Orator Henley christening a child, after an oil sketch by Hogarth; the cleric stands holding the infant over a large, empty baptismal font, with the mother beside him to left. To his right stand a man who holds his hat and a stout woman, while in front a child, wearing a plumed hat and standing on tiptoe, reaches into the font, tipping the shallow bowl and spilling the water
Description:
Title engraved below image., Also signed below image: Hogarth pinxt ; S. Ireland fecit 1785., Dedication etched below title: To Francis Grose Esq. F.A.S. an encourager & promoter of the arts, this etching from his favorite Hogarth is inscribed by his obliged friend & servant, Saml. Ireland., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For related work by Sympson see: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (2nd ed.), p. 310., and See no. 2837 for original painting in reverse in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 1st 1786, by W. Dickenson, No. 158 New Bond St.
Subject (Name):
Henley, John, 1692-1756
Subject (Topic):
Baptisms, Children, Clergy, Fonts, Infants, and Women
Orator Henley christening a child, after an oil sketch by Hogarth; the cleric stands holding the infant over a large, empty baptismal font, with the mother beside him to left. To his right stand a man who holds his hat and a stout woman, while in front a child, wearing a plumed hat and standing on tiptoe, reaches into the font, tipping the shallow bowl and spilling the water
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue; printmaker Jane Ireland's full name etched in lower right, replacing her initials "J.I." on earlier state., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (2nd ed.) for note about a related work by Sympson, page 310.
Publisher:
Samuel Ireland?
Subject (Name):
Henley, John, 1692-1756
Subject (Topic):
Baptisms, Children, Clergy, Fonts, Infants, and Women
"In a large room lit by candles in sconces, a round game is in progress. The guests are ladies, undergraduates, and elderly parsons, some sit in a circle, while others look over their heads. An elderly parson grovels on his hands and knees, putting his head under the petticoats of a lady who sits (left) with her hands raised in surprise. He acts at the direction of a boy (Prince William of Gloucester) wearing the gown of (?) a fellow commoner over a coat with a star, who stands (right) in profile to the left, stretching his right arm with an autocratic gesture; a spaniel licks his feet. A stout parson seated behind him on the extreme left scowls and clenches his fist at the scene. The lady (the Duchess of Gloucester) sits between a fashionably dressed undergraduate wearing the gown of (?) a fellow commoner, and a stout parson who holds up his hands in astonishment. The undergraduates and some of the parsons appear amused, others frown disapprovingly. On the extreme left is a small round table on which are two candles and playing-cards."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Questions and commands, Mistaken road to He-r-f-rd, and Mistaken road to Hereford
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text below title in lower right: Vide, J-s-s Colle. Cambe., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to the see of Hereford -- Horace Walpole owned print (NYPL) -- Jesus College, Cambridge -- Petticoat influence -- Spaniel -- Games: Round -- Tripod tables -- Male costumes: Cantabridgian -- Fellow commoner -- Possible caricature of John Butler, 1717-1802.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 11th, 1788, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834, Gloucester, Maria Walpole, Duchess of, 1735-1807, Beadon, Richard, 1737-1824, and Butler, John, 1717-1802
Subject (Topic):
Candles, Candlesticks, Clergy, Dogs, Gambling, Playing cards, Rugs, and Sconces
Title etched below image and two lines of verse., Publication date inferred from Overton's death date., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image and above title: Two men there are the inward & the out, whom Satan to insnare [sic] still hovereth about ..., Two lines of verse below title: Sing Whitfield and Webber, for ever and ever., Subject identified in a note in 18th-century hand at bottom of sheet as Rev. George Whitefield., Not in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits ... in the British Museum., and Temporary local subject terms: Wall-eyed.
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Dissenters -- Executions: hangings -- Clergy: bishops -- Clergy: parsons -- Demons -- Watering cans -- Cannons -- Buildings: exterior of a Gothic church -- Serpents -- Expressions of speech: wolf in sheep's clothing -- Expressions of speech: dignitaries of Church as caterpillars., Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with initials G R below., and Mounted to 27 x 40 cm.
"The House of Lords, as arranged for the Bill of Pains and Penalties, see British Museum Satires No. 13825, is seen from the right, so that the angle of the left and end walls form the centre of the design, the throne being on the right. The peers are crowded together to watch the entry of the Queen, complacently seated on a black ram with the head of Bergami; the animal wears two orders, and from its neck hangs a disc inscribed 'Santa Carolina', see British Museum Satires No. 13810. Immediately behind her walks Alderman Wood, wearing his furred gown and holding a decanter. Behind him, and in the foreground, marches Brougham, followed by Denman and Lushington. Her other followers hold long staves. A plebeian fellow in a red gown just behind the barristers may be Fellowes, her chaplain. A woman and a fashionably dressed man walking together are probably Lady Anne Hamilton and Keppel Craven, the Queen's Vice-Chancellor. From the crowd of her supporters emerges a pole supporting a cap of Liberty, and a placard: 'May our Wives be like Her' (which is against pictures of the allegations of the 'trial', see below). In the foreground (left) a ragged Savoyard sings, turning the handle of an orgue de barbarie slung from his neck. On the woolsack, in front of the peers, sits Eldon, saying "Go and Sin no more" (words quoted by Denman in his speech for the defence). On his right stands Grey, hands crossed on his breast, bowing towards the ram. Behind the Chancellor stands a peer, saying, "Innocent as our Wives." On Eldon's left stands a tall man, wearing the ribbon of St. Patrick. On the end of a bench in the right foreground sits a peer who has some resemblance to Liverpool. Behind him stands a man resembling Lord Holland. Among a crowd on the steps of the throne is Wellington. From closely seated peers (left) rises the word 'Guiltless'. In the right foreground, and screening himself by a cloth, a crouching incendiary, resembling Cobbett, holds a torch to a pile of papers. These are Addresses, with, at the base, 'Gunpowder Treason'. The other inscriptions are 'London Address', 'Leeds Address', 'Manchester Address'. The gallery (left) is crowded with spectators; against it and above the heads of those on the floor of the House is a medley of canvasses, supported on poles; on these incidents from the evidence against the Queen are depicted. [1] A Turk, Mahomet, dances (see British Museum Satires No. 13929). [2] The Princess and Bergami sit amorously together. [3] Bergami helps the Princess to dress as the Muse of History (see British Museum Satires No. 13890, &c.). [4] Bergami bathes the Princess (see British Museum Satires No. 13819, &c.). [5] Bergami and the Princess in a carriage (see British Museum Satires No. 13820). [6] The pair look from the tent on the polacca at a helmsman (see British Museum Satires No. 13818, &c.). [7] They inspect statues of Adam and Eve in a grotto ('Parl. Deb.', N.S. ii. 1094). [8] They sit together on the deck of the polacca ('ibid.', pp. 895, 920). [9] Seated under a canopy they are rowed on Lake Como. [10] The Princess dances a pas seul. Enclosed in an oval below the title are the Queen's words: "Here I am Riding on a Black Ram Like a w-e as I am, . . . Therefore I pray you Mr Steward let me have my C-n again." (By the custom of certain manors a widow who, through unchastity, had lost her freebench, or life interest in her husband's copyhold, could recover it by coming into the court on a ram, and reciting the above words ('crown' replacing the 'land' of the original), given in full in 'The Spectator' for 1 Nov. 1714.) The oval is flanked by the 'Savoyards Song' (? by T. Hook). Seven of ten verses (in the peep-show man's patter): '1. Who be dat de Ram do sit on ? Tis C- purest Q- of Briton. Who loves a Ram & Fleece to sit on. Doodle Johnny Calf.... 5. Who talk of 'Self' in dat Green Ribbon ? Oh! dat be de Man who put a Cap on To marry his W- & lives on Pension. O Vanity, Ingratitude. 6. And who in Grey do bow so civil? Oh! dat be de Great Bow Wow of de Kennel A Whig & half & half a Radical. Doodle Johnny Calf. 7. What Parson he, dat quote de Scripture To prove a W-e to be no impure? Oh! dat be de Protestant Sinecure. Doodle [&c.] 8. And who be dose Bravadoes dere, Who bawl out 'Guiltless' with great Stare? Oh! dey be de Cuckolds among de Peer, Doodle [&c.] 9. But pray, who in de chair do sit-a? Tis honest John di Cancellaria Who wants no Place, but Place to quit-a Ungrateful Johnny Calf. 10. So Sirs, we have shewn you all dose Patrons Who strip from our Eves their Fig Leaf Aprons And damn de characters of English Matrons Be wise in Time John Calf.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Month and year of publication separated within imprint; the month "Decr." precedes publisher's statement "Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.", and the year "1820" follows this statement., and Mounted on page 32 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Lushington, Stephen, 1782-1873, Fellowes, Robert, 1771-1847, Hamilton, Anne, Lady, 1766-1846, Craven, Keppel Richard, 1779-1851, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Cobbett, William, 1763-1835, and Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Legislative bodies, Interiors, Thrones, Sheep, Wine, Clergy, Crowds, Liberty cap, Organ grinders, Bowing, Torches, and Spectators
"Dr. Price preaches from a ramshackle tub inscribed 'Political Gunpowder', his arms outstretched to the right; from his pocket projects a document inscribed 'Revolution Toasts'. His sermon hangs over the edge of the tub, the upper sheet headed 'Bind the Kings with chains &c.' The tub rests on a large book: 'Calculations' (an allusion to Price's works on population and finance). Beneath the title is engraved : '"Every Man has his Price!" Sir R. Walpole'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image. Series title above image., Caricatures published under the pseudonym Annibal Scratch have been attributed to Samuel Collings., and Plate from the Attic miscellany, v. ii, page 118.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, by Bentley & Co.
Subject (Name):
Price, Richard, 1723-1791 and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745.
George IV is shown as a grotesque sea monster, for which the following description is given below image: "He is of immence size, his head and face bear the appearance of a man, he has the neck of a bull, the body of a huge sea hog, the legs of an elephant, and the tail of a porpoise." The beast lies helpless on the shore facing right, emitting a plume from his mouth containing the words "debauchery", "trifling", "vice", "folly", etc. Queen Caroline's defense lawyers reign in the animal, Brougham on the left wielding a broom and Denman on the right holding a chain attached to the beast's collar. Broom exclaims: "At length I see thee! They death warrant's signed." Below him is written "The mighty Broom of Destruction", and a bundle labeled "more broom sticks" sits beside him. Denman stands at the mouth of a cave marked "A DEN", holding a club labeled "The Queens cause" and saying: "That blow from Broom will end thee." Below him is written "The intrepid Den-Man". Frogs, salamandars, snails, and other aquatic creatures enter the water at the feet of both men. Offshore a vessel, with the figurehead of Queen Caroline and flying a banner bearing her name, shoots and injures the monster, streams of blood with words such as "corruption", "bribery", and "perjury & ingratitude" flowing out of the wounds. In the water on either side of the ship, figures thrash about as they try to escape the scene. One in the group of men (politicians?) on the left says "Non mi Ricordo" as he struggles to stay afloat. Among the three men and one woman on the right is the Duke of Wellington, a member of the clergy, and another lawyer
Alternative Title:
Abyssinian monster, or, The invisible being drawn from his den and Invisible being drawn from his den
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Date of publication from The National Archives' online catalogue, reference: TS 11/115/326/74., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Text at bottom of image: May the prow of innocence ever cut the foul waves of malice. J. Bull Esqr., Four lines of text below image, beginning: It having long been a desideratum with men of research to discover the souce of the Nile, we have much pleasure laying it before them ..., For a brief mention of this print, see: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10, page li., and Mounted on page 15 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Published by J. Dawson, Camden Town
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Sea monsters, Lawyers, Ships, Brooms, Caves, Frogs, and Clergy
publish'd according to act of Parliament 25 March 1740 [that is 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 33. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the jockeying for position of the European powers in early 1740. A race-course on the sea-shore with a variety of animals and riders representing different countries: first comes Cardinal Fleury (France) falling from his fox which has stumbled at the winning post on "[Baron] Sinclair's papers". Behind the fox stands the devil holding a sheet of paper with a picture of five ships, lettered "Baltic Sea", an allusion to the French failure to form an alliance in that region. The devil pulls down one of the scales hanging from the umpire stand; the heavier scale represents the Imperial allies with swords, coins, a picture of the Imperial eagle and a note reading "ballance of power", while the lighter one holds objects connected with France and Spain, a cardinal's hat, mask, fox, and notes of "50,000 livers" and "10,000 pistoles" as well as a paper lettered "Mediation". On the umpire stand, America is in conversation with Africa while Europe embraces Asia for the sake of "Protection [of]Trade". Further to the left stands Captain Jenkins holding out his severed ear. Behind Fleury's fox runs the Spanish wolf, its rider unseated by the British lion's lashing tail, lettered "No Search Free Trade". The Russian bear, ridden by a man with a scimitar, follows; the bear kicks its hind legs at the Turkish elephant that is draped with a cloth lettered "Belgrade" in reference to the recent ceding of that city to Turkey. The sultan stands behind the elephant, offering a bag of money to a Frenchman wearing a bag-wig; a monkey also wearing a bag-wig, representing France, crouches in front of the bear. A Dutchman, smoking a pipe, stands beside a distance post having abandoned the race; his boar is laden with trade goods. Behind, on the left, the devil and a fool lead a group of Roman Catholic bishops, roped together, towards a closed building labelled "Conclave" where they will elect a successor to Pope Clement XII. In front of them seven men representing the European powers are seated at a round table with papers lettered "Alliance" and "Sinclair"; Cardinal Fleury turns aside towards another devil asking, "Extricute me now & I'm yours for ever". Further forward, a British herald, supported by classical female soldiers, blows a trumpet; beside them Fleury raises the front of his robe attempting to catch billowing smoke, lettered "Universal Monarchy". In the foreground, Time sits on his hour-glass holding a paper with a picture of a wolf dressed as a cardinal; rats chew at the bottom of the sheet; Fortune looses her grasp of Theodore of Corsica who throws his orb after his crown as it flies off on outspread wings; a British bulldog savages a Spanish wolf while a French fox runs off behind a bush; Captain Coram shows the plan of the Foundling Hospital to a woman and child seated on the ground; a Catholic ecclesiastic wrings his hands saying, "Ye have taking away my Gods, what have I more"; a man bends down to lift a chest full of "10000 pieces of Eight"; Emperor Charles VI rides on an eagle towards the finishing post, holding a shield with the British coat of arms in front of him while a shield with the fleur-de-lis falls to the ground; he is preceded by Charles Albert of Bavaria, fully armed on horseback, and carrying a shield with the motto, "Never conquered"; in front of him, a French ambassador kneels pleading with the British lion who tramples on a shield with the fleur-de-lis and prepares to fire a cannon. At lower right, Britannia pushes aside France (a woman in classical dress with a helmet, and a cock at her side holding out a paper lettered "Mediation") and points to a map showing the island of Cuba offered by a British herald and a sailor. In the background, to left, is the bay of Cadiz in which the Spanish fleet is shut up, British ships sail freely on the sea; a nymph holding a pennant lettered, "Quatuor Maria Vindico" (I claim the four seas), rides a dolphin; beyond are the island of Cuba and distant mountains. Lettering beneath on either side of a medal of a fighting cock which is itself lettereed "Aut Mors Aut Victoria" (Death or Victory)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 2449 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], and On leaf 33 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740, Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, 1697-1745, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, and Coram, Thomas, 1668?-1751
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from unverified data from local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on two sides., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.