"Mrs. Schwellenberg, enormously fat and heavily laden, supported by small wings, floats or falls head foremost down a broad slanting ray, which extends from a sun with a crown in its centre in the upper right corner of the print and stretches across the sea to a castellated town flying a flag inscribed 'Hanover'. Half only of the crown and sun is visible. Her massive legs terminate in tiny feet. In her arms are two large money-bags, labelled 'Pr Ann.' and '£1000000'. Her bulging pocket hangs downwards, a rosary and cross hanging from it."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Angel gliding on a sunbeam into Paradise
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., One line of quoted text below title: "Down thither, prone in flight, lo Schwelly speeds, & with her brings the gems and spoils of Heav'n.", Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Angels -- Sunbeams -- Bags of money -- Rosaries -- House of Hanover -- Crowns -- Allusion to George III -- Allusion to Queen Charlotte -- Literature: altered quotation from John Milton's (1608-1674) Paradise Lost., and Watermark: S. Lay.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 11th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
"Mrs. Schwellenberg, enormously fat and heavily laden, supported by small wings, floats or falls head foremost down a broad slanting ray, which extends from a sun with a crown in its centre in the upper right corner of the print and stretches across the sea to a castellated town flying a flag inscribed 'Hanover'. Half only of the crown and sun is visible. Her massive legs terminate in tiny feet. In her arms are two large money-bags, labelled 'Pr Ann.' and '£1000000'. Her bulging pocket hangs downwards, a rosary and cross hanging from it."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Angel gliding on a sunbeam into Paradise
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., One line of quoted text below title: "Down thither, prone in flight, lo Schwelly speeds, & with her brings the gems and spoils of Heav'n.", Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Angels -- Sunbeams -- Bags of money -- Rosaries -- House of Hanover -- Crowns -- Allusion to George III -- Allusion to Queen Charlotte -- Literature: altered quotation from John Milton's (1608-1674) Paradise Lost., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.5 x 21.1 cm, on sheet 30.5 x 22.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 16 of volume 8 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 11th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Compare: "Here's a health to the Duke of York", "wherever he goes". Cf. No. 8417 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., No. 19 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
"A very short and corpulent woman stands full face, her handkerchief is raised towards her face as if to mop it, her left arm is clasped by a man of similar proportions, who kneels in profile to the left, looking up at her with a pained expression."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text in lower right corner below image: Design'd for the Shakespeare Gallery., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Parody on Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery -- Obesity.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 20th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
"A very short and corpulent woman stands full face, her handkerchief is raised towards her face as if to mop it, her left arm is clasped by a man of similar proportions, who kneels in profile to the left, looking up at her with a pained expression."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text in lower right corner below image: Design'd for the Shakespeare Gallery., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Parody on Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery -- Obesity., 1 print : etching & stipple engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 21.4 x 22.2 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., and Mounted on leaf 3 of volume 8 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 20th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
"The design simulates a pyramidal monument in bas relief against a stone wall, supported on short Corinthian pilasters between which is an inscription. On the face of the pyramid Lady Cecilia Johnston, is seated in profile to the right on a round close-stool. She is thin and witch-like, her chin is support by her left hand, the elbow resting on her knee. In her right hand is a torn paper inscribed 'Tranquility'. Behind the stool stands a little cupid holding his nose; in his left hand is a torch, reversed. On the ground (right) are bones and two skulls which gaze at Lady Cecilia. Beneath is the inscription: "By Patience, minds an equal temper know, Nor swell too high, nor sink too low; Patience the fiercest grief can charm, And fate's severest rage disarm: Patience can soften pain to ease, And make despair and madness please, This the divine Cecilia found, And to her Husbands ears, confind the sound." Vide St Cecilias Day."--British Museum online catalogue and The allusions are to St. Cecilia (died 177) and to Cecilla's husband General James Johnston. Also allusion to Shakespeare's Othello, iv.2.61-3 and Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, ii.4.111
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 34 x 24 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 19th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817 and Johnston, James Lesslie, 1697 or 1698-1789.
Subject (Topic):
Defecation, Monuments & memorials, Putti, and Skull & crossbones
"The design simulates a pyramidal monument in bas relief against a stone wall, supported on short Corinthian pilasters between which is an inscription. On the face of the pyramid Lady Cecilia Johnston, is seated in profile to the right on a round close-stool. She is thin and witch-like, her chin is support by her left hand, the elbow resting on her knee. In her right hand is a torn paper inscribed 'Tranquility'. Behind the stool stands a little cupid holding his nose; in his left hand is a torch, reversed. On the ground (right) are bones and two skulls which gaze at Lady Cecilia. Beneath is the inscription: "By Patience, minds an equal temper know, Nor swell too high, nor sink too low; Patience the fiercest grief can charm, And fate's severest rage disarm: Patience can soften pain to ease, And make despair and madness please, This the divine Cecilia found, And to her Husbands ears, confind the sound." Vide St Cecilias Day."--British Museum online catalogue and The allusions are to St. Cecilia (died 177) and to Cecilla's husband General James Johnston. Also allusion to Shakespeare's Othello, iv.2.61-3 and Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, ii.4.111
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 30.8 x 20.8 cm, on sheet 32.6 x 22.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 10 of volume 8 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 19th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817 and Johnston, James Lesslie, 1697 or 1698-1789.
Subject (Topic):
Defecation, Monuments & memorials, Putti, and Skull & crossbones
"The Recording Angel sits full face in the upper part of the design, writing at a long scroll, which rests on a small but very solid rectangular table supported on billowing clouds. He is a sulky-faced naked child, with wide-spread wings and wearing a nightcap. A large tear falls from his right eye. The Accusing Spirit, a bald-headed, elderly man, his face blotched with drink, with wings and wearing a long robe, in profile to the right, holds up to the Angel a paper inscribed "He shall not dye by xxx". The winged heads of a man and woman, poised on the claws of birds of prey, rest on clouds in the upper left corner of the design; he regards her insinuatingly, she grins back. A cherub's winged head flies behind the Accusing Spirit. Rays of light fall diagonally from the right on the Recording Angel. Billowing clouds complete the design."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Text below title: Dedicated (without permission) to the Revd. Mr. Peters.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 8th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
"The Recording Angel sits full face in the upper part of the design, writing at a long scroll, which rests on a small but very solid rectangular table supported on billowing clouds. He is a sulky-faced naked child, with wide-spread wings and wearing a nightcap. A large tear falls from his right eye. The Accusing Spirit, a bald-headed, elderly man, his face blotched with drink, with wings and wearing a long robe, in profile to the right, holds up to the Angel a paper inscribed "He shall not dye by xxx". The winged heads of a man and woman, poised on the claws of birds of prey, rest on clouds in the upper left corner of the design; he regards her insinuatingly, she grins back. A cherub's winged head flies behind the Accusing Spirit. Rays of light fall diagonally from the right on the Recording Angel. Billowing clouds complete the design."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text below title: Dedicated (without permission) to the Revd. Mr. Peters., 1 print : etching & stipple engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 40.9 x 29.8 cm, on sheet 43.2 x 33.1 cm., and Laid in at leaf 7 of volume 8 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 8th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
"The Recording Angel sits full face in the upper part of the design, writing at a long scroll, which rests on a small but very solid rectangular table supported on billowing clouds. He is a sulky-faced naked child, with wide-spread wings and wearing a nightcap. A large tear falls from his right eye. The Accusing Spirit, a bald-headed, elderly man, his face blotched with drink, with wings and wearing a long robe, in profile to the right, holds up to the Angel a paper inscribed "He shall not dye by xxx". The winged heads of a man and woman, poised on the claws of birds of prey, rest on clouds in the upper left corner of the design; he regards her insinuatingly, she grins back. A cherub's winged head flies behind the Accusing Spirit. Rays of light fall diagonally from the right on the Recording Angel. Billowing clouds complete the design."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text below title: Dedicated (without permission) to the Revd. Mr. Peters., 1 print : etching & stipple engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 41.1 x 29.9 cm, on sheet 43.6 x 32.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 7 of volume 8 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 8th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
A grotesquely caricatured, thin and ragged Tom Paine, dressed as a tailor with huge scissors hanging from his pants, kneels before a gigantic crown; he uses a tape measure to determine its dimensions. He wears a French-style hat with a cockade inscribed "vive la liberty". He ruminates on his task,a satire on the first part of his Rights of man
Alternative Title:
Tommy Paine, the little American taylor, taking the measure of the crown for a new pair of revolution breeches
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., At top of design: Humbly dedicated to the Jacobine clubs of France and England by Common Sense. "These are your gods, O, Israel!", Plate shows signs of reworking; 'the' following 'Tommy Paine' in title etched twice, with the repeated word on the second line of title scored through and mostly burnished from plate., and Mounted to 43 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 23th [sic], 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809, and Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
A grotesquely caricatured, thin and ragged Tom Paine, dressed as a tailor with huge scissors hanging from his pants, kneels before a gigantic crown; he uses a tape measure to determine its dimensions. He wears a French-style hat with a cockade inscribed "vive la liberty". He ruminates on his task,a satire on the first part of his Rights of man
Alternative Title:
Tommy Paine, the little American taylor, taking the measure of the crown for a new pair of revolution breeches
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., At top of design: Humbly dedicated to the Jacobine clubs of France and England by Common Sense. "These are your gods, O, Israel!", Plate shows signs of reworking; 'the' following 'Tommy Paine' in title etched twice, with the repeated word on the second line of title scored through and mostly burnished from plate., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.5 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 41.9 x 28.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 66 of volume 2 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 23th [sic], 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809, and Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
"Six men, seated and standing behind a table on which are decanters, punch-bowl, &c, drink a treasonous toast. This is given by Priestley (left) who stands in profile to the right, holding up an empty Communion dish and a brimming chalice, saying, "The------ [King's] Head, here!" Fox sits in the centre, raising his glass, his right hand on his heart; he looks up ecstatically, saying, "My Soul & Body, both, upon this Toast!!!" On his right. sits Sir Cecil Wray, saying, "O Heav'ns! why I would empty a Chelsea Pensioners small-beer barrel in such a cause!!" On the extreme left Sheridan bends forward, avidly filling his glass from a decanter of Sherry; he says, "Damn my Eyes! but I'll pledge you that Toast tho Hell gapes for me." On Fox's left sits Horne Tooke, saying, "I have not drank so glorious a Toast since I was Parson of Brentford, & kept it up with Balf & McQuirk!" (He had tried to secure the execution of these two 'bludgeon men' for murder at the Middlesex Election of 1768; though convicted they were pardoned,) He grasps a decanter of 'Holland[s]' (perhaps indicating attachment to Fox, after previous hostility. On the extreme right sits Dr. Lindsey, with (like Sheridan) a drink-blotched face; he drinks, saying, "Amen! Amen!" Before him are two decanters of 'Brandy'. Behind Horne Tooke and Lindsey stands a group of sanctimonious dissenters, with lank hair, much caricatured; three say respectively: "Hear our Prayers: & preserve us from Kings & Whores of Babylon!!!"; "Put enmity between us & the ungodly and bring down the Heads of all Tyrants & usurpers quickly good Lord - Hear us good Lord". and "O! grant the Wishes of thine inheritance""--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title inscribed in brown ink below image., Date based on published Gillray print., Description of published Gillray print in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7894., Description of published Gillray print in Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times / edited by Thomas Wright. London : Chatto and Windus, [1873?], p. 130., Description of published Gillray print in Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray ... / by Thomas Wright, 1851, no. 58., and A 'counterprint' or transfer in brown ink from another print on verso: A Birmingham toast, as given on the 14th of July by the Revolution Society.
Subject (Name):
Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Lindsey, Theophilus, 1723-1808, and Constitutional Society (London, England)
"Six men, seated and standing behind a table on which are decanters, punch-bowl, &c, drink a treasonous toast. This is given by Priestley (left) who stands in profile to the right, holding up an empty Communion dish and a brimming chalice, saying, "The------ [King's] Head, here!" Fox sits in the centre, raising his glass, his right hand on his heart; he looks up ecstatically, saying, "My Soul & Body, both, upon this Toast!!!" On his right. sits Sir Cecil Wray, saying, "O Heav'ns! why I would empty a Chelsea Pensioners small-beer barrel in such a cause!!" [see BMSat 7892]. On the extreme left Sheridan bends forward, avidly filling his glass from a decanter of Sherry; he says, "Damn my Eyes! but I'll pledge you that Toast tho Hell gapes for me." On Fox's left sits Horne Tooke, saying, "I have not drank so glorious a Toast since I was Parson of Brentford, & kept it up with Balf & McQuirk!" (He had tried to secure the execution of these two 'bludgeon men' for murder at the Middlesex Election of 1768; though convicted they were pardoned, see BMSats 4223-4226.) He grasps a decanter of 'Holland[s]' (perhaps indicating attachment to Fox, after previous hostility, cf. BMSat 7652). On the extreme right sits Dr. Lindsey, with (like Sheridan) a drink-blotched face; he drinks, saying, "Amen! Amen!" Before him are two decanters of 'Brandy'. Behind Horne Tooke and Lindsey stands a group of sanctimonious dissenters, with lank hair, much caricatured; three say respectively: "Hear our Prayers: & preserve us from Kings & Whores of Babylon!!!"; "Put enmity between us & the ungodly and bring down the Heads of all Tyrants & usurpers quickly good Lord - Hear us good Lord". and "O! grant the Wishes of thine inheritance". On the wall above Foxs head is a picture of St. Paul's Cathedral; from the façade emerge the heads of three pigs feeding from a trough. This is 'A Pig's-Stye \ a View from Hackney' (an allusion to Priestley's congregation at the Gravel Pit chapel. Hackney, where he had succeeded Price)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 23d, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Lindsey, Theophilus, 1723-1808
"Six men, seated and standing behind a table on which are decanters, punch-bowl, &c, drink a treasonous toast. This is given by Priestley (left) who stands in profile to the right, holding up an empty Communion dish and a brimming chalice, saying, "The------ [King's] Head, here!" Fox sits in the centre, raising his glass, his right hand on his heart; he looks up ecstatically, saying, "My Soul & Body, both, upon this Toast!!!" On his right. sits Sir Cecil Wray, saying, "O Heav'ns! why I would empty a Chelsea Pensioners small-beer barrel in such a cause!!" [see BMSat 7892]. On the extreme left Sheridan bends forward, avidly filling his glass from a decanter of Sherry; he says, "Damn my Eyes! but I'll pledge you that Toast tho Hell gapes for me." On Fox's left sits Horne Tooke, saying, "I have not drank so glorious a Toast since I was Parson of Brentford, & kept it up with Balf & McQuirk!" (He had tried to secure the execution of these two 'bludgeon men' for murder at the Middlesex Election of 1768; though convicted they were pardoned, see BMSats 4223-4226.) He grasps a decanter of 'Holland[s]' (perhaps indicating attachment to Fox, after previous hostility, cf. BMSat 7652). On the extreme right sits Dr. Lindsey, with (like Sheridan) a drink-blotched face; he drinks, saying, "Amen! Amen!" Before him are two decanters of 'Brandy'. Behind Horne Tooke and Lindsey stands a group of sanctimonious dissenters, with lank hair, much caricatured; three say respectively: "Hear our Prayers: & preserve us from Kings & Whores of Babylon!!!"; "Put enmity between us & the ungodly and bring down the Heads of all Tyrants & usurpers quickly good Lord - Hear us good Lord". and "O! grant the Wishes of thine inheritance". On the wall above Foxs head is a picture of St. Paul's Cathedral; from the façade emerge the heads of three pigs feeding from a trough. This is 'A Pig's-Stye \ a View from Hackney' (an allusion to Priestley's congregation at the Gravel Pit chapel. Hackney, where he had succeeded Price)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., 1 print : etching, hand-colored, on laid paper ; sheet 280 x 496 mm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges, and two holes have been cut from sheet and repaired., Added in contemporary hand in lower right of sheet: These are the Friends of the Constitution., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 23d, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Lindsey, Theophilus, 1723-1808
"Six men, seated and standing behind a table on which are decanters, punch-bowl, &c, drink a treasonous toast. This is given by Priestley (left) who stands in profile to the right, holding up an empty Communion dish and a brimming chalice, saying, "The------ [King's] Head, here!" Fox sits in the centre, raising his glass, his right hand on his heart; he looks up ecstatically, saying, "My Soul & Body, both, upon this Toast!!!" On his right. sits Sir Cecil Wray, saying, "O Heav'ns! why I would empty a Chelsea Pensioners small-beer barrel in such a cause!!" [see BMSat 7892]. On the extreme left Sheridan bends forward, avidly filling his glass from a decanter of Sherry; he says, "Damn my Eyes! but I'll pledge you that Toast tho Hell gapes for me." On Fox's left sits Horne Tooke, saying, "I have not drank so glorious a Toast since I was Parson of Brentford, & kept it up with Balf & McQuirk!" (He had tried to secure the execution of these two 'bludgeon men' for murder at the Middlesex Election of 1768; though convicted they were pardoned, see BMSats 4223-4226.) He grasps a decanter of 'Holland[s]' (perhaps indicating attachment to Fox, after previous hostility, cf. BMSat 7652). On the extreme right sits Dr. Lindsey, with (like Sheridan) a drink-blotched face; he drinks, saying, "Amen! Amen!" Before him are two decanters of 'Brandy'. Behind Horne Tooke and Lindsey stands a group of sanctimonious dissenters, with lank hair, much caricatured; three say respectively: "Hear our Prayers: & preserve us from Kings & Whores of Babylon!!!"; "Put enmity between us & the ungodly and bring down the Heads of all Tyrants & usurpers quickly good Lord - Hear us good Lord". and "O! grant the Wishes of thine inheritance". On the wall above Foxs head is a picture of St. Paul's Cathedral; from the façade emerge the heads of three pigs feeding from a trough. This is 'A Pig's-Stye \ a View from Hackney' (an allusion to Priestley's congregation at the Gravel Pit chapel. Hackney, where he had succeeded Price)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27.4 x 50.1 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., The dash preceding "Revolution Society" in title has been clipped from sheet, with a replacement dash written in ink on the piece of laid paper used to mend the hole. Below this is written in a contemporary hand: These are the Friends of the Constitution., and Mounted on leaf 71 of volume 2 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 23d, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Lindsey, Theophilus, 1723-1808
Two superimposed prints connected at the top edge by a paper hinge. The face of the print on top (Beau 1700) has been cut out to show the face of Beau 1791. Each is fashionably dressed in the respective styles of the period
Alternative Title:
Beau 1791
Description:
Title engraved above images., Sheets trimmed mostly within plate mark., Two lines of verse below Beau 1700: Then the full flaxen wig, spread o'er the shoulders ..., Two lines of verse below Beau 1791: But now the whole's revers'd -- each fop appears ..., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 22, 1791, by C. Fourdrinier, Junr., Charing Cross
Two superimposed prints connected at the top edge by a paper hinge. The face of the print on top (Beau 1700) has been cut out to show the face of Beau 1791. Each is fashionably dressed in the respective styles of the period
Alternative Title:
Beau 1791
Description:
Title engraved above images., Sheets trimmed mostly within plate mark., Two lines of verse below Beau 1700: Then the full flaxen wig, spread o'er the shoulders ..., Two lines of verse below Beau 1791: But now the whole's revers'd -- each fop appears ..., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 22, 1791, by C. Fourdrinier, Junr., Charing Cross
"Three doctors, grinning with satisfaction, stand in conference in an apothecary's shop. One (left), very corpulent, his spectacles pushed up on his forehead, holds a bottle labelled 'The Draughts as before Mr Costive'. His vis-à-vis stands chapeau-bras, holding a cane. Both wear old-fashioned dress with tie-wigs. The third, standing behind and between them is more fashionably dressed. On the counter (right) is a pestle and mortar, pill-box, and medicine phials, one labelled going to rest. Behind it are shelves on which are glass jars of varying sizes containing coloured liquids."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., After Robert Dighton. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered "608" in lower left corner., No. 45 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Drugstores, Medical equipment & supplies, Medicines, Physicians, and Wigs
"Whole length portrait of a man walking (right to left) with a mincing gait, left toe turned out. He looks through an eye-glass with a frowning grimace. His left hand, holding a bludgeon, is on his hip. His hair is cropped and he has side-whiskers, and is dressed in the manner adopted by the rakes and bloods of 1791, wearing a high-crowned hat, a waistcoat with a high collar at the back; his coat is slipped off his shoulder, showing the upper part of his shirt-sleeve. He wears long breeches or pantaloons and very short top-boots, see BMSat 8040, &c. In the background is a piece of water, trees, and buildings. He resembles Lord Barrymore. In the background is indicated a house (right) with a park wall and trees reflected in water."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Watermark: I Taylor.
Publisher:
Pub. Sepr. 1st, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
The interior of barber shop: On the left a man stands before a mirror, face contorted as he wipes his jaw, unaware of the boy behind him pointing and laughing at him as he holds the man's pigtail in his hand. Another customer is shown in the center seated on a chair, the barber behind him about to cut off his pigtail as well. The third man sits in a chair on the right, reading a newspaper; his lower head is also shorn of its pigtail. The room show other customers as well as stands for wigs. Above the door on the right hangs a sign "R. Crop'em, hair dresser", a second sign beneath reads "Shave for a penny. Crop for two penny." Through the window on the left in the back, is a display of ladies' hats
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 8, 1791, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Volume 2, page 78. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: Annals of horsemanship ... London : Printed for W. Dickinson ..., 1791., Text below title: Ingrediturq solo & caput inter nubila condit., For a brief mention of the illustrations to Annals of horsemanship, see page 446 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted on page 78 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 25, 1791, by W. Dickinson, No. 24 Old Bond Street
"Two racing men in consultation on a race-course, with horses, jockeys, and a post-chaise in the background (left). They lean against a paling in front of the gable-end of a wooden barn or stable. One (left), with short unpowdered hair, wears a high-crowned hat and a long coat with many capes, he holds a riding-whip and a 'List of the Horses' printed in three columns and headed by a print of horses leaving the starting-post. The other wears a cocked hat, powdered hair or wig, and holds a 'Betting Book' and pencil-case in his right hand. Both wear spurred top-boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., After Robert Dighton. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '607' in lower left corner., No. 44 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering., and 1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; plate mark 35.2 x 25.2, on sheet 38.6 x 27.1 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Fences, Gambling, Horse racing, Race horses, Racetracks, and Stables
"Two racing men in consultation on a race-course, with horses, jockeys, and a post-chaise in the background (left). They lean against a paling in front of the gable-end of a wooden barn or stable. One (left), with short unpowdered hair, wears a high-crowned hat and a long coat with many capes, he holds a riding-whip and a 'List of the Horses' printed in three columns and headed by a print of horses leaving the starting-post. The other wears a cocked hat, powdered hair or wig, and holds a 'Betting Book' and pencil-case in his right hand. Both wear spurred top-boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., After Robert Dighton. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate numbered '607' in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Fences, Gambling, Horse racing, Race horses, Racetracks, and Stables
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 September 1791]
Call Number:
791.09.02.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A French patriot, wearing a cocked hat with large tricolor cockage, rests his hand on a bludgeon; from his pocket issues the "Rights of Man. Paine". In the background a noose dangles from a lamppost on which is fixed a bleeding head"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., and Mounted to 37 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Septr. 2, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N.3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
Subject (Topic):
Decapitations, History, Gallows, Nooses, and Street lights
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Bourbon Family Compact treaty, 15 August 1761 -- Berkeley Square: Lansdowne House -- Joseph Jekyll, M.P., as a monkey -- John Morris, M.P., as a bear -- Bears -- Monkeys., Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with initials G R below., and Mounted to 32 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 26, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Jekyll, Joseph, 1754-1837
Subject (Topic):
Great Britain, Politics and government, and Trained animals
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Lorgnettes -- Seals -- Slang: dock., and Mounted to 37 x 20 cm.
A simple-looking countryman scratches his head as he stands between a solicitor and a barrister in front of Westminster Hall; the solicitor, on the left, taps his nose and grins towards the viewer. The barrister with a watch and chain with fobs hanging from his vest holds four documents tied with string in his left hand. Two barristers are seen entering Westminster Hall in the distance (left). In the center of the design, lower edge, the title is represented by musical notations for sharps and flats -- a flat between two sharps
Description:
Title from text below image., Design attributed to Dighton., Verse below title: Law is like a fashion, folks are bewitched to get into it. It is also like bad weather, most people are very glad when they get out of it., Companion print to: A sharp between two flats., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered '605' in lower left corner., Later issue of No. 3763 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., No. 43 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Westminster Hall (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Clocks & watches, Clothing & dress, Customer relations, and Lawyers
A simple-looking countryman scratches his head as he stands between a solicitor and a barrister in front of Westminster Hall; the solicitor, on the left, taps his nose and grins towards the viewer. The barrister with a watch and chain with fobs hanging from his vest holds four documents tied with string in his left hand. Two barristers are seen entering Westminster Hall in the distance (left). In the center of the design, lower edge, the title is represented by musical notations for sharps and flats -- a flat between two sharps
Description:
Title from text below image., Design attributed to Dighton., Verse below title: Law is like a fashion, folks are bewitched to get into it. It is also like bad weather, most people are very glad when they get out of it., Companion print to: A sharp between two flats., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered '605' in lower left corner., Later issue of No. 3763 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., 1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; sheet 34 x 25 cm, mounted to 35 x 26 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, resulting in partial loss of imprint and plate number., and Music notes below image removed.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Westminster Hall (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Clocks & watches, Clothing & dress, Customer relations, and Lawyers
"Sir William Chambers sits in profile to the left at a small round table; on it is a house of cards which is falling in pieces. From his pocket protrudes a paper inscribed 'Art of', scored through, followed by 'Grant of Parlt'. Beside him on the ground (right) is a large book or portfolio: 'Art of Building and Rebuilding or Palladia improved by S---W---C'. Other papers (left) are 'Affidavit It was only a crack signed - Adam [and] Wyat' and 'Bills for the repairing S. H." On the wall are three pictures: (left to right) (1) a rock entitled 'Inigo Jones', (2) a picture in a broken frame: 'The House that Jack built', a view of the north (Strand) front of Somerset House, (3) 'A Ruin A View on the Thames', a picture of the south front of Somerset House in ruins."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Great architect modelling, Sr W- in his study, and Sir William in his study
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: House of cards -- Furniture: round pedestal tables -- Pictures amplifying subject: Somerset House -- Parliament grants -- River Thames -- Affidavits -- Reference to cracks in the Somerset House structure -- Allusion to Inigo Jones's work on Somerset House -- Allusion to Robert Adam, 1728-1792 -- Allusion to James Adam, 1730-1794 -- Allusion to Sir John Thynne, d. 1580 -- Allusion to Andrea Palladio, 1508-1580., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with initials GR below.
Volume 2, page 78. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: Annals of horsemanship ... London : Printed for W. Dickinson ..., 1791., Text below title: In hoc signo vinces., For a brief mention of the illustrations to Annals of horsemanship, see page 446 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted on page 78 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 25th, 1791, by W. Dickinson, No. 25 Old Bond Street
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: hallways -- Maidservants: chambermaids -- Cooks -- Brooms -- Food: roasting fowl -- Pictures amplifying subject: the Duke of Clarence and Mrs. Jordan kissing., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with monogram IS at bottom.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Dent
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816
Title etched below image., Companion print to: A little tighter., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 80 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 18th, 1791 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Title etched below image., Companion print to: A little bigger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 79 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
"The head and shoulders of a woman, caricatured, in profile to the right, singing with upturned eyes, holding up a paper in both hands. A wing, foreshortened, and very freely sketched, extends diagonally across her shoulder, and has some resemblance to a part of her dress; her hair is loosely arranged, but its contour is fashionable; her face is blotched with drink. Clouds and a ray of light are indicated in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Cherubs -- Reference to Matthew William Peters, 1742-1814.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 16th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond St.
"The head and shoulders of a woman, caricatured, in profile to the right, singing with upturned eyes, holding up a paper in both hands. A wing, foreshortened, and very freely sketched, extends diagonally across her shoulder, and has some resemblance to a part of her dress; her hair is loosely arranged, but its contour is fashionable; her face is blotched with drink. Clouds and a ray of light are indicated in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Cherubs -- Reference to Matthew William Peters, 1742-1814., 1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 13.0 x 8.7 cm, on sheet 15.3 x 10.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 24 of volume 8 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 16th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond St.
"Dibdin stands smiling beside a harpsichord (left) directed to the left, and leaning slightly forward, left hand extended. In his right is a paper inscribed 'Oddities Wags'. On each side of the harpsichord is a tripod supporting a lighted candle-sconce. He is giving a musical entertainment. In the text he is ridiculed as Petronius Broadgrin, noted for consummate effrontery, and he is recommended the works of Joe Miller as a repertory of jokes. Below the title: 'Wags have at ye.'"--British Museum online catalogue and A description of Dibdin's musical entertainments, Oddities and The Wags
Alternative Title:
Oddity wags have at ye
Description:
Title etched above image. Above title: Attic miscellany., Caricatures published under the pseudonym Annibal Scratch have been attributed to Samuel Collings., For another state published under different title, see: Marmaduke Momus., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Attic miscellany, v. ii, page 197., and Mounted to 27 x 20 cm.
"A whole length satirical portrait of the Duke of Norfolk, directed to the right; in his left hand is the baton of Earl Marshal; his right hand is in his waistcoat pocket. He wears top-boots, a slouched hat, and his hair is closely cropped. Earlier caricatures show the Duke wearing his own hair without powder, hanging on his neck."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Norfolk dumpling
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Food: allusion to dumplings -- Hair fashion: cropped hair -- Obesity., and Mss. annotations below title.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sepr. 21st, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
"A whole length satirical portrait of the Duke of Norfolk, directed to the right; in his left hand is the baton of Earl Marshal; his right hand is in his waistcoat pocket. He wears top-boots, a slouched hat, and his hair is closely cropped. Earlier caricatures show the Duke wearing his own hair without powder, hanging on his neck."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Norfolk dumpling
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Food: allusion to dumplings -- Hair fashion: cropped hair -- Obesity., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 18.3 x 14.5 cm, on sheet 27.0 x 20.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 11 of volume 8 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sepr. 21st, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
"Turkish soldiers, scattered over a wide parade-ground, are being instructed in squads, groups, and as individuals, by French officers. In the foreground a Turkish potentate, the Sultan or perhaps the Grand Vizier, leans against the stump of a tree, turning his head in profile to the left to watch the soldiers. At his feet (left) kneels a Black enslaved person who is filling a long pipe; beside him a fire burns on a tiny tripod. On the right a Frenchman pulls the long moustache of a Turk, striking him with his cane. Next, three awkward Turks are being taught musket drill. On the left a Turk threatens an officer, drawing his sabre. In the middle distance a Frenchman puts his hand on the projecting stomach of an obese Turk, to make his attitude more soldierly. In the background are a marching squad (left) and a firing squad (right) and, beyond, an officer is attacked by three Turks with sabres raised to strike. Behind (left) is a Turkish fort. The officers are not caricatured nor is their dress exaggerated. The Turks wear baggy trousers with either a fez or a turban; all have long moustaches."--British Museum online catague
Description:
Title engraved below image, in two lines., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Richard Bull (1725-1806) attritbutes the print to Isaac Landmann of Woolwich on his undated copy in an album held in the British Museum. See Museum number: 1931,0413.185., This image was first published in Vienna by Hieronymus Löschenkohl and then engraved once again by Johann Martin Will Augsburg in 1783., Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with monogram CP at the bottom and countermark Patoh., and Ms. annotation in contemporary hand, numbered '64'.
Publisher:
Published April 3rd, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Selim III, Sultan of the Turks, 1761-1808
Subject (Topic):
Austro-Turkish War, 1788-1790, Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792, Black people, Clothing & dress, Turkish, Daggers & swords, Hats, Forts & fortifications, Military inspections, Military officers, French, Military training, Military uniforms, Pipes (Smoking), Tableware, Rifles, Soldiers, and Enslaved people
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on sides., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Dorothy Jordan, 1762-1816 -- Allusion to Marie Antoinette, queen of France, 1755-1793 -- Allusion to Daniel Mendoza, 1764-1836 -- Marriages: Duke of York's marriage, 1791 -- Levees., and Mounted to 37 x 56 cm.
Publisher:
Pub Novr 24, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Barry, Augustus, 1773-1818, Barrymore, Richard Barry, Earl of, 1769-1793, Bedford, Frances Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
A lawyer stands in his office between two disconcerted litigants who are turned and walking away from him. As he brings a fork with an oyster on it to his mouth, he offers half of the empty oyster shell to the man on the right. A bald, worn-down looking man (left), looks down at his half of the shell, mouth agap. On the wall behind them are rolls of documents and a shelf of books; other papers are tacked on the wall above the desk. On the desk (right) is an ink well with feather pens. The center of the design at the lower edge is decorated with the musical symbols for sharps and flats
Description:
Title from caption below image., Numbered "604" in lower left corner., Companion print: A flat between two sharps., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., No. 42 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Customer relations, Desks, Inkstands, Interiors, Lawyers, and Offices
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: where may be seen the greatest collectn of caracatures [sic] in the Kingdom, admitce 1 sh, likways [sic] the head & hand of Count Struenzee., Temporary local subject terms: Chelsea, King's Road -- West Bourne Stream -- Factories: Chelsea, Patent Floorcloth -- Plenipotentiaries -- Literature: allusion to Alexander Pope's Eloisa to Abelard -- Turks -- Musicians -- Carriages -- Dogs., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with monogram W at bottom.
Publisher:
Londn. Pub. April 25, 1791, by S. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Duncan, Mary Tufton, Lady, 1723-1806 and Pacchierotti, Gasparo, 1744-1821
Title from item., Attributed to Cruikshank based on George's attribution of a companion print to the same printmaker. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, 6, no. 8028., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Strolling actors -- Poverty.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 22, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Title etched above and below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Strolling actors., and Watermark (partial): initial W appended at the bottom of a shield.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 16, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Above title: The Lilliputian world, plate 5., Two lines of verse below title: through Lilliputian realms my banners are unfurl'd ..., Temporary local subject terms: Lilliputs -- Theatrical costume -- Military uniforms -- Trades: editors -- Walking staves., and Watermark: countermark I V.
"Burke stands full face, frowning; his right arm rests along a high pedestal inscribed 'G.R' which supports a bust of George III. In his right hand is a book: 'Burke on the French Revolution'. His left arm hangs by his side, in his left hand are the staff and cap of 'Liberty'. The right half of his dress is whole, the coat gold-laced, the pockets brimming over with coins. The left half is ragged, his empty pocket hangs inside out. The head of the King, in profile to the right, wears an arrogant frown. In the background is a mountain, evidently Parnassus, crowned with a windmill) on one sail of which Fame is precariously poised. Trees and foliage complete the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., One line of text below title: "I preserve consistency by varying my means to secure the unity of my end." Burkes Reflections, p. 354., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Monuments -- Busts: bust of George III -- Mountains: Parnassus -- Buildings: windmills -- Symbols: figure of Fame -- Literature: allusion to Edmund Burke's Reflections On The French Revolution -- Poverty -- Money: coins -- Spectacles.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 16th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
"Burke stands full face, frowning; his right arm rests along a high pedestal inscribed 'G.R' which supports a bust of George III. In his right hand is a book: 'Burke on the French Revolution'. His left arm hangs by his side, in his left hand are the staff and cap of 'Liberty'. The right half of his dress is whole, the coat gold-laced, the pockets brimming over with coins. The left half is ragged, his empty pocket hangs inside out. The head of the King, in profile to the right, wears an arrogant frown. In the background is a mountain, evidently Parnassus, crowned with a windmill) on one sail of which Fame is precariously poised. Trees and foliage complete the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., One line of text below title: "I preserve consistency by varying my means to secure the unity of my end." Burkes Reflections, p. 354., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Monuments -- Busts: bust of George III -- Mountains: Parnassus -- Buildings: windmills -- Symbols: figure of Fame -- Literature: allusion to Edmund Burke's Reflections On The French Revolution -- Poverty -- Money: coins -- Spectacles., 1 print : etching in brown ink on wove paper ; plate mark 27.6 x 17.3 cm, on sheet 28.9 x 18.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 72 of volume 2 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 16th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
"Between the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York trips the tiny Duchess of York, holding a hand of each, her arms raised in order to do so. Behind the three stands a colossal man in Highland dress wearing a plaid, sporran (with the Prince of Wales feathers as a crest), and feathered cap. The Prince (left), who is in civilian dress, wearing a round high-crowned hat, says, "My Dear little Sister when you are tired Big Sam shall carry you!" The Duke, handsome in regimentals, turns to her, saying, "come my Love you shall see Papa driving the Pigs & Mama Milking the Cows". He points (right) to a distant scene, where the King in hunting dress chases two galloping pigs with a whip, saying, "Pig wont go", and the Queen is milking a cow."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Neither speech label present on the British Museum copy is printed on the Lewis Walpole copy., Earlier state of No. 7905 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Queen Charlotte as a milkmaid -- George III as a farmer -- Male costume: Highland dress -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Military uniforms: officers' uniforms., and The Prince of Wales's speech label added in contemporary hand (possibly Cruikshank's) in upper left corner.
Publisher:
Pub. Octr. 1, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820, and McDonald, Samuel, 1762-1802
Subject (Topic):
Costumes, Scottish, Cows, Farms, Giants (Persons), and Swine
"Lady Mount-Edgcumbe as a lean and ragged witch sits in profile to the right on a rocky mound overlooking the sea, her seat being a bundle of brooms. She supports her chin and nose on her right hand, the elbow resting on her knee. Her left arm is outstretched, pointing, her finger-nails are talons. Her hair blows out behind her from a bald forehead, and is on fire, the smoke rising into the sky. A frog at her feet (right) looks up at her. Behind is the sea with ships in full sail, indicating the view from Mount-Edgcumbe, Plymouth."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Witches -- Brooms -- Frogs -- Ships -- Eclipses -- Views: Mount Edgcumbe, Plymouth -- Travesty of Henry Fuseli., and Mounted to 30 x 21 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 17th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825 and Mount Edgcumbe, Emma Gilbert, Lady, 1729-1807
