Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Queen Anne -- Male costume, ca. 1701-1714 -- Female costume, ca. 1701-1714 -- Walking staves., and Mounted to 23 x 18 cm.
Title from caption below image., Printmaker and date of publication from Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate also published in: Caricatures / drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. London, 1836?, p. 39., Companion print to: Anglers of 1611., Watermark: 1809., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 224.
Portrait of Ann Countess Temple; as an older woman; half length face almost in profile to left; wearing frilled fichu and matching cap with a dark scarf around chin
Description:
Title etched below image., Engraved after a drawing by Hugh Douglas Hamilton, now in the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG 246), that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 75 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published by T. Kirgate
Subject (Name):
Temple, Anne Grenville-Temple, Countess, 1709-1777, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title from item., Publication date from the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Earlier state, with artist's name and title intact, and without background lines and altered border, of No. 4773 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Antiquarians -- Mythology: allusion to Boadicea (Boudicca) -- Containers: antique chamber pots -- Books., and Mounted to 49 x 37 cm.
Portrait of Antonio Magliabechi, bust-length in profile to the right, wearing a cloak and bands; circular design done after a medal
Alternative Title:
Antonius Magliabechius Florentinus
Description:
Title from item., Probably a copy of the title page vignette from: Spence, J. A parallel; in the manner of Plutarch. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, by W. Robinson ..., 1758., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on leaf 18 x 11 cm., and Mounted opposite page [3] in Richard Bull's interleaved copy of: Spence, J. A parallel; in the manner of Plutarch. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, by W. Robinson ..., 1758.
Satire: Britannia, whose spear is broken in her hand, sits on a monumental statue which is placed on a pedestal of "Rotten Stone"; she says: "My leaness my leaness, wo untio me the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously, yea the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. ..." At the foot of the monument lies the British Lion, dreadfully emaciated, wounded by three daggers, and breathing his last. Near him are the personifications Truth, Rapine, Envy, Ingratitude, and Infidelity -- representations of the powers of Europe
Description:
Title from item., Plate numbered '22' in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of verse below image: See here a monument of shame / Indelible the Horrid Name / Shame on your Actions, Cursed Tricks / To the latest Time -- O! fifty-six.", and Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Europe
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations, Britannia (Symbolic character), Allegories, and National emblems
"George III, wearing a crown and ermine-trimmed robe is seated in an arm-chair asleep. The tassels of his girdle are thistles, indicative of Scottish influence. Round his neck is a chain from which hangs a cross, indicating the Romanizing tendencies of which he was accused at this time, see BMSat 5534, &c. His crown is being taken from his head by a judge in wig and ermine-trimmed robes, evidently Mansfield. Over the king's shoulder looks a Scot in Highland dress, evidently Bute, holding the sceptre which he has taken from the king's hand. He leans towards Mansfield saying "What shall be done with it?" Mansfield answers, "Wear it Your sel my Leard." On the king's left a man stands who holds in both hands the other side of the crown, he says, "No troth I'se carry it to Charly & hel not part with it again Mon!" He is dressed an an English gentleman, though his language indicates that he is a Scottish Jacobite; he is perhaps intended for some unpopular Scot, perhaps Wedderburn, then attorney-general. Behind the king's chair America, wearing a feathered head-dress, watches the scene; he says "We in America have no Crown to Fight for or Loose." In the foreground (right) sits Britannia asleep, her head resting on her hand; by her side lies the British lion, also asleep and chained to the ground. At her feet are two maps, one of "Great Britain" (torn) lies on one of "America". On the left stands a man in rags with bare legs and dishevelled hair, clasping his hands together and saying "I have let them quietly strip me of every Thing"; he appears to represent the British commercial community. An Irishman next him, a harp under his arm, walks away saying "I'le take Care of Myself & Family". The background to these figures is a hedge; behind it on the right is a Dutchman (the United Provinces) helping himself to the contents of two hives."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 15th, 1780, by W. Renegal
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)., Commerce, Sleeping, Beehives, Harps, and Lions
Title in letter press above image., Publication date based on the date of Lord Bute's appointment in 1762., Two columns of text, separated with vertical ornamental border, below plate: Explanation., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Coats of arms -- Weapons: guns -- Dress: wooden shoes -- Emblems: thistle -- Executioner's axe -- Scots -- Protestants: reference to protestants -- Mottoes: Ense recidendum me pars sincera trabatur immedicabile vulnus.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., and Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Subject (Topic):
Firearms, Gallows, Lawyers, Military uniforms, British, and Shackles
"Portrait of Arthur Young, nearly half-length, seated on a chair in profile to right, wearing an open coat and neckerchief."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Artist, printmaker, and date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1924,0125.4., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 562 (leaf numbered '156' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.