Leaf 9. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The Devil stands at the center of a mountain top with outstretched wings, dressed in lawyers wig and bands, but with horns on his head and feet with claws. On the left Fox kneels, eagerly receiving from Satan a dice box and dice, an allusion to his notorious gambling habit, while on the right Burke receives a scourge and rosary, a reference to his supposed Catholicism. A satire on the resignation of Fox and Burke after Shelburne's appointment
Alternative Title:
Old-orthodox restoring consolation to his fallen children
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike, with "J. Gillray fecit" added in lower right corner. For original issue published ca. August 1782, see no. 6027 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, page 41., and On leaf 9 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Subject (Topic):
Devil, Gambling, Catholicism, and Clothing & dress
"Bust portrait in an oval. Scarcely a caricature but a study in facial expression of a cornered swindler. A man, fashionably dressed, but with dishevelled hair, gazes fixedly to the left, with pursed mouth and wrinkled forehead. Below the design is a list of eight names ('alias' repeated seven times) beginning: 'Mr Thos Ogle (the Notorious Swindler) - by which Name he Married Two Wives', and ending: 'Vide - his Examinations before the Magistrates of Bow Street in Novr 1801'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from quotation etched above image., Text below title: Townsend, Pole. Officer, Bow Street., Temporary local subject terms: Swindler -- Thomas Ogle -- Major Semple -- William Smith -- Thomas Robison -- Batty -- Captain Johnson -- Thomas Bashford -- Robertson -- Lieut. Colt. Cs. Pullen., and Watermark: J Ruse 1799.
Publisher:
Publishd. Novr. 18th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street, London
A pastoral view of a lush riverbank covered in trees, shrubs, and flowers, and other greenery. A man sits on a rock near the shore and looks to the right out over the water. A house on the opposite bank can be seen in the distance on the right; gray clouds fill the sky above
Description:
Title written below image. A quotation from Horace Walpole's letter 16 October 1769 to Madame du Deffand: I feel myself here like a swan, that, after living six weeks in a nasty pool upon a common, is got back into its own Thames. I do nothing but plume and clean myself, and enjoy the verdure and silent waves., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Page reference for quotation written below title: Page 109., and Bound in as page 65 in volume 5 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
"The interior of the Foundling Hospital Chapel, seen from the east gallery which stretches across the foreground. In this a man seizes the left. arm of a plainly dressed woman by both hands and attempts to eject her trom a pew. She clings to the back of the seat, and holds up an open book: 'Thou shalt do no Murder Lord have Mercy upon as & incline our hearts to ke[ep] this Law'; this obscures the head of her assailant. Behind the man, is wife, flauntingly dressed, hurries into the pew, clenching her fist. In her right. hand is a long stick whose head is composed of the masks of a man and a cat, back to back. She has ringlets with feathers and drapery in her hair. The other three galleries are crowded. Opposite is the organ, flanked by ascending rows of girls (l.) and boys (r.). A sea of heads is in the body of the church, looking up at the brawl."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Plate for Sayers' verse satire: Foundling Chapel Brawl. Printed by C. Roworth in Bell Yard, Temple Bar in 1805., Publication information from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 31 x 37 cm.
"Two terrified riders meet face to face on Hounslow Heath; each takes the other for a highwayman. One (left) losing his stirrups holds out his purse, saying, "Here is my Money! Spare my Life". The other dropping his whip, puts his hand in his waistcoat pocket, saying: "Ah! - don't Fire! - I'll give all". Both have dropped their reins. A signpost (left) points 'To Hounslow'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., and Print signed using Brownlow North's device: A compass pointing north.
Publisher:
Publishd. June 6th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
Title from first line of dialogue below image., Dialogue continues: "Gone to be what! Champagn'd! Shampoo'd, you mean ...", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below image., Publication date from local card catalog record., and Temporary local subject terms: Servants -- Couples -- Tea tables -- Cats.