[26 February 1795] and [printed approximately 1822]
Call Number:
795.02.26.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below images., Restrike. Date of printing based on watermark., Publisher's advertisement in lower right margin: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Design divided into eight compartments arranged in two rows, each containing a pair of figures with etched lines of dialogue., Plate numbered in upper right corner: Vol. 1, pl. 10., Temporary local subject terms: Ghosts., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1822.
Publisher:
Published February 26, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Title from item., Numbered 'Plate 66' in upper left corner., Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales / by G.M. Woodward, 1796., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Busts: Shakespeare's bust -- Falstaff -- King Lear., and Watermark: E. Vallan(...?). Name partially trimmed off.
"Eight scenes arranged in two rows. An elderly man riding Pegasus pursues Fame, who beckons to him; he despairs of overtaking her, even "if my Pegasus was as fleet as the wind". Two cronies concur in "hunting the bottle". An old military officer pursues a pretty young woman. Two bailiff's men with bludgeons pursue a debtor. A solitary man has been fruitlessly "hunting after money the whole day". A young and handsome fortune-hunter kneels to an elderly harridan. A hunter after company invites himself to crack a bottle with another man. A fat parson, eyes closed, at a table with punch-bowl, glasses, &c, the second chair being empty, says: "My worthy friend the Vicar and myself have just killed old care and I am very happy Doctor, to welcome you in at the death". Perhaps belongs to a set, see BMSat 8541, &c. c.1800"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folio's of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Design consists of seven scenes arranged in two rows, with lines of dialogue etched above the figures in the scenes., and Watermark: E & P 1794.
Publisher:
Pub. March 8th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sachville [sic] St.
Forestallers & regraters reaping the fruits of their harvest
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Cruikshank in British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Laws: revived law against regrating and forestalling, 1800 -- Legal cases: R. v. Rusby, Guidhall, 4 July 1800 -- Dearth of 1800 -- Cornfactors -- Profiteers -- Flails -- Regraters -- Forestallers -- Grain -- Monopoly -- Farm animals in miniature -- Food: cheeses -- Guildhall: window -- Judges: Chief Justice.
Title from caption etched below images on second and third sheets., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... where may be had Chesterfields principles of politeness, sellected [sic] from the Earls letters, the best engraved print ever published of this kind., Sixteen designs on four plates, each with a caption etched above., Sheets trimmed within plate mark on one or more sides., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Gossips -- Authors -- Clergy: Parson -- Eye patches -- snuff boxes -- New Year's resolutions -- Gout -- Countrymen -- Preachers -- Drunkards -- Literature: Allusion to Principles of politeness by Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of, 1694-1773., Printseller's stamp in lower right corner of fourth sheet: S.W.F., and Watermark: I. Taylor.
Publisher:
Pub. January 2, 1792, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly ...
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publisher is fictitious., Temporary local subject terms: Property rights: Lady Yonge vs. unidentified woman -- Buildings: outhouses -- Cannons -- Weapons: battle axes., and Watermark: I Taylor.
Title from caption below image., Design consists of eight figures in two rows, each with a line of text etched above., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., Plate numbered in upper right corner: Vol. 2, pl. 2., and Restrike. Watermark: Hall & Taplin 1804.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 1st, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Title from caption below image., Printmaker's initials and date etched backwards in upper right corner of design: I.C. 1790., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures &c. in the kingdom. Admittance one shilling., Key with the names of the numbered figures within image etched on either side of title., Temporary local subject terms: Card players -- Routs -- Horace Walpole referes to subject of print in Letters, xv. 225., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 26, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Title from caption below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folio's of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Design consists of sixteen figures in two rows, each with lines of dialogue etched above., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two edges., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Restrike. Watermark: 1818 II S&S.
Publisher:
Pub. Feby. 26, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sachville [sic] St.
"A boxing encounter; the combatants, wearing waistcoats and gloves, stand facing each other with clenched fists. One (left) says:"I'll Box the Minister about if I get in & tip him Seven the Main". The other (right) says: "Now Mr Alderman I vil Show you vone Jews Blow". Each has a second; on the extreme left a backer sits on a cask inscribed 'Combe's Entire [scored through] Small hopes'; he holds a paper inscribed 'Aldn Combes for ever' and says: "He'll Make a better Boxer than a Parliament Man". On the extreme right the bottle-holder of Combe's opponent stands holding a bottle and a lemon. On the ground are books and papers: 'Brothers Prophecys' (see British Museum Satires No. 8627, &c.); 'Pains Rights of Man' (see British Museum Satires No. 7867, &c.); 'The Whole art of Boxing made Easy'; 'A Petition for Peace on giving up all the West India Islands Corsica [see British Museum Satires No. 8516] Fleet &c &c'; 'King Lord and Commons [erased and replaced by] A New System of Governt on the French Republican Plan'. On the wall (left) is a map (represented by meaningless scrawls) of 'Teritories Conquerd by the Republic of France & Indivesible Equality for Ever'. On the right is a bust portrait of the King in profile to the right, torn at the neck."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Strong recommendations for a membr. of Parliament and Strong recommendations for a member of Parliament
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Aldermen -- Prints in print: 'The Constant Couple' -- Literature: Reference to Thomas Paine's Rights of Man -- London by-election, 3-5 March 1795 -- Reference to Harvey Christian Combe, 1752-1818 -- William Lushington, fl. 1790., and Watermark: center of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 3, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Combe, Harvey Christian, 1752-1818., and Lushington, William, 1747-1823.
Subject (Topic):
City council members, Boxing, and Political elections