"A fat elderly John Bull kneels in profile to the left, clasping his hands above the seat of a chair on which lies a long tobacco pipe. On the floor is a frothing tankard inscribed 'Golden Lion'. On shelves (right) are small spirit-casks, punch-bowls, &c. He prays to 'Jolly Silenus', asking for success to his 'old Brown Stout', brewed with the help of tobacco and treacle; for success with a certain rich widow, and for 'plenty of smuggled spirits and protection from the Excise-man'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image., Eighteen lines of letterpress text below title: Jolly Silenus, father of all-inspiring Bacchus ..., Printer's line below lines of text: Spragg, printer, 27, Bow-Street, Convent-Garden., and Watermark: R & E 1801.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 20, 1801, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand
"A fat elderly John Bull kneels in profile to the left, clasping his hands above the seat of a chair on which lies a long tobacco pipe. On the floor is a frothing tankard inscribed 'Golden Lion'. On shelves (right) are small spirit-casks, punch-bowls, &c. He prays to 'Jolly Silenus', asking for success to his 'old Brown Stout', brewed with the help of tobacco and treacle; for success with a certain rich widow, and for 'plenty of smuggled spirits and protection from the Excise-man'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image., Eighteen lines of letterpress text below title: Jolly Silenus, father of all-inspiring Bacchus ..., Printer's line below lines of text: Spragg, printer, 27, Bow-Street, Convent-Garden., 1 print : etching with drypoint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 20.2 x 25 cm, on sheet 46 x 29.4 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 75 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 20, 1801, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand
"A young sailor sits on a large sea-chest with folded arms, right leg raised above the chest. He wears short jacket, striped trousers, and buckled shoes, and smokes a short pipe. Behind, rigging and a sail are indicated. He prays to 'Mighty Neptune' for a stout ship, honest messmates, plenty of grog, a good commander, a good prize, brandy, and tobacco. He ends: 'save me from a Guinea-man [slave-ship] and a Tender [used by a press-gang], and I'll serve cheerfully, and sing King George and his Navy for ever. - Huzza! to the end of the Chapter."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below plate line., Three paragraphs of letterpress text below title: O, mighty Neptune! hear an honest British tar ..., 1 print on wove paper : etching with drypoint, hand-colored ; sheet 40.5 x 25.3 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark with loss of printer's line., and Watermark: B & E 1801.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sept. 12, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand and Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent Garden
"A young sailor sits on a large sea-chest with folded arms, right leg raised above the chest. He wears short jacket, striped trousers, and buckled shoes, and smokes a short pipe. Behind, rigging and a sail are indicated. He prays to 'Mighty Neptune' for a stout ship, honest messmates, plenty of grog, a good commander, a good prize, brandy, and tobacco. He ends: 'save me from a Guinea-man [slave-ship] and a Tender [used by a press-gang], and I'll serve cheerfully, and sing King George and his Navy for ever. - Huzza! to the end of the Chapter."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below plate line., Three paragraphs of letterpress text below title: O, mighty Neptune! hear an honest British tar ..., and Mounted on leaf 82 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sept. 12, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand and Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent Garden
A comely widow kneels in profile to the left, facing an upright chair; in her left hand is a handkerchief; her weeds reach from her head to the ground. Her prayer expresses grief, resignation for the loss of three husbands, and a desire for more with, if necessary, a seventh in old age.--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below plate line., Fourteen lines of text printed in letterpress below title: O thou that givest sanction to marriages, and comfortest the widow, prolific hymen! ..., and Mounted on verso of leaf 74 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden and Pubd. June 4th, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Title printed in letterpress below plate line., Printmaker from Grego and from other signed prints in this series., Three paragraphs of text and printer's line printed in letterpress below title: O thou divine little Cupid! ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 80 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 4th, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand and Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent Garden
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 July 1801]
Call Number:
Bunbury 801.07.21.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A soldier with a long stick in his left hand stands in front of wall baiting a muzzled and chained brown bear that stands upright and facing him, paws curled. Off to the right, a second soldier stands behind the first and plays a horn; he also holds a stick in the crock of his left arm. On the far left, a third man, with his back to the viewer, observes the bear, his right arm bent suggesting that he is addressing a comment to the soldier?
Description:
Title from description of earlier state in the British Museum online catalogue., Reissue, with different imprint statement, of a print originally published 1 April 1774. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,6.5., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark, partially trimmed: A. Stace 1801.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 21, 1801, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Trained animals, Chains, Wind instruments, and Staffs (Sticks)
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 July 1801]
Call Number:
Bunbury 801.07.21.01 Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A soldier with a long stick in his left hand stands in front of wall baiting a muzzled and chained brown bear that stands upright and facing him, paws curled. Off to the right, a second soldier stands behind the first and plays a horn; he also holds a stick in the crock of his left arm. On the far left, a third man, with his back to the viewer, observes the bear, his right arm bent suggesting that he is addressing a comment to the soldier?
Description:
Title from description of earlier state in the British Museum online catalogue., Reissue, with different imprint statement, of a print originally published 1 April 1774. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,6.5., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print on laid paper : etching and drypoint, hand-colored ; plate mark 21.3 x 26.9 cm, on sheet 25 x 32 cm., Imperfect; artist and printmaker signatures mostly erased from sheet., Watermark: J. Whatman 179[...?]., and Publisher's stamp (partially trimmed) in lower right corner of sheet: S.W.[F.].
Publisher:
Pubd. July 21, 1801, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Trained animals, Chains, Wind instruments, and Staffs (Sticks)
