"Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his ...
Alternative Title:
Misfire at the Constitution
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publ. 12th Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Crowns, Horses, Rifles, Scepters, Slogans, National emblems, British, and Hanoverian
"Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his ...
Alternative Title:
Misfire at the Constitution
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publ. 12th Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Crowns, Horses, Rifles, Scepters, Slogans, National emblems, British, and Hanoverian
"Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his ...
Alternative Title:
Misfire at the Constitution
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publ. 12th Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Crowns, Horses, Rifles, Scepters, Slogans, National emblems, British, and Hanoverian
"Satire on the negotiations for the Peace of Paris. A lion and lioness (the King and Queen) look in alarm from the window of a coach (Great Britain) as it crashes against a large rock. Lord Bute, the driver, and Princess Augusta, who has been sitting ...
Alternative Title:
Fall of Mortimer, Coach overturned, and Coach overturn'd
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770, and Mortimer, Roger de, Earl of March, 1287?-1330.
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Politics and government, Cannons, Carriages & coaches, Journalists, National emblems, British, Scottish, and Newspapers
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), National emblems, Scottish, and British
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), National emblems, Scottish, and British
"Three symmetrically prancing lions (left) and Napoleon (right) as 'The Beast' face each other across a narrow channel. In the background (left) John Bull, an obese citizen, sits surrounded by casks and bales (one marked 'I' or 'L M') under the Tree o...
Description:
Title from letterpress text below image.
Publisher:
Printed by C. Stower, Charles Street, Hatton Garden, for the "Prophetic mirror, or A hint to England" by L. Mayer and Sold by Parsons and Son, Ludgate Hill; Vidler, 349 Strand; and Marsom, 187 High Holborn; Major, Duke Street, West Smithfield; and Fairburn, 146 Monories
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), National emblems, and British
Satire: Britannia, whose spear is broken in her hand, sits on a monumental statue which is placed on a pedestal of "Rotten Stone"; she says: "My leaness my leaness, wo untio me the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously, yea the treacherous dea...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Europe
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations, Britannia (Symbolic character), Allegories, and National emblems
A satire on the financial crisis of 1720 ... Time draws back the curtain to reveal what appears to be a large painting showing a 'Roomse Schilderij', the deathbed of Pope Clement XI in March 1721. In front of the bed stand John Law and the Old Pretend...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Clement XI, Pope, 1649-1721, Innocent XIII, Pope, 1655-1724, James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766, Alberoni, Guilio, Cardinal, 1664-1752, Knight, Robert, 1675-1744, and Law, John, 1671-1729
Subject (Topic):
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720, Cardinals, Emblems, National emblems, and Windmills
"The Russian bear (left), standing on its hindlegs on the edge of a narrow stream, 'The Vistula', holds Napoleon in its forepaws. Talleyrand steps out of the stream on to the further bank (right), blowing a trumpet from which issues a billowing cloud ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March, 1807 by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838
Subject (Topic):
Eylau, Battle of, Bagrationovsk, Russia, 1807, National emblems, and Russian
Britanias pocket pickd by mercenaries, Britanias pocket picked by mercenaries, and Britannia's pocket picked by mercenaries
Description:
Titles etched below each image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Byng, John, 1704-1757, and Mingotti, Regina, 1722-1808.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Ammunition, Barrels, Cannons, Crowns, Eagles, Eclipses, Flags, British, Mercenaries (Soldiers), Musical instruments, National emblems, French, German, and Scepters
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, and Tower of London (London, England)
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, and Tower of London (London, England)
A political cartoon with 42 bust caricatures of members of a conspiracy discovered by no. 1 "La Vigilance du Gouvernement Français", a rooster or the Gallic cock, depicted at top center, holding "Correspondance de Mr. Draque - Ambassadeur de la Cour ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Charles X, King of France, 1757-1836., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824., Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827., and Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805.
Subject (Topic):
History, National emblems, French, Roosters, Conspiracy, Enemies, and Faces
On the left under the title "England" a bear sits at a table enjoying a hearty meal of roast beef and plum pudding while across from him sits a frog in a French uniform with a sword at his waist, a plate of only sauce before him and two turnips to the...
Description:
Title from caption above image.
Publisher:
Sold by [...]
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Bears, Eating & drinking, Frogs, National emblems, British, and French
A collection of four Frost fair keepsakes in letterpress printed at the 1814 Frost Fair held on the River Thames, London, when it froze over in February 1814. Two of the pieces include poems on the subject of the frozen ice
Description:
Collection title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., Thames River., and Thames River (England)
Subject (Topic):
Fairs, Freezes (Meteorology), Environmental conditions, Coats of arms, National emblems, and British
"A witch-like old woman floats in the air in profile to the left, playing an Irish harp. An infant is at her back, supported by her cloak. Beneath her is a pleasant landscape with a waterside town and a background of low mountains. Under the title: 'T...
Alternative Title:
Droll caricature map of Ireland
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Irish, Harps, Leprechauns, Ethnic stereotypes, National emblems, and Witches
"A witch-like old woman floats in the air in profile to the left, playing an Irish harp. An infant is at her back, supported by her cloak. Beneath her is a pleasant landscape with a waterside town and a background of low mountains. Under the title: 'T...
Alternative Title:
Droll caricature map of Ireland
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Irish, Harps, Leprechauns, Ethnic stereotypes, National emblems, and Witches
"A grotesque figure, resembling Punch, kneels in profile to the left, with a large thistle in the foreground (right). He bestrides a sack or bundle which rests on the ground, one end forming the 'Mull of Galloway', the other 'St Abbs Head'. The coast-...
Alternative Title:
Droll caricature map of Scotland
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland
Subject (Topic):
Scots, Ethnic stereotypes, National emblems, Scottish, and Maps
"A grotesque figure, resembling Punch, kneels in profile to the left, with a large thistle in the foreground (right). He bestrides a sack or bundle which rests on the ground, one end forming the 'Mull of Galloway', the other 'St Abbs Head'. The coast-...
Alternative Title:
Droll caricature map of Scotland
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland
Subject (Topic):
Scots, Ethnic stereotypes, National emblems, Scottish, and Maps
"A Dutch broadside satirising the arrival of William III in England and the overthrow of James II and his Roman Catholic policies; with an engraving showing in the foreground on the right William (7) in armour mounted on the Dutch lion (1), attacking ...
Description:
Title engraved below image, with two columns of verse below in letterpress.
Publisher:
Gisling Geneve exc. [that is, Romeyn de Hooghe?]
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
William III, King of England, 1650-1702,, James II, King of England, 1633-1701,, James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766,, Petre, Edward, 1631-1699,, Mary, of Modena, Queen, consort of James II, King of England, 1658-1718,, and Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715,
Subject (Topic):
Kings, National emblems, Babylonian, Dutch, Goats, Dragons, Armor, Pikes (Weapons), Shields, Monks, Priests, Boats, Churches, and Windmills
"A bear (right), wearing Cossack trousers and an imperial crown surmounted by a double-headed eagle, runs off to the right. He carries a piece of mountainous country inscribed Greece on which kneels a tiny Greek in profile to the left, exclaiming Save...
Alternative Title:
Imperial bears grease or a peep into futurity
Description:
Title from caption below image; the letters "a" and "s" in the word "grease" are crossed out and the letters "e" and "c" etched above to form the word "Greece."
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Charles X, King of France, 1757-1836
Subject (Topic):
Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829, Bears, Crowns, Sailors, British, National emblems, Russian, and Turkeys
"Satire on Lord Bute and his political patronage. A view of a large garden with a tree at its centre at the top of which sits Bute holding two baskets of "golden pippins"; a devil with two serpentine legs sits on a low branch to right, excreting gold ...
Alternative Title:
Scotch paradise and View of the Buteifull garden of Edenburg
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Sold at Sumpters political prints warehouse, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798
Subject (Topic):
Apple trees, Devil, Flags, Ladders, Lions, National emblems, French, British, Scottish, Paradise, and Roosters
"A complicated and fantastic design. The title implies the annual election of East India directors on the second Wednesday in April (11 Apr. in 1827). The Directors, twenty with portrait heads, with one or two shadowy heads behind, have wolves' paws, ...
Alternative Title:
View of the beautiful garden of Edinburgh
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798
Subject (Topic):
Apple trees, Devil, Flags, Ladders, Lions, National emblems, French, British, Scottish, Paradise, and Roosters
Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377, Henry V, King of England, 1387-1422, Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658, Cathcart, Charles Schaw Cathcart, Lord, 1721-1776, Sussex, George Augustus Yelverton, Earl of, 1727-1758, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
Subject (Topic):
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, Devil, Hostages, Military uniforms, British, National emblems, and Hanoverian
Reduced copy, from "The mountebank" (British Museum catalogue no. 3854), with out the inscriptions on the papers. The charletan's speech ends with : .. See here my lads heres the Golden Lozenges which will cure ye all make ye hauld up yr. heads and tu...
Alternative Title:
Scotch quack
Description:
Title etched below image; expanded title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),
Subject (Topic):
Crowds, Ethnic stereotypes, Hats, National emblems, Scottish, Welsh, Quacks, and Swindlers
Reduced copy, from "The mountebank" (British Museum catalogue no. 3854), with out the inscriptions on the papers. The charletan's speech ends with : .. See here my lads heres the Golden Lozenges which will cure ye all make ye hauld up yr. heads and tu...
Alternative Title:
Scotch quack
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),
Subject (Topic):
Crowds, Ethnic stereotypes, Hats, National emblems, Scottish, Welsh, Quacks, and Swindlers
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and St. James's Palace (London, England)
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and St. James's Palace (London, England)
"Four men, raffishly prosperous, dance forward together in a line, three in tipsy joviality, one dragged forward, ill and dejected. The Irishman and Englishman have their arms entwined, one flourishes a cane, the other a handkerchief. The melancholy S...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Pyall & Hunt, 18, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden
Subject (Topic):
Dancers, Ethnic stereotypes, National emblems, English, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish
"Satire on Lord Bute in the form of a reply to Henry Howard's bawdy ballad, "The Queen's Ass" (BM Satires 3870): the zebra kicks Howard, who has fallen to the ground, behind him a group of men comprising John Fielding, the three Cherokee chiefs who vi...
Alternative Title:
Answer to Harry Howard's ass
Description:
Caption title below etching.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by J. Williams, next the Mitre Tavern, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Whitefield, George, 1714-1770, Fielding, John, Sir, 1721-1780, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, and Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),
Subject (Topic):
Cherokee Indians, Jews, Clergy, England, National emblems, British, Stocks (Punishment), and Zebras
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Hogarth 762.10.00.03 Box 111
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on Lord Bute and Hogarth, with the head of Bute on a pole that rises from a huge jack-boot, the satirical emblem of John Stuart, Earl of Bute. On the boot is a meridian sun or Star of the Garter, a part of the Order's motto partial visible. T...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on Lord Bute and Hogarth, with the head of Bute on a pole that rises from a huge jack-boot, the satirical emblem of John Stuart, Earl of Bute. On the boot is a meridian sun or Star of the Garter, a part of the Order's motto partial visible. T...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Hogarth 762.10.23.01 Box 111
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on Lord Bute and Hogarth, with the head of Bute on a pole that rises from a huge jack-boot, the satirical emblem of John Stuart, Earl of Bute. On the boot is a meridian sun or Star of the Garter, a part of the Order's motto partial visible. T...
Alternative Title:
Boot and the block-head and Boot and the blockhead
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on Lord Bute and Hogarth, with the head of Bute on a pole that rises from a huge jack-boot, the satirical emblem of John Stuart, Earl of Bute. On the boot is a meridian sun or Star of the Garter, a part of the Order's motto partial visible. T...
Alternative Title:
Boot and the block-head and Boot and the blockhead
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805
"Satire on Cardinal Fleury and French dejction at the success of Admiral Vernon, coupled with condemnation of Robert Walpole for his initial opposition to the war. Fleury, finely dressed in cardinal's robes, rises from a chair and teeters on the edge ...
Alternative Title:
Preferment of the barber's block
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
According to act, July 1740. Sold at [the] Black-moor's Head opposite Surry Street, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Name):
Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757, and Hosier, Francis, 1673-1727.
Subject (Topic):
Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748, Naval operations, Cardinals, Gallows, and National emblems
"Satire on Cardinal Fleury and French dejction at the success of Admiral Vernon, coupled with condemnation of Robert Walpole for his initial opposition to the war. Fleury, finely dressed in cardinal's robes, rises from a chair and teeters on the edge ...
Alternative Title:
Preferment of the barber's block
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
According to act, July 1740. Sold at [the] Black-moor's Head opposite Surry Street, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Name):
Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757, and Hosier, Francis, 1673-1727.
Subject (Topic):
Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748, Naval operations, Cardinals, Gallows, and National emblems
"Satire on the negotiations for the Peace of Paris. A lion and lioness (the King and Queen) look in alarm from the window of a coach (Great Britain) as it crashes against a large rock. Lord Bute, the driver, and Princess Augusta, who has been sitting ...
Alternative Title:
Fall of Mortimer and Coach overturned
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770, and Mortimer, Roger de, Earl of March, 1287?-1330.
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Politics and government, Cannons, Carriages & coaches, Journalists, National emblems, British, Scottish, and Newspapers
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, and Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Ethnic stereotypes, Medical equipment & supplies, National emblems, Quacks, and Vomiting
"Five British sailors make a furious attack on six French soldiers, grotesque and terrified creatures, whom the sailors humiliate and insult. Their officer (left), who holds a British flag, is threatened by a sailor with clenched fists, and excretes, ...
Alternative Title:
Vision interpreted
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. July 15, 1791, by S. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Nantes (France), France, Great Britain., Great Britain, and France.
Subject (Topic):
History, Relations, Arms & armament, Defecation, Drums (Musical instruments), Fighting, Flags, British, National emblems, Rifles, Sailors, French, and Whips
"A broadside satirising Robert Walpole with an etching in two parts. In the left-hand scene Frederick, Prince of Wales, stands with the Duke of Argyll and other gentlemen, pointing to the left where George II embraces Britannia. In the foreground, the...
Description:
Title from caption above image.
Publisher:
Printed for Eliza Haywood at Fame in the Piazza, Covent Garden, and sold by the printsellers and pamphlet shops of London and Westminster, according to act of Parliament
Subject (Geographic):
Cartagena (Colombia) and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 1707-1751, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Budgell, Eustace, 1686-1737, Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757, Haddock, Nicholas, 1686-1746, Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530, Wentworth, Thomas, active 1741, and Churchill, Mary Walpole, Lady, 1725?-1801,
Subject (Topic):
English West Indian Expedition, 1739-1742, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Political corruption, Death (Personification), Bribery, Crowns, Decapitations, Ghosts, Justice, Putti, National emblems, British, French, Germany, and Spanish
"A broadside satirising Robert Walpole with an etching in two parts. In the left-hand scene Frederick, Prince of Wales, stands with the Duke of Argyll and other gentlemen, pointing to the left where George II embraces Britannia. In the foreground, the...
Description:
Title from caption above image.
Publisher:
Printed for Eliza Haywood at Fame in the Piazza, Covent Garden, and sold by the printsellers and pamphlet shops of London and Westminster, according to act of Parliament
Subject (Geographic):
Cartagena (Colombia) and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 1707-1751, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Budgell, Eustace, 1686-1737, Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757, Haddock, Nicholas, 1686-1746, Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530, Wentworth, Thomas, active 1741, and Churchill, Mary Walpole, Lady, 1725?-1801,
Subject (Topic):
English West Indian Expedition, 1739-1742, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Political corruption, Death (Personification), Bribery, Crowns, Decapitations, Ghosts, Justice, Putti, National emblems, British, French, Germany, and Spanish
Satire with three-quarters length portraits of Wilkes (left), Bute (middle), and Hogarth (right) in oval cartouches; below each portrait is an acrostic of the name of the sitter above. Wilkes holds a book marked "North Briton, No. 17" which was publis...
Alternative Title:
Champions of liberty
Description:
Title engraved in banner above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Artists, Dogs, National emblems, Scottish, Newspapers, and Politicians
Satire with three-quarters length portraits of Wilkes (left), Bute (middle), and Hogarth (right) in oval cartouches; below each portrait is an acrostic of the name of the sitter above. Wilkes holds a book marked "North Briton, No. 17" which was publis...
Alternative Title:
Champions of liberty
Description:
Title engraved in banner above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Artists, Dogs, National emblems, Scottish, Newspapers, and Politicians
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794, Beckford, William, 1709-1770, and Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Dogs, Fireplaces, Monkeys, National emblems, British, and Scottish
"Prince Leopold (right), in uniform, puts his head through a glassless aperture in a window in the door of his 'Grecian Establish[ment]--Co[burg]', to look intently at a fat Turk who stands in profile to the right, elaborately dressed and holding a lo...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. April 10, 1830, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865
Subject (Topic):
Turks, Ethnic stereotypes, Doors & doorways, National emblems, and Signs (Notices)
"The Princess of Wales and the Earl of Bute drag the British Lion, or George III, in a small car, such as children use, decorated with a big Thistle; on the king's head is a very large jack boot, which, falling over his face, blinds him. Pitt leans ov...
Alternative Title:
Political strugle and Political struggle
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820,, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772,, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765,, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792,, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778,, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774,, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Chariots, City & town life, National emblems, British, Scottish, Taxes, and Warehouses
"Lady Cecilia Johnston (three-quarter length), seated in an armchair in profile to the left, leans forward to kiss the nose of a large goat which puts a hoof on her chest. Identified by Grego as Sir W. W. Wynn, but improbably."--British Museum online ...
Alternative Title:
St. Cecilia charming the brute and Seduction of the Welch ambassador
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. th [sic], 1792, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817 and Williams-Wynn, Watkin, 1772-1840
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Goats, Kissing, National emblems, and Welsh
"Lady Cecilia Johnston (three-quarter length), seated in an armchair in profile to the left, leans forward to kiss the nose of a large goat which puts a hoof on her chest. Identified by Grego as Sir W. W. Wynn, but improbably."--British Museum online ...
Alternative Title:
St. Cecilia charming the brute and Seduction of the Welch ambassador
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. th [sic], 1792, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817 and Williams-Wynn, Watkin, 1772-1840
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Goats, Kissing, National emblems, and Welsh
Sold at Sumpters Political Printshop, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Beckford, William, 1709-1770, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Whitefield, George, 1714-1770, and D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723.
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Britannia (Symbolic character), Bagpipes, Clergy, Devil, Hangings (Executions), National emblems, French, Scottish, Newspapers, Puppet shows, Signs (Notices), Theatrical productions, and Wheelbarrows
"Satire on the negotiations leading to the Peace of Paris in response to Hogarth's "The Times Part 1", but also with visual echoes of his much earlier print, "Southwark Fair". In the centre is a large theatrical booth advertising "The Full and Whole P...
Description:
Variant state without imprint and with different price, added in top right corner. See British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Beckford, William, 1709-1770, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Whitefield, George, 1714-1770, and D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Bagpipes, Clergy, Devil, Hangings (Executions), National emblems, French, Scottish, Newspapers, Puppet shows, Signs (Notices), Theatrical productions, and Wheelbarrows
"Canning and Eldon, both in shirt-sleeves and about equally matched, face each other in a small boat: Cabinet. Cock Boat. The very ornate boat resembles a Canadian canoe in general shape; the paddles go through big apertures encircled by the points of...
Alternative Title:
Long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all'togather
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 16, 1827, by S.W. Fores - Piccadilly, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Canning, George, 1770-1827 and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Catholic emancipation, Rowboats, Ceremonial maces, Flags, Ship figureheads, Unicorns, Lions, National emblems, and Sunrises & sunsets
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Mortimer, Roger de, Earl of March, 1287?-1330, and King's Bench Prison (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Embelms, Demons, National emblems, English, Scottish, Pulpits, and Thrones
"The Prince of Wales (left) leads a goat with the head of Mrs. Fitzherbert (right) to the door of the forecourt of a large town-house, held partly open by the Duchess of York. She says, "O Dunder & Wonder! - what Cratur is dat which you are bringing h...
Alternative Title:
Prussian reception
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 12th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820, and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
Subject (Topic):
Emblems, Goats, Lanterns, National emblems, Welsh, and Prussian
"The Prince of Wales (left) leads a goat with the head of Mrs. Fitzherbert (right) to the door of the forecourt of a large town-house, held partly open by the Duchess of York. She says, "O Dunder & Wonder! - what Cratur is dat which you are bringing h...
Alternative Title:
Prussian reception
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 12th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820, and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
Subject (Topic):
Emblems, Goats, Lanterns, National emblems, Welsh, and Prussian
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Fredrik I, King of Sweden, 1676-1751, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Klemens August, of Bavaria, 1700-1761, Sussex, George Augustus Yelverton, Earl of, 1727-1758, and Cathcart, Charles Schaw Cathcart, Lord, 1721-1776
Subject (Topic):
Flags, Musical instruments, National emblems, Hanoverian, and Wheelbarrows
"William IV, as Mars, in Roman armour, stands defiantly in a war-chariot drawn by three galloping horses, ridden by Discord, a virago with serpents for hair, who brandishes a handful of serpents. He holds a shield inscribed 'Signed Protocols', and a l...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
T. McLean
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, William I, King of the Netherlands, 1772-1843, O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847., Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Durham, John George Lambton, Earl of, 1792-1840, and Mars (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Armor, Chariots, Snakes, Shields, Spears, Firearms, Soldiers, Dutch, Prussian, National emblems, Bears, Frogs, and Roosters
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley" with an arrangement of Scottish and English weapons (swords, musket, canon, halberd, pickaxe, scimitar, pistol, broad-sward, haversadk, Lochaber axe, etc.), musical instruments (trumpet, drum, kettledrum...
Alternative Title:
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley"
Description:
Title, printmaker, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley" with an arrangement of Scottish and English weapons (swords, musket, canon, halberd, pickaxe, scimitar, pistol, broad-sward, haversadk, Lochaber axe, etc.), musical instruments (trumpet, drum, kettledrum...
Alternative Title:
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley"
Description:
Title, printmaker, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley" with an arrangement of Scottish and English weapons (swords, musket, canon, halberd, pickaxe, scimitar, pistol, broad-sward, haversadk, Lochaber axe, etc.), musical instruments (trumpet, drum, kettledrum...
Alternative Title:
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley"
Description:
Title, printmaker, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley" with an arrangement of Scottish and English weapons (swords, musket, canon, halberd, pickaxe, scimitar, pistol, broad-sward, haversadk, Lochaber axe, etc.), musical instruments (trumpet, drum, kettledrum...
Alternative Title:
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley"
Description:
Title, printmaker, publisher, and date from Paulson.
