"Stanhope stands in his library, declaiming; he has just risen from his chair and holds his pen in his raised right hand, his left rests on a small table (right) covered with documents. He wears a cocked hat; his leanness is caricatured, his legs being of exaggerated thinness. His right foot rests on a large volume, 'Cocker's Arithmetic'. Under his left hand are 'Observations upon Mr Pitts Plan' and 'M . . of Mr Sheridan's Speech - I prefer the Noble Lord['s] Plan to th[at] of the Minister less visionary'. Behind the table is a bookcase against which are pinned two placards, the smaller superimposed on the other. The larger is a 'Table of the Average Price of Stocks for April 1786', the prices being partly hidden by the smaller print: a man rides a horse in the air, above a line of buildings; a flying figure blows a trumpet. It is inscribed 'Ready for Ascension in a few Days Aerial Figures' and 'Thin glittering Textures of the filmy Dew'. On the right is a small cupboard on legs, its open door showing a chamber-pot whose overflowing contents drip on to a document inscribed 'To Prevent Bribery at Elections'. On the pot are papers inscribed 'Sinking Fund' and 'Surplus'; these fragments appear to have been torn from a document inscribed 'Report of the select Committee upon the Ministers Plan for the Reduction of the National Debt. Amount of Taxes Red[ucti]on of Salar[ies]'. Above this is an oval picture of the three Graces, to ridicule Stanhope's lanky figure and awkward gestures. Beneath the title is etched: 'One St.... pe pester'd his Relations With sage Advice about the Graces But left Finance and Calculations To plodding Pates, and graver Faces. Another St.... pe now appears Ye Pitts and Neckars give him place In Figures first of Financiers The first of Figures too in Grace.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to the second edition of Lord Stanhope's Observations on Mr. Pitt's plan of finance
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Lewis Walpole Library: Horace Walpole makes reference to this print., 1 print : etching with aquatint and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 25 x 15.1 cm, on sheet 27.1 x 17 cm., and Mounted on leaf 25 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Publd. 29 May 1786 by Thos. Cornel [sic], Bruton Street
"Stanhope stands in his library, declaiming; he has just risen from his chair and holds his pen in his raised right hand, his left rests on a small table (right) covered with documents. He wears a cocked hat; his leanness is caricatured, his legs being of exaggerated thinness. His right foot rests on a large volume, 'Cocker's Arithmetic'. Under his left hand are 'Observations upon Mr Pitts Plan' and 'M . . of Mr Sheridan's Speech - I prefer the Noble Lord['s] Plan to th[at] of the Minister less visionary'. Behind the table is a bookcase against which are pinned two placards, the smaller superimposed on the other. The larger is a 'Table of the Average Price of Stocks for April 1786', the prices being partly hidden by the smaller print: a man rides a horse in the air, above a line of buildings; a flying figure blows a trumpet. It is inscribed 'Ready for Ascension in a few Days Aerial Figures' and 'Thin glittering Textures of the filmy Dew'. On the right is a small cupboard on legs, its open door showing a chamber-pot whose overflowing contents drip on to a document inscribed 'To Prevent Bribery at Elections'. On the pot are papers inscribed 'Sinking Fund' and 'Surplus'; these fragments appear to have been torn from a document inscribed 'Report of the select Committee upon the Ministers Plan for the Reduction of the National Debt. Amount of Taxes Red[ucti]on of Salar[ies]'. Above this is an oval picture of the three Graces, to ridicule Stanhope's lanky figure and awkward gestures ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to the 2d edition of Lord Stanhope's Observations on Mr. Pitt's plan of finance and Frontispiece to the second edition of Lord Stanhope's Observations on Mr. Pitt's plan of finance
Description:
Title etched below image., Eight lines of verse in two columns below title: "One St.... pe pester'd his Relations With sage Advice about the Graces But left Finance and Calculations To plodding Pates, and graver Faces.Another St.... pe now appears Ye Pitts and Neckars give him place In Figures first of Financiers The first of Figures too in Grace.", Variant state, with '29' burnished from date in imprint. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 6, no. 6960., and Lewis Walpole Library: Horace Walpole makes reference to this print.
"Stanhope stands in his library, declaiming; he has just risen from his chair and holds his pen in his raised right hand, his left rests on a small table (right) covered with documents. He wears a cocked hat; his leanness is caricatured, his legs being of exaggerated thinness. His right foot rests on a large volume, 'Cocker's Arithmetic'. Under his left hand are 'Observations upon Mr Pitts Plan' and 'M . . of Mr Sheridan's Speech - I prefer the Noble Lord['s] Plan to th[at] of the Minister less visionary'. Behind the table is a bookcase against which are pinned two placards, the smaller superimposed on the other. The larger is a 'Table of the Average Price of Stocks for April 1786', the prices being partly hidden by the smaller print: a man rides a horse in the air, above a line of buildings; a flying figure blows a trumpet. It is inscribed 'Ready for Ascension in a few Days Aerial Figures' and 'Thin glittering Textures of the filmy Dew'. On the right is a small cupboard on legs, its open door showing a chamber-pot whose overflowing contents drip on to a document inscribed 'To Prevent Bribery at Elections'. On the pot are papers inscribed 'Sinking Fund' and 'Surplus'; these fragments appear to have been torn from a document inscribed 'Report of the select Committee upon the Ministers Plan for the Reduction of the National Debt. Amount of Taxes Red[ucti]on of Salar[ies]'. Above this is an oval picture of the three Graces, to ridicule Stanhope's lanky figure and awkward gestures. Beneath the title is etched: 'One St.... pe pester'd his Relations With sage Advice about the Graces But left Finance and Calculations To plodding Pates, and graver Faces. Another St.... pe now appears Ye Pitts and Neckars give him place In Figures first of Financiers The first of Figures too in Grace.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to the second edition of Lord Stanhope's Observations on Mr. Pitt's plan of finance
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Lewis Walpole Library: Horace Walpole makes reference to this print.
Publisher:
Publd. 29 May 1786 by Thos. Cornel [sic], Bruton Street
"The Speaker in his hat and robes stands in back view directing a stream (as Gulliver extinguished the fire in the royal apartments in Lilliput) upon Lilliputian fortifications and cannon; those seen between his legs are being dashed to pieces. Beyond are the masts of ships. The devastating stream is inscribed 'Casting vote'. The right side of the Speaker's chair is visible (right)."--British Museum online catalogue and Allusion to Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's travels in reference to a bill in the House of Commons addressing Richmond's fortifications. It was defeated, Feb. 27, 1786
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 47 with one other print.
Publisher:
Publd. 1st March 1786 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Richmond (Richmond upon Thames, London, England)
Subject (Name):
Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789 and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Cannons, Forts & fortifications, British, Guns, and Urination
"The Speaker in his hat and robes stands in back view directing a stream (as Gulliver extinguished the fire in the royal apartments in Lilliput) upon Lilliputian fortifications and cannon; those seen between his legs are being dashed to pieces. Beyond are the masts of ships. The devastating stream is inscribed 'Casting vote'. The right side of the Speaker's chair is visible (right)."--British Museum online catalogue and Allusion to Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's travels in reference to a bill in the House of Commons addressing Richmond's fortifications. It was defeated, Feb. 27, 1786
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 24 x 16.4 cm, on sheet 26.1 x 18.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 30 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Publd. 1st March 1786 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Richmond (Richmond upon Thames, London, England)
Subject (Name):
Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789 and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Cannons, Forts & fortifications, British, Guns, and Urination
"The Speaker in his hat and robes stands in back view directing a stream (as Gulliver extinguished the fire in the royal apartments in Lilliput) upon Lilliputian fortifications and cannon; those seen between his legs are being dashed to pieces. Beyond are the masts of ships. The devastating stream is inscribed 'Casting vote'. The right side of the Speaker's chair is visible (right)."--British Museum online catalogue and Allusion to Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's travels in reference to a bill in the House of Commons addressing Richmond's fortifications. It was defeated, Feb. 27, 1786
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted to 36.8 x 27.6 cm.
Publisher:
Publd. 1st March 1786 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Richmond (Richmond upon Thames, London, England)
Subject (Name):
Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789 and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Cannons, Forts & fortifications, British, Guns, and Urination
Volume 2, page 68. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man with a stern look upon his face (Richard Beadon) and a whip in his hand, rides his horse along a road. A signpost on the right show him heading toward York & Carlisle; presumably with London in the opposite direction
Alternative Title:
How to ride a horse upon 3 legs
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: An academy for grown horsemen ... / by Geoffrey Gambado [pseud.] ... London : W. Dickinson [etc.], 1787., and Mounted on page 68 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 1, 1786, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Volume 2, page 68. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man with a stern look upon his face (Richard Beadon) and a whip in his hand, rides his horse along a road. A signpost on the right show him heading toward York & Carlisle; presumably with London in the opposite direction
Alternative Title:
How to ride a horse upon 3 legs
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: An academy for grown horsemen ... / by Geoffrey Gambado [pseud.] ... London : W. Dickinson [etc.], 1787., 1 print : stipple engraving with engraving in sepia ink on laid paper ; sheet 22.1 x 20 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 1, 1786, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
"The pit of a theatre: Boswell stands in the centre of the front row behind a row of spikes, emitting a blast from his mouth, putting his hands on his cheeks. The man next him (right) protects his face with his hat; two men on the left are amused, one claps. Behind him are several rows of laughing heads. Two musicians in the foreground turn their heads."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, part the second. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Two lines of verse below title: "A great many years ago, when Dr. Hugh Blair & I were sitting together in the pit of Drury-Lane Play-house, in a wild freak of youthful extravagance, I entertained the audience prodigiously, by imitating the lowing of a cow ..." Vide Journal p. 499., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Post-boy., and In mss. in lower left corner: E-161.
Publisher:
Publish'd 20 June, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14, Marylebone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Lady Strathmore leans back in an armchair, her legs crossed; in her right hand is a birch-rod, she holds in her left hand the hand of a boy, her (supposed) step-son, whom another woman (right) holds out for chastisement. He is crying, the woman is about to take off his breeches. On the extreme right a dinner-table is partly visible, with a large tureen decorated with coat of arms and coronet. Lady Strathmore's hair is decorated with flowers and feathers, her breasts are much exposed and her appearance is meretricious."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 25th, 1786, by W. Holland, No. 66 Drury Lane
Subject (Name):
Strathmore, Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of, 1749-1800 and Strathmore, John Bowes, Earl of, 1769-1820