At one end of a long table, a cleric with crossed eyes and mortar board drinks tea. He appears to be suspended in the air (the chair is not drawn) and leans with his elbow on the Morning Herald on the table. At the other end, a yawning academic in an unbuttoned coat under his robe, is doing up his stockings. His loose garter draws the attention of a playful cat while a dog watches him impatiently. Next to him on the table is an open volume of Euclid's Elements. The maid standing behind the table looks at the cleric on the left and pours hot water on the floor missing the teacup. Above the fireplace hang two muskets and three silhouette portraits of women. The bookshelves on the right display works of English authors and philosophers; on the left hangs a painting of a reposing nude and a satyr
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 21st, 1783 by J. Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, London
"Portrait of David Garrick after Reynolds (Mannings 705); seated half-length slightly to left, eyes to front, hands together on papers on table with inkstand and books before him."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & publish'd as the Act directs Jany. 30th 1779 by J. Stevens opposite Hatton Garden, Holborn
An old woman wearing spectacles sits at a round table across from a young woman whose fortune she tells. She holds a tea-cup and points at the girl's hand
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
A pretty young maid seated at a table is flirting with a footman leaning with his arms on the back of her chair. She is petting a cat; two kittens are playing in a basket on another chair. In the background, another maid, busy mending a garment, looks at them with disapproval and jealousy. Behind on the wall hangs a shelf with plates, a warming pan and a placard (playbill?) entitled, "The Rival Maids."
Description:
Title from item., Four lines of verse in two columns on sides of title: His lordship loves the amourous game; His gadding lady does the same ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Domestic service: maidservants -- Footman -- Furniture -- Dish rack -- Warming pan -- Romantic jealousy -- Domestic life -- Dishes: forks and spoons.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Women domestics, Servants, Envy, Baskets, Cats, Chairs, and Tables
"A young lady at confession; on the right, a monk leans on his elbow, right hand resting on a Bible, lecherously looking sideways at a young girl beside him, who stands holding a rosary, looking down sorrowfully with tears running down her cheek, she wears a veil on her head. On the ledge are various symbols of mortality, and a paper, lettered "...From fornication and all other deadly Sins Libera nos Domine! 'Tis better to Marry than burn...", to the far left stands an altar; after Millar; scratched-letter state."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from the Catalogue of the Society of Artists, 1771, no. 83., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Chapel of a Catholic church -- Religious rites -- Rosaries -- Allusion to sins., and Watermark.
"The actress Sophia Baddeley looking to left in oval, with pearls round her neck and in her hair; scratched letter proof."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, state, and publication information from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits. See also: British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.3010., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on leaf numbered 9 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
"Portrait of Mrs Frances Wrighten, half-length, directed to right, facing to front, holding sheet music, hair high and decorated with pearls; oval frame with lettering underneath and a motif of musical instruments that intrudes into the frame; after Dighton, from a set of twelve theatrical portraits."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from later state. and Lettered state before title. For a later state with title, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.3004.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs March 1st, 1780, by W. Richardson, No. 68 High Holborn
A portrait of a woman in the rondel frame; in profile, head and shoulders only, looking down and to the right, wearing an extravagant hat; possibly a performer
Description:
Title from dealer's description. and Possibly one of small set of theatrical portraits; for similar prints, see British Museum online catalogue, registration nos.: 2010,7081.2621-2630.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street
