A large, full-face portrait of Sir Robert Walpole yawning violently
Description:
Title engraved below image., Fourteen lines of verse in two columns below title: More he had said, but yawn'd. All nature nods: What mortal can resist the yawn of gods? ... Dunciad., For a similar print. Cf. No. 2607 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
Octor. 11th 1743, publish'd by G. Bickham in May's Buildings
Litchfield races transpos'd and Litchfield races transposed
Description:
Caption title., Place of publication and suggested date from English short title catalogue and British Museum catalogue., An etching at top of sheet satirising the Jacobite enthusiasms of Staffordshire sportsmen, is followed below by a song in letterpress., Six stanzas of an anonymous song that is a patriotic British plea for unity, in two columns below the image: Ye subjects of true British race, Whether old Whig or Tory ... which does not clearly relate to the engraving in its contents., Temporary local subject terms: Union: Great Britain and Scotland -- Scotland : Rebellion, denial of redress for grievances -- Emblems: Britannia as symbol of the Union -- Emblems: fleur-de-lis as France, tied to Britain -- Races: Litchfield -- Ballads -- Cannons: touchole -- Tents -- Emblems: anchor for the Duke of Bedford., Watermark: Fleur-de-lis., and Sheet trimmed on the right, within plate mark of the etching, resulting in some loss of image and in loss of 'd' in 'transpos'd'.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, and Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Subject (Topic):
Jacobites, Caricatures and cartoons, Patriotism, Britannia (Symbolic character), National emblems, British, French, and Scottish
"Interior view of the great room at Brookes's Subscription House; men sit playing cards at large round tables to the right side of room; a grand chandelier hanging from ceiling; sofas and smaller tables to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Great Subscription Room at Brooks's, St. James's Street
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 39., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 94., 1 print : aquatint with etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 22.9 x 27.6 cm, on sheet 27 x 33.8 cm., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Octr. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Brooks's (Club),
Subject (Topic):
Private clubs, Interiors, Parlors, Card games, Gambling, and Chandeliers
"Interior view of the great room at Brookes's Subscription House; men sit playing cards at large round tables to the right side of room; a grand chandelier hanging from ceiling; sofas and smaller tables to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Great Subscription Room at Brooks's, St. James's Street
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 39., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 94., and Matted to 36 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Octr. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Brooks's (Club),
Subject (Topic):
Private clubs, Interiors, Parlors, Card games, Gambling, and Chandeliers
"An obese man has dismounted to offer help to an injured man thrown from his horse. In the background (left) a second saddle-horse grazes and (right) three men run off with the victim's hat, whip, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pub. May 12, 1823 by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's St. & 74 New Bond St.
Leaf 13. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Charles Fox, dressed only in breeches, tries to flee from the Devil who caught him by the leg and is shearing off the hair from his chest. On the left, in front of the "India House" a group of elated men dance around a burning stake to which is tied a fox. A reference to the rejection of the India Bill in the House of Lords and the demise of the Coalition government
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "a" in the word "and" is etched backwards., Attribution to Rowlandson from the British Museum catalogue and Grego., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6283 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Several letters in imprint statement, as well as the digit "7" in "1783," are etched backwards., 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 109-10., Temporary local subject terms: Bills: Defeat of India Bill -- India House., and On leaf 13 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Published 22 Decr. 1783 by Humphrys, Strand and Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
Devil, Foxes, Burning at the stake, and Scissors & shears
Charles Fox, dressed only in breeches, tries to flee from the Devil who caught him by the leg and is shearing off the hair from his chest. On the left, in front of the "India House" a group of elated men dance around a burning stake to which is tied a fox. A reference to the rejection of the India Bill in the House of Lords and the demise of the Coalition government
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "a" in the word "and" is etched backwards., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue and Grego., Several letters in imprint statement, as well as the digit "7" in "1783," are etched backwards., and Mounted to 37 x 57 cm.
Publisher:
Published 22 Decr. 1783 by Humphrys, Strand
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and East India Company.
Title from signboard in image., Artist from original drawings in the British Museum., Date of publication based on running dates of the Great Exhibition: 1 May to 15 October, 1851., Design consists of six horizontal rows of small figures, five of the rows having titles etched within them: [The arts and manufactures of] Switzerland; The arts and manufactures of Italy; The arts and manufactures of Germany; The arts and manufactures of China; The arts and manufactures of Scotland., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with some loss of image or text on right and left sides.
"A buxom lady walks forward and to the right towards a man in riding-dress (right) who inspects her through a quizzing-glass. A ribbon encircles her high waist (cf. BMSat 8571, &c.) and her petticoats projecting in front exaggerate her portly figure. She carries a large muff and holds a glove in her left hand. Behind her a small footman holding a large closed umbrella marches stiffly. In the background is a tree, under which is a seat in back view, on which a man and woman are sitting."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., No. 119 in Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Published 12th June 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Benches, Hand lenses, Muffs, Obesity, Servants, and Umbrellas