Leaf 66. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A midshipman, no longer young, in shirtsleeves, sits on a padlocked chest blacking a boot. He looks straight before him with a tragic expression. He wears his regulation top-hat, blue trousers, neatly patched, and waistcoat over a white shirt, and si...
Alternative Title:
Midshipman on half pay
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
Tower Hill (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, Sailors, British, Military officers, Boots, Brooms & brushes, Shoe shining, and Shoe polishes
"A midshipman, no longer young, in shirtsleeves, sits on a padlocked chest blacking a boot. He looks straight before him with a tragic expression. He wears his regulation top-hat, blue trousers, neatly patched, and waistcoat over a white shirt, and si...
Alternative Title:
Midshipman on half pay
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Tower Hill (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, Sailors, British, Military officers, Boots, Brooms & brushes, Shoe shining, and Shoe polishes
Page 73. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Exterior view of the temporary wooden structure built for the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842, with part of Horace Walpole's Gothic villa visible on the left
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, on mounting sheet.
"View of the Thames, with the Adelphi at far left on opposite shore, St Paul's in mid-distance, Blackfriars Bridge to its right and the steam engine at the York Buildings waterworks on the far right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Novr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Blackfriars Bridge (London, England), Thames River (England), London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England), and York-Buildings Company,
Subject (Topic):
Waterfronts, Buildings, Bridges, Rivers, Sailboats, and Rowboats
Page 201. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of a Gothic-style tower framed by trees, with the edge of a separate structure with arched windows visible on the left; a pedestal is seen on the lawn to the right. A woman holding a parasol walks on the path leading to the tower
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, on mounting sheet.
Page 71. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Exterior view of the temporary wooden structure built for the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842, with part of Horace Walpole's Gothic villa visible on the left
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, on mounting sheet.
