Title from item., Attribution to Cruikshank from British Museum catalogue., Two images on one plate., Publisher's announcement following imprint: Where may be seen the compleatest [sic] collection of caracatures [sic] in the kingdom. Admit. 1 s., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Pall Mall -- Reference to John Julius Angerstein, 1735-1823 -- Brazier's shop -- Female costume: copper petticoat -- Monsters: 'The monster', Renwick Williams, fl. 1790 -- Male costume, 1790 -- Female costume, 1790., and Watermark: armorial shield with fleur-de-lis above and initials L V G below.
"Custine stands on the scaffold beside the guillotine (left). Four ragged ruffians are about to bind him to the plank on which he is to lie; one says, "By Gar so we will serve all de Generals who do not conquer de whole World, and give them de Libertè". Custine says, "Pardon me Heaven for having been leagued with such a set of Blood hounds". A stout soldier pushes a weeping priest, who says "Let us Pray", down the steps (right) which lead up to the scaffold, saying, "Go to de diable & Your Prayers both". Below (right) stand republican soldiers with fixed bayonets much caricatured. On the extreme left a man kneels at the guillotine holding his hat in place of the usual basket; he says, "Begar I will have a Drink of de blood.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
French gratitude and Republican rewards for past services
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 'N' in 'Custine' reversed., and Watermark: Strasburg bend.
Publisher:
Pub. Sepr. 16, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Name):
Custine, Adam Philippe, comte de, 1740-1793
Subject (Topic):
Executions, Guillotines (Punishment), Priests, Soldiers, French, and Sansculottes
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls., Four lines of text below title: A gentleman who was remarkably fond of raising fine tulips ..., Plate numbered '218' in lower left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Gardens -- Buildings: greenhouses -- Architectural details: garden wall with recessed seat -- Gardeners -- Vehicles: Bath-chair -- Domestic service: manservant -- Butterflies: 'Emperor of Morocco.'
Publisher:
Published 24th May 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Imprint date: '6' in '16' reversed as in British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of imprint., Two lines of verse below title: For Brunswick's Duke with ninety thousand men ..., Temporary local subject terms: Wars: Austro-French war 1792-1797 -- Military uniforms: Prussian general -- Prussian soldiers -- Husars -- Expressions: c̦a ira -- French uniforms: Sanscullotes -- Dysentery of Duke of Brunswick's troops at Valmy -- Flasks -- Manifestos: Duke of Brunswick's manifesto, July 27, 1792., Watermark: E & R., and Mounted to 28 x 43 cm.
A satire ridiculing the first Nootka Convention in which Spain conceded England's right to maintain outposts in Nootka Sound and engage in whaling outside a "ten-league line" off the Northwest coast of North America. In a small row boat on the Pacific and facing the west coast of North American, Pitt stands fishing with a rod baited with a sack labelled "3 million genl. elc." Beside him in the boat is Henry Dundas holding another sack labelled "million gen. elec" and beside him in the back of the boat, a third sack also labelled "million gen elec." Selected points along the shore from the Sea of Kamtschatka and Bristol Bay (north) to New Mexico are identified with no attempt to convey a sense of scale: Nortons Sound, Alaska, Cooks River, Ps. William Sound, Spanish Land, Nootka or King Georges Sound, New Albion, California. Off the coast of Alaska are shown the islands Arako and Foxes Is. Whales surface above the water inside the buoys with flags reading "10 leagues." In the upper left is a galley "Convention." Pitt says "I fear Harry the fishing will never answer." Dundas replies, "Never mind tha Billy the gudgeons we have caught in England will pay for all."
Alternative Title:
Cheap way to catch whales
Description:
Title etched above image., Six lines of verse in three columns below image: The hostile nations view with glad surprise, the frugal plans of minsters so wise, but they the censure of the world despise, sure from their faithfull commons of suplies [sic], convinced that man must fame immortal gain, Who first dare fish with millions in the Spanish Main., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 4, 1791, by H. Humphries, N. 18 Old Bond St.
Subject (Geographic):
Spain, Great Britain., Great Britain, Spain., and North Pacific Ocean.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations, Politics and government, Whaling, Fishing, Galleys (Ships), Maps, Ships, and Whales
"Mrs. Fitzherbert (left) in bed, supported on her right elbow, looks fixedly towards a warming-pan held by a stout woman who approaches the foot of the bed. In the perforations of the pan are stuck three ostrich feathers; a monk, holding up a crucifix, gazes down at it. Mrs. Fitzherbert wears a large frilled cap and a nightdress with ruffles. The fringed bed-curtains are looped up. On the extreme right is part of a draped table on which are a cup, bowl, and a large urn (probably materials for caudle). On the wall are three pictures: one, the 'Royal Hunt', a man galloping beside hounds; this has the motto 'Ich Ich' (in place of 'Ich dien') with three ostrich feathers. It is flanked by two profile heads facing each other: one is 'Wig', the other 'Torey', but they do not appear to be portraits. The carpet is patterned with Prince of Wales's feathers."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Attribution to Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's announcement following imprint: The compleatest [sic] collection in the kingdom. Admitce 1 Shilling., and Watermark: countermark W.
Publisher:
Pub. Dec. 17, 1789 by S.W. Fores at his Caricatura Exhibition Rooms, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Births, Canopy beds, Crucifixes, Monks, and Rugs
New mercury dedicated to the free and independent electors of Westminster
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker identified by British Museum catalogue., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening., One line of text following title: Pull Devil, pull Baker., and Temporary local subject terms: Open carriages: mercury -- Postilions -- Elections: Westminster election, 1796 -- Westminster electors -- Symbols: cap of Liberty -- Staff of Liberty -- Parsons -- Uniforms: Windsor uniform -- Flags -- Crowns: royal crown.
Publisher:
Pub. June [1]st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Gardner, Alan Gardner, Baron, 1742-1809, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: Coaches: King's glass coach -- Crowds -- Opposition: members of the Opposition., Watermark: Strasburg bend with initial W below., Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F., and Collector's stamp on verso: half-length raised figure of fox with initials MW below.
Publisher:
Pub. N 2, 1797, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... where may be seen a compleat model of the guilotin 6 feet high also the head and hand of Ct. Streuenzee, books of caracaturs &c. Admitance 1 Sh., and Temporary local subject terms: Shops: pawnbroker's shop -- Mayors: Lord Mayor of London -- Emblems: mace -- Arms of the City -- Scots.
Publisher:
Pub. May 5, 1793 by S.W. Fore [sic], No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Mrs. Jordan as Priscilla in Lloyd's The Romp -- Literature: allusion to Mrs. Jordan as Pickle in Bickerstaffe's The Spoil'd Child -- Morganatic marriages., and Watermark: I Taylor.
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837