Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Lectures: philosophical lectures -- Furniture: bookshelves -- Spyglasses -- Literature: allusion to Aristotle, 348-322 B.C. -- Globes -- Astronomy -- Animals: goats -- Natural philosophy.
An interior view of the House of Peers, looking towards the King's seat, where he sits in state with officials holding swords and maces around him, peers sitting in benches lining the walls, which are decorated with crests and ships, others in a block in the centre, one standing in the centre foreground with his back to the viewer, holding a scroll in his right hand, and several standing conversing to either side. The throne is shown with a backdrop of a tapestry
Description:
Title etched below image., In upper right corner above image: Gent. Mag. Jany. 1769., and Plate from: The gentleman's magazine, or, Monthly intelligencer / by Sylvanus Urban. London : Edw. Cave, 1769, v. 39.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords and Westminster Palace (London, England)
Title below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., In upper right corner above image: Gent. Mag. Novr. 1768., Plate from: The gentleman's magazine, or, Monthly intelligencer / by Sylvanus Urban. London : Printed by Edw. Cave ..., v. 38 (1768), p. 450., Temporary local subject terms: Balls: masquerade -- Costume., and Window mounted to 17 x 22 cm.
Title from text above images., Publication information from that of the magazine., Plate from: The political magazine and parliamentary, naval, military and literary journal. London: Printed for J. Bew ..., v. 4 (Sept. 1782)., Two designs on one plate, each individually titled; design on left labelled "fig. 1" and design on right labelled "fig. 2.", and Annotations in pencil at top of sheet.
Title engraved at top of image., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record. See Notes & Queries 1860 and 1864., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left side., and Temporary local subject terms: Cox's Museum.
David Garrick is shown at Drury Lane Theatre standing with a scroll in his left hand, gesturing with the other, looking to left. He stand in front of Scheemaker's statue of Shakespeare, in front of the orchestra (musicians shown with their musical instruments) and the singers on stage, lighting from the candles in the chandelier above. Members of the audience watch from boxes on either side of the stage. On the scroll is a quote from the Tempest Act IV, Scene 1, line 134: Prospero's line "cloud-capp'd towers".
Description:
Title etched above image., Plate originally published in: The London museum of politics, miscellanies, and literature. London : printed for J. Miller ... , 1770- , v. 1 (February, 1770), page 72., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top, bottom and right side., Two lines of verse in two columns below image: To him the song, the edifice we raise, he merits all our wonder, all our praise. The Ode, p. 2., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Title from item., Plate from: Westminster Magazine. London : Printed for W. Goldsmith, v. 2 (1774) , p. 416., Two lines of verse below image: Thy kingdom, Stanisl'us, is now at stake. To four such stomachs, 'tis a mere plumb cake., and Temporary local subject terms: Partitions of Poland: 1st partition, 1772.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Stanisław II August, King of Poland, 1732-1798, and Abdul Hamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789
A bewildered group of French people watches in amazement the rising air balloon shown as a perfect globe attached to the handle of a basket in which travel a sheep, a cock, and a goose. The observers include members of all social classes, from the local landlord to a peasant woman with a child. An ape, accompanied by an owl and a scholar, watches the balloon through a telescope from a nearby tower
Description:
Title from item. and From the European magazine, October 1783, p. 272.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 1st, 1783, by I. Fielding, Pater Noster Row
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Balloons (Aircraft), Spectators, Animals, Telescopes, and Clothing & dress
An air balloon, shown as a globe, lands in front of a cottage causing panic among those who were watching its progress. A cleric, holding a crucifix and a bible, attempts to exorcise the evil while the sheep, the cock, and the goose that travelled in the balloon's basket escape unharmed. A monkey looks on from a nearby tree. Below the image is a brief description of Montgolfier's experiment
Description:
Title etched above image., Plate from: European magazine, October 1783, p. 272., and Sequel to no. 6334 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 1st, 1783, by J. Fielding, Pater Noster Row
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 1740-1810.
Subject (Topic):
Balloons (Aircraft), Spectators, Animals, and Clergy
Title from item., Frontispiece for: George Alexander Gordon, The Complete English Physician, London: Alexander Hogg, 1779., Sheet trimmed., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Prescriptions; Office interior; Apothecary Shop, interior., and Mounted. Discoloration. 2x2.
Publisher:
Alexander Hogg
Subject (Topic):
Physician and patient, Drugs, Prescribing, Physicians, Sick persons, Medical equipment and supplies, Skeletons, Books, and Medical offices
