Off Cape Finisterre lay the King's ship La Loire and Yeo! Yeo!
Description:
Caption title., Woodcut vignette of a frigate above title.., Refers to an incident in Muros Bay, June 4, 1805, in which the privateer L'Esperance was captured by the British through the exertions of Lt. Yeo of the Loire., and Laid down on card. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Jennings, No. 15, Water-lane, Fleet-street
Subject (Geographic):
Atlantic Ocean and Atlantic Ocean.
Subject (Name):
Yeo, James Lucas, Sir, 1782-1818 and Yeo, James Lucas, Sir, 1782-1818.
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Campaigns, Military campaigns, Sailing ships, and British
Caption title., A broadside with a collection of songs., In verse., Price following imprint: Price twopence., and Backed with cloth and mounted to 61 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
Printed and sold wholesale and retail, by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials, London
"Five men sit at a small square table on which are glasses and an empty punch-bowl, all have expressions of deep melancholy: one reverses his glass, another breaks his pipe, the bowl of which still smokes, the third weeps, the fourth looks down with a gesture of deprecating misery, the fifth looking towards the viewer."--British Museum online catalogue, description of earlier state
Description:
Title from ballad engraved below image: We bipeds made up of frail clay ..., Numbered "317" on left below image., Later state, by a different publisher. Cf. No. 8596 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Temporary local subject terms: Social gatherings -- Male costume, 1794 -- Stockings -- Dishes: punch bowl -- Wine glasses -- Smoking: pipes -- Wallpaper -- Furniture: chairs.
Publisher:
Published 24th Feby. 1794 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street
Caption title., Signed and dated at the end of text: Quod Jas. C-n-h, March 23, 1822. Finis., A broadside with a collection of songs., In verse., "Notice. This is to give notice to those persons who are in the constant habit of pirating my copyrights that if they dare to print any part of this sheet, they shall be proceeded against according to the law. James Catnach"--Following title., Text following imprint: Of whom may be had The Queen's life in cuts and verse., Text following edition statement: Price twopence., and Backed with cloth and mounted to 61 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Catnach, 2 Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
Caption title., Date based on publisher T. Evans's activity dates. See: Todd, W.B. Directory of printers and others in allied trades, London & vicinity, 1800-1840, page 66., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: There was an ancient fair, O she lov'd a neat young man ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
"A broadside satirising the Jacobite Alderman William Benn, who was involved in a drunken fight with another alderman at a London City feast because the former had proposed to the health of the Young Pretender; with an etching showing in the foreground Benn on the ground, holding in his right hand a bottle, his wig is pulled off by a dog, on the right another alderman, attacking Benn with a raised bottle, in the background a group of people looking on; with engraved title and inscriptions, and with letterpress title and verses in three columns, and with two vertical and one horizontal segment of type ornament."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wars broke out in the city
Description:
Caption title., Broadside illustrated with an etching at top of sheet (plate mark 20.3 x 33.1 cm)., First line: Draw near, ye sober citizens., and Temporary local subject terms: Animals: dog wearing a collar "Charls's [sic] Breed" and chains -- Drunken battle with wine bottles -- Bottles: wine bottles used as weapons -- Hospitals of Bethlem and Bridewell -- Gold chains -- City of London feast -- Ass's ears on William Benn -- Envelope -- Aldermen.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766. and Benn, William, 1702-1755
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Jacobites, Dogs, and Wigs
Title from item., Three columns of song engraved below the image: When I took my departure from Dublin's sweet town ..., Numbered '275' on left below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: inns -- Inns: inn courtyard -- Trades: inn maids -- Stable boys -- Travellers: Irish traveller -- Irishmen.
Publisher:
Publish'd 16th Jany., 1792, by Robt. Sayer & Co., No. 53 Fleet Street
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Six stanzas of a ballad below title: Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Ballads: Poor Tom Bowling -- Maps -- Coffins -- Female costume: mourning outfit -- Interior of a cottage.
Publisher:
Publish'd 20th Decr. 1791 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
"Additions and corrections.": p. 332-346 of v.3., A ballad entitled "George Barnwell" and paged [225]-[240] inserted between pages 224 and 225 of v. 3., BEIN Osborn pc 173: Bookplate: Cleanth Brooks., Cancel: v. 2, N7; v. 3, P2 signed Q2., Dedication by Samuel Johnson (see Fleeman)., First ed., Title vignettes; head and tail pieces., and Vol. I has "Vol. III", and vol. 3 has "Vol. I" throughout in signature titles - cf. L. F. Powell, Percy's Reliques, in The Library, 4th ser., v. 9, Sept. 1928, p. [113]-137.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall,
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English and English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700
Above the engraved poem, an illlustration shows an angry-faced Jove seated in the clouds surrounded by gods and goddesses including Apollo, seated with his lyre and Momus in a hester's cap with bells. Jove holds a fist full of thunderbolts as he glares at the petition at his feet. In the background is a circular temple ablaze with rays of light. Above Pegasus leaps from Mount Helicon
Description:
Title from item., After Dighton. See British Museum catalogue., and "The constitutional song of the Anacreontic Society, sung by the Chairman or his deputy after the supper which followed the fortnightly concert." See British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Music, Societies, etc.--, Gods, Greek, and Petitions
