A scene of a joust in Henry Angelo's fencing academy. A portrait of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, painted by Mather Brown and gifted to Angelo by the sitter, hangs on the wall on the right
Alternative Title:
Mr. Henry Angelo's fencing academy
Description:
Title etched below image., For more information about the Saint-Georges portrait, see Grego., Also signed in image: Rowlandson 1791., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of lower half of imprint; imprint mostly legible., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 39 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 29[?], 1791, by H. Angelo, No. 16 Boulton Street, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Angelo, Henry, 1756-1835. and Saint-Georges, Joseph Bologne, chevalier de, 1745-1799,
"Five caricature heads, three in profile, two directed to the left."--British museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched within image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Reissue; the digit "2" in "1792" in imprint has been etched over with a "4"., One of three plates by Wigstead and Rowlandson with the same title., Temporary local subject terms: Male costume, 1794., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 18.2 x 27.5 cm, on sheet 22 x 30.7 cm., "P-2" written in ink in a contemporary hand in lower right corner of sheet., and Mounted on leaf 63 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd by T. Rowlandson, Strand, Jan'ry 1794 & S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"A central monument [1] representing the French Republic is flanked by figures on pedestals inscribed [2] 'Liberty' and [3] 'Equality'. [1] A stout and frantic man rises from a tottering armchair which is poised on a pile of fragments of columns inscribed 'Humanity', 'Social Happiness', 'Tranquiliy' [sic], 'Security', 'Domestic Peace', 'Laws', 'Urbanity', 'Order', 'Religion'. On the back of his chair are the words 'Republic of Paris', the word 'France' having been scored through; beneath is a serpent. He shrieks "Ca ira", and holds a print inscribed 'Religious Indifference', on which a bishop and a monk burn at the stake. From behind him leans a nude and ugly man, with small wings, holding out to the left a cornucopia from which issue six papers inscribed 'Assignat' (cf. BMSat 8145). Above his head is the word 'Plenty'. Four famished and grotesque heads, in profile to the right, in the upper left corner of the design, lean avidly towards the assignats. [2] On the left an arrogant embodiment of Liberty stands in profile to the left, one foot resting on two volumes inscribed 'Law'. He is a ragged soldier with bare legs, left hand on hip; in his right hand he holds a dagger on which is spiked a bleeding head. He says, "Ah Ca! f-----u Convention". At his feet, and on the extreme left, five men kneel abjectly, raising their hands in supplication; the man in the foreground wears a legal wig. [3] On the right Equality is symbolized by a well-dressed man grovelling on his hands and knees, while a burly, ragged, and half-naked ruffian stands on his back threatening him with a club. Beside them (right) is a pictorial banner inscribed 'Humanity': a grinning virago kneels on the body of a naked and mutilated man, a dagger in her right hand; she holds up the bleeding heart of her victim. Above this group stands a soldier in profile to the right, blowing from a trumpet the words 'Peace of Europe Establish'd'. He holds a match to the touch-hole of a mortar, inscribed 'Abolition of Offensive War', which is emitting cannon-balls; behind is a fortification inscribed 'Geneva'. He is inscribed 'Peace', and is a pendant to 'Plenty'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Stupendous monument of human wisdom
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of printmaker's initials from lower right corner. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., and Mounted on leaf 46 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
"A fat 'cit' is being drilled by an officer in his shop, to the admiration of his household. A drummer beats his drum. In the background are large jars of snuff."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate., Companion print to: Soldiers recruiting., Plate numbered "No. 5" above title., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: tobacco and snuff shop -- Military uniforms -- Shopkeepers -- Dishes: tea service., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 29 x 35 cm, on sheet 30.2 x 36.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 74 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. June 1, 1798, at Ackermann's Gallery, No. 101 Strand
"Spectators watching a race between four horses, the sea beyond."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Last of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. An excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of title, statements of responsibilty, and imprint. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum online catalogue., and Mounted on leaf 21 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1, 1790, by Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
"A design in three compartments, each with its title. [1] John Bull (left), very corpulent, a frothing tankard in his hand, sits in an arm-chair beside a table loaded with beef, pudding, and 'Home Brew'd'; he is approached by three famished Frenchmen, who lean eagerly towards him, cap in hand. He points to the table, saying: "The blessed effects of a good Constitution." The three say: "I am your Friend John Bull you want a Reform"; "My Honble Friend speaks my Sentiments"; "John Bull you are too Fat." Below: [2] The three Frenchmen, ragged, bare-legged, and fierce-looking, two with bludgeons and one with a dagger, advance menacingly to John Bull, who holds out a frog, saying: "A Pretty Reform indeed you have deprived me of my Leg and given me nothing but Frogs to eat I shall be Starved I am no Frenchman." He has a wooden leg, is less stout than in [1], and his clothes are ragged. The Frenchmen say: "Eat it you Dog & hold your Tongue you are very happy"; "Thats right my friend we will make him Happier still" (his cap is inscribed 'Ca ira'); "He is a little leaner now." Below: [3] John Bull lies prostrate screaming "O - H - O - H"; two frantic Frenchmen holding firebrands trample fiercely on him. One (left) says: "now he is quite happy I will have a Jump"; the other adds, "Oh Delightfull you may thank me you Dog for sparing your Life - thank me I say."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Reform begun and Reform compleat
Description:
Title from text etched above each image., Attributed to Rowlandson by the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Food: roast beef -- Beverages -- Dishes: tankards -- Jugs -- Weapons: bludgeons -- Wooden legs -- Allusion to French Revolution -- Frenchmen., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 43.1 x 26.5 cm., Date written in ink in the bottom right corner of sheet, possibly in contemporary hand: Jan. 8, 1793., and Mounted on leaf 54 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pulished [sic] as the act directs, Jany. 8th, 1793, by Jno. Brown, No. 2 Adelphi
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, British, John Bull (Symbolic character), Ethnic stereotypes, Obesity, Meat, Beer, Pitchers, Daggers & swords, Frogs, and Peg legs
"Coaches and horses gathered outside the White Hart inn at left, the proprietor Sully's name on the side of the building, women and children looking on from the other side of the street."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Second of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. An excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 15 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1, 1790, by Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
"Dissenters are engaged in burning churches and attacking the clergy. In the foreground a stout bishop on his knees is being kicked and assailed by men with bludgeons; beside him is a book: 'Refutation of Dr Price'. He exclaims, raising his hands, "Murder, fire, thieves". One of his assailants says, "Make room for the Apostle of Liberty"; the other, "God assisting us nothing is to be feared". Under this group is inscribed: 'And when they had smote the Shepherd, the Sheep were scattered'. Behind (right) a Gothic building, from which extends a sign of the Mitre and Crown, is being demolished. Price sits astride on the beam supporting the sign; in one hand is an open book, 'Love of our Country', in the other is a firebrand inscribed 'The Flame of Liberty'. Beneath, two men in steeple-crowned hats are feeding a fire with faggots, whose flame and smoke, inscribed '39 Articles', ascends in a thick cloud. Next the burning building, and on the extreme right, is a porch (over a doorway) in which stands Fox, blowing a horn and pointing down to a placard over the doorway: 'Places under Government to be disposed of. NB, Several Faro and E.O. Tables in good Condition'. An adjacent placard is: 'day next charity sermon by Revd chas Fox'. A group of eager fanatics with lank hair rushes towards the doorway, holding up to Fox money-bags inscribed '30.000', '10.000' and '20.000.' In the foreground (right) are two fanatics struggling for the bag of the Great Seal; one raises a mace inscribed 'Brotherly Love' to strike his opponent; under his foot is a paper: 'Repeal of the Test Act'. In the background (left) is a group of figures engaged in demolishing a church with pickaxes; a rope pulls over the cross on the steeple. Two of this group look towards Price: a parson inscribed 'P------ly' (Priestley) waves his hat, saying, "Make haste to pull down that old Whore and we'll build a new one in its place"; a lean man, fashionably dressed (evidently Stanhope), extends his arms, saying, "Address to Assemblee national"."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state with similar composition
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Later state, with the original title "The test" burnished out and replaced with new title. Cf. No. 7629 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Publisher's advertisement above design: In Fores's Caricature Museum is the compleatest collection in the kingdom. Also the head and hand of Count Struenzee. Admittance 1s., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Three lines of verse on either side of title: Bell and the dragon's chaplains were ..., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: sermon On the Love of Our Country, by Richard Price -- Sermons: Richard Price, November 4, 1789 -- Repeal of Test and Corporation Acts, March 2, 1790 -- Maces -- Bags of money -- Clergy: bishops -- Signs: mitre and crown -- Emblems: mitre -- Crown -- Great Seal -- Burning of 39 articles -- Clubs: cudgels -- Steeple hats -- Pick-axes -- Buildings: churches -- Firebrand torches -- Literature: quotation from Bible, I Kings 22.17, II Ch. 18.16 -- Addresses: Price's address to the National Assembly of France, July 21, 1790 -- Horns., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 27.7 x 40.2 cm, on sheet 28.3 x 41.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 5 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 20, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Price, Richard, 1723-1791, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, and England and Wales.
Subject (Topic):
Dissenters, Religious, Limitation of actions, Axes, Bishops, Churches, and Musical instruments
"Dissenters are engaged in burning churches and attacking the clergy. In the foreground a stout bishop on his knees is being kicked and assailed by men with bludgeons; beside him is a book: 'Refutation of Dr Price'. He exclaims, raising his hands, "Murder, fire, thieves". One of his assailants says, "Make room for the Apostle of Liberty"; the other, "God assisting us nothing is to be feared". Under this group is inscribed: 'And when they had smote the Shepherd, the Sheep were scattered'. Behind (right) a Gothic building, from which extends a sign of the Mitre and Crown, is being demolished. Price sits astride on the beam supporting the sign; in one hand is an open book, 'Love of our Country', in the other is a firebrand inscribed 'The Flame of Liberty'. Beneath, two men in steeple-crowned hats are feeding a fire with faggots, whose flame and smoke, inscribed '39 Articles', ascends in a thick cloud. Next the burning building, and on the extreme right, is a porch (over a doorway) in which stands Fox, blowing a horn and pointing down to a placard over the doorway: 'Places under Government to be disposed of. NB, Several Faro and E.O. Tables in good Condition'. An adjacent placard is: 'day next charity sermon by Revd chas Fox'. A group of eager fanatics with lank hair rushes towards the doorway, holding up to Fox money-bags inscribed '30.000', '10.000' and '20.000.' In the foreground (right) are two fanatics struggling for the bag of the Great Seal; one raises a mace inscribed 'Brotherly Love' to strike his opponent; under his foot is a paper: 'Repeal of the Test Act'. In the background (left) is a group of figures engaged in demolishing a church with pickaxes; a rope pulls over the cross on the steeple. Two of this group look towards Price: a parson inscribed 'P------ly' (Priestley) waves his hat, saying, "Make haste to pull down that old Whore and we'll build a new one in its place"; a lean man, fashionably dressed (evidently Stanhope), extends his arms, saying, "Address to Assemblee national"."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state with similar composition
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Later state, with the original title "The test" burnished out and replaced with new title. Cf. No. 7629 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Publisher's advertisement above design: In Fores's Caricature Museum is the compleatest collection in the kingdom. Also the head and hand of Count Struenzee. Admittance 1s., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Three lines of verse on either side of title: Bell and the dragon's chaplains were ..., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: sermon On the Love of Our Country, by Richard Price -- Sermons: Richard Price, November 4, 1789 -- Repeal of Test and Corporation Acts, March 2, 1790 -- Maces -- Bags of money -- Clergy: bishops -- Signs: mitre and crown -- Emblems: mitre -- Crown -- Great Seal -- Burning of 39 articles -- Clubs: cudgels -- Steeple hats -- Pick-axes -- Buildings: churches -- Firebrand torches -- Literature: quotation from Bible, I Kings 22.17, II Ch. 18.16 -- Addresses: Price's address to the National Assembly of France, July 21, 1790 -- Horns., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 26.3 x 38 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 4 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 20, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Price, Richard, 1723-1791, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, and England and Wales.
Subject (Topic):
Dissenters, Religious, Limitation of actions, Axes, Bishops, Churches, and Musical instruments
Fashionably dressed ladies and gentlemen stand or sit in small groups conversing the elegant saloon at the Marine Pavilion designed by Henry Holland
Description:
Title etched below image., Sixth of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. An excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 18 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1, 1790, by Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
