"Men and women seated on benches on each side of a dinner-table. A waiter hands a foaming tankard of beer to a woman with a child on her lap, who looks at the child so that the beer is about to fall. The waiter, looking at the woman, lets the gravy from a dish which he holds in his left hand pour over another diner, 'the greatest beau in the company'. A man (right) turns round to look at the disaster; a large greyhound puts his head on the table and, the text explains, devours the contents of his plate. The others, though amused, do not cease eating; one man gnaws a bone held in both hands. In the foreground a dog and cat quarrel over a bone. The room is neatly furnished: three framed pictures hang on the wall, and ornaments are ranged on the chimney-piece. The price of the ordinary was '1s. 6d'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Artist identified as Samuel Collings in the British Museum online catalogue.
"A party of revellers gathered in a cosy room by a fireplace, under the jolly gaze of the slightly grotesque hosts who sit grinning at centre, looking out to the viewer; the forfeit has just been announced that a young countryman ('Ralph Jones') should kiss the candlestick; a young woman stands holding a candle at left, impersonating the said object, while Ralph fervently kisses the actual candlestick at right, watched by a laughing young woman, a thin man wearing glasses and a young boy, who are standing around a table with glasses and punch-bowl; behind at left, the 'long-nosed clergyman' is locked in an embrace with the 'snub-nosed old maid'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist questionably identified as either G.M. Woodward or Samuel Collings in the British Museum online catalogue., Listed without description with other prints from The wit's magazine. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6885., Temporary local subject terms: Games: "Kiss the candlestick"., and 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper ; plate mark 17.5 x 22.5 cm, on sheet 22 x 24 cm
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Bowls (Tableware), Cats, Dogs, Fireplaces, Holidays, Kissing, Mirrors, and Tables
Title etched below image., Publisher from that of the magazine for which the print was issued., and Listed without description with other prints from: The wit's magazine. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., no. 6885.
Publisher:
Harrison & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Courtrooms, Lawyers, Judicial proceedings, and Manners & customs
John Gilpin galloping through Edmonton, north London, on an out of control horse, passing the Bell Inn, his intended destination; his hat and wig have flown off behind him; a dog and pig scamper out of the way of the charging horse; as he passes, Gilpin glances longingly up towards his wife and children waiting for him in the inn. Two men sit on a bench outside the pub and observe the commotion; another man leans on a trestle table. A lamp hangs above the tavern entrance
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: William Cowper's ballad, John Gilpin, in The wit's magazine, 1784, v. 1, p. 271-3., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 22 x 25 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges.
Volume 1, opposite page [161] Page 55. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"May-Day; a busy urban street festival; milkmaids with their 'garlands' - headresses of plate, greenery and brushes; chimney sweepers, a violinist with an artificial leg, and others."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, May Day, Festivals, Milkwomen, Headdresses, Chimney sweeps, Street musicians, Violins, Peg legs, Dance, and Eating & drinking
"View of people attempting to skate on the Serpentine in Hyde Park; in foreground a man has fallen on his back on the ice, losing his hat, next to him two ladies stand looking down, on his left a man begins to fall, tripping over a dog, dropping his glass and bottle, spilling the liquid; on the left a man bends over in front of another seated gentleman who thrusts his leg at the man's behind; other skaters in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
"A rotund man and woman struggle in an open, two-seater cart as a sow and piglets cross their path, tilting the cart and spooking the horse; behind them a man loses his wig as his horse rears up in response; running parallel a full carriage with people sitting on top travels up Highgate Hill."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Publisher from that of the magazine for which the print was issued.
"A scene in St. James's Park during a sudden squall of rain. A number of people with umbrellas; some hold them open, others attempt to open them, in face of difficulties caused by the crowd and the wind. In the background are trees, Westminster Abbey, and the spire of St. Margaret's."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co., No. 18 Paternoster Row
"A scene in a Florentine street or piazza in front of a Gothic shrine (left) in which is a Virgin and child. Two blind beggars, each with a dog, are fighting. A well-dressed man walks off with their hats, looking at them over his shoulder with a smile. Spectators look from a window and a door. A penniless man of ancient family prays regularly to the Virgin for relief. On one occasion he hears two blind beggars at her shrine boasting of the wealth concealed in their hats; he thereupon runs away with the hats, confesses to a prelate, who approves, but insists on taking a major share of the spoil."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Blind beggars' hats
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Beggars -- Blind men -- Fighting: Street fights -- Shrines: Virgin and Child -- Thieves -- Hats -- Dogs., and 1 print : etching and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; plate mark 18.9 x 22.5 cm. on sheet 22 x 25 cm
Title etched below image., Illustration to "Comic tale of the breeches" in: The wit's magazine, 1785, p. 75., Listed with other prints from The wit's magazine in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6885., Temporary local subject terms: Church buildings: interiors -- Monks -- Nuns -- Singing -- Children -- Altars -- Crucifix., and 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 22.7 cm, on sheet 22 x 24 cm
