Title etched below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement. Imprint supplied from impression in the Library of Congress., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Regency crisis -- George III's prerogative, protected by British Lion -- Emblems: crown and scepter, prerogative -- British Lion: vigilant of prerogative -- Implements of execution -- Figure of Justice -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Whig frogs -- Double entendres -- Puns: "Son" -- Literature: Aesop fables -- Allusion to George III -- Dormant George IV., Watermark: S. Lay., and Mounted to 35 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by J. Aiken, the corner Bare Street, Leicester Square
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, and Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Britannia (Symbolic character), Justice, and Frogs
"Political satire; under a sinking sun in which is drawn a crown, with the words "Obscured, not lost", a masked figure with a crow-bar labelled "Begum Sophistry" and the Prince Regent with a broken axe labelled "Presumptive Rights" try to break down the door of the Treasury, while another picks the lock, labelled "G R" with keys labelled "Tropes"; behind them stands a man in black with a lantern labelled "Loyalty", a belt labelled "Truth" and a clapper labelled "Vox Populi"; from the window of the Treasury, Pitt attacks the house-breakers with a blunderbuss labelled "Constitution"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Housebreaking before sunset
Description:
Title etched below image., "Pr. 1s."--Below image, lower right., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Pick axes -- Padlocks -- Swords -- Masks -- Guns -- Setting sun -- Watchman's lanterns -- Emblems: King's monogram on the padlock., Watermark: Fleur de lis on crowned shield, with initials G R below., and Mounted to 44 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 6t 1789 by R. Butters, 79 Fleet Stt
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
"Fox rises from a close-stool; Sheridan (left) is about to apply a syringe, inscribed 'R------ts [Regent's] Clyster', to his rectum. Burke (right), wearing a Jesuit's biretta (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6026), gropes in the close-stool, holding in his left hand its lid, inscribed 'Not searching from Precedents but Consequences' (a characteristic dictum); he says, "To Ordure - Ordure" (Burke was often called to order for his speeches on the Regency, cf. British Museum Satires No. 7499, &c). Fox says, "Exegi Monumentum cere perennias, or the finishing Stroke" (perhaps an allusion to the revolution Pillar, see British Museum Satires No. 7396). In his hand is a paper inscribed 'Magna Charta Non Posteris sed Posterioribus'; his posterior is inscribed 'Patriotic Bum' and 'Vox Populi'. He stands on a paper inscribed 'Resolutions of P------l------t.' Sheridan is 'Principal Promoter of loose Principles'; under his right foot is an open book: 'Congreve Plays School for Scandal', probably implying plagiarism by Sheridan (cf. Moore, 'Life of Sheridan', p. 180, where resemblances between 'The School for Scandal' and 'The Double Dealer' are noted). The background is a library wall: a book-case containing folio volumes in some disorder is flanked by scowling busts of 'Wat Tyler' and 'Jack Kade'. The books are inscribed: 'The Laws of Pharaoh' (Faro, cf. British Museum Satires No. 5972), 'Political Prints', 'Life of Oliver Cromwell' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6380, &c), 'Cataline' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6784), 'Memoirs of Sam House'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., The number "3" in publisher's street address in imprint is etched backwards., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.5 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 25.5 x 36.6 cm., and Mounted on card backing to 28 x 39 cm; matted to 33 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 21, 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Defecation, Medical equipment & supplies, and Bookcases
From a sign on the back wall, a scene in the 'Grand Imperial Lodge of Odd Fellows" in which Burke, Norfolk, Sheridan, and Fox smoke and dance amongst the other club members some of whom wear swords. One man plays the fiddle. A chandelier hangs from the ceiling. In the corner is a dais under a canopy. A dog sits on his hind legs in the foreground
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Frontispiece to: Attic miscellany, v. 1., and Mounted to 28 x 35 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs by Bentley and Co.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"Burke kneels before a throne, from which the Prince of Wales has risen, eagerly holding out his hands for the head of Charles I which Burke proffers in a round box inscribed 'Treasury Box'; he says, "My Liege I told them in the House no day so proper to settle the Regency as Charles's Martyrdom". Sheridan stands behind Burke, leaning eagerly forward, and saying with a sinister scowl: "I too am for Dispatch such days best suit our Purpose"; from his pocket hangs a paper: 'Horn Tooke's Letter on the Princes Marriage' ('Prince' appears to have been scored through) ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified in the British Museum catalogue as Rowlandson imitating James Sayers's signature., Two lines of text below title: "Why not debate it on Friday, I say it is the only day in the year on which it ought to be debated (Charles's martyrdom) and carried up in the black box." Vide Mr. Burk-s speech on Tuesday last., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Treasury boxes -- Allusion to Prince of Wales's letter on Regency restrictions, 30 Dec. 1788 -- Speeches: Burke's in the House of Commons, Jan. 27, 1789 -- Satire on Regency resolutions -- Regency crisis, 1788 -- Thrones -- Execution of Charles I, Jan. 30, 1649 -- Literature: Tooke, John Horne, A letter to a friend on a reported marriage ... ., Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with initials G R below., and Mounted to 28 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. 30 Janry., 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649
"Pitt, Hastings, and Thurlow, the State Jugglers, are on a platform outside the gate of St. James's Palace. Above the gate projects the sign of the Crown inn, across which rests a plank forming a see-saw; on this the King (right) as Punch sits facing Queen Charlotte, dressed as Judy or Mother Shipton; she takes a pinch of snuff, the King holds out his hands as if in disapproval. A crowd of suppliants surrounds the platform. Pitt, bending towards them, pulls ribbons from his mouth; three men on the extreme left hold out their arms eagerly: one is a naval officer, a 'Log Book' under his arm shows that he is Sir Alexander Hood, see BMSat 5536, K.B. elect, see BMSat 7318. The second is Wilkes; the third cannot be identified. Hastings kneels between Pitt and Thurlow, his hands crossed humbly on his breast, a copious stream of coins issues from his mouth. Dundas, Lansdowne, Sydney, a bishop, and a fifth suppliant hold out their hats eagerly to catch the coins. Thurlow stands erect, his hands on his hips, flames and smoke issuing from his mouth inscribed "Hell-Fire, my Soul, Dam, Blast, Eyes, Heaven, Curse, Limbs, Blood". A little chimney-sweep [The sweep is said to represent Frederick Montagu, one of the Commissioners in Fox's India Bill. Wright and Evans.] and a ragged fishwife, a basket of fish on her head, stand gazing at him with wonder and admiration. On the extreme right, at the side of the platform, Fox, supported on the shoulders of Burke, slyly holds out his hat behind Thurlow; Sheridan (?) [Identified by Wright and Evans as the Duke of Norfolk] supports them. Beneath the title is etched : '"Who wrought such wonders as might make "Egyptian sorcerers forsake "Their baffled mockeries, & own ''The palm of magick our's alone.'' Churchll'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker identifiedin British Museum catalogue as Gillray who disguised his identity by signing the work with Sayers's initials., Sheet trimmed on one side within plate mark, with loss of design., Cf. No. 7320 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Numbered '39' in upper right corner of plate., and Quotations from Charles Churchill, 1731-1764.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 16th 1788 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Bridport, Alexander Hood, Viscount, 1726-1814
Subject (Topic):
Chimney sweeps, Fishmongers, Jugglers, and Seesaws
"A game of marbles (taw, cf. BMSat 7393) for the crown is in progress; the Prince of Wales is dressed as a toddling child in petticoats but is larger in scale than the other figures; he leans towards Fox, Sheridan, and Burke (who are aiming at the crown) but is restrained by Pitt (right) who holds him in leading-strings, saying, "Hold, Not so fast Georgy". The Prince wears one of the cushioned caps ('puddings') then used to protect children's heads; in it are three feathers. The crown is at his feet, surrounded by a ring of marbles. Fox and Sheridan kneel side by side; Fox is about to play, saying, "My Game for a Crown". Sheridan, holding his marble, says, "Knuckle down and dont funck, [To funk = to advance the hand unfairly in playing marbles. Partridge, 'Dict. of Slang', 1937.] Charley". Burke stands behind them, leaning eagerly forward, saying, "My turn next Sherry". He wears a Jesuit's biretta (cf. BMSat 6026). Pitt, 'chapeau-bras', wears court dress. Behind the Prince is a circular stand on wheels for supporting a toddling child."--British museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Temporary local subject terms: Clerical hats: Jesuit's biretta -- Hats: Child's cushioned cap or 'pudding' -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Vehicles: go-cart -- Leading-strings -- Games: marbles -- Crowns -- George IV as a toddler -- Regency restrictions -- Regency crisis, 1788 -- Satire on children., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with initials G R below.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"Fox and his party (three quarter length) surround a Twelfth Night cake which Weltje was about to cut into portions. The cause of a sudden check to this proceeding is indicated by a broad ray of light (which strikes the cake and the bystanders) and by a scroll: 'The King shall enjoy his own again'. Weltje stands on the left, his arms extended towards the scroll, saying, "Den by Got we sail heb no Cake"; he drops his knife. He and Sheridan are the most agitated of the party: Sheridan with a face of despair looks up, saying, '"Now our Ruin is complete" School for Scandal'. (He is Joseph Surface as in British Museum Satires No. 7510, &c; the actual words are "Tis now complete!') Fox stands disconsolately, his hands in his pockets, his back to the ray. Burke (right), his arms folded, scowls up at the ray. Behind these three Stormont, Loughborough, and Sandwich (on the extreme right) regard it with less pronounced despair. Portland stands behind the cake, frowning fixedly. The centre of the cake is ornamented with the Prince of Wales's coronet and feathers (as are Weltje's buttons); on the centre feather is poised a crown. The cake has been marked in sections where it is to be cut, these are inscribed 'Ist Lord Admy' [Sandwich had been considered for the post and also for that of Ambassador to France], 'Secrety State foreign' [Fox], 'Secrety State home' [Stormont], 'Paymar Genl' [Burke], 'Ist Comm Board Control', and 'Treas Navy' (Sheridan's arm extends across this, the place intended for him, pending a transfer to the Chancellorship of the Exchequer, Sir G. Elliot, 'Life and Letters', i. 260-1)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Quotation from Sheridan's School for scandal., and Mounted on page 67 with one other print.
Publisher:
Publ. by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
"Fox and his party (three quarter length) surround a Twelfth Night cake which Weltje was about to cut into portions. The cause of a sudden check to this proceeding is indicated by a broad ray of light (which strikes the cake and the bystanders) and by a scroll: 'The King shall enjoy his own again'. Weltje stands on the left, his arms extended towards the scroll, saying, "Den by Got we sail heb no Cake"; he drops his knife. He and Sheridan are the most agitated of the party: Sheridan with a face of despair looks up, saying, '"Now our Ruin is complete" School for Scandal'. (He is Joseph Surface as in British Museum Satires No. 7510, &c; the actual words are "Tis now complete!') Fox stands disconsolately, his hands in his pockets, his back to the ray. Burke (right), his arms folded, scowls up at the ray. Behind these three Stormont, Loughborough, and Sandwich (on the extreme right) regard it with less pronounced despair. Portland stands behind the cake, frowning fixedly. The centre of the cake is ornamented with the Prince of Wales's coronet and feathers (as are Weltje's buttons); on the centre feather is poised a crown. The cake has been marked in sections where it is to be cut, these are inscribed 'Ist Lord Admy' [Sandwich had been considered for the post and also for that of Ambassador to France], 'Secrety State foreign' [Fox], 'Secrety State home' [Stormont], 'Paymar Genl' [Burke], 'Ist Comm Board Control', and 'Treas Navy' (Sheridan's arm extends across this, the place intended for him, pending a transfer to the Chancellorship of the Exchequer, Sir G. Elliot, 'Life and Letters', i. 260-1)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Quotation from Sheridan's School for scandal., 1 print : etching and aquatint with drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 25.2 x 32.9 cm, on sheet 27 x 34.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 50 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Publ. by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
"Fox and his party (three quarter length) surround a Twelfth Night cake which Weltje was about to cut into portions. The cause of a sudden check to this proceeding is indicated by a broad ray of light (which strikes the cake and the bystanders) and by a scroll: 'The King shall enjoy his own again'. Weltje stands on the left, his arms extended towards the scroll, saying, "Den by Got we sail heb no Cake"; he drops his knife. He and Sheridan are the most agitated of the party: Sheridan with a face of despair looks up, saying, '"Now our Ruin is complete" School for Scandal'. (He is Joseph Surface as in British Museum Satires No. 7510, &c; the actual words are "Tis now complete!') Fox stands disconsolately, his hands in his pockets, his back to the ray. Burke (right), his arms folded, scowls up at the ray. Behind these three Stormont, Loughborough, and Sandwich (on the extreme right) regard it with less pronounced despair. Portland stands behind the cake, frowning fixedly. The centre of the cake is ornamented with the Prince of Wales's coronet and feathers (as are Weltje's buttons); on the centre feather is poised a crown. The cake has been marked in sections where it is to be cut, these are inscribed 'Ist Lord Admy' [Sandwich had been considered for the post and also for that of Ambassador to France], 'Secrety State foreign' [Fox], 'Secrety State home' [Stormont], 'Paymar Genl' [Burke], 'Ist Comm Board Control', and 'Treas Navy' (Sheridan's arm extends across this, the place intended for him, pending a transfer to the Chancellorship of the Exchequer, Sir G. Elliot, 'Life and Letters', i. 260-1)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Quotation from Sheridan's School for scandal., Identifications of Fox and Sheridan added in contemporary hand below the plate., and Watermark: Initials L V [G], obscured by design.
Publisher:
Publ. by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810