Cornell, Thos., active 1780-1792, publisher Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 October 1785]
Call Number:
785.10.01.02+
Image Count:
1
Description:
CtY-LW, One of two designs etched on the same plate., Printmaker and imprint from George and Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., Temporary local subject terms: Members of Parliament -- Interior of the House of Commons., and Title etched below image.
John Bull lies on his back in bed, his mouth gaping; Pitt, a goblin creature, sits on his chest in profile to the right, holding above his upturned head a loaf inscribed '13 Pence'. Pitt has a huge head, much caricatured, with starting eyeballs; his hair stands up and the bag of his queue, inscribed 'Taxes', flies out behind him. Through a casement window (left) looks a fantastic French republican, with bulging eyeballs and fang-like teeth, glaring at John Bull; from his neck hangs the model of a guillotine. Behind his head is a waning moon. Beside him are the words: 'Republic War and Famine for Ever.' Beneath the bed is a chamber-pot inscribed 'John Bull'; beside it is a chair on which stands a candle.
Alternative Title:
Nightmare
Description:
A satire, alluding to Henry Fuseli's The Nightmare., Attributed by George to West., CtY-LW, Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Augst. 13, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville St.,
Printseller's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening. and Temporary local subject terms: Nobodies -- Female dress, 1795: high-waisted dresses -- Female dress: cross-gartered stockings -- Shoes: cothurnes -- Hats, 1795 -- Headdresses, 1795 -- Allusion to frocks of waggoners.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augst. 4, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville Street,
"Portrait standing whole-length next to an orange tree, left foot raised on the plinth below it, left arm resting on the large urn in which the tree is planted, holding a fruit and gesturing towards it with the other hand, smiling towards the viewer; from a series of thirteen plates after Kneller."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Printmaker and publishers statements taken from alternate state, see British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins, resulting in loss of imprint., and Title and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.1207.
Publisher:
[J. Cooper],
Subject (Name):
Bliss, G. T.--Mrs.--Ownership., Bliss, Susan Dwight--Donor., Cooper, John, fl. 1726-1737, publisher., and Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723, artist.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Numbered '328' in lower right of plate., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. 2., Temporary local subject headings: Major Skey., and Title supplied by cataloger.
BEIN AUSsheet3: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Uncut sheet of 12 court cards (K-J)., French suit system., and Standard type A: 52 or 32 cards (A, K, Q, J, 10-7 or 2). Kings wear high crowns whose tops are cut off flat by the upper border; King of Hearts holds a scroll.