"Death (left) poises his javelin, about to strike an old man in bed, reading a book by the light of a candle held in his left hand. The room is heaped with his treasures (armour, &c.). Rats scamper, chased by a cat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from description of a later state in the British Museum catalogue; the assigned title for each plate from The English dance of death is the heading to the opposite printed page., Early (proof?) state, before aquatint added. For a later state, see no. 12412 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Publisher and date of publication from imprint on later state: London, Pub. 1 April 1814, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, with possible loss of text below image., Later state issued in: Combe, W. The English dance of death. London : Published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts ..., 1815-1816., This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 320., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death., and Ink verse notation on verso, perhaps in Rowlandson's hand; additional pencil notation on verso.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Combe, William, 1742-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Wills, Skeletons, Spears, Beds, Sleeping, Cats, Rats, Armor, Musical instruments, Books, Candles, Artists' materials, Urns, and Sculpture
Title from manuscript note on mount; also "vide Morning Post"., Questionable date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Window mounted to 37 x 61 cm.
The figure of the miserable footboy who attends the "Old Maid", copied from William Hogarth's Morning from The four times of the day series; he wears a hat and carries a large prayer book under his right arm. Shivering and gritting his teeth as he walks, he tucks his left hand in the breast of his coat. The background consists of a few scratches for clouds and puddles
Description:
Title devised from British Museum catalogue., Letters 'H' in artist's name and letter P in 'pinx' linked., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet below image; mounted to 32 x 40 cm.
The figure of the miserable footboy who attends the "Old Maid", copied from William Hogarth's Morning from The four times of the day series; he wears a hat and carries a large prayer book under his right arm. Shivering and gritting his teeth as he walks, he tucks his left hand in the breast of his coat. The background consists of a few scratches for clouds and puddles
Description:
Title devised from British Museum catalogue., Letters 'H' in artist's name and letter P in 'pinx' linked., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., With the title written above the image in Steevens's hand: Three spurrious., Also a note in Steevens's hand discussing the three prints on this page pasted down at top of page., Formerly cataloged with the title: The half-starved boy., and On page 89 in volume 1. Trimmed to plate mark 215 x 511 mm.
Title from manuscript note below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printd. & published by J. Didsbury, 22 Southampton St., Covt. Gden
An image of a semi-naked woman, paritally covered in drapery, flying amongst the clouds. In her left hand she holds a banner. Used as a ticket for a production at Dalby Theatre, the private playhouse of Edward Hartopp (1758-1808) at his seat Little Dalby Hall in Leicestershire
Description:
With contemporary manuscript note "Dalby Theatre. July 9th. The Castle spectre, with a farce call'd Transformed or no?". For further information, consult library staff.
An image of a mad Medea [?], hair flowing and left breast bare, holding a dagger in her right hand and held above her head, posed read to strike. In her left hand she holds a chalice. There is a column to her left in the background. Used as a ticket for a production at Dalby Theatre, the private playhouse of Edward Hartopp (1758-1808) at his seat Little Dalby Hall in Leicestershire
Description:
With contemporary ms. note: Dalby Theatre July 15. Isabella with Lovers quarrels. For further information, consult library staff.
An image of a mad Medea [?], hair flowing and left breast bare, holding a dagger in her right hand and held above her head, posed read to strike. In her left hand she holds a chalice. There is a column to her left in the background. Used as a ticket for a production at Dalby Theatre, the private playhouse of Edward Hartopp (1758-1808) at his seat Little Dalby Hall in Leicestershire
Description:
With contemporary ms. note: Dalby Theatre July 15. Romeo & Juliet with The commissary. For further information, consult library staff.
An image of a mad Medea [?], hair flowing and left breast bare, holding a dagger in her right hand and held above her head, posed read to strike. In her left hand she holds a chalice. There is a column to her left in the background. Used as a ticket for a production at Dalby Theatre, the private playhouse of Edward Hartopp (1758-1808) at his seat Little Dalby Hall in Leicestershire
Description:
With contemporary manuscript notes "21st July. Macbeth, with High life below stairs" on recto, and "Admission ticket, not transferable" on verso. For further information, consult library staff.
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898, collector
Published / Created:
[ca. 1835?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G (Oversize)
Container / Volume:
v.1
Image Count:
226
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A collection of 256 mostly British satirical prints and broadsides commenting on the scandalous relations between Queen Caroline and King George IV including those commenting on the "Queen Caroline Affair" of 1820, purportedly assembled by William Gladstone and mounted in chronological order in two albums. Many of the prints and broadsides are annotated apparently in W.E. Gladstone's hand, with the exact month and date of publication and the identities of the person being satirized. Later pencil annotations have been added to mounting sheet along with extracts from the description of the print from the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, these later annotations probably added by the 20th-century owner of the volumes, Ernest R. Gee
Description:
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician for over 60 years, including 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as well as 12 years as Chancellor of the Exchequer., Title devised by cataloger., Laid in volume 1, two plates removed from Impartial historical narrative of those momentous events ...r 1816 to 1823 (London: Robert Bowyer, 1823). 1) Fac simile of the autographs of the royal family: Also of those peers who voted during the investigation of the charges against Queen Caroline in the House of Lords, 1820. 2) Autographs of those peers who voted during the investigation of the charges against Queen Caroline 1820 ... ., Also laid in volume 1, one leaf (pages 39-40) of an unidentifed work that includes a table: List of names on the two engraved plates of autographs., One French print included: L'amour ainsi qu la nature n'connaissent pas ces distances lá / by Williams Jonhson., Date based on latest annotation in the album., and Bound in later 19th- or early 20th-century black morocco, boards and spine elaborately tooled in gilt.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, and Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843
