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1. A friendly visit to the dramatic manufactory, or, Preparations for next season [graphic].
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [6 February 1804]
- Call Number:
- 804.02.06.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Sheridan (l.) sits in an arm-chair at his writing-table, pen in hand. He slouches forward, peering at a large playbill in his left hand. 'Tom Hickathrift \ and the \ Giants \ a new Growlo Drama \ with \ Wittington \ and his \ Cat \ a Pur-letta \ in which a real \ Cat and Mice \ will be Introduced \ - Due Notice will be given \ of Mr Carlo's next \ Performance.' He says: "Now I have got my head down Water I am determined to go on Swimmingly." The Newfoundland dog 'Carlo' (his massive padlocked collar so inscribed) who played in 'The Caravan', faces Sheridan holding in his mouth a basket labelled 'Raw Materials for New Subjects'; these are rolled MSS. inscribed: 'Dog-Matical Essays', 'Bark-shire Poems', 'Bones to Pick'. Fox (r.), immensely fat stands beside Carlo, in profile to the left., r. hand on the dog's head, l. in his coat-pocket. He says: "You are a very good Dog Namesake - a very good Dog indeed - I wish you would Spin me a little Money thes hard times - it would be very acceptable." Behind Sheridan are book-shelves; from a shelf inscribed 'Glass Slippers as good as New' two slippers dangle. The titles of the (bulky) books are: 'Jack the Giant Killer', 'Goody Two Shoes', 'little Red Riding Hood', 'Tom Thumb', 'Seven Champions [of Christendom]'; actually these tales were best known in penny chap-books"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Preparations for next season
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on two sides., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Mounted to 29 x 40 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 6th, 1804 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A friendly visit to the dramatic manufactory, or, Preparations for next season [graphic].
2. A sale of fox hounds [graphic].
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 March 1812]
- Call Number:
- 812.03.17.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the center an auctioneer, hammer in hand, stands behind a podium having sold a pack of hounds with the human faces; Sheridan holds the hounds leashes. One dog sleeps on the floor as another urinates on its bone. On the left, a grey horse neighs as it is lead to the auctioneer. A clerk taking notes at a small desk to the left of the podium looks up at the auctioneer
- Description:
- Possibly by Williams, based on style., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., In pencil along bottom edge: Grey. P of W. Sheridan., and Mounted to 29 x 40 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 17th 1812 by Wm. Holland No 11 Cockspur Street
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Auctions, Corruption, Dogs, Horses, and Urination
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A sale of fox hounds [graphic].