Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1772]
Call Number:
772.00.00.06 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"From the first page of the second part of 'The Theatres', see British Museum Satires No. 5063, which is an attack on Colman and Covent Garden. Colman sits on the lap of Mother Shipton, in his right hand is a harlequin's sword, in his left, a paper inscribed "For wooden Sword I've chang'd my useless Pen I ne'er could Write & Hate all writing Men". A ribbon sash with long ends is round his waist from which hangs a child's coral and bells. At his feet lies a bundle of pens. He looks towards Harlequin (left) who is trampling on three books inscribed "Shak ...", "Johns ..." [Jonson], and "Shake..." "Mother Shipton", in conical hat and ruff, has a walking-stick in her left hand, her right. is over Colman's shoulder; she says: "Oh my Coly my Coly oh my Coly my Deary". Across the engraving is printed, "Bad has begun and worse remains behind". On the back is part of the poem: "See curious Colman negligent of merit, Of Tragic energy and comic spirit Palm on his servile partners, and the town, Abject and vile dependents of his own"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from that of the book for which this plate was an illustration., Image cut out of the page., Illustration from: The theatres. A poetical dissection. By Sir Nicholas Nipclose, Baronet / Francis Gentleman (1728-1784). London : printed for John Bell, and C. Etherington, at York, 1772, page 63., and Temporary local subject terms: Toys: coral and bells -- Quill pens -- Theater: Covent Garden -- Allusion to William Shakespeare plays -- Allusion to Samuel Johnson's edition of Shakespeare's plays -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare's Hamlet, iii.4.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Colman, George, 1732-1794 and Shipton, Mother (Ursula)
Subject (Topic):
Harlequin (Fictitious character), Toys, and Writing materials
Title from caption etched above image., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Reduced copy, without plate number, of No. 4037 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Dragons -- Demons -- Mythology: Minerva -- Emblems: boot for Lord Bute -- Emblems: Scotch thistle -- Allusion to Magna Charta -- Periodicals: reference to Briton -- Animals: fox -- British Lion -- Medical: syringes -- Amputees -- Taxes: reference to excise -- Personifications: France -- Personifications: Spain., and Mounted to 29 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
"The King lies uneasily on a sofa, holding out a glass to be filled by Sidmouth, the 'Doctor', clyster-pipe in pocket. Beside him is a table, with bottles, &c. P. 22: W, for the wine and liqueurs he swallow'd, While writhing he lay on the sofa and hallow'd, ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
W, for the wine and liqueurs he swallow'd while writhing he lay on the sofa and hallow'd ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Alternative title from letterpress text on facing page of the bound work., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820., Mounted on page 13 of: George Humphrey shop album., and Mounted opposite the sheet of corresponding letterpress text that would have faced the plate in the bound work.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Rosco.
Subject (Topic):
Alcoholic beverages, Bottles, Sofas, and Medical equipment & supplies
Title from item., Plate numbered '89' in upper left corner., Plate from: A Political and Satyrical History of the Years 1758 and 1759., and Temporary local subject terms: Battle of Minden.
Title from item., Publication place and date from book for which the plate was published., Plate numbered '36' in lower right corner., Six lines of verse below title: With shame o Britons here behold sly Sawney pocketing your gold ..., Plate from: The 2nd vol. of The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the years 1762 and 63. London: E. Sumpter, [1764]., Cf. No. 3877 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Whitehall (Treasury Building) -- Vehicles: cart -- Sland: coal (cole), i.e., money -- Sentry -- Scots., and Mounted to 27 x 43 cm.
Title from item., Publication place and date from book for which the plate was published., Plate numbered '36' in lower right corner., Six lines of verse below title: With shame o Britons here behold sly Sawney pocketing your gold ..., Plate from: The 2nd vol. of The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the years 1762 and 63. London: E. Sumpter, [1764]., Cf. No. 3877 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Whitehall (Treasury Building) -- Vehicles: cart -- Sland: coal (cole), i.e., money -- Sentry -- Scots., and Mounted to 27 x 43 cm.
"A fight between the four barristers: Brougham and Denman, without shields, wield papers inscribed respectively 'Truth' and 'Justice'. The other two, with shields and a heavy spear, are worsted; at their feet lie Eldon, and (according to the text) Lauderdale and Redesdale (the most aggressive of the peers during the proceedings). In the background (left), among clouds of smoke, the Ministerial forces, with a tattered banner inscribed 'Pains . . Penalties', are retreating to the left. A cheering crowd advances from the right. P. 23: X, for the cross, and the Archer's distress, The battle had roared like a storm thro' the press, ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
X, for the cross, and the archer's distress, the battle had roared like a storm thro' the press ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Alternative title from letterpress text on facing page of the bound work., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820., Mounted on page 13 of: George Humphrey shop album., and Mounted opposite the sheet of corresponding letterpress text that would have faced the plate in the bound work.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Redesdale, John Mitford, Baron, 1748-1830, and Rosco.
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Lawyers, Shields, Spears, Fighting, and Crowds
"Gloomy and agitated Ministers stand round Eldon who sits glumly on a sack (the Green Bag as in British Museum Satires No. 13954), from which issues a puff of smoke. Wellington and Liverpool are conspicuous, with Sidmouth (with his clyster-pipe) and Castlereagh; two others are poorly characterized. Canning runs off in the background (right), see British Museum Satires No. 13737, &c. In the middle distance the King and a bishop distractedly embrace. Behind is the sea, with (?) the royal yacht departing. (The Queen has triumphed.) P. 24: Y, for the youths of the Archer's delight, Dumb with astonishment--pale with affright! ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Y, for the youths of the archer's delight, dumb with astonishment - pale with affright! ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Alternative title from letterpress text on facing page of the bound work., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820., Mounted on page 13 of: George Humphrey shop album., and Mounted opposite the sheet of corresponding letterpress text that would have faced the plate in the bound work.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Canning, George, 1770-1827, and Rosco.
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Lawyers, Depression (Mental state), Bags, Smoke, Medical equipment & supplies, Bishops, Beaches, Hugging, and Yachts
"The Green Bag explodes, throwing into the air Eldon, Liverpool, Sidmouth, and Castlereagh. With these fly up the clyster-pipe and scourge of the last two, and papers: 'Rastelli's Pasport' [see British Museum Satires No. 13903], 'Majocchis Evidence' [see British Museum Satires No. 13827], 'Madle Demonts Evidence' [see British Museum Satires No. 13856], 'Sacchi's Evidence'. The explosion is due to a beam from a mirror (right) inscribed 'Lens of Truth'. P. 25: Z, for the Zanies, in frantic despair, Their bag of combustion blown into the air; ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Z, for the zanies, in frantic despair, their bag of combustion blown into the air ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Alternative title from letterpress text on facing page of the bound work., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820., Mounted on page 13 of: George Humphrey shop album., and Mounted opposite the sheet of corresponding letterpress text that would have faced the plate in the bound work.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Demont, Louisa, active 1814-1820., Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820., Rastelli, Giuseppe, active 1820., Sacchi, Giuseppe, active 1820., and Rosco.
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Lawyers, Bags, Explosions, Medical equipment & supplies, Whips, Optical devices, and Documents