- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 April 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.04.12.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An opera-dancer, Mme Rose Didelot, is poised on her right toe, her head turned in (sharp-featured) profile to the left, holding up a long garland of roses. She wears a pseudo-classical costume, defining her person, the edge of the skirt bordered with roses, a wreath of roses in her hair which is almost short. The scenery is of trees with a landscape background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 12th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Didelot, Marie Rose Paul, -1803
- Subject (Topic):
- Ballet, Dance, Dancers, and Performances
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "No flower that blows is like this rose" [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [25 February 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.02.25.04+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Burke (left) as a shambling beggar, holds out his hat towards the Duke of Bedford who looks between the folding gates of Bedford House, holding one side to keep them almost closed. Their words float upwards from their mouths: Burke says: ""Pity the Sorrows of a poor old Man, add a trifle to what has been bestowed by Ministry to stop my Complaints: - O give me opportunity of recanting once more! - Ah! remember me in your Golden Dreams! - great Leviathan of liberty, let me but play & frolick in the Ocean of your royal Bounty, & I will be for ever your Creature; - my Hands, - Brains, - my Soul & Body, - the very Pen through which I have spouted a torrent of Gall against my original Friends, and cover'd you all over with the Spray, every thing of me, & about me, shall be yours - dispence but a little of your Golden store to a desolate Old Man". Bedford says: "Hark'ee, old double Face, - its no use use [sic] for you to stand Jawing there, if you gull other people, you won't bother us out a single Shilling, with all your canting-rant, - no, no, it wo'nt do, old Humbug! - let them bribe you, who are afraid of you, or want your help, - your Gossip wont do here: -" Burke wears the red and blue of the Windsor uniform, his dress is tattered, one foot protrudes through his shoe. In his right hand is a sheaf of broadsides: 'Last Dying Speech of Old Honesty the Jesuit' [cf. BMSat 6026, &c.]. On his back is a sack inscribed '£4000 pr Annum' indicating his two pensions. From his back protrudes a book inscribed 'Reflections upon Political Apostacy'. The design is framed by the stone gateway of Bedford House, each side surmounted by a sphinx (cf. BMSat 8639)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Bedford House, London -- Architectural details: stone gateways -- Sphinxes -- Pensioners: Burke as a pensioner -- Military uniforms: Windsor uniform -- Begging -- Allusion to Burke's pensions -- Allusion to Burke's Letter to a Noble Lord, 1796., and Mounted to 48 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 and Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Pity the sorrows of a poor old man" vide scene in Bloomsbury Square / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.02.01.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The two members for Middlesex simultaneously address a meeting of freeholders from a hustings against a building (The Mermaid, at Hackney) which forms a background. Both lean forward in profile to the right. Byng (left), thin and elegant, gesticulates with clenched fist, right arm above his head. He frowns, while Mainwaring (right) grimaces insinuatingly, his hands held out deprecatingly. From Byng's pocket issues a paper: 'Treatise on the use of Cocoa'. On the extreme left, behind Byng, stands Fox, holding Byng's hat. The other men on the platform, all wearing hats, are freely sketched. On the wooden barrier of the hustings are two bills, the lower part of which is concealed by the heads of the spectators, which reach across the lower edge of the design: 'Mermaid Hackney Meeting of the Freeholders for obtaining a Repeal of the odious, detestable, obnoxious, unconstitutional oppressive treasonable . . .' and 'Address to his Majesty by the Freeholders.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Hustings -- Reference to Treasonable Activities and Seditious Meetings bills., Possibly an impression from a worn plate; publisher's street address is lightly printed and barely legible., and Mounted to 42 x 31 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 1st, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Byng, George, 1764-1847, and Mainwaring, William, 1735-1821
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Hackney meeting [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [13 January 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.01.13.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two chairmen carry (left to right) a lady in a sedan chair. The roof is raised and through it projects an enormous ostrich feather, rising from an aigrette and curls, which also extend above the roof. To the second chairman's back is strapped the base of a long curving rod which supports an umbrella to protect the feather. Through the window of the chair appears the lady's profile. She holds a half-closed fan before her face. Behind (left) is a plain town house of three stories behind its area-railings; it is next a high curving wall (right). Probably from a design by an amateur."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 13th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bath (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Fans (Accessories), Headdresses, Sedan chairs, Servants, and Umbrellas
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A modern belle going to the rooms at Bath [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 September 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.09.24.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Miss Farren and Lord Derby, both in profile to the right, walk together inspecting pictures. She, very thin and tall, looks over his head through a glass at a picture in the second row of 'Zenocrates & Phryne'. He looks at the picture immediately below, 'The Death', a huntsman holding up a fox to the hounds. The frame is decorated by an earl's coronet with horses, cf. BMSat 9074, &c. Lord Derby, much caricatured, very short and obese, wears riding-dress with spurred boots and holds a whip. Miss Farren wears no hat, a dress hanging from the shoulders and trailing behind her, short sleeves and gloves. Both hold an open 'Catalogue'. Behind, a man (left) and two ladies in back view and arm-in-arm inspect a picture of 'Susan[nah and the] Elders'. The lady in the centre wears a high, twisted turban (cf. BMSat 8755) with an enormous feather, the other wears a round hat."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Tally-ho & his Nimeney-pimmeney taking the morning lounge and Tally-ho and his Nimeney-pimmeney taking the morning lounge
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: art exhibitions -- Literature: reference to Burgoyne's The Heiress -- Lorgnettes., and Mounted.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Sept. 24th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834 and Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759 or 62-1829
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A peep at Christies, or, Tally-ho & his Nimeney-pimmeney taking the morning lounge [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [28 March 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.03.28.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly man displays scientific experiments. He stoops forward, in profile to the left, holding a rod horizontally between his fingers, in the left hand is a glass. A small still, phials, &c, and an elaborate appliance (right) are on the long table behind which he stands. On the wall are two medallion profile-portraits, one (left) being that of Priestley. A serpent, a scroll with cabalistic signs, a terrestrial globe on a bracket, are also on the wall, which is lit by a single candle with a curiously shaped reflector."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Philosophers -- Scientific lectures -- Maps: globes -- Cabalistic signs -- Phials.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 28th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Walker, A. 1730 or 1731-1821 (Adam), and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A philosopher Conduit Street / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 May 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.05.12.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Sir David Dundas on horseback, in profile to the left, drills a line of cavalry at some distance. He holds a gold-headed cane in place of a whip and sits his horse in the manner of a bad rider. His foot is thrust forward so that his boot projects beyond the animal's chest (cf. Nos. 7233, 7242); he holds the curb rein only, and this is merely placed between his hand and the cane; the snaffle lies on the horse's neck. The animal is clumsy, with shaggy fetlocks. Under the saddle is a leopard-skin. Dundas is on rising ground above the level of the soldiers who are drawn up facing some tents."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Thomas Adams is one of the pseudonyms used by Gillray. See British Museum catalogue., Earlier state of No. 11256 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of printmaker's signature and imprint. Printmaker and imprint from impression in the New York Historical Society collection., Temporary local subject terms: Horsemanship -- Military camps -- Military manoeuvres: cavalry drill -- Military uniforms: Quartermaster general, Horse Guards., and Mounted to 40 x 48 cm., matted to 44 x 50 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 12th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Dundas, David, Sir, 1735-1820
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A portrait [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 December 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.12.10.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "John Bull (left), a stout countryman wearing jack-boots, rides (right to left) through a wood on a wretched hack, ready to fall under his weight. Pitt kneels on the ground (right) in profile to the left, aiming a blunderbuss (which is supported on crossed sticks) point-blank at John; it is inscribed 'Standing Army'. He masquerades as a beggar: his dress is tattered, on the ground is his hat, containing coins; he says: "Good Sir, for Charity's sake \ "have Pity upon a poor ruin'd Man; - \ "drop if you please, a few bits of \ "Money into the Hat, & you shall \ "be rewarded hereafter -" From his coat-pocket project a cocked pistol and a paper: 'Forced Loan in reserve'. He points to a document on the ground beside him: 'Humble Petition, for Voluntary - Contribution Subscriptions & new Taxes, to save the Distres'd from taking worse Courses.' John Bull has dropped his righteins and holds his hat, full of guineas; he looks with melancholy distrust at Pitt, but drops guineas into his hat. His horse, disfigured with sores, is evidently the white horse of Hanover, its head-band is red and blue, the Windsor uniform (cf. BMSat 8691, &c). From the bushes behind Pitt emerge the heads and shoulders of (right to left) Dundas, Grenville, and Burke, each with a pistol levelled at John Bull. Dundas wears Highland dress, Grenville peer's robes and a grenadier's cap with the letters 'Wm R' (cf. BMSats 7479, 7494, &c.): he looks down reflectively at Pitt instead of at his victim, implying that he is his cousin's henchman; Burke has a pen in his hat. On the left is a signpost pointing (right) 'From Constitution Hill' (cf. BMSat 8287) and (left) 'To Slavery Slough by Beggary Corner.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- John Bull escaping a forced loan
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Highwaymen -- Beggars -- Weapons: blunderbuss -- Pistols -- Petitions -- Reference to Loyaly Loan -- Symbols: White Horse of Hanover -- Coins: guineas -- Signposts., and Mounted to 32 x 48 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Decr. 10th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Begging no robbery, i.e., voluntary contribution, or, John Bull escaping a forced loan a hint from Gil Blas / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 May 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.05.02.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A burlesque of the discovery by Cymon of Iphigenia asleep. A fat country-woman, whose dark skin and coarse features give her a negroid appearance, leans against a sandy bank. A hideous yokel, advancing from the right, stoops towards her, dropping his stick and gaping with delighted surprise."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Cymon and Iphigenia
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Thomas Adams is one of the pseudonyms used by Gillray., Garrick's 'Cymon and Iphigenia', 1767, adapted from Dryden's version of Boccaccio's tale, made the story familiar and popular. It was the subject of a picture by Reynolds., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left edges.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 2d, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples and Sleeping
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Cymon & Iphigenia [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.00.00.07
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A Dutch soldier (left) and his wife (right), joining hands, dance round a tree of Liberty to music supplied by a foppish French soldier on the extreme left who beats a drum and blows a trumpet, and by a stout Dutchman on the extreme right who plays bagpipes inscribed 'Vader-lands Liefde' (Love of Country). The 'tree' is a pole surmounted by a milk-churn inscribed 'Vryheid \ Gellykheid \ Broederscha[p]', [This inscription (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity) occurs on Dutch prints after the French invasion, e.g. Van Stolk, No. 5299; Muller, No. 5385.] above which is a cap of Liberty shaped like a fool's cap, and a tricolour flag inscribed 'Hollandia Regenerate[a]'. On the churn sits a parroquet, 'trying to imitate the patriotic accents of his French brothers'. A monkey climbs up the pole as in BMSat 8831. Texts, 'Acts', vii. 41, and 'Job', xviii. 16."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Artist identified as Hess and printmaker questionably identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Possibly published by Hannah Humphrey. See British Museum catalogue., One of twenty plates published as a bound set entitled: Hollandia regenerata., Plate numbered "1" in upper left corner., With: Letterpress explanation in French that includes appropriate texts from the Bible in Dutch and in English., Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: Dutch uniforms -- Dutchmen -- Holland: civil discord -- Tree of Liberty -- Cap of Liberty -- Emblems: dove as emblem of peace -- Monkeys -- Kitchen utensils: milk churns -- Musical instruments: drum -- Bagpipes -- Musical instruments: trumpets, and Letterpress explanation lacking.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dansons la carmagnole! Vive le son! Vive le son! ... [graphic].