The sixth day of the trial of the late Queen Caroline

description below

“The interior of the House of Lords, crowded with nobles in the benches and galleries on either side, attending the trial of Queen Caroline for adultery with Pergami, her Italian secretary; George IV stands, hands on hips, in the left gallery, the editors of the Times and Courier lean over the front bench below it, Robert Gifford, attorney general, stands in front of them holding a finger to his chin thoughtfully while Spinetti interprets for a witness, Majocchi, at the bar, behind which Tyrwhitt, Long and Castlereagh, sit sifting papers to the left of the Queen’s solicitor and Denman, who takes a paper from Henry Brougham, the Queen sits to the right in front of the bar, Earl Grey stands in the right aisle, pointing with his right arm towards the witness, and the artist is shown standing with a folio under his arm on the far right.”–British Museum online catalogue.

  • Printmaker: Hayter, George, Sir, 1792-1871, printmaker, artist.
  • Title: The sixth day of the trial of the late Queen Caroline in the House of Lords, August the twenty third, 1820 [graphic] / GHayter invt., pinxit, et incidit, 1823.
  • Publication: [London] : [publisher not identified], [1823]

Catalog Record

Drawer 823.00.00.28+

Acquired May 2022

The life and mysterious transactions of Richard Morris, Esq

printed text

  • Author: Old acquaintance.
  • Title: The life and mysterious transactions of Richard Morris, Esq. : better known by the name of Dick Spot, the conjuror, particularly in Derbyshire and Shropshire. / Written by an old acquaintance …
  • Publication: London : Printed by T. Maiden, Sherbourne-Lane, for Ann Lemoine, White-Rose-Court, Coleman-Street, and sold by T. Hurst, Paternoster-Row, [1798?]
  • Manufacture: [London] : Printed by T. Maiden, Sherbourne-Lane, Lombard-Street

Catalog Record

53 M877 798

Acquired March 2022

The Greeks : a poem “Venu de France d’une manière inconnue

printed title page

  • Title: The Greeks : a poem “Venu de France d’une manière inconnue ; ” dedicated to all the legs! with notes containing the arcana of greeking at play ; and sketches of the most illustrious Greeks! / by the author of the Pigeons, Fashion, &c. …
  • Edition: Twelfth edition.
  • Published: London : Printed for J.J. Stockdale, 1817.

Catalog Record

763 817 G793

Acquired December 2021

Rural beauty, or, Vaux-Hal Garden

description below

“View overlooking gardens, showing a band playing from the orchestra on the right; elegantly dressed figures strolling through gardens or seated at tables amongst trees; head-piece illustration to ‘The Musical Entertainer’, p. 21; with the score of a song below, all printed from the same plate.”–British Museum catalogue.

  • Printmaker: Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker.
  • Title: Rural beauty, or, Vaux-Hal Garden / the words by Mr. Lockman ; set by Mr. Boyce ; Bickham sc.
  • Publication: [London] : [G. Bickham], [1737?]

Catalog Record

737.00.00.04

Acquired February 2022

The Matthew-orama for 1827, or, Cockney gleanings

description below

Mathews in sixteen of the impersonations in his yearly entertainment.

  • Printmaker: Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1823-1848, printmaker.
  • Title: The Matthew-orama for 1827, or, Cockney gleanings, ain’t that a good un now? [graphic] / drawn & etched by Thos. Jones.
  • Publication: [London] : Pubd. March 26, 1827, by G. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess St., London, [26 March 1827]

Catalog Record

827.03.26.01++ Impression 2

Acquired April 2022

The ton : anecdotes, chit-chat, hints and on dits

printed title page

Hand-colored etchings attributed to George Cruikshank by Cohn.

  • Author: Hellēn, author.
  • Title: The ton : anecdotes, chit-chat, hints and on dits : dedicated to all the gossips / by the author of The Greeks … ; with six humorous prints.
  • Edition: Ninth edition.
  • Publication: London : Printed for J.J. Stockdale, No. 41, Pall Mall, 1819.

Catalog Record

63 819 H477

Acquired December 2021

The Pigeons

printed title page

  • Title: The Pigeons : dedicated to all the flats, and showing the artifices, success and crimes of gaming, gamesters and gambling houses … / by the author of the Greeks ; illustrated with six coloured plates.
  • Edition: Third edition.
  • Publication: London : Printed for J.J. Stockdale, No. 41, Pall-Mall, 1817.

Catalog Record

763 817 G793

Acquired December 2021

A tenth rejected, or, The dandyfied coxcomb in a bandbox

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“A farmyard scene, with a corner of the house on the left. A grossly fat and carbuncled parson on a quest for tithes encounters the farmer’s wife, who runs towards him proffering an open bandbox, with a dangling lid inscribed 10th. A miniature hussar, very dandified in shako and pelisse, stands in it, superciliously inspecting the parson through an eye-glass. The woman, who is plump and well-dressed, wearing apron and bonnet, says: Seeing your Reverence comeing for your Tithes, I have brought you a Tenth. The parson, who holds a large book, Tithe list, and has a chicken in his capacious pocket, answers with a scowl and gesture of refusal: Take it back! take it back! good Woman; I never tithe Monkeys. The little hussar says: Eh! eh! what does that there fellow say? An amused yokel with a pitchfork leans over a gate (left). A cock crows on a dunghill, an ass brays. Corn-sheaves stand in a distant field.”–British Museum online catalogue.

  • Printmaker: Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker.
  • Title: tenth rejected, or, The dandyfied coxcomb in a bandbox [graphic].
  • Publication: [London] : Pubd. 10th April 1824 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, [10 April 1824]

Catalog Record

824.04.10.01+

Acquired January 2022

The combat

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Satire on the conflict between artists campaigning for a public academy and those who were opposed. William Hogarth (A), shown as the leader of the latter group, rides a peacock. He is followed by (B) probably intended for the journalist Bonnell Thornton, dressed as Mercury, holding a paper lettered “Sr by G[o]d they laugh at us”, and (C) Thomas Burgess, a young artist “who etch’d the Club of Artists” [BM Satires 3278]; (D) consists of a group of young followers sheltering behind the peacock’s tail. Opposite them stands another group, a “New Club”, led by (E) the “Chairman” holding a gavel, probably Francis Hayman, and (F) an older man holding a candle described as a “comic Poet study’d Painter and Chapman”. Behind them stand (G), “a Swiss Operator”, (H) “a great Projector”, (I) “Toast Master General” and others only partly visible; those at the back of this group have peacock feathers in their hats. On the ground between the groups sits (T) “a late Author & Publisher of Scandal”. To the right, a child (U) holding a lantern has climbed a tree in search of “Impartiality”. Above flies Fame (W) “inspiring the Heros”. A zodiacal arc on the left includes a pair of clasped hands (a symbol for mutual trust) lettered “Unknown”.”–British Museum online catalogue.

  • Printmaker: Burgess, Thomas, approximately 1730-1791, printmaker.
  • Title: The combat [graphic].
  • Publication: [London] : [publisher not identified], [1754?]

Catalog Record

754.00.00.03

Acquired April 2022

Portrait of G.F. Handel, from a painting by Hogarth

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“Portrait of G.F. Handel, from a painting by Hogarth, then in the etcher’s collection; bust directed to the right, looking towards the viewer, in fur-trimmed cap and coat.”–British Museum online catalogue.

  • Printmaker: Read, David Charles, 1790-1851, printmaker.
  • Title: [Portrait of G.F. Handel, from a painting by Hogarth] [graphic].
  • Publication: [Salisbury, England] : [David Charles Read], [not after 1830]

Catalog Record

830.00.00.164+

Acquired January 2022