An ugly man in old-fashioned dress stands full-face, toes turned in, squinting, and looking downwards. An 'Address' is in his right hand, his left hand is in his breeches pocket; a document inscribed 'Observations' protrudes from his coat-pocket. His scanty audience of seven men, most of them sleeping, is behind him, on either side of a fireplace. A broken candle on the mantel drips wax into the mouth of one of the sleeping men (right), much to the amusement of his neighbour on his right. In the doorway on the far-left, one of the men uses a ear-trumpet; one holds a tea cup in his hand, and a third yawns. Over the chimney-piece is a large clock-face, the hands indicating 10:56; above it is a carved owl and the words 'About your business'.
Alternative Title:
Deputy Pendulum's motion for an address
Description:
Title from words written around the face of the clock., With Woodword's name in the lower left. William A. Gordon 2023 attributes this drawing to Isaac Cruickshank., and Date of creation based on publication date of print. Published by S.W. Fores in November 1795 as "Deputy Pendulum's motiton for an address"; engraved by Isaac Cruikshank with Woodward's name removed form lower left corner.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Freedom of speech, Petition, Right of, Sedition, Politics and government, Clocks & watches, City council members, Hearing aids, Sleeping, Public speaking, and Yawning
Title from item., Artist supplied by cataloger., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Two lines of dialogue inscribed below design: Good lack a day John, what are you doing? you have broke all the tea things. "I can't help it Ma'am, that nasty cur[?] of yours has bit my lef." Bit your leg! has he? dear me; I hope the pretty little creature won't be sick after it!!, Numbered '259' in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Spilling tea service -- Tea trays -- Tea tables -- Birdcages -- Birds: parrot -- Domestic service -- Liveried Manservant.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feb. 4, 1801 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '475' in the lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., "Sung with unbounded applause by Mr. Incledon in his Wandering Melodist.", and Sixteen lines of verse below title: Oh did you not hear of Kate Kearney,she lives on the banks of Kilarney, from the glance of her eye, shun danger and fly, for fatal the glance of Kearney ...
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 9, 1807 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from letterpress broadside poem printed below image., "Extracted from no. XII of the Monthly mirror-new series"., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls, plate number in upper right corner: 481., Twenty four lines of verse below image: From Brighton two Paddies walk'd under the cliff ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Ivy Mill, 1809.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 12, 1808 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., Artist from unverified data in local card catalog record., Number 258 in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Plate numbered '258' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Welshmen -- Inns: Pack Horse -- Sign Boards -- Signs: Pack Horse -- Welsh ponies -- Horseshoes on door -- Innkeepers -- Welsh names.
Publisher:
Published 4th Feby., 1801 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53, Fleet Street, London
Title in letterpress below image above text of ballad., Heading to song continues: Written by Mr. Upton, and set to music by Mr. W. T. Parke-The music sold by Mr. Fentum, No. 78 Strand., Twenty six lines of verse printed on broadside portion of sheet: Twas a keen frosty morn, and the snow heavy falling, when a child of misfortune was thus sadly calling, "Sweep! sweep! I am cold, and the snow's very deep, "O, pray take compassion on poor little sweep! "Sweep! sweep!" ..., and Plate numbered '486' in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd Apr. 12, 1808 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A sailor defends himself to a magistrate against a charge of beating up a man by saying he had no weapons except his fist."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sailors defense
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker questionably identified as Isaac Cruikshank in the British Museum online catalogue., Later state, with previous plate numbering burnished from plate and new numbering etched in its place. For earlier state with "No. 5" in upper right corner, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 807.00.00.08.1., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0214.747., Plate numbered "6" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Lawyer: Country Magistrates -- Male costume: 1807 -- Constable's staff -- Inkwells -- Miniature crowns -- Constables., and Watermark: Charles Wise.
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A sailor defends himself to a magistrate against a charge of beating up a man by saying he had no weapons except his fist."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sailors defense
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker questionably identified as Isaac Cruikshank in the British Museum online catalogue., Later state, with previous plate numbering burnished from plate and new numbering etched in its place. For earlier state with "No. 5" in upper right corner, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 807.00.00.08.1., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0214.747., Plate numbered "6" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Lawyer: Country Magistrates -- Male costume: 1807 -- Constable's staff -- Inkwells -- Miniature crowns -- Constables., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.4 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 5 in volume 1.
A man, whose face shows an expression of both fear and surprise, holds a lantern up to a gown hanging on a clothesline. The gown appears to have a human face with a snarling expression
Description:
Title from published print based on this drawing., In ink lower left: Drawing by I. Cruikshank., Basis for print published as: A gown metamorphose'd into a ghost!!., See description in British Museum's Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, v. 7, No. 9124., Isaac Cruikshank, English caricaturist and painter, 1756?-1811?., and For further information, consult library staff.
A scene in St. James's Park: A fashionably dressed couple stroll past a women who sits in on a bench, her head resting on her hand and a dejected look on her face
Description:
Title, numbering, and artist's signature inscribed on verso in black ink in the artist's hand: The neglected fair, no. 267, I. Cruikshank Senr. delt., Drawing signed with artist's initials within image in lower right corner., Date supplied by cataloger., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Saint James's Park (London, England), England, and London.
Title devised by curator., "I.C." in ink lower right., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.