A caricatured portrait of comedian John Liston, standing before the Theatre Royal. Leaning against a bollard is a placard advertising the play 'Fish out of Water' in which he was starring as 'Sam Savoury'.
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 25th, 1823, by G. Humphrey, 24, St. James's Stt. & 74, New-Bond St., London
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Liston, John, 1776-1846 and Haymarket Theatre (London, England),
Title etched below images., Plates originally issued in: "Histories of the tete-a-tete annexed" in the Town and country magazine, xviii, 401., The two illustrations are numbered "No. XXII" and "No. XXIII in upper left above each oval, respectively., and Mounted to 20.5 x 28 cm., with pages extracted from the Town and country magazine, xviii, 401-402.
"Satire identifying George II with his electorate of Hanover, showing the Hanoverian landscape and his profile head in trompe l'oeil; the king is shown with a moustache in the style typical of a German soldier of the period. The landscape carries numbers referring to a key beneath suggesting that trade in Hanover is in a state of decay: 1. Herrenhausen; 2. Manufacture of Boars Heads (a ruined building); 3. Do. of Hams (a farm); 4. The Town of Hanover; 5. Manufacture of Linnen (a distant village); 6. Do. of Bonporenicole (a fortress; a reference to the lack of provisions for British troops in Germany, see BM Satire 2584); 7. Beggars Cambrick (another village); 8. Hunting House; 9. The (Army) Camp; 10. The River Leyne; 11. The Alder (a lake in the foreground where men are fishing)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Face of the country whereon Hanover stands, with a view of Herenhauseen and the seats of manufacture
Description:
Title from item., Publisher identified from address., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Five lines of text, including key to numbered objects within image, below image: Tho' this is not given as [the] most regular, [the] most varied, or [the] most noble prospect in the world ..., and Watermark: countermark IV.
"Satire identifying George II with his electorate of Hanover, showing the Hanoverian landscape and his profile head in trompe l'oeil; the king is shown with a moustache in the style typical of a German soldier of the period. The landscape carries numbers referring to a key beneath suggesting that trade in Hanover is in a state of decay: 1. Herrenhausen; 2. Manufacture of Boars Heads (a ruined building); 3. Do. of Hams (a farm); 4. The Town of Hanover; 5. Manufacture of Linnen (a distant village); 6. Do. of Bonporenicole (a fortress; a reference to the lack of provisions for British troops in Germany, see BM Satire 2584); 7. Beggars Cambrick (another village); 8. Hunting House; 9. The (Army) Camp; 10. The River Leyne; 11. The Alder (a lake in the foreground where men are fishing)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Face of the country whereon Hanover stands, with a view of Herenhauseen and the seats of manufacture
Description:
Title from item., Publisher identified from address., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Five lines of text, including key to numbered objects within image, below image: Tho' this is not given as [the] most regular, [the] most varied, or [the] most noble prospect in the world ..., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
The highwayman Maclaine is shown holding a pistol at a man who leans out the window of his carriage. His accomplice restrains the driver who rides the horses, whip in hand. On the right in the distance, an innkeeper stands outside the door of his tavern under a sign and holds out a mug to two customers on horseback
Description:
Title from caption etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 'Pr. 6d. plain & 1sh. colour'd.', Eight lines of description below image: Maclaine is said to be born in the north of Ireland, of Scotch parents, is a tall genteel young fellow, and commonly very gay in his dress ..., and Watermark: Britannia.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament, Augst. 13th 1750, & sold by R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Maclaine, James, 1724-1750. and Eglinton, Alexander Montgomerie, Earl of, 1723-1769.
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Criminals, Taverns (Inns), and Robberies
"The head and shoulders of Stanhope, looking to the left, right arm raised in the attitude of an orator. He wears a large cocked hat. ... The bonnet-rouge does not fit this head."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One of eight satirical portraits in the series "Illustrious heads designed for a new history of republicanism ..."; see British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "3" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Members of the Opposition., 1 print : soft-ground etching ; plate mark 21.5 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 26 x 21 cm., and Printed on wove paper watermarked "1805." Later printing, with plate number "3" only faintly visible in upper right.
Publisher:
Publd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816 and Cloots, Anacharsis, 1755-1794.
"The head and shoulders of Stanhope, looking to the left, right arm raised in the attitude of an orator. He wears a large cocked hat. ... The bonnet-rouge does not fit this head."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One of eight satirical portraits in the series "Illustrious heads designed for a new history of republicanism ..."; see British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "3" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Members of the Opposition., Mounted on page 92 with one other print., and Later impression, with plate number "3" only faintly visible in upper right.
Publisher:
Publd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816 and Cloots, Anacharsis, 1755-1794.
"The head and shoulders of Stanhope, looking to the left, right arm raised in the attitude of an orator. He wears a large cocked hat. ... The bonnet-rouge does not fit this head."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One of eight satirical portraits in the series "Illustrious heads designed for a new history of republicanism ..."; see British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "3" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Members of the Opposition., and Mounted to 37 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
Publd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816 and Cloots, Anacharsis, 1755-1794.
"The head and shoulders of Stanhope, looking to the left, right arm raised in the attitude of an orator. He wears a large cocked hat. ... The bonnet-rouge does not fit this head."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One of eight satirical portraits in the series "Illustrious heads designed for a new history of republicanism ..."; see British Museum catalogue., For a variant state with plate number "3" etched in upper right corner, see no. 8452 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Opposition: Members of the Opposition -- Male costume: Cocked hat -- Reference to sansculottes., and Mounted on leaf 74 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Pubd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816 and Cloots, Anacharsis, 1755-1794.