"A caricature portrait of Pitt speaking in the House of Commons in profile to the right. In his right hand is a document: 'Regency Restrictions' (see British Museum Satires No. 7488, &c.); his hat is under his left arm, his left hand is held out. He b...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger; title based on that given in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 17, 1789, by W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Copy of a seventeenth-century engraved portrait of William Somner, an antiquarian scholar and author. The portait is enclosed in an oval revealing an unfinished scrollwork pattern
Plate [173] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; a cherub holding a portrait medallion of William and Mary, below a female figure reaches up towards him with arms outstretched, another figure (envy?) turning away behind, with bat and grot...
Description:
Title from catalogue.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
William III, King of England, 1650-1702, and Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694,
Simon, John Peter, -approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1793]
Call Number:
Drawer 724 803B no. 92
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"King Leontes, furious with the delusion that Mamilius is not his son but a bastard, pointing at the child with his left hand, orders Antigonus, who has defended Hermione's honour and saved the child from being thrown into the fire, to prove his loyal...
Description:
Title from published state.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1, 1793, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall & No. 90, Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Middiman, Samuel, approximately 1750-1831, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1793]
Call Number:
Drawer 724 803B no. 94
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Antigonus running from left to right, along the sea-coast of Bohemia towards a rock behind which the mast of a ship is visible, pursued by the bear, with the stormy sea foaming against cliffs on the left; etched state."--British Museum online catalog...
Description:
Title from published state.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1, 1793, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
"Perdita, mistress of the feast, with flowers in her hair and holding a staff in her left hand, giving rosemary and rue to Polixenes, who sits under a large tree to left, wearing a plumed hat and shrouded in a cloak, looking up at her appreciatively, ...
Description:
Title from published state.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feb. 6th, 1789, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
"Paulina draws back the curtain in front of the 'statue' of Hermione, restraining Leontes who rushes forward as the statue begins to move and seems to come alive, with Florizel supporting Perdita who sinks to her knees in front of her mother on the ri...
Description:
Title from published state in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 9, 1791, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
