Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[18 November 1830]
Call Number:
830.11.18.01+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Political satire: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) leading his Tory government ministers in flight from its attack on the castle of 'Reform' (as inscribed to the Tricolore flag of liberty that flies from the tower).
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Mounted to 32 x 41.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 18, 1830, by S. Gans, Southampton St., Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Military retreats, Soldiers, and British
"An elderly general rides a high-stepping horse in profile to the left, posed like an equestrian statue. He wears a high cocked hat with cockade and plume; his sword-belt is buckled over his sash, which girds a heavy paunch. In his right hand is a cane. He is Lt.-General Richard England of Lifford, co. Clare, Colonel of the 5th Foot and Lt.-Governor of Plymouth, father of Sir Richard England (b. 1793). He was a veteran of the American War, and had been one of the first colonists of Western Upper Canada."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides, with minimal loss of image from right edge., Leaf 71 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Watermark, trimmed: [Ed]meads 1808.
Leaf 63. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man in military dress with sword, picking his teeth."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with additional numbering. For earlier an state, see no. 4684 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 "20" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Toothpicks., Second of three plates on leaf 63., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 15.8 x 10.5 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt., Octr. (26), 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Leaf 63. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man in military dress with sword, picking his teeth."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with additional numbering. For earlier an state, see no. 4684 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 "20" in upper right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Toothpicks.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt., Octr. (26), 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Leaf 47. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike. For a brief mention of the original issue of the plate, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1865,1209.76-111., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Two lines of dialogue below title: John, I'm going to raise your rent. Sir, I'm very much obliged to you, for I can't raise it myself!, and On leaf 47 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Landlord & tenant relations, Dandies, British, Horseback riding, and Dogs
"A sailor and a young woman dance a jig on the deck of a man-of-war, watched by a sailor leaning from the forecastle roof (right). They dance side by side, man's left arm raised, holding his hat, woman with hands on hips."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue., Attributed to Captain Hehl in British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins., and Watermark: GP. 1813.
"A wild affray round a circular gaming-table seen at close range, only the heads and shoulders of those on the nearer side of the table being visible. An angry military officer wearing a cocked hat, with an empty wallet on the table before him, leans forward aiming his pistol at a lean and elderly man whose 'chapeau bras' and long pigtail indicate that he is French. The latter covers a pile of guineas with his hand and aims a pistol at his assailant. Some of the players are falling over in their eagerness to escape. Between the combatants, and on the further side of the table, one man holds a chair above his head, about to smite the officer; a fellow-officer raises a bottle and a candle-stick to strike the Frenchman. All the persons (sixteen) are in violent action, with which their expressions correspond. Some are in flight, others about to intervene. On the table are a triple candle-stick, a dice-box and dice, a sword, a hat containing coins, and a purse."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker's signature from impression in British Museum., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark and printmaker's signature has been mostly erased., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 1790 by Wm. Holland, Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Fighting, Gambling, Handguns, Men, French, Military uniforms, and British
"Two sailors ride (right to left) a velocipede (see No. 13399) with two saddles on the elongated bar. At the back is a seat for two passengers in which are two gaily dressed women. The first sailor says over his shoulder: "D--n it Jack this is rare sailing without a wind!" The front wheel collides with a dandy (left), who has dropped his steering-bar (which has dropped to the ground) and is about to fall off. Jack answers: "A very pretty invention Tom! D--n it we shall run down the Dandy!" The dandy (cf. No. 13029) shouts: "Curse you you tarpaulins Wy don't you mind how you steer." One of the women holds a bottle and glass; she looks back saying: "Vy Poll this beats the Dilly [diligence]!! Vy Poll it' s capsized!!" Poll sits back with folded arms, one leg resting on the second sailor's shoulder. She answers: "And we have capsized a Dandy!!" In the background (right) a mail-coach lies on its side; men, women, and luggage from the outside are on the ground; an inside passenger tries to climb from the window."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Date supplied in contempory hand., and Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins.
Publisher:
Pub. by J. Johnston, 98 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Accidents, Bicycles & tricycles, Dandies, British, Mail wagons, and Sailors