"Three men sit, singing a catch, with a round table between them. A British officer (perhaps Cotton), wearing a cocked hat, sits in profile to the right, facing Dalrymple who sits (right) with tightly closed mouth, his hands on his knees. Between them, but with his chair from Dalrymple, sits a man in Spanish (here Portuguese) dress, wearing a feathered hat. The British officer sings: T'was You Sir-Hew - Twas Hew. that let the French Escape, That makes you look so blue Sir-Hew Sir Hew! He and the Portuguese (perhaps Freire) point minatory hands at Dalrymple, whose face is painted lead colour. On the wall are two pictures: (above the Portuguese) 'A correct representation of the French Plunderers stopt in their progress by the Spanish Patriots.' [at Baylen] and (above Dalrymple): 'A Correct representation of the French Plunderers quitting Portugal for France - under a British Escort.' In one a long train of wagons is stopped by armed men, in the other are ships in full sail. On the table are glasses and decanters of 'Port and Calcavella'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., and Watermark: E& P.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 1808 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Spain. and Portugal.
Subject (Name):
Cotton, Charles, Sir, 1753-1812 and Dalrymple, Hew Whiteford, Sir, 1750-1830
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Campaigns, Generals, British, Military officers, Singing, Wine, Drinking vessels, and Pictures
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Six women, all with inviting glances or gestures: arranged as in British Museum Satires No. 11143. 'Pigs Pettitoes', an ugly woman with toes turned in. 'Scrag of Mutton', a hideously lean and angular woman, her hands in a muff. 'Leg of Lamb', a comely woman with an umbrella, her petticoats kilted up displaying leg. 'Poloney', an ugly plump woman, rather sausage-shaped. 'Cods Head and Shoulders', a grossly fat and ugly woman. 'Lamb Chop and Mint Sauce', a pretty young woman holding a purse."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably a later state; first half of imprint statement appears to have been burnished from plate., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate also reissued in 1809; see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 167., Plate numbered "137" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume, 1808 -- Umbrellas -- Reference to Bond Street., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.6 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 71 in volume 2.
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Six women, all with inviting glances or gestures: arranged as in British Museum Satires No. 11143. 'Pigs Pettitoes', an ugly woman with toes turned in. 'Scrag of Mutton', a hideously lean and angular woman, her hands in a muff. 'Leg of Lamb', a comely woman with an umbrella, her petticoats kilted up displaying leg. 'Poloney', an ugly plump woman, rather sausage-shaped. 'Cods Head and Shoulders', a grossly fat and ugly woman. 'Lamb Chop and Mint Sauce', a pretty young woman holding a purse."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably a later state; first half of imprint statement appears to have been burnished from plate., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate also reissued in 1809; see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 167., Plate numbered "137" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume, 1808 -- Umbrellas -- Reference to Bond Street., and Print numbered in upper margin with ms. note: 33.
"Six women, all with inviting glances or gestures: arranged as in British Museum Satires No. 11143. 'Pigs Pettitoes', an ugly woman with toes turned in. 'Scrag of Mutton', a hideously lean and angular woman, her hands in a muff. 'Leg of Lamb', a comely woman with an umbrella, her petticoats kilted up displaying leg. 'Poloney', an ugly plump woman, rather sausage-shaped. 'Cods Head and Shoulders', a grossly fat and ugly woman. 'Lamb Chop and Mint Sauce', a pretty young woman holding a purse."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate reissued in 1809; see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 167., and Mounted on leaf 14 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. October 25, 1808, by Thomas Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Seven women (five isolated figures), probably representing courtesans who paraded in Bond Street, arranged in two rows, each with a caption: 'A La Mode Beef' stout, fashionable, and flamboyant, a small sunshade dangling from her hand. 'Rump of Beef' plainly dressed, fat, and with flexed knees. B'reast of Veal', with projecting breasts much exposed. 'Veal Cutlets', two simpering girls walking arm-in-arm. 'Baron of Beef', a vast woman, walking aggressively, wearing a fur stole, her hands in a muff. 'Pork Sausage', a long thin woman."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with first half of imprint statement burnished from plate., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pubd. October 25, 1808, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside. Cf. No. 11143 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate also reissued in 1809; see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 166-7., Plate numbered "188" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 90., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume, 1808 -- Reference to Bond Street -- Parasols -- Sunshade -- Fur stole -- Fur muff., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.4 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 1 in volume 3.
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Seven women (five isolated figures), probably representing courtesans who paraded in Bond Street, arranged in two rows, each with a caption: 'A La Mode Beef' stout, fashionable, and flamboyant, a small sunshade dangling from her hand. 'Rump of Beef' plainly dressed, fat, and with flexed knees. B'reast of Veal', with projecting breasts much exposed. 'Veal Cutlets', two simpering girls walking arm-in-arm. 'Baron of Beef', a vast woman, walking aggressively, wearing a fur stole, her hands in a muff. 'Pork Sausage', a long thin woman."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with first half of imprint statement burnished from plate., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pubd. October 25, 1808, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside. Cf. No. 11143 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate also reissued in 1809; see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 166-7., Plate numbered "188" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 90., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume, 1808 -- Reference to Bond Street -- Parasols -- Sunshade -- Fur stole -- Fur muff., and Print numbered in upper margin with ms. note: 34.
Image at the heading to printed verses in five stanzas: A bull rampages among broken crockery in a China Warehouse; John Mug inscribed over the door (right). Mug flies in the air, having been tossed out through the shattered window, and is about to descend in a scavenger's cart (left). From British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text etched below image., Text below title, in letterpress: ... written by Mr. C. Dibdin; composed by Mr. Reeve; and sung by Mr. Grimaldi, with unbounded applause, in the new comic patomime, called "Harlequin highflyer, or Off she goes," at the Aquatic Theatre, Sadlers Wells, Printmaker signature in lower left corner of image., Three columns of verse in letterpress below title: You've heard of a frog in an opera-hat, 'Tis a very old tale of a mouse and a rat; O could sing you anothr as pleasant, may hap, Of a kitten htat wore a fine high caul'd cap ..., and Plate numbered in upper left corner: 496.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sept. 5, 1808 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Bulls, Carriages & coaches, City & town life, Disasters, Show windows, Stores & shops, and Tableware
"Three ramshackle two-wheeled carts drawn by wretched horses race (right to left) against a background formed by the clouds of dust which they have raised, with a row of gabled houses (right) inscribed 'St Giles', terminating in a church spire (left), and probably representing Broad St. Giles. The occupants of the carts are Irish costermongers typical of St. Giles. The foremost horse gallops, urged on by the shouts of a standing man brandishing a club. The other occupants, two women and a man, cheer derisively the next cart, whose horse has fallen, one woman falling from it head-first, another lies on the ground. The driver lashes the horse furiously. The third cart, of heavier construction, is starting. The horses are partly obscured by the clouds of dust, but denizens watch from casement windows and a door. Two ragged urchins (right) cheer the race; a dog barks."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier version
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate sometimes included in the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See Catalogue of books illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson., Later version of a Rowlandson print from 1789. Cf. No. 7607 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark, partially trimmed: J. Whatman Turkey Mills 1818., and Mounted on verso of leaf 42 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"William Crowe stands in profile to the right holding his mortar-board in his right hand, his left hand extended, slightly stooping, as if making a speech. He has short thick hair (or wig) and wears bands and cassock under his gown."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 55 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.8 x 20.4 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Mr. Crow" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Crowe, William, 1745-1829
Subject (Topic):
People associated with education & communication and Public speaking
"William Crowe stands in profile to the right holding his mortar-board in his right hand, his left hand extended, slightly stooping, as if making a speech. He has short thick hair (or wig) and wears bands and cassock under his gown."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Watermark: H S & S., and Countermark: 182[?].
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Crowe, William, 1745-1829
Subject (Topic):
People associated with education & communication and Public speaking
"Half length portrait of a man full faced with raised arms and frenzied expression, waving a hat with a large election favour, a second favour on his coat, and a medallion hung from his neck."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered "10" in upper right corner., and Mounted on leaf 43 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"An elderly general rides a high-stepping horse in profile to the left, posed like an equestrian statue. He wears a high cocked hat with cockade and plume; his sword-belt is buckled over his sash, which girds a heavy paunch. In his right hand is a cane. He is Lt.-General Richard England of Lifford, co. Clare, Colonel of the 5th Foot and Lt.-Governor of Plymouth, father of Sir Richard England (b. 1793). He was a veteran of the American War, and had been one of the first colonists of Western Upper Canada."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides, with minimal loss of image from right edge., Leaf 71 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Watermark, trimmed: [Ed]meads 1808.
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three men sit at a round table over punchbowl, lemons, glasses, decanter, and jar of 'Tobacco'. Above the design is the title of the glee: 'How shall we Mortals spend our Hours'. A handsome young man (left), wearing top-boots, sings with an ecstatic expression: 'In Love!' An old naval officer, wearing a cocked hat, with a wooden leg and a patch over one eye smokes a long pipe, and sings: 'In War'. The third, a gaping dishevelled sot (right), sings 'In Drinking'."--British museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
How shall we mortals spend our hours?
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state; former plate number "41" has been replaced with a new number, and the place and date of publication have been removed from beginning of imprint statement., Publication date based on earlier state with the complete imprint "London, March 1st, 1808, Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside." Cf. Beinecke Library call no.: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9., Plate numbered "221" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., "Price one shilling cold."--Lower left corner of design., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: Basted Mill.
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three men sit at a round table over punchbowl, lemons, glasses, decanter, and jar of 'Tobacco'. Above the design is the title of the glee: 'How shall we Mortals spend our Hours'. A handsome young man (left), wearing top-boots, sings with an ecstatic expression: 'In Love!' An old naval officer, wearing a cocked hat, with a wooden leg and a patch over one eye smokes a long pipe, and sings: 'In War'. The third, a gaping dishevelled sot (right), sings 'In Drinking'."--British museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
How shall we mortals spend our hours?
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state; former plate number "41" has been replaced with a new number, and the place and date of publication have been removed from beginning of imprint statement., Publication date based on earlier state with the complete imprint "London, March 1st, 1808, Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside." Cf. Beinecke Library call no.: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9., Plate numbered "221" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., "Price one shilling cold."--Lower left corner of design., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 81 in volume 3.
"Three men sit at a round table over punchbowl, lemons, glasses, decanter, and jar of 'Tobacco'. Above the design is the title of the glee: 'How shall we Mortals spend our Hours'. A handsome young man (left), wearing top-boots, sings with an ecstatic expression: 'In Love!' An old naval officer, wearing a cocked hat, with a wooden leg and a patch over one eye smokes a long pipe, and sings: 'In War'. The third, a gaping dishevelled sot (right), sings 'In Drinking'."--British museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
How shall we mortals spend our hours?
Description:
Title etched below image., Date follows place of publication and precedes publisher's statement in imprint., Plate numbered "41" in upper right corner., "Price one shilling col[oure]d.", For a later state with beginning of imprint burnished from plate, see no. 11141 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 168-9., and Mounted on leaf 3 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three men sit at a round table over punchbowl, lemons, glasses, decanter, and jar of 'Tobacco'. Above the design is the title of the glee: 'How shall we Mortals spend our Hours'. A handsome young man (left), wearing top-boots, sings with an ecstatic expression: 'In Love!' An old naval officer, wearing a cocked hat, with a wooden leg and a patch over one eye smokes a long pipe, and sings: 'In War'. The third, a gaping dishevelled sot (right), sings 'In Drinking'."--British museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
How shall we mortals spend our hours?
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state; former plate number "41" has been replaced with a new number, and the place and date of publication have been removed from beginning of imprint statement., Publication date based on earlier state with the complete imprint "London, March 1st, 1808, Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside." Cf. Beinecke Library call no.: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9., Plate numbered "221" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., "Price one shilling cold."--Lower left corner of design., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.6 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 28.8 x 38.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 33 of volume 10 of 14 volumes.
"Napoleon plays a double bass, stooping forward, and looking with an agonized expression towards a music-book on a high stand, the pages headed 'Conquest of / Spain & Portugal' and ending in 'Volti Su . . . .' He says: "Plague take it! I never met with so difficult a 'passage' before - But if I can once get over the 'Flats', we shall do pretty well for you see the 'Key' will then change to B sharp." Behind Napoleon and on the right stand the Russian bear on his hind legs, muzzled, and blowing a French horn. He says: "Why that is 'Natural' enough brother Boney though this 'French horn' of yours seems rather out of Order I think." Napoleon, who wears a large bicorne, stands on a 'Map of the Continent' showing 'Spain' and 'Portugal'. Behind him are a drum and a roll of 'Boney's Orations Vol. 10th'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Boney playing base on the Continent and Boney playing bass on the Continent
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Watermark, mostly trimmed: J. Whatman., and Mounted on leaf 11 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sept. 24, 1808, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand
"Lee Lewes stands on stage at Covent Garden, with busts arranged on a table behind him, he holds one up, turning to the crowd; the audience in the pit in the foreground, with four tiers of boxes behind; after Woodward."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Frontispiece to: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784., Lewes, Charles Lee, 1740-1803, and Covent Garden Theatre,
Subject (Topic):
Theaters, Actors, British, Interiors, Audiences, and Public speaking
Title etched below image., Plate sometimes included in the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See Catalogue of books illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mills., and Mounted on verso of leaf 41 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Title etched below image., Probably a copy of a Rowlandson watercolor. See nos. 11111-7 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., 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 22 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Portrait caricature of George Nugent Grenville when a student at Oxford, whole length, walking in profile to left, wearing academic gown and hat, tight jacket, breeches, glove on his right hand, holding another glove."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 40 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identifed as "Ld. G. Grenville" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
"A tall imposing man, wearing a clerical wig and bands, mortar-board, gown, and cassock, stands directed slightly to the left, head in profile, one gloved hand on his breast, the right arm hanging by his side."--British Museum online catalogue and "He is William Cleaver (1742-1815), Principal of Brasenose College 1785-1809, who continually lived there, giving it a (temporary) leadership in scholarship and discipline, according to De Quincey. He was Bishop of Chester 1787, Bangor 1800, St. Asaph 1806. ... He was Lord Grenville's tutor, and was active in his election (see British Museum Satires No. 11384)."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Leaf 39 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.9 x 20.1 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Bishop of Bristol" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
"A tall imposing man, wearing a clerical wig and bands, mortar-board, gown, and cassock, stands directed slightly to the left, head in profile, one gloved hand on his breast, the right arm hanging by his side."--British Museum online catalogue and "He is William Cleaver (1742-1815), Principal of Brasenose College 1785-1809, who continually lived there, giving it a (temporary) leadership in scholarship and discipline, according to De Quincey. He was Bishop of Chester 1787, Bangor 1800, St. Asaph 1806. ... He was Lord Grenville's tutor, and was active in his election (see British Museum Satires No. 11384)."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
"Dr. Ford walks right to left in profile, looking at the ground, and clutching his gown in his right hand. He wears mortarboard, bands, and cassock. "--British Museum online catalogue and "Henry Ford matriculated 1776, aged 23, at Pembroke, was Lord Almoner's professor of Arabic 1780-1813, D.C.L. Magdalen Hall 1788, Principal 1788-1813. "--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 42 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.9 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., Watermark, trimmed: [Ed]meads & Co. 1808., and Figure identified as "Dr. Ford" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
"Dr. Ford walks right to left in profile, looking at the ground, and clutching his gown in his right hand. He wears mortarboard, bands, and cassock. "--British Museum online catalogue and "Henry Ford matriculated 1776, aged 23, at Pembroke, was Lord Almoner's professor of Arabic 1780-1813, D.C.L. Magdalen Hall 1788, Principal 1788-1813. "--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Figure identified by multiple ms. notes in lower portion of sheet.
"A tall slim man stands in profile to the left, wearing a long gown over lay dress and holding out a round hat. He is sharp-featured, and wears (?) a wig simulating short natural hair with a curl at the neck."--British Museum online catalogue and "Identified as Samuel Kilner (1732-1815), Fellow of Merton till 1815, Sub-warden in 1814. He appears younger than his age."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Leaf 44 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.3 x 19.6 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Mr. Kilner" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
"A tall slim man stands in profile to the left, wearing a long gown over lay dress and holding out a round hat. He is sharp-featured, and wears (?) a wig simulating short natural hair with a curl at the neck."--British Museum online catalogue and "Identified as Samuel Kilner (1732-1815), Fellow of Merton till 1815, Sub-warden in 1814. He appears younger than his age."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Figure identified by ms. note in contemporary hand in lower right corner of sheet., and Sheet numbered '63' by ms. note in upper right corner.
"A young man in cap and gown over fashionable dress, with short but not cropped hair, walks in profile to the right, his arms by his sides, bending slightly forward. He is Winchcombe Hartley who matriculated 9 Dec. 1806, aged eighteen, and was a Fellow of Merton 1808-13."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Leaf 45 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Mr. Hartley" in pencil below plate mark.
"Dr. Eveleigh stands in profile to the right, holding to his person his voluminous gown. He wears a clerical wig, mortar-board, and cassock. He is tall and dignified with sharply cut, alert, sensitive features."--British Museum online catalogue and "Eveleigh, Provost of Oriel 1781-1814, was Bampton Lecturer in 1792. He did much to raise the college to its high position in the early nineteenth century, and was a vigorous university reformer."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Leaf 49 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.8 x 20.0 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Dr. Eveligh" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
"Dr. Eveleigh stands in profile to the right, holding to his person his voluminous gown. He wears a clerical wig, mortar-board, and cassock. He is tall and dignified with sharply cut, alert, sensitive features."--British Museum online catalogue and "Eveleigh, Provost of Oriel 1781-1814, was Bampton Lecturer in 1792. He did much to raise the college to its high position in the early nineteenth century, and was a vigorous university reformer."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
"Representation of Dr Grosvenor in smart attire, walking to the left whilst clutching the glove of his right hand in his left hand. He wears black boots, a blue, double-breasted over-coat, and a black hat, and is accompanied by a white dog."--British Museum online catalogue and "Grosvenor (1742-1823), who became the most noted practical surgeon in Oxford, was admitted to the priviliges of the University in 1768, as 'chirurgus'. On the death of the University Printer in 1795 he became chief proprietor and editor of the Oxford Journal."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Surgeons -- Oxford University -- Oxford Journal., and 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 278 x 204 mm.
"Representation of Dr Grosvenor in smart attire, walking to the left whilst clutching the glove of his right hand in his left hand. He wears black boots, a blue, double-breasted over-coat, and a black hat, and is accompanied by a white dog."--British Museum online catalogue and "Grosvenor (1742-1823), who became the most noted practical surgeon in Oxford, was admitted to the priviliges of the University in 1768, as 'chirurgus'. On the death of the University Printer in 1795 he became chief proprietor and editor of the Oxford Journal."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Surgeons -- Oxford University -- Oxford Journal., Leaf 33 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Dr. Grovernor" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
"Dr. John Smith, portly and very round-shouldered, stands in profile to the right, wearing mortar-board, gown, and cassock, with bands. An eye-glass hangs from a ribbon. Smith (1744-1809), B.D. and D.D. 1796, was Rector of Fairford, Glos., 1768-1809, and Master of Pembroke College 1796-1809."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 47 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.3 x 20.5 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
"Dr. John Smith, portly and very round-shouldered, stands in profile to the right, wearing mortar-board, gown, and cassock, with bands. An eye-glass hangs from a ribbon. Smith (1744-1809), B.D. and D.D. 1796, was Rector of Fairford, Glos., 1768-1809, and Master of Pembroke College 1796-1809."--British Museum online catalogue
"Bust of a handsome, alluring woman, elegantly dressed."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 42 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"An elderly man, in profile to the right, pompously stressing his argument by enumerating points on his fingers."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Man wise in his own conceit
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered "9" in upper left corner., and Mounted on leaf 42 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the Catalogue of books illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson., Possibly a plate etched by Rowlandson for an 1808 or 1809 edition of An academy for grown horsemen; see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 102, 181., Plate sometimes included in the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See Catalogue of books illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on verso of leaf 39 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A ... sailor, arm-in-arm with a woman, stands in front of the door of a corner-house abutting on a quay. She is gaily dressed, holding a parasol, and slung with gold chains, a miniature (cf. British Museum Satires No. 10894) hangs from one, a watch and seals from the other. Above the door is a board: 'Lodgings for Single Men and Their Wives'. On the door is an inscription with a pointing hand: 'Please to ring the Bell'. The sailor says: "Why Nan-this is the very birth, we have been so long looking for". Against a background of masts and spars a sailor and a woman embrace (left)."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Lodgings to let at Portsmouth!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with beginning of imprint statement burnished from plate., Date of publication based on earlier state with the complete imprint "Pubd. June 30th, 1808, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside." Cf. No. 11139 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate numbered "219" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 89., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 34.8 x 24.9 cm, on sheet 41.8 x 25.6 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 79 in volume 3.
"A (negroid) sailor, arm-in-arm with a woman, stands in front of the door of a corner-house abutting on a quay. She is gaily dressed, holding a parasol, and slung with gold chains, a miniature (cf. No. 10894) hangs from one, a watch and seals from the other. Above the door is a board: 'Lodgings for Single Men and Their Wives'. On the door is an inscription with a pointing hand: 'Please to ring the Bell'. The sailor says: "Why Nan-this is the very birth, we have been so long looking for". Against a background of masts and spars a sailor and a woman embrace (left)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Lodgings to let at Portsmouth!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate numbered in upper right corner: 219.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 30th, 1808, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A ... sailor, arm-in-arm with a woman, stands in front of the door of a corner-house abutting on a quay. She is gaily dressed, holding a parasol, and slung with gold chains, a miniature (cf. British Museum Satires No. 10894) hangs from one, a watch and seals from the other. Above the door is a board: 'Lodgings for Single Men and Their Wives'. On the door is an inscription with a pointing hand: 'Please to ring the Bell'. The sailor says: "Why Nan-this is the very birth, we have been so long looking for". Against a background of masts and spars a sailor and a woman embrace (left)."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Lodgings to let at Portsmouth!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with beginning of imprint statement burnished from plate., Date of publication based on earlier state with the complete imprint "Pubd. June 30th, 1808, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside." Cf. No. 11139 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate numbered "219" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 89., Watermark, partially trimmed: Charles Wise 181[...?]., and Mounted on leaf 8 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Title from letterpress header to broadside printed below image., Header to broadside continues: By Jacob Quirk, a modern sonnetteer. A soliloquy., Fourteen lines of verse printed on broadside portion of sheet: Hungry and cold, unshelter'd with a cloak, A solitary wretch, these shores I roam ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: Ruse & Turners., and Countermark: 1805.
Title from letterpress header to broadside printed below image., Header to broadside continues: By Jacob Quirk, a modern sonnetteer. A soliloquy., Fourteen lines of verse printed on broadside portion of sheet: Hungry and cold, unshelter'd with a cloak, A solitary wretch, these shores I roam ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 20.3 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 41.6 x 25.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 55 of volume 11 of 12.
"Bust in profile to the left of a lean, elderly, wrinkled, sour-looking man."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered "15" in upper left corner., and Mounted on leaf 41 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Bust in profile to the right of an elderly, lean, sharp-featured, sour-looking prude, with closed eyes."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered "14" in upper left corner., and Mounted on leaf 41 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Napoleon's flaming nest is the terrestrial globe, resting on sheaves of bayoneted muskets laid on a flat-topped pinnacle inscribed 'Pyrenean Mountains'. Clouds and crags frame the design. The phoenix, with flaming wings, has the head of Napoleon, turned in profile to the left. He is terror-stricken; his blazing crown flies upwards from his head; his predatory claws are raised in horror; from one his sceptre falls, from the other the orb. He wears a high military collar; round his neck is a tricolour'Cordon d'Honor' fringed with daggers. On the globe is a map of countries surrounding the Mediterranean, the central spot being 'Corsica'. The burning countries are 'Portugal', 'Spain', 'France', 'Sicily' [south of Corsica], 'Germany', 'Italy', 'Turkey'. At the base of the globe is the north of 'Africa' with 'Morocco' and 'Algiers' [in flames]. Above the flames by which Napoleon is surrounded are heavy clouds; from above these emerges a dove holding an olive branch, its wings inscribed 'Peace on Earth'. It is irradiated, rays descending from behind the clouds."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Four lines of text following title: "When the phoenix is tired of life, he builds a nest upon the mountains, and setting it on fire by the wafting of his own wings ..., and Mounted on leaf 57 of volume 6 of 12.
Publisher:
Publishd. August 2d, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Date from Grego., Plate numbered "7" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Leaf 7 in volume 1.
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Date from Grego., Plate numbered "7" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.6 x 32.8 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of plate number., and Mounted on leaf 20 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Napoleon bursts out of a terrestrial globe on which a map is freely sketched. One leg is still below the surface; he puts the other on the 'East-Indies' close to 'Bengal'. He is astounded to find himself face to face with John Bull (right) who also emerges from the globe, a half length figure with a huge cudgel in his right. hand. From John's coat-pocket project papers: 'Secret Intelligence'. Napoleon in his dismay drops his sword and a 'Plan of Operations in the Eas [sic] Indies'. He says: "Begar Monsieur Jean Bull again! Vat - you know I was come here!" John answers: "To be sure I did - for all your Humbug deceptions I smoked your intentions and have brought my Oak Twig with me, so now you may go back again." Napoleon wears an enormous feathered bicorne. On the lower part of the design 'France' and 'The Tight Little Island' are shown."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Alternative Title:
Unexpected meeting
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from description of variant state in the British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "283" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., For a variant (earlier?) state numbered "48" in upper right corner, see no. 10995 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 93 in volume 4.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 9th, 1808, by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
"A copy of a Rowlandson watercolour, see British Museum Satires No. 11111. A man in hunting-dress stands on the back of his spirited horse to embrace a young woman who leans from a casement window. An elderly gap-toothed man wearing a night-cap peers from the cottage door with an imbecile gape. The hounds are in full cry beside the horse. A fat parson and a huntsman, much amused, turn in their saddles to watch the embrace. They are passing a village church."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title and imprint statement. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Window mounted to 36 x 27 cm., and Titled in pencil in a contemporary hand at bottom of mount: Hunting in the tailors preserve.
"A copy of a Rowlandson watercolour, see British Museum Satires No. 11111. A man in hunting-dress stands on the back of his spirited horse to embrace a young woman who leans from a casement window. An elderly gap-toothed man wearing a night-cap peers from the cottage door with an imbecile gape. The hounds are in full cry beside the horse. A fat parson and a huntsman, much amused, turn in their saddles to watch the embrace. They are passing a village church."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with changes to copper printing plate; edges of plate have been cut down resulting in loss of imprint statement from bottom edge, a new border has been added in aquatint around design, and a border of etched lines has been added around title. For original issue of the plate before these changes, see no. 11112 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Date of publication based on earlier state with the imprint "Published by Reeve & Jones, No. 7 Vere Strt., Novr. 1, 1808." See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 90., and Mounted on leaf 15 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Half length portrait of a tough-looking sailor, wearing a round hat with a bunch of ribbon, and knotted neck-tie, a stick under his left arm. 'A man who despises danger, wounds, and death ...'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 40 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Fantastic insects (l.), with human heads assail a hive (r.) standing on a low and very solid wooden stand, the 'Treasury-Bench'; ministerial bees emerge to defend it. The apex of the hive is a royal crown from which sprout ears of straw. In the upper left. corner is the grotesque body of Sidmouth terminating in a clyster-pipe inscribed 'Clysteria Ministeria'; the wings are bottles inscribed 'Emetic' and 'Cathartic' [cf. BMSat 9849]. Above him flies the head of (?) Fitzpatrick between wings inscribed 'Hedge Lane' and 'Chick-lane' (London slums and resorts of prostitutes). An adjacent aquiline profile resembles George Hanger. Below, and to the right., is Lauderdale, his wings patterned with tartan. Above (r.) is Erskine, in barrister's wig and bands, both wings inscribed 'Protest'. Next (r.), Moira is supported on ostrich-feather wings, indicating the Prince of Wales (see, e.g., BMSat 10253). Immediately below him is Grattan, with a barbed tail, his wings inscribed 'Irish Emancipation' [cf. BMSat 10404]. Next, and in the forefront, is Grey, like a dragon-fly (and striped blue and buff), his four wings inscribed 'Vanity'. In the next row below are (l. to r.) Ellenborough with malevolent features framed in a judge's wig; Bedford, his wings inscribed 'Disappointment'; Sheridan, his bloated body patterned like Harlequin (cf. BMSat 9916, &c), his wings inscribed 'Stale Jests' and 'Joe Miller'. The huge Temple has wings made of sheets of paper, inscribed 'Stationary', 'Fools-Cap', 'Gilt Post', and 'Wax', 'Pens', 'Wafers' [see BMSat 10721, &c.]. He spits copiously at the defenders. Next is the age-worn profile of Grafton. In the row below are (l. to r.) Lord Holland, with wings inscribed 'Volponean Rancour' [as nephew and devoted pupil of Fox, cf. BMSat 9892] and 'Kalpinist [Hindu] Subtilty'. Next, Lord Spencer, his wings inscribed 'Cunning Policy', and (behind) the profile of Lord Carlisle. Next, and immediately below his son Temple, is Buckingham, in spectacles and Garter ribbon, directing a blast from his 'broad bottom' against the crown on the hive. His wings are 'Catholic Loyalty' and 'Catholic Gratitude'. Close to him is the distended body of Grenville, marked with an irradiated cross and puffing a curling cloud at the enemy. His wings are 'Envy' and 'Ambition'. The three Grenvilles, 'Broad-Bottoms' (see BMSat 10530) par excellence, are close together, and in the centre front of the attack. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Mounted to 31 x 43 cm., and Pencil notations by Mrs. Annie Burr Lewis identifying most of the caricatured persons on the left.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 2d, 1808, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Grattan, Henry, 1746-1820, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, St. Vincent, John Jervis, Viscount, 1735-1823, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Rose, George, 1744-1818
"Fantastic insects (l.), with human heads assail a hive (r.) standing on a low and very solid wooden stand, the 'Treasury-Bench'; ministerial bees emerge to defend it. The apex of the hive is a royal crown from which sprout ears of straw. In the upper left. corner is the grotesque body of Sidmouth terminating in a clyster-pipe inscribed 'Clysteria Ministeria'; the wings are bottles inscribed 'Emetic' and 'Cathartic' [cf. BMSat 9849]. Above him flies the head of (?) Fitzpatrick between wings inscribed 'Hedge Lane' and 'Chick-lane' (London slums and resorts of prostitutes). An adjacent aquiline profile resembles George Hanger. Below, and to the right., is Lauderdale, his wings patterned with tartan. Above (r.) is Erskine, in barrister's wig and bands, both wings inscribed 'Protest'. Next (r.), Moira is supported on ostrich-feather wings, indicating the Prince of Wales (see, e.g., BMSat 10253). Immediately below him is Grattan, with a barbed tail, his wings inscribed 'Irish Emancipation' [cf. BMSat 10404]. Next, and in the forefront, is Grey, like a dragon-fly (and striped blue and buff), his four wings inscribed 'Vanity'. In the next row below are (l. to r.) Ellenborough with malevolent features framed in a judge's wig; Bedford, his wings inscribed 'Disappointment'; Sheridan, his bloated body patterned like Harlequin (cf. BMSat 9916, &c), his wings inscribed 'Stale Jests' and 'Joe Miller'. The huge Temple has wings made of sheets of paper, inscribed 'Stationary', 'Fools-Cap', 'Gilt Post', and 'Wax', 'Pens', 'Wafers' [see BMSat 10721, &c.]. He spits copiously at the defenders. Next is the age-worn profile of Grafton. In the row below are (l. to r.) Lord Holland, with wings inscribed 'Volponean Rancour' [as nephew and devoted pupil of Fox, cf. BMSat 9892] and 'Kalpinist [Hindu] Subtilty'. Next, Lord Spencer, his wings inscribed 'Cunning Policy', and (behind) the profile of Lord Carlisle. Next, and immediately below his son Temple, is Buckingham, in spectacles and Garter ribbon, directing a blast from his 'broad bottom' against the crown on the hive. His wings are 'Catholic Loyalty' and 'Catholic Gratitude'. Close to him is the distended body of Grenville, marked with an irradiated cross and puffing a curling cloud at the enemy. His wings are 'Envy' and 'Ambition'. The three Grenvilles, 'Broad-Bottoms' (see BMSat 10530) par excellence, are close together, and in the centre front of the attack. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.7 x 35.8 cm, on sheet 29.0 x 40.0 cm., and Mounted on leaf 52 of volume 6 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 2d, 1808, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Grattan, Henry, 1746-1820, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, St. Vincent, John Jervis, Viscount, 1735-1823, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Rose, George, 1744-1818
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '35' in upper left corner., Printseller's announcement within design: Price one shilling., For state published in 1813, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 265., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with date removed from imprint statement. For an earlier state with the date "Jany. 1st, 1808" at end of imprint, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 808.01.01.02+., Date of publication from Grego., Plate numbered "272" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., "Price one shilling.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Leaf 51 in volume 4.
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with date removed from imprint statement. For an earlier state with the date "Jany. 1st, 1808" at end of imprint, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 808.01.01.02+., Date of publication from Grego., Plate numbered "272" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., "Price one shilling.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.6 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 25.5 x 36.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 60 of volume 12 of 14 volumes.
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '35' in upper left corner., Printseller's announcement within design: Price one shilling., For state published in 1813, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 265., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23 x 31.2 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of artist's and printmaker's signatures from bottom edge and plate number from upper left., and Mounted on leaf 1 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Heading to printed verses: 'Written by Mr. C. Dibdin; Composed by Mr. Reeve; and sung by Mr. Smith, with unbounded Applause, in the "Magic Minstrel", at the Aquatic Theatre, Sadlers' Wells'. A dun stands before the doorstep of a dignified London house, facing a servant in livery with his hands in his pockets, whose master looks out of the adjacent window."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Call again tomorrow
Description:
Title from text printed in letterpress below image., Three columns of verse in letterpress below title: I'll to court among the nobility, hold up my head with the best ..., and Plate numbered in upper left corner: 499.
Publisher:
Publish'd Nov. 1, 1808 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"Skaters have fallen upon breaking ice, some lie flat; heads and legs and arms emerge in wild confusion. In the middle distance (right) two skaters, one a parson, flee headlong from the danger-spot. On the shore (left) three men stand watching the catastrophe with amusement. Farther off is a marquee within which are tiny figures seated at a table."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier version and "Another version, reversed and altered, of British Museum Satires no. 8196 (1772). A fat woman on her back has been added to the group of two fleeing men, and beside the three men standing on the bank is a fat woman, horrified at the calamity."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., and Mounted on verso of leaf 40 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"A gross, coarse-featured man (half-length) in old-fashioned dress and wig, scowls through a double eye-glass at a picture on an easel."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 42 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Half length portrait of a handsome barrister in profile to the left, making an impassioned appeal, his brief in the left hand."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 40 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Date conjectured from period of printer's activity., Later, altered version of no. 6153 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Print based on "A journeyman parson going on duty".
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, England, Horseback riding, Taverns (Inns), and Clothing & dress
"Heading to printed verses: 'Written and Sung by Mr. Emery, with unbounded Applause, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden'. A handsome young man wearing top-boots and striped waistcoat stands as if singing, in a landscape, outside a rustic inn (left). He relates his experiences first as head-waiter at the Red Cow, then as footman in various places. He has now 'cumm'd up to Lunnon to get a new place'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text printed in letterpress below image., Three columns of verse in letterpress below title: Your zarvant, good gentlefolks, how d'ye all do? Dont'ee know me again, that you stare at me so! ..., and Plate numbered in upper left corner: 500.
Publisher:
Publish'd Nov. 14, 1808 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"The five chief members of the Cabinet sleep round a small round table on which are punch-bowl (decorated with the Royal Arms), bottles of 'Port' and 'Madeira', and glasses. Portland sits full face, above the others, in a Gothic chair, a crutch beside him, one gouty bandaged hand supported by his Garter ribbon; Hawkesbury (r.) leans against him in profile to the right. Perceval, in his Chancellor of the Exchequer's gown, sits on Portland's r., leaning on the table. Facing each other sit Castlereagh (l.) and Canning (r.), leaning back in their chairs. From the former's coat-pocket hangs a long scroll, resting on the floor, headed 'Defence of the Country. Mr Speaker.' It is covered with meaningless arrangements of letters which dwindle into illegibility: 'aaaa, ccccc, iiiii [&c.]'. At the end: 'Nine Hours & a half long'. On the back of his chair and against his head is poised a squalling cat; under its paws is a piece of music: 'Air by Catalani' [see BMSat 10792, &c.]. Manning's legs are stretched out on the back of Melville [Mulgrave in W. & E. The profile and a tartan plaid indicate Melville.] who lies face downwards under the table, clutching a bottle. In his pocket is a paper: 'Secret Correspondence from Copenhagen' [cf. BMSat 11564]. All register delight at their entrancing dreams. On the floor (r.) used (gold) plates are stacked, all inscribed 'Treasury'. Two rats nibble at them; beside them lies a 'Bill of Fare - 1st Course Loaves & Fishes - 2d Course Loaves & Fishes [&c., &c.]'. Empty bottles are scattered about. Clouds rise from Canning's head and float above the other sleepers, supporting their vision, which, framed in clouds, fills the upper part of the design. Britannia rides in a triumphal car shaped like a boat with the British Lion as figure-head. She holds a trident and an olive branch. Behind the car, chained to the axles, walks a dejected Napoleon. Behind him is a huge polar bear (Russia), muzzled, and on a chain. Last come three captive sovereigns, some of the 'gingerbread kings', see BMSat 10518. They are followed by a cheering crowd with a flag inscribed 'Britannia rules the World'. From the car flies a Union flag, honourably tattered. The car is drawn by a huge bull (John Bull), led by a sailor, who is preceded by soldiers, one beating a drum another blowing a trumpet. They are part of a crowd of tiny figures which is disappearing under the gate of the Tower of London, whose buildings, with cheering crowds, form a background to the triumphal procession."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Text following title: Vide, an afternoon nap after the fatigues of an official dinner., 1 print : etching on wove / laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark x cm, on sheet x cm., Watermark, partially trimmed: J. Whatman 1807., and Mounted on leaf 51 of volume 6 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
"An elderly man sits in the middle of a garden seat, taking snuff, and looking delightedly to the left. Behind the seat are plants in pots, including an orange-tree and a rose. Behind these is a large tree; a thrush sings on a branch. There is a background of trees. The seat is constructed for wheeling from place to place (like a modern garden chaise-longue), with wheels at one end in place of legs, and with handles projecting horizontally from the other end."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One of a set of seven weather-themed prints with the same signature and imprint, all etched by Gillray from drawings by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Seasons: Spring.
Publisher:
Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"An elderly man sits in the middle of a garden seat, taking snuff, and looking delightedly to the left. Behind the seat are plants in pots, including an orange-tree and a rose. Behind these is a large tree; a thrush sings on a branch. There is a background of trees. The seat is constructed for wheeling from place to place (like a modern garden chaise-longue), with wheels at one end in place of legs, and with handles projecting horizontally from the other end."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One of a set of seven weather-themed prints with the same signature and imprint, all etched by Gillray from drawings by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Seasons: Spring., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.7 x 20.6 cm, on sheet 29.8 x 24.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 58 of volume 11 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"Pitt is borne upwards (left to right) in a chariot of swirling clouds of flame drawn by four horses abreast, and snorting fire, while his eyes are fixed on a broad beam of light inscribed 'Immortality'. He flings down his mantle, which his disciples below hold up their arms to receive. The mantle is blue faced with red (the colours of the Windsor uniform); on it a flaming sword lies across a pair of balanced scales, symbolizing Justice. Rays from the mantle strike down on the disciples; thunderbolts radiate from it, against the 'Republican-Mantle' with which the ghost of Fox tries to shelter the Opposition, and also against a tiny Napoleon. The disciples are grouped on a cliff, 'The Rock of Ages', rising from the sea. They surround a rectangular altar, of quasi-classical shape: 'The Altar of the Constitution'. Its two pilasters are 'Prudence' and 'Fortitude'. On this is a book inscribed 'Truth' on which is a royal crown. At its base lies 'Magna Charta'. The central and most prominent of the disciples, in the place of Elisha, is Canning, as the pupil of Pitt (see BMSat 10972); he stands behind the altar. Before it kneel Eldon (left) in Chancellor's wig and gown with the Purse of the Great Seal, and Perceval (right) in the gown of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Next to Eldon (left) kneels Portland. On each side of Canning stand Hawkesbury (left) and Castlereagh (right). Behind are (?) Camden (left) and Melville (right). The four peers wear peer's robes. On the right, and in the foreground, separated from the 'Rock of Ages' by a narrow chasm, is the 'Broad-Bottom-Dunghill' [cf. BMSat 10530]. On this are the Opposition fleeing in terror from the thunderbolts from the Mande despite the gigantic figure of Fox who flies over them, protectingly spreading his cloak. Fox is naked under his cloak, except for a bonnet rouge, and a shroud which floats back from his head. He has webbed wings and a cloven hoof, and he looks up at the Mantle in angry terror. His cloak is set on fire by a thunderbolt. The most prominent of the 'Priests of Baal' is Grenville, who stoops, clutching at his rent breeches; a cardinal's hat flies from his head (cf. BMSat 10404), and over his coat he wears a short cope-like garment with a large cross on it. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Mounted on leaf 55 of volume 6 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 25th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Grattan, Henry, 1746-1820, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, St. Vincent, John Jervis, Viscount, 1735-1823, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, and Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826
"A copy of a Rowlandson watercolour, see British Museum Satires No. 11111. An ugly foppish apothecary, with drink-blotched profile, kneels at the feet of a handsome young woman, one hand on his breast, the other pointing to a cloth at his feet on which are spread clyster-pipes, knife, pestle and mortar, and a bottle: 'Elixer of Life Drops'. She stands, making a gesture of surprise. Behind are the curtains of a bed, and a door (right) round which looks an amused man."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Apothecaries., and Probably a later impression from a worn plate, with some areas of aquatint lightly printed.
Publisher:
Published by Reeve & Jones, No. 7 Vere Street
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Pharmacists, Medical equipment & supplies, and Mortars & pestles
"A copy of a Rowlandson watercolour, see British Museum Satires No. 11111. An ugly foppish apothecary, with drink-blotched profile, kneels at the feet of a handsome young woman, one hand on his breast, the other pointing to a cloth at his feet on which are spread clyster-pipes, knife, pestle and mortar, and a bottle: 'Elixer of Life Drops'. She stands, making a gesture of surprise. Behind are the curtains of a bed, and a door (right) round which looks an amused man."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with alterations to plate; imprint statement has been removed, a new border has been added in aquatint around design, and a border of etched lines has been added around title. For original issue before these changes, see no. 11114 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Date of publication based on earlier state with the imprint "Published by Reeve & Jones, No. 7 Vere Street, Novr. 1, 1808." See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Watermark., and Mounted on leaf 17 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"In the foreground a ragged couple superintend the throwing of sticks at objects poised (or spiked) on pegs. The very fat woman bawls, holding sticks, and extends a greedy palm to a countryman. She wears a hat and cloak, a soldier's tunic, a short tattered skirt, and fragments of boot or gaiter, and has a large pouch slung from the waist. Another yokel advances behind the first, both are eagerly intent. A dog stands beside them. The man, who is thin and rapacious, stands behind his pegs holding out one of a bundle of sticks to the second customer. In the background is the crowded fair: Punch postures on a platform; a flag with a St. Andrew's cross flies from a church tower."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Industrious Yorkshirebites
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue. Grego suggests a date of 1818., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 22.3 x 33.5 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title., and Mounted to 27 x 38 cm; title added to mount in a modern hand.
"In the foreground a ragged couple superintend the throwing of sticks at objects poised (or spiked) on pegs. The very fat woman bawls, holding sticks, and extends a greedy palm to a countryman. She wears a hat and cloak, a soldier's tunic, a short tattered skirt, and fragments of boot or gaiter, and has a large pouch slung from the waist. Another yokel advances behind the first, both are eagerly intent. A dog stands beside them. The man, who is thin and rapacious, stands behind his pegs holding out one of a bundle of sticks to the second customer. In the background is the crowded fair: Punch postures on a platform; a flag with a St. Andrew's cross flies from a church tower."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Industrious Yorkshirebites
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue. Grego suggests a date of 1818., and Mounted on leaf 8 of volume 14 of 14 volumes.
"A fat 'cit' halts on the road beside a milestone on which he has hung his hat, to mop his dripping forehead. In his left hand is his wig. His waistcoat is unbuttoned. Against the stone, inscribed 'One Mile from..', leans his gold-headed cane. He stands on a sandy hill, the focus of rays striking almost vertically down, and is beset by flies. Though only fields are visible culminating in a mound on which stands a windmill, he is evidently on his way to a Sunday Ordinary close to London, a favourite theme, cf. BMSat 8405."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One of a set of seven weather-themed prints with the same signature and imprint, all etched by Gillray from drawings by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Seasons: Summer., and Mounted to 33 x 25 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A fat 'cit' halts on the road beside a milestone on which he has hung his hat, to mop his dripping forehead. In his left hand is his wig. His waistcoat is unbuttoned. Against the stone, inscribed 'One Mile from..', leans his gold-headed cane. He stands on a sandy hill, the focus of rays striking almost vertically down, and is beset by flies. Though only fields are visible culminating in a mound on which stands a windmill, he is evidently on his way to a Sunday Ordinary close to London, a favourite theme, cf. BMSat 8405."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One of a set of seven weather-themed prints with the same signature and imprint, all etched by Gillray from drawings by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Seasons: Summer., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.7 x 20.6 cm, on sheet 30.5 x 24.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 59 of volume 11 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Title etched below image., Printmaker's name illegible in lower right corner of design: Possibly Stack or Stock., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Description based on imperfect impression; imprint statement mostly trimmed from sheet., Probably a copy of a print by Richard Newton that was published by William Holland on 8 May 1797. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0214.334., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"Bust directed to the left, of a coarse-featured, roughly dressed man, laughing with lowered eyelids."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered "4" in upper left corner., and Mounted on leaf 44 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Half length portrait of a grossly fat Dutchman in profile to the left, smoking a short pipe, and with a second pipe in his hat. 'He looks upon money to be the greatest good upon earth, and pickled herring the greatest dainty'."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 39 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Title from letterpress broadside poem printed on same sheet., Heading to broadside continued: By Jacob Quirk a modern sonnetteer. A burlesque., Fourteen lines of verse printed on broadside portion of sheet: The castle-clock toll'd one! and all around, above, below, was solemnly serene save when the village watch-dog on the green bay'd to the moon-or the faint brawling sound ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Wigs --- Peg legs -- Woods -- Church ruins., and Watermark: J Whatman, 1806.
"Three quarter length portrait of a woman, handsome, well-dressed, and dignified, standing in profile to the left, right arm extended, making a speech. She is 'President of the Ladies' Debating Society', who can prove 'that man is an usurper of dignities and preferments, and that her sex has a just right to participation ...'."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered "11" in upper left corner., and Mounted on leaf 43 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Four ladies sit at a round table, two old and ugly, the others young and comely. The ugliest (left) peers through spectacles at a newspaper, screaming, "Mercy on us here is news!! They write from Hanover that when Boney part took possession of that country, he ravish'd all the Women!!" The other, holding up her fan, exclaims: "O! the Wretch". The two younger ladies (right) turn to each other, saying, "It is very true Ma'am it is only a word and a blow with him-Your Honour or your property", and "Well Ma'am if he should come here, at all events I will take care of my property". A young girl, sitting demurely at a little distance from the table, her wrists crossed on her lap, says: "So will I Mamma!" A butler with a tray of glasses enters the door, grinning."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image., State with publication date present. For a variant state with publication date lacking, see no. 11465 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate numbered "35" in upper left corner., "Price one shilling coulered [sic].", Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 289., and Mounted on leaf 2 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"A stout man skates towards the spectator, making curves on very cracked ice. Behind are snow-covered hills. Wild geese fly across the sky."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One of a set of seven weather-themed prints with the same signature and imprint, all etched by Gillray from drawings by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A stout man skates towards the spectator, making curves on very cracked ice. Behind are snow-covered hills. Wild geese fly across the sky."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One of a set of seven weather-themed prints with the same signature and imprint, all etched by Gillray from drawings by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.6 x 20.7 cm, on sheet 30.4 x 24.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 61 of volume 11 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"Half length portrait of a laughing man, full face, shoulders shrugged and hands extended deprecatingly. He is 'all levity and lightness, singing and capering from morning till night ...'."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 40 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Joseph, neatly dressed as an avocat, takes an enormous step from the rail of a desk (right) on which his right toe is poised to a wall 'Map of Spain & Portugal' on a level with his shoulders, where his left toe touches 'Madrid'. His hands are raised above his head to clutch at a mass of fringed cushions on which is the crown of 'Spain', with a sceptre. On the wall is pinned a notice: 'Notary Public Bayonne'. Four clerks sit facing each other at the desk he has left, which has double slopes, divided by the low rail from which he steps. One asks: "Why Joseph wither art thou going"; he looks down answer: "Whither - but to fill my high destiny? And like my noble Brother Sway tne Sceptre of another." The other clerks say respectively: "But proverbs tell of many Slips, Between the tankard & the lips, And really I am apt to give, The proverb credit as I live" and "He must needs go whom the Devil drives and should it cost his Neck; Ownds! what a prodigious step for a Notary's clerk"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark: J. Whatman., and Mounted on leaf 10 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 18th, 1808, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821., and Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838.
Title from item: a quotation from satirist Thomas Brown's 'Works'., Attribution following title: Vide Tom Brown Works., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Gaming house interior -- Illustrative material -- Literature quotation: Thomas Brown, 1663-1704: Works., Print numbered '28' in ms. above design., and Printmaker's name erased from this impression.
Two men sit opposite a table strewn with papers in the library lined with bookcases. The one leans over the table, paper in hand, speaking passionately to his companion
Description:
Title from text above image., Originally published: August 25, 1808 by Thomas Tegg. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, with loss of publication statement., and Mounted to 10 x 17 cm.
"A copy of a Rowlandson watercolour, see British Museum Satires No. 11111. Three old Jews stand in the street, in close consultation. All wear old-fashioned dress with beards, and long buttoned coats, one resembling a caftan. Behind are the old-fashioned houses of 'Dukes Place'; old clothes hang from a shop inscribed 'Solomon'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Watermark, partially trimmed: J. Whatman., and Mounted on leaf 16 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Realistic bust in profile to the left, on a round base, of a man with coarse features, staring eye, gaping mouth."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered "3" in upper left corner; number is etched backwards., and Mounted on leaf 44 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"A young man stands singing on the boards of a theatre; trees form a background. 'Mr Mug', enslaved in Africa by 'a trading blackamoor', became 'his black Mandingo Majesty's white Minister of State'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text printed in letterpress below image., Three columns of verse in letterpress below title: By trade I am a Turner, and Mug it is my name; to buy a lot of ivory to Africa I came ..., and Plate numbered in upper left corner: 495.
Publisher:
Publish'd Septr. 1, 1808, by Laurie and Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
1808.
Call Number:
808.04.15.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below item., Variant of no. 11976 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires v. 9., and Plate marked "42" in upper right corner.
"Half length portrait of a man wearing ear-rings, with his hands on and over the keyboard of a piano, looking round, with eyes turned up, and mouth wide. An attack on large fees to foreign opera-dancers and singers."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered "13" in upper left corner., and Mounted on leaf 41 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Three quarter length portrait of a jockey, in profile to the right, holding a switch and leaning forward with hands together as if holding reins."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered "2" in upper left corner., Watermark, partially trimmed: 180[...?]., and Mounted on leaf 44 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"John Bull (left), a benevolent 'cit', and a Spaniard (right), stand in front of piles of military stores. John's right hand is deep in his coat-pocket, in his left hand is a cudgel of 'Oak'. He says, smiling at the Spaniard: "My good Friend you see I have brought you Clothing for Ten thousand men Viz Cheese Shoes stockings belts and small Clothes besides Arms and Amunition, and if that wont do Ill bring you Gully and Gregson and the Devil is in it if they wont do!" The Spaniard, with his hands on his hips, and an expression of stern resolution, answers: "We thank thee Johnny for all thou hast brought, and if thou cans't bring the other two we shall be more obliged to thee." At John's feet are guineas and a bag of 'Gold'; the stores behind him are cannon-balls, packages of 'Coats', 'Shirts', 'Belts', piles of cheeses inscribed 'Stilton Cheese' [on top], 'Cheshire Cheese', 'Gloucester Cheese', 'Cambridge Cheese', 'Yorkshire Cheese', 'Leistershire Cheese', 'Cottenham Cheese', and 'Bath Cheese', 'Wiltshire Cheese', 'Cream Cheese', 'Derbyshire Cheese', partly hidden by a great pile of shoes. Beside the Spaniard are swords, pistols, a package of 'Stockings' a cask, and bayoneted muskets."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's stamp in lower right corner of sheet: RA., and Mounted on leaf 13 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 3, 1808, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand
Title from song printed below on the same sheet., Plate numbered '482' in upper left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Thirty four lines of verse printed below image: I be come up to London, that whirligig place, To see Mother Goose on an odd wild-goose chase; so I quitted Tadcaster, and took to my heels, in the new flying waggon, that flies on broad wheels ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 1, 1808, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Six designs on one plate arranged in two rows, with borders in which the inscriptions are engraved. Johnny is a smartly dressed young man. There is a landscape background in Nos. 1 and 3 (in which Johnny wears a top-hat and top-boots). In Nos. 2, 4, 5 a boarded floor indicates an interior. [1] With folded arms and bowed head he approaches from behind a hideous and grinning negress who holds a tobacco-pipe. Above: Smitten with the charms of Mimbo Wampo a sable Venus, daughter of Wampo Wampo, King of the Silver Sand Hills in Congo. [2] Bare-legged he sits in a chair, his bare foot held by the negress who sits on the ground at his feet. Above: Delicately declaring his Love to the aimable Mimbo Wampo, while she is picking his Cheqoes. "You lub me Massa" eh! eh!? [3] Johnny and an old negro wearing only breeches face each other. Beside the latter is a large jar inscribed Feathers, Grave Dirt, Egg Shells, &c. Above: Consulting Old Mumbo Jumbo the Oby Man, how to get possession of the charming Mimbo Wampo. "Lets me alone for dat Massa." [4] He kneels at the feet of the negress taking her hand; she sits on a stool smoking a pipe. Four comparatively handsome women stand in a row watching, two are black, two are white but negroid. Above: Mr Newcome happy, Mimbo made Queen of the Harem. [5] He embraces Mimbo; two other negresses stand behind her, one holding two pale-skinned black-haired infants, the other with a third infant held on her head in a tray. Two other children stand by their mother. Above: Mr Newcome taking leave of his Ladies & Pickaneenees, previous to his departure from Frying Pan Island to graze a little in his Native land. [6] Portrait heads of the children, numbered I to 9, arranged in three rows. Above: A few of the Hopeful young Newcomes. Below the whole design: J. Lucretia Diana Newcome, a delicate Girl very much like her Mother; only that she has a great antipathy to a pipe, and cannot bear the smell of Rum. 2 Penelope Mimbo Newcome. 3 Quaco Dash Newcome prodigiously like his father. 4 Cuffy Cato Newcome. 5. Caesar Cudjoe Newcome. 6 Helena Quashebah Newcome. 7 Aristides Juba Newcome. 8 Hector Sammy Newcome, a child of great spirit, can already Damnme Liberty and Equality and promises fair to be the Toussaint [see No. 10090] of his country. 9 Hannibal Pompey Wampo Newcome
Description:
Title engraved above image., Companion print: West India luxury!!, and Watermark: J Whatman Turkey Mill. Countermark: 1825.
Publisher:
Published April 1808 by William Holland, Cockspur Street, London
"Simple-minded people gaze up at placards inviting subscriptions to unsound companies. A high wall runs from a house partly visible on the extreme left, to the street corner, enclosing a large building placarded Hospital for Incurables Supported by Voluntary Subscribers [i.e. for victims of speculation mania]. On the right are old-fashioned houses, one of which is alined with a church, the scene suggesting one of the older parts of the City of London with seventeenth-century houses. The high wall on the left is covered with large bills at which the gullible are gazing: [1] Doctors Company--Capital One Million divided into Shares at -- Pr Share--the Advantages incalculable No Charge for Emetics opening draughts Injections &c-- [signed] Sam Sexton Clerk, [2] Patent Coffins provided on the shortest notice --No Surgeons Admitted--. [3] Genuine Milk Company free from Chalk Poison Water &--. [4] Company of Menders--Open to both Sxes in shares at--pr Share. None to be Admitted but who can give undeniable proofs of mending either their wives or Husbands Neighbours or Friends and lastly but most particularly Themselves. [5] Company of Scavengers Nightman [sic] and all imposters to be sent to the House of Correction. [6] Company of White Washers NB No Lawyers admitted [cf. British Museum Satires Nos. 11269, 11272]. [7] More Advantages-- A New Cabbage and Potatoe Compy Warrented Genuine No cooking required saves time and trouble 5s each Share. [8] Match and Tinder Compy Capital 2 Millions five farthings each Share. [9] Blacking Company. On the opposite side of the wide irregular street is a low-grade barber's shop, with the barber shaving a customer in the doorway. Outside the door his dwarfish assistant sharpens a razor on a grindstone. Above the door is a large tilted board: Tim, Slashem Barber and Perriwig Maker--begs leave to inform the patronizers of Merit--that he means to form a New Company of Mowers of Beards having discovered a New Machine to Shave 60 men in a minute, to comb oil and powder their wigs in the Bargain. NB. Bleeding and Teeth drawn gratis. The striped pole slants forward above the board. At a casement window under the roof a woman is washing; a cat prowls on the tiles. This is a corner-house, its (invisible) side facing Bubble Alley, where the corner-house has a large placard: Peter Puff--Manufacturer of Deal Boards--without Knots from genuine Saw dust &c. At right angles to this is a narrow street receding towards the church. On this are more bills and a projecting lantern: Subscri[bers or ptions] taken in here. Spectators gaze at the bills in the foreground, middle distance, and background. On the left a fat 'cit' and his taller and more fashionable wife walk purposefully; she dangles a reticule, his hand is deep in a pocket, they are clearly deluded subscribers. A yokel and his wife gaze up at the 'Milk Company' advertisement. On the right a countryman on horseback followed by his dog stares up at the barber's notice, as does a bearded Jew carrying a sack (of old clothes)."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
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Title etched below image., Early state with intact imprint statement, the year "1808" following Rowlandson's signature, and alternate plate numbering. For a later state with end of imprint burnished from plate, see no. 11441 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate numbered "40" in upper left corner., "Price one shilling coloured.", Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 168., and Mounted on leaf 26 of volume 10 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, March 10th, 1808, N. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Barbershops, Churches, and Posting signs & notices
As the result of the Convention of Cintra, French general Junot is shown vomiting, with great effort, a large booty of gold coins, candlesticks, church plate, watches, and other valuables while a Portuguese kneeling in front of him attempts to catch as many items as possible into an already-disgorged silver basin. To Junot's right stands John Bull in sailor's clothes and ill-fitting wig. He is holding the general's head in order to help him rid himself of his plunder. Three French officers on the left watch the above scene with dismay and anger
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. October 17, 1808 by R. Ackermann, N 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Junot, Jean Andoche, duc d'Abrantès, 1771-1813.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Convention of Cintra, Military officers, French, Military uniforms, Vomiting, and War destruction & pillage
"Joseph Bonaparate, the newly crowned King of Spain, stands at centre wearing doublet, slashed breeches, crown, medallion and cloak, and turned in beseeching attitude to left, where four Spaniards are standing; Joseph says, 'For this kind and flattering reception much thanks. behold the Brother of the great Napolean come to reign over you for your goods.' One of the Spanish men, with a long sword, says to another whose hand is on his dagger, 'yes Comrade and for our Chattels too if I guess right.'; behind them, a woman holding a dagger says to another, 'He was bred an Attorney and w'eel soon eject him from Spain'. Behind Joseph at right stand his French supporters, one holding a flag lettered 'Vive le Roi' over Joseph's head, and angrily crying, 'Will no one Huzza - - will no one ring the Bells - if you dont make a noise you shall all fall by the Royal Bayonet.', a cry of 'Vive le Roy Huzza' arising from a pike-carrying crowd behind."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., Year of publication precedes publisher's statement in imprint., Plate numbered "53" in upper left corner, with the digit "3" etched backwards., A pair to "King Joes retreat from Madrid, published on the same date with the same plate number. See Curator's comments in the British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Paper damaged with loss to the word "flattering" in King Joe's speech bubble, upper left. Mounted to 28 x 38.1 cm.
"Members of the Grenville family surround a table on which a negro footman places a basket containing an attractive baby. The child kicks and crows as the man lifts up the wrapping which had covered her. A blue ribbon with a seal or jewel hangs from the basket, which is labelled 'for the Marchioness Broad Bot[tom]', with a paper: 'Copy of Verses to the Marchioness of Broad ... ' [the words dwindle to illegibility]. The Marchioness and the Marquis (r.), side by side, lean towards the basket. The former, in back view, is dressed as an abbess, with a large cross on her rightobe where it covers her heavy posterior. An enormous rosary hangs from her waist; she wears many rings, and a gold-trimmed gown under her black robe. Her husband, who has just risen from a chair, peers through his spectacles; he wears military uniform, his left hand rests on an enormous cross worn in place of a sword. On the farther side of the table his two brothers, Thomas Grenville and Lord Grenville, wearing monkish robes with rosaries round their necks, stare with impassive disapproval at the foundling. On the left. and in profile to the right. stand Buckingham's two sons, Lord George Grenville (less stout than his brother, but with an equally projecting posterior, see BMSat 11064) and Lord Temple, his breeches pocket stuffed with guineas. [The identifications are those of Lord Holland.] The child is on a round library table covered with green cloth, and with drawers inscribed 'Lists of Pensions', 'Lists of Sinecures', 'Lists of Places', 'Crown Grants'. Through the open door (l.) two fat liveried servants stare at the scene. Behind them a Jesuit descends a staircase, holding a paper: 'Inquisition.' The room is an oratory, with an altar (r.), much burlesqued in Gillray's manner when designing emblems of 'Popery', cf. BMSat 10404. An open book leans against the open sanctuary which supports a chalice and the Host. Its pages are headed 'Sante Marie', 'Sante Joseph', 'Sante Diable', 'Sante Napoleone'. Within the sanctuary is a demon hugging money-bags. In front of the book is a bell. The book is flanked by wine-bottles: in the neck of one is a calvary, in that of the other a bunch of roses (cf. BMSat 10558, &c). Two fat cherubs with heavy posteriors, holding palm branches, flank the chalice. ...."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Misfortune of not being born with marks of "the talents"!
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: "What! a relation to the Broad-bottom's? O Sainte Marie! why there's not the least appearance of it! Therefore, take it away to the workhouse directly!", and Mounted on leaf 54 of volume 6 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 19th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Grenville, Thomas, 1755-1846, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, and Nugent, George Nugent Grenville, Baron, 1788-1850
"Half length portrait, poised on a pedestal of a coarse-featured man directed to the left, a patch over one eye, bludgeon under his arm."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., First half of artist's name in signature is lightly printed and barely legible., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 43 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
