A caricature of the new Lord Mayor of London: Harvey Combe stands centered in a hall, surrounded by a desperate looking group of people both rich and poor, who kneel and beg. A skeletal man (butcher?) holds a knife in one hand and a scroll in the other inscribed with a large order for meat: "12 haundres venison, 6 necks do., 8 turtles, 20 brace partridges, 20 pheasants, 20 brace woodcocks, 16 sirloins beef". In the foreground lies another sheet which reads "Tripe Soup. Liver & Crow. Fried Tripe. Bill of Fare for 8 Novr." The outgoing Lord Mayor, Sir Richard Glyn, who was notoriously spendthrift during his period in office, is seen being kicked out of the Mansion House holding large money bag. The two cats on the left and the dog following the butcher are also thin from malnutrition. Two large spiders have spun large webs below the archway on the left below are two cupids holding a heart molded above the archway
Alternative Title:
New tenants at a mansion house
Description:
Title etched below image., Engraved after a signed drawing by John Nixon in The Lewis Walpole Library., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Also with newspaper clippings mounted on sheet.
Publisher:
Sold by all the printsellers in London
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Combe, Harvey Christian, 1752-1818 and Glyn, Richard Carr, Sir, 1755-1838
"John Bull, blind, maimed, and ragged, walks (right to left) near a chasm, the edge of which stretches across the foreground of the design. His wooden right arm terminates in a hook to which is attached a cord from the collar of a lean greyhound with the head of Pitt (as in BMSat 8794). Pitt drags him forward and slightly towards the gulf; in his mouth is a large bare bone, his collar is inscribed 'Licenc'd to Lead'. In John Bull's left hand is a staff, on his back a burden inscribed 'Loans'. He has a wooden leg, which a dog with the head of Sheridan and a collar inscribed 'Licenc'd to Bite' is biting savagely. Behind and on the extreme right is a dog with the head of Grey, and a collar inscribed 'Grey Hound'; he bites John Bull's coat. Fox, a mastiff with a fox's brush, stands behind Pitt, glaring fiercely, on his collar is 'Licenc'd to Bark'. Behind is grass and a tree (left) and in the distance the roofs and spires of London, showing St. Paul's."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bull and his dog Faithful
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., A satire on a Dog Tax, April 1796., and Mounted to 31 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 20th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxation of personal property, Artificial limbs, Blindness, Debt, Dogs, and People with disabilities
Neice presented to her relatives by her French governess and Niece presented to her relatives by her French governess
Description:
Title from caption below image., Numerous lines of dialogue in English and French on either side of title: Well-a-day Aunt! What monstrosities are these? ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Reissue of no. 12922 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9; originally published Jan. 3, 1817, by H. Humphrey., Temporary local subject terms: Hatboxes -- Education., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 121.
Leaf 18. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Duchess of Devonshire (right), in morning cap and gown, makes tea for Fox and Sam House who sit side by side on a sofa (left). The duchess leans back in her chair, one hand on the tap of the urn, while she hands a cup to a footman who stands with a tray. Sam (left) has been served first; he sits stirring his tea and gazing adoringly at Fox (right), who playfully pats his bald head. A spaniel stands in front of them, begging. On the wall behind are two freely sketched whole length portraits: behind the duchess is Reynolds's portrait of her husband standing by his horse (as in British Museum Satires No. 6546), the other is over the heads of House and Fox."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from the British Museum catalogue and Grego., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6529 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., 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. 1, pages 128-9., and On leaf 18 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 14th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1748-1811, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Politics and government, Dogs, Pleading (Begging), Political elections, and Servants
"The Duchess of Devonshire (right), in morning cap and gown, makes tea for Fox and Sam House who sit side by side on a sofa (left). The duchess leans back in her chair, one hand on the tap of the urn, while she hands a cup to a footman who stands with a tray. Sam (left) has been served first; he sits stirring his tea and gazing adoringly at Fox (right), who playfully pats his bald head. A spaniel stands in front of them, begging. On the wall behind are two freely sketched whole length portraits: behind the duchess is Reynolds's portrait of her husband standing by his horse (as in British Museum Satires No. 6546), the other is over the heads of House and Fox."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue and Grego., Another impression of a print owned by Horace Walpole which is now at NYPL 71., and Mounted to 30 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 14th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1748-1811, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Politics and government, Dogs, Pleading (Begging), Political elections, and Servants
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Print from: The attic miscellany, v. i, p. 121., Temporary local subject terms: Male costume, 1790 -- Female costume, 1790 -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Animal magnetism -- Dr. Yeldell., and Mounted to 25 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs by Bentley & Co.
Subject (Name):
De Mainauduc, John Boniot, -1797 and Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812
Plate from 'Town Talk', iv. 247. A procession of coaches through 'Cavendish Square', the houses of which form a background, together with a street which recedes in perspective on the left. The foremost coach (right) has a roof shaped like a Chinese pagoda and decorated with bells; on the apex is a seat occupied by an ape, dressed as a man, who rings a handbell and blows a horn. Bells are attached to the springs of the coach. The arms, surmounted by a coronet, are crossed whips, the crest a fool's head. A man seated on the box turns to the driver to say: "No bad scheme of Sr Harry's to get the Amateur [Coates] to perform today! tolerable attendance." The driver wears a conical hat with a vast brim, manifold capes, and a large nosegay, with top-boots. Two servants sit in the rumble; one points to the ape, saying, "What do you think Tom of our new fellow Servant! did Master get him from Bond Street." The other answers: "Oh No! hes not one of the Loungers [see No. 8377, &c.] Master had him from Exeter Change [menagerie] he has been well educated you see." The second equipage is the odd-shaped curricle of 'Romeo' Coates, see No. 11768, &c., drawn by four horses, whose harness, like the curricle, is decorated with cocks. He is dressed as Lothario, see No. 11769, &c., with three huge feathers towering from his hat. He says: "I scorn that odious uniform which would hide the graces of my form and those detestable boots would spoil a most delectable leg!--Bless us! how we draw, out of the theatre as well as in." The following coach is on the extreme left; its roof is a four-sided pinnacle topped with a spike; the driver is dressed like the man on the first coach. He says (of Coates): "I'll back him to spar with Molineaux at St Martins Court for the benefit of Carter." The man beside him answers: "Aye my Lord! or I'll take the chance of the day for my debt, and remove the execution from your carriage and horses." A man on horseback in the background shouts: "your lordship had better take the Opera House, as it will be for a charitable purpose." The road is crowded with spectators many of whom wave their hats. Tiny coaches proceed along the Square from right to left, to join the procession. In the foreground is a row of well-dressed spectators in back view. Shouts rise from the distant crowd: "The Hobbies! The Hobbies"; "Cock a-doodle do"; "The Monologue"; "Bravo Romeo." On the extreme right is the gilt equestrian statue of the Duke of Cumberland, erected in 1770.--British Museum onlne catalogue
Alternative Title:
Hints for a four in hand exhibition
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printmaker's name from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Coaches -- Bells -- Horns., and In contemporary hand, in ink at top of print: 257.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1st 1813 by the Proprietor of Town Talk
Subject (Name):
Coates, Robert, 1772-1848 and Peyton, Henry, Sir, fl. 1813
From a sign on the back wall, a scene in the 'Grand Imperial Lodge of Odd Fellows" in which Burke, Norfolk, Sheridan, and Fox smoke and dance amongst the other club members some of whom wear swords. One man plays the fiddle. A chandelier hangs from the ceiling. In the corner is a dais under a canopy. A dog sits on his hind legs in the foreground
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Frontispiece to: Attic miscellany, v. 1., and Mounted to 28 x 35 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs by Bentley and Co.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"A fat citizen (three-quarter length), seated in an armchair, endures an operation upon the carbuncles of his bloated nose. The operator (left), thin and high-shouldered, holds the patient's forehead and applies a small pointed instrument (a metallic tractor) causing flames to gush from nose and nostrils. On a small table (left) are a decanter of 'Brandy' with a jug and steaming glass, lemon, and sugar, the patient's pipe lying across a newspaper: 'The True Briton. Theatre Dead Alive. Grand Exhibition in Leicester Square, just arrived from America the Rod of Æsculapius. Perkinism in all its Glory - being a certain Cure for all Disorders, Red Noses, Gouty Toes, Windy Bowels, Broken Legs, Hump Backs. Just discover'd, the Grand Secret of the Philosopher's Stone with the True way of turning all Metals into Gold, pro bono publico.' On the wall (right) is a picture of an infant Bacchus, astride a cask, holding out a decanter and a glass."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Metallic tractors -- Perkins, Elisha., 1 print : etching and aquatint with engraving, hand-colored ; sheet 24.4 x 31.5 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 11, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Perkins, Benjamin Douglas, 1774-1810
Subject (Topic):
Pain, Quacks and quackery, Quacks, Medical procedures & techniques, Medical equipment & supplies, Pipes (Smoking), Newspapers, and Dogs