Satire on the assault by Mountefort Brown on Dr Hill
Description:
Title etched above image., Printed on one sheet with Le malade imaginaire, or, The consultation., 'Price 6d'--Following imprint., One line of text below title: Thus I bore my point; six rogues in buckram let drive at me., Three lines of quotation from Henry IV, Part I, below image: I am a rogue if I were not at half sword with a dozen of them two hours together ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: entrance to the Rotunda at Ranelagh -- Lighting: street lamps -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 -- Mountefort Brown, fl. 1752 -- Mr. Cole, Master of the Ceremonies at Ranelagh -- Constables.
Title etched above image., 'Price 6d'--Following imprint., One line of text below title: Thus I bore my point; six rogues in buckram let drive at me., Three lines of quotation from Henry IV, Part I, below image: I am a rogue if I were not at half sword with a dozen of them two hours together ..., Another state, with 'Libeller' instead of 'Swaggerer' in M. Brown's speech balloon. Cf No. 3183 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at bottom., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: entrance to the Rotunda at Ranelagh -- Lighting: street(?) lamps -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 -- Mountefort Brown, fl. 1752 -- Mr. Cole, Master of the Ceremonies at Ranelagh -- Constables.
"Interior of Westminster Hall depicting the banquet following the coronation of James II."--British Museum online catalogue and "One of a series of four prints, all based on the large plates in Sandford's 'History of the Coronation', first published by Bowles as a composite plate in the series 'London Described' (see Adams 29.8). The plate used in Sandford's book had a shorter title, no text in lower margin, and was inscribed 'S Moore fecit'."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Reissue of a plate first published ca. 1723 by John Bowles., Date of publication based on the mention of "John Bowles & Son", a partnership that lasted from 1752 to 1764. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Key to the illustration engraved below image., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., and Mounted on board to 29.2 x 26.0 cm
Publisher:
Printed for T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, & John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhil
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
James II, King of England, 1633-1701 and Westminster Hall (London, England),
"Interior of Westminster Abbey, prior to the coronation procession of James II entering."--British Museum online catalogue and "One of series of four prints based on illustrations to Sandford's book, first published by John Bowles as a composite plate in the series 'London Described' (see Adams 29.8). The plate used in Sandford's book had a shorter title, no text in lower margin, and was inscribed 'S Moore delin et sculp'."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Reissue of a plate first published ca. 1723 by John Bowles., Publisher from imprint statements on the first and fourth plates of the series. Date of publication based on partnership of "John Bowles & Son", from 1752 to 1764. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Key to the illustration engraved below image., Plate numbered "3" in upper right corner., and Mounted on board to sheet 29.2 x 26.0 cm.
Publisher:
T. Bowles and John Bowles & Son
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and England.
Subject (Name):
James II, King of England, 1633-1701 and Westminster Abbey,
"View on the Thames at Hammersmith; small boats and barges in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of the same composition
Description:
Title from text below image., Reissue of a print published in 1750 by J. Boydell. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0315.12.143., "Price 1s."--Following imprint., and "No. 8"--Lower right corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by J. Boydell at the Unicorn, the corner of Queen Street, Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Hammersmith (London, England),, Thames River (England),, England, and London.
"A bird's eye view of London with the river to the left and Lambeth Church and grounds in the foreground, St Paul's can be seen in the distance."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Veüe de Londres dessinè de dessus l'Eglize de Lambeth
Description:
Titles from text below image, in English and French., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right and left edges., "Price 1 s."--Following imprint., "No. 24."--Lower right corner., The Lewis Walpole Library: From the Topographical Prints collection., and Numbered in ink in a contemporary hand in lower left corner of sheet: D-282.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by J. Boydell engraver, at Unicorn the corner of Queen Street, Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Thames River (England),, London (England), England, and London.
Title from caption below image., Publication date based on that of a similar print in The Lewis Walpole Library. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Topos M627 no. 7+., "Price 1 s."--Following imprint., and "No. 2."--Lower right corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by J. Boydell at the Unicorn, the corner of Queen Street, Cheapside
publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 23, 1752.
Call Number:
752.03.23.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms -- Westminster: the mall in St. James's Park -- Viscount Petersham -- Elizabeth Ashe (the Pollard Ashe)., Mounted to 35 x 52 cm. First person on the left identified in an unknown hand below image as "George Second"., and Signed JL'[A?] in ink in lower left corner of image
