Leaf 80. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Frederick Zemmerman
Description:
Titles etched below images., Two images on one plate, each with its own title, signature, and descriptive text below., Attribution to Rowlandson from unverified data in local card catalog record., Restrike; originally published ca. 1800? For an earlier issue of the plate (bottom image only), see Wellcome Library no. 42829i., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Reduced copies of two prints published in 1788. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration nos.: 1917,1208.2934 ; 1917,1208.2993., Text below top image: Fred. Zimmerman having escaped from the Abbey of La Trappe & recover'd his beloved mistress is seiz'd and thrown into a dungeon for life., Text below bottom image: The Count de Peltzer mortally wounded by some Austrian foragers on the eve of his marriage., and On leaf 80 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
"Interior view of the chapel, in the prison; condemned prisoners kneel and pray in the Dock, around a coffin."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 57., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 209.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st March 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Chapels, Interiors, Prisoners, Prayer, Coffins, and Pulpits
Title printed in letterpress below plate line., Three paragraphs of text and printer's line printed in letterpress below title: Generous and exhilarating Bacchus, pour down, I beseech thee, ..., Printmaker from unverified data from card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with stipple engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 42.4 x 25.5 cm, Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of printer's line., and Watermark: J. Ruse.
Publisher:
Pub'd. June 4th, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
"Interior of the chapel; the congregation assembled and in prayer, two levels of balconies on either side supported by Doric columns, domed ceiling over altar"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 16., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 114.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st April 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Religious services, Chapels, Altars, and Prayer
An apothecary praying for a host of illnesses to descend on his customers so that he can make more money and "A lean and sour-looking apothecary kneels in profile to the left at a stuffed high-backed elbow-chair, his tricorne hat and gold-headed cane beside him. Behind him (right) are a huge pestle and mortar standing on a block. He prays to 'mighty Esculapius!' to send 'a few smart. Fevers and some obstinate Catarrhs', calls down curses on the 'new-invented waterproof (the earliest instance of the word in the 'O.E.D.' is an advertisement of Jan. 1799), asks for compassion to his book of bad debts, and pins his hopes on the squire's lady having an heir which he may 'bring handsomely into the world ...'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image., Nineteen lines of letterpress text below title: O mighty Esculapius! hear a poor little man overwhelm'd with misfortunes ..., and One of a series of broadsides. For information on the series, see page 51 in v. 8. of the the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. 30 July 1801 by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand and Spragg, printer, 27, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden
"A plump woman kneels with clasped hands in profile to the left before an upright chair. She addresses 'Enchanting Pharaoh' (Faro), asks for ability to pay a debt of £5,000 to Captain Simper, for the frustration of a design upon her virtue, for protection for her Bank and especially for the protection of 'all our Honorable, and Right Honorable Fraternity from the Lectures of L-d K-n [Lord Kenyon], and all the dire horrors of the stocks and pillory!'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image., Four paragraphs of letterpress text below title: Enchanting Pharaoh, thee I address ..., and Bottom edge of sheet trimmed with probable loss of printer's line: Spragg, printer, 27, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden.
Publisher:
Pub'd. August 1st, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand and Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent Garden
"A young jockey in peaked cap and spurred boots, slim and almost girlish, kneels with clasped hands in profile to the left before a plain chair, his riding-whip beside him. On the wall is a picture of two jockeys galloping almost neck and neck. He prays to 'mighty Nimrod' and, in terms of the turf, asks for a wife, 'a filly well-bred'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below plate line. and Three paragraphs of letterpress text below title: O mighty Nimrod! to thee I pray for a helpmate, send me a wife, I beseech thee, such as will suit a lover of the turf and chace, and as I am to be saddled to her for life, let her be gentle in her nature, have a good fore-hand, and go well upon her pasterns ...
Publisher:
Pub'd. Augst. 10, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand and Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent Garden
A thin man in shabby clothes, kneels in prayer before a candle on a chair, bedcurtains on either side of the chair; his toes through his worn shoes. The window panes in his room are broken
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image., Three paragraphs of letterpress below title: Plutus thou God of wealth and riches, deign to listen to thy humble votary..., 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:
Pubd. Feby. 10, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
A medicine vendor kneeling and praying. Doctor Rock (Richard Rock 1690-1777) was an itinerant medicine vendor who frequented the London areas of St. Pauls and Covent Garden. He was famous for his "anti-venereal, grand, specifick pill". He was satirised in several caricatures: W. Hogarth represented him in A harlot's progress pl. V; The march to Finchley; and The four times of the day, morning and "A fashionably-dressed man kneels in profile to the left at a large chest of 'Patent Medecines', on which is a duck with the inscription 'Quack. Quack. Quack' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 5766]. A hanging candelabra and a festooned curtain indicate wealth. He prays to the shade of Dr. Rock, describes the composition of his famous Vegetable Drops, and asks for the continuance of 'my Carriages and Equipage, my Town and Country Residence, and all other good things of this life ...'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image., Publisher from imprints present on other plates in the series. For information on the series, see page 51 in v. 8. of the the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Date of publication from Grego., and Twenty-one lines of letterpress text below title: Illustrious shade of the renowned Dr. Rock, still continue, I beseech thee ...
Publisher:
R. Ackermann and Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Rock, Richard, 1690-1777 and Doctor Botherum.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Selling, Drugs, Medicine, Chests, Ducks, Costume, Candelabra, Draperies, Prayer, Quacks, and Patent medicines
Title, printmaker, and imprint from Grego., Six lines of quoted verse below design: "After supper of heaven I dream, but that is fatt pullets & clouted cream ..., Companion print to: The holy friar., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.