"A 'cit' smokes angrily over his glass, tilting his chair, while his pretty young wife sits with folded arms. A handsome young officer opens the door, apparently unseen by both. Below the design: 'Husband. - What makes you look so thoughtful my Love, what are you puzzling your Dear Head about now." Wife - Why you said last Night at Supper, that you knew every one in our Street were Cuckolds but one, - And I have been Puzzling Myself ever since to find out who that one could be." - "Husband.-" Oh! Oh! Very well, I have done."'"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '202' in lower right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Cuckolds -- Furnishings -- Furniture.
Publisher:
Published 10th October 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Young adults, Women, Military officers, Adultery, Mirrors, Pipes (Smoking), and Chairs
Plate [14] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Alfred the Great, bust-length, in an oval, slightly turned to the right, with curling hair and a long beard, a crown upon his head and dressed in a long cloak with ermine trim and tied at the throat over a mantle, various musical instruments, weapons and books below with drapery behind, an allegorical scene of the foundation of the University of Oxford below in a cartouche with Alfred gesturing to a plan held by a servant, Time and Peace holding his arm, the university appearing through clouds beyond, illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's "History of England" (1797)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Portrait of Alfred the Great
Description:
Title from text within image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., "The portrait from the original picture in the University College at Oxford"--Below image, lower left., and Plate [14] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
"Five elderly men dressed in the fashion of youth."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., One of the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls., Numbered '196' in lower left of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Old men -- Morning Herald -- Literature: reference to Ovid's Art of Love -- Magnifying glasses -- Pince-nez -- Walking staves -- Duelling: crossed foils -- Placards., and Watermark (partial).
Publisher:
Published 22nd August 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Bachelors, Older people, Newspapers, Reading, Staffs (Sticks), Signs (Notices), Hand lenses, and Mirrors
Title from item., Two lines of verse below title: The sweeping scythe's keen edge he wets ... Vide page 15 line 91., Above image: Select poets., and Plate from: Cooke's Select poets.
Engraved titlepage with vignette from: The poetical works of Robert Dodsley [Cooke's edition] London : Printed for C. Cooke, and sold by all the booksellers in Great-Britain and Ireland, [1797]. and Temporary local subject terms: Milkmaids -- Young men.
Plate [49] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Titlepage for Chapter XIV; Edward II bending forward and to right, placing his crown on a platter held by an archbishop, before three barons who sit on a bench to right, with a knight and others behind to left; a descriptive plaque below."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Edward the Second resigning his crown
Description:
Title from text above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., and Plate [49] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Plate [52] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallion of Edward the Black Prince resting in a landscape at foot on rock upon which a lion sits, swords and shield surrounding, pyramid in the background partly obscured by clouds."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Portrait of Edward the Black Prince
Description:
Title from text within image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [52] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, 4 June 1797, Historic Gallery
The third print in the series "Four Times of the Day" is set at Sadler's Wells. "A dyer and his wife walking with their dog beside the New River; the wife holds a fan with a design of Aphrodite and Adonis, the husband carries a small child, a somewhat older boy stands behind them in tears because his sister is demanding the gingerbread figure he holds; behind them is a young woman holding a shoe and a cow being milked by another woman; to the right is a tavern with the sign of Sir Hugh Middleton's Head, two women and a man are in the tavern garden, other figures are visible through the window, and a grape vine is climbing up towards the roof."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Signed bottom left hand corner: Designed by Wm. Hogarth. Signed bottom right hand corner: Engraved by T. Cook., After Hogarth. Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 148., Plate also issued in a collection entitled Hogarth restored, first published by G.G. & J. Robinson in 1802., and Watermark: 1794 J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Published December the 1st, 1797, by G.G. & J. Robinson, Pater-noster Row, London
"Portrait of Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, after Reynolds; standing three-quarter length to left and leaning his right elbow on table with books, quill and print, his right hand to his cheek, eyes to front, wearing plain coat and waistcoat, lace collar and cuffs; in an oval, with Walpole's villa at Strawberry Hill below."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., State with new imprint and with alterations to the portrait and to the image of the estate. For a proof state before these alterations and with a 1796 publication line, see Lewis Walpole Library: Portraits W218 no. 6., and "Strawberry Hill" in all capitals is etched above title and below image of the estate.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs Feby. 14th, 1797, by W. Clarke, No. 38 New Bond Street
"Portrait of Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, after Reynolds; standing three-quarter length to left and leaning his right elbow on table with books, quill and print, his right hand to his cheek, eyes to front, wearing plain coat and waistcoat, lace collar and cuffs; in an oval, with Walpole's villa at Strawberry Hill below."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with new imprint statement and with the plate reduced in size on all four edges, of a print issued with the imprint: Published as the Act directs Feby. 14th, 1797, by W. Clarke, No. 38 New Bond Street. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library: Portraits W218 no. 7., and "Strawberry Hill" in all capitals is etched above title and below image of the estate.
