"Mrs. Clarke (left), more of a siren than in authentic portraits, sits indecorously on a sofa, while the Duke, with eyes tipsily closed, reclines against her, seated on the floor. She holds scissors and the Duke's long pigtail, which she has cut off and displays to two men who approach from the right, a military officer, probably Wardle, who puts his finger slyly to his nose, and a good-looking young civilian (? Folkestone). She says: "Gentlemen you may now take him with safety, his strength is gone, I have cut off his regulation tail, and there is no danger"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Samson asleep on the lap of Delilah
Description:
Title etched below item., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on one side., Plate number "71" lightly etched in upper right., 1 print : etching ; sheet 23.5 x 33.2 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Bound in after title page.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 19, 1809, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Radnor, William Pleydell-Bouverie, Earl of, 1779-1869, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833, Samson (Biblical judge), and Delilah (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):
Mistresses, Sofas, Scissors & shears, Military officers, and British
"Highlanders in tartan kneeling on the left before the Duke of Cumberland and two officers on horseback, with a standing guard directing their submission; soldiers in a cloud of smoke and a castle in the background to left; after Wale; in an architectural frame headed by a trophy composed of a crown, laurel wreath, and weapons."--British Museum online catalogue and "The plate illustrates an article contrasting the present Duke of Cumberland, who is attacked for his affair with Lady Grosvenor (see British Museum Satires nos. 4440, 4441, 4844), and the previous holder of the title. Scotland and the Scots are also attacked."--British Museum online catalogue, Curator's comments
Alternative Title:
Rebellion crushed MDCCXLV
Description:
Title etched above and within image., Date inferred from that of the periodical in which the plate was published., Plate from: The Oxford magazine; or, Universal museum ..., v. 6, page 70 (February 1771)., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790, Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790,, and Grosvenor, Henrietta Grosvenor, Countess, -1828.
Subject (Topic):
Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746. Henry Frederick, Scotland, Adultery, Scottish regiments, Soldiers, and Military officers
"British troops are about to march through a large fortified gate leading from open country (left) to the town of Buenos Ayres, where confused street-fighting is in progress. Can are fired from the battlements of the gate at the soldiers, some of whom lie dead or wounded. In the foreground an officer (mounted), in conversation with others, asks: "where is the General"; others say: "go look for the General"; "Find the General"; "why the General is lost". A Highland officer, taking snuff (right), slyly; "I dare say he is varra safe." From the country (left) three mounted men gallop, all saying, "I come for Orders". In the background Whitelocke's head and shoulders are seen peeping over a hillock on the extreme left. He says: "He that fights and runs away, May live to fight another day, But he thats in the Battle slain, Will never live to fight again". In the distance, behind him, are tiny (British) soldiers in close formation. In the city men are firing and hurling stones from the roofs of flat-roofed houses on British soldiers in the plaza. On the wall (right) is a placard: 'Lost, or Mis-led a General officer Who ever can [give] Information ... ampl[y] rewarded.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Symptoms of courage
Description:
Title etched below image., "G. Whiteliver" is a pseudonym. Questionable attribution to Isaac Cruikshank from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.7629., Variously attributed to either Isaac or George Cruikshank; see British Museum catalogue., Title is a direct reference to an Isaac Cruikshank print, published by S.W. Fores in 1790, entitled "Symptoms of courage, or, The tables turned." Cf. No. 7667 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., and Penciled note in an unidentified hand: relates to Genl. Whitelock's conduct at Buenos Ayres, S. America.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Argentina and Buenos Aires.
Subject (Name):
Whitelocke, John,
Subject (Topic):
History, Campaigns & battles, Soldiers, British, Military officers, Scottish, Ethnic stereotypes, Gates, and Signs (Notices)
"Three-quarter length portrait of a military officer facing front, looking to right. His right elbow resting on masonry; a stone fortification on right with cannon. He wears a ribbon and star, military uniform, sword and cocked hat, with powdered hair tied at the nape. In the background there are battlements with cannon."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Honourable Sir William Howe
Description:
Title from text below image., Print signed 'Corbutt', which was a pseudonym used by the mezzotint engraver Richard Purcell. However, Purcell's generally accepted date of death occurred twelve years prior to the publication of this print, prompting Chaloner Smith to list it under "Engraver not ascertained." For a note about this decision, see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v. 3, page 1018., "One of a series of portraits of officers in the American War; artist and publisher may be fictitious"--Note in local card catalog record, Lewis Walpole Library., Temporary local subject terms: America: American War -- Military uniform: English., Window mounted to 39 x 28 cm., and Bound in as page 172 in volume 11 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world. London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 10th Novr. 1777, by John Morris, Rathbone Place
"Portrait of Gen John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore, three-quarter length, seated to left in an armchair, with head turned slightly towards front, looking down to left, holding a magnifying glass, suspended from a ribbon around his neck, with his right hand, and a book in the left; wearing military uniform with epaulettes and star, dark neckerchief and white frill; curtain behind at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted before page 603 (leaf numbered '37' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published June 9, 1809, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Name):
Donoughmore, John Hely-Hutchinson, Earl of, 1757-1832,
"Caricature on the trial of Queen Caroline, with the charges being laid before the Lord Chancellor."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
School boy and his master
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 102 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Leach," "Majocchi," "Sidmouth," "Liverpool," "Eldon," "D. York," and "Wellington" identified in ink below image; date "Oct. 1820" written in lower right corner of sheet.
Publisher:
Published October 1820 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820, Leach, John, 1760-1834, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Military officers, Military uniforms, British, Scepters, Daggers & swords, Worms, Coats of arms, Tables, Bags, Rats, and Books
"Mrs. Clarke stands just within the House of Commons triumphing over her opponents and victims. She strikes a member (Croker) with a rapier, while holding up in her left hand a letter headed My dear Mrs Clark. She tramples on a military officer who lies prone; a paper under his hand is inscribed Genl [Clav]ering. Her antagonists have dropped their swords, which lie broken on the floor. Her large muff lies beside her with a bundle of Love Letters. Croker tries to escape, exclaiming, By Jasus she'll give us 100 Cuts in 60 thrusts. Perceval rushes off, with a mutilated hand, saying, I am Struck dumb, and lost my thumb! I Percieve all. Another (the Attorney-General) exclaims: Oh! dear! Oh dear! she has cut off my Ear Ex officio. A little man whose nose has been cut off, exclaims: What dreadfull blows--Witness my Nose, my Honeys. In his pocket is a paper: Memorandum for Mr Hague [see British Museum Satires No. 11211]. A tall man (Yorke, see British Museum Satires No. 11535) shouts, raising his arms: Take her into custody--She will be to much for us--send her to York Jail. Shadowy figures watch the encounter. A corner of the gallery is seen, crowded with eager spectators. Two men watch from the lobby (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1st, 1809, by Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857, Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Yorke, Charles Philip, 1764-1834, Gibbs, Vicary, Sir, 1751-1820, Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, 1759-1850., and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Fighting, Daggers & swords, Military officers, British, Wounds & injuries, and Muffs
"Mrs. Clarke stands just within the House of Commons triumphing over her opponents and victims. She strikes a member (Croker) with a rapier, while holding up in her left hand a letter headed My dear Mrs Clark. She tramples on a military officer who lies prone; a paper under his hand is inscribed Genl [Clav]ering. Her antagonists have dropped their swords, which lie broken on the floor. Her large muff lies beside her with a bundle of Love Letters. Croker tries to escape, exclaiming, By Jasus she'll give us 100 Cuts in 60 thrusts. Perceval rushes off, with a mutilated hand, saying, I am Struck dumb, and lost my thumb! I Percieve all. Another (the Attorney-General) exclaims: Oh! dear! Oh dear! she has cut off my Ear Ex officio. A little man whose nose has been cut off, exclaims: What dreadfull blows--Witness my Nose, my Honeys. In his pocket is a paper: Memorandum for Mr Hague [see British Museum Satires No. 11211]. A tall man (Yorke, see British Museum Satires No. 11535) shouts, raising his arms: Take her into custody--She will be to much for us--send her to York Jail. Shadowy figures watch the encounter. A corner of the gallery is seen, crowded with eager spectators. Two men watch from the lobby (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom., 1 print : etching ; sheet 24.2 x 34.4 cm., Printed on laid paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., With ink annotation "1 Mar. 1809" in lower right corner., and Bound in between pages 10 and 11.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1st, 1809, by Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857, Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Yorke, Charles Philip, 1764-1834, Gibbs, Vicary, Sir, 1751-1820, Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, 1759-1850., and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Fighting, Daggers & swords, Military officers, British, Wounds & injuries, and Muffs
Depicts a young lady, elegantly dressed and coiffed, asleep in an armchair near a round parlour table. A young military officer, his hat on the table, leans over to kiss her, while the serving maid prepares to exit at the door on the right, admiring the ring on her finger with which she has apparently been bribed. In the lady's hand is the leash for her pet squirrel, who investigates a basket of peaches on the table. At her feet lies an open book "The agreeable dream realized" and another on the table is titled "Chloe caught napping". On the wall behind hangs a painting of Cupid
Alternative Title:
Lover's larceny
Description:
Title from item., Date erased from print., Date from British Museum catalogue, v.5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles.", and Numbered in lower left of plate: 366.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles ... No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England and British
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Military officers, Couples, Interiors, Women domestics, Kissing, and Squirrels
publish'd as the act directs [not before 10 November 1777]
Call Number:
777.11.10.08
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depicts a young lady, elegantly dressed and coiffed, asleep in an armchair near a round parlour table. A young military officer, his hat on the table, leans over to kiss her, while the serving maid prepares to exit at the door on the right, admiring the ring on her finger with which she has apparently been bribed. In the lady's hand is the leash for her pet squirrel, who investigates a basket of peaches on the table. At her feet lies an open book "The agreeable dream realized" and another on the table is titled "Chloe caught napping". On the wall behind hangs a painting of Cupid
Alternative Title:
Lover's larceny
Description:
Title from item., Date conjectured from Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.5, Appendix: Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles., Numbered in plate at lower left: 270., Reduced version of British Museum catalogue 4554., and Date burnished from print.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England and British
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Military officers, Couples, Interiors, Women domestics, Kissing, and Squirrels
