Either a copy or the original of British Museum satire no. 7388, in any event similar design except that Sydney, the coronet, and the tailor's goose are absent and inscriptions have been added; the satire alludes to taxes imposed by Pitt prior to 1788. The Prince says: "I appeal to the People of England to defend their own Rights and those of the House of Brunswick against this Banditti of Plunderers". Richmond says: "Tho' a Bastard of the Stuart Race, I have only 17,000£,per Ann: from the Poor, for my duty on Coals - make it 20,000 Prince Pitt, and I am yours for ever." (An allusion to the 'Richmond shilling', see BMSat 7393.) Grafton says: "I am as good a bastard as R------d, & yet I have only 6 or 7000£ a year upon the Excise on Wine & spiritous liquors - But Prince Pitt has promis'd me an additional Tax on Malt." Pitt says: "The Prince of Wales has no more right to the rightegency than I have." The paper in his hand is inscribed, not 'Dornford's Address', but 'Shop Tax Window Tax Candles Tax Horse Tax Hat Tax Westminster Scrutiny Irish Propositions Fortification Schemes Degradation of Naval Officers Excise Laws &c. &c. &c. &c.'"
Alternative Title:
Cut purse of the empire and the rule that from a shelf the precious diadem stole ...
Description:
Title from caption below image., Alternative title from quote at top of image: "A cut purse of the empire and the rule that from a shelf the precious diadem stole and put it in his pocket. Hamlet.", Possibly by Gillrary. Cf. British Museum catalogue., Five lines of text in upper left corner of print: A cut purse of the empire and the rule that from a shelf the precious diadem stole, and put it in his pocket. [Quotation from Shakespeare's Hamlet]., Three colums of text below title: See here Prince George! our Sovereign's darling son, old England's hope & heir to Britains throne ..., Lewis Walpole Library: Local card catalog suggests that this is also a reference to Horace Walpole., and Mounted to 47 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797., Pitt, William, 1759-1806, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, and Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Leaf 5. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Admiral Rodney is shown on the shore with Britannia and Neptune, who hand him their staffs, while the British Lion claws at the flag of France on which Rodney stands. Standing out to sea in a toy boat made of playing cards, Admiral Pigot (represented as a pig) views the scene through his spyglass. Refers to Rodney's recall and replacement by Pigot
Alternative Title:
Admiral Pigot on a cruize
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike, with "J. Gillray fecit" added in lower right corner and imprint statement burnished from plate. For original issue with the imprint "Pubd. June 4th, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St James's Street, London", see no. 5996 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], "Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. IV"--On left above design., Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, page 36., and On leaf 5 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Pigot, Hugh, 1721?-1792, and Neptune (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Admirals, British, and Military uniforms
Admiral Rodney is shown on the shore with Britannia and Neptune, who hand him their staffs, while the British Lion claws at the flag of France on which Rodney stands. Standing out to sea in a toy boat made of playing cards, Admiral Pigot (represented as a pig) views the scene through his spyglass. Refers to Rodney's recall and replacement by Pigot
Alternative Title:
Admiral Pigot on a cruize
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and publication information from description in the British Museum catalogue of a variant state., Probably a variant [later?] state of the plate with the imprint statement "Pubd. June 4th, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St James's Street, London." Cf. , No. 5996 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., On left above design: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. IV., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
E. D'Achery
Subject (Name):
Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Pigot, Hugh, 1721?-1792, and Neptune (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Admirals, British, and Military uniforms
Admirals Rodney, De Grasse, Vaudreuil and Bougainville, numbered 1-4 respectively, shown with Rodney standing on the right taking snuff, as Vaudreuil holds a chamber pot being used by De Grasse. Bougainville runs off to the left taking snuff. Names of the subjects are given in a key below design
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 30 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sepr. 3d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788, Vaudreuil, Louis Philippe de Rigaud, marquis de, 1724-1802, and Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, comte, 1729-1811
Subject (Topic):
Admirals, French, British, Military uniforms, Chamber pots, Snuff, and Defecation
Admiral Rodney is depicted vigorously attacking a large dragon which clutches his leg. The dragon's wings are decorated with fleur-de-lys and it breathes fire and frogs (alluding to Rodney's 1782 victory over the French fleet, a triumph which was not well-received by the Ministry). On the left Charles James Fox attempts to stay Rodney, offering him a baron's coronet and saying "... you have done enough, I will now make a Lord of you, and you shall have the happiness of never being heard of again."
Alternative Title:
Saint George and the dragon
Description:
Title from item. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 13th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Admirals, British, Dragons, Military uniforms, and Clothing & dress
"George III, half length, stands in profile to the left, a holding a tiny Napoleon on the palm of his right hand, and inspecting him through a spy-glass. He says: "My little friend Grildrig, you have made a most admirable \ "panegyric upon Yourself and Country, but from what I can \ "gather from your own relation & the answers I have with \ "much pains wringed & extorted from you, I cannot but con- \ "-clude you to be one of the most pernicious, little - odious \ "-reptiles, that nature ever suffer'd to crawl upon the surface of the Earth." He wears military uniform with a bag-wig. The only background is a dark cloud-like shadow across the lower part of the design."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Artist identified as Lt-Col Thomas Braddyll, a young amateur who supplied designs for satirical prints to James Gillray. See British Museum catalogue., Text following title: Vide Swift's Gulliver: Voyage to Brobdingnag., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., and Watermark: J. Ruse 1802.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 26th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, and Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Subject (Topic):
Adaptations, parodies, etc, Telescopes, Military uniforms, British, and French
"The Duke of York leads his bride to the King and Queen, who are seated side by side on the throne (right), much caricatured, making gestures of eager greed. The King looks through a glass, the Queen holds out her apron to catch the coins which the Duchess holds in her apron. Behind the pair on the extreme left walks a gigantic Prussian soldier with extravagantly long moustaches, carrying a large money-bag under each arm, inscribed '£100000' and '£100 ...'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 1 print : etching plate mark 25 x 35.2 cm., on sheet 26 x 36 cm., and On wove paper, hand-colored.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 22d, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, and Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820
Subject (Topic):
Avarice, Coins, Dowry, Military uniforms, Prussian, Reception rooms, Royal weddings, Skull & crossbones, Telescopes, and Thrones
"The Duke of York leads his bride to the King and Queen, who are seated side by side on the throne (right), much caricatured, making gestures of eager greed. The King looks through a glass, the Queen holds out her apron to catch the coins which the Duchess holds in her apron. Behind the pair on the extreme left walks a gigantic Prussian soldier with extravagantly long moustaches, carrying a large money-bag under each arm, inscribed '£100000' and '£100 ...'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., With Horace Walpole's manuscript annotations: Duchess of York / Duke of York / Queen / King., and Mounted to 28 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 22d, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, and Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820
Subject (Topic):
Avarice, Coins, Dowry, Military uniforms, Prussian, Reception rooms, Royal weddings, Skull & crossbones, Telescopes, and Thrones
Leaf 11. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Sir Thomas Rumbold is depicted vomiting his ill-gotten wealth into a chamber pot decorated with a thistle. Kneeling beside it and embracing the chamber pot is Henry Dundas, Lord Advocate of Scotland who oversaw the prosecution of Rumbold in 1782-3. Rumbold's ankles are chained to two weights signed "Sureties," a reference to restriction on his leaving the country before the case was dropped in 1783. He is supported by his son, Captain Rumbold of 1st Life Guards, dressed in his regimentals and wearing a gorget. Behind them, an Englishman gallops on an elephant saddled with an enormous bag signed "Roupees." An Indian sitting behind him is holding a tall parasol above his head
Alternative Title:
Lord Advocates amusement
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6169 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Text in upper left margin: Political characters & caracatures of 1783. No. 1., and On leaf 11 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jan. 21, 1783, by E. D'Archery, St. James's Street and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
England, Great Britain, and India.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Rumbold, Thomas, Sir, 1736-1791, Rumbold, Richard William, Captain, 1760-1786, and Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
Subject (Topic):
Gorgets (Military insignia), Coins, Elephants, Vomiting, Chamber pots, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, and Colonies