"The Duchess of St. Albans, fat, flamboyant, moustached, and smiling, stands on a carpeted floor, a glove in one hand, three large feathers in her hair. Curious draperies decorate a deep border to her skirt, and are seemingly intended for money-bags. On the wall is a small framed picture of a melon (cf. British Museum Satires No. 15458). Above: 'Sure thou wert form'd by all the Gods in Council; Who having made a lucky hit, | beyond their journey-work, Cry'd out,--"This is a Woman!"'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Hugeous Duchess
Description:
Title etched below image., Alternative title etched above image: Hugeous Duchess., "A. Sharpshooter" is the pseudonym of John Phillips; see British Museum catalogue., Watermarked paper: J. Whatman 1829., and Offprint on verso
Publisher:
Pub. by E. King, Chancery Lane
Subject (Name):
St. Albans, Harriot Mellon, Duchess of, 1777?-1837
"The irradiated head of George IV in profile to the left, is almost covered by the darkly shaded head of Wellington, which is almost full-face, but glaring to the right with fierce yet apprehensive melancholy. From this darkened mask slants down and to the right a broadening shadow which passes across a terrestrial globe at the base of the design, covering an island inscribed 'England', but leaving 'Ireland' (right) unobscured. The rays from the King's head, only a few of which are covered by the shadow, extend to the margins and illuminate the edge of a border of dark cloud."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Eclipse lately discovered in the Georgium Sidus, and quite unexpected by any of the astronomers
Description:
Title etched below image., "A. Sharpshooter" is the pseudonym of John Phillips; see British Museum catalogue., and Approximate month of publication from the British Museum catalogue: June 1829.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
"Henry Hunt (right) hurls a jar of his 'Hunts Matchless Blacki[ng]' at the Lord Mayor (William Thompson). The Mayor, who wears his gown, raises the City mace defensively in both hands. Hunt registers frenzied rage; he holds a second jar in his left hand; at his feet is a paper: 'Petition against increased Duty on Coals'. Just behind him is a pugnacious coal-heaver clutching a blacking-jar; he says: 'Go it, my covey another black un--d--n me, if Blackey and Coaley can't do it the devil's in 'em.' The Mayor smiles, despite a cascade of blacking. Behind him and on the extreme left is a barrister in wig and gown, probably the Recorder (Newman Knowlys). He says: 'Mind what your at my hearty--keep up your favorite guard or he'll beat you as black as his own factory.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "A. Sharpshooter" is the pseudonym of John Phillips; see British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to: 25 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by S. Gans, 15 Southampton St., Strand
Subject (Name):
Hunt, Henry, 1773-1835, Thompson, William, 1793-1854, and Knowlys, Newman, 1758-1836
Subject (Topic):
Containers, Throwing, Robes, Ceremonial maces, and Petitions
An obese woman hoisted upon her servant's back as her doctor's prescribed cure for flatulence. The lady asks: "O! dear, doctor, has John studied the book?", her doctor replies: "Aye, aye; nothing requir'd but my book, page 75 -gently John! Gently! Page 75". The black servant exclaims: "Eh! eh! Missey, you makey wind for true." The doctor has some resemblance to John Abernethy
Alternative Title:
Cure for flatulency
Description:
Title etched below image., "A. Sharpshooter" is the pseudonym of John Phillips; see British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published November 30, 1829, by S. Gans, 15 Southampton Street, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Patients, Household employees, Dogs, Flatulence, Black people, House furnishings, Costume, History, Obesity, and Servants
Title from caption below image., John Phillips: Satirical printmaker, worked for many publishers from 1825. Dorothy George in the British Museum catalogue suggests that Phillips was the producer of the prints made in 1829-31 by 'A Sharpshooter' and published by S. Gans, mostly pirating William Heath; she also suggests that he was the "false Paul Pry" of 1829 who used Heath's signature of a tiny figure of John Liston. ... A trade card of 'Phillips' also at 16 Brownlow Street is presumably the same man or a member of his family (Heal,56.12)., Text below title: By-and-bye a man will go a hunting after breakfast upon his tay-kettle., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"A farmer, wearing his hat, John Bullish and intimidating, hand resting on a cudgel, stands in a plainly furnished room staring fixedly at a closed door, at which a dog is sniffing. A plumed cocked hat, sword, and boots, just outside the door, tell their story. He says to a terrified maidservant who holds a lighted candle: 'Hulloa Girl! what the devil's all this?--Bring the light this way.--Where's your Mistress?--'. She answers: '--Why, Sir, She--she--she--sh--e--e--e--e--e--e--'. Above the hearth are two small pictures: 'Virtue Rewarded' and 'Village Innocence'. A wall clock points to 10.30. Through a casement window is seen a violent zigzag of lightning."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Lines of dialogue below title: Halloa, girl! What the devil's all this? Bring the light this way. Where's your mistress? ..., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge.
"Satire with a John Bull figure holding a gold coin in his palm and looking angry."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "A. Sharpshooter" is the pseudonym of John Phillips; see British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Mounted to: 46 x 32 cm.
