A miserable, angry-looking tailor stands in the middle of his dilapidated workshop. His wig is turned sideways on his head, his empty pockets turned wrong side out, and his stockings undone. Between his feet on the floor lies a large lottery ticket signed "Blank." The tools of his trade are scattered on the workbench and on the floor, including his trade guild tankard. On the wall to the right hangs an advertisement referring to the bubble lottery of 1698, on the left a broadside ridiculing Mongolfier's hot air balloon ascent earlier in the year. Below it lies a credit note from a baker
Description:
Title from caption etched above image., Publication information from a copy in the Peel Collection, Pierpont Morgan Library., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., First of two images etched on the same plate and published as one print., Possibly after Ramberg's painting, Bad news., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Imperfect: original print includes two images. Publication line trimmed., and Mounted to 29 x 19 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 26, 1783, by Jno. Russell, Bond Street, Bath
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Tailors, Tailor shops, Lotteries, Poverty, and Interiors
An elated cobbler skips joyfully in his dilapidated workshop waving his wig with one hand and a "10000" pound lottery ticket with the other. The tools of his trade are scattered on the floor
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of publication line., Publication information from another impression in the Peel Collection, Pierpont Morgan Library., Second of two images etched on the same plate and published as one print., Possibly after Ramberg's painting, Good news., Imperfect: original print includes two images. Publication line trimmed., and Mounted to 29 x 19 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 26, 1783, by Jno. Russell, Bond Street, Bath
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Shoemakers, Lotteries, Poverty, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
A weeping Lord North, with a bag labelled "The nations plunder" thrown over his shoulder, kneels in front of Charles Fox, begging him for protection as the devil, reining North in with a rope wound around his arms, pronounces him his favorite. Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, points out North's long record of breaking promises
Alternative Title:
Lord North's supplication to Mr. Fox
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 27 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 23d Jany. 1783.
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 93. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A stout, complacent-looking man rides a small horse in profile to the left. He has a very bad seat and is pulling hard on the curb; the animal puts down its head. A servant on a rough-looking pony canters behind him, carrying a basket of hay and a triangular box or package (perhaps his master's hat-box) under his left arm. The scene is a country road, with a signpost (left) pointing 'To Hackney, To Isling[ton'], and (down a turning on the right of the riders) to 'Shoredi[tch]'. The post stresses the idea conveyed in the drawing, that this is a citizen riding to or from his country-box in the suburbs."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: Symptoms of rearing., Mounted on page 93 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 28.3 x 40.4 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Horseback riding, Servants, and Traffic signs & signals
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 23d Jany. 1783.
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 28. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 87. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elderly country parson, in profile to the right, on a horse which rears almost vertically, he clasps the animal round the neck, and is seated on his hind-quarters, having lost his stirrups and slipped from the saddle. His whip flies through the air behind him, his coat-tails fly out, and the sheets of his sermon inscribed 'IOB' protrude from his pocket. A small dog (left) rushing towards the animal's hind-legs and barking furiously appears to have caused the 'symptoms of rearing'. The parish clerk, with two large volumes under his arm, beside the horse, looks over his right shoulder and stoops or runs to escape being trampled on. Trees and a church steeple are indicated in the background (right). A similar subject to British Museum Satires Nos. 5914-17, also by Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Companion print to: Moses., Mounted on page 87 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 25.7 x 36.7 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"A balloon about to rise from the ground encircled by three tiers of galleries or narrow platforms, protected by railings. Behind the railings sit the passengers. In the highest tier are three ladies notorious at that time for their amours ...: Grace Elliott or Eliot, née Dalrymple, known as 'Dally the tall', she holds a fan, turning her head in profile to the left, towards Perdita (Mary Robinson), who clasps her hands ecstatically; Lady Worsley sits on the right. In the centre gallery sit ex-ministers: North (left) and Fox (right) in the centre, North's arm on Fox's shoulder; Fox turns his head to North with an expression of satisfaction. Each rests his right hand on the railing in front of him, and these hands hold an inconspicuous thread which is attached to the nose of the Duke of Portland (left), who turns in profile to the right. On the right, a little apart, sits Burke dressed as a Jesuit (see British Museum Satires No. 6205) looking in profile to the right towards the Pope, who stands on the gallery, emerging from behind the curve of the balloon. He wears furred robes and his triple crown; as a pendant to him on the extreme left is the Devil looking towards the ministers with a pleased expression; over his arm he holds a net. In the lowest gallery sit celebrated quacks and other London characters. These are (left to right) "Vestina', the goddess of Health who advertised the virtues of the celestial bed (incorrectly said to have been Lady Hamilton), sits next her employer, Dr. Graham; they look at each other; she holds a sceptre wreathed with a garland. Jeffery Dunstan, Mayor of Garrat, stands, knock-kneed, with his sack over his shoulder in his accustomed attitude when calling 'old wigs'. Sam House sits resting a foaming tankard of porter on the railing in front of him, the tankard inscribed "House Ward[our] Stre[eet]". Katerfelto, turned in profile to the right, gazes up at the moon through his telescope; in his left hand is a paper, "Wonders, Wonders Most Wonderfull Wonders", the usual heading of his advertisements, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6162. His black cat sits on the railing facing him, saying, "are there Mice in the Moon Master". In the upper right corner of the design is the moon, a crescent-shaped profile inset in a circle, looking down at the balloon. The balloon is encircled longitudinally by eight ropes which meet in a knot beneath it and are there attached to four stouter ropes attached to the four corners of a platform which rests on the ground, from which the balloon appears about to ascend. On this platform is a tub inscribed "Vanity", bubbling over with soapsuds inscribed "Froth". Beside the platform (right) stands a Frenchman capering on one leg and flourishing a knife. He says, "Oh Begar dis be von fine Cargo." ... In the background are the roofs and spires of London, St. Paul's being prominent on the left, the Monument on the right. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "Hanibal Scratch" might be a pseudonym of John Nixon; see Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5, page 842., Text beneath title: Setts out from Swan with two Necks Lad Lane every Monday morg., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Twenty lines of verse in four columns below image, etched above and on either side of title: Who choose a journey to the Moon, may take it in our Stage Balloon ...
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 23, 1783, by Wm. Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Elliott, Grace Dalrymple, -1823, Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800, Worsley, Seymour Dorothy, Lady, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Pius VI, Pope, 1717-1799, Graham, James, 1745-1794, Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797, House, Samuel, -1785, Katterfelto, Gustavus, -1799, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
"A circular globe floating in the air just above the heads of three standing spectators. A witch on a broom-stick (left) flies with her back to the balloon at which she directs a blast, labelled 'Inflammable Air', from her posteriors; she is suckling a cat which sits on the broom-stick. A man standing below (left) holds a torch in the 'Inflammable Air' saying "How blue it burns". On the right two men look up at the balloon. One, in profile to the left, wearing pigtail queue, looped hat, and ruffled shirt, says "We shall now have a Lunatick Journal". The letters 'F.R.S.' inscribed at his feet show that he is a Fellow of the Royal Society. Behind him is a more plainly dressed man wearing a bob-wig and no hat; he holds up a card saying "I've a card for ye Georgium Sidus"; he is A.S.S."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Trip to the moon
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd 02th [sic] Novr. 1783 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Between two large pedestals, the one to the left topped with the head of George II, the one to the right with a sitting figure of George III, the Coalition ministers fall to the ground, their balance upset by a large platform, "New method of executing criminals (...)" pushed by George III with his foot. Charles Fox, who has already landed on the ground, grins announcing his intention of returning to power. Falling behind him, the frightened Lord North clutches the open "Budget" sack from which several documents fall out. Above him, Edmund Burke is about to lose his balance. The indifferent-looking George III busies himself blowing a large bubble, "Royal favour." The pedestals are inscribed, respectively, with the achievements of George II and the failures of George III
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 37 x 33 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Pedestals, Angels, and Clothing & dress
Volume 1, page 77. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"This etching gives a portrait to the hips in profile, to our right, of an elderly woman, with a big nose and a protruding lower jaw: she wears a close cap, trimmed with lace at the fore edges; her right hand hangs in front of her body in a listless manner; she stoops."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mrs. A. Young, of Eltham, 1746
Description:
Title from contemporary note in brown ink below image., Additional title from annotation on British Museum impression of a variant state; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1852,1211.148., Printmaker and date from Horace Walpole's note in brown ink, in lower right corner: By Mr. W. Fauquier 1783., Variant (later?) state, with printmaker's initials etched in lower right corner. For a state lacking these initials, see no. 2845 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3., and Mounted on page 77 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
