Detail from the painted frame of William Hogarth's painting of the Good Samaritan, engraved in 1772 for Boydell by Simon Francis Ravenet at the same time he engraved the painting
"Hibernia lies on the ground with her harp broken. On a table (left) are two money bags, one full and labelled "Exchequer", the other decorated with the Irish harp and almost empty. Into this Lord North is plunging his hand while an African with outst...
Description:
Title from the index to the magazine. See British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Dyson, Jeremiah, 1722-1776, Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806, and Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807
"Portrait; whole length, standing, to the right, head turned to the left, one arm gesturing out towards the right; in fur trimmed robes and garter medal; standing in niche with two naked boys below to the right, one supporting a large book; the sword ...
As described in the Gospel of St John, Chapter V, Christ is shown healing the sick beside the Pool of Bethesda, as an angel observes from above. At the center Christ reaches out to a crippled man who sits beside the Pool of Bethesda, shown here with a...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published Feby. 24th 1772 by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ,
Subject (Topic):
Bethesda, Pool of., Biblical events, Diseases, Healing, Miracles, People with disabilities, and Sexually transmitted diseases
Leaf 15. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: a macaroni standing and throwing dice on a table around which five men wearing pointed hats with eye-shades in front are seated."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act March 9, 1772, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Wigs, Gambling, Hats, Furniture, and Chairs
Leaf 15. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: a macaroni standing and throwing dice on a table around which five men wearing pointed hats with eye-shades in front are seated."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act March 9, 1772, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Wigs, Gambling, Hats, Furniture, and Chairs
As described in the Gospel of St. Luke Chapter X, verse 30, a Samaritan is shown ministering to a traveler who had been beaten, robbed, and left half dead along the road. A priest and a Levite who ignored the injured man are shown on the left in the b...
Description:
Title and secondary, smaller image engraved on second plate below image of the Gospel scene.
Publisher:
Published Feby. 24th 1772 by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside London
Subject (Name):
St. Bartholomew's Hospital (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Biblical events, Charity, Horses, Parables, Priests, Robberies, and Waterfalls
As described in the Gospel of St. Luke Chapter X, verse 30, a Samaritan is shown ministering to a traveler who had been beaten, robbed, and left half dead along the road. A priest and a Levite who ignored the injured man are shown on the left in the b...
Description:
Title and secondary, smaller image engraved on second plate below image of the Gospel scene.
Publisher:
Published Feby. 24th 1772 by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside London
Subject (Name):
St. Bartholomew's Hospital (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Biblical events, Charity, Horses, Parables, Priests, Robberies, and Waterfalls
In the center of a panelled ballroom, a couple dance together, an older man standing behind his younger, pretty partner holds her outstretched hands by the finger-tips. She looks serious; he leers towards her. On each side of the room seated elderly s...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside & R. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Ballrooms, Couples, Dance, Evening gowns, Musicians, Sconces, and Spectators
Volume 2, after page 270. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man in riding dress stands on the right, bending forward to take the hand of a young woman on the left, who leans away from him. He wears spurred top-boots and holds a whip in his left hand; a long queue protrudes from under his hat. The woman has a...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
The administrators of the East India Company are confronted with the image of East Indian merchants. A letter of apology lies at the feet of the one director who stands up in fright, his chair overturned behind him
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Colebrooke, George, Sir, 1729-1809, Clive, Robert Clive, Baron, 1725-1774, and East India Company
Subject (Topic):
Administration, East Indians, Merchants, and Taverns (Inns)
"Portrait of Ann de Laval, Countess Stanhope; full-length seated directed to left, wearing mourning and a heavy shawl over her hair, leaning her head on her right hand and looking up and ahead, with a skull, bones, candle and books on the table by her...
"A skimmington procession : on a sorry-looking horse a man and woman sit astride, back to back; the woman, richly dressed, sits in front, her skirts pushed back to show breeches. In her right. hand is a pistol, in her left. a sword. The man holds a di...
Alternative Title:
Dowager Queen riding poor Denmark
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway, 1749-1808 and Caroline Mathilde, Queen, consort of Christian VII, King of Denmark, 1751-1775
