"The interior of an art-school. A stout woman (nude) sprawls awkwardly on an armchair on the model throne, round which fat Dutchmen are grouped. One, seated on an upturned tub (right), paints at a large canvas on an easel, the figure being realistically drawn. Others sit on the floor or on stools, drawing on smaller canvases. One stands (left) behind a high desk. Some smoke pipes. The room is lit by a smoky lamp hanging from the roof, throwing the light directly on the model. On the wall are prints, casts on brackets, and a picture. A ladder leans against a beam. The artists wear the round hats, short jackets, and bulky breeches of Dutchmen in caricature."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., For an earlier state before the addition of Fores's name at the end of imprint, see no. 8195 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 306-7, and Mounted on leaf 44 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. Rowlandson, No. 52 Strand, March 1792, & S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Title etched below image., Companion print to: A little tighter., 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 on leaf 80 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 18th, 1791 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Title etched below image., Companion print to: A little bigger., 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 on leaf 79 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
"A scene in the Assembly Rooms, Bath. The stout Master of the Ceremonies brings up an elderly man (right) who bows, chapeau-bras, with an ingratiating smile, to an elderly lady seated against the wall in profile to the right. She looks at him with a disparaging expression. In the foreground (left) a young man is talking ardently to a pretty young woman who inspects the room through an eye-glass. In the background (right) couples are dancing with great vigour and display of leg, probably in a cotillon (cf. BMSat 7441). Above them and on the extreme right is the musicians' gallery. The wall is decorated by large oval mirrors and candle-sconces. A chandelier hangs from the ceiling."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printsellers announcement following imprint: NB. Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Architectural details: musicians' gallery -- Bath Master of the Ceremonies -- Bath Assembly Rooom -- Balls -- Lighting: candle sconces -- Chandeliers -- Furnishings: mirrors -- Dancing., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 29.2 x 40.6 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., and Mounted on leaf 65 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Published Novemberr [sic] 24, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville Street
"An actor, ugly and ragged, stands gesticulating, the left arm extended towards Sheridan, who sits in a low chair (right) before a small rectangular table. He fixes Sheridan with a hungry glare, clutching a small cocked hat in his right hand ... In the upper right corner of the design is a quotation from 'Hamlet', III. ii, beginning 'Oh, there be Players', and ending, 'they imitated humanity so abominably'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date from Grego., Possibly published by Fores, whose publisher's stamp is on the Lewis Walpole Library impression., Twelve lines of text below title: A candidate for the stage lately applied to the manager of Drury-Lane Theatre for an engagement ..., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 34.2 x 23.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 68 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
"A fat man in his nightshirt, yawning, with insects on his bare leg, stands beside his bed, desperately scratching."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tit bit for the bugs
Description:
Title etched below image., A companion print to: An old maid in search of a flea., Four lines of verse etched at bottom of plate: Alas! what avails all thy scrubbings and shrugs ..., Publisher's advertisment in two parts along lower edge of image border: Prints and drawings lent out on the plan of a circul. library. Folios of caracatures lent out for the evening., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss from bottom edge of all text below title. Missing text supplied from impression in British Museum., and Mounted on leaf 53 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
"An imaginary scene on the deck of the 'Vanguard'. The sailors are crowded round an improvised table, drinking and huzza-ing. Nelson and his officers sit abovet hem in the stern; a wounded officer is wrapped in a blanket. An officer takes a glass held up to him by a sailor. One man plays a fiddle. A Turk sits on the deck (left) smoking a long pipe ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Variant state, with two additional stanzas of the song added on each side of the chorus lines. Cf. No. 9256 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Three stanzas of a song etched below title in three columns: Verse 1st. Dammy Jack, what a gig, what a true British whim, let the fiddles strike up on the Main. What seaman wou'd care for an eye or a limb to fight o'er the battle again., Temporary local subject terms: Invasions: Ships decks -- Celebrations -- Sailors -- Turks -- Smoking: pipes -- Dishes: tankards -- Punch bowl -- Drinking glasses -- Musical instruments: fiddle -- Singing., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 29.5 x 34.7 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 78 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. Octr. 20, 1798, at Ackermann's Gallery, No. 101 Strand
Title etched below image., From a series of eleven plates entitled "Love in Caricature.", One of six 'Lovers' prints published by Rowlandson in 1797, recorded in Grego in 1798., Eight lines of verse in two columns below title: Not age, with its cramps in full store ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Couples., and Mounted on leaf 66 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 2d, 1797, by Hooper & Wigstead and Printed for Hooper & Wigstead, No. 212 High Holborn
"The patient sits in profile to the left with chattering teeth, holding his hands to a blazing fire on the extreme left Ague, a snaky monster, coils itself round him, its coils ending in claws like the legs of a monstrous spider. Behind the patient's back, in the middle of the room, Fever, a furry monster with burning eyes, resembling an ape, stands full-face with outstretched arms. On the right the doctor sits in profile to the right at a small table, writing a prescription, holding up a medicine-bottle in his left hand. The room is well furnished and suggests wealth: a carved four-post bed is elaborately draped. On the high chimney-piece are 'chinoiseries' and medicine-bottles. Above it is an elaborately framed landscape."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Ague and fever
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with new imprint statement, of print published in 1788 by T. Rowlandson. Cf. No. 7448 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: The hypochondriac., One line of quoted text below image, etched on either side of title: "And feel by turns the bitter change of fierce extremes, "extremes by change more fierce. Milton., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 226-7., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Ague -- Demons & devils -- Prescription of drugs., and Mounted on leaf 49 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 5, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: booksellers -- Authors -- Spectacles., and Mounted on leaf 81 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
"Troops, crowded in carts, &c, approach Portsmouth, where distant ships are at anchor. In the foreground are country carts drawn by soldiers at a gallop. Other soldiers are in and on a coach, the 'Portsmouth Fly'; a drum and fife are being played on the roof; large flags float from the windows. This is followed by officers in a perch phaeton. Young women take leave of soldiers. A drummer gallops on a donkey with a young bandsman in each pannier. In the middle distance, besides other vehicles, are two of the new four-horsed conveyances for soldiers, who sit as in an Irish jaunting-car, see BMSat 9238. In the foreground (right) is the corner of a small thatched ale-house, 'The Jolly Soldier'. An old soldier with a wooden leg sits fiddling at the door, while the host and his family wave farewell."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Instance of unexampled speed used by a body of guards
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of text below title: ... consisting of 1920 rank & file, besides officers, who on the 10th of June, 1798, left London ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 76 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 12, 1798 at Ackermann's Gallery, 101 Strand
"A colossal figure of Catherine II steps from 'Russia', a rocky mound on the extreme left, to 'Constantinople', her toe resting on the horn of a crescent which surmounts a spire on a group of buildings, with a dome and a minaret. Her head is turned in profile to the right; in her left hand is an orb, in her right she holds out a sceptre over Constantinople, at which she looks with a determined frown. Beneath her petticoats, and strung out between 'Russia' and 'Constantinople' are the heads and shoulders of seven sovereigns, gazing up at her. On the extreme left is a man wearing the cap of the Doge of Venice, saying, "To what a length Power may be carried". Next is the Pope wearing his triple crown, saying, "I shall never forget it". Next is the King of Spain, saying, "By Saint Jago, I'll strip her of her Fur!" Louis XVI says "Never saw any thing like it". George III says "What! What! What! What a prodigious expansion!" The Emperor says "Wonderful elevation". The Sultan says "The whole Turkish Army wouldn't satisfy her"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
European powers
Description:
Title etched within image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Publisher's advertisement below image: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection of caricatures in Europe. Admitce. one shilling., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 32 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. April 12th, 1791, by Wm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Manin, Lodovico, 1726-1802, Charles IV, King of Spain, 1748-1819, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1747-1792, and Selim III, Sultan of the Turks, 1761-1808
"A lean old woman in night-cap and shift sits in an arm-chair pouncing on an insect on her upraised knee. A cat sits on the arm of the chair. Bedroom furniture and utensils, with clothes thrown to the floor, are in the foreground. The bed-curtains form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Number "3" in publisher's street address and digit "4" in "1794" etched backwards in imprint., Four lines of verse below title: On record bold flea with Columbus youll stand ..., Companion print to: A tit bit for the buggs., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's stamp in lower right corner of sheet, partially trimmed: S.W.[F.]., and Mounted on leaf 58 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
"The interior of the Royal Exchange, showing part of two sides of the arcaded quadrangle, and the statue from the waist downwards of Charles II (by Grinling Gibbons) on a high pedestal surrounded by an iron railing. It is crowded with men, talking in couples, or walking off in deep dejection. All are elderly and caricatured and their dress is old-fashioned; one has a Jewish profile."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25 x 35.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Date written in ink above design in contemporary hand: Decr. 1794., and Mounted on leaf 62 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Decer. 28th, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"A dog with the head of Sheridan is being chased out of the gate of Devonshire House by the Duke of Portland and other leading whigs. He flees 'To Carlton House', a signpost (left) pointing the way. His collar is inscribed 'G.P.', to his tail is tied a large architectural drawing of Drury Lane, showing the new front to Bridges Street added to Garrick's theatre by R. and J. Adam. The foremost of the pursuers is Portland, about to hurl a stone; Fox follows, holding out his hands pleadingly to the fugitive. Burke holds a club inscribed 'Shelaly', and clenches his fist fiercely. Next him is the short Lord Derby (left), and on the right the Duke of Norfolk. Lord Stormont holds up his hat as if to hurl it. Along the (Piccadilly) wall of Devonshire House broadsides and papers are hung up for sale."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Bardolph badgered and Portland hunt
Description:
Titles etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Whigs -- London: Devonshire House -- Road signs -- Allusion to Drury Lane Theater -- Allusion to Carlton House., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 29.2 x 42.8 cm, on sheet 30.5 x 44 cm., and Mounted on leaf 31 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796
"Would-be swimmers descending a hill to wheeled bathing carriages on the shore, the wind blowing at clothes and hats."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Seventh 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 19 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1, 1790, by Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
"A fortune-teller seated in his room receives a visit from Miss Farren (right) who sits facing him in profile to the left. She is fashionably dressed, wearing a high ribbon-trimmed hat, and a cloak bordered with fur; her hands are in a large muff. She says, "The woman at the Green Rails in Store Street gives me no hopes of a coronet, I wish to know your opinion, venerable Sage." The sage, seated in a high-backed arm-chair, a gouty leg supported on a stool, wearing a nightcap and fur-bordered robe, peers through spectacles at a book whose pages are covered with symbols. Beside him is a table on which are a telescope, celestial globe, ink-stand, compass, and hour-glass. From under the table-cloth a skull seems to peer up at the lady. The room is crowded with the wizard's stock-in-trade: an alligator hangs from the ceiling above a number of monstrosities in bottles; there is a diminutive skeleton and also another telescope and globe; there are books inscribed: 'Aspects of the Planets' and 'Astrol[ogy]'; papers inscribed: 'Table of the Orbs, and Planets'; 'the Twelve signs of the Zodiac'; 'Prediction of future Events'. Against the wall are a clock, a barometer and thermometer, an astronomical diagram, shelves containing folio volumes partly concealed by a curtain. On the ground behind the visitor is (?) a magic lantern."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher's advertisment below title: In Hollands exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humorous prints, admittance one shilling., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 3 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
"The interior of Drury Lane Theatre which is collapsing during a performance. The theatre is seen from the side of the pit, the stage and curtain being on the extreme left, and the orchestra receding diagonally in perspective from left to right. Large blocks of stone fall from the roof, with men and women clinging to them; others have already fallen and are crushing the occupants of the pit, who try to escape. On the right a gallery falls from the roof, covered with falling figures and shattered by blocks of stone. The pillars of the tiers of boxes which form a background are breaking. Tiny figures in the boxes are freely sketched in attitudes of terror. On the stage (left) is an actress holding out a goblet; an actor in Roman armour falls into the orchestra under a huge block of stone."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Two lines of verse etched below title: Music has charms to soothe the savage breast, to soften bricks and bend the knotted oak!, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 30 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
A crowd, gathered in the courtyard under the sign of The George Inn on the route to Brighton, examine a horse seemingly under auction; a man in the doorway holds up a hammer. People look out at the scene from the windows of the inn. Two men converse with a woman to the left as her dog looks at the scene; a traveler with a pack and walking stick sits on a stoop to adjust his shoe
Description:
Title etched below image., Third 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 16 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1, 1790, by Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Topic):
Animal auctions, Audiences, Travelers, and Taverns (Inns)
Title etched below image., Date assigned by curator., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Couples -- Brooms., and Mounted on leaf 13 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
"A group of people gathered round a stall outside an inn at right, others buying wares laid out on the ground at left, beneath a signpost with directions to London, Brighthelmstone, Tunbridge and Lewes; a couple in a carriage passing down the middle of the road, a spire beyond."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Fourth 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 17 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1, 1790, by Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
"A hand-coloured plate divided into four compartments. Waiting for Dinner: an impatient diner shows his servant the time as the servant uncorks a bottle; At Dinner: a man heartily eats as the servant pours wine; After Dinner: A man leans back in his chair as a maid clears the table; Preparing for Supper: A maid puts a napkin on a diner who is guided into his chair by a servant."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue
Description:
Title from collective title etched at bottom of plate., Artist signature below lower left design; printmaker signature below lower right design., Four designs on one plate, each individually titled within an etched and aquatinted border., Description based on impression in the Royal Collection, RCIN 810354., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 21 x 26.2 cm., Imperfect; only upper left design entitled "Waiting for dinner" present. The three other designs on plate, the collective title, and the imprint statement have been trimmed from sheet., and Mounted on leaf 9 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 22, 1789, by S. Alken, No. 2 Francis Street East, Bedford Square
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Bowls (Tableware), Dining rooms, Fireplaces, Glassware, Interiors, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), Stairways, Tableware, Tobacco, Wine, and Women domestics
"A hand-coloured plate divided into four compartments. Waiting for Dinner: an impatient diner shows his servant the time as the servant uncorks a bottle; At Dinner: a man heartily eats as the servant pours wine; After Dinner: A man leans back in his chair as a maid clears the table; Preparing for Supper: A maid puts a napkin on a diner who is guided into his chair by a servant."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue
Description:
Title from collective title etched at bottom of plate., Artist signature below lower left design; printmaker signature below lower right design., Four designs on one plate, each individually titled within an etched and aquatinted border., Description based on impression in the Royal Collection, RCIN 810354., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : aquatint and etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23 x 27.5 cm., Imperfect; only lower right design entitled "Preparing for supper" present. The three other designs on plate, part of the collective title, and part of the imprint statement have been trimmed from sheet., and Mounted on leaf 11 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 22, 1789, by S. Alken, No. 2 Francis Street East, Bedford Square
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Bowls (Tableware), Dining rooms, Fireplaces, Glassware, Interiors, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), Stairways, Tableware, Tobacco, Wine, and Women domestics
"A hand-coloured plate divided into four compartments. Waiting for Dinner: an impatient diner shows his servant the time as the servant uncorks a bottle; At Dinner: a man heartily eats as the servant pours wine; After Dinner: A man leans back in his chair as a maid clears the table; Preparing for Supper: A maid puts a napkin on a diner who is guided into his chair by a servant."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue
Description:
Title from collective title etched at bottom of plate., Artist signature below lower left design; printmaker signature below lower right design., Four designs on one plate, each individually titled within an etched and aquatinted border., Description based on impression in the Royal Collection, RCIN 810354., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : aquatint and etching on laid paper, hand-colored, sheet 21.7 x 26.4 cm., Imperfect; only upper right design entitled "At dinner" present. The three other designs on plate, the collective title, and the imprint statement have been trimmed from sheet., and Mounted on verso of leaf 9 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 22, 1789, by S. Alken, No. 2 Francis Street East, Bedford Square
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Bowls (Tableware), Dining rooms, Fireplaces, Glassware, Interiors, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), Stairways, Tableware, Tobacco, Wine, and Women domestics
"A hand-coloured plate divided into four compartments. Waiting for Dinner: an impatient diner shows his servant the time as the servant uncorks a bottle; At Dinner: a man heartily eats as the servant pours wine; After Dinner: A man leans back in his chair as a maid clears the table; Preparing for Supper: A maid puts a napkin on a diner who is guided into his chair by a servant."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue
Description:
Title from collective title etched at bottom of plate., Artist signature below lower left design; printmaker signature below lower right design., Four designs on one plate, each individually titled within an etched and aquatinted border., Description based on impression in the Royal Collection, RCIN 810354., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : aquatint and etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 22 x 26.8 cm., Imperfect; only upper left design entitled "Waiting for dinner" present. The three other designs on plate, the collective title, and the imprint statement have been trimmed from sheet., and Mounted on verso of leaf 8 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 22, 1789, by S. Alken, No. 2 Francis Street East, Bedford Square
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Bowls (Tableware), Dining rooms, Fireplaces, Glassware, Interiors, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), Stairways, Tableware, Tobacco, Wine, and Women domestics
"A hand-coloured plate divided into four compartments. Waiting for Dinner: an impatient diner shows his servant the time as the servant uncorks a bottle; At Dinner: a man heartily eats as the servant pours wine; After Dinner: A man leans back in his chair as a maid clears the table; Preparing for Supper: A maid puts a napkin on a diner who is guided into his chair by a servant."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue
Description:
Title from collective title etched at bottom of plate., Artist signature below lower left design; printmaker signature below lower right design., Four designs on one plate, each individually titled within an etched and aquatinted border., Description based on impression in the Royal Collection, RCIN 810354., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; sheet 19 x 23 cm., Imperfect; only upper right design entitled "At dinner" present. The three other designs on plate, the collective title, and the imprint statement have been trimmed from sheet., and Mounted on leaf 10 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 22, 1789, by S. Alken, No. 2 Francis Street East, Bedford Square
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Bowls (Tableware), Dining rooms, Fireplaces, Glassware, Interiors, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), Stairways, Tableware, Tobacco, Wine, and Women domestics
"A hand-coloured plate divided into four compartments. Waiting for Dinner: an impatient diner shows his servant the time as the servant uncorks a bottle; At Dinner: a man heartily eats as the servant pours wine; After Dinner: A man leans back in his chair as a maid clears the table; Preparing for Supper: A maid puts a napkin on a diner who is guided into his chair by a servant."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue
Description:
Title from collective title etched at bottom of plate., Artist signature below lower left design; printmaker signature below lower right design., Four designs on one plate, each individually titled within an etched and aquatinted border., Description based on impression in the Royal Collection, RCIN 810354., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : aquatin and etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 22 x 26.7 cm., Imperfect; only lower right design entitled "Preparing for supper" present. The three other designs on plate, the collective title, and the imprint statement have been trimmed from sheet., and Mounted on verso of leaf 10 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 22, 1789, by S. Alken, No. 2 Francis Street East, Bedford Square
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Bowls (Tableware), Dining rooms, Fireplaces, Glassware, Interiors, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), Stairways, Tableware, Tobacco, Wine, and Women domestics
"A hand-coloured plate divided into four compartments. Waiting for Dinner: an impatient diner shows his servant the time as the servant uncorks a bottle; At Dinner: a man heartily eats as the servant pours wine; After Dinner: A man leans back in his chair as a maid clears the table; Preparing for Supper: A maid puts a napkin on a diner who is guided into his chair by a servant."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue
Description:
Title from collective title etched at bottom of plate., Artist signature below lower left design; printmaker signature below lower right design., Four designs on one plate, each individually titled within an etched and aquatinted border., Description based on impression in the Royal Collection, RCIN 810354., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : aquatint and etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 21.8 x 26.3 cm., Imperfect; only lower left design entitled "After dinner" present. The three other designs on plate, the collective title, and the imprint statement have been trimmed from sheet., and Mounted on verso of leaf 9 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 22, 1789, by S. Alken, No. 2 Francis Street East, Bedford Square
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Bowls (Tableware), Dining rooms, Fireplaces, Glassware, Interiors, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), Stairways, Tableware, Tobacco, Wine, and Women domestics
"A hand-coloured plate divided into four compartments. Waiting for Dinner: an impatient diner shows his servant the time as the servant uncorks a bottle; At Dinner: a man heartily eats as the servant pours wine; After Dinner: A man leans back in his chair as a maid clears the table; Preparing for Supper: A maid puts a napkin on a diner who is guided into his chair by a servant."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue
Description:
Title from collective title etched at bottom of plate., Artist signature below lower left design; printmaker signature below lower right design., Four designs on one plate, each individually titled within an etched and aquatinted border., Description based on impression in the Royal Collection, RCIN 810354., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper ; sheet 19.2 x 23 cm., Imperfect; only lower left design entitled "After dinner" present. The three other designs on plate, the collective title, and the imprint statement have been trimmed from sheet., and Mounted on leaf 10 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 22, 1789, by S. Alken, No. 2 Francis Street East, Bedford Square
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Bowls (Tableware), Dining rooms, Fireplaces, Glassware, Interiors, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), Stairways, Tableware, Tobacco, Wine, and Women domestics
"A fat and ugly lady (left) and a young and pretty one (right) are being dressed for a Birthday at St. James's. A huge wig decked with feathers and roses is being placed by a maid on the bald head of the elder lady, who stands holding a bouquet and looking in a mirror which reflects a delighted grin. A little black page supports the mirror; he turns to a dog which fawns on him. Another maid fastens in front a false 'derrière', which will distend her dress below the waist, see BMSat 7100, &c. The girl is seated; a friseur dresses her long hair; a man-milliner, 'chapeau-bras', prepares to adjust a 'derrière'; she touches approvingly the dress which an ugly old woman wearing a hat holds out to her. On the floor is a round box containing roses."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with alteration of date in printmaker's signature and addition of shading and background elements in design. For earlier state published 3 March 1789, see no. 9678 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Companion print to: Dressing for a masquerade., Temporary local subject terms: Birthday at St. James's Palace -- Female costume: Derrières -- Dressing for St. James's Birthday Ball -- Black page -- Hairdressers: Friseur -- Male milliners -- Feathered female wigs., and Mounted on leaf 8 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, April 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
"French soldiers, who have just landed, are being bayoneted and ridden down by English troops. They flee in terror-stricken confusion. Among the Englishmen are yokels with pitchforks. Three Frenchmen, dead or painfully dying, lie in the foreground ; beside them is a drum. The scene is a grassy slope leading to the sea, where distant ships are in action and where four French troop-carrying rafts, cf. BMSat 9160, are foundering. Tiny figures flee into the sea (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Frenchmen naturalized
Description:
Titles etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom edges., Temporary local subject terms: Invasions: French invasion., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; sheet 31.4 x 38.1 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 69 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. March 16, 1798, at Ackermann's Gallery, No. 101 Strand
A view of the interior of a busy English barracks shows a more domestic than military atmosphere although weapons and other gear adorn the walls and lay scattered on the floor. The scene includes a woman nursing a baby (left); beside her, one soldier brushes his britches while another adjusts his helmet. A second woman (center) carries a child on her back as she hands a drink to a soldier who sits on a bunk; a basket of rolls (?) hangs from her arm. A third woman (left) stands at a washing tub wringing out clothes as she looks up approvingly at a young boy dressed as a soldier; beside her a handsome, well-dressed solder holds a baby who smiles at the scene
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: French barracks., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; sheet 38.3 x 47 cm., and Mounted on leaf 35 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. Aug. 12, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Army
Subject (Topic):
Barracks and quarters, Arms & armament, Barracks, British, Breast feeding, Children, Dogs, Grooming, Laundry, Soldiers, English, and Women
"A German soldier sits in the front row of a theatre gallery, his hands in a muff. He has moustaches, wears a high fur cap, a cloak, the braided tunic of a hussar, and looks fixedly to the right with a contemptuous frown. Those sitting in the same row turn their heads to look at him; a stout man on the extreme right stares through a glass; those behind stand and stare. Some of those seated below look up."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Foreigner stared out of countenance
Description:
Titles etched below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ...Where may be had all Rowlandsons works., Temporary local subject terms: German soldiers -- Military uniforms: German uniforms -- Theatres: theatre gallery -- Male costume: muff and fur., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 20.3 x 23 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 56 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
"A German soldier sits in the front row of a theatre gallery, his hands in a muff. He has moustaches, wears a high fur cap, a cloak, the braided tunic of a hussar, and looks fixedly to the right with a contemptuous frown. Those sitting in the same row turn their heads to look at him; a stout man on the extreme right stares through a glass; those behind stand and stare. Some of those seated below look up."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Foreigner stared out of countenance
Description:
Titles etched below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ...Where may be had all Rowlandsons works., Temporary local subject terms: German soldiers -- Military uniforms: German uniforms -- Theatres: theatre gallery -- Male costume: muff and fur., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; sheet 21.9 x 25.2 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., and Mounted on leaf 56 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Title etched below images., Date assigned by curator., Two images on one plate, each individually titled., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 42 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
A view of the interior of a busy French barracks shows a more domestic than military atmosphere although weapons and other gear adorn the walls and lay scattered on the floor. The scene includes a woman nursing a baby (right) as another child plays at her feet. Beside her another woman holds up a mirror so that an officer can admire his reflection from both the front and back. A third woman (left) cuts an officers toe nails as a barber dresses his long queue; another officer has his hair powdered. In the background a man in his night shirt sits on the side of his bed as he stretches his arms and yawns
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: English barracks., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; sheet 38.6 x 47 cm., and Mounted on leaf 36 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd Aug. 12, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
France. Armée
Subject (Topic):
Barracks and quarters, Foreign opinion, British, Arms & armament, Armor, Barbers, Barracks, French, Breast feeding, Canopy beds, Cats, Children, Dogs, Grooming, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Servants, Soldiers, Women, and Yawning
Title etched below image., Reissue; first published in 1788, as indicated by date in artist's signature. See Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 34 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
"A horse-race, three horses gallop (right to left), one a neck behind the other; the horse in the foreground is the last, his legs are shackled by a buckled Garter ribbon inscribed 'Honi soit qui mal'. The jockey rides with his whip in his mouth, he is pulling the horse and looks out of the corners of his eyes at the Prince of Wales. The Prince, in riding-dress, stands (right) looking slyly at the spectator, his left forefinger to his nose, his right hand pointing towards the jockey. Behind (right) are dismayed and enraged spectators, on foot and on horseback."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., and Mounted on leaf 38 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publisd. Novr. 22, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching and aquatint on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 33.2 x 45.9 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title, publication line and statements of responsibilty., and Mounted on leaf 40 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd Aug. 1st, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
"Two elderly and bearded Jews (one wearing spectacles), shown three-quarter length, are seated facing each other across the table, greedily expectant, while a third (right) stands to carve a sucking-pig. Beside the table (right) is a wine-cooler holding six bottles."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Peep into Dukes Place and Peep into Duke's Place
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date from Grego., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 20.6 x 26 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 60 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Jews, depicted, Eyeglasses, Eating & drinking, Tableware, and Wine
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, 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
"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
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
"Scene at the door of a rustic inn. Two soldiers (seated) and a handsome girl drink punch together. She stands, wearing the cocked hat and sword-belt of an officer who holds her hand; a child plays with the sword. An old woman chalks up the score. A bugler (left) rides off with a led horse. The sign is the 'King's Head', a profile portrait of George III."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Companion print to: He won't be a soldier., Plate numbered "No. 1" above title., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: inns -- Serving maids -- Military uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Soldiers: bugler -- Children -- Inns: King's Head -- Pictures: portrait of George III -- Emblems: horseshoe., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 31.7 x 36.9 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 70 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. May 1, 1798, at Ackermann's Gallery, No. 101 Strand
"The head and shoulders of Lady Archer at different stages of her toilet. In the first (right), wearing a night-cap, with unsightly pendent breasts, she looks up to the left, tears falling from an empty eye-socket, her gaping mouth showing toothless jaws. In the next she fits in an eye, in the third she places a wig on her head, in the fourth (below on the right) she fits in a set of false teeth; in the next she applies rouge to her cheeks with a hare's foot, holding a mirror. In the last (left) she appears a pretty young woman, holding a mask in her hand. In the last two stages her arms, which were skinny and muscular, have become smooth and rounded and her breasts have been covered with the gauze drapery then fashionable."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Line of text below title: Dedicated with respect to the Right Honble. Lady Archer., Companion print to: Six stages of marring a face., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27 x 37.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 45 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 29th, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Grooming, Mirrors, Teeth, and Wigs
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark. CtY-LW, Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Saw-pit -- Saws -- Duels -- Weapons: broken swords -- Guns: blunderbuss -- Pistols -- Bludgeons., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 33.6 x 39.3 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 37 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 28, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Title etched below image., 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 on leaf 77 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. Augt. 8, 1798 at Ackermann's Gallery, 101 Strand
"Sunday in camp; hill-side sloping to right where tents are seen in valley below, to left under tree chaplain stands behind make shift lectern preaching to soldiers and other figures, some who stand, sit or sleep in foreground and centre."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Imperfect, sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from bottom edge. Imprint statement supplied from impression in Princeton University Library., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 75 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. Augt. 1, 1798, at Ackermanns Gallery, No. 101 Strand
Title etched below image., From a series of eleven plates entitled "Love in Caricature.", One of six 'Lovers' prints published by Rowlandson in 1797, recorded in Grego in 1798., Eight lines of verse in two columns below title: Dear maiden, I feel it within ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Couples., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.5 x 20.3 cm, on sheet 28.3 x 21 cm., and Mounted on leaf 67 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 2d, 1797, by Hooper & Wigstead and Printed for Hooper & Wigstead, No. 212 High Holborn
"Above are two fashionably dressed courtesans (three-quarter length) seated facing each other; one (right) holds a punch-bowl, the other, who looks at the spectator with a leer, holds a glass. Below, two burly women, prostitutes of the lowest type, stand together, full face, one (left) with her arm across the shoulders of the other."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
St. Giles's
Description:
Title from text etched below each image., Design consists of two images on one plate., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Last digit of publication year in imprint changed from "2" to "3" in ink in contemporary hand; the letter "F" also written at end of imprint., and Mounted on leaf 52 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
"A hand-coloured print of two men in a well appointed room, closely examining a menu or a bill. A pot bellied cook stands and watches the epicures with satisfaction, a knife hanging from his waist. On the right, a maid and a young boy bring in a platter with two fish which a cat pays close attention to. The maid's face has been drawn with precision and is the least caricatured of the group."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate later reissued by S.W. Fores on 5 November 1792. See: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 312-3., Imperfect, sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all text. Description based on impression in the Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 810281., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 30.3 x 37.6 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all text., Mounted on laid paper to 31 x 40 cm., and Mounted on leaf 83 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 1788 by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
A coach pulling up to the Post Station, the Cock Inn at left, on route to Brighton. The coach is pulling into the court yard, about to pass under a wooden gate bearing the inn's sign, while another coach stands at the inn door. People look down from the second story windows. A man waits at the mile marker in front of another building at right. In the foreground to left, a man with a wooden leg carries a small child on his back as he leads a donkey that carries a woman and two children, one of whom appears to be nursing, the other in a basket that hangs over the donkey. Their dog follows behind
Description:
Title etched below image., First of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. 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 14 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1, 1790, by Messrs. Robinson's, Paternoster Row
Subject (Geographic):
Sutton (England)
Subject (Topic):
Baskets, Donkeys, Peg legs, Poverty, and Taverns (Inns)
"Fashionable people gathered at the Steine, Brighton; the Marine Pavilion to left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Fifth 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 20 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1, 1790, by Messrs. Robinson's, Paternoster Row
"A bishop leans back exhausted in an armchair (right). The lawn sleeve on his left arm has been rolled up, blood spouts from a puncture on to the floor and pours from a broken bowl lying on the ground. The doctor turn his back on his patient and hastens towards a door (left) through which looks a groom holding a horse. The groom says, "Docter Docter, my masters horse has got the spavin." The doctor, grinning with pleasure, says: "Who does he belong to? never saw such a beautiful creature in my life! What a neck! what a nose! what a magic eye!... I'll go and dress him out of hand - Whats a head of the Church to the heels of a horse." On the wall is a picture of 'Durham Cathedral' (interior) showing that the patient is the Bishop of Durham. Behind him are a Bible and other books on a shelf, above which is a mitre. A crozier hangs from the wall. On the right is a table with medicine bottles. The doctor wears old-fashioned dress with wide cuffs and flapped waistcoat; a syringe, &c, projects from his pocket. In the background behind the horse a cathedral is indicated."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Whitworth doctor
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher's advertisment below title: In Hollands exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection of caricatures in Europe. Admitce. one shilling., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 27 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Title etched below image., Four lines of text in two columns below design: Dead to the raptures of a wedded life ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., French translation of title, written in manuscript in a contemporary hand, follows English title: Le celibataire. Another annotation in French, in a different hand, written in bottom part of design., Numbers "506" and "4" written in different, contemporary hands in lower right corner., Publisher's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F., and Mounted on leaf 6 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. March 18, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
"The interior of Sir Robert Taylor's rotunda in the Bank of England when it was used as a stock exchange with the arc of the pilastered wall and part of the domed ceiling forming a background. The floor is covered with groups of small figures, only three ladies among them, who are drawn realistically with a certain humourous intention. On the left is a Jew who talks to a fashionable young man in top-boots. On the right a man wearing a cocked hat and holding a staff and waving a rattle stands above a crowd of excited bidders. On the wall above his head is the notice: 'No clerk to act as broker.' Behind is a table at which men stand to write. On the wall above it is the inscription: Navy &c. £5 pr. ctr. amnt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., For an earlier state before the addition of Fores's name at the end of imprint, see no. 8204 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 306., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 15.5 x 22.3 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 43 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd by T. Rowlandson, Strand, Jany. 1792, & S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Bank of England.
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Banks, Crowds, Interiors, Pilasters, Rotundas, and Stock exchanges
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Poverty vs. abundance -- Interiors: bedrooms -- Medical: gout -- Domestic service: maids -- Furniture: dressing table -- Furnishings: bed curtains -- Female costume: mob-caps., Publisher's stamp in lower right corner of sheet: S.W.F., and Mounted on leaf 59 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decemr. 16, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"Two medallions placed side by side illustrate 'British Liberty' and 'French Liberty', these titles being inscribed on the borders of the medallions. [1] Britannia seated in profile to the right under an oak with her shield and the staff and cap of Liberty; in her right hand is 'Magna Charta', in her left she holds out the scales of Justice. The British lion crouches at her feet. Behind (right) is the sea with a ship in full sail. [2] A ragged Fury runs forward in profile to the left, trampling on a decapitated body; in her right hand is a trident on which is a bleeding head flanked by two hearts. In her left hand is a long dagger. Writhing serpents form her hair and her girdle. Behind (right) a body hangs from a lamp-bracket. Beneath each medallion is an inscription in large letters: 'Religion. Morality. Loyalty Obedience to the Laws Independance Personal Security Justice Inheritance Protection Property. Industry. National Prosperity Happiness. Atheism Periury Rebellion. Treason. Anarchy Murder Equality. Madness. Cruelty. Injustice Treachery Ingratitude Idleness Famine National & Private Ruin. Misery WHICH IS BEST?'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above images., Printmaker, artist, and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Later state; commas and a hyphen added to text below leftmost image and a question mark added to text "Which is best?" at bottom of plate. See British Museum catalogue., Text in lower right corner of plate, preceded by the word "Price" that has been mostly burnished out: Plain 3d coloured 6., Temporary local subject terms: British Lion -- Liberty: allusion to Magna Charta -- Symbols: scales of Justice -- Ships -- Symbols: ship with the Union Jack as symbol of power -- Personifications: Medusa as personification of French liberty -- Hangings: Street lantern as gibbet -- Lighting: street light -- Executions: decapitations -- Weapons: daggers -- Cap of liberty -- Britannia (Symbolic character)., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27.2 x 36.6 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of the digit "6" from the end of price statement., "3d" in price statement erased from sheet and replaced with "6" in a contemporary hand., and Mounted on leaf 50 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
"Nine clergymen stand in conversation, the most prominent being a stout bishop (right) wearing a gown and lawn sleeves; he turns superciliously from a clergyman who addresses him, and looks towards a stout parson wearing an apron in profile to the right, who faces the bishop, his spectacles pushed up on his forehead."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Plate originally published with imprint statement: London, Pubd. Septr. 1785 by S. Alken, No. 3 Dusours Place, Broad Street, Soho ... Cf. Beinecke Library call no.: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 29 x 38.7 cm, on sheet 29.8 x 39.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 47 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 5, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"A couple embracing on a couch at right are interrupted by the appearance at left of a grotesque, stout, bespectacled woman holding up a groaning moribund man wearing a shroud-like nightshirt; the young lover has his hand on a paper lettered 'last will & testament of Mr Gripe' hanging over the lid of an open money-chest, full of bags which spill onto the floor, some inscribed with sums of money, one with 'Mortgage on -'; a large, ornately framed picture of a stern man in Tudor costume on the wall behind at right, bust of a bearded man on a window-ledge at centre."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., "Plate 2."--Lower right corner., 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 on leaf 64 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
"Scene from the Sheridan play, the characters sitting together (suggested to be portraits of Mrs Green and Quick in the roles), the Duenna a portly woman at left with wide open mouth and hands on chest, turning to Isaac who cowers from her."--British Museum online catalogue, description of earlier state
Alternative Title:
Duenna and Little Isaac
Description:
Title engraved below image., Reissue, with imprint burnished from plate, of a print published with the imprint: London, Published April 1, 1784, by I.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street., Date from Grego., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: allusion to Sheridan's The Duenna., 1 print : stipple engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27 x 22.7 cm, on sheet 28.2 x 23.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 2 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
"Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI are seated in a carriage, of the type then called 'pot de chambre', the Dauphin between and in front of them. The three galloping horses are suddenly checked by a French soldier, on horseback, and by another man beside him. A man with a dagger on the extreme left pursues the carriage. The soldier, putting his finger to his nose, leans towards the King, saying, "Aha B--gre, Croyez vous échaper comme cà". The off horse, on which the postilion is seated, falls; the man looks round shouting. The King and Queen are terror-stricken; she screams "Nous sommes tons Foutus". A servant, standing at the back of the carriage says, "Parbleu Je sens tres fort la lanterne". All have expressions of violent emotion; the Dauphin is howling. On the extreme left is a milestone: 'Sens II lieu'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Grand monarck discovered in a pot de chambre, Grand monarch discovered in a pot de chambre, and Royal fugitives turning tail
Description:
Titles etched below image; the word "royal" in alternative title is etched above the line, inserted with a caret., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Publication date follows "London" and precedes publisher's statement in imprint., and Mounted on leaf 34 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publishd. by S.W. Fores, at his Caracature Wharehouse [sic], No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793 and Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
"A young woman holds a little girl on her lap; an ugly elderly man (three-quarter length) leans towards the child, holding a piece of sugar between his lips. The child looks up delightedly. On a table beside them (right) is a tray of tea-things."--British Museum online catalogue, description of reissued state of similar composition
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on verso of leaf 56 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
"A young woman holds a little girl on her lap; an ugly elderly man (three-quarter length) leans towards the child, holding a piece of sugar between his lips. The child looks up delightedly. On a table beside them (right) is a tray of tea-things."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Reissue by S.W. Fores of a print originally published in 1792; original imprint of T. Rowlandson scored through and mostly burnished from plate., Temporary local subject terms: Grandfathers -- Children -- Tea service., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 15.5 x 20 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 57 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
"The patient sits in an armchair in profile to the left, in the centre of a well-furnished room. He wears dressing-gown and nightcap, his arms are folded and he stares fixedly, assailed by ghostly visions which float before his eyes, emerging from smoke-like shadows: a skeleton, Death, poised just above him, raises his arrow to smite. A corpse-like half length figure offers him a pistol and a halter. A spectre with webbed wings holds out a cup. Two staring and decapitated heads glare from the shadows which fill the room. A hand raises a sword; a man with a knife is about to be stung by a serpent. A naked body (half length) falls head downwards. Above these spectres is a man (left) driving a hearse (right to left) at full gallop and looking round at the Hypochondriac. Behind the patient a good-looking woman speaks confidentially to a doctor who meditatively sucks his cane. He is dressed in an old-fashioned manner, wearing a tie-wig. A table covered with medicines stands behind the patient, who seems unconscious of the other two. A money-chest beside him suggests that he is miserly. Two landscapes hang on the wall."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with new imprint statement, of a print published in 1788 by T. Rowlandson. Cf. No. 7449 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: Ague & fever., Nine lines of verse etched below image, on either side of title: The mind distemper'd - say, what potent charm, Can Fancy's spectre - brooding rage disarm? ..., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Demons & Devils -- Skeleton as death., Imprint statement partially erased from sheet., and Mounted on leaf 48 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 5, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Hypochondria, Depression, Mental, Suicide, Skeletons, Hearses, Demons, Daggers & swords, Handguns, Physicians, Staffs (Sticks), and Medicines
"A hand-coloured print of a company of Paviors outside the Tun Tavern. The Paviors hold rammers resembling large bottles. A portly cleric walks over the paving with an air of solemnity during which the paviors all cheer. On the left stands a woman with a large basket on her head and another Pavior holds a cobble stone and a pick axe. Buildings and a church steeple stand in the background."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue, RCIN 810446
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of verse below title: When J-x walks the streets, the paviors cry ..., 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 on leaf 51 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
"The interior of the Pantheon, reconstructed as a theatre, seen from the stage on which, in the foreground, are two opera dancers holding garlands of roses. The house is crowded; in the foreground (left and right) are three tiers of stage-boxes filled with admiring spectators. Behind the stage are the heads and shoulders of the orchestra; a very old man on the extreme right holding a 'cello puts an ear-trumpet to his ear. Behind the orchestra is the crowded pit and in the background six tiers of boxes (there were actually four tiers, 'Lond. Chronicle', 11 Feb.); above it is a gallery in which tiny figures are indicated. In the centre of the grand tier is the royal box, in which the King (looking through an opera-glass) and Queen are seated."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Text below image: Respetfully [sic] dedicated to those singers, dancers, & musical professors, who are fortunately engaged with the proprietor of the King's Theatre, at the Pantheon., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left side., and Mounted on leaf 28 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, Jany. 13, 1791, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
"Musicians and dancers performing in a street, one figure holds out a hat into which a spectator drops money, another figure drops a heart (?) into another man's hat, behind the group a figure holds a banner, figures lean from the window of a Pawn Broker's shop."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Text etched below image: Humanely inscribed to all those professors of music and dancing whom the cap may fit., Sheet trimmed to within plate mark on left and right sides., and Mounted on leaf 29 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, Jan. 13, 1791, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
Title etched below image., Date assigned by curator., Two lines of verse below title: Oh bonny lass will you lie in a barrack ..., 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 on leaf 12 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
"An obese and gouty parson (left) reclines in an arm-chair, inspecting through an eye-glass a sucking-pig which a buxom maidservant brings in on a dish. She shows it to the clerk, who sits beside the parson, with a paper: 'An Estimate of the Tythes of this Parish'. The latter sniffs at the pig's snout. Two dogs eagerly fawn on the maid. Through the doorway (right) a lean yokel sourly scratches his head, waiting for the verdict on his pig. The parson's swathed leg is supported on a stool; beside him are a bottle and glass, a crutch and chamber-pot. On the wall is a picture of a group of church spires, suggesting that he is a pluralist, though the room is bare and old-fashioned."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Mounted on leaf 1 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
"Illustration to a lampoon on the Gunning scandal. A series of portraits following [1] a letter directed to 'His Grace the D. . . of' [Marlborough, see BMSat 7980], beneath which is inscribed: 'This is the Note that Nobody wrote!' [2] A groom (three-quarter length) standing with folded arms: 'This is the Groom that carried the Note that Nobody wrote.' [3] Bust portrait of a stout woman in profile to the left: 'This is Madam Gun. . .g so very cunning that betrayed the Groom that carried the note that Nobody wrote.' [4] Bust portrait of a lean and wrinkled woman in profile to the right: 'This is Madam Bo. . .n [Bowen] to whom it was owing that Madam Gun. . .g so very cunning betrayed the Groom that carried the Note that Nobody wrote.' [5] Bust portrait of a young woman, full face, holding a handkerchief to her eye: 'This is the Maiden all For Lorn, all on a sudden so tatterd and torn, because Madam Bo. . .n to whom it was owing that Madam Gun. . .g so very cunning betrayed the Groom that carried the Note that Nobody wrote.' [6] Two bust portraits of young men, full face, wearing cocked hats: 'These are the Marquises shy of the Horn blown by the Maiden all For-Lorn all on a sudden so tatterd and torn because Madam Bo. . .n to whom it was owing that Madam Gun. . .g so very cunning betrayed the Groom that carried the Note that Nobody wrote.' [7] Two bust portraits of two men, full face, wearing ribbons, who look sideways at each other: 'These are the Dukes [Marlborough and Argyll] whose bitter rebukes made the two Marquisses shy of the horn blown by the Maiden all for Lorn all on a sudden so tatterd and torn, because Madam Bo. . .n to whom it was owing, that Madam Gun. . .g so very cunning betrayed the Groom that carried the Note that Nobody wrote.' [8] Bust portrait of a military officer, full face, wearing a cocked hat and gorget: 'This is the General somewhat too bold - whose head is too hot, and whose heart is too cold - who made himself single before it was meet and turn'd Wife and Daughter into the street, to appease the two Dukes whose bitter rebukes made the two Marquisses shy of the horn blown by the Maiden all For Lorn all on a sudden so tatterd and torn because Madam Bo. . .n to whom it was owing that Madam Gun. . .g so very cunning betrayed the Groom that carried the Note that Nobody wrote.' Beneath the title is etched: 'Adorned with Pretty Pictures for the Amusement of Grown up Masters and Misses \ To the Admirers of certain Mysterious Pamphlets & Paragraphs (published some time since but which ought never to be Forgotten) \ This Bagatelle is respectfully Dedicated with an humble intention (if possible) to render the Case more difficult then before.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on leaf 41 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 2, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Gunning, Mrs. 1740?-1800 (Susannah),, Gunning, John, -1797, Gunning, Miss (Elizabeth), 1769-1823, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, and Marlborough, George Spencer Churchill, Duke of, 1766-1840
"Mounted yokels, riding right to left, make havoc in a farm-yard. One only wears uniform; he shouts at them from the right, with upraised hand. A man riding a horse with blinkers fires a blunderbuss, shutting his eyes; he damages a pigeon-house and kills pigeons. He is riding up to a well in which a terrified man has sought shelter, clutching the rope and looking over the top. Two other inexpert horsemen use clubs, one a flail, one a pitchfork. A witch-like old woman holding a broom lies on her back; her basket of cocks and hens has been overturned and the birds escape. A bull and a bulldog face each other belligerently. In the background (left) a fierce engagement between farmers, labourers, and horsemen is in progress."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Temporary local subject terms: Military: Country recruits -- Guns: Blunderbuss -- Flails., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 23.7 x 72 cm, sheet 24.3 x 73 cm., and Mounted on leaf 61 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publishd. Decemr. 18, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Military training, Military uniforms, Firearms, Pigeons, Wells, Pitchforks, Farmers, Swine, Poultry, and Dogs
"A design in two compartments, one above the other, the title between them. In both a pack of hounds with human heads chases a crowned stag; in one the stag is George III, in the other (below) Louis XVI. [1] The stag (left) is beside a signpost pointing 'To Windsor', [written in ink] Windsor Castle appearing on the extreme left. The huntsman (right) is the Prince of Wales riding on the heels of the last hound, his whip outstretched. The foremost hound, who has almost reached the stag is Sheridan, next is (?) Lord Sandwich, or perhaps the Duke of Queensberry, next Fox. [The head has a feminine appearance, and has been identified by Grego as Mrs. Fitzherbert. But black eyebrows and traces of 'gunpowder jowl' indicate Fox, whose absence would be inexplicable.] The next pair are a judge (? Loughborough) and Powys. The last two are Burke and Lord Stormont. Beside the Prince, his back to the other dogs, and urinating as a sign of contempt, is Pitt, turning his head to scowl up at the Prince. [2] The names of the hounds have been written in a contemporary hand beneath the print. The stag (right) has been reached by the hounds, three of whom are biting him. He has passed a signpost 'A Versailles'. The foremost hound is 'M. de Limon'; close behind are 'Le Baron de Talleyrand' furiously biting the stag's shoulder, and 'Le Comte de Vauban'; the next two, 'Le Comte de La Touche' and 'le Marquis de Sillery'. The last two are women: 'la Comtesse de Blot' and 'la Comtesse de Buffon' who wears feathers in her hair, and turns her head to gaze at Orleans, the huntsman, whose mistress she was. Orleans rides a clumsy hack, blowing a horn, and is dressed in the French manner, with the boots and whip of a French postilion (in place of his accustomed English riding-dress). His long queue streams out behind him."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text etched in center of design; letter "r" in "first" etched above line and inserted with a caret., Attributed to Rowlandson in British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisment follows publication information: ... where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures &c. in the Kingdom, also the head & hand of Count Struenzee. Admittce. 1s., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Imperfect; urination stream of dog in far right of upper compartment has been erased from sheet., and Mounted on leaf 7 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. May 29, 1790, by S.W Fores N. 3 Piccadilly ...
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Latouche-Tréville, Louis-René de, 1745-1804, Vauban, Jacques Anne Joseph Le Prestre, comte de, 1754-1816, Genlis Sillery, Charles Alexis Pierre Brulart de, marquis de, 1737-1793, Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Limon, Geoffroi, marquis de, -1799, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Powys, Thomas, 1737-1809, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Title devised by curator., 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 on leaf 55 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Title devised by curator., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Probably a plate from: Rowlandson, T. Outlines of figures & landscapes. [London] : Publish'd by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly ..., [1790-92]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 34.6 x 25.3 cm, on sheet 36.3 x 26.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 23 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, June 18, 1790, at his Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Title devised by curator., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Probably a plate from: Rowlandson, T. Outlines of figures & landscapes. [London] : Publish'd by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly ..., [1790-92]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Window mounted on leaf 22 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, June 18, 1790, at his Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Title devised by curator., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Probably a plate from: Rowlandson, T. Outlines of figures & landscapes. [London] : Publish'd by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly ..., [1790-92]., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 26 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. June 27, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Title devised by curator., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Probably a plate from: Rowlandson, T. Outlines of figures & landscapes. [London] : Publish'd by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly ..., [1790-92]., Publisher's advertisment follows imprint: ... where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures &c. in the kingdom, also the head & hand of Count Struenzee. Admittance one shilling., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 25 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. June 20, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly ...
Title devised by curator., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Probably a plate from: Rowlandson, T. Outlines of figures & landscapes. [London] : Publish'd by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly ..., [1790-92]., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 24 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. June 20, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
