"A press-gang at work in a London street, at the end of which appears the dome of St. Paul's. A sailor (c.) strides towards the spectator, a club in his right. hand, dragging along a lean tailor, who holds up his hands in dismay. An infuriated woman (l.) has seized the sailor by his hair and the right. ear while she pummels him with her knee. Another sailor behind has seized her wrist and raises a club to strike her. A third sailor (r.) holds the tailor by the left. arm. A naval officer (r.) walks beside the party with a drawn cutlass. Behind are other sailors. A woman (l.) wearing stays or jumps' raises a mop in both hands to smite a sailor; an infant clutches her petticoats. A group of spectators (l.) includes a woman carrying a baby. A dog barks at the fray."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 15th, 1779, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
"A satire on "hireling constables", that is, on constables who were paid as substitutes for parishioners who were bound to serve annually without pay. The interior of a watch-house, where the constable of the night sits in an armchair, wearing a hat and holding a long staff. Watchmen are bringing in persons arrested during the night, others sit or stand about; some are smoking. All the figures have the heads of apes. A watchman bringing in a young woman shows the constable his broken lantern. He is followed by a watchman bringing in a well-dressed young man. Other watchmen, with a woman wearing an apron, are seen through a large open doorway; behind them are buildings and the tower of Westminster Abbey. On the top of the door, which opens inwards, sits a large owl. A large fire blazes. The room is lit by a lantern hung from the roof and two large candles. Large flagons of drink are in evidence. Verses (eighteen lines) are engraved beneath the design, whose tenor is that the young woman is used by the constable as a decoy, the man is charged (falsely) with having assaulted the watch and broken the lantern. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Imprint from British Museum catalogue., and Trimmed within plate line with loss of imprint.
An old ballad singer offers his ballad sheets to a pretty young mother and her son as they walk across a bridge over the Thames. In the distance the sun's rays illuminate the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark. Imprint erased?, Window mounted to 41 x 30 cm., Note in an unidentified hand at bottom of mounting sheet., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
"Twelve views seen in a peep-show, the views being arranged in four rows; the outside of the box or booth is seen on the left, a boy looks through a round hole, the showman points, saying to him, "There you shall see". His words are given at length in the accompanying text"--British Museum online catalogue and "From the ‘Westminster Magazine’, vii. 282 (folding plate). [1] ‘The Distressed Financier.’ ... [2] ‘The Generals in America doing nothing, or worse than nothing.’ ... [3] ‘Proving that they have done every thing.’ ... [4] ‘Jemmy Twitcher Overseer of ye Poor of Greenwich.’ .... [5] ‘The Duke of Richmond turned Linen-Draper’ ... 6] ‘The Opposition Pudding-makers.’ ... [7] ‘Cha. Ja Tod abusing ye national Gamblers.’ ... [8] ‘The Jerseymen treating ye French with Gunpowder tea.’ ... [9] 'The Scotch Presbyterians pulling down the Papists Houses.' ... [10] 'The English Papists laughing at ye Protestants.' ... [11] 'A Picture of Irish Resolution.' ... [12] ‘Inside View of the Long Room at ye Custom House.’ ..."--British Museum curator's comments
Alternative Title:
Picture of parties and politics
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Imprint from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Published 1st. of July 1779 by Fielding & Walker ...
"A woman standing examining a display of slip ballads that the seller, a "pinner-up", who is seated on a stool, has hung along a wall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., After a painting by Henry Walton., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Plate numbered '410' in lower left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Music: song-sheets -- Male costume: song-sheet seller -- Female costume: maid-servant -- Trades: song-sheet seller -- Brooms -- Broadsides: King Charles' 12 good rules., Watermark., and Publication date erased from this impression.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Brooms & brushes, Stools, Street vendors, and Songs
"The interior of a pawnbroker's shop. Behind a counter (l.) an old man wearing a cap and spectacles is bargaining with a customer over a watch. On the wall above his head is inscribed "Money lent by Judas Gripe". The customer, a well-dressed man, leans on the counter. Next him is a young woman holding a garment which she intends to pawn. Behind her a man standing on tip-toe reaches over her head to offer the pawnbroker a wig. An elderly and ragged woman is counting the coins she has received. A man (r.) in profile to the right. has just taken the buckles off his shoes, his left. foot raised on a stool. Behind the figures and against the wall at r. angles to the counter is a large cupboard, the upper part fronted with panes of glass; behind this are many pawned articles including a number of watches, books, a violin, a sword, jugs, bowls, a barber's bowl, a hat. Inside the counter, which is hollow, are rolls of material."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and First state, without printmaker's initials and before alterations to title and imprint.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs 9th April 1779 by Robert Wilkinson, at No. 58, in Cornhill
A couple dance together under a lush tree with large fruit hanging from its branches. They are accompanied by two men playing instruments, a drum and tambourine as one woman claps along to the music. Others, including a small girl, stand and converse
Description:
Title from text below image. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Published 15 Feby. 1779 by the proprietor N [...] Broad Street
Subject (Geographic):
Dominica.
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Dance, Indigenous peoples, and Musical instruments
Title from item., Date of publication from pencil annotation on impression in the British Museum; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Banks,67.230, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "No. 32" engraved at top of image; "Jewels set in [the] most elegant taste" engraved within banner below numbering., and Part of a collection of 10 trade cards and tickets housed together in a box.
An ugly man (left) and procuress in a hooded cloak (center) haggle over the price for a young, fashionably dressed prostitute (right) who holds a fan in her left hand. The procuress has her one hand on the man's left hand with her other hand on the young woman's shoulder as they look at the man counting out the coins. On the right is an open doorway in the background. On the wall above the procuresses head is a sconce with two candles, the right one higher than the one on the left
Description:
Title from caption below image., Imprint from impression in the British Museum online catalogue. See Museum registration number 2010,7081.1441., Verse in two columns below title begins: "The sordid wretch will purchase make with five where maidenheads at stake ...", Sheet trimmed to plate mark, resulting in loss of imprint., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. For similar, Cf. museum registration number 2010,7081.1441 in British Museum online catalogue., No. 51 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map & Printsellers, No. 53, Fleet Street