"Three Graces and Satyrs; Three Graces on the left; three Satyrs watching them from behind a large curtain suspended from two trees; on the right, a ewer and flower basket on ground; after William Hamilton; frontispiece to 'The rape of the lock' by Alexander Pope (London: Du Roveray, 1798)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Satyrs peeping at the Three Graces
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger. and On page numbered 32 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
Title supplied by cataloger., Stamped initials "M.R." in lower right corner., and On page numbered 49 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
Title supplied by cataloger., Stamped initials "M.R." in lower right corner., and On page numbered 49 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
"Ticket to the Pantheon; a family concert outside a thatched cottage with a boy blowing a trumpet accompanying his sister who sings from a sheet, while the parents look on; in frame wrapped in garlands, ... cartouche at top."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., With embossed wafer seal in red ink of the "Society of Musicians" in lower left corner, and the concert details "Pantheon, Friday, May 16th, 1788" added in ink within blank cartouche at top of image., Imperfect; sheet torn in lower right corner resulting in loss of printmaker's signature. Trimmed to plate mark on left edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: C,2.1476-1483., Watermarked paper: LV., and With contemporary ink signatures of "Arnold" (for Samuel Arnold) and "Sandwich" (for the Earl of Sandwich, as Society committee members) to blank lower margin; verso with contemporary ink note "No. 158. Richard Sulivan Esq. Subscriber." For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Charity, Musical instruments, Families, and Dwellings
"Ticket for the funeral of Reynolds; a monument in the centre; on the left, a woman with a veil standing, holding an urn, leaning over the monument; a naked child next to her, looking up towards her; after Burney; open-letter state with additional inscription."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Inscription below image: "The executors & family of Sir Joshua Reynolds return thanks for the tribute of respect paid to departed genius & virtue, by your attendance at the funeral of that illustrious painter & most amiable man, in St. Pauls Cathedral, on Saturday, March 3rd, 1792.", Caption in center of image in Latin., and On page numbered 13 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
Subscription ticket for "Sigismonda" with a figure of Time as an old winged man sitting on a broken statue, blowing pipe-smoke at a dark landscape painting on the easel in front of him and which he has pierced with his scythe; at the top of the frame of the painting is a Greek quote, and ending with its identification: "See Spectator Vol. II: Page 83." On the floor to the left is a large jar labeled "Varnish".
Description:
Title, printmaker, state, and date from Paulson., Lettered within image in this state, the name "Crates" added to the top left of the picture frame. Lower right of image inscribed with quote: "-As statues moulder into Worth. P.W." Below a couplet, "To Nature and your Self appeal, Nor learn of others, what to feel. Anon:"., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to plate mark with loss of subscription receipt., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand: ibidem., and On page 187 in volume 2.
Entering from the left, Walter Shandy, having had trouble pulling on his pants, arrives too late to prevent the curate from baptizing his newborn son with the hated name of Tristram
Description:
Title from Paulson., From Paulson: The plate ... appeared in the first edition published January 28, 1761., "Vol. 4 Page 112"--Upper right corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand on page near grouping: For these plates to Tristram Shandy, see Mr. Nichols's book 3rd edition, p. 372 & 374, 375., and On page 186 in volume 2.
