- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 May 1802]
- Call Number:
- 802.05.08.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A squarely built young man walks, with an unseeing stare, diagonally towards the spectator and to the left, on a pavement. He wears a round hat, high coat-collar over swathed neckcloth; his double-breasted 'Jean de Bry' coat, see BMSat 9425, is strained across a double-breasted waistcoat horizontally striped. He wears long breeches or pantaloons which drape his legs, and low pumps with cross gartering above his ankles. In his right hand he clutches a tasselled cane, held horizontally."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched above image. and Mounted to 37 x 28 cm ; penciled annotation identifies caricatured figure as 'Lord Fife'.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 8th, 1802, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Fife, James Duff, Earl, 1776-1857
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "All Bond-Street trembled as he strode" [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 October 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.10.11.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Mrs. Schwellenberg, enormously fat and heavily laden, supported by small wings, floats or falls head foremost down a broad slanting ray, which extends from a sun with a crown in its centre in the upper right corner of the print and stretches across the sea to a castellated town flying a flag inscribed 'Hanover'. Half only of the crown and sun is visible. Her massive legs terminate in tiny feet. In her arms are two large money-bags, labelled 'Pr Ann.' and '£1000000'. Her bulging pocket hangs downwards, a rosary and cross hanging from it."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Angel gliding on a sunbeam into Paradise
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., One line of quoted text below title: "Down thither, prone in flight, lo Schwelly speeds, & with her brings the gems and spoils of Heav'n.", Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Angels -- Sunbeams -- Bags of money -- Rosaries -- House of Hanover -- Crowns -- Allusion to George III -- Allusion to Queen Charlotte -- Literature: altered quotation from John Milton's (1608-1674) Paradise Lost., and Watermark: S. Lay.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Octr. 11th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "An angel gliding on a sun-beam into Paradice," Milton [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 December 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.12.12.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a woodland setting Shelburne and Pitt sit smiling behind a cloth-covered table on which are coins and bags of money. A glum-looking Fox stands several feet distant with hands in pockets. A reference to Fox's exclusion from office while Pitt was Chancellor of the Exchequer during the Shelburne ministry. The title is a quotation from Paradise Lost
- Alternative Title:
- Aside he turned for envy, yet with jealous leer malign, eyed them askance
- Description:
- Title from text etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Dec. 12th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Aside he turn'd for envy, yet with jealous leer malign, eyd them askance" [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 9. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The Devil stands at the center of a mountain top with outstretched wings, dressed in lawyers wig and bands, but with horns on his head and feet with claws. On the left Fox kneels, eagerly receiving from Satan a dice box and dice, an allusion to his notorious gambling habit, while on the right Burke receives a scourge and rosary, a reference to his supposed Catholicism. A satire on the resignation of Fox and Burke after Shelburne's appointment
- Alternative Title:
- Old-orthodox restoring consolation to his fallen children
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Restrike, with "J. Gillray fecit" added in lower right corner. For original issue published ca. August 1782, see no. 6027 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, page 41., and On leaf 9 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Field & Tuer
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Devil, Gambling, Catholicism, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Crumbs of comfort", or, Old-orthodox restoring consolation to his fallen children [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 July 1799]
- Call Number:
- 799.07.08.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Lord Wycombe, scarcely caricatured, walks to the left, his head in profile, left hand on hip, right on a club-like walking-stick. His coat is curiously cut, his (striped) waistcoat longer and breeches shorter than the contemporary fashion. He wears a neck-cloth and shoes. His gait is slouching and his dress rather slovenly. Clouds form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One line of quoted text below title: "Whenever I wish to form a proper estimate of a mans mind, I observe his manners & dress." Lord Chesterfield., and Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: waistcoat -- Breeches -- Literature: quotation from Earl of Chesterfield's (1694-1773) Letters.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 8th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Lansdowne, John Henry Petty, Marquess of, 1765-1809
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Elegance democratique" a sketch found near High-Wycombe / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [4 November 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.11.04.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "General Manners walks in profile to the left, with knees flexed, bending forward, his hands clasped behind his back, a cane under his arm. He wears a round hat, small pigtail, and plain, old-fashioned dress."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Men -- Walking staves -- Literature: quotation from Epitaph on John Gay by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)., and Watermark: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 4th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Manners, Robert, 1758-1832
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Gentle manners, with affections mild, "in wit a man, simplicity a child [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 December 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.12.01.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Sinclair, tall and thin, stands full-face, holding up in his right hand a balance (steelyard, or stilliard) inscribed 'Vive le Egalité'. A large British flag at the right end of the beam much outweighs a bunch of objects at the other; three documents: [1] 'Navy of England to be retaind viz: 50000 Seamen & half a Dozen Ships of War - 500000 Sailors to be sent to plant Potatoes.' [2] '10 000 heavy reasons for giving the Enemy a fair chance of getting out of their Ports.' [3] 'Advantages of cold oeconomy'. Below these are bunches of turnips, carrots, a cabbage, the whole terminating in a pendent bonnet-rouge. Sinclair is fashionably dressed, wearing a hat, half-boots, ill-fitting coat, and overcoat almost to the ankles. On a heavily draped writing-table (right) are three large volumes: 'Improvements in the Art of Political Dunging and Pursuits of Agriculture.' A paper: 'The Apostate Laird - a Parliamentary Romance - together with Loss of the Agricultural Arm' Chair. On the wall (right) is a picture of three pigs feeding at a trough of 'Democratic Verbosity'; this is 'Pigs Meat: or new method of feeding the Swinish Multitude' [see BMSat 8500, &c.]. Beside it is a placard: 'Table of Weights & Measures laid down upon the true democratic Principle of the Stilliards of Egalité'. A patterned carpet completes the design."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- "Improvement in weights and measures" and Sir John Seeclear discovering the ballance of the British flag
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Scales -- Flags: British flag -- Food: vegetables -- Bonnet rouge -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Writing materials: inkstand., Watermark: 1794 J Whatman., and Subject identified in contemporary hand below title.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Decr. 1st, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Improvement in weights & measures", or, Sir John Seeclear discovering [the] ballance of [the] British flag [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 April 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.04.12.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An opera-dancer, Mme Rose Didelot, is poised on her right toe, her head turned in (sharp-featured) profile to the left, holding up a long garland of roses. She wears a pseudo-classical costume, defining her person, the edge of the skirt bordered with roses, a wreath of roses in her hair which is almost short. The scenery is of trees with a landscape background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 12th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Didelot, Marie Rose Paul, -1803
- Subject (Topic):
- Ballet, Dance, Dancers, and Performances
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "No flower that blows is like this rose" [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [19 September 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.09.19.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The design simulates a pyramidal monument in bas relief against a stone wall, supported on short Corinthian pilasters between which is an inscription. On the face of the pyramid Lady Cecilia Johnston, is seated in profile to the right on a round close-stool. She is thin and witch-like, her chin is support by her left hand, the elbow resting on her knee. In her right hand is a torn paper inscribed 'Tranquility'. Behind the stool stands a little cupid holding his nose; in his left hand is a torch, reversed. On the ground (right) are bones and two skulls which gaze at Lady Cecilia. Beneath is the inscription: "By Patience, minds an equal temper know, Nor swell too high, nor sink too low; Patience the fiercest grief can charm, And fate's severest rage disarm: Patience can soften pain to ease, And make despair and madness please, This the divine Cecilia found, And to her Husbands ears, confind the sound." Vide St Cecilias Day."--British Museum online catalogue and The allusions are to St. Cecilia (died 177) and to Cecilla's husband General James Johnston. Also allusion to Shakespeare's Othello, iv.2.61-3 and Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, ii.4.111
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 34 x 24 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Septr. 19th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817 and Johnston, James Lesslie, 1697 or 1698-1789.
- Subject (Topic):
- Defecation, Monuments & memorials, Putti, and Skull & crossbones
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Patience on a monument" engrav'd from a modern antique in the possession of the General. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [25 February 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.02.25.04+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Burke (left) as a shambling beggar, holds out his hat towards the Duke of Bedford who looks between the folding gates of Bedford House, holding one side to keep them almost closed. Their words float upwards from their mouths: Burke says: ""Pity the Sorrows of a poor old Man, add a trifle to what has been bestowed by Ministry to stop my Complaints: - O give me opportunity of recanting once more! - Ah! remember me in your Golden Dreams! - great Leviathan of liberty, let me but play & frolick in the Ocean of your royal Bounty, & I will be for ever your Creature; - my Hands, - Brains, - my Soul & Body, - the very Pen through which I have spouted a torrent of Gall against my original Friends, and cover'd you all over with the Spray, every thing of me, & about me, shall be yours - dispence but a little of your Golden store to a desolate Old Man". Bedford says: "Hark'ee, old double Face, - its no use use [sic] for you to stand Jawing there, if you gull other people, you won't bother us out a single Shilling, with all your canting-rant, - no, no, it wo'nt do, old Humbug! - let them bribe you, who are afraid of you, or want your help, - your Gossip wont do here: -" Burke wears the red and blue of the Windsor uniform, his dress is tattered, one foot protrudes through his shoe. In his right hand is a sheaf of broadsides: 'Last Dying Speech of Old Honesty the Jesuit' [cf. BMSat 6026, &c.]. On his back is a sack inscribed '£4000 pr Annum' indicating his two pensions. From his back protrudes a book inscribed 'Reflections upon Political Apostacy'. The design is framed by the stone gateway of Bedford House, each side surmounted by a sphinx (cf. BMSat 8639)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Bedford House, London -- Architectural details: stone gateways -- Sphinxes -- Pensioners: Burke as a pensioner -- Military uniforms: Windsor uniform -- Begging -- Allusion to Burke's pensions -- Allusion to Burke's Letter to a Noble Lord, 1796., and Mounted to 48 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 and Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Pity the sorrows of a poor old man" vide scene in Bloomsbury Square / [graphic]