A satirical broadside, with two vignettes of the "Weaver". On the left the weaver is at his loom his back to his wife who is seated at the hearth warming her hands over the fire. On the right he is shown in the disguise of a Friar receiving his wife for confession as she kneels before him. Two columns of verse below: "A weaver jealous of his wife like many, Still dream't of horns before the Knave had any ... Twas you were the young man the old man & [the] Fryer. Finis."
Alternative Title:
Weaver jealous of his wife like many, Still dream't of horns before the Knave had any ...
Description:
Title from engraved text above image., All engraved., Date from British Book Trade Index., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With "Pro Patria" watermark.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by Samuel Lyne, map and printseller at the Globe in Newgate Street
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Weavers, Looms, Fireplaces, Confessions, Costumes, and Monks
"View looking across the Temple onto the River Thames beyond; elegantly dressed figures in foreground, a carriage on the left and a sedan chair on the right"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de Temple à costé de la riviere
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered "29" in upper right corner., and Window mounted to 37 x 52 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill
Three men sitting at a table, two of them holding drinking glasses, one opening a barrel. A waiter is filling more glasses on a tray and the preacher of the sermon is holding a glass and an open book with the word "Malt" on the page. A second table (covered with a cloth and holding more glasses, a tankard, a flask and a pipe), a barrel on a stand and a chamber pot are also present. A list of ten items is posted on the wall with the title "Customs to be observed by this Society." At the foot of the image is the line "Why should the drunkard strive his acts to smother, drink runs but from one Hogshead to another."
Alternative Title:
Extempore sermon preached by Fredrick Fiery-Face ...
Description:
Title from text above image., Earlier imprint burnished from plate and replaced with the imprint of this edition., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Fifteen lines of text engraved below image: Beloved. Lett [sic] me crave your reverent attention for I am a little man ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark., and Window-mounted to 38 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by C. Dicey & Co. in Aldermary Church Yard, London
Title engraved at top of design, within the scroll surrounding the images., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and left side., 'Price 1 shilling'--Below image., Ten lines of text in rebus, followed by two columns of further text in rebus, below image: Whosoever will [be] rich or [high] be [for] [all] things ..., The following words within the text are represented by a rebus: be by an image of a bee, high by an image of a throne, for by number 4, all by an awl., Temporary local subject terms: Cession of Gibraltar -- Cession of Port Mahon -- Conventions: Pardo, 1739 -- Electorates: German electorates -- Electorate of Hanover -- Cuba: Fort St. Iago -- Cumberland Harbor -- Fairs: Horn Fair -- Yarmough fish -- Hungary -- France -- Bavaria -- Slogans: wooden shoes -- Hats: King's hat -- Parodies: parody on Athanasian Creed., Mounted., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Sold by G. Bickha[m] at the Blackmoor's Head, Exeter Exchange
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Yarmouth, Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Countess of, 1706-1765, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757
Title engraved at top of design, within the scroll surrounding the images., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and left side., 'Price 1 shilling'--Below image., Ten lines of text in rebus, followed by two columns of further text in rebus, below image: Whosoever will [be] rich or [high] be [for] [all] things ..., The following words within the text are represented by a rebus: be by an image of a bee, high by an image of a throne, for by number 4, all by an awl., Temporary local subject terms: Cession of Gibraltar -- Cession of Port Mahon -- Conventions: Pardo, 1739 -- Electorates: German electorates -- Electorate of Hanover -- Cuba: Fort St. Iago -- Cumberland Harbor -- Fairs: Horn Fair -- Yarmough fish -- Hungary -- France -- Bavaria -- Slogans: wooden shoes -- Hats: King's hat -- Parodies: parody on Athanasian Creed., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
Sold by G. Bickha[m] at the Blackmoor's Head, Exeter Exchange
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Yarmouth, Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Countess of, 1706-1765, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757
"Portrait of James Douglas, Earl of Morton, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a tall hat and brocaded jacket; in an architectural oval with curtain beyond"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text within image., Text below image: In the Possession of the Rigt. Hon. the Earl of Morton., and Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751].
"Portrait of John Milton, bust in frontal view, wearing a ruff and buttoned jacket; in an architectural oval on a pedestal; a lyre and a book below"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Text below image: In the collection of the Right Hon. Arthur Onslow Esqr., Speaker of the House of Commons., and Print mounted in white matte frame, 490 x 616 mm.
"Portrait of Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, bust in profile to right but looking at the viewer, wearing neckerchief and collar of the Order of the Garter; in an ornamental oval on a pedestal"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text within image. and The following text appears below the portrait: "In the Collection of the Right Hon. the Earl of Burlington."
"Portrait of Sir Edward Coke, bust directed to right but looking at the viewer, wearing a fraise and robe; in an architectural oval on a pedestal; below a sceptre, scales and a sword; lettered state."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Edward Coke Lord Chief Justice
Description:
Title from text in image., Text below image: "In the Possession of Robert Coke Esqr.", and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides.
"Portrait of Sir Thomas More, bust directed to left, wearing a cap and fur-trimmed coat; in an oval architectural frame on a pedestal; an axe, sceptre and flag below"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Thomas More
Description:
Title from text within image., Text below image: In the possession of Sr. Rowland Winn Bart., and Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751].
