Illustration at the top of the letterpress broadside. "Mrs. Siddons leans back in her chair, majestically resentful. She addresses Harris, [Grego suggests Topham, whom he does not resemble, and who was living in Yorkshire.] patentee and manager of Covent Garden, who stands before her (l.), hat in hand. Between them stands the much taller J. P. Kemble, his left hand on his sister's shoulder. Mrs. Siddons leans one elbow on a table (r.) on which are three books: 'Salary Benifi[ts]', 'The Right of Woman', 'Duty of Man', and a bust of (?) herself, looking reproachfully towards the group. On the wall (r.) is part of a print: 'Propagation of a Lye', six figures from Bunbury's well-known plate, BMSat 7230 (1787). The text is a debate (printed in full by Grego): Mrs. Siddons complains to Harris of neglect on account of 'your Blind Bargain and Infant Roscius'. Harris, 'First Monarch', answers: 'if John Bull chooses to feed on slink calf, instead of substantial roast beef, yet consents to pay for the roast it is not for me to complain. . . . you have had your day. . . .' He reminds her of her good salary. Kemble, 'Second Monarch', supports him, and ends: 'Public taste ... is now in second childishness; and when mere oblivion takes place, then you shall make a sally, and should the Town require a filip [Philip] I will be at your elbow.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Child's play defended by theatrical monarchs
Description:
Caption title in letterpress below etching., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: E & C T Russell 1797.
Publisher:
Printed by D.N. Shury, Berwick Street, for Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823 and Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
Caption title., With an etching below the title and above the letterpress text, signed "G. Cruikshank fect." showing John Bellingham in the act of assassinating Spencer Perceval. Plate mark: 58 x 104 mm., and Mounted to: 46 x 17 cm.
Publisher:
Published by John Fairburn, 2, Broadway, Ludgate-Hill, facing the Old Bailey and Maurice Printer, Howford-buildings, Fenchurch-Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812., Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, and Bellingham, John, 1770-1812
Subject (Topic):
Assassination, Prime ministers, Politics and government, and Assassinations
Title from item., Below title: A favourite song, composed and sung at the Lyceum, by Mr. Dibdin., Four stanzas in two columns are printed below the plate: I was, d'ye see, a waterman ..., "The Waterman," a ballad-opera, was produced at the Haymarket Theatre in 1774., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures &c in the Kingdom. Admittance one shi., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Ballads -- Sailors -- Buildings: rustic cottages -- Wooden fences -- Pigs -- Kissing.
Engraving of William Hogarth’s 1748 painting ‘O the Roast Beef of Old England’ (London, Tate Britain), which he had himself published as a print. The scene is set at the Gate of Calais (after the painting in the Tate Gallery) with a fat monk prodding a large sirloin of beef carried by a cook, on either side are two French soldiers, one of whom spills his bowl of thin soup as he gazes in amazement at the beef; on the left, three market women with crosses hanging from their necks admire a skate in a basket of fish; on the right, two ragged men carry a large pot of soup while another drinks from a bowl, and a Scottish soldier cowers beneath an archway; in the middle distance, to left, Hogarth himself is seen sketching at the moment when a soldier’s hand takes him by the shoulder; beyond, through the gate, is a religious procession
Alternative Title:
Gate of Calais
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date of publication based on publisher's street address; Sayer's premises in Fleet Street were not numbered until ca. 1766. See British Museum online catalogue., Text of Theodosius Forrest’s cantata 'The Roast Beef of Old England' printed in letterpress beneath image in two columns., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 180., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Foreign public opinion, French, Artists, Clergy, Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, and Religious processions
Title from letterpress caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Wood engraving with title and two columns of prose in letterpress below, on a broadside., Text below title begins: Intemperance is a wily destroyer; never satisfied with the ruin it has wrought, it is ever seeking ..., and No. III in a series of five temperance placards; publisher's advertisement for others in the series printed at bottom of sheet.
Publisher:
Printed for W. & F.G. Cash, 5, Bishopsgate Street Without; William Tweedie, 337, Strand
Date of publication supplied by cataloger., First line: "With pleasure we lay before the"., In two columns with the title in four lines centered above both and the imprint below the second column; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 63. Copy trimmed., Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3., and Ms. inscription added above title: Battle in Egypt.
Publisher:
Davenport, Printer, George's-court
Subject (Geographic):
Egypt
Subject (Name):
Abercromby, Ralph, Sir, 1734-1801 and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
A broadside advertising a coach service from No. 2 Bridge Street off Ludgate Hill to persons who wish to travel fast in a post-chaise and who need a partner in order to hire the carriage. No name or business is specified, the author of this lengthy advertisement explains that such a utilitarian service needs no introduction
Description:
Caption title., First line: Whoever sollicits the patronage of the publick, should be careful to state his pretensions in convincing terms ..., Not in ESTC., and On verso, annotated in black ink in an unidentified hand, four names. For further information, consult library staff.
Illustration to verses printed in two columns. An elderly parson, holding his pipe, his back to the fire, makes gestures of rage towards his servant (right) who hurries terrified from the room as he drops a jug. His wife (left) holds his coat to restrain him, dropping a book from her lap as she sits in a chair with a slipcover. The verses in letterpress below the image relate that after a sermon on the misfortunes of Job, the parson told his wife that his 'patience and strength of mind' were equal to Job's, though she (like other women) was incapable of such restraint. His servant enters to tell him that the contents of a cask of ale had been spilt. His wife reproaches him for his violent abuse: "Job was not half so vext ..."; he says: "Answer me this, I say- Did Job e'er lose a barrel of such ale?" On the wall behing is a picture of Job suffering by the road as described in the Bible. See British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Bad job
Description:
Titie from letterpress printed below the image. On this impression part of the title is printed below plate., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., Text of the tale in letterpress printed in two columns below title: Twas at some country place, a parson preaching, The virtue of long sufferance was teaching ..., One of the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls., and Watermark: E & P 1796.
Publisher:
Published 20th November 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Name):
Job (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):
Biblical events, Chairs, Clergy, Fireplaces, Interiors, Pipes (Smoking), Pitchers, Religious dwellings, Servants, and Spouses
Title from letterpress header to broadside on lower portion of sheet., Imprint statement in letterpress on lower portion of sheet., Eight stanzas of song in three columns below title: Mister Peter Snout was invited out Heigho ! fiddle de dee ..., Plate mark numbered '533' in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Beds -- Nightclothes -- Sneaking.
Publisher:
Published the 1st of August, 1821 by R.H. Laurie, No. 53 Fleet Street
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two pilgrims meet, one (left) debonair and jaunty, the other in a crouching position, and with an anguished expression. Both wear hats turned up with cockle shells, and necklaces hung with shells, long belted gowns with rosaries. Each holds a staff surmounted by a cross. The verses, by 'Peter Pindar' (Wolcot) (abridged), relate the pilgrimage of 'a brace of Sinners' to the shrine at 'Loretta', fifty miles, with peas in their shoes, by order of their priest. The returning pilgrim explains his rapid progress:'"To walk a little more at ease,"I took the liberty to boil my peas'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Thirty-one lines of verse below title: A brace of sinners for no good, were order'd to the Virgin Mary's shrine, who at Loretta dwelt in wax, stone, wood, and in a curld white wig, lookd wond'rous fine ..., Plate numbered "P. 2" in upper left corner and "1" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.5 x 20.7 cm, on sheet 41.8 x 25.6 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 79 in volume 1.