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 from item., Four columns of verse inscribed below the title: Oh listen, Oh! listen good people. O prick up your ears and attend O ..., Artist from early catalog record: unverified., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Richmond's fortifications -- Windmills -- Muffs -- Female Costume -- False bosoms -- 'Derrières' -- Guns -- Cannons -- Navy ships -- Klingender Collection -- Economy., and Watermark in center of sheet: G. Patch.
Publisher:
Pub as the act directs, for the proprietor, by W. Moore, New Bond Street
Print shows a large group of city officials gathered around a table in Guildhall, some are jumping up and down on the table and have lost their hats and wigs. Posted on the wall are two notices: (1) "Nov. 1st 1786. The Lord Mayor is requested to set aside Parade and Festivity the ensuing 9th Nov. on account of the [death] of the Princess Amelia" and (2) "Guildhall. This day Nov'r. the 9 will be presented, not acted since the death of the Duke of Cumberland, a serious Entertainment called The City Camelions." The behavior of the city officials suggests that they are not pleased that there will be "no dinner - no ball" on Nov. 9th
Alternative Title:
No dinner - no ball
Description:
Title from text above and below image., Attributed to William Dent., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, for the proprietor, by E. Macklew, Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Amelia, Princess, daughter of George II, King of Great Britain, 1710-1786 and Guildhall (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Death & burial, Municipal officials, Distress, Tables, Signs (Notices), Wigs, and Hats
Title from item., Printmaker suggested in British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Statement following imprint: ... of whom may be had the new and much admired prints of A trip to Brighton, The jovial crew, or merry beggears, The sudden squall, &c, &c., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: Coach and four -- Bellow -- Prince's debts -- Personification: Hope -- Anchor with Prince of Wales' motto: Ich Dien -- Hare -- Flowers, and Mounted to 28 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
Pub'd as the act directs for the proprietor, by E. Macklew, Haymarket
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
Title from item., Attribution to Dent from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Taxes -- Literary allusion to Bible: Parable of the loaves and fishes -- House of Commons -- Pensions., and Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Pub'd as the act direts [sic] by J. Brown, Rothbone Place
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, and Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804
"John Bull stands full-face, shouting and stamping with rage, on a block of turf inscribed 'Land-Tax 4s in the pound'. Across his shoulders are two yokes, one inscribed 'National - Debt &c', the other 'Civil-List &c.'; from the four ends hang objects representing taxes. From the left end of the former dangles a figure made up of barrels, bars, &c, the head represented by lighted 'Candles'; it is inscribed 'Excise-Man'; the rope attaching it to the yoke is 'Excise'. Its right hand (left), inscribed 'Auctions', holds out an auctioneer's hammer; the left holds a bottle of Wine, in a stand inscribed 'Plate'. The other portions of the body are inscribed 'Beer', 'Tea', 'Cyder', 'Spirits', 'Malt', 'Tobacco', 'Calico', 'Hides', 'Glass', 'Soap', 'Coffee', 'Chocolate'. Between its legs are the words 'Licenses &c. &c.' The head of a crocodile inscribed 'New Taxes' extends from the lower left corner of the design, directing a barbed tongue at the Excise Man. From the other end of this yoke a bundle of scrolls dangles from a rope inscribed 'Taxes: Maid Servants, Men Servants, Carriages &c, Game, Places, &c &c.' A similar bundle of Stamps hangs from the left end of the Civil-List yoke: 'Medecines', 'Warrants of Attorney', 'Cards & Dice', 'Almanacks', 'Notes', 'Horses', 'Receipts', 'Bonds &c', 'News-papers', 'Pamphlets', '&c. &c.' From the right end of this yoke hangs a pyramid of barrels, sacks, &c, its rope inscribed 'Customs:' they are inscribed respectively, 'Wine', 'Cloth', 'Leather', 'Salt', 'Pepper', 'Coals', 'Sugar', 'Wool', 'Tobacco &c &c.' ..."--British Museum online catalogue., Title etched below image., Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue., and Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Attribution to Dent in British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Kitchen utensils -- Saveall -- Door of the Treasury -- Pensions -- Debts of George IV -- Quebec Act -- Livery of London., and Mounted to 28 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Pub'd as the act directs, for the proprietor, by J. Carter, Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Dorchester, Guy Carleton, Baron, 1724-1808, and Watson, Brook, 1735-1807
