- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [13 April 1821]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 26. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A spectacled auctioneer (the well-known Squibb) stands full-face in his rostrum with hammer raised, pointing downwards at a misshapen brass (yellow) figure of Queen Caroline in quasi-classical draperies, her arms akimbo, and displaying an ungainly leg. She stands on a wooden head of Alderman Wood, both being directed slightly to the left. Her sandalled feet rest on two curving supports of the head, which resemble the drooping peaks of a fool's cap. Near it lies a bundle of bulky papers, 'Defence of Innocence', labelled 'Lot 2 Waste Paper'. These two lots are on a table forming the base of the design below the rostrum. Behind the auctioneer less conspicuous lots are ranged on shelves: more bulky bundles inscribed 'Waste Paper Lot 3--Times'. A box of bonnets rouges with tricolour cockades inscribed 'To be Sold by Private Contract', with other chests of caps and of daggers, both inscribed 'Private'. A jar is 'Lot 5 Unsunned Snow' [see British Museum Satires No. 13975]."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Going! A going! the last time ... and To be sold by public auction, by Mr. Squib at Bullock's rooms ...
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Seven lines of text below image: To be sold by public auction, by Mr. Squib at Bullock's rooms. Lot 1. (for exportation) Xantippe, a brazen statue, supported by a prime block of soft alder wood, a matchless article ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 26 of: George Humphrey shop album.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Aprial [sic] 13, 1821, by G. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's St., London
- Subject (Name):
- Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Squibb, George, approximately 1764-1831, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., Bullock, William, 1773-1849., and Xanthippe.
- Subject (Topic):
- Auctions, Auctioneers, Stages (Platforms), Gavels, Sculpture, Documents, and Liberty cap
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A going! A going! the last time, A going! Down!!! [graphic]
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2.
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately September 1809]
- Call Number:
- 809.09.00.06++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The stage of Covent Garden Theatre is seen from the right with a small part of the pit in the left foreground; the boxes and galleries adjoining the stage form the background on the left. The pittites are standing and blow trumpets, spring rattles, ring bells, and shout. Those in the crowded boxes behave in the same way; with one exception all are men. Two men occupy each of the two boxes over the stage-door; they watch passively. The musicians' seats are empty, but candles burn beside their open music-books, and one of the orchestra stands facing the audience, threatening them with fist and baton. On the stage three men stand together addressing the audience. The man in the centre holds out a paper: 'Riot Act'; he says: "We shall Read the riot act". Behind them stands Kemble wearing a tail-coat and white trousers, appealing to the audience with his hands meekly together as if in prayer. Large notices and placards hang from the galleries and boxes: 'Old Prices' [five times]; 'Harris will but Kemble won,t'; 'No Kembles No more insults'; 'Kemble remember the Dublin Tin Man'; 'No Foreign Sofas'; 'Iohn Bull against Iohn Kemble'; 'No Catalani'; 'Old Prices' [three times]; 'No Italian Private Boxes'; '£6000 for Caterwauling'; 'Catalani', below a print of a cat dressed as a woman, and singing 'Me Yo' from a music-book; 'No Catalani!! Mountain-- Billington, and Dickons for ever'; 'Ol Price for ever No caterwauling'; 'Old Prices No Catalani'; a gigantic placard: 'Statement-- £ Subscribed -- £80-000 Fire Office -- 50-000 Old Materials -- 25-000 155-000 New Theatre ---- 150-000 Managers of it ---- 5-000' Held up by a 'John Bull' in the pit who blows a trumpet: 'No Catalani No Pigeon Holes Old Prices No Private Boxes'. A man shouts from a box: "Off Off Off Off"; he springs a rattle."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Isaac and George Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Matted to 47 x 54 cm, with a token for a box seat, Prince's side (BPS), New Theatre Covent Garden 1809.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823., Nares, John, 1754-1816., Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818., Catalani, Angelica, 1780-1849., Dickons, Maria, approximately 1774-1833., Harris, Thomas, -1820., Reed, James, active 1808., Mountain, Rosoman, approximately 1768-1841., and Covent Garden Theatre,
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Stages (Platforms), Actors, Orchestras, Theater audiences, Theaters, and 1809
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Acting magistrates committing themselves being their first appearance on this stage, as performed at the National Theatre Convent Garden, Sepr. 18, 1809 [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [10 December 1811]
- Call Number:
- 811.12.10.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A theatre scene; a man on stage holding a long cane leans towards the box stage left saying: 'Bucks of the Boxes, sneer and talk aloud! I don't mean you.' The rotund young man at the front of the box says 'Boo Boo'; he holds an unfurled sheet of paper headed 'Fair Penitent. Lothario, by the amateur who murdered Romeo ...'
- Description:
- Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With watermark: J Whatman 1806?
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Decemr. 10th, 1811, by Wm. Holland, No. 11 Cockspur St.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, Theater audiences, Staffs (Sticks), and Stages (Platforms)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Bucks have at ye all with extempore additions by the amateur comic-tragedian as delivered at the Haymarket Theatre Decemr. 10, 1811. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 April 1785]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Verso of leaf 30. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Delpini, dressed as a woman, both arms held above his head, runs forward in profile to the left imitating a dancer."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One line of quoted text following title: "Grace was in all her steps" &c., and Mounted on page 52 with one other print.
- Publisher:
- Published 26th April 1785 by Jas. Bretherton
- Subject (Name):
- Delpini, Mr. -1828 (Carlo Antonio),
- Subject (Topic):
- Cross dressing, Opera singers, and Stages (Platforms)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Delpini à la Rossi [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 April 1785]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Verso of leaf 30. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Delpini, dressed as a woman, both arms held above his head, runs forward in profile to the left imitating a dancer."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One line of quoted text following title: "Grace was in all her steps" &c., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 27.4 x 20.2 cm, on sheet 29.5 x 22 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 30 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Published 26th April 1785 by Jas. Bretherton
- Subject (Name):
- Delpini, Mr. -1828 (Carlo Antonio),
- Subject (Topic):
- Cross dressing, Opera singers, and Stages (Platforms)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Delpini à la Rossi [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 April 1785]
- Call Number:
- 785.04.26.01+
- Collection Title:
- Verso of leaf 30. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Delpini, dressed as a woman, both arms held above his head, runs forward in profile to the left imitating a dancer."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One line of quoted text following title: "Grace was in all her steps" &c., and Mounted to 41 x 33 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published 26th April 1785 by Jas. Bretherton
- Subject (Name):
- Delpini, Mr. -1828 (Carlo Antonio),
- Subject (Topic):
- Cross dressing, Opera singers, and Stages (Platforms)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Delpini à la Rossi [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 July 1799]
- Call Number:
- Print00057
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Grotesque borders for halls and rooms. No. 14
- Description:
- Title etched at bottom of plate., Printmaker based on similar plates by Rowlandson, likewise published by Ackermann in 1799. See nos. 9488-9492 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Design consists of three strips arranged horizontally with various scenes, each row with an imprint etched at bottom center. The plate number is etched above the top row, centered., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of top two rows of design and plate numbering. Description based on impression at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no.: 59.533.1268., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks., 1 print : etching with stipple, hand-colored ; sheet 10.3 x 18.5 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with significant loss of text and image. Only the center scene in the middle row of design is present, along with the imprint below. This scene shows a mountebank on a stage addressing a crowd, with the dialogue "The noted Doctor Humbug - cures all disorders incident to the human body!" etched within image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 21, 1799, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Quacks and quackery and Stages (Platforms)
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Grotesque borders for halls & rooms. [graphic] / No. 14
- Published / Created:
- [1821?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 39. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Print shows a man, the celebrated juggler, standing on a stage greeting the audience, sitting at his sides are two hurdy-gurdy players, one on a box labeled "Money Box" and the other on a box labeled "Quack Medicine." The stage projects from the back or side of a carriage with two panels that open to the right and left, each with two scenes, on the left, "shooting dint at yo inocent" (King George IV spraying Caroline) and "a bit of fun or a scene at Manchester!!!" (cavalry using swords to cut their way through a mob), on the right, "bank restrictions" (four people hanging from a gallows) and "Kinglike amusement" (the King(?) and bishop drinking). Includes lengthy verse which alludes to the trial of Caroline."--Library of Congress online catalog
- Description:
- Title from letterpress text below image., Date of publication from the Library of Congress online catalog, call number: PC 2 - Panorama of the times (A size) [P&P]., Text below title: The Sieur Kastleree (the celebrated juggler) is just arrived from the Continent, where he has been exhibiting in the capitals of all their Imperial and Royal Majesties, the sovereigns of Europe., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on page 39 of: George Humphrey shop album.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828
- Subject (Topic):
- Circuses & shows, Jugglers, Organ grinders, Stages (Platforms), and Spectators
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Panorama of the times [graphic].
- Creator:
- Ansell, Charles, 1752- printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 June 1799]
- Call Number:
- 799.06.11.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Sheridan, fat and grotesque, dressed as Pizarro, strides to the front of the royal box, followed by the King and Queen in Court dress. He holds out a guttering candle in each hand and shouts towards the stage: "Stand by there, move that Stone out of the Way hollo Music there play God Save the King d'ye hear take care Sire mind that Step, louder there Music make room for the best of Kings & wisest of Sovereigns! Encore." The King says to the bejewelled Queen: "No! no! no Jacobins here all Loyal all Loyal, Charming Man the Author eh! charming Man, never saw him in such a good light before." Three princesses follow; one says: "bless me I never saw that General at Court". Behind are two princes in uniform with gorgets, evidently the Dukes of York and Cumberland. On the floor by Sheridan are two papers: 'Maidstone Loyalty' [see British Museum Satires No. 9245, &c], and '[Tomorr]ow Evening performed a new play called the Loyal Author to which will be added a Peep behind the Curtain Vivan[t] Rex et Regina'. The curtain is down; on the proscenium, replacing the usual 'Veluti in Speculum', is 'Anti Jacobin House'. Two men stand in the pit, waving their hats towards the royal box; one is Fox."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Pizarro a new play, or, The Drury-Lane masquerade and Drury-Lane masquerade
- Description:
- Title etched below image; the letter "N" in "New" is etched backwards., Tentative attribution to Ansell from the British Museum catalogue., Attributed to Charles Williams in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printseller's announcement in lower right: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Theatrical costume: Spanish don -- Gorgets -- Songs: God Save the King -- Anti-Jacobin House -- Queen Charlotte's jewels -- Female dress: Queen Charlotte's dress., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Mounted to 28 x 42 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 11th, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Jacobins, Theaters, Interiors, Costumes, Stages (Platforms), Candles, Jewelry, and Military uniforms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Pizzaro a new play, or, The Drury-Lane masquerade [graphic].
10.
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1833]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "First panel: crowd of citizens questioning an ignorant Whig on a platform with other members of the party; second panel: hangman on the point of opening the door of Duke of Wellington's cell."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Tolerable specimen of true Whiggery
- Description:
- Titles from item., Initials of printmaker Charles Jameson Grant in lower left corner of second panel of design., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Design consists of two panels side by side, each individually titled., Wood engraving with letterpress text., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of imprint and series statement. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Numbered "87" in brown ink in top left corner of second panel of design., and No. 87.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 and Apsley House (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Stages (Platforms), Crowds, Executioners, and Ropes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Questioning a ministerial candidate, or, A tolerable specimen of true Whiggery The hangman coming for his due, or, A call at Apsley House / [graphic]