"Four men, much caricatured, fish from a punt which is anchored to a pole. One sleeps, another has hooked a giant frog, which a third is about to scoop up in a landing-net. The fourth registers excitement. In the punt is a chair."--British Museum onli...
A torrent of taxes gushes from the mouth of Lord Henry Petty, chancellor of the exchequer, emptying into the "Unfathomable Sea of Taxation" in which John Bull is drowning in full view of greedy cormorants representing members of the Grenville ministry...
Alternative Title:
John Bull swamped in the flood of new taxes
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1806 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Adair, Robert, Sir, 1763-1855
Subject (Topic):
Taxes, John Bull (Symbolic character), Fountains, Cormorants, and Rowboats
Mosley, Charles, approximately 1720-approximately 1770, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1751]
Call Number:
751.00.00.44+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young couple head toward the stairs leading up from the small wharf where they have disembarked from a small row boat. They hold onto their hats in the strong wind that brings the water lapping at her heels and bends the trees in the distance. The w...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
"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
"View of Richmond with a large house on the bank to left, figures at the edge of the water in the foreground, rowing boats on the river to right, including a laden barge passing a narrow island, with houses on the ridge of the slope of the far bank op...
Alternative Title:
Vüe de Richmond, du coste de Twickenham
Description:
Titles engraved below image, in English and French.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Boydell, engraver at the Unicorn, the corner of Queen Street in Cheapside, London
Subject (Geographic):
Richmond (London, England), Thames River (England),, England, and London.
Volume 1, page 23. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman sitting in a boat, waving as her dog looks longingly towards the right, a man rowing at left, land and ships on the sea behind; after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 1st, 1792, by W. Dickinson, No. 24 Old Bond Street
Twenty-four views, displaying the Beauties of Yarmouth and its environs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the beach and ships on the sea, with men working on shore, a tent. In the distance, a view of the town with several windmills scattered along the landscape
