A companion print to British Museum satire no. 5169. Fourteen caricature heads showing the different types of wig worn in 1773. Most appear to be portraits: one is evidently a caricature of Lord Chancellor Bathurst, see British Museum satire no. 4888."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Plate numbered '29' in upper left corner. Plate number cited in the British Museum Catalogue: 28., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials G R below.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act, Octr. 12, 1773, by M Darly, 39 Strand
An oversized John Bull with a carbuncled-faced sits at a round table across from a very young looking William Betty and his father, both handsome and not caricatured. John Bull toasts the two, full wine glass in hand: "Youngster, heres to you I'm glad to see you in town. Old Master Roscius your health, and may you get such another boy every New Year's Day for the benifit [sic] of the English stage." Behind them pinned to the wall are two prints: the one a profile portrait of Mrs. Siddons, hangs from one corner only, and the other a portrait of J.P. Kemble. The three ostrich feathers on the back of Master Betty's chair may indicate the patronage of the Prince of Wales
Description:
Title etched below image., Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F., and Description from British Museum catalogue of "Young Roscius and Don John" mounted on verso.
Publisher:
Pubd January 4, 1805, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Betty, William Hen. West 1791-1874. (William Henry West),, Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831, and Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Theater, Actors, British, and Child actors