"The interior of a hall intended for the French National Assembly. On the extreme left a large tub raised from the ground serves as tribune, its right half only being visible; from this leans a grotesquely caricatured and foppish Frenchman, blowing a trumpet with a force which distends his cheeks. In his right hand are leading-strings supporting a lean youth who stands on the floor leaning forward, a firebrand in his left hand, an electrical rod in his right. From the trumpet of François (de Neufchâteau) issue the words 'Voici un beau Garçon le fils de Dr Pr***tly grand Democrat &c.' Young Priestley addresses the members who are seated on the extreme right under a gallery, travestied as men with the heads of animals (an ass, two frogs, an owl, a boar); he says, "Papa sends me to you for Improvement I will bear true Allegiance &c." They put their fingers to his electrical rod, which emits sparks. This rod is connected by a chain with a large jar inscribed 'Phlogiston from Hackney College'. Above the members the corner of a gallery appears from which three grinning fishwives look down. In the back wall is a large Gothic window."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Monsieur Francois introduces Master Priestley to the National Assembly
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Hackney College -- Change of nationality -- Reference to William Priestley's application for French citizenship -- Animalization: Members of the French National Assembly as animals.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Name):
Priestley, William, -approximately 1835, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804., and François de Neufchâteau, Nicolas Louis, comte, 1750-1828
Subject (Topic):
France, Phlogiston, Electrical apparatus, Trumpets, Torches, and Windows
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., Two columns of verse below title: Once on a time a little French marquis ..., Temporary local subject terms: Dutchmen: burgher -- Dutchwomen: burgher's wife -- Frenchmen: marquis -- Ships: sloop -- Amsterdam -- Dutch costume -- Broadsides., Watermark: Welgar., and Title partially engraved within the plate, partially printed below it.
Publisher:
Published 4th Octr. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London ; John Rider, Printer, Little-Britain
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[6 March 1772]
Call Number:
Bunbury 772.03.06.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on French pretensions: a coachman standing in profile to left; he has a curled moustache, laced coat and a large bag wig, and holds a long whip and taking snuff."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., and Watermark, partially trimmed: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs 6th March 1772 by I. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Title from item., Printmaker identified from original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the series of Drolls?, Twenty-eight stanzas of verse in three columns below title: There liv'd, as fame reports, in days of yore, ..., Numbered '42' in lower right of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Dandies -- Frenchmen -- Watchmen -- Lighting: watchman's lantern -- Watchman's booth -- Pranks.
Publisher:
Published 22nd Decr. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"Portrait seen half-length slightly to right holding rapier in his right hand, and resting his right arm on ledge before music manuscript and violin, eyes to front, wearing red coat, cravat and wig; sky behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a champion fencer, violinist and conductor in Paris; son of George Bologne de Saint-Georges and Nanon, his African slave. First classical composer of African ancestry; also known as the "Black Mozart"., Title etched below the image in dotted letters., and Ten lines of French verse in two columns below title: Dans les armes jamais on ne vit son egal ...
Publisher:
Publish'd April 4th, 1788, by Bradshaw, No. 4 Coventry Street
Subject (Name):
Saint-Georges, Joseph Bologne, chevalier de, 1745-1799,
"A scene from a play: a soldier admired by a lady at her dressing table stands before a table of heads and ghosts, with an elderly couple to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Monsieur Alexandre in The rogueries of Nicholas
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Price 3s."--Below image in lower right., and Matted to 39 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. 22nd Jany. 1825 by Wm. Heath at the new Panorama, 15 Grafton St., Dublin, and Henry Heath, London
Subject (Name):
Alexandre, Nicholas Marie,
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, Dressing tables, Ghosts, Nuns, and Theatrical productions
Title from item., Plate numbered '14' in upper right corner., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to French influence., and Mounted to 17 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
E. Morris,
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '14' in upper right corner., Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., Slightly enlarged copy of No. 3504 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Temporary local subject terms: Reference to French influence.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Leaf 63. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An etching with the whole-length figure of Dr. Bragge, a picture-dealer. He is stooped over, both hands on his walking-stick and peers intently as if contemplating a work of art. He wears a long, loose coat, a cocked hat and pince-nez. His lower lip is characteristically large, and it protrudes considerably
Alternative Title:
Monsieur Le Virtu
Description:
Title etched below image., Variant state, with both volume and plate numbers; Cf. No. 4685 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "21" in upper right corner., For a similar design etched by Sir Edward Newenham, see no. 4926 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Third of three plates on leaf 63., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 15.7 x 10.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt., Novr. 3d, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Name):
Bragge, Robert, Dr. 1700-1777
Subject (Topic):
Humor, Antiquarians, Collectors, Eyeglasses, and Staffs (Sticks)