"Three grotesquely ugly old maids stoop delightedly over a Cupid who sleeps against a rose-bush, arrow in hand, his unstrung bow beside him. On the back of one sits an ape; a lap-dog is beside her. A parrot sits on the bonnet of another, the third kneels. On a mound (right) a cock stands crowing: 'Cock a doodle doo.'"--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., "One of prints (coloured) by, after, or attributed to G. Cruikshank [many were closely copied and unless original and copy can be compared they are difficult to distinguish; some attributed by Reid or Cohn to Cruikshank are in the manner of the supposed copyist; some are probably by I. R. Cruikshank], from a set issued c. 1817 to c. 1819"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1865,1111.2137., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Watermark: C. Wilmot 1815.
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publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Older people, Single women, Roses, Putti, Cupids, Monkeys, Dogs, Parrots, and Roosters
An old pensioner in the Greenwich Hospital uniform sits on a chair as he smokes his pipe
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Title from text below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Three lines of verse below title: I'm a seaman and only three-score a d--d bad joke that this battered old hulk can't be fitted out for sea once more. Dibdin.
"Satire on George II's wish for continuing British subsidies for Hanoverian forces in the war of Austrian Succesion, and the objections of some British politicians. In an open loggia on the left the king sits at a table, over which is spread a map of northern Europe on top of which is a teetotum, lettered "160,000 for year", the tip of which is pointing towards him. He exclaims to a group of politicians around the table that he has won the whole stake, "Je tire tous les enjeux, Tenez, la voici" . Across the table from him John Carteret, who has a second, anxious, face peering through the back of his wig, replies "Well thrown the Balance is on our Side to a T". Beside the king another politician, holding a pen, remarks "More money for the year, & you shall have a P[eace]". The Duke of Cumberland standing beside Carteret wit h his hand resting on his sword hilt says "Smart money I've ventured my Life", a man beside him tells him "You have fought bravely take H[a]n[ove]r". In the centre the British Lion lies on the Act of Settlement, his back piled high with papers lettered "Dains", "Hessians", "Austrean", "H[a]n[o]ve[ria]ns", "Vots of Ct", "Sinking F[un]d", "lottery tickets", "lott[ery] next year, for 16000,000". The white horse of Hanover rests his fore legs on top of these and above the Austrian eagle flies with the French cock on its back. The lion laments "I can Bear it no more I'll be Bubble'd no longer". A politician to the right of the lion moves as if to lighten its burden saying, "Poor Lion, wee shall Oppose this foul Play", another behind him , holding a commander's baton pushes forward saying "The English sav'd him, where was his H-gs" ; another, wearing a sash decorated with eagles, restrains him saying "1,000,000 is too much for Mercenaries", another politician reassures him that "G[o]d be prais'd they have preserv'd ye Balance in Europe"; in the background another says "D[a]m it the D[ice] is Loaded"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Hanover bubble
Description:
Title engraved above image., Attributed on verso to George Bickham the younger?, Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Caption below image: Old E-l-d's*T*Totum, being the H-r bubble or our all to nothing., and Temporary local subject terms: Games: teetotum -- Musical instruments: flute -- Musicianas: flutist -- Wigs: wig with a face on its back -- Expressions of speech: Hanover turnips, i.e., German policies of the King -- British lion -- Emblems: Austrian eagle -- Emblems: the White Horse of Hanover -- Emblems: Gallic cock -- Maps: Europe.
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publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hanover, House of., George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Marlborough, Charles Spencer, Duke of, 1706-1758, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, and Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763
"Satire on George II's wish for continuing British subsidies for Hanoverian forces in the war of Austrian Succesion, and the objections of some British politicians. In an open loggia on the left the king sits at a table, over which is spread a map of northern Europe on top of which is a teetotum, lettered "160,000 for year", the tip of which is pointing towards him. He exclaims to a group of politicians around the table that he has won the whole stake, "Je tire tous les enjeux, Tenez, la voici" . Across the table from him John Carteret, who has a second, anxious, face peering through the back of his wig, replies "Well thrown the Balance is on our Side to a T". Beside the king another politician, holding a pen, remarks "More money for the year, & you shall have a P[eace]". The Duke of Cumberland standing beside Carteret wit h his hand resting on his sword hilt says "Smart money I've ventured my Life", a man beside him tells him "You have fought bravely take H[a]n[ove]r". In the centre the British Lion lies on the Act of Settlement, his back piled high with papers lettered "Dains", "Hessians", "Austrean", "H[a]n[o]ve[ria]ns", "Vots of Ct", "Sinking F[un]d", "lottery tickets", "lott[ery] next year, for 16000,000". The white horse of Hanover rests his fore legs on top of these and above the Austrian eagle flies with the French cock on its back. The lion laments "I can Bear it no more I'll be Bubble'd no longer". A politician to the right of the lion moves as if to lighten its burden saying, "Poor Lion, wee shall Oppose this foul Play", another behind him , holding a commander's baton pushes forward saying "The English sav'd him, where was his H-gs" ; another, wearing a sash decorated with eagles, restrains him saying "1,000,000 is too much for Mercenaries", another politician reassures him that "G[o]d be prais'd they have preserv'd ye Balance in Europe"; in the background another says "D[a]m it the D[ice] is Loaded"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Hanover bubble
Description:
Title engraved above image., Attributed on verso to George Bickham the younger?, Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Caption below image: Old E-l-d's*T*Totum, being the H-r bubble or our all to nothing., Temporary local subject terms: Games: teetotum -- Musical instruments: flute -- Musicianas: flutist -- Wigs: wig with a face on its back -- Expressions of speech: Hanover turnips, i.e., German policies of the King -- British lion -- Emblems: Austrian eagle -- Emblems: the White Horse of Hanover -- Emblems: Gallic cock -- Maps: Europe., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
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publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hanover, House of., George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Marlborough, Charles Spencer, Duke of, 1706-1758, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, and Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763
A dinner of mostly elderly men has dissolved into a brawl with wigs flying in every direction as they pummel each other with their fists or any tool at hand. In the center a man crawls on his hands and knees, blood pouring from both nostrils, his opponent ready to land him another blow. The one young man of the party dances merrily on top of the table flourishing a bowl in one hand and a spoon in the other as the dinnerware scatters in every direction
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Title etched below image., Possibly a reissue; the year in Rowlandson's signature appears to have been altered from "1810" to "1811." See British Museum catalogue., A publication date of 1810 is given by Grego, who is perhaps describing an earlier state., Text below title: The assemblies of women are too frequently marked by malice to each other, and slander to the absent, the meetings of men by noise, inebriety and wrangling., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: 181[?].
A montage of images with the portrait of the Duke of Cumberland in the center. The theme is the defeat of the Young Pretender at the Battle of Culloden. In the upper left corner is an image of a broadside ballad, 'A Loyal Song', sung by Mr. Beard at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. Over it is superimposed a playing card of Jack of clubs in Scottish dress looking wistfully towards the Duke. Below, partially under the Duke's portait is an image of the Devil drawing the Scots caught in his net towards a hill on top of which stands the 'triple tree', i.e., the gallows, decorated with a royal crown at each corner. Beneath this image is another, showing the British cavalry, well equipped and healthy, pursuing the Scots on bony horses. Partially covering that image, at the bottom of the plate, is a smaller, allegorical representation of Britannia and Liberty pointing to a beehive and a temple of Concord. The last image, in top right of plate, shows the British army marching in a parade. Eight lines of verse, enclosed in a vignette, below the medley, begin as follows: Britons, behold the Royal Youth, 'tis he who fights your battles , sets your country free ...
Alternative Title:
Duke triumphant
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Title engraved above image., Tentatively attributed to George Bickham the elder in an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Price 6d.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Matted to 61 x 49 cm.
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publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 and Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Culloden, Battle of, Scotland, 1746, and Scots
Letterpress broadside poem illustrated with etching at top of sheet., Etching also entitled: The K---s ass, i.e., The Kings ass. Plate mark 8.7 x 6.5 cm., Publication date from Stephens., Following imprint: Price six-pence., One line of text below imprint: N.B. This ass has entered Stationer's Hall, and whoever copies him will be prosecuted., Nine stanzas of song below title: Attend my good people, I'll sing you a song, and if not very good -- why it shall not be long ..., Temporary local subject terms: Orders: Order of the Garter (ribbon and star) -- Influence: Lord Bute's influence on George III., Printed on laid paper ; mounted to 34 x 44 cm., and Watermark: royal cipher with initials GR below.
Title from item., Plate numbered '31' in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two columns of verse below image: If discontent intestine reigns, to find the causes needs no brains ..., Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., and Temporary local subject terms: Military: Hanoverian mercenaries -- Military officers: Count Killmansegg.
Portrait of Elizabeth I, as Princess (incorrectly identified as 'Lady Jane Grey'); half-length, to front, wearing a cap, small ruff, a double collar of pearls with two long strands, and an ermine-trimmed mantle, in an oval frame, forming part of a composition designed as a sepulchral monument, with an obelisk, a celestial crown and two inscribed labels suspended from garlands, a chair of state, to right, a mourning female supporting a shield of Lady Jane Grey's arms, and to left and right, fluted pilasters and urns topped by burning hearts.--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from text in image., Printmaker from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,9.135., Text in lower left corner of image: This from an original in the possession of his Grace., Dedication below image: Inscrib'd to his most noble Grace, Algernon Seymour, Duke of Somerset by his Grace's most humble and most obedient servant Geo. Vertue 1748., and Numbered in upper right corner "Pl. V."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Grey, Jane, Lady, 1537-1554, and Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603,
Date of publication supplied by cataloger., First line: "September 1st. According to our agreement made"., In two columns with the title centered above both; the columns are separated by a rule., Mounted on leaf 47. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.