Titles from captions below images., Printmaker and date of publication from later print in series., Four designs on one plate, each individually titled., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left edges., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
A tall, fashionable young woman walks with her arm linked in the arm of a short, obese, red-face man who grins as he looks up at her. He carries a walking stick. She wears a large hat and holds a eyeglass
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by S. Gans, Southampton Street, Covent Garden
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Numerous images on plate. Title reference central image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from text above images., Fourteen small designs on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[18 November 1830]
Call Number:
830.11.18.01+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Political satire: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) leading his Tory government ministers in flight from its attack on the castle of 'Reform' (as inscribed to the Tricolore flag of liberty that flies from the tower).
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Mounted to 32 x 41.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 18, 1830, by S. Gans, Southampton St., Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Military retreats, Soldiers, and British
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
Augt. 19th, 1831.
Call Number:
831.08.19.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An angler sitting on the branch of a tree overhanging a river in the rain, open umbrella over his shoulder, peering at a shoal of gudgeon grinning at him just out of reach of his hook
Title from heading above image., Publication information from ms. note on print and from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Imprint statement in ms. on sheet.
Title from caption below image., The last digit of the publication year was erased from sheet and replaced with an ms. '1'., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Scottish tam.
Publisher:
Pubd. 183[1] by S. Gans, Southampton St., Strand
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Cats, Monkeys, and Musicians
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
1831.
Call Number:
831.02.00.11+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A mustached Polish soldier dressed in a green military uniform drops his unsheathed saber and struggles under the weight of a massive grizzly bear (Russia) that straddles his back. Fallen on the floor are the soldier's hat and a staff of liberty inscribed 'Poland & Liberty'. A satirical treatment of the Polish-Russian War, 1830-1831 or the 'November Uprising'.
Description:
Title from caption below image. The word "bear" in unbearable is underscored., Imprint mostly burnished from plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. by S. Gans, Southampton St., Strand, Fed
Subject (Geographic):
Poland, Poland., Russia., and Russia
Subject (Topic):
History, Grizzly bears, Soldiers, Foreign relations, and Daggers & swords
Title from central prominent design., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Captions from other scraps include: Tiger Lilly; Honorary members of the temperence society; 1st of September; "Alas poor ghosts!", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.