Half length front view of a young woman with ermine-trimmed gown and muff, and with extremely tall coiffure, of which beer barrels form the side curls. On top of her head an inverted rooster is held down by foxes on either side, the enormous tails of the three animals forming further ornament to the hair
Description:
Title from item., Publisher's initials "MD" form a monogram., and Numbered in plate at top: V.2, 95.
A very short and homely woman with a disproportionately large head stands facing right, pensively holding her fan to her lips. She is dressed in a fussy costume with bows and a bustle, and wears an elaborate bonnet with ribbons atop her high-piled hair
Description:
Title from item., Signed (by engraver?) in lower left of image: HI, (i.e. Hen. Ibb.?), MD of publisher's name form a monogram., and Numbered in plate at top: 50 V.2
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of the widow of a Marine lieutenant (identified by Burford as Mrs. Winter), numbered 25, and Wills Hill, Marquis of Downshire and Earl of Hillsborough, numbered 26.
Alternative Title:
E. of H-h, E. of Hillsborough, Earl of Hillsborough, and Mrs. Winter
Description:
Title from item., Place of publication from Plomer's Dictionaries of printers and booksellers, page 316., From the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and country magazine, 1777, page 457., Subjects identified in the British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 21 x 28 cm., on board with pages 457-[460] of the Magazine.
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs by A. Hamilton Junr. ...
A satire: the wife, sitting on the sofa on the right, has kicked over the table, scattering the coffee cups and has thrown something at her husband (?) who holds up his hand to protect himself as a little dog jumps on his leg and grabs the ribbon on his sword in its teeth
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication burnished from plate., and Numbered "352".
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Dogs, Domestic life, Marriage, and Tea tables (Tables)
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 April 1777]
Call Number:
777.04.01.06+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An enormously fat man holds a walking stick in his right hand as he stands before a lake or river. He wears a tricorne hat and gloves, together with the huge buttons and shoe buckles popular around 1777. Possibly a caricature of Sir Watkin Lewes
Alternative Title:
Sir William Waddle
Description:
Title from item., Trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., Imprint from British Museum online catalogue., Numbered 30 in ms. on mount., and Inlaid to 45 x 33 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd April 1. 1777 by M Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Lewes, Watkin, Sir, 1740?-1821,
Subject (Topic):
Obesity, Buttons (Fasteners), Clothing & dress, and Staffs (Sticks)
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 April 1777]
Call Number:
777.04.29.01+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
In a park with trees, a fashionably dressed man and woman encounter each other near the footpath. The man wears a sword, large shoe-buckles, and enormous buttons which flash at the lady who recoils from their brightness. She is dressed in a tight-waisted dress of the period, with cork bustle and she wears her hair in high pyramidal style, topped by a hat with long feathers
Alternative Title:
Coup de bouton
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker's name from British Museum catalogue., Trimmed within plate mark; from worn plate with maker's name not visible., and In laid to 29 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. 29 April, 1777 by W. Humphrey, Gerrard Street, Soho
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of the actress Mrs. Abington (nee Frances Barton, 1737-1815) numbered 2, and Lord Shelburne, later Marquis of Lansdowne numbered 3.
Alternative Title:
Malagrida
Description:
Titles from text below images., Place of publication from: Plomer, H.R. Dictionaries of the printers and booksellers., From the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and country magazine, 1777, page 9., and Subjects identified in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs by A. Hamilton Junr. ...
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805. and Abington, Mrs. 1737-1815. (Frances Barton),
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of a London courtesan identified only as Miss F___m numbered 19, and a Captain Roper, numbered 20.
Alternative Title:
Captain Toper
Description:
Titles engraved below images., Place of publication from Plomer's Dictionaries of printers and booksellers, p. 316., From the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and Country Magazine, 1777, page 345., Subjects identified in the British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 21 x 28 cm., on board with pages 345-348 of the Magazine.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by A. Hamilton Junr. ...
