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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This record contains unverified, old data from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Caricatures, 1655-1832 ...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

A convention of the not-ables, British Cartoon Print

A convention of the not-ables, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Lord North, Edmund Burke, Charles Fox, the Prince of Wales, and others attempting to break into the royal treasury. The Library has two impressions one colored and one b&w. Catalogue of prints and ... More

The fruit woman. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

The fruit woman. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British C...

Caricature of a "Macaroni" (English fop) being carried in wheelbarrow of fruit vendor. This record contains unverified, old data from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Caricatures, 165... More

The raree show. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

The raree show. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Ca...

"The trial of Hastings in Westminster Hall is travestied as a raree show in a booth..." (Source: George) [Dent]. This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires pre... More

The cutter cut up, or, the monster at full length, British Cartoon Print

The cutter cut up, or, the monster at full length, British Cartoon Pri...

Philip Thicknesse standing with a rope (merit) round his neck, nude except for short breeches. His person is covered with defamatory inscriptions. His chest is cut open, revealing organs labeled cowardice, crue... More

[Madame d'Eon alias Chevalier D'Eon], British Cartoon Print

[Madame d'Eon alias Chevalier D'Eon], British Cartoon Print

Caricature of Charles Eon de Beaumont dressed as a woman. Windsor Collection. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collection (Library of Congress).

The gradual abolition off the slave trade or leaving of sugar by degrees, British Cartoon Print

The gradual abolition off the slave trade or leaving of sugar by degre...

Print shows George III sitting at a table with the Queen and two of his daughters, and the Queen's Keeper of the Robes, Juliana Elizabeth Schwellenbergen holding a bottle of "Brandy", discussing the use of suga... More

Member of the riding house at Paris, delivering an harangue from the shoulders of a French citizen, British Cartoon Print

Member of the riding house at Paris, delivering an harangue from the s...

Print shows a member of the new French aristocracy wearing a Phrygian or Liberty cap with circular emblem (Liberté - Egalité - Fraternité) riding on the back of a French citizen; he implores, "Messrs. of the me... More

Dreadful hard times, British Cartoon Print

Dreadful hard times, British Cartoon Print

Woman doing laundry, roasting goose by fireplace, and complaining with another woman about the cost of living. Hand-colored etching by Giles Grinagin. Published by L. Howitt. Forms part of : British Cartoon Pri... More

Comedy in the country. Tragedy in London / Rowlandson, scul., British Cartoon Print

Comedy in the country. Tragedy in London / Rowlandson, scul., British ...

"Two designs on one plate. Above, two rows of burlesqued yokels (with two comely women, and an ugly old one), seated behind the orchestra and backed by a rough brick wall...Below, three members of the orchestr... More

Is this a rattle which I see before me / Cruikshank., British Cartoon Print

Is this a rattle which I see before me / Cruikshank., British Cartoon ...

John Philip Kemble, caricatured, plays the dagger scene in Macbeth. In front of him is magically suspended a large watchman's rattle, labelled "a word to the wise". Text refers to the personal attack made on th... More

Farmer Giles & his wife shewing off their daughter Betty to their neighbours, on her return from school / Drawn by an amateur - etch'd by Js. Gillray., British Cartoon Print

Farmer Giles & his wife shewing off their daughter Betty to their neig...

Cartoon showing plump girl playing piano. Her parents gloat nearby while others appear less interested. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

A milling match between decks, British Cartoon Print

A milling match between decks, British Cartoon Print

Two sailors, tied to a chest suspended between their legs, are about to begin boxing; several other sailors and some loosely attired women observe the match. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (... More

The death of the property tax! Or 37 mortal wounds for ministers & the inquisitoral commissioners! / G. Cruikshank sculp., British Cartoon Print

The death of the property tax! Or 37 mortal wounds for ministers & the...

Henry Brougham, John Bull, and the British lion (Leo Britannicus) attacking a hydra representing the property tax. At tail of the monster Mr. Tierney tells Britannia to rise. In the background, Liverpool, the R... More

A German mountebank blowing his own trumpet at a Dutch concert of 500 piano fortes!! / Yedis, invt. ; G. Cruikshank, fect., British Cartoon Print

A German mountebank blowing his own trumpet at a Dutch concert of 500 ...

"Logier, the music-master, is delivering one of his musical lectures with demonstrations by his pupils..." (Source: George); with integral text leaf. The title continues: or A natural [followed by A natural in ... More

Theatrical reflection, or a peep at the looking glass curtain at the Royal Coburg Theatre, British Cartoon Print

Theatrical reflection, or a peep at the looking glass curtain at the R...

Print shows the mirrored curtain reflecting the audience at the Royal Coburg Theatre (Old Vic Theatre) and Ramo Samee, a juggler, magician, and sword swallower, juggling on stage. Forms part of: British Cartoo... More

High-change in Bond Street, - ou- la Politesse du Grande Monde / Js. Gy d: et fect., British Cartoon Print

High-change in Bond Street, - ou- la Politesse du Grande Monde / Js. G...

Fashionably dressed pedestrians on Bond Street. In the foreground, five men crowd a woman and girl off the sidewalk as they leer at them. The women, seen from the back, are oddly dressed. In the background, thr... More

St. Monday / H. Roberts, sculp., British Cartoon Print

St. Monday / H. Roberts, sculp., British Cartoon Print

"This engraving is the frontispiece to a tract styled, "Low-Life; or One Half of the World, knows not how The Other Half Live." &c., "With an Address to the ingenious and ingenuous Mr. Hogarth..." (Source: Step... More

The statue, or the adoration of the wise-men of the west, British Cartoon Print

The statue, or the adoration of the wise-men of the west, British Cart...

Print shows Dr. W. Scott on a pedestal, he is wearing clerical robes, a crown fashioned from tobacco leaves, and holding a branch from an apple tree in his right hand and a picture of the tax stamp; around the ... More

And has not Sawney too his Lord and w(hor)e, British Cartoon Print

And has not Sawney too his Lord and w(hor)e, British Cartoon Print

Colley Cibber (1671-1757) seizing Alexander Pope (1688-1744) by one leg, and pulling him off a woman who reclines on a chouch bed. Engraving and etching by Hubert Gravelot. cf: P&P - NE55.L7A3 vol. III, pt. I, ... More

The fashions of the day, or time past and time present / Woodward delt. ; W. sculpt., British Cartoon Print

The fashions of the day, or time past and time present / Woodward delt...

Print shows a woman from "the year (1740) a Ladys full dress of Bombazeen", wearing a dark, padded, armor-like dress contrasted to a woman from "the year (1807) a Ladys undress of Bum-be-seen" wearing a light, ... 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

Taming of the shrew: -Katharine & Petruchio; -The modern Quixotte, or, what you will, British Cartoon Print

Taming of the shrew: -Katharine & Petruchio; -The modern Quixotte, or,...

Cartoon shows Catherine II, faint and shying away from William Pitt, who appears as Petruchio, and Don Quixote on horseback (a lean and scarred George III whose authority has been usurped by Pitt), seated behin... More

Monstrous craws, at a new coalition feast, British Cartoon Print

Monstrous craws, at a new coalition feast, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows King George, dressed as an old woman, the Queen, and the Prince of Wales seated around a basin perched on the laps of the King and Queen; they eagerly spoon the contents, representing gold coins, ... More

The allies - par nobile fratrum! / Indignatio fecit., British Cartoon Print

The allies - par nobile fratrum! / Indignatio fecit., British Cartoon ...

Print shows George III sharing a bone with a Native, he is using the top of a skull as a bowl, two Natives on the left drain blood into a skull from the torso of a white infant; on the right are a corpulent bis... More

Shelb---ns sacrifice / invented by Cruelty ; engraved by Dishonor., British Cartoon Print

Shelb---ns sacrifice / invented by Cruelty ; engraved by Dishonor., Br...

Print shows Lord Shelburne watching Natives slaughter loyalists in America; Britannia, with raised spear, attacks Shelburne. Caption continues: Or the recommended Loyalists, a faithful representation of a trag... More

The hand-writing upon the wall / Js. Gillray invt. & ft., British Cartoon Print

The hand-writing upon the wall / Js. Gillray invt. & ft., British Cart...

Napoleon, Josephine, French soldiers and women seated at feast with dishes "Bank of England," "St. James," "Tower of London," and "Roast Beef of old England." Napoleon looks in horror at hand of Jehovah pointin... More

The christian amazon, with her invincible target, Alias, the focus of genial rays, or Dian of the Rushes, to much for 300,000, Infidels., British Cartoon Print

The christian amazon, with her invincible target, Alias, the focus of ...

Cartoon shows Catherine II, as an amazon with sword raised and bearing a shield emblazoned with double-headed eagle, battling the Sultan, Selim III, attacking with a rifle fixed with bayonet; Joseph II, an ally... More

Britannia between death and the doctor's / Js Gillray inv. & fect., British Cartoon Print

Britannia between death and the doctor's / Js Gillray inv. & fect., Br...

A faint Britannia seated on bed with three "doctors," William Pitt kicking Henry Addington and stepping on Charles James Fox. The figure of death, with Napoleon's head, strides from behind bed curtains. Catalog... More

The reconciliation between Britania and her daughter America / Pub. by T. Colley., British Cartoon Print

The reconciliation between Britania and her daughter America / Pub. by...

Cartoon shows a Native, representing America, with a flag and liberty cap, rushing to the arms of Britannia, who holds a shield inscribed "George for Ever." A Spaniard and a Frenchman combine efforts to pull Am... 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 whim. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

The whim. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon ...

Print shows a rake seated behind the bar in a drinking establishment, next to a warm stove, a drink in one hand and a pipe in the other, to the left stands a woman serving a customer at the bar. Includes four l... More

York town, British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon

York town, British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon

Cartoon shows "America" receiving the surrender of Cornwallis in the background, while an emaciated cow representing "English commerce" is robbed of her milk by France, Spain, and Holland in the left foreground... More

Integrity retiring from Office! / Js. Gillray, invt & ft., British Cartoon Print

Integrity retiring from Office! / Js. Gillray, invt & ft., British Car...

A group of resigning ministers, led by Pitt who holds a document entitled "Justice of Emancipating ye Catholicks", leaving through an arched gateway inscribed "Treasury." Following Pitt are Dundas, Grenville, S... More

Cincinnatus in retirement falsely supposed to represent Jesuit-Pad driven back to his native Potatoes : see Romish Common-Wealth., British Cartoon Print

Cincinnatus in retirement falsely supposed to represent Jesuit-Pad dri...

Cartoon showing Edmund Burke, as an Irish jesuit, seated at a table eating potatoes from a pot labeled "Relick No. 1. used by St. Peter." Upon the appointment of Shelburne, following the death of Rockingham, Bu... More

The Wedding dinner, or, Moses and the magistrate, vide London Tavern, British Cartoon Print

The Wedding dinner, or, Moses and the magistrate, vide London Tavern, ...

A satire on the attendance of the Lord Mayor at the wedding dinner, at the London Tavern on 7 Oct., of Moses Abrahams and Elizabeth, daughter of Michael Myers of Peter's Alley, Cornhill, a wealthy fishmonger, w... 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

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