"A half length portrait of Fox, looking to the left, in his accustomed attitude when speaking: legs bent, hat in his right hand with his right arm raised as if to make a downward thrust. His hair is unkempt, his stockings ungartered, his shoes unlatched, and he holds the end of his shirt which escapes from under his waistcoat"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Plate from: Attic miscellany, v. i, p. 285., Temporary local subject terms: Speaking -- Reference to Demosthenes, 384-322 B.C., Collings's signature not present, probably cropped. Cf. George., and Mounted to 25 x 18 cm., mounted to 37 x 23 cm.
Title from item., Artist from the Sotheby's catalog and Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., Variant issue of No. 7792 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Expressions of speech: 'a deep one' -- Bludgeons., and Mounted to 25 x 21 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Aug. 21, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Title from item., Printmaker from unverified data from local card catalog record., One of a series of "Drolls.", Four lines of verse below title: The old Booby half muzzy to a bagnio reel'd ..., and Watermark: armorial shield with initials G R below.
Publisher:
Published 1st May, 1790, by Robt. Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, London
An older man in profile, looking right with his eyes looking back over his shoulder, within an oval, wearing a hat and with a riding crop under his arm
Description:
Title on item., Title etched below image., Artist from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., Cf. No. 8037 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted to 27 x 22 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Aug. 21, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Invitation to a dinner of the Guardians of the Asylum for Female Orphans. At top is a scene of a woman leading three orphan children away to the left, while the bodies of soldiers are taken away to the right; text with the details of the meeting engraved below. The whole is enclosed within a border of leaves
Description:
Caption title., All engraved., Illustration is signed: C.R. Ryley delin.; W. Skelton sculp., Beneath title are the names of six "Stewards", engraved on either side of a small image of a woman with the caption "When my father and my mother foresake me, the Lord taketh me up"., "Dinner to be on table at half past four o'clock precisely. No collection after dinner."--Bottom of sheet., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Asylum for Orphan Girls (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Orphanages, Charities, Charity, Orphans, Soldiers, and British
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of Lord Barrymore of Wargrave, Berkshire, and a French dancer assisting in the management of his theater at Wargrave
Alternative Title:
Theatrical peer of Berks and Theatrical peer of Berkshire
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and From the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and country magazine, 1790, page 99.
Title engraved above image., With a separately titled plate on same sheet: Corse. [London] : Published by Richd. Bigland, January 9th, 1790., and Bound in a volume of prints [English cathedrals and monuments]; leaf numbered '19' in mss. Label on front cover: Prints. For further information consult library staff.
Volume 2, page 71. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The shooting of Hyloeues & Rhoecus by Atlana to protect her chastity; in a wood, one of the men lying dead in the foreground, only his torso and legs visible with an arrow in chest, the hunter at left aiming her bow to shoot the second man, a soldier weilding a dagger beside the body of his companion, a horse fleeing behind; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate was engraved by either John Baldrey or his brother Joshua Kirby Baldrey., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One line of text below title: As renown'd for her skill in the use of the bow, as for the beauty & swiftness of foot; sends two arrows to the hearts of Hyloeus & Rhoecus who attempt her chastity in her solitude., Dedication etched above imprint statement: To the most noble the Marchioness of Salisbury, as patroness of the elegant science of archery, this plate is inscrib'd by her Ladyship's most respectful humble servant, John Raphael Smith., and Mounted on page 71 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 4th, 1790, by J.R. Smith, King Strt., Covent Garden
Subject (Name):
Atalanta (Greek mythological character),
Subject (Topic):
Forests, Bows (Weapons), Daggers & swords, Soldiers, and Horses
Volume 2, page 101. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man dancing in the centre of a crowd of villagers, waving ribbons in the air and with a tray of his goods around his neck, including toys and ballad sheets, a cottage behind at right; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 101 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Published June 1st, 1790, by W. Dickinson, engraver, Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Peddlers, Toys, Dance, Ribbons, Crowds, and Dwellings
