Quaker Stereotypes and Non-Quaker Representations

Satirical portrait of Adoniram Byfield or Thomas Wynne, with the Devil at his shoulder blowing at a child's toy windmill fixed on Byfield's hat; the vanes are labelled "Hypocrisy", "Lust", "Pride" and "Covetousness". Etching and engraving

Hermon preaching to a Quaker congregation. Woodcut

Crowded room; a woman in Quaker attire standing on a barrel and addressing the assembly. Etching

Satire: a standing Quaker wearing large gloves and holding a stick set into an ornate letter 'L' in which is written the title. The figure is taken, in reverse, from that in the lower right hand corner of BM Satires 4794. Etching

Napoleon (left) and a Quaker (right) face each other, their heads in profile. The First Consul stands aggressively, legs astride, arms akimbo, wearing a vast cocked hat with long plume, and a large sabre. The Quaker stands stiffly erect, with feet together, hands folded; he wears broad-brimmed hat, old-fashioned dress, and high-quartered shoes. Napoleon asks: "So they are all Great Men in Your Country - eh - but I suppose they are like You - not very fond of Fighting - is not that the case Master Quaker." The other answers, with a disapproving frown: "Little Man - it is not the Case I myself encourage not fighting - But if thou or any of thy Comrades darest to Cross the great Waters my Countrymen shall make Quakers of ye all." Cf. BMSat 9972. c. May 1803 Etching

Plate 45; a young quaker girl standing with hands clasped at waist, a cloak in her right arm and wearing plain clothes with frilled sleeves and a scarf over her hair; from late series of the Cries of London, the plate worn. 1688, re-published after c.1750 Etching and engraving

The Quaker Synod of 1698; in the centre, George Whitehead and William Penn with other leaders; below them, a table at which sit scribes, and on which are books entitled 'ye Journal of G. Fox' and 'church canons'; in the foreground and at the sides, deputies sitting on benches. Engraving

Satire: a standing Quaker wearing large gloves and holding a stick. The figure is taken, in reverse, from that in the lower right hand corner of BM Satires 4794. Etching

Illustration to Bell's British Theatre; 'The Fair Quaker of Deal' by Charles Shadwell; a man with powdered wig kneels before a plainly dressed lady who look down at him; a circular composition within a frame with acanthus foliage at the top; proof state before producer names or address. c.1791 Etching and engraving

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[Verse 1] Oh, a quiet Quaker maid / From my babyhood I’ve been, / For never even played / With the children on the green, / But I used to sew and mend, /...

To mark April Fool’s Day, we’re not going to spin a yarn about Quakers and kilts or how George Fox invented porridge while in jail. Instead, here’s part of the true tale of an 18th century joke boo…

Paper doll, watercolour on card, made by Anne Sanders Wilson, London, 1832

Print by unknown artist

Print 'Mrs Pope as Dorcas Zeal in The Fair Quaker of Deal', engraving by Thornthwaite, London, 1777, Harry Beard Collection

Print 'Mr Incledon as Steady in The Quaker', engraving by Woolnorth, from an original drawing by Wageman, published by Simpkin and Marshall, London, 1820, Harry Beard Collection

Portrait of Mr Charles Bannister, Comedian as Steady in The Quaker. Engraved by Ridley from an Original Painting by Pye. Published by J. Aspern in Cornhill on 1st December, 1804, Harry Beard Collection.

Sheet music cover for 'That's What Puzzles The Quaker as sung by Fred Coyne, written and composed by Geoffrey Thorn. Published in London by Hopwood & Crew, 1860 to 1880.

Music sheet for On the Ice, a polka by G. Jacobi, and The Dance of the Quakers, a trio, published in London by J.R. Lafleur & Son.

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