"In a room filled with bales, chests, and plunder the Conyngham family prepare to depart. Lord Conyngham (left), in shirt-sleeves but elegant, tugs at the cord of an enormous bundle. Lady Conyngham struggles with the lock of a treasure-chest, saying, 'There is no such thing as getting those Devilish Locks of Bramahs open'. Her daughter carries on her shoulder the skeleton of the giraffe (see British Museum Satires No. 16108). A cupboard topped with the Royal Arms displays bare shelves; plate is heaped on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Quoted text below image: "Had sly Ulysses at the Sack - of Troy, brought thee his pedler's pack - vide Cleaveland., and Offset of another impression on verso.
Publisher:
Pub. July 1st, 1830, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Conyngham, Henry, Marquess, 1766-1832, and Athlumney, Harriet Maria Somerville, Lady, -1843
Subject (Topic):
Giraffes, Skeletons, Luggage, Clothes chests, and Cupboards
Caption title., An advertisement in verse, with two columns of letterpress text beginning "With humblest deference we greet ..."; wood-engraved illustration at top depicting two ladies trying on wigs both facing a bust with "Princes' Royal" on plinth; an "Explanation" printed below in five lines; all within a typographic ornament border., Date of publication from English short title catalogue., Printer prossibly W. Bailey located at 28 Great Tower Street, London. Cf. Heal, 99.22 & 23 advertise "At Bailey's Printing-Office... Shop-Bills, Hand-Bills, &c. of this Size and Paper, are printed for six Shillings a Thousand; and on an inferior Paper of this Size, for five Shillings a Thousand ...", Sheet trimmed with loss of most of the imprint., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title from item., Three columns of song engraved below the image: When I took my departure from Dublin's sweet town ..., Numbered '275' on left below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: inns -- Inns: inn courtyard -- Trades: inn maids -- Stable boys -- Travellers: Irish traveller -- Irishmen.
Publisher:
Publish'd 16th Jany., 1792, by Robt. Sayer & Co., No. 53 Fleet Street
Caption title from verses printed in letterpress below image., "Written by Major Downs, and sung, with unbounded applause, by Mr. Johnstone, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.", Five stanzas of verse begin: If my own botheration don't alter my plan, I'll sing seven lines of a tight Irish man ..., Plate numbered '463' in the upper left corner., and From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls.
Publisher:
Publish'd Apr. 6, 1807 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., Variant state of No. 6799 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Second state, with alterations to design., Temporary local subject terms: Taxes: allusion to tax on maidservants -- Allusion to tax on shops -- Allusion to window tax -- Petitions: trampled London petition -- Trampled Manchester petition -- Trampled Westminster petition -- Westminster riots -- Signs: sign-posts -- Propaganda -- Butchers' cleavers -- Dogs -- Cats -- Shops to let -- Irish Propositions -- Staff of Liberty -- Allusion to the custom of riding the black ram --Expressions of speech: "I'll darken his daylights.", Watermark: Fleur-de-lis, partially obscured by image., and Mounted to 23 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs, June 20, 1785, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Title engraved below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint and song verses below title. Imprint statement supplied from: A catalogue of 18th-century British mezzotint satires in North American collections., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Cherry venders -- Irishmen -- Female costume: high-waisted dresses -- Reticule -- Miniature portrait as a brooch -- Pets -- Architectural details -- Wrought iron fences -- Songs: Patty O'Blarney.
Publisher:
Published 20th Sepr. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Peddlers, Baskets, Hats, Miniatures (Paintings), Dogs, Doors & doorways, Fountains, and Children
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Two lines of caption below design: Arrah! but this is hard work for us both Smiler, if it keeps on pelting in our faces in this manner to the end of our journey, surely the wind will change when we return., Plate numbered '357' in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 16, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic sterertypes, Messengers, Horseback riding, Rain, and Churches
Caption title., Date based on publisher J. Jennings's activity dates. See: Todd, W.B. Directory of printers and others in allied trades, London & vicinity, 1800-1840, page 107., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: A down a dark alley I courted a maid ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by Jennings, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London
Title from text printed in letterpress in lower portion of sheet., Attribution below title: The music by Mr. Kelley., Two columns of verse in letterpress below title: Paddy Shannon high mounted on his trotting little poney, set off in a gallop from Leather-lane to Bow ..., and Plate numbered in upper left corner: 491.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 24, 1808 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., One line of text below title: Arrah! My dear honey, to be sure, I'd rather walk if it wasn't for the fashio of the thing., Plate numbered '238' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: sedan chair -- Irishmen -- Street vendors: pipe sellers., and Watermark: 1812.
Publisher:
Published 28th Jany. 1800, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London