"A wild affray round a circular gaming-table seen at close range, only the heads and shoulders of those on the nearer side of the table being visible. An angry military officer wearing a cocked hat, with an empty wallet on the table before him, leans forward aiming his pistol at a lean and elderly man whose 'chapeau bras' and long pigtail indicate that he is French. The latter covers a pile of guineas with his hand and aims a pistol at his assailant. Some of the players are falling over in their eagerness to escape. Between the combatants, and on the further side of the table, one man holds a chair above his head, about to smite the officer; a fellow-officer raises a bottle and a candle-stick to strike the Frenchman. All the persons (sixteen) are in violent action, with which their expressions correspond. Some are in flight, others about to intervene. On the table are a triple candle-stick, a dice-box and dice, a sword, a hat containing coins, and a purse."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker's signature from impression in British Museum., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark and printmaker's signature has been mostly erased., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 1790 by Wm. Holland, Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Fighting, Gambling, Handguns, Men, French, Military uniforms, and British
Leaf 76. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Visit to the camp ; Recruits
Description:
Titles etched below images., Two images on one plate, each with a separate title and signature., Attributed to Rowlandson in the Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog., Restrike. For an earlier issue of the plate, published ca. 1811, see Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog, accession no.: 59.533.1801., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Top image is a reduced copy of no. 6727 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Bottom image is a reduced copy of no. 4766 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 214., and On leaf 76 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Equipment, Military camps, Military uniforms, British, Riding habits, Soldiers, Tents, and Umbrellas
British soldiers showing a party of civilians around their tents erected in an open space. A black boy in livery carries a folded umbrella as he walks behind two gentleman and a tall, long-chinned lady who carries her umbrella open. A soldier is being shaved outside a tent as the group looks on.
Description:
Title from captions below images., Two designs on one plate, each individually titled., Printmaker and questionable date of publication from description in Grego of design on lower half of plate., Plate measurement from later impression in bound volume., Plate also published in: Caricatures. [London], 1836?], page 76., Reduced copies of nos. 6727 and 4766 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, v. 4., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 17.4 x 24.4 cm., Imperfect; upper half of sheet trimmed away, leaving only the lower design of two printed from the same plate., and Artist's signature erased from lower left corner of sheet.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Equipment, Military camps, Military uniforms, British, Riding habits, Soldiers, Tents, and Umbrellas
British soldiers showing a party of civilians around their tents erected in an open space. A black boy in livery carries a folded umbrella as he walks behind two gentleman and a tall, long-chinned lady who carries her umbrella open. A soldier is being shaved outside a tent as the group looks on.
Description:
Title from captions below images., Two designs on one plate, each individually titled., Printmaker and questionable date of publication from description in Grego of design on lower half of plate., Plate measurement from later impression in bound volume., Plate also published in: Caricatures. [London], 1836?], page 76., Reduced copies of nos. 6727 and 4766 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, v. 4., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 17.9 x 25.3 cm., Imperfect; lower half of sheet trimmed away, leaving only the upper design of two printed from the same plate., and Artist's signature erased from lower left corner of sheet.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Equipment, Military camps, Military uniforms, British, Riding habits, Soldiers, Tents, and Umbrellas
Shown full-length, a short man in ill-fitting uniform stands before a cannon. He leans on one sword and has another very large one swung behind his back
Description:
Title etched above imprint and below text., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Five lines of text below image and above title: Some school-boys who were playing at soldiers found one of their number so ill made and so much under size that he would have disfigured the whole body if put into the ranks. What shall we do with him asked one. Do with him says another? Why, make an officer of him., Publisher's statement below image: Prints & drawings lent on the plan of a circulating library, folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany 1st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Topic):
Cannons, Dwarfs, Military uniforms, British, and Swords
Shown full-length, a short man in ill-fitting uniform stands before a cannon. He leans on one sword and has another very large one swung behind his back
Description:
Title etched above imprint at the end of five lines of text., Printmaker from another state in Lewis Walpole collection. This state also lacks the publisher's statement following printmaker's statement. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library 796.01.01.02.2., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left side and top., Five lines of text below image and preceding title: Some school-boys who were playing at soldiers found one of their number so ill made and so much under size that he would have disfigured the whole body if put into the ranks. What shall we do with him asked one. Do with him says another? Why, make an officer of him., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With printseller's stamp: S.W. Fores.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany 1st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Topic):
Cannons, Dwarfs, Military uniforms, British, and Swords
In a series of three images Napoleon Bonaparte is first shown on the left as Emperor wearing royal regalia, with other crowns and pharaoh's insignia at his feet, the Tuilleries Palace behind him, signed "What I was," below and "A cruel tyrant" above. In the second image his weeping figure in military uniform is shown on the tiny island of Elba, and is signed "What I am," below and "A snivelling wretch" above. Lastly, on the right, his corpse hangs from a gibbet, his hat fallen to the ground and ass's ears exposed on his head, with caption "What I ought to be" below and "Hung for a fool" above
Alternative Title:
What I was, what I am, what I ought to be
Description:
Title etched at bottom of plate., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.4 x 34.2 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 23 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1st, 1814, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
"A young military officer wearing a gorget stands at the door of a house, his left hand on the knocker, looking up at two courtesans who lean out of a sash-window over the door. He puts a coin into the hat of a disabled sailor who stands behind him, supported on crutches, his forehead bandaged. Behind the sailor are two itinerant musicians: a man carrying a rectangular box, and a woman turning the handle of a mechanical organ which is slung round her neck, her mouth is open as if singing. The door of the house is ornamented with a carved wooden pediment, and bears a plate "Mrs Mitchel". The knocker has a lion's head. Only the corner of the house appears, the street is "Cleveland Row". A brick wall extends from the house to the left, over it appear trees, and a notice-board inscribed "Men Traps are laid here: every Night also ...." On the wall a placard is pasted, "Dr Leaks Pills. . . "."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "n" in "sins" is etched backwards., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching in brown ink on wove paper ; plate mark 34.8 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 37.9 x 26.9 cm., and Formerly mounted on leaf 14 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. as the act direts [sic], Nov. 27, 1781, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Topic):
Courtesans, Brothels, Military officers, British, Military uniforms, Organ grinders, and Clothing & dress
"A young military officer wearing a gorget stands at the door of a house, his left hand on the knocker, looking up at two courtesans who lean out of a sash-window over the door. He puts a coin into the hat of a disabled sailor who stands behind him, supported on crutches, his forehead bandaged. Behind the sailor are two itinerant musicians: a man carrying a rectangular box, and a woman turning the handle of a mechanical organ which is slung round her neck, her mouth is open as if singing. The door of the house is ornamented with a carved wooden pediment, and bears a plate "Mrs Mitchel". The knocker has a lion's head. Only the corner of the house appears, the street is "Cleveland Row". A brick wall extends from the house to the left, over it appear trees, and a notice-board inscribed "Men Traps are laid here: every Night also ...." On the wall a placard is pasted, "Dr Leaks Pills. . . "."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "n" in "sins" is etched backwards. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pub. as the act direts [sic], Nov. 27, 1781, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Topic):
Courtesans, Brothels, Military officers, British, Military uniforms, Organ grinders, and Clothing & dress
Leaf 42. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A lady and gentleman are enjoying an equestrian promenade, too busily engaged in flirting to notice that their horses are riding over some wandering pigs. A Jew is in a chaise, taking his pleasure in the air; the fair Jewess, his wife, is driving, the rest of their family are by their side. A stout elderly volunteer in his uniform is out for exercise and relaxation, mounted on a heavy horse from the cart, ridden with blinkers."--Grego
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, published ca. 1799, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 372., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], and On leaf 42 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Horseback riding, Carriages & coaches, Swine, Dogs, and Military uniforms
