Research Catalog

Caricatures

Title
Caricatures [graphic] / S. de Wilde Invt. et Fecit.
Author
De Wilde, Samuel, 1748-1832
Publication
1807-1809.

Details

Uniform Title
Satirist, or monthly meteor.
Subject
  • Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852
  • Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
  • Britannia
  • Candles and lights
  • Devil
  • Quixote, Don (Fictitious character)
  • Furniture, Rococo
  • Gas-lighting
  • Guillotine
  • Grotesque
  • John Bull
  • Stock companies
  • Magicians
  • Monsters
  • Preaching
Genre/Form
  • Caricatures – English – 1800-1899.
  • Prints – English – 1800-1899.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Cite As (note)
  • Caricature Collection.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Holdings checked in departmental copy of Mary Dorothy George, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in The British Museum, V. VIII.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of Caricature Collection.
Contents
BM10764. [Frontispiece to the Satirist, Vol. I] -- BM10796. [The Monser Melo-drama] -- BM10797. The Opposition Hydra, or Britannia's Worst Foe -- BM.10962. [Perceval's Magic Lantern] -- BM10963. Spleen, vide Pope -- BM10969. [The School of Eloquence and Grace] -- BM10976. Diversions of Purley -- BM10993. The Rival Majicians or Raising the Spirit -- BM11049. The Porcupine's Den -- BM11056. Opposition Lights -- BM11079. A New Drop Scene for D.L.T. -- BM11080. [The Bank of Faith, and the New Light] -- BM11081. Triumphal Procession of the Hog in Armour -- BM11082. Miller's Asses -- BM11083. Love Feast -- BM11211. The Robbing Hood Debating Society -- BM11234. A Private Examination -- BM11297. The Westbourne Procession -- BM11328. A second sight View of the Blessings of Radical Reform -- BM11335. The Reformers' Dinner -- BM11340. John Bull in a Fever -- BM11438. Feast of the Board of Management -- BM11439. The School of Projects -- BM11359. The Patriotic Triad, or Tried Patriots.
Call Number
MEZYRL (De Wilde)
OCLC
NYPG95-F89
Author
De Wilde, Samuel, 1748-1832.
Title
Caricatures [graphic] / S. de Wilde Invt. et Fecit.
Imprint
1807-1809.
Description
26 prints : etching, aquatint, some col. ; 18.6 x 36.2 cm. or smaller.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Summary
Personal and political caricatures by Samuel de Wilde. Subjects satirized include candles and lights, eating and drinking, Rococo furniture, gas-lighting, the guillotine, magicians, monsters, preaching and stock companies. Individuals portrayed include Mrs. Clarke, the Devil, Don Quixote and John Bull. Many prints originally appeared in The Satirist.
Cite As:
Caricature Collection.
Linking Entry
Forms part of Caricature Collection.
Indexes
Holdings checked in departmental copy of Mary Dorothy George, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in The British Museum, V. VIII.
Added Title
Satirist, or monthly meteor.
Research Call Number
MEZYRL (De Wilde)
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