersey sits on a settee, holding her arms above her head, two fingers in each hand extended to simulate horns. Before her is Lord Jersey, bending under the weight of the Prince, who sits on his shoulders; he supports himself by resting his hands on his wife's lap. The Prince, very fat and complacent in his Light Horse uniform (see BMSat 8800), wearing a helmet, with slippers and ungartered stockings, holds Jersey by the head, his fingers extended like Lady Jersey's (as in BMSats 8811, 8816), and putting a hand over Jersey's eyes and mouth. Lady Jersey wears a loose high-waisted dress, with uncovered breast, and flowing hair. Both say: "Buck-Buck how many Horns do I hold up". Jersey answers "one you say & two there is Buck Buck". A cat (left) slinks off to the left. On the wall behind the Prince (right) is a picture of 'Sir Rd Worsley', a free copy of BMSat 6109, the right portion being cut off by the margin of the design. Reproduced, Fuchs und Kind, 'Die Weiberherrschaft', i. 153.[3] THE DISCOVERY The Princess (right) draws aside the fringed curtains of a bed in which lie the Prince (awake and dismayed) and Lady Jersey (asleep). She looks aside, weeping. Above her head are the words 'Give me [sic] all you can & let me Dream the Res [sic]'.[From Pope's 'Heloise to Abelard', often reprinted in the eighteenth century (cf. BMSat 9283).] Behind her head is a half length portrait of the Duke of Brunswick, his head turned towards his daughter but hidden by the Prince's helmet, which hangs from the frame. [4] CONFIDENCE BETRAYED The Prince is seated full-face, with a distraught expression, his left hand on his forehead, his right hovers above a pistol which lies on a table beside him. Lady Jersey stands on his left, holding an open letter addressed 'The D------ of B------c'. She puts her forefinger to her nose, saying, "Here would have been a rare Kettle of Fish to have served up to a German Prince". Through an open window (or perhaps in a picture) behind the Prince a landscape is indicated with forked lightning."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
The sultan retiring, Fashionable pastime, The discovery, and Confidence betrayed
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate divided into four compartments, each with caption title., One line of text below title: The very Stones look up to see, Such very Gorgeous Harlotry, Shameing an Honest Nation., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening., and Temporary local subject terms: Cuckold's horns -- Coronets -- Guns: pistols.
Publisher:
Pub. May 28, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Jersey, George Bussey Villiers, Earl of, 1735-1805, and Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Bedrooms, Candlesticks, Chamber pots, and Interiors
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Thirteen lines of text in two columns on both sides of title provide description of the animals in the menagerie numbered in the image., Temporary local subject terms: Economy: subsidies to allies -- Menageries -- Cages -- Crowns -- Money: guineas -- Male dress: Highland dress -- Personifications: Austrian leopard -- Prussian eagle -- Gallic cock -- Dutch frog -- Sardinian hedgehog -- Russian bear -- Swedish pig -- Condé mouse -- Brunswick mouse -- Neapolitan bat -- Pope as the 'Whore of Babylon'., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 33 x 46 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of imprint; mounted to 34 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 5th 1796 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville St.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Pius VI, Pope, 1717-1799
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Animal shows, Leopards, and Lions
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Thirteen lines of text in two columns on both sides of title provide description of the animals in the menagerie numbered in the image., and Temporary local subject terms: Economy: subsidies to allies -- Menageries -- Cages -- Crowns -- Money: guineas -- Male dress: Highland dress -- Personifications: Austrian leopard -- Prussian eagle -- Gallic cock -- Dutch frog -- Sardinian hedgehog -- Russian bear -- Swedish pig -- Condé mouse -- Brunswick mouse -- Neapolitan bat -- Pope as the 'Whore of Babylon'.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 5th 1796 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville St.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Pius VI, Pope, 1717-1799
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Animal shows, Leopards, and Lions
John Bull frightened out of his money and John Bull frightened out of his wits
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., The word "money" in the title has been scored through and replaced by the word "wits"., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Telegraphs -- Coins: guineas -- Reference to French invasion., and Watermark: Strasburg bend.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, and Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Regicide peace -- Malmesbury's peace negotiations, 1796 -- Pictures amplifying subject: Hercules breaking rods -- French government: Directory., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of sheet: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746-1820, Barras, Paul, vicomte de, 1755-1829, Carnot, Lazare, 1753-1823, and Reubell, Jean-François, 1747-1807
Title from item., Printmaker identified in British Museum catalogue., Four lines of text below title: The Leviathan among all creatures of the Crown ..., Printseller's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Pensions: Edmund Burke's pension -- Mourning -- Monsters -- Tombstones -- Literature: quotation from Burke's Letter to a Noble Lord., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials G R below.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 8, 1796, by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 and Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802
"The Empress Catherine, at the point of death, leans back supporting herself on a chest or seat against the wall (right) of her closet. She shrinks terrified from solid clouds rolling towards her, which support many spectres. Death, a skeleton, stands behind and above her, his spear about to strike her through the brain. In the upper left corner the sack of 'Warsaw' is in progress, soldiers are killing women and children, others hurling bodies from a battlement. Near these groups of tiny figures 'Kosciusko' sits heavily shackled, a pitcher beside him. Next him stands Stanislaus II of 'Poland', wearing his (lost) crown, his wrists chained. Nearest the Empress stands Peter in a shroud and wearing a crown, holding out clasped hands towards her. A woman's arm points at him with a rod. The other figures are persons in death-agonies: a young man is suspended by the bound wrists from a gibbet. A naked man holds up a rope which is round his neck; a decapitated man holds out his head; a hand holds a sword which has transfixed the naked body of a woman; a naked child holds up a goblet. Other heads emerge from the clouds. The Empress clutches at her petticoat, revealing two cloven hoofs. Behind her head is a bust portrait of Fox, looking with horror at the ghosts among the clouds. The end of the chest on which she sits is removed, showing within it two grinning demons among flames, holding up an open box inscribed 'for Kates Spirit.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tale for future times
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to regicide -- Devil: cloven hoofs -- Reference to the partitions of Poland (1772-1795) -- Reference to the massacre of Praga, 1794., and Watermark: 1794.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762, Stanisław II August, King of Poland, 1732-1798, Kościuszko, Tadeusz, 1746-1817, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Death, Demons, Executions, Ghosts, Hell, and Skeletons