Uncle George and Black Dick at their new game of naval shuttlecock, 1787 [graphic].

Published/Created:

London
Published by G. Humphrey, 48 Long Acre
Jany. 11, 1787

Copyright Date:

Jany. 11, 1787.

Physical Description:

1 print : etching & engraving on laid paper ; sheet 24.0 x 34.3 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7126
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. i, p. 199

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
The last number of the year in the imprint statement has been engraved over with another number. The British Museum online catalogue suggests that a '6' was amended to a '7'.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Old Print Shop; March 1961; Acquisitions no.: 961-3-1-49.

Abstract:

"A composite figure with two heads, one that of Lord Howe, the other that of George III, stands between two groups of naval officers; both heads are in profile. The King turns to the right, taking a petition from a kneeling officer with a wooden leg and saying "I never interfere with your first Lord no never". Five officers standing behind this petitioner say (left to right): "I see I shall lose my Rank after all my long Services"; "I am set aside altho' I've lost a Son & one Eye"; "Humbugd by Jove by [the] old Jesuit"; "Had I my Arm again Fd find a better Country"; "Brothers, Our Lords & Commons will not suffer this Game". The last speaker has one leg and stands with a crutch. Howe, scowling with downcast head, says, "Go, go, I can do nothing. It is his Majesty's pleasure, that------" An officer steps forward holding out a petition, he says, "Rascall". Four others standing behind the petitioner say (left to right): "He's fond of Manoeuvres if ever so bad, you know him"; "The King's pleasure! That's a Falsity added to a mean Finesse"; "Our Navy has now two Heads & no Helm, rare Work"; "Vultus est Index Animi".--British Museum online catalogue.

Associated Names:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 [Printmaker]
Humphrey, G. 1773?-1831? [Publisher]

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Harvey, Francis
Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799
Military officers
Peg legs
Petitions
Riviere & Son

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1787
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1787
Watermarks (Paper)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

787.01.11.01+

Orbis Record:

7788386

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr06136

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10728245

PID:

digcoll:550080