Pairs of elegantly dressed and coiffed ladies and gentlemen sit around a long table drinking champagne. On a dais sits 'Perdita' (Mary Robinson) who assures the Prince of Wales of her undying love. He looks at her adoringly and says, "Now what care I for Mom and Dad, let 'em scold and bellow." His left hand rests on books piled up on the table (the titles of which are also listed in the publisher's advertisement). Another lady on his left looking at him may be Elizabeth Armitstead (later Mrs. Fox) who succeeded Mrs. Robinson as his mistress. Other members of this group include Lord Derby and his actress wife, Elizabeth Farren, and Charles James Fox. The location appears to be the Schomberg House where James Graham established his 'Temple of Health and Hymen' famous for its 'Celestial Bed' (cf. British Museum catalogue no. 6325). Allusion to George IV's coming of age
Alternative Title:
Old gigg shop revived
Description:
Publisher's advertisement below the text of the song: "At No. 66 Drury Lane, may be had the following publications. Hal's looking-glass; or, The Royal exhibition, price 2s. 6d. Madame Birchini's dance, price 2s. 6d. Apollo and the Muses inflicting penance on Dr. J-----n round Parnassus, price 1s. The wanton jesuit, an opera, price 1s. 6d. An epistle from Sir Roger Sugar-Cane to Lady Maria B--n, price. The celestial bed, price 1s. 6d. and 1 print : etching, b&w ; sheet 34.8 x 35.2 cm.
Publisher:
Publis'd [sic] as the act directs by W. Holland, No. 66 Drury Lane
Subject (Geographic):
London (England) and England
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Fox, Elizabeth, 1750-1842., Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834., and Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759?-1829.
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Eating & drinking, Hairstyles, Chairs, and Clothing & dress
Pairs of elegantly dressed and coiffed ladies and gentlemen sit around a long table drinking champagne. On a dais sits 'Perdita' (Mary Robinson) who assures the Prince of Wales of her undying love. He looks at her adoringly and says, "Now what care I for Mom and Dad, let 'em scold and bellow." His left hand rests on books piled up on the table (the titles of which are also listed in the publisher's advertisement). Another lady on his left looking at him may be Elizabeth Armitstead (later Mrs. Fox) who succeeded Mrs. Robinson as his mistress. Other members of this group include Lord Derby and his actress wife, Elizabeth Farren, and Charles James Fox. The location appears to be the Schomberg House where James Graham established his 'Temple of Health and Hymen' famous for its 'Celestial Bed' (cf. British Museum catalogue no. 6325). Allusion to George IV's coming of age
Alternative Title:
Old gigg shop revived
Description:
Publisher's advertisement below the text of the song: "At No. 66 Drury Lane, may be had the following publications. Hal's looking-glass; or, The Royal exhibition, price 2s. 6d. Madame Birchini's dance, price 2s. 6d. Apollo and the Muses inflicting penance on Dr. J-----n round Parnassus, price 1s. The wanton jesuit, an opera, price 1s. 6d. An epistle from Sir Roger Sugar-Cane to Lady Maria B--n, price. The celestial bed, price 1s. 6d. and Matted to 47 x 52 cm. With a key identifying the characters stamped around the window. Contemporary annotations identifying the names alluded to in the list of prints following the printer's address.
Publisher:
Publis'd [sic] as the act directs by W. Holland, No. 66 Drury Lane
Subject (Geographic):
London (England) and England
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Fox, Elizabeth, 1750-1842., Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834., and Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759?-1829.
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Eating & drinking, Hairstyles, Chairs, and Clothing & dress
Charles Fox, sitting in a 'pass-cart' reserved for paupers forced to return to the place of their origin, is transported to Malmsbury, the borough he represented until his election for Westminster in 1780. Lord North, standing under a tree, expresses his regret over this situation. A reference to Fox's expected defeat in the 1784 Westminster election
Description:
Title from text above image. and Questionable attribution to J. Barrow from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 02 [i.e. 20], 1784, by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Carts & wagons, and Clothing & dress
Charles Fox, sitting in a 'pass-cart' reserved for paupers forced to return to the place of their origin, is transported to Malmsbury, the borough he represented until his election for Westminster in 1780. Lord North, standing under a tree, expresses his regret over this situation. A reference to Fox's expected defeat in the 1784 Westminster election
Description:
Title from text above image., Questionable attribution to J. Barrow from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 23.8 x 33.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 71 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 02 [i.e. 20], 1784, by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Carts & wagons, and Clothing & dress
"A girl, in profile to the left, seated on the box-seat of a four-wheeled cart drawn by a pair of horses. She is receiving a driving-lesson from a man who sits behind her on the edge of the cart in which is a sheaf of straw. On the side of the cart is a board inscribed "Tom Longtrot's Academy for Young Ladies. Driving taught to an Inch, Ladies compleatly finish'd in a fortnight, for Gig, Whiskey, or Phaeton: Single Lesson half a Crown, Five for half a Guinea". The girl holds whip and reins very awkwardly, the hind wheel passes over one of a litter of small pigs which is with a sow in the foreground. A short stout citizen (left) clutches a post or mile-stone in alarm at the prospect of being run over. The driver wears an elaborate hat with feathers and a muslin dress, very unlike the dress of the fashionable women-whips of the day, cf. BMSat 6114. Beneath the title is engraved, "Hammersmith Turnpike", and,"When once the Women taken the Reins in hand, 'Tis then too true, that Men have no command." Behind the cart the upper part of the toll-house appears, with the head of a grinning spectator, probably the toll-keeper. By the toll is a large rectangular Georgian house with a square pillared porch inscribed "WILL-SON". This is the inn, The Bell and Anchor, at the corner of Blyth Road close to Olympia"
Alternative Title:
Morning visit to Betsy Cole
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Below title: Hammersmith Turnpike., and Date erased from this impression.
Publisher:
Printed for and sold by Carington Bowles at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard London
William Petty, Lord Shelburne, braces himself against the door to the Treasury in order to resist the pull of the rope tied around his waist. He is helped by John Dunning dressed in legal wig and cloak. The four men attempting to remove Shelburne from the Treasury are, from left to right, Charles James Fox, intent on forming a new administration; Admiral Augustus Keppel and the 3rd Duke of Richmond, both members of the Shelburne administration but opposing Shelburne; and Edmund Burke, later paymaster-general in the Fox-North administration
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and The figure on the right identified by George as Edmund Burke is identified here as Lord John Cavendish.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 9th, 1783 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of, 1735-1806., and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Ropes, Tug of war, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government, 1760-1789
"A sailor walking (right to left) arm in arm with a young woman, her right arm in his left. He wears striped trousers, and carries a cane. She wears a ribbon-trimmed hat, short petticoat with an over-dress draped above it at the back, and an apron. Behind are steps leading to a sea-wall, with ships. On the left are trees."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed and date erased from this impression., Date of imprint from British Museum catalogue., and Numbered in lower left of plate, 459.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles ... No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Sailors, British, Military uniforms, and Clothing & dress
In a richly decorated and carpeted interior, a clergyman, his obese bespectacled wife, and 3 children sit at table, behind which a portrait of the parson hangs on the wall. The clergyman raises a wineglass to his lips as a servant uncorks another bottle of wine
Description:
Title from item., After a designed by Dighton., Numbered in lower left 343., A probable reduced version of no. 3753, originally issued ca. 1760. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Imperfect; hole in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Eating & drinking, Interiors, Tableware, and Clothing & dress
