Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Slang: tickler -- Slang: firm -- Bank notes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 28, 1799, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Title from item., Printmaker and artist from unverified data from local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 25, 1805 by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
A judge sits in a chair (left) looking at sailor who stands hat in hand before him. He says, "Are you certain, in respect to your being sober at the time the circumstance happened." The sailor with caricatured features and warts on his face, replies: "Sober. Come I like that, may I never again weigh anchor if I would not call him a lubber be he who he would, that would say I was drunk, please your grave and reverend worship. I had only shipp'd in eight grogs and a gill not enough to make a lawyer merry, in short your honor, I'll be d-nd if I was not as sober as a judge."
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0214.673., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Watermarked "Ivy Mill 1820".
Publisher:
Pubd. by Roberts, Middle-Row, Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Drunkenness (Crime), Law and legislation, Judges, Sailors, and British
A sailor, holding a bowl of water, sits on a bucking horse. The townspeople seem to mock the sailor
Description:
Title from caption below image., Numbered "475" in lower left corner., No. 22 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
In a country setting with cows and a windmill in the background, a young milkmaid sits on a bench under an oak tree, receiving a ribbon from a young sailor seated beside her. Another young girl looks on from behind, while the milkmaid's country suitor stands behind sulkily scratching his head. A dog paws at the milkmaid's lap while another drinks from the milking pail
Alternative Title:
Jealous clown
Description:
Date surmised from British Museum catalogue, v. 5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles.", Numbered in lower left of plate 385., Publication date erased from print., and Torn and repaired.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his map & print warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, Sailors, Hats, Couples, Windmills, Dairy farming, Cows, and Dogs
A sailor (just returned, his dropped knapsack in the right foreground) supports his swooning wife, overcome at seeing him return, outside a thatched cottage, while a little girl and a little boy (broom in hand) on the left hurry up to help; a pig in the foreground, two lush trees in the yard, and a ship and sea in the background; illustration to a song., Title etched below image and above verses., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered '300' in lower left of plate., Three columns of verse, each 14 lines, below title: Bleak was the morn when William left his Nancy ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd 17th June 1793, by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Bags, Brooms & brushes, Children, Couples, Dwellings, Homecomings, Sailors, British, Ships, Swine, and Young adults
Title from caption below image., Questionable artist attribution to H.W. Bunbury from British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Naval.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs March 2, 1772, by J. Bretherton, No. 134, New Bond Street
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[1807]
Call Number:
807.00.00.08.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Sailors defense
Description:
Title from item., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered in upper right corner: No. 5., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Lawyer: Country Magistrates -- Inkwells -- Male costume: 1807 -- Constable's staff -- Minature crowns., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A sailor defends himself to a magistrate against a charge of beating up a man by saying he had no weapons except his fist."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sailors defense
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker questionably identified as Isaac Cruikshank in the British Museum online catalogue., Later state, with previous plate numbering burnished from plate and new numbering etched in its place. For earlier state with "No. 5" in upper right corner, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 807.00.00.08.1., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0214.747., Plate numbered "6" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Lawyer: Country Magistrates -- Male costume: 1807 -- Constable's staff -- Inkwells -- Miniature crowns -- Constables., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.4 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 5 in volume 1.