"Spectators watch military manoeuvres in the air. The sky is covered with camps, marching men, and galloping cavalry, some are in military formation, others are single figures. There are tents and marquees with wings; a man beats a drum, three orientals wearing turbans race through the air beating cymbals. In the foreground (left) spectators on horseback look up in amazement, one horse throws its rider; geese, goslings, and pigs are under the horses' feet. On the right the King and Queen sit together on a bank; the King gazing through a small telescope, the Queen looking at him with delighted astonishment. In front of them is a gate over which two officers mounted on winged cannon are gracefully leaping, a third soars into the air."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Amusment for John Bul, Amusement for John Bull, and Flying camp
Description:
Title etched below image. and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials GR below ; countermark IV.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Aickin [sic], No. 13 Castle Street, Leicester Fields
Subject (Geographic):
Bagshot (Surrey, England)
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Black people, Cannons, Military camps, Military parades & ceremonies, Musical instruments, Musicians, Spectators, and Telescopes
"John Bull (left) capers clumsily to a tune played by Pitt, Dundas, and two others. He has a drink-bloated profile, wears a round hat and old-fashioned buckled shoes. He says: "Lord love ye my good Masters - do give us something new - I be tired of all the old Jigs - I knows the March to Paris by heart, - and as for Indemnity for the Past, and Security for the future, they are as easy to me as my A-B-C - I want something stilish, and grand." Pitt, seated, plays a large 'cello incorrectly drawn and having a rose under the strings which suggests the viol da gamba. He looks up at John Bull jauntily, saying, "I will endeavour to please you if I can, what do you think of this - it is a grand serious-movement called the Deliverance of Europe or Union with Ireland". Dundas (right), wearing kilt and feathered bonnet with legal wig and bands, stands in profile to the left, impassively playing the bagpipes. Two background figures dejectedly play wind-instruments; one is probably Grenville."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from Krumbhaar. Attributed to Sansom in the British Museum Catalogue., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Publisher:
Pub March 21, 1799, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Bagpipes, Dance, Musical instruments, and Violoncellos
New papa disappointed with Justice Shallows attempt to charm the brutes
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publication year appears to have been altered in plate from 1791 to 1792., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Domestic service: nurses -- Forceps -- Surgical tools -- Obstetrics --Tambourine -- French horn -- Hurdy-gurdy -- Children: newborns -- Literature: allusion to "Pickle" in Bickerstaff's Spoil'd Child, played by Mrs. Jordan -- Allusion to Dorothy Jordan, 1761-1816., and Watermark: I Taylor.
Publisher:
Pub. March 15, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly, London
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Warren, Richard, 1731-1797, and Ford, Richard, Sir, -1806
Subject (Topic):
Medical equipment & supplies, Musical instruments, and Physicians
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- London: Grosvenor Square -- Music: private performances -- Violin -- Cello -- Newsboys -- Trades: milkmaids -- Fish-wives -- Bills: bill to supress Sunday newspapers -- Sunday Observance Act., Plate slip on top and in lower right corner resulting in poor quality of impression in these areas., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub. June 25, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Westminster, Robert Grosvenor, Marquis of, 1767-1845
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- London: Grosvenor Square -- Music: private performances -- Violin -- Cello -- Newsboys -- Trades: milkmaids -- Fish-wives -- Bills: bill to supress Sunday newspapers -- Sunday Observance Act., Printmaker's and subject's name printed on mat below image., 1 print : etching ; sheet 26 x 39 cm., Laid paper, hand-colored. Sheet trimmed within plate mark, matted to 47 x 62 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub. June 25, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Westminster, Robert Grosvenor, Marquis of, 1767-1845
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Elections: Westminster, 1784 -- Duchess of Devonshire as Britannia -- Shield of virtue -- Cap of Liberty -- Staff of Liberty -- Trumpets -- Laurel wreaths -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers., and Watermark in center of sheet: fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
Pubd. 23d May, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805