- Published / Created:
- [24 October 1790]
- Call Number:
- 790.10.24.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Prince of Wales, Mrs. Fitzherbert (three quarter length figures), and Fox are seated at a rectangular table playing cards. Fox, who is full face, sits behind the table between the Prince (left) and his partner (right). He has taken three tricks, and holds one card above his head, about to play it, looking fixedly at Mrs. Fitzherbert. His other hand is under the table. His opponents hold two cards, and have taken no tricks. The profiles of the Prince and his partner are blank, except for the eyelashes of the concealed eye of each. Fox's features, especially his eyes, are marked and swarthy. Above his head, and between two pilasters which decorate the wall, is a picture of a fox running off with a goose, while a bystander lashes at him with a whip; in the background is a windmill."--British Museum online catalogue and The picture of a fox running off with a goose, while a bystander lashes at him with a whip amplifies the subject; the title is a reference to the song "Black Jack.".
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's statement following imprint: Where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures &c. in the kingdom. Admittance one shilling., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Oct. 24, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples and Playing cards
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A black joke [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [28 March 1824]
- Call Number:
- 824.03.28.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "George IV drives Lady Conyngham in a four-wheeled pony-chaise. He is chubbily obese, in loose trousers and braided jacket, wearing a cap poised on his naturalistic curls (cf. British Museum Satires no. 14637). He turns to the enormously corpulent lady. Both overweight the little chaise, and the very small ponies strain desperately. Behind and on the extreme left is the head of the horse ridden by an attendant. They have just passed a gate with a small octagonal lodge. The drive is bordered by a paling; in the background are stags."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Ponies posed
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1824.
- Publisher:
- Pub. March 28, 1824, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilly [sic], London
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861
- Subject (Topic):
- Carriages & coaches, Couples, Deer, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A short ride in the Long Walk, or, The ponies posed!! [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 June 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.06.15.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire on the Prince of Wales's relations with Lady Salisbury, the pair shown holding hands on the right, while her husband, drawn as a block of stone, stamps angrily in the center. Between them is Mrs. Robinson, who had been deserted by the Prince, and on the left 5 figures are dancing in a circle
- Alternative Title:
- Monuments lately discovered on Salisbury Plain
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Two lines of explanatory text below title: The figures No. 1 & 2 are judged by conoiseurs [sic] to have lately been animated with the coelestial fire ..., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 15th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Salisbury Plain (England) and England
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Cecil, Mary Amelia, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1750-1835, Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, and Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800
- Subject (Topic):
- Cuckolds, Couples, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Monuments lately discover'd on Salisbury Plain [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [25 April 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.04.25.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A scene in Carlton House. The Prince of Wales, seated in a chair, holds a stout, good-looking lady (Mrs. Sawbridge) across his knees and chastises her with upraised hand; she holds out her arms imploringly. Alderman Sawbridge (right) faces her in profile to the left, playing a fiddle and dancing; from his pocket hangs a piece of music inscribed 'The Reform', a new Motion. On the extreme left Lady Archer stands in profile to the right, holding a driving-whip, and pointing angrily at the injured lady. A little girl (Sawbridge) stands full-face, clasping her hands in horror at the treatment of her mother. Behind are a number of onlookers: a very fat lady in profile to the left is Miss Vanneck. Mrs. Fitzherbert watches, not displeased; Fox, his arm round her shoulder, gazes amorously at her. George Hanger stands in profile to the left. The other figures are less characterized but a profile head (right) resembles Lord Derby. On the wall (right) is part of a three quarter length portrait, the head cut off by the upper edge of the design, inscribed 'Sir G° Van-Ne[ck]'. Beside it is a stag's head on which hangs a man's hat, just above Sawbridge. After the title is etched 'A Hint for a new Reform'. 'Black Jack' is Sawbridge, who was swarthy, and a consistent advocate of Parliamentary Reform. In the background (right) are persons dancing."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Black Jacks delight
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue and by Wright.
- Publisher:
- Pub'd April 25, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795, Sawbridge, Anne Stephenson, Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801, Neck, Gertrude van, -1798, Neck, John, 1732-1795, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Dance, Musical instruments, Pleading (Begging), Spanking, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The royal joke, or Black Jacks delight a hint for a new reform. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Pollard, Robert, 1755-1838, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [28 June 1785]
- Call Number:
- 785.06.28.01 Framed, shelved in Object Room Rack 1.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An evening scene in Vauxhall Gardens. On the extreme left is the orchestra with the organ behind and performers on the kettledrums, string and wind instruments. The vocalist, Mrs. Weichsel, sings, in profile to the right, from the adjacent (and slightly lower) balcony, just above the heads of the crowd. A violinist and another musician are seated behind her. In the supper box beneath the orchestra is Dr. Johnson seated full-face, between Boswell and Goldsmith (d. 1774), who face each other in profile, both caricatured; of two stout women one is reputed to be Mrs. Thrale. Many groups fill the foreground and middle distance. The two centre figures are the Duchess of Devonshire and Lady Duncannon arm in arm. A naval officer with a wooden leg and a patch over one eye is reputed to be Admiral Paisley (Admiral Pasley, 1734-1808?). Major Topham, an excellent portrait, stands (left) in profile to the right staring through an eyeglass. Between Topham and the supper-box are two men, one of whom is identified as Lord Camelford. [In the reproduction in Angelo's 'Reminiscences'; to whom the name refers is not clear.] An elderly parson, [he closely resembles the parson of BMSat 7059 who is probably William Jackson of the 'Morning Post'] reputed to be Bate Dudley but not resembling him, gazes at the Duchess from behind a tree. Next him a man dressed as an officer in a Highland regiment with kilt and broadsword is supposed to be James Perry, editor of the 'Morning Chronicle'. On the right the Prince of Wales, conspicuous by his star, whispers to Mrs. Robinson (Perdita), though their liaison was ended. Her right arm is linked with an ugly and elderly little man, probably Robinson. On the extreme left an elderly couple advance arm in arm in profile. Behind the Prince is a group standing on a small platform (or tables), showing half length above the crowd. In the foreground (right) is a supper-table under trees where two cits entertain two courtesans. Lamp-lit trees and the covered way form a background on the right."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Vauxhall
- Description:
- Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd June 28th 1785, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Vauxhall Gardens (London, England), London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818., Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby, Countess of, 1761-1821, Pitt, Thomas, Baron Camelford, 1737-1793, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Pasley, Thomas, Sir, 1734-1808, Perry, James, 1756-1821, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800, and Topham, Edward, 1751-1820
- Subject (Topic):
- Social life and customs, Parks, Audiences, Concerts, Couples, Crowds, Musicians, Orchestras, Peg legs, and Singers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Vaux-hall [graphic]