"The three Bow Street Justices sit at a rectangular table (left); Addington in the chair, the scales of Justice, evenly balanced, above his head; on his right and on the extreme left, Bond(?) is writing: 'Wright. W. against [?]...'. The third sits resting his chin on his hands, which are supported on the head of his cane; he gazes fixedly at the culprit. 'Lying-Jack' stands in a rectangular pen formed of posts and rails immediately in front of the justices, his elbows resting on the rail, his hands clasped, his knees bent, tears falling. He says: "Oh! God dang it, - your Worship, do take bail, your Honor tw'ant my fault please your Majesty, that I com'd the Black-guard over him: - God dang it, didn't he say that his thing was printed before mine? & that all my things were only Copies & piracies? - God dang it, your Worship, Ax Almon ye Bookseller if I was a Blackguard all the while I was a Porter! - or ax ye people where I & Wife kept a small-coal Cellar in Leather Lane if I'm a Blackguard! - God dang it, was I act like a Blackguard when I let that Cooper the Printer, pull me by the Nose, only for saying he was a Liar? - god dang it, your honor, was it like a Blackguard when I offer'd to beg Ridgeway's pardon, after he had kick'd my own Arse in my own Shop? - but I sees how the Booksellers all hates me! & wants to ruin me! - & says I lives by only Copying other peoples works your Worship! - 'tho' I only 'bridges 'em! - yes your Worship, they all hates me; & respires against me: & calls me Lying-Jack, your honor, - & Filching Jack the Plagurist! - & Stock'ee Jack the Informer! your honor - ah Gad dang it! Gad dang it, - they'll be my ruin your Honor! Gad dang it Gott damn. . . .[The last words dwindle into illegibility]" From his pocket hangs a paper: 'Speech of the Lord Chanr of Ireland'. Beside him, outside the dock, is a large bundle of books tied together, the wrapper inscribed 'Ways & Means'; these are: 'Sandford & Merton', 'G Nicol... Abridgd Embassy to China', 'D. Cox, Piracy', 'Harpers Pamphlet', 'Philanthropic Society'. Against the bundle lies a porter's knot (a pad for the shoulders attached to a ring which goes over the head) inscribed: 'Lying-Jack his Knot'. With this are the implements of a blacksmith : hammer, pliers, and horse-shoe. On the wall behind him are three bills: 'Lying Jack the Thief Taker'; 'Perjury'; 'Injuntion [sic] of the Court of Chancery agains Lying Jacks copy', and a map: 'Original Map of the Island of St Domingo by W. Faden. Charing Cross.'"--British Museum online catalogue, description of the print of which this drawing is a copy
Alternative Title:
Lying Jack the blacksmith at confession and Lying Jack the bookseller at confession
Description:
Title from note in pencil below image, in artist's hand; word "bookseller" is crossed out and "blacksmith" is written above, inserted with a caret., Date of publication based on that of the print of which this is a copy., Copy of a print by Gillray published 13 March 1798. Cf. No. 9186 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., 'Imprint statement' written in pencil below lower left margin of image: Pubd. March 13, 1798, by Lying Jack., Note written in pencil following 'imprint statement': Price 6 d., for the benefit of the Philanthropic Society., One line of text written in pencil below title: Scene: Bow Street, with Lying Jack answering a charge of abuse & blackguardism., and Mounted on leaf 63 of volume 9 of 12.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 7 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
John Bull stands defiantly in the center of a crowd of angry men -- military officers, gentlemen of various ages, tradesmen, and an amputee -- most of whom hold out bills ranging between £50 and £5000; the speech bubbles above their heads read: "King's taxes"; "Police rate"; "Parish rates"; "Excise duties"; "Tithes church rates pew rents & Easter doos [sic]"; "Sundres &c." John Bull's response reads, "Damme ye had better devour me., ye voratious crew. Am I never to have my hands out of my pocket again, but 't wont last long lads. I shall soon be in the Gazette & then ye lazy drones ye must work hard for you own livings." The man with a large belly on the lower right carries a little dog under his arm
Description:
Title from caption written below image., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., Paper watermarked: J.R. 1828., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxation, Anger, Crowds, Demonstrations, Dogs, Men, Military officers, and Obesity
Volume 1, page 9. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Caricature head and shoulders in profile looking right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger., Subject and printmaker identified by Horace Walpole on his impression in: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq., and after his designs. [Strawberry Hill], [between 1765 and 1792], v. 1, page 9 (Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 49 3563)., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Volume 1, page 9. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Caricature head and shoulders in profile looking right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger., Subject and printmaker identified by Horace Walpole on his impression in: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq., and after his designs. [Strawberry Hill], [between 1765 and 1792], v. 1, page 9 (Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 49 3563)., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted on page 9 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 13.1 x 8.2 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides., and Sheet annotated by Horace Walpole in ink below plate mark: Dr. Goldsmith, drawn & etched by Mr. Bunbury.
Volume 1, after page xxxvi. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Samuel Johnson is shown full-length on the left, facing right and apparently asleep standing up; his knees are bent, his eyes are closed, and his head rests on his left hand. A second man stands on the right, hands in his coat pockets, looking over at Johnson; this figure may be Sir John Hawkins
Alternative Title:
Scene from Boswell's 'Tour'
Description:
Title and date supplied by curator., Alternative title from description of original drawing in: Riely, J. The age of Horace Walpole in caricature. New Haven : Yale University Library, 1973, no. 48., After a drawing that is probably the work of Samuel Collings., Printmaker attribution to Rowlandson from unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 38 x 27 cm., and Bound in after page xxxvi (leaf numbered '41' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Spence, J. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 and Hawkins, John, 1719-1789
A fat man (right), seated in an armchair, undergoes an operation upon the carbuncles of his bloated nose. The thin operator (left) holds the patient's forehead and applies a small pointed instrument (a metallic tractor) to his nose. The seated man grits his teeth, clenches his fists, and winces in pain
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Unsigned; attribution to Gillray from curator., Date inferred from that of the related print., For Gillray's print of similar design that was published in 1801 by H. Humphrey, see no. 9761 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8., This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Metallic tractors -- Perkins, Elisha.
Subject (Name):
Perkins, Benjamin Douglas, 1774-1810
Subject (Topic):
Pain, Quacks and quackery, Quacks, Medical procedures & techniques, and Medical equipment & supplies
William Pitt, wearing a tricorn hat and large sword at his side, stands defiantly shouting at a group of four men and one woman. He holds a rolled document in his fist behind him. One of the men, his hands outstretched as if to hold off Pitt or calm him down, confronts him while his companions cower behind him. The woman has fallen to her knees and turns in terror
Alternative Title:
Dreaded apparition
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Undated, but possibly just after Pitt's death; signed in lower right., Written in pencil in another hand: Vide Life of Mr. Pitt by the Bishop of Winchester. Page 285 - Vol. 1., and Written in pencil on verso in a later hand: Dreaded apparition.
