"Two tiers of single English figures expressing appropriate opinions about the coronation of Napoleon."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in dealer's description. Questionably attributed to Isaac Cruikshank in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1985,0119.188., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., "Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening"--Below image in lower right., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 16th, 1804, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Foreign public opinion, British, Public opinion, Soldiers, French, Sailors, and British
Ten hand-colored engravings, depicting scenes from the Battle of Seringapatnam, form the border of a writing sheet, one each along the upper and lower edges and four on either side. Illustrations include, at the top, a battle scene; portraits of the British generals, Harris and Stuart; Tippoo Saib discovered among the slain, Tippoo's sons surrender; A sepoy upon a charge, An Indian soldier; Tippoo Sultan, Tippoo Sultan's wife; a design with flags, drums, cannons, swords and bugles. The battle scene and the image with the two sons include images of elephants
Alternative Title:
Conquest of Seringapatnam
Description:
Title from head of sheet., Numbered '65.' in lower right corner., With blank center of sheet filled in manuscript in black ink with an adage and a poem and signed: John Halton June 12th, Prescot School, 1801., and With watermark and countermark.
Publisher:
Published 18th Novr. 1799 by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
India, India., Śrīraṅgapaṭṭaṇa., and Indian
Subject (Name):
Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799, and Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799
Heading to a broadside printed in two columns. Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, is dressed in an officer's uniform and seated at a writing desk next to a window. He turns to gaze at a portrait of his mistress, Mary Anne Clark, on the wall behind him, which hangs next to another painting of Cupid with his bow and arrow. Printed below the illustration are a love poem and a quoted extract from a love letter, taken from the work 'The Authentic and Impartial Life of Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke' that was published after the Duke severed ties with her in 1809
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image., Date of publication inferred from the inclusion of extracts from The authentic and impartial life of Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke, published in 1809., Letterpress text beneath title begins: Pretty! Pretty! Mistress Clarke, None than I can love thee better; ... ., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Published by M.C. Springsguth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852 and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, British, Writing materials, Mistresses, Love letters, and Portraits
publish'd according to act of Parliament, Septr. 12th, 1745.
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Opposite page 1. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on fashion showing a crowd of people in St James's Park in front of Buckingham House. In the centre is a short, fat women wearing a large hooped skirt and saque, a lace cap and black lace mittens, and carrying a closed fan. On the left a young country gentleman, wearing a quilted waistcoat and holding a riding whip, is arm in arm with fashionably dressed man who seems to be showing him the promenade, they both wear breeches that end above the knee and high-heeled shoes with large tongues; the latter leers at a young woman, apparently a prostitute, wearing a straw hat with a soft brim who lifts her huge hooped skirt to reveal her ankle. She is walking with another young woman wearing a dark cloak with a hood; she wears a small cap and her hair is dressed in ringlets. In the centre, behind the fat woman, two men embrace, one of whom wears an eye patch. Another young woman, dressed in a similar fashion to the fat woman, stands to her right; behind her is another young woman wearing a hat with a very large brim. Next are two more young men,wearing large tricorne hats, tight coats the skirts of which open out in pleats below the waist, and high-heeled shoes one apparently pointing out matters of interest to the other who is possibly a young officer as he wears a sword and a cockade in his hat; his hair or wig is dressed in a large bag-wig. On the far right, a soldeir wearing large riding boots, walks away with a young woman wearing a laced hat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Probably a later state, with printseller's statement burnished from plate. For a variant state with "Sold by C. Moseley, engraver & printseller in Round Court in the Strand" following price statement, see No. 2774 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Price 6d."--Following imprint., 1 print : etching and engraving ; sheet 22.6 x 31.6 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge., On laid paper and mounted to 26 x 32 cm., and Mounted opposite page 1 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Saint James's Park (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Buckingham Palace (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Crowds, Fans (Accessories), Military uniforms, British, and Parks
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 March 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 111. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on a prosperous City of London merchant: a portly man, grinning happily, beside the entrance to a suburban pleasure garden called "The New Paradise" to which "No Gentlemen or Ladies to be admitted with Nails in their Shoes. Recreation & Refreshment at 6d. pr. Head"; he wears an embroidered waistcoat and carries a sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Tea gardens: 'The New Paradise,' Fish-Street., Mounted on page 111 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 26.5 x 17.5 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs March 29, 1772, by J. Bretherton, New Bond Street No. 134
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 March 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 109. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A standing man facing left with wig and sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Saint James's macaroni
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Mounted on page 109 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 26.7 x 17.5 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs March 29, 1772, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
"A very fat and jovial volunteer, dressed as a light horseman, holds ln his left hand a pole on which is the head of Napoleon in profile to the right. and wearing a huge cocked hat decorated with plumes, tricolour cockade, gold lace, and tassels. The hand that holds the pole holds also, by the hair, a bunch of bleeding heads which form a grisly garland round it. In his right hand is his sabre. He is surrounded by women; two embrace him, others hasten up; he swaggers with raised left leg, saying, "There you rouges, there! there's the Boney Part - twenty more killed them!! twenty more killed them too!! I have destroyed half the Army with this same Toledo." The women say, respectively: "Bless the Warrior that saved our Virgin charms"; "take care I'll smother him with Kisses"; "Oh! what frightful Heads how ravishing they look, - they would have used us ill I am sure"; "ha ha, thats, that great man little Boney, how glum he looks." An elderly spinster exclaims: "ah bless him he has saved us from Death and Vileation." A handsome woman turns to a tall young man in civilian dress on the extreme left, saying, "There you Poltroon look how that noble Hero's Caressed!" He turns away, saying, "Ods Niggins I wish I had been a Soldier too then the Girls would have run after me - but I never could bear the smell of Gun powder"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Hero's reward
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Preceding imprint are the words "Pubd. July", which have been mostly obscured with shading., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures lent out for the evening., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., Text following title: None but the brave dsere [sic] the fair., Text within bottom part of image, above imprint: The Yeomanry Cavalry's first essay., and Watermark: Slade 1802.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 1st, 1803, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, British, Obesity, Daggers & swords, Heads (Anatomy), Decapitations, and Women