"A man walks on tiptoe away from the spectator. He is ungainly, the left shoulder lower than the right, with ill-dressed hair in a small tail. He wears a grotesque cocked hat poised on his head, an old-fashioned coat, and striped stockings. The stone wall of a house, showing part of a street-door and one window, forms a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Doctors -- John Burges, 1745-1807., 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.0 x 17.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Dr. Burgess" in pencil in lower margin.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 3d, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Burgess, John, 1745-1807 and Royal College of Physicians of London.
"A man walks on tiptoe away from the spectator. He is ungainly, the left shoulder lower than the right, with ill-dressed hair in a small tail. He wears a grotesque cocked hat poised on his head, an old-fashioned coat, and striped stockings. The stone wall of a house, showing part of a street-door and one window, forms a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Doctors -- John Burges, 1745-1807.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 3d, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Burgess, John, 1745-1807 and Royal College of Physicians of London.
"A companion print to BMSat 8659. Grenville seated in an ornate armchair peers near-sightedly at a map of 'The Globe' in two hemispheres which he holds up to his face. The eastern hemisphere, at which he is not looking, shows an exaggeratedly large tract of 'French Conquests'. His posteriors and legs, very solid in BMSat 8659, are thin. He sits before a light rectangular table on which are ink-stand and pens and two books, 'Court Calender' and 'Locke on Human Understanding' (as in BMSat 8659). On the wall are two pictures, the subjects merely indicated: 'The Treasury' (left) shows the arched gate and stone wall of many satires; 'Brittania Triumphant': Britannia seated with spear and shield. A patterned carpet completes the design. Grenville fixes his attention on scarcely visible successes in the W. Indies, ignoring the French conquests in Europe. The 'Court Calender' and 'The Treasury' indicate eagerness for the perquisites of office, cf. BMSat 8061 (1792)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: chairs -- Inkstands -- Maps -- Shortsightedness -- Pictures amplifying subject: View of the Treasury building -- Pictures amplifying subject: Britannia's chariot -- Literature: reference to John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding., and Mounted to 48 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 8th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
"A companion print to BMSat 8656. Grenville stands on a hearth-rug, his back to a blazing fire (right), holding up to his face an open book inscribed: 'Fundamental Principles of Government for 1795', at which he looks sideways and near-sightedly. He raises his coat-tails to warm his bulky posteriors, his left hand in his breeches pocket. On the chimney-piece lie two books: 'Court Cookery' and 'Locke on Human Understanding'. Hanging above it is a 'Map of British Victories on the Continent' on which confused scrawls are depicted. On the back wall (left) is a bracket supporting a bowl of gold-fish, above which is a picture of the 'Treasury Bench': three Ministers seated as if in Parliament, in back view with their coats drawn aside to show their bulky posteriors; the wall of the Treasury forms a background. ...."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Nine lines of verse in two columns below title: "Lord-Pogy boasts no common share of head ...", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Fireplaces -- Furniture: shelves -- Fish bowls -- Shortsightedness -- Wall maps -- Pictures amplifying subject: Treasury bench -- Literature: Reference to John Locke's Essay on human understanding -- Furnishings: carpets.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 13th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
"A lady sits in back view before a tall pier-glass, twisting a piece of drapery round her head. Two young women (right) hold up festoons of the immensely long drapery, the end of which trails across the floor and is worried by a small dog, shaved in the French manner. The glass is surmounted by an earl's coronet and decorated by triple ostrich plumes, suggesting that the lady, who wears a loose wrapper, may be Lady Jersey. The mirror is lit by two candles. Through a window (right) is a crescent moon, sinking into clouds. The second attendant wears a hat, suggesting that she is a milliner. Both are dressed in the short-waisted fashion of the day (cf. BMSat 8571). An elaborate bowl of flowers stands on a pedestal or small ornate table. A patterned carpet covers the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: mirrors -- Crowns: earl's coronet -- Claw-foot table -- Furnishings: flower arrangements -- Window curtains -- Emblems: Earls of Jersey ostrich feathers -- Pets: dogs -- Lighting: candle holders on mirror -- Trades: milliners -- Female dress: drapery headdress.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 30th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Title from item., Attributed by George to West., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Bills: Treasonable Practice bill -- Seditious meeting bill., Watermark: C Taylor., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of sheet: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 23, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville Street
Title from item., Printmaker identified in British Museum catalogue., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Bill of Rights -- Bills: Convention Bill -- Newspapers: Telegraph -- Justices of the Peace -- Acts: Riot Act -- Sedition -- Dishes: punch bowl -- Dog muzzles -- John Bull as a dog -- William Pitt as a dog., and Watermark: (countermark) E & P.
Publisher:
Pub. No. 17, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
"A scene in the Assembly Rooms, Bath. The stout Master of the Ceremonies brings up an elderly man (right) who bows, chapeau-bras, with an ingratiating smile, to an elderly lady seated against the wall in profile to the right. She looks at him with a disparaging expression. In the foreground (left) a young man is talking ardently to a pretty young woman who inspects the room through an eye-glass. In the background (right) couples are dancing with great vigour and display of leg, probably in a cotillon (cf. BMSat 7441). Above them and on the extreme right is the musicians' gallery. The wall is decorated by large oval mirrors and candle-sconces. A chandelier hangs from the ceiling."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printsellers announcement following imprint: NB. Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Architectural details: musicians' gallery -- Bath Master of the Ceremonies -- Bath Assembly Rooom -- Balls -- Lighting: candle sconces -- Chandeliers -- Furnishings: mirrors -- Dancing., Watermark: Edmeads & Pine., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of sheet: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Published Novemberr [sic] 24, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville Street
Title from caption etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Creditors -- Debts: George IV's debts -- Hats: calash -- Courtesans -- Bawds -- Glasses: jelly-glass -- Gout -- Birch-rods -- Male dress, 1795: spencers -- Ballads -- Allusion to 'The Black Joke.', and Watermark: Strasburg bend.
Publisher:
Pub. April 3, 1795, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly