"A pretty young woman leans from an open street-door towards a stout fishwoman who has planted a basket of fish on the step. A second fishwoman stands beside her, her basket on her head, hands on her hips. The house is a corner one, the door has a carved pediment. Behind are low-gabled houses with casement windows. Beneath the title: 'That Fish Madam's sweet! the girl made no reply, Afraid of her life {and to bid was to buy) The Fagg gave a volley her sister squard Trim Smell the fish! what it stinks Eh? you saucy young Brim'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Earlier issue of a plate later published by S.W. Fores in 1795. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8735., Plate originally published by Alexr. McKenzie in 1786. See Beinecke Library call no.: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2., Four lines of verse below title: That fish madam's sweet! The girl made no reply ..., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Architecture: doorways -- Fish wives -- Baskets -- Lighting: street lights., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 21.5 x 15.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 48 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
"Pitt in the guise of a robber who is about to be hanged. He aims a pistol at the head of a cobbler, saying, "You Rascall, You keep a Shop, and shall pay for it". The cobbler, kneeling hat in hand, in profile to the left, says, "Lord Sir, mines only a Stall, Have mercy on my Wife & Family". Part of his bulk or stall appears behind him (right). Behind Pitt (left) Richmond kneels on the ground, holding out his cocked hat for the coins which the former drops into it; he points to houses of playing-cards which are round him on the ground and represent his scheme of fortifications ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Billy the Bamboozler robbing the cobbler
Description:
Title etched above image., Caption below image: Some account of the life and behavior of William Pett alias Billy the Bamboozler., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., DeGrey's manuscript note on verso., and Watermark: initials F N D [...]
Publisher:
Publishd. January 9th 1789 by H. Humphries, New Bond Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Medical: quacks -- Crutches -- Medicine bottle -- Diseases: gout -- Pictures amplifying subject: portrait of Lord Chatham -- Allusion to Sir Robert Walpole -- Allusion to James Graham -- Allusion to Gustavus Katterfelto -- Conjured: bottle conjurer -- Taxes: satire on excise tax as gout bootiken -- Amputees., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Dent
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
A satire of Pitt's return to office in 1804. Pitt is shown in the chamber of Britannia. Britannia sits listlessly on a bed, holding a sword in one hand. Next to her, leaning against the bed, is her shield and olive branches. Pitt holds aloft a bottle labelled "Constitutional Restorative" as he kicks another man, a caricature of Addington, through the door. Addington is in the process of dropping a bottle labelled "Composing Draft". With his other foot, Pitt steps on the face of a flailing and prostrate Fox, who holds a bottle labelled "Rebublican Balsam" towards Britannia. From Fox's pocket dice and a dice container labelled "Whig Pills" have fallen. Emerging from behind the bed curtains, the figure of Death, a skeleton with the face and plumed bicorne of Napoleon, overturns a table and upsets bottles of medicine and points his sword toward the unsuspecting Britannia
Description:
Title etched below image., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.5 x 37.5 cm, on sheet 28.9 x 41.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 73 of volume 5 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 20th 1804 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character) and Politics & government
A satire of Pitt's return to office in 1804. Pitt is shown in the chamber of Britannia. Britannia sits listlessly on a bed, holding a sword in one hand. Next to her, leaning against the bed, is her shield and olive branches. Pitt holds aloft a bottle labelled "Constitutional Restorative" as he kicks another man, a caricature of Addington, through the door. Addington is in the process of dropping a bottle labelled "Composing Draft". With his other foot, Pitt steps on the face of a flailing and prostrate Fox, who holds a bottle labelled "Rebublican Balsam" towards Britannia. From Fox's pocket dice and a dice container labelled "Whig Pills" have fallen. Emerging from behind the bed curtains, the figure of Death, a skeleton with the face and plumed bicorne of Napoleon, overturns a table and upsets bottles of medicine and points his sword toward the unsuspecting Britannia
Description:
Title etched below image. and In paper frame: 450 x 330 mm. Stamped in upper right corner: "84."
Publisher:
Publish'd May 20th 1804 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character) and Politics & government
"A pugilistic encounter between the Duke of York (left) and Lt.-Col. Charles Lennox (right), both stripped to the waist. The Duke stands with both fists clenched, saying, "Come on my Lad! don't fall without a Blow! I'll tickle your Mazzard, if you dare to stand up like a Man!" Lennox, on one knee, clutches the arm of his second, the Duke of Richmond, saying, "O save me Nunkle! - O Lord! - O Lord! - O Lord! Your H--h--ss is above my Match! - O Lord - I'm not fit to fight any body above your Footman". Richmond puts out a hand to restrain his nephew, saying with an expression of alarm, "For heavens sake, forbear! we are nothing but a brood of Bastards! Bastards begot - Bastards instructed - Bastards in Mind - Bastards in Valour - in every thing illegitimate - we are neither of Blood, or of Honor, to cope with your Hi-h--ss!!" The Prince of Wales, on the extreme left, is his brother's second; he says, with a contemptuous expression, "Fredrick! cant you tip his bottle holder a sly plump in the Bread-basket?" Behind him is a Union flag; behind Richmond are fortifications flying a French flag, symbolizing his French descent and title ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Battle of the bloods, pure & contaminated and Battle of the bloods, pure and contaminated
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse below image, following title: Oft have I seen a hot o'erweening cur, run back & bark because he was with-held, who being suffer'd in the bears fell paw, hath clap'd his tail between his legs & cry'd., "Price 1 sh.", Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Duels: Duke of York and Lt.-Col. Lennox, May 26, 1789 -- Duke of Richmond's fortifications -- Allusion to Charles II -- Flags -- Union Jack -- French flag -- Boxing., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.0 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 27.9 x 38.8 cm., Watermark: S. Lay., and Mounted on leaf 56 of volume 7 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 23d, 1789, by J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Fields
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1764-1819
"A pugilistic encounter between the Duke of York (left) and Lt.-Col. Charles Lennox (right), both stripped to the waist. The Duke stands with both fists clenched, saying, "Come on my Lad! don't fall without a Blow! I'll tickle your Mazzard, if you dare to stand up like a Man!" Lennox, on one knee, clutches the arm of his second, the Duke of Richmond, saying, "O save me Nunkle! - O Lord! - O Lord! - O Lord! Your H--h--ss is above my Match! - O Lord - I'm not fit to fight any body above your Footman". Richmond puts out a hand to restrain his nephew, saying with an expression of alarm, "For heavens sake, forbear! we are nothing but a brood of Bastards! Bastards begot - Bastards instructed - Bastards in Mind - Bastards in Valour - in every thing illegitimate - we are neither of Blood, or of Honor, to cope with your Hi-h--ss!!" The Prince of Wales, on the extreme left, is his brother's second; he says, with a contemptuous expression, "Fredrick! cant you tip his bottle holder a sly plump in the Bread-basket?" Behind him is a Union flag; behind Richmond are fortifications flying a French flag, symbolizing his French descent and title ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Battle of the bloods, pure & contaminated and Battle of the bloods, pure and contaminated
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse below image, following title: Oft have I seen a hot o'erweening cur, run back & bark because he was with-held, who being suffer'd in the bears fell paw, hath clap'd his tail between his legs & cry'd., "Price 1 sh.", Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Duels: Duke of York and Lt.-Col. Lennox, May 26, 1789 -- Duke of Richmond's fortifications -- Allusion to Charles II -- Flags -- Union Jack -- French flag -- Boxing., and Watermark: countermark S. Lay.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 23d, 1789, by J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Fields
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1764-1819
Title from item., Title continues: ... who furnishes house with the most fashionable aricles in any of the above branches, on the shortest notice., Date of publication based on printmaker's death date., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom., Text surrounded on three sides with images of metal housewares with captions below: Variety of plated goods ; Iron chests & book cases ; Compleat sets of camp kitchen furniture ; Smiths work in general., and Part of a collection of 10 trade cards and tickets housed together in a box.
Title from caption etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Debates: Stanhope, House of Lords, June 9, 1789 -- Bills: defeated bill for relieving members of the Church of England, June 9, 1789 -- Furniture: chairs -- Coronets -- Fool's cap -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Parody of a schoolroom -- Clergy: bishops -- Lawyers: chancellors -- Wheelbarrows -- Spades -- Pick-axes., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with initials G R below.
Publisher:
Published June 18, 1789, by S.W. Fores, No. 23 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806 and Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
"Two designs on one plate. Above, a group of spectators seated in a gallery and watching a comedy, all intent and either amused or surprised. Below, a similar group, all of whom weep or look distressed. A man holds a smelling-bottle to a lady's nose (right). A play-bill is inscribed 'Romeo and Juliet' (reversed)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Each title etched below corresponding image., Printmaker signature etched within top image in bottom right; imprint statement etched within lower image in bottom right., Reissue of a plate originally published by T. Rowlandson in 1787; publisher name changed in imprint statement and the year in printmaker signature and imprint changed from "1787" to "1789". Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist v. 1, pages 217-19., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark: T Edmonds 1825., and Printmaker signature mostly obscured by hand coloring.
Publisher:
Publishd. as the act directs, Octr. 8th 1789, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Theater audiences, Children, Fans (Accessories), Monocles, Loss of consciousness, and Staffs (Sticks)