"Three strips arranged horizontally, belonging to the same set as BMSat 9488, &c. There are seven groups, five grotesque or 'Lilliputian', with large heads, the others realistic. One strip is covered by 'A Lilliputian Vauxhall' showing the entrance with ticket office, a supper-box, and the orchestra. Other scenes include: a 'Stilish Muddy', a coach hung very low, and with three footmen behind; a military band in which the cymbal-player and drummer are negroes."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Grotesque borders for rooms and halls and Lillipution Vauxhall!
Description:
"No. 17."--Upper right corner. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
R. Ackerman, no. 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons --England and Satires (Visual works) --England
"A group of men standing outside an inn with the sign of the 'Bugle horn'. One, wearing a broad-brimmed hat, holds in his left hand a paper inscribed 'Courier / Dispatch [?]... / Stocks'. His right forefinger is extended as if laying down the law to his companions. On his right stands a man holding his chin with an expression of deep thought. Next to him (left) is an artisan, listening intently, his breeches unfastened at the knee, his stockings ungartered; he holds a short hammer and is probably a shoemaker. Behind (right) a man wearing a waistcoat over a ruffled shirt, but no coat, lounges against the stump of a tree and listens open-mouthed. On the top of the stump is an open dish of food which a dog is eating."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Copy of a plate originally published in 1772. Cf. No. 5086 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Four lines of verse in two columns below title: The rabble gather round the man of news ..., Printmaker and date range for publication from British Museum online catalogue., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons --England and Satires (Visual works) --England
Four separate sheets, probably not from the same plate, mounted on one leaf. Uppermost sheet has imprint: Pubd. July 12, 1799, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand. The bottom right sheet is entitled "A scene in Hamlet" and is numbered "No. 23.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Printmaker and date based on similar plates. See no. 9691 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Sheets trimmed within plate marks., and Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership. and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons --England and Satires (Visual works) --England
Design consists of two horizontal strips., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Printmaker and date based on similar plates. See no. 9691 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership. and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons --England and Satires (Visual works) --England