"John Bull (left) capers clumsily to a tune played by Pitt, Dundas, and two others. He has a drink-bloated profile, wears a round hat and old-fashioned buckled shoes. He says: "Lord love ye my good Masters - do give us something new - I be tired of al...
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Title from item.
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Pub March 21, 1799, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Bagpipes, Dance, Musical instruments, and Violoncellos
"George IV, seated in an armchair, plays a 'cello. Bloomfield stands behind, playing a flute; in his pocket is a paper: 'Farmer's Boy' [for this identification cf. (e.g.) that of Orger in British Museum Satires No. 11940]. Lady Conyngham stands beside...
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Title etched below image.
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Pub. Oct. 11th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Bloomfield, Benjamin Bloomfield, Baron, 1768-1846, Nagle, Edmund, Sir, 1757-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., and Nero, Emperor of Rome, 37-68.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Adultery, Musical instruments, Violoncellos, Flutes, Trained animals, and Bears
"George IV, seated in an armchair, plays a 'cello. Bloomfield stands behind, playing a flute; in his pocket is a paper: 'Farmer's Boy' [for this identification cf. (e.g.) that of Orger in British Museum Satires No. 11940]. Lady Conyngham stands beside...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 11th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Bloomfield, Benjamin Bloomfield, Baron, 1768-1846, Nagle, Edmund, Sir, 1757-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., and Nero, Emperor of Rome, 37-68.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Adultery, Musical instruments, Violoncellos, Flutes, Trained animals, and Bears
Leaf 103. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
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1
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still image
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"Three-quarter length portrait slightly caricatured, of 'Cervetto', or Giacomo Bassevi the 'cellist (1680-1783), noted for his large nose, playing the 'cello. He sits looking downwards and to the right. An open book of music, from which he is not read...
Print shows a large concert-room, which is partly a music-shop, where the Regent sits playing a 'cello. At his feet is a paper: 'Proposals for Six Charity Concerts'. Facing him stands an elderly 'cit', a John Bull, who listens delightedly. The Regent ...
Alternative Title:
Monopoly a catch for 21 voices with a royal base
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Title from text above image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Regent’s Harmonic Institution, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882, Braham, John, 1774-1856, Abbott, Charles, Baron Tenterden, 1762-1832, and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Music stores, Interiors, Fireplaces, Mirrors, Musical instruments, Violoncellos, Flutes, Violins, Pianos, and Drums (Musical instruments)
Interior of a large concert-room, which is partly a music-shop, where the Regent sits playing a 'cello. At his feet is a paper: 'Proposals for Six Charity Concerts'. Facing him stands an elderly 'cit', a John Bull, who listens delightedly. The Regent ...
Alternative Title:
Monopoly a catch for 21 voices with a royal base
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Regent’s Harmonic Institution, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882, Braham, John, 1774-1856, Abbott, Charles, Baron Tenterden, 1762-1832, and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Music stores, Interiors, Fireplaces, Mirrors, Musical instruments, Violoncellos, Flutes, Violins, Pianos, and Drums (Musical instruments)
Volume 2, page 45. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
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1
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still image
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"A gouty and obese man (right) seated in a chair plays the 'cello. Both legs are swathed, the feet wrapped in slashed coverings; the right leg rests on a stool. The Devil (left), hat in hat, holds in a pair of tongs a cinder against the right knee. Bo...
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Title etched below image.
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Publish'd as the act directs, April 20th, 1785, by J. Jones, Great Portland Street
Volume 2, page 45. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A gouty and obese man (right) seated in a chair plays the 'cello. Both legs are swathed, the feet wrapped in slashed coverings; the right leg rests on a stool. The Devil (left), hat in hat, holds in a pair of tongs a cinder against the right knee. Bo...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, April 20th, 1785, by J. Jones, Great Portland Street
