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1. Hogarth from an original portrait begun by Weltdon and finished by himself. Late in the possession of the Revd. Mr. Townley / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Townley, Charles, 1746-approximately 1800, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [June 1781]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait after a self-portrait; half-length in an oval frame, directed to right, looking towards the viewer, arms at his sides, wearing a plain coat buttoned at the waist, a white cravat and tricorn over a shoulder-length wig
- Description:
- Title etched below image., State without price below image, lower right., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On page 209 in volume 3., and Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Mr. Nichols's Book, 3d edit., p. 409.
- Publisher:
- Published according to act of Parliament, June 1781, and sold by C. Townley, Arlington Street, Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hogarth from an original portrait begun by Weltdon and finished by himself. Late in the possession of the Revd. Mr. Townley / [graphic]
2. Mr. C-m-l the jolly presenter of the Cannongate Kirk in Edinburgh singing Psalms of a morning and over a bowl of punch Scotch tunes at night. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.00.00.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Half length portrait in profile to the left of a man holding a music score. He is fat and smiling, and wears his own scanty hair. After the title is engraved, "Singing Psalms of a Morning and over a Bowl of Punch Scotch Tunes at Night.""--British Museum online catalog
- Alternative Title:
- Mr. Campbell the jolly presenter of the Cannongate Kirk in Edinburgh
- Description:
- Title from item., Attributed to Gillray by T. Haviland Burke and D. Perrins., Date from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by H. Humphrey, No. 18 New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland
- Subject (Name):
- Campbell, John, -1795.
- Subject (Topic):
- Music teachers and Clergy
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. C-m-l the jolly presenter of the Cannongate Kirk in Edinburgh singing Psalms of a morning and over a bowl of punch Scotch tunes at night. [graphic]
3. [Miss Farren] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.00.00.24+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Half-length portrait of Miss Farren shown in profile looking left
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Printmaker and publication date inferred from another print on the same sheet., Printed on one sheet with: Mr Bannister in the character of Miss Polly Peachum by Sayers., Not in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of prints and drawings in the British museum., and Mounted to 56 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Miss Farren] [graphic].
4. Hyde Park, 1780 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 February 1781]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury Drawer 781.02.23.01 Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 21. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 119. Bunbury
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The left sheet of a three-plate composition, British Museum Satires Nos. 5925-7. Riders, probably in Hyde Park, looking with astonishment at an elderly lady (right) walking from left to right followed by a little black boy carrying her umbrella. She wears an enormous calash hood, see BMSat 5434, &c, and holds in her left hand a shepherdess's crook. Three men (left) ride side by side, from left to right, the nearest pulls on his reins, leaning back, the next looks at the lady through his spy-glass, the third, staring open-mouthed, lashes his horse. The horse of a stout man riding from right to left, immediately behind the lady, is rearing. In the foreground an old woman sits by the roadside with a sheaf of ballads or newspapers. Behind (left) are trees."--British Museum online catalogue, "A central three plate composition. Riders in Hyde Park. A fat coachman (right) rides (left to right) a coach-horse in blinkers, his mistress is seated behind him, in back-view, wearing an enormous calash hood, see British Museum Satires No. 5434, &c, and holding a fan. The horse has planted its forefeet on the ground, its rider is applying spurs and a coach-whip. On the left a lady and a slim and elegant young man are galloping from right to left; he turns towards her, she looks straight ahead. Behind them rides a groom. In the background (right) is a group of trees, in the foreground grass and (left) three dogs."--British Museum online catalogue, and "The right sheet of a three-plate composition, British Museum Satires Nos. 5925-7. Riders, probably in Hyde Park, with a pedestrian who is being worried by four dogs, apparently on account of his dress. He stands (left) on tiptoe, in profile to the right, holding up his arms, a stick in his right hand. His coat is spotted like a leopard and it and his waistcoat are edged with fur. He is probably a Frenchman. Two dogs worry at his coat, a larger one standing on its hind-legs, puts one paw on his chest, a fourth is biting his long pigtail queue. Three riders, riding from right to left, look with interest at the man and dogs. The foremost is a military officer in uniform, with holsters and rolled cloak on his saddle. A fourth man rides stiffly from left to right, looking straight in front of him."--British Museum catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text within image on second sheet., Sheets trimmed within plate mark on two edges., A single design on three plates., Watermark: J. Ruse 1799., and Later impression from an unaltered plate; not printed before 1799.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Hyde Park (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Parks, Horses, and Horseback riding
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hyde Park, 1780 [graphic]
5. Hyde Park, 1780 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 February 1781]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury Drawer 781.02.23.01 Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 21. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 119. Bunbury
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The left sheet of a three-plate composition, British Museum Satires Nos. 5925-7. Riders, probably in Hyde Park, looking with astonishment at an elderly lady (right) walking from left to right followed by a little black boy carrying her umbrella. She wears an enormous calash hood, see BMSat 5434, &c, and holds in her left hand a shepherdess's crook. Three men (left) ride side by side, from left to right, the nearest pulls on his reins, leaning back, the next looks at the lady through his spy-glass, the third, staring open-mouthed, lashes his horse. The horse of a stout man riding from right to left, immediately behind the lady, is rearing. In the foreground an old woman sits by the roadside with a sheaf of ballads or newspapers. Behind (left) are trees."--British Museum online catalogue, "A central three plate composition. Riders in Hyde Park. A fat coachman (right) rides (left to right) a coach-horse in blinkers, his mistress is seated behind him, in back-view, wearing an enormous calash hood, see British Museum Satires No. 5434, &c, and holding a fan. The horse has planted its forefeet on the ground, its rider is applying spurs and a coach-whip. On the left a lady and a slim and elegant young man are galloping from right to left; he turns towards her, she looks straight ahead. Behind them rides a groom. In the background (right) is a group of trees, in the foreground grass and (left) three dogs."--British Museum online catalogue, and "The right sheet of a three-plate composition, British Museum Satires Nos. 5925-7. Riders, probably in Hyde Park, with a pedestrian who is being worried by four dogs, apparently on account of his dress. He stands (left) on tiptoe, in profile to the right, holding up his arms, a stick in his right hand. His coat is spotted like a leopard and it and his waistcoat are edged with fur. He is probably a Frenchman. Two dogs worry at his coat, a larger one standing on its hind-legs, puts one paw on his chest, a fourth is biting his long pigtail queue. Three riders, riding from right to left, look with interest at the man and dogs. The foremost is a military officer in uniform, with holsters and rolled cloak on his saddle. A fourth man rides stiffly from left to right, looking straight in front of him."--British Museum catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text within image on second sheet., Sheets trimmed within plate mark on two edges., A single design on three plates., Watermark: J. Ruse 1799., and Later impression from an unaltered plate; not printed before 1799.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Hyde Park (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Parks, Horses, and Horseback riding
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hyde Park, 1780 [graphic]
6. Hyde Park, 1780 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 February 1781]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury Drawer 781.02.23.01 Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 21. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 119. Bunbury
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The left sheet of a three-plate composition, British Museum Satires Nos. 5925-7. Riders, probably in Hyde Park, looking with astonishment at an elderly lady (right) walking from left to right followed by a little black boy carrying her umbrella. She wears an enormous calash hood, see BMSat 5434, &c, and holds in her left hand a shepherdess's crook. Three men (left) ride side by side, from left to right, the nearest pulls on his reins, leaning back, the next looks at the lady through his spy-glass, the third, staring open-mouthed, lashes his horse. The horse of a stout man riding from right to left, immediately behind the lady, is rearing. In the foreground an old woman sits by the roadside with a sheaf of ballads or newspapers. Behind (left) are trees."--British Museum online catalogue, "A central three plate composition. Riders in Hyde Park. A fat coachman (right) rides (left to right) a coach-horse in blinkers, his mistress is seated behind him, in back-view, wearing an enormous calash hood, see British Museum Satires No. 5434, &c, and holding a fan. The horse has planted its forefeet on the ground, its rider is applying spurs and a coach-whip. On the left a lady and a slim and elegant young man are galloping from right to left; he turns towards her, she looks straight ahead. Behind them rides a groom. In the background (right) is a group of trees, in the foreground grass and (left) three dogs."--British Museum online catalogue, and "The right sheet of a three-plate composition, British Museum Satires Nos. 5925-7. Riders, probably in Hyde Park, with a pedestrian who is being worried by four dogs, apparently on account of his dress. He stands (left) on tiptoe, in profile to the right, holding up his arms, a stick in his right hand. His coat is spotted like a leopard and it and his waistcoat are edged with fur. He is probably a Frenchman. Two dogs worry at his coat, a larger one standing on its hind-legs, puts one paw on his chest, a fourth is biting his long pigtail queue. Three riders, riding from right to left, look with interest at the man and dogs. The foremost is a military officer in uniform, with holsters and rolled cloak on his saddle. A fourth man rides stiffly from left to right, looking straight in front of him."--British Museum catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text within image on second sheet., Sheets trimmed within plate mark on two edges., A single design on three plates., Watermark: J. Ruse 1799., and Later impression from an unaltered plate; not printed before 1799.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Hyde Park (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Parks, Horses, and Horseback riding
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hyde Park, 1780 [graphic]
7. A fleet of transports under convoy [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs 9 Novr. 1781.
- Call Number:
- 781.11.09.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A man (left) leads by a rope the foremost of a crowd of prisoners sentenced to transportation who follow him from left to right. The two foremost are bearded Jews. Behind comes a knock-kneed youth taking a pinch of snuff; a man behind him is gnawing a large bone. There are ten prisoners in all. The background is part of the façade of Newgate prison."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Artist from British Museum catalogue., Numbered '465' in lower left corner., 1 print : mezzotint ; sheet 37 x 26 cm., and Date erased from this impression and written in manuscript: 1760
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, no. 69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Newgate (Prison : London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Jews, Prisoners, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A fleet of transports under convoy [graphic].
8. A moving scene in the Fair Circassian a woeful tragedy written by Mr. Pratt / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.00.00.04+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 32. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Eliza Farren (left) as Almeida, and Bensley as Omar (right), in 'The Fair Circassian' face each other in profile. She bends towards him, clasping her hands; he stands erect holding out his right hand towards her. He holds in his left hand the end of a chain which is attached to his right wrist. Almeida's body from the waist upwards is not attached to her voluminous petticoats. Omar has a beard, he wears a feathered hat or turban and an ermine-bordered robe over a tunic."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description:
- Title etched in image, centered at top., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Later state; plate has been reduced along lower edge removing former inscription, a new inscription has been etched at top of image, and a detached eye has been added to the left of Bensley's profile. For the earlier state bearing the title "A puff off", see no. 6359 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Five lines of verse etched below title: So Bensley stared with all his might, e'en till his eye-ball started, so Farren flew to meet his sight, but she had laced herself so tight, her top and bottom parted.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Pratt, Mr. 1749-1814. (Samuel Jackson),, Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829, and Bensley, Robert, 1742-1817
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and actresses, English, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A moving scene in the Fair Circassian a woeful tragedy written by Mr. Pratt / [graphic]
9. Mr. Bannister in the character of Miss Polly Peachum [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.00.00.24+
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 31. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The actor Charles Bannister, standing, dressed as Polly Peachum, with a small lace cap and wide bow at the waist, holding a closed fan in front of him in his right hand, looking away to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Printed on one sheet with a portrait also by Sayers: Miss Farren., and Mounted to 56 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Bannister, Charles, 1738-1804 and Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, and Costumes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Bannister in the character of Miss Polly Peachum [graphic]
10. Miss Sp-r ; Lord S-. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 1, 1781.
- Call Number:
- 781.01.01.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Lord S----- and Lord Surrey
- Description:
- Title from captions etched below the two images.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by A. Hamilton Junr. Fleet Street
- Subject (Name):
- Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Sp-r ; Lord S-. [graphic]
11. Saint Patrick for Ireland [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. January 1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.01.02.05.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An Irishman riding (left to right) on a horse. He is dressed as a military officer, with epaulettes. In his hat is a cross in a medallion. In his right hand, and resting on his shoulder, is a sword on which potatoes are spitted. In his left hand he holds out a wineglass. Two fish are slung on his right arm, under it is a sickle. Various objects are attached to his saddle or his person including a tankard, a small set of bagpipes, a candle-stick, a large fish; a small Irish harp decorates the hindquarters of his horse. The background, seen between the horse's feet, is the sea-shore with ships. A border decorates the two sides of the print, surmounted (left) by a frowning mask, with a dagger through one eye, and (right) by a smiling mask. To a vertical line of conventional fruit and foliage are attached a number of objects, including a horn and goblet, a flute, a flail and rake, a wine-bottle and glass, a sheaf of corn and a sickle. Beneath the design is engraved: "So sweet St Patrick comes, Dear Joy to Day, Smiles on his face with Merriment & Play. With good store of Tattoes, Sweet Buttermilk, & Whisky, Small Pipes, & Usquebaugh to make us Dance Frisky. Then banish all care, and meagre sorrow, We'll Celebrate this Day not trust to morrow. Let's Rant & Roar & make the House Ring, Drink to St Patrick's Day in the Morning.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Earlier state, without Carington Bowles imprint, of no. 5945 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Number 4 in series Seven prints of the Tutelar Saints., and Dated in pencil, 1768.
- Publisher:
- Carington Bowles
- Subject (Name):
- Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?
- Subject (Topic):
- Horseback riding and Saints
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Saint Patrick for Ireland [graphic].
12. Saint James for Spain [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. January 1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.01.02.06
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Imprint from other prints in series. See nos. 5942-5945 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, for later states with imprints., From the series: Seven prints of the Tutelar Saints., and Dated in pencil, 1768.
- Publisher:
- Carington Bowles
- Subject (Name):
- James, the Greater, Saint.
- Subject (Topic):
- Donkeys and Saints
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Saint James for Spain [graphic].
13. Sweet echo [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 15 Jan. 1781.
- Call Number:
- 781.01.15.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A young woman with hair dressed high and a large hat, sitting in a garden holding up a sheet of music (titled Sweet Echo; with a waterfall on the right flowing into a stream running past her."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item. and Sheet trimmed to plate line.
- Publisher:
- Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, map & printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Gardens, Hats, Music, Waterfalls, Hairstyles, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sweet echo [graphic].
14. The ballance of power [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [17 January 1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.01.17.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Balance of power
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Published as [the] act directs Jany. 17. 1781 by R. Wilkinson, at no. 58 in Cornhill
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Clothing & dress, and Scales
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The ballance of power [graphic]
15. Jack England fighting the four confederates [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 20, 1781.
- Call Number:
- 781.01.20.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An English sailor (left) with clenched fists faces Holland, France, Spain, and America, all but the first appearing "hors de combat". Numbers indicate the names of the 'Four Confederates which are given below the design. (1) America (right), "Yanky Doodle", an Indian brave with a feathered head-dress and girdle, is prone on the ground, his spear beside him; he says "This fall has hurt my Back". (2) France or "Monsieur Louis Baboon" dressed as a French fop with a bag-wig, is vomiting, his hand across his breast, his knees bent; he says, "Dem Jersey Pills have made a me Sick". (3) Spain or "Don Diego", dressed as a Spanish don, is bleeding from one eye, he stands behind America, saying "by St Jago he has almost Blinded me". These three are grouped together on the left, turning away from Jack England. No. 4 or "Mynheer Frog", dressed as a Dutch peasant, is standing with his legs wide apart, his fists clenched, smoking a pipe, he faces Jack, saying "I have almost forgot how to fight". In the background are ships. Beneath the title is engraved: "To Arms you Brave Britons to Arms the Road to Renown Lyes before you.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Jno. Smith, no. 35 Cheapside, Robt. Sayer & Jno. Bennett No. 53 Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Foreign relations, Fighting, Sailors, British, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Jack England fighting the four confederates [graphic].
16. The subtle seducer The American financier. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 20, 1781.
- Call Number:
- 781.01.20.02 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- American financier
- Description:
- Title from item. and With two sheets of text.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by A. Hamilton Junr. ...
- Subject (Name):
- Price, Richard, 1723-1791,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The subtle seducer The American financier. [graphic]
17. Blouzelind [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 March 1781]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 781.03.01.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young woman is sitting at a spinning wheel, her staff and hat on the ground in front of her and a dog asleep beside her. She is putting on a bunch of flowers. In the distance is a man on horseback, a tower, and a hill
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Text below title: The peerless maid that did all maids excel. Gay., Illustration for John Gay's poem 'The shepherd's week'., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Quotation from The shepherd's week, by John Gay, 1685-1732., and Later printing. Date of printing based on watermark: J. Ruse 1799.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd 1 March 1781 by I. Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Blouzelind [graphic]
18. A real character in St. Helena by Lootho [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 8th of March 1781.
- Call Number:
- 781.03.08.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Style suggests that of Loutherbourg.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by John Williams No. 34 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A real character in St. Helena by Lootho [graphic].
19. Recruit Francois recruit anglois, or, The contrasted recruits [graphic]
- Creator:
- Colley, Thomas, active 1780-1783, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.00.00.26+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A French recruit (left), an English recruit (right) face each other in profile, both are standing erect in a soldierly way, but are in civilian clothes except for the favour in the Englishman's round hat, and except for the bulky knapsack of fur or skin which each wears. They are described in words engraved beneath the title: "Monsieur all ruffles no Shirt Wooden Pumps and Stockingless" and "Jack English with Ruddy face and belly full of Beef". The Frenchman holds a slim cane, the Englishman a stout cudgel. Behind the former (left) are frogs and rats or mice, behind the latter cows and sheep, to illustrate the supposed contrast between French and English fare."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Contrasted recruits
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed., Reissue, with publisher's name added to the plate, of no. 5862 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Date from print of same title; See British Museum satire no. 5862 which lacks imprint.
- Publisher:
- Sold by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- National characteristics, French, National characteristics, British, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Recruit Francois recruit anglois, or, The contrasted recruits [graphic]
20. The Honble. Charles James Fox [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 April 1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.04.01.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Place of publication from that of Magazine., Date from British Museum catalogue., and Print from the Political Magazine.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, England, and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806,
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Clothing & dress, and Politicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Honble. Charles James Fox [graphic].