"Lord Wycombe, scarcely caricatured, walks to the left, his head in profile, left hand on hip, right on a club-like walking-stick. His coat is curiously cut, his (striped) waistcoat longer and breeches shorter than the contemporary fashion. He wears a neck-cloth and shoes. His gait is slouching and his dress rather slovenly. Clouds form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One line of quoted text below title: "Whenever I wish to form a proper estimate of a mans mind, I observe his manners & dress." Lord Chesterfield., and Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: waistcoat -- Breeches -- Literature: quotation from Earl of Chesterfield's (1694-1773) Letters.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 8th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, John Henry Petty, Marquess of, 1765-1809
"Rows of French soldiers (left) do infantry drill with muskets seated on the backs of sorry asses (cf. BMSat 9361), with no harness but rope halters. The man in the foreground (the others being concealed by the closeness of the ranks), though smart, is ragged, his foot projecting through the boot. Their officer (right), with raised sword, gives the word of command seated on an ass which brays with outstretched neck at the other asses. He has a saddle and his ass is in slightly better condition. Clouds form a background. See BMSat 9355, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One of seven plates on the French Expedition to Egypt, purported to have been drawn by a fellow expedition member., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Egyptian campaign, 1798-1801-- Military: French soldiers -- Military uniforms: French army, 1798 -- Asses -- Reference to Ibrahim Bey, Chief of Mamelukes (1735-1816).
Publisher:
Pubd. March 12th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
"Two Frenchmen, who have been attempting to domesticate the crocodile, are seized by the angry beasts. A monster seizes in its jaws the leg of the man who has attempted to ride it; the man clasps halter and whip, his saddle lies on the ground together with a large book, 'Sur l'Education du Crocodile', beside which are three plates: 'Planche 1st', a Frenchman rides a crocodile; 'Pl: 2de', a Frenchman drives a high phaeton drawn by a pair of crocodiles; 'Pl: 3me', a small boat is drawn through the water by a crocodile. In the middle distance (right) a crocodile seizes the coat of a terrified man, who drops a book: 'Les Droits du Crocodile' (cf. BMSat 9352). A third crocodile (left) with hungry jaws climbs from the reeds fringing the river."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One of seven plates on the French Expedition to Egypt, purported to have been drawn by a fellow expedition member., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Egyptian campaign, 1798-1801-- Allusion to Institut d'Égypte -- Crocodiles -- Pictures amplifying subject: prints of crocodiles pulling carriage, ship, and used as a mount -- Riding gear -- Books -- Animal attacks.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 12th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
"An ugly man (left) kneels (on a spotted handkerchief) at the feet of a plain old maid seated on an upright chair; he holds her left hand, his right is on his breast. She holds up her fan in a way more encouraging than coy. Both grin broadly. A patterned carpet and plain wall complete the design."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Couples -- Female dress, 1799 -- Furniture: ladderback chair -- Furnishings: carpet.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 14th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
"A grotesque, obese, and negroid Copt, holding a mace or staff, rides (right to left) an ass which, though led procession-ally by a Copt, proceeds on account of the bayonet with which a grinning French soldier stabs its hind quarters. The 'Mayor' wears a French military coat and breeches, with a tricolour scarf and cocked hat with large tricolour plumes. He is otherwise naked, and a heavy chain of beads hangs from his ear. The 'Procureur' is naked except for a cocked hat and tricolour scarf; he carries a (?) goad as a staff of office. Behind his ear is a pen."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One of seven plates on the French Expedition to Egypt by Gillray, purported to have been drawn by a fellow expedition member., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Egyptian campaign, 1798-1801-- French soldiers -- Military uniforms: French army, 1798 -- Asses -- Inaugurations: Coptic Mayor of Cairo -- Copts -- Procurers -- Staves: goad as a staff of office -- Allusion to Copies of Original Letters From the Army of General Bonapart in Egypt, Intercepted by the Fleet.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 12th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A magnificently mounted Turk (right) raises his spear to transfix a ragged French soldier who is about to be thrown by the donkey (cf. BMSat 9357) whose ear he clutches. The Frenchman's musket is awkwardly held and goes off innocuously; defence is impossible."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One of seven plates on the French expedition to Egypt by Gillray, purported to have been drawn by a fellow expedition member., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Egyptian campaign, 1798-1801-- Military: French soldiers -- Military uniforms: French army, 1798 -- Asses -- Horses -- Male costume: Turk -- Weapons: spears -- Guns: rifles.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 12th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
"Two ladies (left) walk arm-in-arm to the left; a good-looking man, extravagantly dressed, stands (right) legs apart, head turned to inspect them as if they were strange specimens. One, short and fat, wears a round straw cap over a shock of hair which covers her eyes, she holds up a small jointed parasol to shield her face. The other, taller, wears a shovel-shaped scoop of straw tied to her head and projecting far beyond her face. Both have bare arms with long gloves, and transparent draperies which define the figure. The man wears an exaggerated Jean de Bry coat with high inflated sleeves, cut above the waist in front, with tails which show between his legs. A high swathed neck-cloth covers his chin and sets off bushy whiskers. His boots have high tasselled fronts above the knee and elongated toes. There is a background of trees with three other figures similarly dressed, one wears striped trousers of nautical cut instead of boots and pantaloons."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Explanation of title in lower left corner: *for the origin of the word consult the Johnnesonian dictionary, edition of 1799., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Female dress: high-waisted transparent dresses, 1799 -- Female dress: bonnets -- Parasols -- Male dress: tasselled boots -- Male dress: neck-cloth -- Male dress: Jean de Bry coat -- Kensington Gardens -- Reference to Thomas Johnes (1748-1816) -- Books: Allusion to Samuel Johnson's Dictionary -- Eyeglasses: quizzing glass.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 25th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
"An elderly courtier of the 'ancien régime' (left) bows low, in profile to the right, grimacing: 'Je suis voire tres humble Serviteur'. His features are aquiline; he wears a high toupet wig and a large black bag (which flies into the air as he bows) with a solitaire ribbon round the neck. His small tricorne hat is in his right hand, his left hand is on his breast; his fingers are extravagantly pointed. His successor (right) stands in back view, legs astride, hands thrust deep into his coat-pockets, a bludgeon projecting vertically from the left pocket. His head, with blunt, coarse features, is turned in profile to the left, to say: "Baiser mon Cu [sic]". He has shaggy hair with a long pigtail queue, and wears a large cocked hat, one peak on his neck, round which is a clumsy neck-cloth. His coat is loose with broad collar and projecting revers. His breeches are tied beneath the knee, showing striped stockings above very wrinkled boots with grotesquely pointed toes."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
French gentleman of the Court of Egalité, 1799
Description:
Title from text in image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Male costume: French courtier, 1799 -- Wigs: bag wig, 1799 -- Queue wig, 1799 -- Boots., and Matted to 36 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 15th, 1799 by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom., One of the series of prints depicting Suvorov's Russian Army., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Prints and drawings lent to copy., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Male costume: Kalmuck Tartar, 1799 -- Clergy: Russian Orthodox priest -- Weapons: bows and arrows.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1st, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
"A plebeian family of 'cits' drive in a rough two-wheeled cart (aping a fashionable gig) drawn by a clumsy carthorse. The man drives, wearing cocked hat and top-boots; his wife, wearing large feathers in her small straw cap, holds up a fan. Both are absurdly complacent. A boy and girl are crammed in. Behind rides a fat and grinning footman, with plodding dog. On the extreme right a newsboy with the 'London Gazette' blows his horn. Behind (left) is an open doorway inscribed 'Mash Brewer'; within are casks. The wall is inscribed 'Puddle Dock', and on it are two bills: 'Theatre Royal Covent Garden the Comedy of the Bankrupt with High Life Below Stairs and A House to be let in Grosvenor Square Suitable for a Genteel Family' (they appear to be bound for this house). Houses form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Road to ruin in the east
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: carts -- Breweries -- Mash -- Newsboys -- Literature: reference to High Life Below Stairs by James Townley (1714-1778) -- Reference to The Bankrupt by Samuel Foote ( 1720-1777)-- Puddle Dock -- Female dress: plumed hats -- Expressions of speech: 'road to ruin'., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 23.4 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 24 x 37 cm., Printmaker's name burnished from plate., and Watermark: Russell & Co 1797.
The interior of the 'Cave of Despair', with demons put to flight by a ray of divine light from the letters 'I A H' in a triangle in the upper left corner of the design. Three wizards (right) in monkish robes tend a boiling cauldron inscribed: 'Eye of Straw & toe of Cade ... For the ingredients of our cauldron'. Facing them (right) sits the Devil enthroned, holding a trident, with a three-headed scaly monster beside him; he says: "Pour in Streams of Regal Blood Then the Charm is firm & good." Burning pamphlets feed the fire under the cauldron; they are being heaped up by Horne Tooke, from whose mouth issues a label: 'H - T. Tis time tis time tis time'. The next, stirring the contents, says "Thrice! and Twice King's Heads have fallen". The third (? Dr. Towers), [Perhaps Dr. Parr; Towers died 20 May 1799.] flourishing a broom-stick, says, "Thrice the Gallic Wolves have bayed"; he holds an open book: 'Lying Whore \ False Swearing'. Behind the wizards is a procession of the Opposition. The first three (abreast) are Bedford, Norfolk, and Lord Derby. They say respectively: "Where are they! - gone Pocketed the Church and Poorlands The Tythes next" ..."Oh fallen Sovereingty degraded Counseller" ...; "Poor joe is done No test or Corporation Acts" ... The next three are Fox, Erskine, and Tierney; they say respectively: "Where can I hide my secluded Head" ... "Ah woe is me - poor I" ... "Would I had never spoke of the Licentiousness of the Press". Behind them is Burdett, saying, "What can I report to my Friends at the Bastile" .... Behind there is an undifferentiated crowd entering the cave and headed by Thelwall holding a volume of 'Thelwalls Lectures' ... exclaiming, "Tm off to Monmouthshire". The procession is watched by a snaky monster (left). Above their heads and resting on clouds are small figures: the King, allegorically depicted, holding a serpent in each hand. Behind him are Pitt, saying, "Suspend their Bodies", (?) Grenville, (?) Windham, saying "Almighty God has been pleased to grant us a great Victory", and Kenyon, saying "Take them to the Kings Bench & Cold Bath fields" ... The divine ray is inscribed: 'Afflavit Deus et dissipantur \ Your Destruction cometh as a Whirlwind \ Vengeance is ripe.' Four winged demons fly off (right) in the smoke of the cauldron, three have collars on which their names are engraved: 'Robesp[ierre]', 'Voltaire', and 'Price'. An ape dressed as a newsboy, with 'Courier' on his cap (..., blows his horn towards the cauldron. Behind him, in the extreme right corner, is an open book: 'Analitical Review \ Fallen never to rise again.' The seditious papers which feed the fire are: 'Equali[ty]'; 'Blasphemy Sedition'; 'Sophims' [sic]; 'Heresy'; 'Atheism'; 'Resistance is Prudence'; 'Belshams History'; 'Whig Club'; 'The Vipers of Monarchy and Aristocracy will soon be strangled by the Infant Democracy' ... 'Fraud'; 'Third of September' [see BMSat 8122]; 'Rights of Nature' [by Thelwall, attacking Burke, 1796]; '21st of January' ... 'Frends Atheism'; 'Quigleys Dying Speech'... 'O'Connors Manifesto' ... 'Oakleys Pyrology'; 'Deism'; 'Kings can do good Joel Barlow'; 'Uritaranism' [sic]; 'Sedition'; 'France is free'; 'Duty of Insurrection'; 'Darwins topsy turvy Plants and Animals Destruction' [cf. BMSat 9240]; 'Kings are S------TS' [serpents, as in Barlow's 'Conspiracy of Kings', pub. J. Johnson, 1792]; 'Political Liberty'. 1 February 1799 Etching and Temporary local subject terms: Opposition -- Press: attack on radical press -- Potions -- Allusion to the Whig Club -- Reference to Kosciuszko uprising, Poland, 1794 --Reference to Jack Cade's Rebellion, 1450 -- Reference to Jack Straw and Wat Tyler -- Reference to the Great Rebellion, 1381 -- Reference to the Duke of Bedford's family
Description:
Title etched below image., Imprint altered: 'J. Wright, Piccadilly' after publication date burnished from plate., Frontispiece from: The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine. London, 1799, v. 2., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd February 1st, 1799, for the Anti Jacobin Review, by T. Whittle, Peterborough Court, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Voltaire, 1694-1778, Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794, Price, Richard, 1723-1791, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802, Thelwall, John, 1764-1834, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
Subject (Topic):
Caves, Devil, Demons, Monkeys, Monsters, Vice, and Wizards
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Two lines of text within image: That's for comtempt in court you scoundril ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: riding habit -- Yokels., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23 x 30 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of series title and number., and Printmaker's name erased from this impression.
Title from item., From Laurie and Whittle series of drolls., Plate numbered '227' in lower left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Seasons: winter -- Female dress: fur muffs -- Male dress: great coat with capes -- Skates -- Trades: cook's boys -- Food: sucking-pig -- Buildings: lottery office -- Lottery tickets.
Publisher:
Pubd 12th Feby. 1799 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Criminal portrait; three-quarter length with hands to side wearing a hat. Gibbs was tried twice in the autumn of 1799 for falsely accusing men of robbing her; After making many similar attempts, being recognized, assaulted by the mob, and protected by constables, she was at last found to be insane. See British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Six lines of text below title: She addresses herself to decent dressed men, as a servant out of place, or a Quaker, pretends a deal of modesty, and if she cannot prevail by these means, she then accuses them of having robbed her ..., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F.
A man lies on his back in bed, his face set in grim resignation, as his wife leans over him lecturing him, "Yes you base man --you dont you eat drink and sleep comfortably at home and still you must be jaunting abroad every nigth. I'll find out your intrigues-- you may depend upon it." A small dog sits at the foot of the bed yelping at the couple while a larger dog sleeps on the floor, his eyes squeezed shut
Description:
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Earlier state, with date in publication line. Cf. No. 9627 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Earlier state of print described in: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 16.
Publisher:
Pubd. October 1st, 1799, by R. Akerman, 101 Strand
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Cited in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.7, as a companion print to no. 9466., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: dasher -- Military: cavalry officers -- Placards -- Playbills -- Literature: Reference to Bon Ton by David Garrick (1717-1779) -- Reference to A New Way to Pay Old Debts by Philip Massinger (1583-1640) -- Reference to Bow Street -- Dress: driving dress, 1799 -- Parks: reference to Rotten Row, Hyde Park -- Prisons: reference to King's Bench -- Offices: sheriff's officer's office -- Expressions of speech: 'road to ruin'., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 23 x 34.7 cm, on sheet 24 x 37 cm., Printmaker's name burnished from plate., and Watermark: E & P 1797.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 5, 1799, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand
A fat parson sits on a settee with a young courtesan on each knee
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on sides., Two lines of verse below title: The business of his church he did by proxy and loved all doxies but the ortho-doxy., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. Cf. For a later copy, see no. 10671, v. 8., and Watermark: T Edmonds 181[...].
A satire on the new fashion of Jean Debry coats: A tailor holds a mirror to a customer who looks at his image with horror. The customer complains that he has put a hump upon each shoulder. The tailor replies that the coat has been made to his wife's specifications
Description:
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above print., Earlier state, with imprint. Cf. No. 9625 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Earlier state described by Joseph Grego in Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 15.
Publisher:
Pubd. Oct. 1st, 1799, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand
Title from item., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: NB. Folios of caricatures lent., Temporary local subject terms: Parliament: members of the Irish Parliament -- Reference to the Act of Union, 1800 -- Buildings: Irish Parliament -- Irish Channel., and Mounted.
Publisher:
Pub by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
Title from item., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: NB. Folios of caricatures lent., Temporary local subject terms: Parliament: members of the Irish Parliament -- Reference to the Act of Union, 1800 -- Buildings: Irish Parliament -- Irish Channel., 1 print on laid paper : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.2 x 42 cm., on sheet 28 x 43 cm., Lower and upper left corners torn off., and Watermark: E Budgen 1799.
Publisher:
Pub by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Put -- Male dress, 1799 -- Yokels., 1 print on wove paper : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 27 x 34 cm., and Printmaker's name erased from this impression.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 10, 1799, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand
"Lord Moira, rigid and impassive, stands in profile to the left, right hand on his tasselled stick, left hand on hip, wearing quasi-military dress with looped cocked hat and high boots. Clouds, so coloured as to suggest a distant conflagration, and a low horizon, curved as if to indicate the edge of the globe, form a background. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Seven lines of quoted verse below image in two columns, one on either side of title: "Ne'er may his whiskers loose their hue, "chang'd (like Moll Coggin's tail) to blue! ... vide Anti-Jacobin., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: quasi-military -- Male fashion: sideburns -- Walking staves -- Literature: Quotation from the Ode to Lord Moira, by George Ellis (1753-1815) -- Periodicals: Anti Jacobin Review, no. XI.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 16th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826
Title from caption below image., Copy of a print by James Gillray with the same title., Variant state lacking plate number in upper right. Cf. No. 9386A in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Seven lines of verse in two columns below image: -Ne'er may his whiskers loose their hue chang'd (like Moll Coggin's tail) to blue! ... vide Anti-Jacobin., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: quasi-military -- Sideburns -- Walking staves -- Literature: Quotation from the Ode to Lord Moira, by George Ellis (1753-1815) -- Periodicals: Anti Jacobin Review, no. XI., and Numbered '99' in contemporary hand in upper right corner of design; mounted to 37 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Horse whips -- Bonnet rouge -- Emblems: tricolored cockade -- French male dress: sabots.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[23 May 1799]
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.05.23.06+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on volunteers: an officer and another man sit at a table while a soldier presents two potential - but unprepossessing - recruits, the second man shabbily dressed; behind them a large dog menaces a smaller one; on the wall a map and a portrait of a general."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Reissue, with altered imprint statement, of a print originally published 2 January 1773 by J. Bretherton. Cf. No. 4759 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge leaving thread margin., Watermark: Edmeads & Pine 1795., and Embossed stamp of publisher in lower right corner of sheet: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, May 23 1799, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Title printed below design on the plate and continuously on the sheet below plate mark., Three columns of verse in 17 stanzas below title: Young Damon and Phyllis whose hearts were entwined, Who felt for each other a flame, Oft talked of the vows that ought lovers to bind ..., Parody of a ballad of the same title in The Monk by M.G. Lewis., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: parlor -- Architectural details: wainscot -- Wedding feast -- Emotions: fear -- Food: suckling pig -- Roasted poultry -- Table-settings -- Reference to Charles Few., and Watermark: Russell & Co. 1798 [date mostly trimmed].
Publisher:
Published 4th June 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
"Pl. to the 'Anti-Jacobin Review' (issued separately). Grattan (right) has risen from his arm-chair to greet with outstretched hands two young men whom a servant (left), with a knowing gesture, has just shown into his library. One introduces the other: "Mr Grattan give me leave to introduce Mr Jn° H--gh--'s"; Grattan says: "I suppose Sir you are an United Irishman"; Hughes answers: "I am". A bust of 'Le Paus' (see BMSat 9240) on a high pedestal on the extreme right looks down cynically at Grattan. On the wall behind him are portraits of 'Lord Fitzgerald' (see BMSat 9227), 'Tom Paine' (a mere scrawl), and 'Robespier[re]', with a placard: 'New Irish Government Liberty and Equality to be introduced by our worthy & disinterested Allies the French'. The other two walls are lined with bulky volumes: 'Towers Tracts' (see BMSat 7890); 'Republic'; 'Wakefield' (see BMSat 9371); 'Parr' (see BMSat 9430); 'The Press' (see BMSat 9186, &c); 'The Courier' (see BMSat 9194, &c); 'Christie'; 'Molineux'; 'Pain's Works' (see BMSat 8137, &c); 'Critical Review' (see BMSat 9240); 'Mc Niven'; 'Priestly Works' (see BMSat 7887); 'O'Connor' (see BMSat 9245, &c.) On the writing-table are documents: 'Constitution of United Irishmen' and 'Copy of the [illegible word] of ye Test of Oath'. On the floor at Grattan's feet is a sheaf of pikes with papers: 'Contract for Pikes'; 'Plan for the destruction of both Houses of Parlaiment Bank & . . by Tone'; 'Dispatches from the French Conventi[on]'; 'List of united Irishmen in London Hamburg . . .'; a portfolio: 'Charts of the Irish Coast with remarks where foreign troops may be landed with great safety'; two large books: 'Art of Assassination' and 'Rise and Progress of Jacobinism'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine, or, Monthly Politique and Literary Censor. London, 1799, issued separately., Temporary local subject terms: United Irishmen -- Tinnehinch estate -- Interiors: private library -- Writing materials: inkstand and quills -- Furniture: slip-covered armchair -- Domestic service: manservant -- Pictures amplifying subject: portraits of Robespierre and Fitzgerald -- Placards -- Busts -- Allusion to jacobinism -- John Hughes., and Mounted to 29 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1st, 1799, by T. Whittle, Peterbro' Court, Fleet Street, for the Anti Jacobin Review
Subject (Name):
Grattan, Henry, 1746-1820, Fitzgerald, Edward, Lord, 1763-1798, Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794, and La Revellière-Lépeaux, Louis-Marie de, 1753-1824
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Female dress, 1799.
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Female fashion: poke bonnets -- Brooms -- Pails.
"A half length portrait in an oval of the Duke of Cumberland in profile to the left, scarcely caricatured, but with a half-closed eye which gives an expression of arrogance. He wears a hat whose curving brim shades his eyes and rests on his high coat-collar. His chin is swathed in a stock, and an eye-glass hangs from a ribbon."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: neck-cloth -- Hats -- Quizzing glasses., and Mounted to 39 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 30th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
"A half length portrait in an oval of the Duke of Cumberland in profile to the left, scarcely caricatured, but with a half-closed eye which gives an expression of arrogance. He wears a hat whose curving brim shades his eyes and rests on his high coat-collar. His chin is swathed in a stock, and an eye-glass hangs from a ribbon."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: neck-cloth -- Hats -- Quizzing glasses., 1 print : etching & stipple engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.2 x 20.0 cm, on sheet 27 x 21 cm., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1811.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 30th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
A man in Cossack uniform and holding a lance races on horseback towards the right as he looks behind to the left. In the distance a group of other Cossacks charge ahead, some with raised spears
Alternative Title:
Private Cossack at full speed
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., One of the series of prints depicting Suvorov's Russian Army., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Prints & drawings lent to copy., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1st, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
A pretty young woman sits on the knee of a military officer as they embrace, both unaware that her furious, red-faced husband has just entered the room through the door on the left. He clutches a large stick and exclaims, "My wife, as sure as I am a haberdasher."
Description:
Title from item., Earlier state, with imprint, of no. 9623 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Earlier edition of print described by Joseph Grego in Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, p. 15., and Watermark: Russell & Co.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 1st, 1799, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand
Title etched below image., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caricatures lent., Text above image: Attitude gratitude mum round about puff em out mum., Text below image: Poor Sappho; what a taste is thine., Four lines of verse below title: Sound the trumpet, beat the drum, Nancy's this day fifty four, we wont dispute a few years more., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Old women -- Celebrations -- Singing -- Songs: sheet music -- Glass: decanter -- Wine glasses -- Pets: dog -- Furniture: sofa -- Furnishings: carpet., and Watermark: E & C T Russell 1797.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[27 February 1799]
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.02.27.05++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on Grand Tourists: scene outside an inn in France, with a sign reading "Poste Royale", where a young English gentleman, holding a copy of "[Lord] Chesterfield's Letters", arrives with his tutor. He is greeted by the smiling inkeeper wearing large wooden shoes stuffed with wool who holds out a menu; beside the innkeeper a positllion holding a whip climbs out of his large boots On the right, a fat servant carries two bottles of wine and four books; behind him another postillion drives the coach with two horses towards the right. In the background, a woman can be seen through the archway of the inn standing on a bench and reaching up to clip the wings of a cockerel; a door beside the arch, lettered, "Bon Chere icy chez La Grenouille / Traiteur", is open to reveal a ladder up which a cook has climbed in order to catch three cats running along a wall; he holds a knife in his hand. An image of a young Bacchus seated on a barrel has been chalked on the wall; a dog jumps up towards it. Beyond the wall is the roof of a cottage, a church tower and a cottage with a niche with a statue of a saint."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from text below image., Reissue, with different imprint statement, of a print previously published 11 March 1778. Cf. No. 4732 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, Temporary local subject terms: Tutor -- Domestic service: Manservant -- Literature: Chesterfield's letters -- The Grand Tour., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 27th, 1799, by J. Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Grand tours (Education), Ethnic stereotypes, Education, Taverns (Inns), Clergy, Tutoring, Servants, Boots, Whips, Postillions, and French
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left edge., Mounted to 37 x 56 cm., and Collector's annotations on mount.
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., To the right of title: This pig measures 5 feet high, is 10 feet long., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caricatures lent., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: stables -- Animals: Enniscorthy boar -- Gifts: gift from Irish ex-rebels to George III -- Reference to the Irish Rebellion, May 1798 -- Lighting: lantern -- Tools: fork -- Broom --Emblems: Lord Chamberlain's white ribbon with key to household -- Courtiers -- Military uniforms: Light Horse regimentals -- Quizzing glasses.
Publisher:
Published by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823
"A handsome young man sells pot-plants to a pretty young woman who stands on a door-step (left); a little girl beside her points eagerly to the flowers. He has a two-wheeled cart drawn by an ass; in it are small shrubs in large pots; two pots of flowering plants are on the ground. The background is formed by part of a palatial house having a portico raised on an arcade."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below series title and number., 1 print : etching with aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 38.1 x 29.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides.
Publisher:
Pub. Mar. 1, 1799, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Carts & wagons, City & town life, Girls, Plants, Row houses, Street vendors, and Women
"Bonaparte (much caricatured), standing precariously on a 'Dutch Cheese', is attacked by the allies. Austria and Russia pull from his thin leg a large clumsy boot, consisting of a map of 'Italy'; coins (French plunder) pour from the boot, on which 'Naples', 'Rome', 'Florence', and other geographical divisions are indicated. Austria is a fierce hussar, smoking a pipe, on his cap is the Habsburg eagle; he tugs at the boot, the Russian bear (on the extreme left) assists him, its paws clasping his waist. A ferocious Turk holds Bonaparte by the nose and raises a scimitar whose blade, inscribed 'St Jean d'Acre', drips blood; across his shoulders are strung bleeding ears and noses to which Bonaparte's is to be added. A sailor (right), representing the British Navy, seizes Bonaparte from behind; in his hat are ribbons inscribed 'Nelson', 'Duncan', 'Bridport'. A fat Dutchman on the extreme right, with the blunt profile of the Prince of Orange, tugs at the cheese in order to dislodge Bonaparte; he kneels on a paper, 'Secret Expedition'. Bonaparte's uniform is ragged, his left foot is bare, but in each hand is a blood-stained dagger. In the background (right) tiny figures (probably Dutch) dance hand-in-hand round a bonfire in which burns a 'Tree of Liberty', a bonnet-rouge on a pole, cf. BMSat 9214."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Allied powers unbooting Egalitè
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Alliances -- Expedition to Holland, August 1799 -- Military: Austrian Hussar -- Emblems: Russian bear -- Turks -- Reference to the siege of Acre, 1799 -- Reference to Napoleon's defeat in Italy, 1799 -- British Navy -- Dutchmen -- Reference to Admiral Horatio Nelson -- Reference to Admiral Adam Duncan.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sepr. 1st, 1799, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806
Plate from the 'Anti-Jacobin Review', ii. 233: On the extreme right the Devil holds up a canvas, 'le Tableau Parlant', which terrifies twelve Irishmen grouped round an oblong table. In their alarm the heavy table has been overturned, some are on the ground, others (left) flee in terror. The Devil, who looks round the edge of his picture, wears a bonnet-rouge inscribed 'Anarchy'; labels hang from his horn: 'Blasph[emy]' and 'Parracide'. He says "Stew it well - It cannot be Overdone for you and me". In the picture, 'Irish Stew I A Favourite Disk for French Palates', two French soldiers superintend the boiling of a Revolutionary Pot, in which stand three naked Irishmen shrieking for mercy; one says: "Liberty of being Stewed"; the other, "Equality - all to be stewed en Masse". Above the table five harpies fly off with a tattered cloth inscribed 'Map of Ireland'. They are intended for the Directors, three having belts inscribed 'Tallien' (not a Director), 'Barras', and 'Le Paux'. On the table is a paper, 'United Irishmen'. The Irishmen make gestures of terror or despair. Most look at the picture, one looks upwards, saying: "Poor Erin How thourt torn to pieces by these five Harpies." A fugitive looks round to say "What your own A. O Connor too!" A lawyer (? Curran): "So much for Republicani[sm] and glorious Independence! No Money! No Lawyer." A monk: "By St Patrick a complete Catholic Emancipation." Three others say: "I now howl in Vain - We are all gone to Pot"; "Brother John [Bull] would not have treated us so -" ; "My Merits with the Republic should have saved me, but I find we must all stew together" [he is perhaps Grattan]; "A Radical Reform by Jasus". Beside the last speaker, a ragged peasant, lies a bundle of pikes, &c.
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Anti-Jacobin review and magazine. London, 1799, v. 2, page 233, Temporary local subject terms: United Irishmen -- Maps: map of Ireland torn by demons -- Reference to the French Revolution -- Allusion to the Directory -- Allusion to anarchy -- Pictures: le tableau parlant., and Mounted to 31 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1st, 1799, by T. Whittle, Peterborough Court, Fleet Street, for the Anti Jacobin Review
Subject (Name):
Barras, Paul, vicomte de, 1755-1829 and Tallien, Jean-Lambert, 1767-1820
An angry wife confronts her astonished husband with a letter from his paramour in which she suggests a rendezvous in the garden after the wife has gone to bed
Description:
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Earlier edition of print described by Joseph Grego in Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 14., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with date 1798 below.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 1, 1799, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., One line of text within design: This horse is certainly an astronomer! ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: riding habit., 1 print : etcing and aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23 x 29 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of series title and number., and Printmaker's name erased from this impression.
"Plate 1; a man with a green coat, thick gloves, boots, bicorn hat and whip riding one of a pair of horses pulling a covered cart on wheels marked "Ammunition Waggon" on a country lane."--British Museum online catalogue, description of alternate state
Description:
Title etched below image., One of a series of prints depicting Suvorov's Russian Army, probably title plate., Date following the word "published" and last portion of Suvorff's name burnished from plate?, Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: Russian uniforms -- Vehicles: ammunition waggon -- Harnesses -- Reference to Gen. Aleksandr Vasilʹevich Suvorov (1730-1800).
A rhymed rebus purporting to be a reply to a sailor's letter from his girl, describing her fears for him upon hearing of a storm at sea, her joy at getting his letter, and her promise to remain true to him despite having other suitors
Description:
Title from item., A letter in the form of rebus., The following words within title are represented by a rebus: 'to' by a toe, 'sailor' by a figure of a sailor, 'letter' by an envelope., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Publication date partially erased from this impression and the last two digits, i.e., '76,' supplied in contemporary manuscript., and Watermark: 1814.
Publisher:
Printed 21st October 17[...], by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Hieroglyphics, Love letters, and Military uniforms
Title from text in image., Publication date based on watermark., Certainly published after 1794, date in which Robert Laurie and James Whittle formed their partnership., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved rhymed letter in form of rebus., The following words within title are represented by a rebus: "macaroni" by an image of macaroni, "lady" by an image of a woman dressed in a macaroni style., Later state by a different publisher. Cf. No. 5079 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Lewis Walpole prints 799.10.21.02: Publication date partially erased from this impression and the last two digits, i.e., '70,' supplied in contemporary manuscript., Temporary local subject terms: Hieroglyphs -- Letters., and Watermark: Horn with monogram JM below.
Publisher:
Printed 21st October 1770, by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
A rhymed rebus, purporting to be a letter from a sailor to his girl, describing his adventures in a terrible storm at sea
Description:
Title engraved above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., The following words in the title are represented by an image: sailor by an image of a sailor, ship by an image of a ship, to by a toe, 'heart' in 'sweetheart' by a heart., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: horn with monogram JM below.
Publisher:
Printed 21st October 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Correspondence, Hieroglyphics, and Military uniforms
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Prints and drawings lent to copy., One of the series of prints depicting Suvorov's Russian Army., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Russian private -- Military drums -- Flags: Russian flag -- Weapons -- Military camps.
Publisher:
Pubd Augst. 1st 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, Russian, and Musical instruments
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom., Publication date erased from this impression and supplied in contemporary hand as 'Decr. 1, 1812'., One of the series of prints depicting Suvorov's Russian Army., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Prints and drawings lent to copy., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1st, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Bayonets, Flags, Russian, Forts & fortifications, Military uniforms, Rifles, and Spears
Title etched below image., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Prints & drawings lent to copy., One of the series of prints depicting Suvorov's Russian Army., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: Russian officer -- Military uniforms: Russian private -- Guns: cannons -- Weapons -- Fortifications.