"Scene on a road near St. Pancras church, which is visible in the background; two women and two men stand in road, one woman with her arms tied and a look of anguish on her face, the other woman raises her arm as one of the men points towards her; illustration to Johnson's 'History of ... Highwaymen"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., 'Page 120.'--Upper left corner of plate., The fictional character, Colonel Jack, is the hero of Defoe's The history and remarkable life of the truly honorable Col. Jacque ... (1722)., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: countermark H.
Title from captions below both images., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Reversible head image labeled "Courtship" in one direction and "Marriage" in the other. Title taken from title on each side of image., Dated by costume., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: horn on crowned shield, with initials LVG below.
Sh-tten condition of the King of Pru---a and Shitten condition of the King of Prussia
Description:
Title engraved above image., Printseller's announcement after imprint: Where is sold 20 more., Eight lines of verse in four columns below image: All mark'd with De Luces& cram'd with French gold, forth sally'd our hero, to seize, have and hold ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Defecation -- Medicine: smelling salts -- Money.
Publisher:
May's Buildings, Covent Garden
Subject (Name):
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, and Charles Alexandre, duc de Lorraine, 1712-1780
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Copy in reverse of a figure in: Taste a-la-mode 1745., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress, ca. 1745., and Annotated on verso in contemporary hand: February 1760. Below it, in another contemporary hand: In Cole 1751.
In an open landscape, an elegantly dressed Columbine is seated on a rock and taking a pinch of snuff from a large snuffbox. Her head is turned back slightly towards Harlequin who stands behind her gesturing dramatically
Alternative Title:
Harlequin
Description:
Title engraved below image., Dated by costume., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Eight lines of verse in two columns (four lines under each name): Columbine. What would'st thou have fonr Harlequin? ... Harlequin. My charmer all I mean is love ..., One of a series of prints with the Commedia dell'arte characters., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 17 x 17 cm, window mounted to 23 x 19 cm.
In an open landscape, Harlequin is seated on a large rock, holding Columbine in his lap. They are posed in a kiss
Alternative Title:
Columbine
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date from companion print: Columbine ; Harlequin., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse in two columns (four lines under each name): Harlequin. Is not this earnest? -- Han't I swore ... Columbine. Ay! if 'twoud last I should be blest ..., One of a series of prints with the Commedia dell'arte characters., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 18 x 16 cm; window mounted to 23 x 19 cm.
In an open landscape, Mezzetin is sitting on the ground leaning against Columbine who supports herself, half sitting on a large rock. She is pouring wine from a bottle into his mouth. An empty bottle is in her other hand
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse in two columns (four lines under each name): Mazzetin. When the mind's with cares possest ... Columbine. If wine can thus your sorrow warm ..., One of a series of prints with the Commedia dell'arte characters., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 17 x 17 cm., window mounted to 20 x 20 cm.
In an open landscape, Mezzetin and Columbine are sitting on a large rock. She turns away from her companion who, with a drunken expression, holds upside down an empty wine bottle in one hand and a goblet in another
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse in two columns (four lines under each name): Mazzetin. My flask is empty, I've no coin ... Columbine. I said when you began to roam ..., One of a series of prints with the Commedia dell'arte characters., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 17 x 16 cm., window mounted to 20 x 19 cm.
In an open landscape, Columbine reposes on the ground, her arms and head supported on a large rock, her left arm thrown over her head. Scaramouche is kneeling behind her, grabbing with one hand the folds of her skirt as if to lift it. In the background on the left is a large tomb or a ruin
Description:
Title devised by cataloger from captions below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One of a series of prints with the Commedia dell'arte characters., Eight lines of verse in two columns (four lines under each name): Columbine. How came I overtaken so? ... Scaramouch. Drunk and asleep fie Columbine ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 18 x 17 cm, window mounted to 23 x 19 cm.
