"A pugilistic contest between George III (left) and Charles IV of Spain (right), standing waist-deep in the sea. Each wears a crown, but that of Charles falls from his head. George III says, "Another thump in the bread basket will do your business, Whiskerando!" Each has a backer: behind George is Neptune, holding his trident and crowned with sea-weed; he extends his left arm, saying, "Bravo! my Son, make him feel the dominion of the Seas is thine and shall be so for ever." That of Spain is the Pope wearing his robes and triple crown, and holding his crozier to which two keys are attached. Fame emerges from clouds above Neptune, blowing her trumpet and holding a laurel wreath above George III's head. The two kings and Neptune are nude."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed in the British Museum catalogue to H.W.: possibly either Henry Wigstead or William Holland., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement above the image: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection of humorous prints. Admittance one shilling., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with a monogram WC below.
Publisher:
Pubd. by William Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charles IV, King of Spain, 1748-1819, and Pius VI, Pope, 1717-1799
Subject (Topic):
Neptune, Clergy, Popes, Crowns, Trumpets, Angels, and Fights
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Publication date in British Museum catalogue: Sept. 8, 1769., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 3 (1769), page 136., and Temporary local subject terms: Jubilees: Shakespeare Jubilee, Stratford upon Avon, 6-8 Sept., 1769 -- Costume: theatrical costume -- Theatres: allusion to the Theatre at Stratford upon Avon -- Literature: quotations from William Shakespeare's plays -- Henry VIII, iii.2 and ii.2 -- Henry III, iii.1 -- Merchant of Venice, iii.3 -- Romeo & Juliet, v.1 ii.3 -- Hamlet.
Title, date, and publisher from item., In lower left corner, possibly the ad campaign or publisher: KNOW., One of a group of six anti-acohol posters from KNOW., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
KNOW and Studio Press, Brightwaters, N.Y.
Subject (Topic):
Alcoholism, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Alcohol, Physiological effect, Drinking habits, Sick persons, Medical personnel, and Ambulances
Translated title supplied by curator., Date and place of publication from item., Below title, translated: For contraceptive prescription consult the women's clinic. What is good for one woman may not be as effective for another. Rubber caps KR, Cervical caps "Kafka", Condoms, Low concentration mineral acid solution, Granitsidine paste, nicotseptin (pills), liutecurin., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Title from item., Four lines of text below title: Ah, how do neighbour? -- Why, not very well, I've been married since I saw you last. -- Married! Thats [sic] good news indeed. ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Men -- Walking staves -- Conversations.
Title from text engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Controller of the fortunate and miserable Lapis-seekers or searchers for the Philosopher's Stone., Plate numbered '8' within the image., Earlier text burnished from plate and replaced with verse of this state., Ten lines of verse below image: Men eyst miljoenen van elk schatryk actionist ..., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to John Law, 1671-1729., and Mounted to 27 x 20 cm.
A full-length caricature of a fashionably dressed Oxonian in profile walking to the left, with his left foot pointing elegantly as he steps. His gown is looped over his arms and his hair in a looped queue
Description:
Title from text inscribed in black ink above image., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., A copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward, One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
A fashionably dressed Oxonian in cap and gown staggers along, full-face, yawning violently; his hair is short and dishevelled
Description:
Title from text inscribed in black ink above image., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., A copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward, One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
Eight figures in two rows are depicted reading Thomas Paine's pamphlet The Rights of Man, each gesturing dramatically and each with a lengthy quote above his head either praising or denouncing the ideas expressed. On the top row are Edmund Burke (reading the passages referring to himself), Charles Fox, George III, and Charles Jenkinson. In the second row, Queen Charlotte, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, William Pitt, and Richard Sheridan seem to address each other in a similarly lively debate of contrasting responses to Paine's arguments
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to F.G. Byron. See An Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age .../ Iain McCalman. Oxford : Published by Oxford University Press, 2001, p. 20., Below image on right: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection of caricatures in Europe. Admitte. on shilg, Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on sides., For further information, consult library staff., and Pencil annotations identify each of the caricatures, but identifies Mary Wollstonecraft as Hannah More. Questionable printmaker attribution in local card catalog: R. Newton f.?
Publisher:
Pubd. May 26, 1791 by William Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797, Jenkinson, Chalres, 1727-1808., Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, British, and Politics and government