"An old sow lies exhausted on a pile of straw outside a sty roofed with dilapidated thatch. She is beset by thirty-two voracious piglets with human heads. [The identifications are those of Miss Banks, confirmed by Lord Holland. The identifications of Wright and Evans are incomplete; Ellenborough is called the Speaker.] John Bull, a clumsy yokel in a smock, holding a pitchfork, looks over the low stone wall surrounding the sty. He exclaims: "O Lord - O Lord! - well! - I never had such a Litter of hungry Pigs in all my life before! - why, they's beyond all count! - where the devil do they think I shall find Wash & Grains for all their Guts? - zookers, why they a drain the poor old Sow to an Otomy! - 'e'cod She'll make but bad Bacon for Boney, when they's all done sucking o' her - !!!' In the centre of the struggling mass of pigs is Fox with Grenville on his left. and Grey on his right. He bestrides the Duke of Clarence, whose hind-quarters only (clad in blue and buff) are visible, and supports his right. hind-leg on the back of the Prince of Wales, who is in back view but wearing a ribbon and unmistakable. Grey also clambers over the Prince. On Grenville's l. is his fat nephew, Lord Temple. The head next Grenville is that of Sidmouth, across whose back Lord Henry Petty scrambles open-mouthed. Above Petty, Sheridan scrambles avidly over the sow; Erskine, in his Chancellor's wig scampers over the sow's hind leg. Lauderdale, whose body is chequered to indicate tartan, is behind Grenville, next him (l.) is Vansittart; on the left of the latter is a group of three plump pigs one with the head concealed, the others smiling with complacent anticipation; they are Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn and his two brothers, see BMSat 9760, &c. Behind them (l.) three pigs scamper towards the sow (l. to r.): Tierney, the Duke of Bedford, and Lord Derby. Behind again, and on the extreme left. are five rather smaller animals: George Walpole, Adair (half cut off by the margin), Burdett, Horne Tooke wearing clerical bands, and Lord Carlisle. On the r. of Grey and the Prince are Lord St. Vincent, with a foreleg on the Prince, Courteney, a foreleg on Grey, Lord Spencer who has secured a teat, and Windham who clambers downwards from the sow's shoulder. Between Courteney and Spencer is a pig whose head is concealed, 'not meant for any body'. Climbing up the farther side of the sow and on the r. are Lord Ellenborough in his wig, Lord Fitzwilliam, and Moira who scampers on the creature's back."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
New litter of hungry grunters sucking John-Bulls-old-sow to death
Description:
Title etched below image., Watermark, partially trimmed: J. Whatman 1817., and Mounted on leaf 16 of volume 6 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 5th, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Vansittart, Nicholas, 1766-1851, Williams-Wynn, Watkin, 1772-1840, Wynn, Charles Watkin Williams, 1775-1850, Wynn, Henry Watkin William, 1783-1856, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Walpole, George, 1761-1830, Adair, Robert, Sir, 1763-1855, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, St. Vincent, John Jervis, Viscount, 1735-1823, Courtenay, John, 1738-1816, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Windham, William, 1750-1810, and Fitzwilliam, William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, Earl, 1748-1833
"Fox and Lord Henry Petty stand at the door of a ramshackle tenement house; a distressed family look down at them from an open casement window over the door. Petty's hand is on the knocker; he holds a large open book and shouts "Taxes! Taxes! Taxes!" Behind his ear a pen. The book, on which Fox puts both hands, is inscribed: 'New Taxes, Property Tax 10 per Cent, Small Beer Tax, Tax on Servant Maids, Iron tax [scored through], new Malt Tax, new Window Tax, new Stamp Tax, Hats, Salt, Tobacco, Shoes, Shirts, stock[ings]'. Between door and window is a board: 'John-Bull, - late Dealer in the Shop-below; - Moved Upstairs: NB - Porter-age done; Shoes clean'd &c.' The angry John, much dishevelled, holds open the window to shout down: "Taxes? - Taxes? - Taxes? - why how am I to get Money to pay them all? - I shall very soon have neither a House, nor Hole to put my head in." Fox answers: " - a house to put your \ "head in? - why what \ "the Devil should you want \ "with a House? - hav'nt \ "you got a first-Floor-Room \ "to live in? - & if that is too \ "dear, can't you move into \ "the Garret or get into the \ "Cellar? - Taxes must \ "be had, Johnny! - come \ "down with your Cash \ "its all for the good \ "of your dear \ "Country!" In Fox's coat pocket is a large money-bag inscribed 'Poundage'. Behind John stands woman holding an infant in each arm, another child gnaws a bone; two others one with a skull-like head, look from the window. On the ground floor (l.) is a shuttered window placarded 'This Shop to Let Enquire of the Tax Gatherer'. The window above it has been bricked up to escape the tax; a lean cat looks from the casement under the eaves. From the window above John Bull (a corner only visible) hang a ragged shirt and stockings. A lamp projectine from the house (a corner one) is broken. Against the wall beside the door (r.) is a pump at which are three ragged children: a little boy pumps, another kneels to put his mouth to the gushing water, while a little girl with a raw turnip eagerly waits her turn. On the pump are two inscriptions: 'New Brewery for the Benefit of the Poor - C.J. F - in ye Chair - Resolved . . .' and 'Erected 1806 C.J Volpone [cf. BMSat 9892, &c.] - Overseer'. By the children lie a hoop-stick and a hoop from a barrel and inscribed 'Whitbreads Entire' [cf. BMSat 10421, &c.]. On the left. are barrels inscribed 'Home-Brew'd Small-Beer Ten Shillings a Barrel Duty'. Across the road (l.) is a pawnshop with the sign of the three balls: 'Broad-bottom Pop-Shop' [see BMSat 10530]. In the upper windows of the prosperous shop are piles of moneybags inscribed 'Pension' and 'Sinecure'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Friend of the people and his petty new tax gatherer paying John Bull a visit
Description:
Title etched below image. and Mounted on leaf 25 of volume 6 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 28th, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863
Two prostitutes stand on a street identified as the notorious Gunpowder Alley; the one woman on the right with crossed-arms turns her head to talk to a short man. On the left, a man in a shop with a sign over the door "Booth's Best British Gin" pours a glass for a woman who stands at the counter. On the wall behind the two women are posters: "Leakes slavation exploded one small pill is a dose ..." and "Globe Insuranc. Lives & Property saved from Fire."
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 34 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 7th, 1806, by T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James Street, Adelphi
A night scene (or early morning) in a London street. A countryman responds to the advances of two young prostitutes, one of whom takes a handkerchief from his coat-pocket. They are lit by the lantern hanging in a watchman's box; the aged watchman sleeps, leaning his arms on the half-door. Behind, in shadow, are the houses. Below the title: Careful Observers, studious of the Town, Shun the Misfortunes that disgrace the Clown. Gay's Trivia.--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Original imprint statement partially burnished out and scratched through but legible., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For a description of the original imprint see no. 10646 Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 33.8 x 24.1 cm., Bottom left corner of sheet missing., and Mounted on leaf 35 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 20, 1806, by T. Rowlandson, James St., Adelphi
"Fox, in a diver's dress which leaves his face and hands bare, stands on the bed of the ocean, speaking, through a tube inscribed 'Haul up', to his assistants in a boat; these haul on a pulley attached to the mast of the boat, but cut off by the upper margin. Fox has fastened the rope to a chest inscribed '10 Per Cent'; this, with an anchor inscribed 'Pig Iron' and three barrels, one inscribed 'Beer Tax', lies on the ocean bed. He turns his back on the dead body of John Bull, lying on his back, beside the wrecked hull of the 'Constitution Cutter - John Bull commander (whose cargo he is seizing); only the top of the mast projects above the surface of the 'Ocean of Taxation'; on this a carrion bird perches, another flies towards it. The boat from which Fox has descended is 'The Experiment'; in it are salvaged money-bags inscribed '10 Pr Cent'; its crew are (l. to r.), Windham (?), Sheridan, Erskine, and Petty."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Year of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 37 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 31, by T. Rowlandson, N. 1, James St., Adelphi
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, and Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Barrels, Diving suits, and Shipwrecks
A torrent of taxes gushes from the mouth of Lord Henry Petty, chancellor of the exchequer, emptying into the "Unfathomable Sea of Taxation" in which John Bull is drowning in full view of greedy cormorants representing members of the Grenville ministry which was formed after the death of William Pitt
Alternative Title:
John Bull swamped in the flood of new taxes
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Williams in the British Museum catalogue., A copy of a print by Gillray. Cf. No. 10564 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.0 x 35.4 cm, on sheet 25.9 x 36.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 23 of volume 6 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1806 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Adair, Robert, Sir, 1763-1855
Subject (Topic):
Taxes, John Bull (Symbolic character), Fountains, Cormorants, and Rowboats
"On the r. a rustic fountain gushes from the mouth of Lord Henry Petty, whose head and shoulders emerge from a stone wall or rock surrounded by trees. The water expands and falls by billowing stages into a sea, the horizon (l.) inscribed 'Unfathomable Sea of Taxation'. In this sea 'cormorants', with human heads and huge beaks (projecting from their profiles) and pelican-like pouches, are greedily fishing, while a rowing boat founders, throwing into the water John Bull, who drops an oar inscribed 'William Pitt'; only his head (submerged up to the mouth) and arms emerge. The water from Petty's mouth is inscribed (thrice) 'New Taxes'; the upper level of the fountain: 'New Salt Tax', 'new Coffee Tax', 'new Tea Tax', 'new Hop- Tax', 'new Malt-Tax', 'new Assessed Taxes', 'New Tax on Sugar', 'New Spirit Tax', 'New Tobacco Tax', 'New Candle Tax', 'New Glass Tax'. The lower level: 'new Cyder Tax', 'New Soap Tax', 'New Auction Tax', 'New Table Beer Tax', 'New Snuff Tax', 'new Horse Tax', 'new Servants Tax', 'new Leather Tax', 'new Dog Tax', 'New Hair Powder [Tax]', 'new Soap Tax', 'new House Tax', 'new Land-Tax', 'New Stamp-Tax', 'new Window Tax', 'New Hat Tax'. The sea is inscribed 'New-Property-Tax' [in whose waves John Bull drowns], 'New Legacy Tax', 'New Iron-Tax', 'New Excise-Duties', 'New Game Tax'. The most prominent bird is Grenville, on a rock by the water's edge; he stands on a pile of large fish, and throws up his head to swallow two monster fish: 'Treasury' and 'Exchequer'. Behind his back stand Sidmouth and Sheridan, greedily taking fish from Grenville's pile. Beside Grenville stands Fox, equally large, stooping over the water, to receive a dense mass of fish which leap as if by suction into his mouth; other fish swim and leap towards him. Beside Fox is the head and elongated neck of Moira, with a large lobster in his beak. On the extreme left. Windham skims the water, flying towards a number of crabs. Grey (Lord Howick) swims, holding in his beak two eels. A bird in judge's wig has dived head first; its solid shape suggests Ellenborough rather than Erskine. On the r. three birds skim downwards over the rocks towards Sidmouth; they are Bedford followed by Horne Tooke (wearing bands, cf. BMSat 9716, &c.) and Burdett. On the water's edge in the middle distance stands Buckingham, wearing a ribbon and swallowing three large fish. Little Lord Derby beside him stoops for one small fish. In the sky a flight of countless birds makes for the fish. Only the three leaders have human heads; the first has the features of Lauderdale, the one behind him resembles Adair."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bull swamped in the flood of new-taxes
Description:
Title etched below image. and Mounted on leaf 22 of volume 6 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 9th, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Adair, Robert, Sir, 1763-1855
"A tall man in fashionable riding-dress stands in profile to the left, talking to a jockey; he holds a notebook and pencil in gloved hands. He wears a top-hat with deeply curved brim, voluminous swathed neckcloth and shirt-frill, single-breasted coat, with breeches and top-boots like those of the jockey. The latter wears a white jacket with pink sleeves and cap, and holds riding-whip and papers."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Hero of the turf and his agent
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 21 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.5 x 19.9 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figures identified as "Captn. Mellish & Buckle" in pencil below plate mark.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Mellish, Henry Francis, 1782-1817 and Buckle, Francis, 1766-1832
"A sea-monster (l.) with a cavernous mouth spouts two cascades which deluge an open packet-boat (r.) manned by the new Ministry; these are respectively 'Ridicule' and 'Contempt'. The monster has the horns of a bull and a lashing tail which churns up the water. The boat is in danger also from heavy waves; to her broken mast is lashed (with tricolour bands) a broom to which the single patched sail is tied. (A broom at the masthead signified that the ship was for sale.) This sail is filled by a blast from a wind or winged cherub with the head and shoulders of the Prince of Wales, wearing a round hat, with his feathers, and bulky cravat, and surrounded by heavy clouds. Between packet and whale is the barrel thrown out by the crew. This is inscribed 'Real Constitutional Spirits - No Maidstone' with the letters 'MT' [empty]. In the boat are (l. to r.) Erskine, Sheridan, Petty, Grenville (dressed as a naval officer), Windham, Spencer, Fox, Grey, and at the tiller, Lord Ellenborough in wig and gown. The most prominent are Fox and Grey who have just thrown the cask. It looks as if by means of the cask and the Prince the packet will escape the whale, and reach the calmer waters near the horizon. Partly above the horizon is a rising sun (cf. BMSat 10258) inscribed 'Power'; its rays are 'Cheese Parings', 'Candle Ends', 'Pluralities', 'Dissipation', 'Sensuality', 'Libertinism', 'Private Pickings'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of text following title: Representing an empty-barrel tossed out to amuse the great Leviathan-John-Bull, in order to divert him from instantly laying violent hands upon [the] new coalition packet. Vide Swifts preface to the Tale of a tub., and Mounted on leaf 18 of volume 6 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 14th, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, and Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818
"The undergraduate walks diagonally (right to left) across the grass of a College court; under his arm is a book: 'Advice to Freshmen'. Behind him (right) the grossly obese Master stands in a Gothic doorway leading from a staircase, pointing angrily at the culprit. A shambling man with a broom stands obsequiously beside the doorway, looking over his shoulder apprehensively at the unconscious undergraduate, who leaves a trail of conspicuous footprints on the turf. A Fellow in a mullioned window next the doorway scowls at the young man through a glass."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Rake's-progress at the university. No. 2
Description:
Title from text within curly brackets below image, following series title., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Second of five prints in a series entitled: The rake's progress at the university., 1 print : etching with aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 30.1 x 42.3 cm., Watermark: Ruse & Turners 1806., and Mounted on leaf 43 of volume 11 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd October 22d, 1806, by H Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
