"A sailor (left), who grins over his shoulder at the spectator, sits on a corded sea-chest pointing at his prize-money which is heaped up on a larger chest in front of him, coins spilling over the top of the chest. He is gaily dressed, wearing a hat with a ribbon favour, long pig-tail, striped trousers; a bunch of seals dangles from his waistcoat; a spotted handkerchief hangs from his jacket pocket. His smoking pipe lies on the ground behind him. In his right hand is a sheaf of papers inscribed 'List of Prizes taken at the [ ?] Huntinna St Eustatia'. Five money-sacks stand on the chest, three being inscribed respectively '£10,000', 'Spanish Dollars', and '£5,000'; a sixth lies open with coins issuing from it. Four wine-bottles, one labelled 'Made[ira]', and a glass also stand on the chest. Through an open sash-window is seen a man-of-war whose sails are being lowered. Pinned to the wall (left) behind the sailor's head is a broadside ballad headed by an oval bust portrait of George III and the words 'God save the King'; below the verses is a crown."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Verse in two columns below image: "Now the wars are all over, faith I'll live in clover; I've enough of this Pelf, for my friends and myself.", Numbered "561" in lower left corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., No. 32 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Title from item., Two images on one plate, side by side., One line of text above each image: The distressed statesman! Ha ha ha no such thing [on the left] ; The distressed statesman. Oh oh oh ... just the thing [on the right]., Four lines of verse in two columns below image: Where honest virtue dwells, tranquility should reign ..., Temporary local subject terms: Writing implements: quills and inkwells., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Satirical portrait of William Pickett, Lord Mayor of London for 1789; three-quarter length, seated; wearing the ceremonial gown and with a City of London sword hanging in the background; within a border composed of plates, cups, saucers, mugs, kettles, and a chamber pot, with two bears in the corners; a fire extinguisher and a string of "India crackers" hang below the border
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: Price only one shilling with a suitable frame included., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publishd. according to act of Parliament, June 1st, 1789, by E. Harding
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Pickett, William
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Robes, Swords, Containers, Firecrackers, and Fire extinguishers
Satirical portrait of William Pickett, Lord Mayor of London for 1789; three-quarter length, seated; wearing the ceremonial gown and with a City of London sword hanging in the background; within a border composed of plates, cups, saucers, mugs, kettles, and a chamber pot, with two bears in the corners; a fire extinguisher and a string of "India crackers" hang below the border
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: Price only one shilling with a suitable frame included., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Also with newspaper clippings mounted on sheet.
Publisher:
Publishd. according to act of Parliament, June 1st, 1789, by E. Harding
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Pickett, William
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Robes, Swords, Containers, Firecrackers, and Fire extinguishers
"Satire on young Whig supporters and their supposedly republican tendencies: interior of a tavern with seven young gentlemen drinking at a table on which is a calf's head with a moustache and a nightcap; one of the party holds an axe; an eighth gentleman looks out of the window at a bonfire in the street below; on the wall is a picture of the execution of Charles I."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Calf's Head Club
Description:
Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Formerly attributed to Hogarth, now thought to be by Van der Gucht. See British Museum online catalogue., "Price 6d."--Lower right corner., Five lines of text below image: The healths. To the pious memory of Oliver Cromwell, damnation to the race of the Stuarts To the glorious year, 1648. To the man in the mask, &c. &c. &c., Also a note in Steevens's hand discussing the three prints on this page pasted down at top of page., Ms. note in Steevens's hand below plate mark: Engraved at least by Vandergucht., and On page 89 in volume 1. Plate mark 208 x 191 mm, on sheet 228 x 196 mm.
"Satire on young Whig supporters and their supposedly republican tendencies: interior of a tavern with seven young gentlemen drinking at a table on which is a calf's head with a moustache and a nightcap; one of the party holds an axe; an eighth gentleman looks out of the window at a bonfire in the street below; on the wall is a picture of the execution of Charles I."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Calf's Head Club
Description:
Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Formerly attributed to Hogarth, now thought to be by Van der Gucht. See British Museum online catalogue., "Price 6d."--Lower right corner., Five lines of text below image: The healths. To the pious memory of Oliver Cromwell, damnation to the race of the Stuarts To the glorious year, 1648. To the man in the mask, &c. &c. &c., and Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet; mounted to 34 x 45 cm.
Title from item., Publication date inferred from the date of partnership formed by Henry Carington Bowles and Carver after Carington Bowles's death in 1792., Probably first published by Carington Bowles in December 1772., Plate numbered '267' in lower left corner., Two lines of verse, printed in one line, below title: Some fools in drinking must have rules confin'd ; our soul above ne'er leaves a drop behind., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Englishmen -- Tankards -- Glass: wine glasses -- Architectural details: wall panelling.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, Map & Printsellers, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Title from caption below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate from: Annals of sporting, by Caleb Quizem, Esq. and his various correspondents., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Satire on horsemanship -- Telescope -- Mathematical instruments -- Dividers., Numbered in ms. at top "181"., and Mounted to 23 x 18 cm.
Round portrait of William Pitt the Elder, erected on an ornate support and leaning against a plinth on which stand the figures of Loyalty and Liberty. They hold above Pitt's portrait a banner inscribed with title of the print. Loyalty has her left foot on the neck of a prostrate ugly old woman representing Envy. The support below Pitt's portrait contains the following dedication: To the Rt. Honble. the Lord Mayor Aldermen & Common Council of the City of London, this plate is Dedicated by their humble servts. Darly & Edwards
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '75' in upper right corner of image., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: figure of Liberty -- Figure of Loyalty -- Figure of Envy -- Reference to Magna Charta.
Portrait of the highwayman and Royalist James Hind; half length, turned slightly left; in an oval
Alternative Title:
True portraiture of Captain James Hind
Description:
Title etched below image., "From a scarce print in the collection of Mr. Bull"--Below title., and Copy of a woodcut from 1651; cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 530, no. 2.
