- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 November 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.11.01.02+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Lord Barrymore and his two brothers are represented as figurines on the shelf of a chimney-piece, along which the title is etched. Each stands on a circular pedestal inscribed: (left to right) 'A Hell-gate Blackguard', 'A Newgate Scrub', and 'A Cripplegate Monster', the three brothers being known as Newgate, Hellgate, and Cripplegate. In the centre Barrymore, as Scrub, is seated as in Act iii of Farquhar's play, when in conference with Archer: dressed in livery and wearing an apron, his hands on his knees (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6221). On the left Augustus Barry, stripped to the waist and wearing boxing-gloves with a high hat, stands in the attitude of a pugilist, which his extreme thinness makes ridiculous. On the right Henry Barry grins and capers, holding a toy whirligig. He wears the fashionable dress of the bloods of the moment: high hat, long tight breeches reaching almost to the ankle, short wrinkled top-boots with enormous spurs. His coat is slipping off his shoulders and fastened by one button (a caricature of the fashion); all have cropped hair, cf. British Museum Satires No. 8040, &c. Over Barrymore's head is the lower part of a bust-portrait of the Prince of Wales in an oval frame."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text in image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eighteen lines of verse etched below image: To whip a top, to knuckle down at taw ..., Temporary local subject terms: Mantelpieces -- Pugilism -- Toys: whirligig -- Spurs -- Literature: allusion to George Farquhar's The Beaux Stratagem, iii, 3 -- Barrymore, Richard, 7th Earl, 'Newgate' -- Barrymore, Henry, 8th Earl, 'Cripplegate' -- Barry, Augustus, 'Hellgate' -- Prince of Wales's circle -- Pictures amplifying subject: Prince of Wales'e portrait., and Mounted to 36 x 36 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Barrymore, Richard Barry, Earl of, 1769-1793, Barrymore, Henry Barry, Earl of, 1770-1823, and Barry, Augustus, 1773-1818
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Chimneypieces, Figurines, Pedestals, Boxers (Sports), and Toys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Les trois magots [graphic].
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- 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:
- [20 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.08.20.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Outside a tavern called The Whirligig, Col. Tarleton brandishes his sword while making a boastful speech about his military exploits. Behind him stands the Prince of Wales, headless, but identifiable by the ostrich plumes which replace his features. Above the tavern door the figure of a prostitute serves as the sign of the house
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text following title: Vide: Every man in his humour, alter'd from Ben Johnson., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Augt. 20th, 1782, by Eh. D'Achery, St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Tarleton, Lieutenant-General 1754-1833 (Banastre), and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
- Subject (Topic):
- Taverns (Inns), Courtesans, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The thunderer [graphic].