"The King (right) and Queen (left) hurl mud at each other. By the former (who wears jack-boots) is a bucket of 'Italian Filth' [see British Museum Satires No. 13762, &c.]; the Queen's (similar) bucket is inscribed 'Filth from St Giles's, St James, Portman Sqr, Hamilton Place [the Conynghams' address, see British Museum Satires No. 13847] &c &c &c.'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 28 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pub. Sep. 5th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861.
Two smartly dressed youths facing each other sit on a bench under a tree. A small spaniel sits by the youth on the right, who has a more delicate appearance and resembles a face seen before in caricatures. A large dog (a poodle?) stands in front of the other youth on the left, barking
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 26 x 30 cm. ; on verso: bled through: Gloria mu[?]
Publisher:
Pub'd May 30th 1786 by G. T. Stubbs, Peters Court, St. Martins Lane
Title from caption below image., Publisher's advertisement below title: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection of humorous prints in Europe. Admittance 1shillg., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Clergy: parsons -- Young women -- Food: roast pig -- Beverages: wine -- Tableware: salt & pepper shakers -- Furniture: sofas -- Arm chairs -- Glutony.
Publisher:
Pub. July 1, 1794, by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Streeet
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement following the imprint: ... where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures in Europe, also a correct model of the guillotine 6 feet high, admitt. 1 shilling., Temporary local subject terms: Weapons: daggers -- Gallows -- Poison -- Allusion to George IV -- Reference to sansculottes., and Mounted to 31 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. March 25, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Title from caption below image., Numbered '273' in lower left of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Trades: apple venders -- Wheelbarrows -- Architectural details: garden walls -- Young men -- Bludgeons.
Publisher:
Publish'd 26th Sept. 1791 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whigs destroying wooden objects and a press representing the Press."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Initials of printmaker Charles Jameson Grant in lower left portion of design., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Wood engraving with letterpress text., Three lines of text below title: The perfidious, perjured, peculating, persecuting, paltry, purse-proud, penicious ... pilfering, plundering Whigs, smashing the unstamp'd., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of imprint and series statement. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Numbered "100" in brown ink in lower left corner of design., and No. 100.
Publisher:
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Vandalism, Hammers, Axes, and Printing presses
Lord Thurlow depicted as a schoolmaster is seated on the left. He wears an enormous wig, and holds in his left hand the book "A new guide to India" and in his right a birch rod. Facing him stands Pitt dressed as a young girl, with a key (to the Treasury) hanging from her belt. On the wall behind them hangs a portait of the King labelled "a great Whig", a bust of Fox labelled "a true Whig" on top of a bookcase containing Newbery's Works, and a map with the face of Shelburne titled "a false Whig." The "h" in the first word of the title is inserted above the "i".
Alternative Title:
Master Billy learning his task and Wiggism, or, Master Billy learning his task
Description:
Title etched below image. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd for S.W. as the act directs, by J. Cattermoul, No. 376 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England.
Subject (Name):
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805.
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified in British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: NB [B etched over N] folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Male fashion, 1795: cropped hair -- Allusion to the Bedford Level -- Allusion to the Duke of Bedford -- Allusion to freemasonry -- Glass: decanter with a label., and Watermark: countermark E & P.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 20, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Two columns of caption text below design., Plate numbered '339' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: 1803.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 1, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London