"A young man driving (right to left) one of the new high two-wheeled gigs, see British Museum Satires Nos. 5933, 6143. Its small body is poised high on springs above the large wheels; the driver leans forward to whip his pair of high-stepping horses, which are about to descend a precipitous hill. He wears the plain high-crowned hat which was so great a novelty in 1781 (see British Museum Satires No. 5931, &c.) and top-boots. On the panel of the gig is a draped escutcheon with monogram or cipher. In the foreground are bushes and rough ground with a milestone, "Miles XXI"."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with altered imprint statement, of a print originally published 23 July 1782 by J.R. Smith. Cf. No. 6146 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 25, 1802, by Ino. Harris, No. 3 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, & 8 Old Broad Street
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Horses, Whips, and Traffic signs & signals
Title etched above image., Publisher identified from address., Six lines of verse in two columns below image: This doctor from North Britain came, to eat & learn is [i.e., his] trade ..., Temporary local subject terms: Slogans: 'cat's paw', i.e., a person used as a tool by another -- Clubs: Independent Electors of Westminster -- ABuildings: College of Physicians -- Vehicles: open carriage -- Jacobites -- Quackery -- Emblems: cradle -- Zanies -- Reference to Edward Vernon, 1684-1757., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Publisher:
May's Buildings
Subject (Name):
Thompson, Thomas, 1708?-1773
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Medical equipment & supplies, Physicians, Carriages & coaches, Quacks, Horses, and Apes
"Satire based on a novel of the same title on the cruel and hypocritical behaviour of a female former convict with four scenes enclosed within rococo scrolls. The scene on the left shows Polly Haycock, visibly pregnant, standing on a quay chained with a group of other convicts, guarded by a turnkey as they await transportration; above a mask holds a ribbon in its mouth lettered "With Child by the under turnkey, put on board a Lighter, from thence into a Transport Ship bound for Virginia". In the centre are two scenes, the lower one showing a coach travelling through a town being approached by two robbers, one of whom stands at the coach door raising his hands towards the woman sitting inside who wears a watch. Beneath this scene is written "Rob Theif. Or the Lady of ye Gold Watch Polly Haycock". In the scene above this a nearly naked woman is kneeling on a stone, her hands tied behind her back, being whipped by a black man; in the background on the left a man can be seen through a window sitting eating while on the right a man on horseback raises his hands. Written above is "Whipp'd during dinner her master boasting that no Monarch upon earth had so fine Musick as he fancied her Cries. In the Intreim [sic] the Justice Releasing and takes her home". In the fourth scene on the right she stands in a fashionable dress in a grand room holding a stick, a girl lies at her feet in evident distress, her skirt pulled up; a fashionably black page-boy stands on the left and three female servants stand in the background on the right. Above the scene a mask holds a ribbon in its mouth lettered "Her usage to her Free-born English Servants is as they do Negroes and Felons in the Plantations tho' she felt the Mesery herself". Beneath is written Remember Mrs. Branch & her daughter (a reference to the notorious case of Elizabeth Branch who murdered her servant in 1740)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Print made by: George Bickham the Younger. See British Museum online catalogue., Four designs enclosed by scrolls, each with its own inscription., Temporary local subject terms: Boats: lighter -- Plates -- Dishes: tankard -- Food: cooked fowl -- Furniture: table -- Chair -- Mantel -- Female servant -- Female dress: gold watch -- Sticks -- Transports -- Architectural details: Virginia planter's house., and Watermark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Branch, Elizabeth and Haycock, Mary, active 1741
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Carriages & coaches, Criminals, Dogs, Horses, Masks, Prison laborers, Servants, Enslaved people, and Whips
Phaeton and pair are stopped outside a town house, the box of the conveyance raised on an accordion-like mechanism to enable a lady to climb in from the second storey window. She is fashionably dressed with huge ostrich feathers in her enormous headdress, while the driver in laced coat and top boots extends a hand to help her. In the street below a man and woman with two children look on, as another couple look up in astonishment from the doorway of the house
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No. 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, Balconies, Horses, Wigs, Hairstyles, and Clothing & dress
A view from the street: a carriage with a coachman shown driving on the street in front of the Sidebotham shop with a sign over the shop display windows reading: Opposition Caricature Shop. In the opposite direction on the street, a horse gone wild; another horse is trampled by the carriage horse. A woman flees in terror while a gentleman continues to walk, oblivious to the chaos around him. Sign in the upper right: Bang up!! The public are cautioned against a vile and spurious imitation of the above published car[illegible text].
Description:
Title from caption below image., 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:
Publish'd by J. Sidebotham 24 Lower Sackville Street
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Artist is probably James Pollard, 1792-1867., Place of publication from item., In the background, two servants, one black and one white, are on the sidewalk and appear to be starting a fight., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Dean & C. Threadneedle St.
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Black people, Drugs, Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, Horses, and Competition (Psychology).
Title etched below image., Printmaker and artist from British Museum catalogue., Publication date from watermark., and Cf. No. 10488 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8. for different state of print with imprint.
Two ladies driving in a gig, advancing diagonally towards the spectator from left to right, on the road from Hyde Park Corner to Knightsbridge. The gig, which has a crest on its panel, is drawn by a pair of ponies with long tails and manes. The lady driving is standing up, she wears the fashionable driving dress of the period, coat and waistcoat of masculine cut, full skirt without a hoop, large feathered hat; a bunch of seals hangs from her waistcoat. Her companion (right) sits demurely with folded arms; her dress is more feminine. The background shows the front of St. George's Hospital (left).
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mezzotint version of no. 5939 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, without the large board inscribed 'Saint Georges Hospital for Sick' or the inscription on the pedestal 'Tattersal'.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, map & printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Women, Horses, Clothing & dress, and Hats