- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1782 April 5
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Depicts on the right the German dancing master Jansen playing the fiddle, as his pupil faces him with raised right arm and hat in left hand, a smaller youth standing sleepily on the left.
- Alternative Title:
- Maitre de ballet allemand
- Description:
- Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- H. Humphrey, No. 18 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Dance., Interiors--England--18th century., and Violins.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The German dancing master [graphic] = Maitre de ballet allemand / H.I.H.
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Depicts a 22 member parliamentary committee examining the conduct of Christopher Atkinson (a.k.a. Savile), employed by the Navy Victualling Board and accused of malfeasance. All the figures are numbered, and Atkinson stands at the right. Other identifiable figures include the chairman Samuel Whitbread (no. 1), Bamber Gascoyne and Montague Burgoyne.
- Alternative Title:
- V Committee framing a report and Victualling Committee framing a report
- Description:
- Later state, with the undescore line following V removed from title. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burgoyne, Montagu,--1750-1836--Caricatures and cartoons., Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher., Gascoyne, Bamber,--1725-1791--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Savile, Christopher,--ca. 1739-1819--Caricatures and cartoons., and Whitbread, Samuel,--1720-1796--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The V Committe framing a report [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1783 August 26
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- An E.O. or roulette table lies broken in the street as four men attack it with mallets and other tools. Two attackers, the Bow Street magistrates Addington and Wright, are depicted with donkey's heads. Three constables are also shown, one attempting to stop the violence, the other two joining in the attack. A commentary on the enforcement of anti-gaming laws.
- Alternative Title:
- Downfall of the E.O. table and Westminster just-asses a braying
- Description:
- Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text below title: NB. The jack-asses are to be indemnified for all the mischief they do, by the bulls & bears of the city., and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Addington, William,--Sir,---1811--Caricatures and cartoons., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bond, John,--active 1782--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher., and Wright, Sampson,--Sir,---1793--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Donkeys, Gambling., Judges--England--London--18th century., and Vandalism.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The W-st-r just-asses a braying, or, The downfall of the E.O. table [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1782 August 12
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "Design in an oval. Fox with a very melancholy expression, standing with folded arms facing three quarter to left outside a closed and padlocked gate repeating Wolsey's soliloquy from Henry the Eighth. The gate fills an archway, its top being of iron spikes, the padlock is inscribed Fast. The stone arch over the gate is inscribed Treasury. On the stone wall of the Treasury building (left) are torn placards. One is a broadside, 'Last Dying Speech' headed by a print of a man hanging from a gibbet; another is headed "Gamester". Beneath the title is inscribed: "Farewell, a long Farewell to all my Greatness! this is the state of Man, to Day he puts forth the tender leaves of hopes, tomorrow Blossoms & bears all his blushing Honours thick upon him: the Third Day comes a Frost a killing Froast [sic], & when he thinks good easy Man full surely his Greatness is a Ripening, nips his Root & then befalls as I do!"--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description:
- Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Gates., and Locks (Hardware)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The soliloquy [graphic] / S.B.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1782 August 20
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Outside a tavern called The Whirligig, Col. Tarleton brandishes his sword while making a boastful speech about his military exploits. Behind him stands the Prince of Wales, headless, but identifiable by the ostrich plumes which replace his features. Above the tavern door the figure of a prostitute serves as the sign of the house.
- Description:
- Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Text following title: Vide: Every man in his humour, alter'd from Ben Johnson.
- Publisher:
- E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher., George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Tarleton,--Lieutenant-General--(Banastre),--1754-1833--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Courtesans. , and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The thunderer [graphic].