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The mitred minuet. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

The mitred minuet. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British...

Print shows four Anglican bishops joining hands and dancing around a copy of the "Quebec Bill" which lies at their feet, on the left, Lord Bute, playing the bagpipes, and Lord North stand with another minister ... More

The Country Club / H. Bunbury, esqr, delint. ; W. Dickinson, excudit., British Cartoon Print

The Country Club / H. Bunbury, esqr, delint. ; W. Dickinson, excudit.,...

"The interior of a bare and plainly furnished room in a country inn; a number of middle-aged and plainly dressed men stand waiting for dinner to be served..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified da... More

The patriot - dedicated to the freeholders of Middlesex, British Cartoon Print

The patriot - dedicated to the freeholders of Middlesex, British Carto...

One of several prints depicting John Wilkes and Henry Luttrell and the election for the seat in Middlesex. This print shows a statue of John Wilkes on a pedestal, holding a staff topped with a liberty cap; the ... More

The Bostonian's paying the excise-man, or tarring & feathering, British Cartoon Print

The Bostonian's paying the excise-man, or tarring & feathering, Britis...

Print shows five men forcing a tarred and feathered customs officer to drink from a teapot, a bucket and a liberty cap are on the ground at his feet. They stand beneath the "Liberty Tree" from which a rope with... More

Count de Rochambeau - French general of the land forces in America reviewing the French troops, British Cartoon Print

Count de Rochambeau - French general of the land forces in America rev...

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5706 Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The Ame... More

The matrons in hanging-sleeves: or, The enquirer into nature - a satyr, British Cartoon Print

The matrons in hanging-sleeves: or, The enquirer into nature - a satyr...

Print shows women and children of all ages viewing exhibits at the "Wax-works" and "see a Womb, to hear fine Lectures, read on Generation, and all the Arts explain'd of Procreation ..."; in a large display case... More

Drink to me only with thine eyes. And I will pledge with mine!, British Cartoon Print

Drink to me only with thine eyes. And I will pledge with mine!, Britis...

Caricature of man and woman seated. She is holding up glass and he is smiling. Hand-colored etching by Richard Newton. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). This record cont... More

Royalty in a rage or family quarrels / I.R.C. fecit., British Cartoon Print

Royalty in a rage or family quarrels / I.R.C. fecit., British Cartoon ...

Print showing George IV in a rage against family members (Frederick and William) who are unwilling to lend their support for the Bill of Pains and Penalties and his divorce from Caroline; he smashes a bottle of... More

The political cartoon for the year 1775, British Cartoon Print

The political cartoon for the year 1775, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows George III and Lord Mansfield, seated on an open chaise drawn by two horses labeled "Obstinacy" and "Pride," about to lead Britain into an abyss represented by the war with the American colonies. ... More

The contrast / R. Dighton, delin., British Cartoon Print

The contrast / R. Dighton, delin., British Cartoon Print

Political cartoon showing two men representing England and France seated and looking angrily at each other. The Frenchman is holding container (of snuff?) and the Englishman is smoking pipe and holding newspape... More

America in flames, British Cartoon Print

America in flames, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a woman representing "America" seated in flames fanned from above by two men in clouds wielding British measures, "Quebec Bill" and "Masachusets (sic) Bay", against the colonies; four British men, r... More

The male carriage, British Cartoon Print

The male carriage, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon print showing an elaborately dressed woman with a key around her neck, possibly a transvestite. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

A peep at Christies; - or - Tally-ho, & his nimeney-pimmeney taking the morning lounge / Js.Gy.ad vivam.fecit.

A peep at Christies; - or - Tally-ho, & his nimeney-pimmeney taking th...

Miss Farren and Lord Derby walk together inspecting pictures. She, very thin and tall, looks over his head through a glass at a picture in the second row of Zenocrates & Phryne. He looks at the picture immediat... More

A privy council, British Cartoon Print

A privy council, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a meeting of the George III, portrayed as an ass wearing an ermnie robe, and his council of ministers, portrayed as various animals; whispering into the king's ear is Lord Bute represented by a bird... More

The Yankey torpedo / E-s del & sc., British Cartoon Print

The Yankey torpedo / E-s del & sc., British Cartoon Print

Print shows a sea-monster discharging flames and missiles against a British ship. British satire reflecting indignation against American's use of torpedoes and other explosive machinery in the Summer of 1813 ag... More

Wha wants me, British Cartoon Print

Wha wants me, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Thomas Paine, full-length, standing, facing left, holding scroll "rights of man", surrounded by injustices and standing on labels, representing morals and justices, defending measures taken in revol... More

Reflection. To be, or not to be?? / [I. R. Cruikshank]., British Cartoon Print

Reflection. To be, or not to be?? / [I. R. Cruikshank]., British Carto...

George IV, looking at himself in a pierglass, starts back at the sight of his wife, crowned, looking over the shoulder of his own reflection, of which a cheek, whisker, and startled eye are visible... (Source: ... More

The prime lobster, British Cartoon Print

The prime lobster, British Cartoon Print

Wellington as a giant lobster, his profile between the creature's raised claws, stands on the lower joints of his tail; from his back hangs a Chancellor of the Exchequer's gown. On the ground are his cocked hat... More

City election race for the court plate, British Cartoon Print

City election race for the court plate, British Cartoon Print

Print shows on the left P--t [Pitt], labeled "Bank Directorship", banging his head on the Temple Bar before even getting started, the center is filled with N--n [?], labeled "Motion for paying the Prince's Debt... More

The tree of liberty,-with, the devil tempting John Bull / Js. Gy. inv. & ft., British Cartoon Print

The tree of liberty,-with, the devil tempting John Bull / Js. Gy. inv....

Round a bare and decayed oak tree is twined a serpent with the head of Fox; he holds a damaged apple inscribed "reform" to John Bull, who is fat and his pockets bulge with golden apples. The trunk of the tree i... More

Miss Carolina Sulivan - one of the obstinate daughters of America, 1776 / Matting(?) D(?) del., British Cartoon Print

Miss Carolina Sulivan - one of the obstinate daughters of America, 177...

Cartoon shows Sullivan's Island, portrayed as a head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman who looks like William Pitt, right profile, with large hairdo meant to conceal fortifications, cannons, and several battle ... More

The comforts of a Rumford stove Vide Dr. G-rn-ts lectures / / Js Gillray des. & fect. ad vivum., British Cartoon Print

The comforts of a Rumford stove Vide Dr. G-rn-ts lectures / / Js Gillr...

Cartoon shows full-length view of Count Rumford (Benjamin Thompson), inventor of the Rumford stove, standing with his back to the fire, his coat-tails spread to permit enjoyment from the warmth. Forms part of :... More

The grand coronation procession of Napoleone the 1st, Emperor of France, from the Church of Notre-Dame, Decr. 2d. 1804 / Js. Gillray inv. & fect., British Cartoon Print

The grand coronation procession of Napoleone the 1st, Emperor of Franc...

Caricature showing procession, with Napoleon and Josephine in center, headed by members of the Imperial family, followed by Talleyrand and his wife, and a dejected Pope Pius VII. Napoleon's train is supported b... More

The general out-generalled, or, first come, first served, British Cartoon Print

The general out-generalled, or, first come, first served, British Cart...

Wellington demands attention outside a house, while Duke of Argyll, inside with Harriette Wilson, pretends not to recognize him. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Uncorking old sherry / Js. Gillrlay, inv. & fecit., British Cartoon Print

Uncorking old sherry / Js. Gillrlay, inv. & fecit., British Cartoon Pr...

William Pitt stands in the House of Commons, facing the opposition which is represented by bottles containing the heads of the most well-known opposition leaders including Fox, Tierney, Windham and Grey. At Pit... More

Uncorking old sherry / Js. Gillrlay, inv. & fecit., British Cartoon Print

Uncorking old sherry / Js. Gillrlay, inv. & fecit., British Cartoon Pr...

William Pitt stands in the House of Commons, facing the opposition which is represented by bottles containing the heads of the most well-known opposition leaders including Fox, Tierney, Windham and Grey. At Pit... More

A republican belle - a picture of Paris for 1794 / IC., British Cartoon Print

A republican belle - a picture of Paris for 1794 / IC., British Cartoo...

Print shows an old woman, a sansculotte, in ragged dress, her arms folded across her chest, holding a pistol in one hand, which she fires at a man lying on the ground, and a dagger in the other. There is a skul... More

The r--l cock and chickens - or the father of his people!!!, British Cartoon Print

The r--l cock and chickens - or the father of his people!!!, British C...

Print showing George IV, horned and with wings which are spread to provide a protective, umbrella-like shell for his supporters, a gouty foot well wrapped, a ribbon around the other labeled "Infidelity - Honi S... More

Quinquanpolix, British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon

Quinquanpolix, British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon

"This engraving is a Dutch satire on John Law of Lauriston, promoter of the Mississippi Company and other bubble schemes of the year 1720; it is No. 21 in vol. i. of "Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid", a colle... More

Enthusiasm display'd: or, the Moor Fields congregation, British Cartoon Print

Enthusiasm display'd: or, the Moor Fields congregation, British Cartoo...

The print shows evangelical Methodist minister George Whitefield preaching at Moorsfield, London.. He is supported by two females, one holding a mask and labeled "Hypocrisy", the other a Janus-faced "Deceit". O... More

Jefferies, in the character of Atropos, cutting the thread of English Liberty, British Cartoon Print

Jefferies, in the character of Atropos, cutting the thread of English ...

Print shows King John seated at a small table outside his tent, signing Magna Carta, behind him stand by two bishops. Four men are pulling a rope, the "thread of English Liberty", which is attached to King John... More

Harris's list; or, Cupid's London directory / R. Newton del. ; etch'd by R. Newton., British Cartoon Print

Harris's list; or, Cupid's London directory / R. Newton del. ; etch'd ...

Print shows a man with a copy of "Harris's list" open to the page for "Miss Love" standing in front of Miss Love's establishment; there is a young woman standing at the door, one leaning out a first floor windo... More

The way to keep him, or the female flagellants attacking the platonic hero at the Richmond Theatre / designed by Whim ; exectued by Satire., British Cartoon Print

The way to keep him, or the female flagellants attacking the platonic ...

Print shows a smiling man, "platonic love", on one knee as three women beat him with whips made of bulrushes(?); on the wall in the background are two portraits, "The Maid of Drury" and "The Maid of the Oaks." ... More

1588. Deo trin-vni Britanniae bis ultori, In memoriam ..., British Cartoon Print

1588. Deo trin-vni Britanniae bis ultori, In memoriam ..., British Car...

The destruction of the Spanish Armada, 1588, and the detection of the gunpowder plot, 1605. Print contains the irradiated name of Jehovah, under which is a tent with the Devil as president, holding a sealed pap... More

The sots coat of arms, British Cartoon Print

The sots coat of arms, British Cartoon Print

Drunkards drinking, playing cards, fighting, vomiting, being taken from home and put in stocks. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data fro... More

The drunkard's coat of arms, British Cartoon Print

The drunkard's coat of arms, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a coat of arms devised for a drunkard. A poem, entitled "The Drunkard - display'd" is printed below the image. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Rebell Gratitude, or a representation of the treachery and barbarity of two rebell officers at the Battle of Culloden...(which) greatly heightened the slaughter that was that day made of their party...this battle was fought 16 April 1746, British Cartoon Print

Rebell Gratitude, or a representation of the treachery and barbarity o...

Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cartoons, British - 1745-1747; Hist. Gt. Brit.; Hist Sco... More

The assemble or conversation a la mode / Hune scp., British Cartoon Print

The assemble or conversation a la mode / Hune scp., British Cartoon Pr...

Well-dressed English people socializing. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collection (Library of Congress).

Councellor double-fee, British Cartoon Print

Councellor double-fee, British Cartoon Print

Man dressed in legal robe probably judge, sitting at table stacked with legal books & documents, saying, "open to all parties", and holding out to two men who are giving him money. Forms part of : British Carto... More

A new Dunciad done with a view of ye fluctuating ideas of taste, without preface or introduction, British Cartoon Print

A new Dunciad done with a view of ye fluctuating ideas of taste, witho...

Engraving shows the interior of a room, where Hogarth, "no.1", leans against a table while holding an artist's pallette and a Pantin, or child's scaramouch. Around Hogarth are arrayed, no. 2, "his Genius", no. ... More

(1756). Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

(1756). Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Pr...

"A view of a street where an effigy of an unpopular Minister on horseback is conducted to be burned by a cheering mob, with a gallows and a bundle of faggots..." (Source: Stephens) This record contains unverifi... More

An abridgment of Mr. Pope's Essay on Man / Invented, drawn & engrav'd by Val Green., British Cartoon Print

An abridgment of Mr. Pope's Essay on Man / Invented, drawn & engrav'd ...

This record contains unverified, old data from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Caricatures, 1655-1832 ... not in the published catalogs of the British Museum," compiled in 1968 (NC 1... More

The congress or the necessary politicians, British Cartoon Print

The congress or the necessary politicians, British Cartoon Print

Print shows two men sitting in a privy, one uses pieces of the "Resolution[s] of the [C]ongress" to clean himself, while the other intently reads "P[amphlet En]titled Taxation [No] Tir[anny]", suggesting that w... More

The wise men of Gotham and their goose, British Cartoon Print

The wise men of Gotham and their goose, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Lord Bute, with sword raised, about to cut the head off the goose "who laid each day an egg of gold" representing British policies toward the American colonies. A corpulant bishop is sitting in the ... More

The Englishman in Paris, British Cartoon Print

The Englishman in Paris, British Cartoon Print

Print shows an Englishman, only recently arrived, still wearing his hat, standing just inside the entrance of the home of a Frenchman at dinner time. He is eating the goose which he has taken off the serving pl... More

Matthew Darly - Prattle / MD., British Cartoon Print

Matthew Darly - Prattle / MD., British Cartoon Print

Print shows a full-length portrait of a man, right profile, holding hat in right hand. Includes inscription below which expresses the opinion of the character depicted regarding the progress of the war in Ameri... More

The European diligence. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

The European diligence. Book illustration from Library of Congress, Br...

Print shows a Dutchman rolling a wheelbarrow over Britannia; along for the ride are France represented by a man leaning over the front of the wheelbarrow with a sword ready to stab Britannia, America represente... More

De'Estaing at spa or the French Admiral in all his glory / Colley, invt. et delt., British Cartoon Print

De'Estaing at spa or the French Admiral in all his glory / Colley, inv...

Admiral seated and being served fricasse of frogs and soup meager. Engraving by Thomas Colley. Not found in the British Museum Catalogue (BMC). Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Con... More

Billiards / H. Bunbury, esqr., delt. ; Watson & Dickinson, excudt., British Cartoon Print

Billiards / H. Bunbury, esqr., delt. ; Watson & Dickinson, excudt., Br...

"A game of billiards is being played on a table, one corner of which only is visible, so curiously elongated that it gives the impression of a triangular table..." (Source: George) No. 4 of a series. This recor... More

A side box, British Cartoon Print

A side box, British Cartoon Print

Two elegantly-dressed women seated in theater box, with man offering fruit to one woman. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Le grande Bretagne mutilé Das verstümmelte Britanien., British Cartoon Print

Le grande Bretagne mutilé Das verstümmelte Britanien., British Cartoon...

Print shows the head and torso of Britannia chained to a hillside, her arms and legs, representing the American colonies, have been cut off and lie on the ground before her; a sailor in chains stands among arti... More

Lord mayor's feast at Guildhall 1786 - no dinner, no ball, British Cartoon Print

Lord mayor's feast at Guildhall 1786 - no dinner, no ball, British Car...

Print shows a large group of city officials gathered around a table in Guildhall, some are jumping up and down on the table and have lost their hats and wigs. Posted on the wall are two notices: (1) "Nov. 1st 1... More

The sweet delights of love / F.G. Byron, Esqr. delt., British Cartoon Print

The sweet delights of love / F.G. Byron, Esqr. delt., British Cartoon ...

Print shows a depressed-looking husband seated between a baby in a cradle and a complaining wife, as smoke billows from the fire on the right and a bill collector(?) enters a door on the left. Caption continue... More

A word of comfort, British Cartoon Print

A word of comfort, British Cartoon Print

A British satire on the efforts of Charles James Fox to get the Test and Corporation Acts repealed. Joseph Priestley, preaching, speaks for the concerns of the clergy, stating their opposition to "Reynard and A... More

Cut and come again / S. Collings, delin. ; JT, sc., 1790., British Cartoon Print

Cut and come again / S. Collings, delin. ; JT, sc., 1790., British Car...

"Two men sit opposite each other at a sparsely laid table. A grinning waiter stands behind the table holding two tumblers on a salver..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catal... More

Modern hospitality, or A friendly party in high life, British Cartoon Print

Modern hospitality, or A friendly party in high life, British Cartoon ...

Print showing Lady Archer, the Prince of Wales (later King George IV), the Countess of Buckinghamshire, and Charles Fox engaged in a game of faro as spectators observe. "A scene at a faro-table; part of the ta... More

Cries of London / Rd. Newn. del. et. fecit., British Cartoon Print

Cries of London / Rd. Newn. del. et. fecit., British Cartoon Print

Four town criers announcing "Rare news! bloody news! Ireland is sunk in the bog of Allen! The ... French Army is totally destroyed ..." ; "Any-bad-schillings!" ; "Bill o' the play, your honour" ; "Rare Norfolk ... More

The washing-tub expedition, British Cartoon Print

The washing-tub expedition, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Napoleon I wearing an oversized hat and holding a large sword leading a French fleet of washing tubs filled with French soldiers in an invasion of England. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Co... More

Buonaparté pie / Woodward delin., British Cartoon Print

Buonaparté pie / Woodward delin., British Cartoon Print

Caricature of British person holding small figure of Napoleon on fork toward mouth. Form part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

L'assemblée nationale: - or - grand co-operation meeting at St. Ann's Hill. Respectfully dedicated to the admirers of "A Broad-Bottom'd Administration" / Js. Gillray, invt. & fect., British Cartoon Print

L'assemblée nationale: - or - grand co-operation meeting at St. Ann's ...

Print shows a reception given by Charles James Fox and wife for various groups and friends of the Prince of Wales, all opposed to the government. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Divisio... More

Wealth and respectability. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

Wealth and respectability. Book illustration from Library of Congress,...

Negro servant with gun and dogs accosting old woman for poaching a small bundle of twigs. Hand-colored etching by Vain Right after drawing by Ambery. Published by S.W. Fores. Forms part of : British Cartoon Pr... More

Boney at Bayonne blowing a Spanish bubble, British Cartoon Print

Boney at Bayonne blowing a Spanish bubble, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Napoleon convincing the Spanish royalty, who are enclosed in a bubble, of his friendship as he fires a cannonball at Madrid. Information from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Soc... More

A view of Winchester in North America - dedicated to Mr. President Mad I Son!!, British Cartoon Print

A view of Winchester in North America - dedicated to Mr. President Mad...

Print shows "an American officer, General Winchester, stands stripped to the waist, his face and body covered with bold patterns in paint: stars, circles, an anchor, &c ..." (Source: George). James Winchester s... More

The Dutch Apollo!, British Cartoon Print

The Dutch Apollo!, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon showing the Prince of Orange, dressed like a Dutchman in (English) caricature, kneels with arms extended imploring at the feet of Princess Charlotte. He wears Apollo's wreath, decorated with small orang... More

George Cruikshank - Economy, British Cartoon Print

George Cruikshank - Economy, British Cartoon Print

Brougham, in the guise of John Bull, appears to the Regent, holding up a broom which points towards a small scene surrounded by clouds. The Regent, who has been revelling over a large bowl of punch, falls back ... More

Political electricity; or, an historical & prophetical print in the year 1770 / Bute and Wilkes invent. ; Veridicus & Junius fect., British Cartoon Print

Political electricity; or, an historical & prophetical print in the ye...

Print shows a variety of scenes relating to the politics and government of England and how their actions at home and abroad may result in the loss of the American colonies; scene numbered 24 depicts Boston, Mas... More

The Russian bear and her invincible rider encountering the British legion, British Cartoon Print

The Russian bear and her invincible rider encountering the British leg...

Cartoon shows Potemkin, with sword raised overhead and wearing hussar's uniform, riding Catherine the Great who is dressed as a black bear, they approach George III and his ministers, Pitt, Salisbury, and Thurl... More

Sandwich-Carrots! - dainty Sandwich-Carrots / Js. Gy. ad vivam fect., British Cartoon Print

Sandwich-Carrots! - dainty Sandwich-Carrots / Js. Gy. ad vivam fect., ...

A buxom girl pushing a wheelbarrow of carrots along Bond Street, looking over her shoulder at an older man, possibly the son of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who is tugging at her apron. In the background... More

The repeal, or the funeral procession of Miss Americ-Stamp, British Cartoon Print

The repeal, or the funeral procession of Miss Americ-Stamp, British Ca...

Illustration shows a group of men in a funeral procession on the banks of the Thames River with a row of warehouses in the background, one of which is labeled "The Sheffield and Birmingham Warehouse Goods now s... More

The repeal, or the funeral procession of Miss Americ-Stamp, British Cartoon Print

The repeal, or the funeral procession of Miss Americ-Stamp, British Ca...

Illustration shows a group of men in a funeral procession on the banks of the Thames River with a row of warehouses in the background, one of which is labeled "The Sheffield and Birmingham Warehouse Goods now s... More

Frederick William - Picture of Europe for July 1772, British Cartoon Print

Frederick William - Picture of Europe for July 1772, British Cartoon P...

Cartoon shows Catherine II, Joseph II, and Frederick II seated at table on which rests a map of Poland; standing behind them and looking over their shoulders are Charles III and Louis XV, still further back, as... More

The repeal, or the funeral of Miss Ame=Stamp, British Cartoon Print

The repeal, or the funeral of Miss Ame=Stamp, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a popular satire commenting on the Stamp Act. The supporters of the act gather at a dock to carry a small coffin containing the remains of the bill toward an open vault. Leading the procession and... More

A leap year drawing room, or the pleasures of petticoat government / Cruikshank fecit., British Cartoon Print

A leap year drawing room, or the pleasures of petticoat government / C...

Print showing George IV dressed as a woman sitting in a parlor greeting his female guests, one guest kneeling on a cushion and kissing his hand may be Lady Conyngham. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Col... More

A leap year drawing room, or the pleasures of petticoat government / Cruikshank fecit., British Cartoon Print

A leap year drawing room, or the pleasures of petticoat government / C...

Print showing George IV dressed as a woman sitting in a parlor greeting his female guests, one guest kneeling on a cushion and kissing his hand may be Lady Conyngham. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Col... More

The blessings of peace, British Cartoon Print

The blessings of peace, British Cartoon Print

Print shows George III receiving advice from a large group of ministers and politicans, all are identified by number and corresponding legend, following ratification of peace treaty by the U.S. Congress on Apri... More

Triumph of love and folly / E--s [Elmes]., British Cartoon Print

Triumph of love and folly / E--s [Elmes]., British Cartoon Print

Print showing George IV being carried in a sedan chair by two men wearing judicial wigs and robes, one carries a sceptor; on the top of the chair sits Queen Caroline(?) holding a noise maker, she tells the port... More

The funeral procession of the celebrated Mr. Jonathan Wild Thief-Taker General of Great Britain & Ireland; together wth a list of ye principal Priggs, Hanging in Effegie, who were taken by him, and Convicted & Executed upon his Information, to which is Annex'd, his Lamentation in Newgate, &c., British Cartoon Print

The funeral procession of the celebrated Mr. Jonathan Wild Thief-Taker...

A poem, "The Complaint of Jonathan Wild," surrounded by images of a funeral/procession, rows of people hanging from gallows, and other scenes. Forms part of British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congres... More

Ignavia / J B [J. Boyne]., British Cartoon Print

Ignavia / J B [J. Boyne]., British Cartoon Print

"North seated in a chair asleep, facing the spectator, head resting on his right shoulder..." (Source: George) Plate 2. This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Sati... More

Crim. con., British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon

Crim. con., British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon

Cartoon print showing a woman who has taken an amorous couple by surprise, and says, "Get out of my house, you hussey, I hired you to do your own business, not mine." Criminal conversation is a legal term for a... More

The Old Maid, British Cartoon Print

The Old Maid, British Cartoon Print

Brit. cartoon showing woman alone at tea table on which cat is laping from dish: "The lady here you see display'd, by some is styled an ancient maid, but if her inward thoughts you'd view, she thinks herself as... More

French liberty - British slavery / Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono publico., British Cartoon Print

French liberty - British slavery / Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono pub...

A design in two compartments. On the left is a lean and ragged sansculotte, seated on a stool before an open hearth ravenously eating raw onions, while he warms his bare toes at the fire. He is rejoicing. On th... More

Scientific researches! - New discoveries in pneumaticks! - or - An experimental lecture on the powers of air / /Js. Gillray inv. & fect., British Cartoon Print

Scientific researches! - New discoveries in pneumaticks! - or - An exp...

A satire on the fashionable lectures at the Royal Institution, showing Thomas Young(?), doing an experiment, holding Sir J.C. Hippisley by his nose, and applying to his mouth a tube from an apparatus in which a... More

The able doctor, or, America swallowing the bitter draught, British Cartoon Print

The able doctor, or, America swallowing the bitter draught, British Ca...

Cartoon shows Lord North, with the "Boston Port Bill" extending from a pocket, forcing tea (the Intolerable Acts) down the throat of a partially draped Native female figure representing "America" whose arms are... More

Visiting the sick, British Cartoon Print - James Gillray, British

Visiting the sick, British Cartoon Print - James Gillray, British

Print shows Charles Fox sitting in an armchair, obviously ill. On one side of him is Mrs. Fitzherbert, dressed as an abbess and holding a rosary; on the other side is a bishop in robes and mitre. In front of Fo... More

An English hobby horse, or, who pays the piper?, British Cartoon Print

An English hobby horse, or, who pays the piper?, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows Catherine II, with orb and scepter, seated on the shoulders of Leopold II who is seated on the back of a stumbling bull; seated behind him are George III, Frederick William II and a man representi... More

Excise inquisition erecting by English slaves under the scourge of their task-masters the excise officers, British Cartoon Print

Excise inquisition erecting by English slaves under the scourge of the...

A British satire on an attempt by William Pitt and George Rose to transfer to excise law certain import duties; standing in opposition is Edward Thurlow. The central image shows Britannia, wrapped in a blanket ... More

A good story, British Cartoon Print

A good story, British Cartoon Print

British satire showing 8 smiling Englishmen around table with bottles, glasses and pipes. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Beautys lot - Public domain portrait engraving

Beautys lot - Public domain portrait engraving

Head-and-shoulders skeleton of a woman with a large, elaborate hairstyle. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: Hair, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Sk... More

The new country dance, as danced at C****, July the 30th 1766, British Cartoon Print

The new country dance, as danced at C****, July the 30th 1766, British...

Print shows a number of prominent figures in a line dancing, above the dancers is John Wilkes riding behind a witch on a broom, he is defecating on Lord Bute; other dancers include the Prince of Wales, William ... More

John Glyn esqr., member of Parliament for Middlesex, British Cartoon Print

John Glyn esqr., member of Parliament for Middlesex, British Cartoon P...

Full-length portrait facing left, standing next to column with Liberty figure. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Frontispiece to the Middlesex Petition, British Cartoon Print

Frontispiece to the Middlesex Petition, British Cartoon Print

Broadside showing, above three columns of text (comprising the petition), George III seated on his throne receiving several men, one, kneeling before him, presents the petition, on May 24th 1769. Catalogue of ... More

Bath stays or The lady's steel shapes, British Cartoon Print

Bath stays or The lady's steel shapes, British Cartoon Print

"The interior of a blacksmith's smithy. On the anvil is a portion of a pair of stays, at which two smiths strike with hammers, one (left) holding the stays by pincers..." (Source: George) Catalogue of Politica... More

Review of the York Regiment / P. Canon delt. ; T. Parson sct., British Cartoon Print

Review of the York Regiment / P. Canon delt. ; T. Parson sct., British...

Print shows William Markham, Archbishop of York speaking to Britannia while gesturing toward British troops wearing clerical bands and low-brimmed hats, he says, "Madam a noble Corps, True and Staunch Friends t... More

John Bull triumphant. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

John Bull triumphant. Book illustration from Library of Congress, Brit...

Print shows a bull tossing a Spaniard into the air, the Earl of Bute, Lord North, and the Earl of Mansfield are attempting to hold it back by pulling on its tail; a Frenchman and America (represented by a Nativ... More

The political mirror or an exhibition of ministers for April 1782 / Razo Rezio inv ; Crunk Fogo sculp., British Cartoon Print

The political mirror or an exhibition of ministers for April 1782 / Ra...

Print shows Lords Sandwich, Rigby, North, Mansfield, an unidentified man, and Germain in the clutches of a devil, fall into an abyss, driven there by the opposition, or new ministers, Thurlow, Conway, Camden, B... More

Gloria Mundi, or The Devil addressing the sun - Pare. Lost, Book IV, British Cartoon Print

Gloria Mundi, or The Devil addressing the sun - Pare. Lost, Book IV, B...

Cartoon showing Charles James Fox standing on a roulette wheel perched atop a globe showing England and continental Europe, the implication is that his penniless state, indicated by turned-out pockets, is due t... More

The British lion engaging four powers, British Cartoon Print

The British lion engaging four powers, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a lion confronting a spaniel, representing Spain, a fighting cock, representing France, a rattlesnake, representing America, and a pug dog, representing Holland. Catalogue of prints and drawings in... More

A petitioning, remonstrating, reforming, republican / R.S., British Cartoon Print

A petitioning, remonstrating, reforming, republican / R.S., British Ca...

Cartoon shows a "Republican" squatting over an upturned crown, urinating into an upturned bishop's mitre. He supports himself with a staff on which is a liberty cap with the word "liberty" crossed out and "rebe... More

Tarring and feathering - the reward of the enemies of Ireland / America invent. ; Hibernia fecit., British Cartoon Print

Tarring and feathering - the reward of the enemies of Ireland / Americ...

Print shows three Irish(?) men and a woman (possibly representing Ireland) are about to tar and feather a man for refusing "to enter into a non-importation and non-consumption agreement." In the background are ... More

A new pantomine - harlequine, British Cartoon Print

A new pantomine - harlequine, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Charles James Fox and Lord North performing on a stage before an audience including the Prince of Wales with his mistress, Mary Robinson, also, Admiral Keppel, the Earl of Portland, Lord Cavendish, ... More

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