A woman in long, white flowing gown and veil which cascades over her shoulders and arms, stands in a profile to the left, her right arm raised toward the kneeling figure of a young man in regimentals. The man looks at her through an eye-glass in his right hand. The image is a reference to M.G. Lewis's popular play, Castle Spectre in which Mrs. Powell played the title role; the admirer is evidently Prince Ernest
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, Lewis, M. G. 1775-1818. (Matthew Gregory),, and Powell, Jane, approximately 1761-1831.
"Outside a country ale-house ruffians are practising their weapons at close range on the effigy of a British soldier which is spiked on a spear (left): helmet, coat stuffed with straw, top-boots. One man levels a spear, another fires a misshapen pistol, a third, who is bare-legged, with a headsman's axe in his belt, fires a blunderbuss whose large bullets fall to the ground. In the foreground (right) a woman turns the handle of a grindstone on which a man sharpens a sword; on the ground is a pile of weapons: swords, daggers, spears, muskets, and a pistol. Behind (right) men with pikes and spears gather round the inn-door, which is inscribed 'True French Spirits'. They drink; the landlord fills a glass from a small keg. All wear tricolour cockades. The (pictorial) sign over the door is 'Tree of Liberty' (see BMSat 9214, &c). In the background are a broken paling, trees, and a mountainous sky-line."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Companion print to: "United Irishmen upon duty.", and Temporary local subject terms: Irish Rebellion, 1798 -- Buildings: country ale-houses -- Inn signs: Tree of Liberty -- Spirits: French wine -- Tools: grindstone -- Military uniforms: British soldier's uniform -- Guns: blunderbuss -- Pistols -- Weapons: swords -- Daggers.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 13, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A night scene with a waning moon. United Irishmen burn and plunder. On the left is the corner of a farm house with flames pouring from a casement window. A ruffian wearing a military coat, tricolour cockade and green branch in his hat, seizes the burly farmer by the neck-cloth and raises a sword to strike; the dripping blade is inscribed 'Liberty', and a mastiff lies dead beside him. Immediately behind, in a doorway, another ruffian seizes a woman round the waist; an infant lies on the ground. A man holding a dagger is disappearing into the house, another comes out with a bundle on his head. Behind are the flames of the burning house. Over the thatched lintel is a dove-cote from which birds are escaping. Three other men hurry off laden with plunder towards a road which leads to a camp flying a tricolour flag inscribed 'Equality'. The nearest (right) holds a sow on his back by the hind legs; her little pigs run after her; a goose hangs from his belt. A bare-legged man with a dagger in his belt pushes a wheelbarrow laden with trunks. In the background other plunderers proceed along the road; a man prods a cow with his spear. The road is crowded with sheep. In the distance is a burning town."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Companion print to: "United Irishmen in training.", and Temporary local subject terms: Irish Rebellion, 1798 -- Buildings: farmhouses -- Farm animals: pigs.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 12th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"View from the street of the grand west front, the north front with portico not in view; elegantly dressed figures in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Imprint from impression in the British Museum., Plate from: A picturesque tour through the cities of London and Westminster. London: T. Malton, 1792 [i.e. 1802]., The Lewis Walpole Library impression: sheet trimmed with loss of imprint statement., The Lewis Walpole Library: From the Topographical Prints collection., and Window mounted to 48 x 36 cm.
