"Vestris fils, as in BMSat 5905, on the same stage, is dancing in a similar pose, poised on his right toe, his back to the audience, looking over his left shoulder smiling. In his right hand is his hat, held out as before but full of notes or bills, inconspicuously inscribed "gui, £1100", and "£20,000". In his left hand he holds out a netted purse to which is attached a label inscribed "English Guineas". In place of the goose of BMSat 5897 in each lower angle of the square is an ape dressed as a dancer and with his hat held out, cf. BMSat 5903; one (left) matches the pose of Vestris in BMSat 5905, the other (right) his pose in this design."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of the same composition.
Alternative Title:
He danced like a monkey, his pockets well crammed ... and Oh qui goose-toe!
Description:
Campanion print to: "A stranger at Sparta standing long upon one leg ...", Date of publication based on publisher's street address. See British Museum online catalogue., Printmakers and artist from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Reissue, with different publication line, of a print issued with the imprint "Pubd. May 16th, 1781, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand." Cf. No. 5906 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Text below image continues: ... caper'd off with a grin, "kiss my a*** & be d-d.", and Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker., Dance, Nathaniel, Sir, 1735-1811, artist., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher., Pastorini, Benedetto, 1746- printmaker., and Vestris, Auguste,--1760-1842--Caricatures and cartoons.
"Shipwreck of the Nancy packet returning from India in a stormy sea off the Scilly Isles, with group of women, children and sailors in wrecked boat; people clinging to pieces of wood under raging waves at right."--British Museum online catalogue, description of published state.
Description:
Proof state before letters. and Title, printmaker, and publication information from published state. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.13497.
"Explosion in the Duke of Atholl, at anchor in the Madras Road, with group of sailors and women in a boat rowing away from the disaster; in the background a view of the harbour of Madras."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state with lettering.
Alternative Title:
Duke of Athole, East Indiaman and Duke of Atholl, East Indiaman
Description:
Proof state before letters; print later issued with the imprint: Pubd. Feby. 1st, 1785, by R. Wilkinson, No 58 Cornhill. and Title, printmaker, and publication information from later state. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.13496.
Date based on publication dates of the two similar portrait prints by Gillray after de Loutherbourg drawings., Likely a proof or unfinished state; only sitter's head is depicted., Possibly engraved by Gillray, as he engraved at least two other portraits after drawings by de Loutherbourg. See prints entitled "General Count Clairfayt" and "The Prince of Saxe-Cobourg," registration nos. 1859,0709.1544 and 1851,0901.1335 in the British Museum online catalogue., Probably after a drawing by de Loutherbourg in the British Museum. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0901.708., and Title devised by cataloger, based on description in the British Museum online catalogue of the probable original drawing.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Congreve, William,--1743-1814--Portraits., Gillray, James, 1756-1815., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812, artist.
"Dedication sheet 'To the Queen' from the singer Harriet Abrams; three cherubs sitting facing right, singing, on clouds which curve up and support a lyre and laurel above them, below a crown in rays of light; for an unidentified publication."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Print possibly designed as the frontispiece or title page for a musical work dedicated to Queen Charlotte. See Wright. and Title from text in image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Head and shoulders of Isaac D'Israeli, in profile to the right, with features exaggerated. Notes by the artist scribbled above and below image.
Description:
Annotation (signature?) in lower right in pencil: Gillray delin., Date based on publication date of the print entitled "Scientific researches! New discoveries in pneumaticks! ...", which includes a similar but reversed depiction of D'Israeli in profile. Cf. No. 9923 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine., James Gillray, English caricaturist, 1756-1815., and Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Disraeli, Isaac,--1766-1848--Caricatures and cartoons., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
"Rechab, a male nude, rushing into a room from the right and lunging forward as he falls to his knees before David, holding up the severed head of Saul's son Ishbosheth in his right hand and pointing upwards with the other."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Plate from: Lavater, Johann Caspar. Essays on physiognomy ... . London: J. Murray [etc.], 1789-1798., Publication information based on that of the volumes in which the print was issued., and Title devised by cataloger.
"A governess sitting on the left at a round table, teaching three children maths, handing a coin to one; with toys on the floor and a picture of an infant Cupid under a tree reading a book, on the wall above."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0901.1346.
Description:
Title and approximate date supplied by curator.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership. and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
"A Dutch soldier (left) and his wife (right), joining hands, dance round a tree of Liberty to music supplied by a foppish French soldier on the extreme left who beats a drum and blows a trumpet, and by a stout Dutchman on the extreme right who plays bagpipes inscribed 'Vader-lands Liefde' (Love of Country). The 'tree' is a pole surmounted by a milk-churn inscribed 'Vryheid \ Gellykheid \ Broederscha[p]', [This inscription (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity) occurs on Dutch prints after the French invasion, e.g. Van Stolk, No. 5299; Muller, No. 5385.] above which is a cap of Liberty shaped like a fool's cap, and a tricolour flag inscribed 'Hollandia Regenerate[a]'. On the churn sits a parroquet, 'trying to imitate the patriotic accents of his French brothers'. A monkey climbs up the pole as in BMSat 8831. Texts, 'Acts', vii. 41, and 'Job', xviii. 16."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Artist identified as Hess and printmaker questionably identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., One of twenty plates published as a bound set entitled: Hollandia regenerata., Place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "1" in upper left corner., Possibly published by Hannah Humphrey. See British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: Dutch uniforms -- Dutchmen -- Holland: civil discord -- Tree of Liberty -- Cap of Liberty -- Emblems: dove as emblem of peace -- Monkeys -- Kitchen utensils: milk churns -- Musical instruments: drum -- Bagpipes -- Musical instruments: trumpets, Title etched above image., and With: Letterpress explanation in French that includes appropriate texts from the Bible in Dutch and in English.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Hess, David, 1770-1843, artist.
"Four grotesque men, all crippled or deformed, are in a row before a set of druggist's shelves headed 'Staats Apotheek'. Those on the extreme left and right stand, the others sit. A knock-kneed hunchback (left), smoking a long pipe, the smoke inscribed 'Hellebr . . .', holds a paper: 'Recipe'. A ragged and lame National Guard picks the pocket of his neighbour. Above the shelves, and forming the apex of the design, a fury, Discord, with snaky locks, leans from clouds, holding a flaming sword and looking down threateningly at the conference. On the top shelf are a 'Guillotine' and a bull, 'Phalaris', a block inscribed 'Menschen lief de' next a gallows, a demon. Below are bottles: 'Quint Ess: de Robespierr, Sel de Marat, Recipes en Assignaten [see BMSat 8849], Rotten gift [poison for mice], Alb: Graec:' On the wall hang a sword and shackles. Text, 'Luke', xii. 26."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Artist identified as Hess and printmaker questionably identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., One of twenty plates published as a bound set entitled: Hollandia regenerata., Place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "2" in upper left corner., Possibly published by Hannah Humphrey. See British Museum catalogue., Title etched below image., and With: Letterpress explanation in French that includes appropriate texts from the Bible in Dutch and in English.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Hess, David, 1770-1843, artist.