"The comet has the profile head of Napoleon wearng a plumed bicorne; it rushes up from the left. towards the sun, the profile head of George III, much irradiated. John Bull, a carbuncled 'cit', stoops low to look through a telescope on a tripod pointing towards the comet. Napoleon looks up at the King, who gazes fixedly above his head. He has ascended from a small piece of land rising from the narrow Channel separating it from John's wider fragment. Up this a frog clambers. On the open sea ships are strung out along the horizon. John says: "Aye - Aye - Master Comet - you may attempt your Periheliums - or your Devil heliums for what I care but take the word of an Old Man you'll never reach the Sun depend upon it"."--British Museum online catalogue, description of variant state
Alternative Title:
John Bull making observations on the comet
Description:
Title from item., Plate numbered '274' in upper right corner., and Variant state. Cf. no. 10769, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8 for description of the plate with different series number.
Publisher:
Printed for Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Coastlines, Comets, Ships, Sun, and Telescopes
Leaf 65. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"On the left: An old sailor with a long pigtail, and wearing an old-fashioned blue coat with gold lace, points with a pointer at a large decoration by Thornhill. He leans against an iron railing, standing on raised stone flags. A corner of the decoration is shown, swirling allegorical figures, nude and partly draped. On the right: The lower left corner of a large heavily framed picture with a man in Roman draperies, and a woman in longer draperies. Two sightseers and a small boy gaze at the wall, the man yawning cavernously. Three lines of text in lower right corner of design: "Here is Prince George of Denmark, and in & the Prospective a View of St Pauls London, Sr James Thornhill in the Wig &&&'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Rosedale, mariner
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 10787 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 71., and On leaf 65 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
George, Prince, consort of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1653-1708., Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734., and Rosedale, John (Mariner)
"On the left: An old sailor with a long pigtail, and wearing an old-fashioned blue coat with gold lace, points with a pointer at a large decoration by Thornhill. He leans against an iron railing, standing on raised stone flags. A corner of the decoration is shown, swirling allegorical figures, nude and partly draped. On the right: The lower left corner of a large heavily framed picture with a man in Roman draperies, and a woman in longer draperies. Two sightseers and a small boy gaze at the wall, the man yawning cavernously. Three lines of text in lower right corner of design: "Here is Prince George of Denmark, and in & the Prospective a View of St Pauls London, Sr James Thornhill in the Wig &&&'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Rosedale, mariner
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., In lower left corner of design: J.N. Esqr. 1807., and Mounted to 24 x 17 cm.
Publisher:
Etched & pub. by T. Rowlandson, April 26, 1807, No. 1 James St., Adelphi
Subject (Name):
George, Prince, consort of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1653-1708, Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734., and Rosedale, John (Mariner)
Leaf 51. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Irish jaunting car
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 282., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 121., and On leaf 51 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1st, 1814, by T. Rowlandson, No. 1 James St., Adelphi and Field & Tuer
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: Irish jaunting car -- Dogs -- Horses -- Female costume, 1814 -- Male costume, 1814 -- Parasols -- Walking-sticks., Watermark: 1811., and Manuscript in ink "168" in upper center of plate.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1st, 1814, by T. Rowlandson, No. 1 James St., Adelphi
Two images. On the left, two drunk characters comment on 'people' not going home sober. On the right, a young boy is about to be beaten with a walking stick by an elder man whose clothing catches fire from the boy's misdirected torch
Description:
Title from text (dialogue) above each image., Fragment of a horizontal border from an unidentified print from the series: Borders for rooms. Designed by Woodward, etched by Rowlandson and published by Ackermann in 1799-1800. See British Museum Catalogue, nos. 9488-9492., Lewis Walpole Library: First image only, mounted together with three other images from other Borders plates., 2 prints : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet (left) 10 x 9 cm and sheet (right) 10 x 8 cm,, and Mounted to 27 x 22 cm, with two other images from Borders plates.
Two images. On the left, two drunk characters comment on 'people' not going home sober. On the right, a young boy is about to be beaten with a walking stick by an elder man whose clothing catches fire from the boy's misdirected torch
Description:
Title from text (dialogue) above each image., Fragment of a horizontal border from an unidentified print from the series: Borders for rooms. Designed by Woodward, etched by Rowlandson and published by Ackermann in 1799-1800. See British Museum Catalogue, nos. 9488-9492., Lewis Walpole Library: First image only, mounted together with three other images from other Borders plates., and Numbered on top '155' in contemporary hand.
Two images. On the left, two drunk characters comment on 'people' not going home sober. On the right, a young boy is about to be beaten with a walking stick by an elder man whose clothing catches fire from the boy's misdirected torch
Description:
Title from text (dialogue) above each image., Fragment of a horizontal border from an unidentified print from the series: Borders for rooms. Designed by Woodward, etched by Rowlandson and published by Ackermann in 1799-1800. See British Museum Catalogue, nos. 9488-9492., Lewis Walpole Library: First image only, mounted together with three other images from other Borders plates., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 10 x 9 cm., and Mounted to 27 x 22 cm, together with two other images from other Bordes plates.