Research Catalog

English caricatures

Title
English caricatures [graphic].
Publication
1771-1777.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Adams, Francis E.
  • Bannerman, A.
  • Bob, T.
  • Bretherton, Charles, 1760-1783.
  • Dawe, Philip.
Description
45 prints : etching, engraving, mezzotint, woodcut, some col.; 35.7 x 35.2 cm. or smaller.
Summary
Political and social caricatures from the reign of George III, arranged by date. Includes satires on dandies, masquerades, events leading to the American Revolution and other subjects. Most are anonymous, but some are signed by Philip Dawe, A. Bannerman, Charles Bretherton, Junr., T. Bob, F.E. Adams.
Subject
  • George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
  • North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
  • Boston Massacre, 1770
  • Dandies
  • Drinking in art
  • Fashion in art
  • Masquerades
  • Wigs
  • United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783
Genre/Form
  • Caricatures – English – 1700-1799.
  • Prints – English – 1700-1799.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Cite As (note)
  • Caricature Collection, Print Room.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Holdings checked in departmental copy of Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum: Division I: Political and Personal Satires, Vol. IV-V. Items not in British Museum catalogue are numbered in square brackets.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of Caricature Collection.
Contents
  • BM.4600 The Country-Man in London / A. Bannerman -- BM.4622 The Bottle Companions -- BM.4631 The Slip, or Miss, willing to be in the Ton -- BM.4886 The City Race -- BM.4905 Mrs. D--V--s. Lord C---gh -- BM.4906 Miss Ev-ns. The Sorry Motion Maker -- [BM.4928bis] Courtship for Money / Philip Dawe -- BM.4955 The Premier Distributing the Loaves and Fishes to the Labourers in His Vineyard, May 9, 1772 -- BM.4975 Mrs V---t. The Battersea Baron -- BM.4980 Madame P---lle. The Heroic Minister -- BM.4984 The Temple Toast. The Amorous Advocate -- BM.5083 Masquerade Scene Kensington Gardens -- BM.5087 The Sailor's Return from Portsmouth to London / Charles Bretherton Junr. -- [BM.5090A] The Bread and Butter Manufactory, or the Humors of Bagnigge Wells -- [BM.5097B] Fording the Brook / Dickenson -- [BM.5097C] The Pantheon in Oxford Street / Humphrey -- [BM.5097D] The Pantheon / W. Humphrey -- BM.5110 The Political Dancing Bear -- BM.5126 Samson Pulling Down the Pillars -- BM.5136 Miss L--w--s. The Cumberland Baronet -- BM.5137 The amiable Miss P---n. The Poaching Preacher.
  • BM.5138 Mrs. H---n -- BM.5170 Wigs -- BM.5220 Miss Macaroni and her Gallant at a Print-Shop / J. Smith -- BM.5221 The Macaroni. A real Character at the late Masquerade / Philip Dawe -- [BM.5221A] The Disappointment / T. Bob -- [BM.5221bis] The Enraged Macaroni / Phil. Dawe -- [BM.5221B] Heyday! Is this my Daughter Anne! / F.E. Adams -- BM.5231 Boreas -- BM.5242 The Colossus of the North; or the Striding Boreas -- BM.5282 America in Flames -- BM.5283 Frontispiece -- BM.5285 The Thistle Reel -- BM.5287 The Scotch Butchery, Boston, 1775 -- BM.5288 The Political Cartoon for the Year 1775 -- BM.5297 The Congress or the Necessary Politicians -- [BM.5327A] Frontispiece -- BM.5333 The Blessed Effects of Venality -- BM.5340 News from America, or the Patriots in the Dumps -- BM.5347 Clara H---d -- BM.5362 Iphigenia's Late Procession from Kingston to Bristol / by Chudleigh Meadows [J. Mortimer] -- BM.5394 The New Fashioned Phaeton -- BM.5397 Poor old England Endeavouring to Reclaim her Wicked American Children -- BM.5466 A New Fashion'd Head Dress for Young Misses of Three Score and Ten / Philip Dawe -- [BM.5468A] Top and Tail.
Call Number
MEZYRK
OCLC
NYPG94-F67
Title
English caricatures [graphic].
Imprint
1771-1777.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Cite As:
Caricature Collection, Print Room.
Indexes
Holdings checked in departmental copy of Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum: Division I: Political and Personal Satires, Vol. IV-V. Items not in British Museum catalogue are numbered in square brackets.
Linking Entry
Forms part of Caricature Collection.
Added Author
Adams, Francis E.
Bannerman, A.
Bob, T.
Bretherton, Charles, 1760-1783.
Dawe, Philip.
Research Call Number
MEZYRK
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