The birth-day ode* - as it was preformed before his M--, on the 4th of June, by the Royal Band
1 print : etching. | Print shows three musicians, Lord Sandwich on kettle drums, Lord North on violin, and Lord Germain on flute, accompanied by four singers as they present "The distresses of the nation: an ode performed in honor of his Majesty's Birth Day." The asterisk in the title notes: "As several spurious copies of the Birth-Day Ode made their appearance in the…
The European diligence
1 print : etching. | 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 represented by a woman with feathered headdress who says to the Frenchman, "My good & great ally strike home", a figure wearing a cloak and…
Contributor:
Humphrey, William, Approximately 1740-Approximately 1810 - Humphrey, William
A privy council
1 print : etching ; 27.2 x 22.4 cm (plate) ; 23.7 x 29 cm (sheet) | 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-of-prey, Lord North is a bear asleep at the table, other…
Date:1779-01-01
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The botching taylor cutting his cloth to cover a button
1 print : mezzotint with etching. | Print shows George III sitting on a table with the Earl of Bute preparing to cut a piece of cloth labeled "Ireland Great Britain Hanover." Lord North is standing to the left holding a piece of cloth already cut labeled "North America"; the Earl of Sandwich, the Earl of Mansfield, and George Germain are standing behind North,…
Date:1779-01-01
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Mr. Trade & family or the state of ye nation
1 print : etching. | Print shows a ragged family driven to poverty probably through the policies and actions of the Earl of Bute, George Germain, and Lord North, with some able assistence by former Massachusetts governor Francis Bernard (the apparent creators of the print, as well as the situation), though the family blames George Washington and the Americans for the economic problems in…
Date:1779
Photo, Print, Drawing
The present state of Great Britain
1 print : etching. | Print shows a man representing Great Britain, half-asleep, holding a staff topped with a liberty cap which a Native, representing America, is attempting to remove; a Dutchman on his knees before Great Britain is attempting to pick Great Britain's purse; a Scotsman with his left arm over the shoulders of Great Britain and holding the staff with his left…
Date:1779-01-01
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Le Destin molestant les Anglois
Print shows the Comte d'Estaing presenting a palm frond to America, a Native wearing feathered headdress and skirt and holding a staff topped with a liberty cap and who is seated on a throne of bales and barrels of produce destined for France; above the scene Fame trumpets the success of d'Estaing who is shown wearing armor and holding on leash three muzzled animals.
Date:1779
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Prattle
1 print : etching, hand-colored. | 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 America.
Contributor:
Darly, Matthew, Active - Darly, Matthew
Date:1779-01-01
Photo, Print, Drawing
The whore's last shift
1 print : engraving. | A woman stands in a sordid and poverty-stricken room. She is naked except for shoes and ragged stockings, and is washing a garment, 'her last shift', in a broken chamber-pot supported on a broken chair.
Date:1779-01-01
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The liberty of the subject
1 print : engraving. | "A press-gang at work in a London street, at the end of which appears the dome of St. Paul's..." (Source: George)
Date:1779-01-01
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The plan, or a scene in the French cabinet, Sepr. 1779
1 print : etching. | Cartoon shows Benjamin Franklin standing, center, holding a copy of the "Plan" which calls for draining of the "British Ocean" to facilitate an invasion by French troops; in his other hand are strings connected to the noses of four members of the cabinet, the king, and a clerical figure; while they comment on the "Plan" and their respective roles,…
Date:1779-01-01
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An English jack-tar giving monsieur a drubbing
1 print : mezzotint ; 35.8 x 26.3 cm (sheet) | Cartoon showing English sailor beating French nobleman with walking stick while dog attacks the man's poodle; sign above pub door reads, "Keppel's cordial. Harland's intire"; portrait of Admiral Keppel is the sign for the pub. British war ship "Victory" in background. The "Victory" is associated with the French and British naval battle off…
Date:1779-01-01
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Britannias ruin
1 print : etching, hand-colored ; 20.4 x 27.3 cm (sheet) | Print shows Britannia lamenting her present state, her shield and broken lance by her side, "What a situation am I in sold by an American & purchased by France & Spain. Oh, wheres my Pitt." Four men are standing before her, from left, an American holding in his right hand a lance…
Contributor:
Darly, M. (Mary)
Date:1779-01-01
Photo, Print, Drawing
Hell in triumph or The devil has got his own
1 print : etching ; 21.6 x 32.5 cm (sheet) | Print shows Sir Hugh Palliser, a naval admiral and accuser of Admiral Augustus Keppel following the inconclusive battle off the coast of Ushant in 1778, being pulled off a cliff by demons toward the open mouth of the Devil. During Keppel's trial he was compared to Admiral John Byng, shown blindfolded at center,…
Photo, Print, DrawingThe birth-day ode* - as it was preformed before his M--, on the 4th of June, by the Royal Band 1 print : etching. | Print shows three musicians, Lord Sandwich on kettle drums, Lord North on violin, and Lord Germain on flute, accompanied by four singers as they present "The distresses of the nation: an ode performed in honor of his Majesty's Birth Day." The asterisk in the title notes: "As several spurious copies of the Birth-Day Ode made their appearance in the…
Photo, Print, DrawingThe political raree-show: or a picture of parties and politics, during and at the close of the last session of Parliament, June 1779 1 print : etching, hand-colored. | Print shows a man directing a boy to view a peepshow of events and actions of the British government, as well as international affairs involving England. The peepshow presents 12 views in three columns; number 2, at the top of the middle column, is titled "The generals in America doing nothing, or worse than nothing." It depicts General…
Photo, Print, DrawingThe horse America, throwing his master 1 print : etching ; 20.3 x 30.4 cm (sheet) | Print shows a horse "America" throwing its rider, George III.
Photo, Print, DrawingThe European diligence 1 print : etching. | 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 represented by a woman with feathered headdress who says to the Frenchman, "My good & great ally strike home", a figure wearing a cloak and…
Photo, Print, DrawingIohn Paul Iones, commander of a squadron in the service of the thirteen United States of North America, 1779 1 print : mezzotint. | Print shows John Paul Jones, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, standing, wearing uniform, holding telescope cradled in right arm, left hand on anchor, with naval battle scene in the background.
Photo, Print, DrawingA privy council 1 print : etching ; 27.2 x 22.4 cm (plate) ; 23.7 x 29 cm (sheet) | 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-of-prey, Lord North is a bear asleep at the table, other…
Photo, Print, DrawingThe botching taylor cutting his cloth to cover a button 1 print : mezzotint with etching. | Print shows George III sitting on a table with the Earl of Bute preparing to cut a piece of cloth labeled "Ireland Great Britain Hanover." Lord North is standing to the left holding a piece of cloth already cut labeled "North America"; the Earl of Sandwich, the Earl of Mansfield, and George Germain are standing behind North,…
Photo, Print, DrawingMr. Trade & family or the state of ye nation 1 print : etching. | Print shows a ragged family driven to poverty probably through the policies and actions of the Earl of Bute, George Germain, and Lord North, with some able assistence by former Massachusetts governor Francis Bernard (the apparent creators of the print, as well as the situation), though the family blames George Washington and the Americans for the economic problems in…
Photo, Print, DrawingThe present state of Great Britain 1 print : etching. | Print shows a man representing Great Britain, half-asleep, holding a staff topped with a liberty cap which a Native, representing America, is attempting to remove; a Dutchman on his knees before Great Britain is attempting to pick Great Britain's purse; a Scotsman with his left arm over the shoulders of Great Britain and holding the staff with his left…
Photo, Print, DrawingLe Destin molestant les Anglois Print shows the Comte d'Estaing presenting a palm frond to America, a Native wearing feathered headdress and skirt and holding a staff topped with a liberty cap and who is seated on a throne of bales and barrels of produce destined for France; above the scene Fame trumpets the success of d'Estaing who is shown wearing armor and holding on leash three muzzled animals.
Photo, Print, DrawingPrattle 1 print : etching, hand-colored. | 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 America.
Photo, Print, DrawingThe whore's last shift 1 print : engraving. | A woman stands in a sordid and poverty-stricken room. She is naked except for shoes and ragged stockings, and is washing a garment, 'her last shift', in a broken chamber-pot supported on a broken chair.
Photo, Print, DrawingThe liberty of the subject 1 print : engraving. | "A press-gang at work in a London street, at the end of which appears the dome of St. Paul's..." (Source: George)
Photo, Print, DrawingThe plan, or a scene in the French cabinet, Sepr. 1779 1 print : etching. | Cartoon shows Benjamin Franklin standing, center, holding a copy of the "Plan" which calls for draining of the "British Ocean" to facilitate an invasion by French troops; in his other hand are strings connected to the noses of four members of the cabinet, the king, and a clerical figure; while they comment on the "Plan" and their respective roles,…
Photo, Print, DrawingAn English jack-tar giving monsieur a drubbing 1 print : mezzotint ; 35.8 x 26.3 cm (sheet) | Cartoon showing English sailor beating French nobleman with walking stick while dog attacks the man's poodle; sign above pub door reads, "Keppel's cordial. Harland's intire"; portrait of Admiral Keppel is the sign for the pub. British war ship "Victory" in background. The "Victory" is associated with the French and British naval battle off…
Photo, Print, DrawingBritannias ruin 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; 20.4 x 27.3 cm (sheet) | Print shows Britannia lamenting her present state, her shield and broken lance by her side, "What a situation am I in sold by an American & purchased by France & Spain. Oh, wheres my Pitt." Four men are standing before her, from left, an American holding in his right hand a lance…
Photo, Print, DrawingHell in triumph or The devil has got his own 1 print : etching ; 21.6 x 32.5 cm (sheet) | Print shows Sir Hugh Palliser, a naval admiral and accuser of Admiral Augustus Keppel following the inconclusive battle off the coast of Ushant in 1778, being pulled off a cliff by demons toward the open mouth of the Devil. During Keppel's trial he was compared to Admiral John Byng, shown blindfolded at center,…