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1. A composing macaroni who has had most of the capital singers under him [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [24 October 1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.10.24.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An old man (a caricature of the composer Thomas Arne) stands in front of an ornate organ wearing a bicorne hat, bag wig, and a scowling expression. He plays the musical instrument with his left hand but keeps his right hand in his pocket. At his feet lies an open book (sheets of music) with the title 'Comus' on its cover
- Description:
- Title from caption etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Strasburg lily, partially trimmed, with initial P inside central leaf.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act, Oct. 24, 1772, by I. Middleton, Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778
- Subject (Topic):
- Composers, Dandies, British, and Organs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A composing macaroni who has had most of the capital singers under him [graphic].
2. A turn-up among the big 'uns!!! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Phillips, John, fl. 1825-1831, artist
- Published / Created:
- June 26, 1829.
- Call Number:
- 829.06.26.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A fight between Lyndhurst and Peel with Ellenborough and Wellington as bottle-holders. Lyndhurst (left), in Chancellor's wig and gown, staggers back, arms flung out, at a punch on the nose from Peel who lunges forward, ruthlessly pugnacious. Ellenborough, dressed and behaving as a dandy (in tight-waisted blue coat and white bell-shaped trousers), holding a tubular eau-de-cologne bottle, emblem of the dandy, cf. BM Satires No. 13031, registers alarm, exclaiming, 'Oh! Oh! my dear Lud, take care--he's a terrible hitter--or he'll have your Ludship's dear head in Chancery.' Wellington (right), in uniform with sword, gauntlets, and heavily spurred cavalry boots, says: 'That's it Bob; serve him out--He won't ride rusty after this I know.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., A. Sharpshooter tentatively identified as John Phillips. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Watermark: J. Whatman 1928., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 178.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by J. Field, 65 Regents Quadrant
- Subject (Name):
- Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Subject (Topic):
- Daggers & swords, Dandies, British, Judges, Military uniforms, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A turn-up among the big 'uns!!! [graphic]
3. An old macaroni critic at a new play [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [16 November 1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.11.16.01.1 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at left., Plate numbered '22' in upper right corner., Earlier state, without border around design and without lines indicating the floor in the image. Cf. No. 4699 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Quizzing glasses -- Critics, and Watermark: countermark W.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, Novr. 16, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An old macaroni critic at a new play [graphic]
4. Date obolum Belisario [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 13. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Colonel Barré stands outside a gate in a high brick wall. Shelburne (right) stands, half within, half outside the gate, his left foot on the outside; he has a cynically complacent smile and is putting into Barré's left hand a paper inscribed "Pension 3000£ pr Ann". Barré, who wears a coat with military facings and half-boots, holds out his cockaded hat in his right hand as if asking for alms. Beneath the design is engraved: 'Rome's Veteran fought her rebel Foes, And thrice her Empire saved, Yet thro' her Streets bow'd down with Woes, An humble pittance craved. Our Soldier fought a better Fight, Political Contention, And grateful Ministers requite, His service with a Pension.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 21.
- Publisher:
- Published 24th August 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Belisarius, approximately 505-565., and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Beggars, Garden walls, Pensions, Military uniforms, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Date obolum Belisario [graphic]
5. Date obolum Belisario [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 13. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Colonel Barré stands outside a gate in a high brick wall. Shelburne (right) stands, half within, half outside the gate, his left foot on the outside; he has a cynically complacent smile and is putting into Barré's left hand a paper inscribed "Pension 3000£ pr Ann". Barré, who wears a coat with military facings and half-boots, holds out his cockaded hat in his right hand as if asking for alms. Beneath the design is engraved: 'Rome's Veteran fought her rebel Foes, And thrice her Empire saved, Yet thro' her Streets bow'd down with Woes, An humble pittance craved. Our Soldier fought a better Fight, Political Contention, And grateful Ministers requite, His service with a Pension.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 33.8 x 23.9 cm, on sheet 36.5 x 26.3 cm, and Mounted on leaf 13 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Published 24th August 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Belisarius, approximately 505-565., and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Beggars, Garden walls, Pensions, Military uniforms, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Date obolum Belisario [graphic]
6. Date obolum Belisario [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.08.24.01+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 13. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Colonel Barré stands outside a gate in a high brick wall. Shelburne (right) stands, half within, half outside the gate, his left foot on the outside; he has a cynically complacent smile and is putting into Barré's left hand a paper inscribed "Pension 3000£ pr Ann". Barré, who wears a coat with military facings and half-boots, holds out his cockaded hat in his right hand as if asking for alms. Beneath the design is engraved: 'Rome's Veteran fought her rebel Foes, And thrice her Empire saved, Yet thro' her Streets bow'd down with Woes, An humble pittance craved. Our Soldier fought a better Fight, Political Contention, And grateful Ministers requite, His service with a Pension.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Ms. note in an unknown hand below plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Published 24th August 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Belisarius, approximately 505-565., and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Beggars, Garden walls, Pensions, Military uniforms, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Date obolum Belisario [graphic]
7. Disappointed dandies, or, A vain attempt to get a peep at the fair Circassian [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [May 1819]
- Call Number:
- 819.05.00.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the center two black eunuchs stand on either side of a door which stands open to reveal the Circassian with a raised veil, eager to receive her visitors. From the left a pair of dandies, Lord Yarmouth and Lord Petersham dressed in wide trousers and wearing spurs, walk towards the door as the Regent, with a gouty leg, and Marquis of Worcester approach from the right. Petersham is shown with a moustache and beard and holds an eyeglass
- Alternative Title:
- Vain attempt to get a peep at the fair Circassian
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., "Price 1 s.", Watermark: John Hall., and Manuscript "138" in upper center of plate.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Fores, 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Hertford, Francis Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquis of, 1777-1842, Harrington, Charles Stanhope, Earl of, 1780-1851, Beaufort, Henry Charles Somerset, Duke of, 1792-1853, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Disappointed dandies, or, A vain attempt to get a peep at the fair Circassian [graphic].
8. Dr. Loll Tongue the filching conosieur. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- Augt. 1st, 1773.
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 776D
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 98. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of a man standing in profile to the left. He wears a bag wig, a long coat with large cuffs, and a frilled shirt. His tongue protrudes. His hat is under his left arm. He holds a walking-stick in his left hand, and in his right a print which appears to represent a fight between boxers in a room."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Doctor Loll Tongue and Filching connoisseur
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "14" in upper right corner., Second of three plates on leaf 98., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.5 x 12.5 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. accorg. to act by MDarly, (39) Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Maty, Matthew, 1718-1776
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Wigs, and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dr. Loll Tongue the filching conosieur. [graphic]
9. Dr. Loll Tongue the filching conosieur. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- Augt. 1st, 1773.
- Call Number:
- Folio 72 771 D37 v.6 plate 14
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 98. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of a man standing in profile to the left. He wears a bag wig, a long coat with large cuffs, and a frilled shirt. His tongue protrudes. His hat is under his left arm. He holds a walking-stick in his left hand, and in his right a print which appears to represent a fight between boxers in a room."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Doctor Loll Tongue and Filching connoisseur
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "14" in upper right corner., Watermark, partially cut off: Strasburg bend with initials LVG below., Subject identified in later ms. note below plate: Dr. Maty, well known in the literary world., and Matted to 49 x 36 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. accorg. to act by MDarly, (39) Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Maty, Matthew, 1718-1776
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Wigs, and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dr. Loll Tongue the filching conosieur. [graphic]