Leaf 25. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on the debts of the Prince of Wales. A handsome young man in a riding costume (a star on his coat suggesting he is the Prince of Wales) sits in a relaxed manner at a table set with a coffee service. Opposite him are two elderly money-lenders, one of whom is wearing spectacles and is drawn with the stereotype profile and beard of a Jew sits reading a long parchment with seal. His partner looks on with a grin of satisfaction
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6717 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 148-9., and On leaf 25 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novemr. 8th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
A satire on the debts of the Prince of Wales. A handsome young man in a riding costume (a star on his coat suggesting he is the Prince of Wales) sits in a relaxed manner at a table set with a coffee service. Opposite him are two elderly money-lenders, one of whom is wearing spectacles and is drawn with the stereotype profile and beard of a Jew sits reading a long parchment with seal. His partner looks on with a grin of satisfaction
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue and Grego., and Mounted to 31 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novemr. 8th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Title etched below image., Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Advertisement below title: Of Mr. Holland may be had a number of other East and West India caricatures., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: India.
A caricatured image of Queen Caroline weeping ragged handkerchief. Her hat is decorated wtih ostrich feathers, an emblematic reference Prince of Wales
Description:
Title etched below image., One line, paraphrased, a quotation from Otway's The orphan, Act I, below title: "Why was I born with all my sexes softness!!", and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Holland, 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685.
Title from caption below image., Publication date from local card catalog record., Three lines of verse below title: She never told her love, but let concealment like a worm i' the bud feed on her damask cheek. Shakespeare., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title from item., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's stamp: S.W.F., embossed in lower right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Tailor shops -- Second-hand clothing., and Note on verso: In BM, acquired since BM cat.
Publisher:
Published June 9, 1789, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From Laurie and Whittle series of drolls., Four lines of text below title: Pat -- Hurra Maester, and what do ye ax for this here shoulder of mutton ..., Plate numbered '211' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Shops: butcher's booth -- Trades: butchers -- Irishmen -- Shop signs -- Second Hand Cloathes -- Street signs.
Publisher:
Published 16th March 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Reduced copy of a print published originally by S.W. Fores in 1798., Part of a series of reduced copies of prints published by Fores in 1806 and etched primarily by Charles Williams., Printmaker based on other prints from the series., Six lines of caption below title: No fit!-Tho' to be sure as you say a man can't see himself..., Plate numbered in lower left corner of design: No. 1 Pl. 5., and Temporary local subject terms: Tailor shops -- Second-hand clothing.