Leaf 47. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Samuel Drybutter, a well-known homosexual, standing in fetters whole length in profile to left, conversing with Jack Catch (or Ketch, the public hangman) who holds a halter in his right hand and says, "Dammee Sammy your a sweet pretty creature & I lo...
"Four grotesque men, all crippled or deformed, are in a row before a set of druggist's shelves headed 'Staats Apotheek'. Those on the extreme left and right stand, the others sit. A knock-kneed hunchback (left), smoking a long pipe, the smoke inscribe...
"Four grotesque men, all crippled or deformed, are in a row before a set of druggist's shelves headed 'Staats Apotheek'. Those on the extreme left and right stand, the others sit. A knock-kneed hunchback (left), smoking a long pipe, the smoke inscribe...
A portrait of John Kirby in oval, decorated above with angling equipment. The oval rests above an image of Newgate prison which in turn is draped with a garland comprised of shackles and chains
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Published August 1, 1809, by Nuttall, Fisher & Dixon, Liverpool
"Leach (right), the Vice-Chancellor, dressed as a woman, with a trimmed bonnet over his wig, sits on a corded chest inscribed Commissio[n] ; against this leans a book: Justifia et honor. He grasps a moneybag inscribed 10,000, and holds the ear of a fo...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1820 by Smolky, 18 Rupert Street
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821. and Leach, John, 1760-1834
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Cross dressing, Bonnets, Chests, Foxes, Worms, Parasites, Cannons, Cannon balls, Bayonets, Shackles, Ladders, Gallows, Liberty cap, Monkeys, Mirrors, and Fools' caps
"The Regent, as Macheath, wearing military uniform and heavily shackled, stands between Mrs. Fitzherbert, who kneels at his feet (left) removing his leg-irons, and Lady Hertford (right), who stands beside him taking the fetters from his wrists (inscri...
Alternative Title:
Polly & Lucy taking off the restrictions, Polly and Lucy takeing off the restrictions, and Polly and Lucy taking off the restrictions
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published March 1812 by J. Jonhston, 98 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, McMahon, John, approximately 1754-1817, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845., Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815., and Dionysus (Greek deity),
Subject (Topic):
Harlequin (Fictitious character), Military uniforms, British, Shackles, Religious articles, Turbans, Wigs, Bags, and Pictures
publish'd according to act of Parliament, [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 34. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the ineffective conduct of the Seven Years' War. The British lion has lost a foot labelled 'Minorca' and the French cock is tearing up the Union flag; two Frenchman discuss their aim to acquire British colonies in North America as well. The...
Alternative Title:
English Lion dismembered and Voice of the public for an enquiry into the loss of Minorca
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757
Subject (Topic):
Flags, British, Lions, Roosters, Petitions, and Shackles
"Satire on Admiral Byng; Byng, in fetters, is visited by the ghost of his father, the naval hero George Byng, Viscount Torrington, who harangues him in verse; on a table are books lettered "Spanish Armada" and "Matthews and Lestock"; on the wall behin...
Description:
Title etched below image, above verses.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, Aug. 14, 1756, by J. Smith at Hogarth's Head, Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757 and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
publish'd according to act of Parliament 1 Nov. 1748.
Call Number:
748.11.01.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On the left James II, seated on a throne of "hereditary right" and holding manacles, turns left to shake the hand of a monk who tramples on an open volume labeled "Holy Bible". From under the throne dragons or serpents devour the "Magna Carta", "Toler...
Description:
Title engraved in cartouche below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
James II, King of England, 1633-1701, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, and Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Animals, Clergy, Demons, Justice, Martyrs, Monks, Shackles, and Enslaved people
"Portrait caricature of the murderer Thomas Simmons, a young man in shackles; whole length, standing in prison yard in profile to right, hand in pocket of coat; five prisoners standing, sitting and conversing in front of cells behind; after a drawing ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
T. Rowlandson
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Simmons, Thomas, -1808 and Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Prisons, Murder, Criminals, Prisoners, and Shackles
