Title from item., From Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Three lines of text below title: Here Mrs. Parmesan is Charlotte at the tomb of Werter, shall Miss Dorothy work that ..., Plate numbered '183' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: schoolrooms -- School mistresses -- Pupils -- Pictures amplifying subject: Tomb of Werter -- Pictures amplifying subject: framed sampler -- Parasols -- Spectacles -- Cross-eyedness -- Female dress, 1797.
Publisher:
Published 20th June 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: House of Commons -- Currency crisis, 1797 -- Bank crisis, 1797., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials E & P below.
Publisher:
Pub. Mar. 8, 1797, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sachville [sic] St.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, and Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printseller's statement following imprint: NB. Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: French military uniforms: Bonaparte & soldiers., Mounted to 37 x 47 cm., matted to 47 x 62 cm.; printmaker's and subjects' names printed on mat below image., and Watermark.
[16 February 1797] and [printed approximately 1828]
Call Number:
797.02.16.02++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Restrike. Date of printing based on watermark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folio's of caracatures [sic] lent out for the eveng., Design consists of eight groups of figures in two rows, with lines of dialogue etched above each group., Companion print to: The days we live in!!, Plate numbered in upper right corner: Vol. 2, pl. 13., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1828.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 16th, 1797, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Seamstresses -- Cribs -- Washer tubs -- Crowns -- Bonnet rouge., Watermark: J Whatman., and Mounted to 31 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Thelwall, John, 1764-1834, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, and Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839
Title from item., Numbered 'Plate 72' in upper left corner., Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales / by G.M. Woodward, 1796., and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: inns -- Inns: 'The Bull's Head' -- Signs: inn sign -- Signs: 'Licensed to deal in post horses' -- Clergy: parsons -- Male dress: spencer, 1797 -- Loughborough -- Horsemen.
Title from caption below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Design consists of eight pairs of figures in two rows, with lines of dialogue etched above each pair.
Publisher:
Pubd. October 12th, 1797, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
"Ten ladies, arranged in two rows, with numbers referring to notes etched beneath the design, their proposed offices etched above their heads. ... '(1) First Lady of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer.' The 'Duc - ss of Gor-n' (Pitt's friend), wearing a tartan drapery, sits at a writing-table. Facing her, with outstretched right arm, is '(2) President of the Council and Duc-ss of Ric-nd.' '(3) Lady High Chancellor is the Coun-ss of Buc-s-e', very short and fat, in wig and gown and holding the purse of the Great Seal. Facing her is '(4) Chamberlain', who is 'Margr-ne of Ans-h', wearing a coronet and feathers, and holding a long wand of office. '(5) Mistress of the Horse' holding a whip is 'Lady Arc-r.' '(6) First Lady of the Admiralty' is 'Mrs Jo-n', with her arms folded, in profile to the right, as if playing the part of Priscilla Hoyden in 'The Romp', see British Museum Satires No. 6875, but wearing a naval cocked hat, emblem of her liaison with the Duke of Clarence, see British Museum Satires No. 9009. Facing her is '(7) Secretary of War & Capn of the Guards, La-y Wa-ce' (sister of No. 1); she wears a military cocked hat and coat with epaulettes, her hands placed truculently on her hips. (Her friendship with Dumouriez is perhaps hinted at.) '(8) Mistress of the Buck Hounds', is 'March-ss of Sa-ry', thin and weatherbeaten, holding two hounds on a leash, '(9) Ranger of Hyde Park', is 'La-y La-e' (wife of Sir John Lade) wearing a riding-habit and holding a riding-switch. '(10) Post Mistress General and Inspector of Mis-sent Letters' is 'La-y Je-y'. She sits at a round table on which are many letters and appliances for opening and re-sealing them, including a spirit-lamp inscribed 'Hot water'. She holds a lighted candle and peers through spectacles at a sealed letter."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist and printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... folio's of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and With illegible monogram, perhaps a collector's mark, written in brown ink in lower margin.
Publisher:
Pubd. Febry. 1st, 1797, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville St. ...
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Gordon, Jane Gordon, Duchess of, 1748-1812, Richmond, Mary, Duchess of, 1740-1796, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Craven, Elizabeth, 1750-1828, Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, Lady Wallace, -1803, Cecil, Mary Amelia, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1750-1835, Lade, Letitia, Lady, -1825, and Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821
A family of peddlers camp beside the road. A boy sleeps while an old woman heats a cauldron over an open fire. A man standing beside a donkey leans on a walking stick
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top, bottom and right side., Numbered 'Plate 97' in upper left corner., Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales, by G.M. Woodward, 1796., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"Plate 71 to 'Eccentric Excursions, or. Literary & Pictorial sketches of Countenance, Character and Country, in ..... England & South Wales'. Four stage-coach interiors as above. The occupants, by holding the straps by the windows or above the seats, and planting their feet in different positions, are taking the best means to protect themselves against the four types of jolt depicted in BMSat 9133."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Numbered 'Plate 71' in upper left corner., and Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales / by G.M. Woodward, 1796.