- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [9 July 1804]
- Call Number:
- 804.07.09.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Lord Moira, a candle in each hand, stands in the doorway of his house. He wears a dressing-gown in place of a coat He has opened the door to a young officer, who steps forward unsteadily raising his cocked hat. An ugly watchman (l.) in Highland dress trudges to the left. holding his staff and lantern; he is the only figure who is caricatured. The architrave is surmounted by an earl's coronet. The dignified doorway is set in a wall of heavy stones and flanked by two windows high above the cobbled street."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Fifteen lines of verse in two columns below title: When loud the watchman cry'd the hour and call'd 'till he was hoarse ... Parody upon [the] Red Cross Knight., Temporary local subject terms: Cocked Hat -- Highland Dress -- Lantern -- Watchman -- Door knocker., and Mounted to 45 x 31 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publishd. July 9th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James Street
- Subject (Name):
- Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A hint to young officers vide Edinborg [sic] chronicle 1804. [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 November 1804]
- Call Number:
- 804.11.20.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A violent disturbance in a luxuriously furnished breakfast parlour. The only lady present has risen from her chair to pull a bell-pull. The frantic efforts of five elderly men to stop her have produced a sequence of disasters. An urn overturns and pours boiling water on a fat man who puts a large lump of food speared on his fork into his eye. A man behind him, rushing to seize the bell-rope, spears the former's wig with his knife. Crockery cascades to the floor, the contents of a tea-pot falling on a dog, who bites the knee of a man in regimentals; he leans forward, planting his toe on the gouty foot of a man behind. The latter, about to fall, grasps the officer's pigtail, flourishing a knife, his mouth choked with food. A fifth man stands behind the table with raised hands and shrugged shoulders. The fare is boiled eggs, bread, and muffins. Over the chimney-piece is a picture of a fat Cupid firing his bow; his quiver is reversed, and one leg is transfixed with an arrow. The walls of the room are ornamented by gilt pilasters in the shape of palm-trees (as in BMSat 10472). Between them are empty candle-sconces decorated with palm-branches. The men appear to be the suitors of a rich widow. Cf. BMSat 9822."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from Wright., Print signed using Brownlow North's device: A compass pointing north., Temporary local subject terms: Fireplace -- Sconces -- Cupid -- Eggs: Boiled -- Breakfast -- Urn -- Bell Pull -- Carpet., and Watermark: 1832.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd November 20th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Company shocked at a lady getting up to ring the bell [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [29 May 1787] and [not before 1804]
- Call Number:
- 787.05.29.01.2++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- George III, dressed as an old woman, the Queen, and the Prince of Wales in a fool's cap decorated with his three feathers, are seated around a basin perched on the laps of the King and Queen, marked "John Bull's Blood" and filled with gold coins. All three eagerly spoon the coins into their mouths. Pouches hanging from their necks like goitres are full, except for that of the Prince of Wales, whose is empty. In the background is a wide open gate to the Treasury
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publication date inferred from watermark., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Restrike, with aquatinting worn out in some areas. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7166., Temporary local subject terms: Dishes: bowls -- Craws, monstrous -- Cutlery: ladles -- Coins -- Guineas as food -- Fool's cap -- Prince's debts -- Gate of the Treasury building -- Coalition feast -- Reconciliation of Prince George and his parents -- Miserliness of George III and Queen Charlotte -- Reference to John Bull., Watermark on the left side of sheet; fleur-de-lis on the right side., and Mounted.
- Publisher:
- Pubd May 29th, 1787, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
- Subject (Topic):
- Avarice and Gluttony
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Monstrous craws at a new coalition feast [graphic].