Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Temporary local subject terms: Weeping Britannia -- Emblems: thistle -- Emblems: English rose -- Lightning bolts., and Mounted to 28 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: East India House -- Declaratory Act., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 24, 1788 by Josa. Baldrey, No. 19 H. Holborn, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Rumbold, Thomas, Sir, 1736-1791, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
Portraits, Impeachment, Taxation, Tax assessment, Justice, Donkeys, Stores & shops, Shutters, Lawyers, and Britannia (Symbolic character)
"An allegorical design. Britannia, holding her shield and a cap of Liberty on a staff, rushes (right to left) with a calm expression to the edge of a cliff, urged on by Wellington and five other Ministers (scarcely characterized). On her right a man snatches the drapery from a small cloud-borne figure of Fortune with her wheel, who is directed towards an oval portrait of Queen Caroline supported by an angel. Fame holds a laurel wreath above the portrait. Below the cliff or rock from which Britannia steps so heedlessly is a patch of ground surrounded by sea. On this stands Burdett, holding out a scroll inscribed 'Magna Char[ta] Liberty of Napoleon' and holding out his left arm to prevent Britannia from falling. Justice stands behind him, holding evenly balanced scales. Four other men stand close behind him, one holding out a scroll inscribed 'Reform', and supporting the arm which holds the scales. A man in shirt-sleeves kneels at Burdett's feet, making a gesture of urgent entreaty. On a rock (right), symbolizing St. Helena but merging with Britannia's cliff, sits a spotted, sub-human Caliban-like creature, who holds a small image of Napoleon, which he is about to cover with an extinguisher. At the base of the rock, but in the background, are two tiny officers in military uniform, seated together at the edge of the sea, directed to the right. In the foreground (left) sits a woman (? France) in classical draperies, holding a sceptre, with a (? Bourbon) crown falling from her head, and with a second (? imperial) crown in her lap. She gazes towards St. Helena. Inset in the title and enclosed within a border inscribed 'Honi soit qui mal y pense': 'Wilson sçut délivrer une Noble victime Burdett, Hobhouse, Holland, sauvez Napoléon, Arrachez-le aux tourmens de l'exécrable Hudson, Vengez l'honneur Anglais flétri par un grand Crime Et sauvez Albion sur le Bord de l'Abême [sic]!!!'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Nation and her m-n-t-r's and Nation and her ministers
Description:
Title etched below image., Early state, before border and imprint statement added. For a later state with border present and the imprint "Pubd. by Milleville, Hampstead" etched in lower left, see no. 14050 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 90 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Typed extract of twenty-nine lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
John Milleville?
Subject (Geographic):
Saint Helena,
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821., Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869., Wilson, Robert, Sir, 1777-1849., Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840., Lowe, Hudson, Sir, 1769-1844., and La Valette, Antoine-Marie Chamans, comte de, 1769-1830.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Cliffs, Shields, Liberty cap, Angels, Justice, Scales, Military officers, and Crowns
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered '27' in upper right corner., Printseller's announcement within design: Price one shillg. colord., Temporary local subject terms: Welshmen -- Scots -- Fairs -- Germans -- Prussian military officer -- Food -- Sauerkraut -- Sauer kraut -- Crutches -- Sailors -- Russians -- Dutchmen -- Bears -- Reference to Austria -- Musical instruments -- Trumpet -- Habsburg Eagles -- Clowns -- Reference to Spain -- Reference to Westpahlia -- Clowns-pierrot -- Food -- Gingerbread -- Turks -- Drums -- Sausages -- Flags -- Royal Arms., and Mounted to 31 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octor. 1st, 1807 by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840, Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, 1778-1846, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character) and Britannia (Symbolic character)
"The Prince and Britannia stand on each side of the Coronation Chair as in BMSat 7386. Its Gothic carvings are altered to satyrs' heads. On the back of the Chair is a small money-bag inscribed Virtue. The Prince and Britannia stand as before, but the foot which she places on the step inscribed 'The Voice of the People' is a cloven hoof. The next step, 'Publick Safety', is badly cracked; the other steps are blank. No words come from Britannia's mouth; the Prince says, "I woud do the best to please my People". Liberty and Justice are transformed into Sheridan and Fox. Sheridan, wearing ragged clothes, holds the cap of 'Liberty' on a broom; he puts one hand on the Prince's shoulder while he steals a handkerchief from his coat-pocket. Fox, in place of Justice's sword, holds a bludgeon in the head of which is an eye which drips blood (in the coloured version); he holds up an evenly-balanced pair of scales, formed of two dice-boxes. His eye-bandage is pushed up on his forehead and he says, "I have the Voice of the People in my Eye". 'Commerce' is transformed from a comely young woman into a drunken hag who holds up a glass of gin. The Mayor says, "We have not been taxed this twelvemonth". Pitt, instead of being the colleague of the Furies, attacks them: in his left hand he holds up a large conical extinguisher with which he is about to put out the torch of 'Rebellion'. He says, "I could soon extinguish these Puppet Shew Vapours if properly supported". The Fury holds up two torches, one of 'Rebellion', the other 'Puppet Shew'. He puts his left foot on the prostrate head of 'Envy', who is holding up a fire-brand. The third fury (Falsehood) has disappeared. The British Lion looks from behind Britannia's shield snarling ferociously in defence of Pitt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Temporary local subject terms: Lord William Gill, 1720-1798: Mayor of London -- Lord Mayors -- Chairs: Satyrs' heads on coronation chair -- Broom as staff of liberty -- Emblems: drunken hag / commerce -- Scales: dice boxes -- Huge candle snuffers -- British lion -- Furies -- Regency crisis., and Mounted to 31 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 29, 1788, by S. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
P- and his reduced household retiring for the summer season and Prince and his reduced household retiring for the summer season
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., Attribution by British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Cradle -- Warming pan -- Gridiron -- Wine raisan -- Hangercoach -- Food -- Coach and horses -- Bellows., and C Patch watermark in center of sheet.
Publisher:
Pub'd as the act directs, for the proprietor, by J. Carter, Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '3' in upper right corner., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763]., Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Coffee-houses -- Male dress: Roman armor -- Emblems: jack boot (Lord Bute) -- Buildings: warehouse -- Reference to the peace negotiation in Paris, 1762: territorial concessions -- Reference to the East India Company -- Excise -- Whigs -- Chancellors -- Vehicles: go-cart -- Buildings: hospital., and On page 296 in volume 3. Sheet: 7.1 x 10.3 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), National emblems, Scottish, and British
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '3' in upper right corner., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763]., Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Coffee-houses -- Male dress: Roman armor -- Emblems: jack boot (Lord Bute) -- Buildings: warehouse -- Reference to the peace negotiation in Paris, 1762: territorial concessions -- Reference to the East India Company -- Excise -- Whigs -- Chancellors -- Vehicles: go-cart -- Buildings: hospital., and Mounted to 31 x 33 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), National emblems, Scottish, and British
April 26, 1745, publish'd according to act of Parliament.
Call Number:
745.04.26.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on Admirals Thomas Mathews and Richard Lestock and other officers who had been engaged in the fight off Toulon, and who subsequently became subjects of a Court Martial. A street scene, on the left a portico, from which a goup of persons is led by the figure of Britannia towards a dockyard; with letterpress inscriptions, verses in four columns
Description:
Title from item., Four columns of verse below image begins: Shall British glory rise again, and wipe the degen'rate stain ..., Later state, with publisher's name burnished from plate. Cf. No. 2682 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: portico of the Admiralty's Building -- Admiralty: satire on admiralty inscribed on portico -- British Lion -- Personifications: Justice -- Trade -- Symbols: Hand of Providence -- Lightning bolts -- Reference to the Battle of Toulon, 1744 -- Reference to the War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-1748 -- Court martial -- Emblems: laurel wreath -- Balance -- Weapons: sticks as cudgels -- Architectural details: busts -- Naval uniforms -- Gates: dockyard at Deptford -- Reference to Bremen and Verden., and Watermark: countermark IV.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Torrington, George Byng, Viscount, 1663-1733, Blake, Robert, 1599-1657, Mathews, Thomas, 1676-1751, Lestock, Richard, 1679?-1746, and Norris, John, Sir, 1660?-1749
Title etched at top of image., A letter in form of a rebus., The following words in the title are represented by images: Lord Bute by a boot, 'be' in 'between' by a bee, Jockey by a figure of a jockey, 'Cloud' in 'McCloud' by clouds, Britannia by a figure of Britannia., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to 35 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
