Title from text below image., Questionable date of publication from manuscript annotation in pencil on similar print in The Lewis Walpole Library. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Topos L847 no. 120+., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left edge.
"A view of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, with the river in the foreground, swans and boats dotted on the water, and the Rotunda in Ranelaigh Gardens to the right of the hospital"--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Vüe de l'Hopital Royal des Invalides à̀ Chelsea et de la Rotonde dans les Jardins de Raneleagh auprés de Londres
Description:
Title from caption below image., Probably a later reissue of a print published 20 August 1751 by Robert Sayer. See British Museum online catalogue., and "Publish'd according to act of Parliament"--Below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Title from first lines of text below image. All engraved., Date of publication based on the April 1767 opening date of the Westminster New Lying-in Hospital, Lambeth., Motto engraved in banner at base of image: Hide not thy Face from thine own Flesh. Isian Ch. 58, and Not in: Adams, B. London illustrated, 1983.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
General Lying-in Hospital (Lambeth, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Hospitals, and Coats of arms
"A bird's eye view of the central block of Guy's Hospital built by Thomas Dance, 1722-2, seen from outside the main entrance; a few figures in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from text etched within banner at top of image., Attribution to Sutton Nicholls based on similar prints in The Lewis Walpole Library bearing his signature; cf. Lewis Walpole Library Topos L847 no. 28+. A questionable attribution to Thomas Bowles III is noted in the description of an earlier state in the British Museum online catalogue., Later state, with imprint removed and plate number added, of a plate originally published in 1728 by John Bowles as part of his "London Described" series of prints (title page dated 1731); cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,2.43. See also: Adams, B. London illustrated, 1604-1851, 29.43., Plate from: Stow, J. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark. London, Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson [etc.], 1754-55., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of plate number from lower right. Plate number supplied from another impression bound in Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 646 754 St7., Plate numbered "100" in lower right., and Window mounted to 36 x 48 cm.
"Fox, dressed as a watchman, stands full-face, his right hand grasping his staff (inscribed 'Uprightness'), his left on his hip. Over his head is the word 'Liberty'; his lantern stands on the ground beside him sending forth rays inscribed 'Truth'. His dog (left) is 'Vigilance'. Zigzag flashes of lightning among clouds, inscribed 'Ministerial Thunderbolts', threaten him from all sides. In the background (right) two sham watchmen are running off to the right holding staves and dark lanterns, which contrast with that of Fox, which sheds its rays in all directions. The foremost is Sir Cecil Wray in military uniform, saying, "For Chelsea Ho a"; the other wearing a hooded cloak over his naval uniform is Lord Hood saying, "For Greenwich Ho a". They are followed by two dogs."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Dedication etched below image: To the independent electors of Westminster this print of their staunch old watchman the guardian of their rights and privileges is dedicated by a gratefull elector., Text at bottom of plate: NB. Beware of counterfeits as the Greenwich and Chelsea watchmen are upon the look out!, and Mounted to 30 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813., Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, Hospitals, Dogs, Lanterns, Military uniforms, and Watchmen
"Fox, dressed as a watchman, stands full-face, his right hand grasping his staff (inscribed 'Uprightness'), his left on his hip. Over his head is the word 'Liberty'; his lantern stands on the ground beside him sending forth rays inscribed 'Truth'. His dog (left) is 'Vigilance'. Zigzag flashes of lightning among clouds, inscribed 'Ministerial Thunderbolts', threaten him from all sides. In the background (right) two sham watchmen are running off to the right holding staves and dark lanterns, which contrast with that of Fox, which sheds its rays in all directions. The foremost is Sir Cecil Wray in military uniform, saying, "For Chelsea Ho a"; the other wearing a hooded cloak over his naval uniform is Lord Hood saying, "For Greenwich Ho a". They are followed by two dogs. Beneath the design is etched, 'To the Independent Electors of Westminster This Print of their Staunch Old Watchman The Guardian of their Rights and Privileges is dedicated by a gratefull Elector.' This is followed by an engraved inscription: 'N.B. Beware of Counterfeits as the Greenwich and Chelsea Watchmen are upon the look out!"--British museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Below image: To the independent electors of Westminster this print of their staunch old watchman the guardian of their rights and privileges is dedicated by a gratefull elector ..., and Print from: The history of the Westminster election.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, Hospitals, Dogs, Lanterns, Military uniforms, and Watchmen
Leaf 23. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Fox, dressed as a watchman, stands full-face, his right hand grasping his staff (inscribed 'Uprightness'), his left on his hip. Over his head is the word 'Liberty'; his lantern stands on the ground beside him sending forth rays inscribed 'Truth'. His dog (left) is 'Vigilance'. Zigzag flashes of lightning among clouds, inscribed 'Ministerial Thunderbolts', threaten him from all sides. In the background (right) two sham watchmen are running off to the right holding staves and dark lanterns, which contrast with that of Fox, which sheds its rays in all directions. The foremost is Sir Cecil Wray in military uniform, saying, "For Chelsea Ho a"; the other wearing a hooded cloak over his naval uniform is Lord Hood saying, "For Greenwich Ho a". They are followed by two dogs."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6525 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Plate originally published ca. 12 April 1784; see British Museum catalogue., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 126-7., and On leaf 23 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813., Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, Hospitals, Dogs, Lanterns, Military uniforms, and Watchmen
