Leaf 63. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An etching with the whole-length figure of Dr. Bragge, a picture-dealer. He is stooped over, both hands on his walking-stick and peers intently as if contemplating a work of art. He wears a long, loose coat, a cocked hat and pince-nez. His lower lip is characteristically large, and it protrudes considerably
Alternative Title:
Monsieur Le Virtu
Description:
Title etched below image., Variant state, with both volume and plate numbers; Cf. No. 4685 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "21" in upper right corner., and For a similar design etched by Sir Edward Newenham, see no. 4926 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt., Novr. 3d, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Name):
Bragge, Robert, Dr. 1700-1777
Subject (Topic):
Humor, Antiquarians, Collectors, Eyeglasses, and Staffs (Sticks)
Leaf 63. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An etching with the whole-length figure of Dr. Bragge, a picture-dealer. He is stooped over, both hands on his walking-stick and peers intently as if contemplating a work of art. He wears a long, loose coat, a cocked hat and pince-nez. His lower lip is characteristically large, and it protrudes considerably
Alternative Title:
Monsieur Le Virtu
Description:
Title etched below image., Variant state, with both volume and plate numbers; Cf. No. 4685 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "21" in upper right corner., For a similar design etched by Sir Edward Newenham, see no. 4926 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Third of three plates on leaf 63., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 15.7 x 10.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt., Novr. 3d, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Name):
Bragge, Robert, Dr. 1700-1777
Subject (Topic):
Humor, Antiquarians, Collectors, Eyeglasses, and Staffs (Sticks)
An allegorical representation of the thesis of Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution as seen through Burke's spectacles. Fox dressed as Cromwell stands ready to strike a tree with an axe, the blade of which is labelled "Rights of man". In the tree are many emblems: a crown, a star of the Garter, a snuffer, the Holy Bible with mitre and chalice, escutcheons representing hereditary nobility and the arms of the Portland and Cavendish families
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom edges., Two lines of verse etched below title: Nought shall make us rue, if England to itself do rest but true. Shakespeare., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 35.5 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 37.2 x 26.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 54 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729?-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, British, Politics and government, Eyeglasses, Demons, Escutcheons (Heraldry), Trees, Axes, Crowns, Bibles, and Skeletons
An allegorical representation of the thesis of Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution as seen through Burke's spectacles. Fox dressed as Cromwell stands ready to strike a tree with an axe, the blade of which is labelled "Rights of man". In the tree are many emblems: a crown, a star of the Garter, a snuffer, the Holy Bible with mitre and chalice, escutcheons representing hereditary nobility and the arms of the Portland and Cavendish families
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom edges., Two lines of verse etched below title: Nought shall make us rue, if England to itself do rest but true. Shakespeare., and Mounted on page 74.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729?-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, British, Politics and government, Eyeglasses, Demons, Escutcheons (Heraldry), Trees, Axes, Crowns, Bibles, and Skeletons
An allegorical representation of the thesis of Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution as seen through Burke's spectacles. Fox dressed as Cromwell stands ready to strike a tree with an axe, the blade of which is labelled "Rights of man". In the tree are many emblems: a crown, a star of the Garter, a snuffer, the Holy Bible with mitre and chalice, escutcheons representing hereditary nobility and the arms of the Portland and Cavendish families
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom edges., and Two lines of verse etched below title: Nought shall make us rue, if England to itself do rest but true. Shakespeare.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729?-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, British, Politics and government, Eyeglasses, Demons, Escutcheons (Heraldry), Trees, Axes, Crowns, Bibles, and Skeletons
Three couples and a young boy are picnicking outdoors. The large women with exaggerated sleeves and large bosoms exclaims: "Lauk, how hot the sun is to my back!" Everyone is oblivious to the fact that a fire is raging under the kettle behind her
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 269.
"Standing whole length profile portrait of a man in an oval enclosed in a rectangle. He walks from left to right, his head thrown back, his stomach projecting. He wears spectacles, a looped hat, a large tie-wig, and holds a tasselled cane."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Three elderly citizens in a punt which is propelled by a boy (left) wearing trousers. Two are fishing: one stands, 'chapeau-bras', the other, who is obese, sits in a chair. The third (right) sits in a chair smoking, his back to the others. The standing fisherman, who wears spectacles, has hooked a small dog
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from Grego., Plate also published in: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London?] : [publisher not identified], [1836?], page 43., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., A reduced copy of no. 8206 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 36 cm, on sheet 27 x 38 cm., Imperfect; artist's signature erased from lower right corner of sheet., and Watermark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Boats, Dogs, Eyeglasses, Fishing, and Pipes (Smoking)
Leaf 43. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three elderly citizens in a punt which is propelled by a boy (left) wearing trousers. Two are fishing: one stands, 'chapeau-bras', the other, who is obese, sits in a chair. The third (right) sits in a chair smoking, his back to the others. The standing fisherman, who wears spectacles, has hooked a small dog
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Restrike. For possible original issue of the plate, published in 1811, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 222., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], A reduced copy of no. 8206 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and On leaf 43 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Boats, Dogs, Eyeglasses, Fishing, and Pipes (Smoking)
Leaf 53. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three elderly citizens in a punt which is propelled by a boy (left) wearing trousers. Two are fishing: one stands, 'chapeau-bras', the other, who is obese, sits in a chair. The third (right) sits in a chair smoking, his back to the others. The standing fisherman, who wears spectacles, has hooked a small dog
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Restrike. For possible original issue of the plate, published in 1811, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 222., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], A reduced copy of no. 8206 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and On leaf 53 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Boats, Dogs, Eyeglasses, Fishing, and Pipes (Smoking)
