Title from item., Two lines of quote below image: The blood & vitals from her wounds he drew, and fed the hounds that helped him to pursue. Dryden., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 2 (1768), p.385., Temporary local subject terms: Riots: reference to St. George's Fields, Southwark -- Weapons: dagger., and Mounted to 37 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
J. Almon
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bath, Thomas Thynne, Marquis of, 1734-1796, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782, and Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Gout, Crutches, Surgery, and Tableware
Volume 2, page 45. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A gouty and obese man (right) seated in a chair plays the 'cello. Both legs are swathed, the feet wrapped in slashed coverings; the right leg rests on a stool. The Devil (left), hat in hat, holds in a pair of tongs a cinder against the right knee. Bottles and glasses stand on a table. A pair of crutches lean against the chair. The hands of a wall-clock point to 12.25."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
Description:
Title etched below image., Lettered state of no. 6881 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Temporary local subject terms: Music: Cello -- Furniture: Wall clock -- Medical disease -- Wine glasses -- Decanters., 1 print : etching with stipple, hand-colored ; sheet 23 x 29.9 cm., and Imperfect; a thin strip of the sheet below title has been removed and the remaining parts of the sheet glued back together, with loss of the statement of responsibility.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, April 20th, 1785, by J. Jones, Great Portland Street
Volume 2, page 45. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A gouty and obese man (right) seated in a chair plays the 'cello. Both legs are swathed, the feet wrapped in slashed coverings; the right leg rests on a stool. The Devil (left), hat in hat, holds in a pair of tongs a cinder against the right knee. Bottles and glasses stand on a table. A pair of crutches lean against the chair. The hands of a wall-clock point to 12.25."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
Description:
Title etched below image., Lettered state of no. 6881 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Temporary local subject terms: Music: Cello -- Furniture: Wall clock -- Medical disease -- Wine glasses -- Decanters., and Mounted on page 45 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, April 20th, 1785, by J. Jones, Great Portland Street
Volume 2, page 45. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A gouty and obese man (right) seated in a chair plays the 'cello. Both legs are swathed, the feet wrapped in slashed coverings; the right leg rests on a stool. The Devil (left), hat in hat, holds in a pair of tongs a cinder against the right knee. Bottles and glasses stand on a table. A pair of crutches lean against the chair. The hands of a wall-clock point to 12.25."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
Description:
Title etched below image., Lettered state of no. 6881 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Temporary local subject terms: Music: Cello -- Furniture: Wall clock -- Medical disease -- Wine glasses -- Decanters., and 1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 22.6 x 26.2 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, April 20th, 1785, by J. Jones, Great Portland Street
Print showing George IV, horned and with wings which are spread to provide a protective, umbrella-like shell for his supporters, a gouty foot well wrapped, a ribbon around the other labeled "Infidelity - Honi Soit," holding a bottle labeled "Peoples Tears," and sitting with his mistress, "Care-away Cunningham" i.e., Lady Conyngham. In the background, to the left is a line of armed cavalry "Civil Gentleman or a Rod in Pickle," at center sits Britannia covering her face in shame, and on the right, beneath "A Storm gathering," are huddled "The People."
Alternative Title:
Royal cock and chickens and Father of his people!!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 31 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Geo. IV" and "Lady Conyngham" identified in ink below image; date "12 Dec. 1820" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 12, 1820, by W. Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Adultery, Politics & government, Gout, Bandages, Horns (Anatomy), Wings (Anatomy), Bottles, Mistresses, and Cavalry
Title from item., Plate from: Attic miscellany. London : Printed for Bentley and Co., 1789, v. 1, p. 409., Temporary local subject terms: Crimes -- Costume: smocks -- Trades: beadles -- Stags -- Fighting., and Mounted to 23 x 30 cm.
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement; imprint from Beinecke Library impression., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. For later version etched by Rowlandson, see no. 9681, v. 7., Temporary local subjects: Gout -- Food -- Suckling pig -- Pluralists., 1 print : aquatint and etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27.0 x 29.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 38 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 25, 1786, by H. Brookes, Coventry Street
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Topic):
Tithes, Church of England, Gout, Clergy, and Swine
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement; imprint from Beinecke Library impression., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. For later version etched by Rowlandson, see no. 9681, v. 7., and Temporary local subjects: Gout -- Food -- Suckling pig -- Pluralists.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 25, 1786, by H. Brookes, Coventry Street
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Topic):
Tithes, Church of England, Gout, Clergy, and Swine
Title from item., Advertisement by the printseller following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Taxes: wine duty, 1796 -- Mythology: Bacchus -- Windsor uniforms -- Containers: wine casks., Watermark: 1794., Printseller's stamp in lower right of sheet: S.W.F., and Collector's stamp on verso: half-length raised figure of fox with initials MW below.
Publisher:
Pub. April 26, 1796, by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Gordon, Jane Gordon, Duchess of, 1748-1812
"George IV, a crutch under his left arm, takes Wellington's left arm, looking up at him with a pleased smile, which Wellington returns. He says: This is not the only time that you have Lent me a helping hand!! The Duke answers: Proud to be Your ----tys Staff. The King, plainly dressed but with the Garter ribbon and star, has a much swathed gouty leg supported in a sling from the neck. Wellington wears uniform, with orders, white satin breeches, and pumps; on his garter the word Honi is conspicuous. On a table (right) are decanters labelled Brandy and Whiskey."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Text below title: A friend in need is a friend indeed., and Matted to: 47 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by McLean, 26 Haymarket, London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Crutches, Military uniforms, British, and Alcoholic beverages
