"A patient, wrapped in shroud-like draperies, sits (left) in a high-backed arm-chair gazing up and to the left. Two doctors in the foreground fight each other, overturning a round table on which are medicine-phials. A lean doctor (left) flourishes the wig of his fat opponent, whom he clutches by the neck-cloth. The fat doctor (right) siezes the other's pigtail queue."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '143' in lower left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Fist-fights -- Medicine bottles -- Walking staves -- Furniture: armchairs.
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Published 23th Decr. 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"A stout lady (left), her hands in a muff, cannonades into a fat parson walking in the opposite direction. Behind (right) a rider urges his horse forward; on the left a pedestrian walks into a pond."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '144' in lower right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Parsons -- Female costume -- Walking staves -- Signposts., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis.
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Published 22d Decr. 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... who has just fitted up his exhibition room in an entire novel and elegant stile [sic], admittance 1 shilling, folios of caricatures lent out., and Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Germany -- Allusion to England -- Bishops -- Regimentals -- Mitres -- Croziers -- Swords.
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Pub. March 7, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Newsboy's horns -- Symbols: bonnet rouge -- Uniforms: Windsor uniform -- Newspapers: True Britton -- Morning Chronicle -- Reference to Frederick Augustus, Duke of York -- Walking staves -- George III as John Bull., Bookseller's stamp: S.W.F., in lower right of plate., and Mounted to 28 x 43 cm.
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Pubd. May 12, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
"The stout Empress of Russia sits on a throne, whose seat she completely covers, facing three-quarter to the left towards the Prince of Wales, who bows before her, hat in hand, in profile to the right. He says, adapting Falstaff's words ('2 Henry, IV', v. 5): "Oh what a thing it is to be in Love, To ride day and night; not to deliberate not to remember, not to have patience to shift me, but to stand stained with travel, & sweating with desire to see thee: Thinking on nothing else; putting all affairs in oblivion, as if there were nothing else to be done, but to see thee." He wears riding-dress with spurred boots. Behind and on the extreme left stands John Bull, full-face, a plainly dressed citizen wearing top-boots; he says: "There my Lad is a fine buxom Widow, aye and warm too, if you'l have her you need not ask Dad, or any of your Acquaintance for any Thing, she'll finish your house, & furnish it too for you, aye & keep you warm in cold frosty weather with her fur skins, a rare match my Lad especially as you are fond of Widows!!" The Empress, who clutches the fur (a tiger-skin) which trims her draperies, has an inscrutable expression. On her right is the bust of Fox by Nollekens, peering forward at the Prince with an anxious expression. On her left and on the extreme right stands a courtier, holding a long staff, wearing a bear's skin, his profile showing through the beast's open jaws. Behind is the back of the throne decorated with a double-headed imperial eagle."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bull's hint for a profitable alliance
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: who has jus[t] fitted up his exhibition in an entire novel stile [sic], admittance one shilling. NB. folios of caracatures [sic] lent., and 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 29 x 40 cm.
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Sepr. 26, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
"A clerical J.P., ugly and elderly, sits full-face in a high-backed arm-chair, looking towards a demure young girl (left), who stands in profile to the right. His face is contorted with perplexity; the position of his feet indicates acute uncertainty. A man seated behind her on the extreme left listens intently through an ear-trumpet. An ugly and satyr-like man stands beside the Justice's chair. Three similar men, and an old and bedizened woman, are seated by a table on the right, listening with amusement. Beneath the title: 'My Dear little Girl what have you been about, they say you are pregnant - I really dont know your Worship - Some Wicked Wretch is the Cause of this report - But If I have done any thing amiss Sir, I am sure I was Dreaming'. L. & W., No. 105."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of text below title: My dear little girl, what have you been about ..., No. 105 in Laurie & Whittle Drolls series., Temporary local subject terms: Justices of the Peace -- Pictures amplifying subject: print with Ten Commandments -- Plantiffs -- Defendants -- Furniture: armchairs -- Female costume: head-dress -- Pregnancy., and The word "pregnant" in the first line of text below title erased from this copy and replaced in contemporary hand with "So! So!"
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Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
British tars giving the carmignols a dressing on memorable 1st of June 1794
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: who has just fitted up his exhibition on an entire novel stile [sic] admittance one shilling., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to sansculottes -- Dogs: bulldog -- Emblems: tricolor cockades., and Watermark.
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Pub. June 25, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799
Subject (Topic):
First of June, Battle of the, 1794, Sansculottes, Fighting, Sailors, and British
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... who has just fitted up his exhibition in an entire novel stile [sic], admittance one shillg. NB. folios of caracatures [sic] lent., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Morganatic marriages: George IV to Mrs. Fitzherbert, Dec. 15, 1785 -- Deeds: George IV to Mrs. Fitzherbert -- Bible: I, Kings, 11, 3, altered quotation -- Pictures amplifying subject: King Solomon.
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Pub. August 26 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following the imprint: ... where may be seen a compleat model of the guilotine [sic], the head and hand of Count Struenzee & the largest collection of caracaturs [sic] in the world., Two images on one plate. Two columns of text under each image: Good precepts ... , But bad examples ... ., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: church -- Churches: pulpit -- Church clerks --Clergy: parsons -- Brothels -- Prostitutes -- Walking staves -- Watches -- Pickpocketing -- Allusion to gambling -- Book of Common Prayer -- Lighting: watchman's lantern -- Watchmen -- Covent Garden., and "The Revd. B. W--d" added in contemporary hand at top of first image. "Revd. W--d" in another contemporary hand in upper right corner of plate. In both instances internal letters of the name blackened out with ink.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 20, 1794, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly