"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.
"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., "Strawberry Hill" in all capitals is etched above title and below image of the estate., Mounted on page 3 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11., 1 print : etching & engraving on wove paper ; sheet 17.9 x 11.4 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of imprint statement along lower edge; heavily foxed paper.
"A stage-coachman (left) holds open the door of his coach, showing that it is overcrowded with five fat passengers. He speaks to a fat woman who stands in profile to the right, holding a fan, a dog tucked under her left arm. A flagged pavement and cobbled roadway show that they are in a London street. Beneath the title is engraved: '"Just room for one Madam," - "Vell I wow I have run all the way like a Lamp-lighter, till I am all over in such a Heat you can't think."'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker identified from original drawing in the Huntington Library., Plate numbered '198' in lower right corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., and One line of text below title: Just room for one Madam, -- vel [sic] I vow I have run all theway like a lamp-lighter ...
Publisher:
Published 1st September 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, Obesity, Streets, Travelers, and Women
Two female allegorical figures are seated in a landscape. Mercy at the left with head bowed holds a branch; at right, a ray of sunlight shines above the head of Truth who holds a large book in her left hand. In the right foreground are two dramatic masks lying beside a broken yoke
Description:
Title etched in open letters below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Biblical quote etched below title: "Misericordia et veritas obviaverunt sibi. Psalm LXXV, ver. 10.", and Watermark.
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '199' in lower right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Cuckolds -- Furnishings: mirrors -- Wall panelling -- Female dress, 1797., and Watermark, partially trimmed.
Publisher:
Published 12th September 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
An old woman, the prude, is standing near a crowd of people huddled around a bonfire in Covent Garden. She is crossing Covent Garden Piazza, disapproving of the amorous scenes outside the notorious Tom King's Coffee House. The print shows the morning and is part of a series representing the progress of the day
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. 146., Plate also issued in a collection entitled Hogarth restored, first published by G.G. & J. Robinson in 1802., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2357., and Watermark: 1794 J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Published August the 1st, 1797, by G.G. & J. Robinson, Pater-noster Row, London
Subject (Geographic):
Covent Garden (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Beggars, Children, City & town life, Couples, Crowds, Fighting, Food vendors, Kissing, Prostitutes, Quacks, Servants, Signs (Notices), Taverns (Inns), and Women
A copy of the fourth print in William Hogarth's series "Four Times of the Day", set at the intersection of Rummer Court and Charing Cross. Le Sueur's equestrian statue of Charles I can be seen in the background. It is the anniversary of the Restoration of Charles II (29 May, known as "Oak Apple Day"). In the foreground a drunken freemason (probably the corrupt magistrate Sir Thomas De Veil) is supported by a serving man. Behind them a man pours gin into a keg. To the left a barber is seen at work through a window; each pane of the shop window contains a lit candle. From a window above the barber shop, a chamber pot is being emptied onto the top of a wooden shelter under which a man and woman sleep. Beside them, a link boy crouches as he blows on the flame of his torch. Behind and to the right of the freemason, the Salisbury Flying Coach has crashed and overturned while trying to avoid a bonfire in the middle of the street; the passengers reach out the window of the coach, alarmed looks on their faces.Two men look on, one of whom appears to be a butcher. Shop and tavern signs include the barber's which is decorated with oak leaves and advertises "Shaving Bleeding & Teeth Drawn wth. a Touch Ecce Signum"; the Rummer Tavern; the Earl of Cardigan; and, the Bagnio and the New Bagnio
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. 149., 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 February the 1.st 1798 by G.G. & J. Robinson Pater-noster Row London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and England.
Subject (Name):
De Veil, Thomas, Sir, 1684-1746
Subject (Topic):
Liquor laws, Freemasons, Jacobites, Accidents, Barbering, Butchers, Carriages & coaches, City & town life, Children, Fires, Intoxication, Liquor, Prostitution, Sleeping, Signs (Notices), and Taverns (Inns)
A copy of the second print in William Hogarth's series "Four Times of the Day": Set outside St Giles's-in-the-Fields. On the right an elegant crowd leaves the French Huguenot church; they are dressed in the height of French fashion. Two women kiss on the far right in the customary French way. They are contrasted with Londoners on the left. The two groups are separated by a gutter down the middle of the road; a dead cat lies in the gutter foreground. The Londoners stand outside a tavern with the sign of the Good Woman (one without a head); a woman and man in the second-storey window look surprised as the contents of her bowl are tossed out the window. In the foreground, left, under a sign with John the Baptist's head on a platter and reading "Good Eating", a black man embraces a servant girl and a small boy (evidently intended by his curly red hair to be identified as one of the Irish inhabitants of the area) cries because he has broken a pie-dish. A little girl squats as she eats the fallen pie off the ground. The clock in the steeple in the background reads 12:30.
Description:
Title engraved below image., After Hogarth. Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 147., Signed bottom left hand corner: Designed by Wm. Hogarth. Signed bottom right hand corner: Engraved by T. Cook., 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 October the 1st, 1797, by G.G. & J. Robinson, Pater-noster Row, London
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and England.
Subject (Topic):
Huguenots, Irish, Blacks, Children, City & town life, Churches, Couples, Crowds, Crying, Kissing, Servants, Signs (Notices), Taverns (Inns), and Women
Title from item., Printmaker identified from original drawing in the Huntington Library., No. 201 in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Three lines of text below title: "Why Pat, I find here in the letter, a brace of live wild ducks your master has sent me" ..., Plate numbered '201' in lower right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Domestic service: footmen -- Irishmen -- Baskets -- Aglets -- Wallpaper -- Window curtains -- Furniture: folding tables -- Slipcovered armchairs -- Male dress: dressing gown -- Female dress, 1797.
Publisher:
Published 25th September 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"Three people sit at a round table playing push-pin. The Duke of Queensberry (right) leans on the table, pushing the pin. In his right hand is a double lorgnette over which he leers at his vis-à-vis, a very corpulent woman in a flowered dress who stares through spectacles at the pins. A younger woman, spinsterish and demure, watches the game with down-dropped eyes. Both wear hats. The chairs are decorated with ormolu, and on the back of Queensberry's is his crest (without the coronet): a heart between wings. The floor is carpeted."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Also with the figure of Mother Windsor, procuress., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., Imprint from untrimmed impression in Caricatures of Gillray at the Yale Center for British Art L296.32 (Folio A))., Date of publication inferred from John Miller's entry in London Publishers and Printers, by Philip A.H. Brown (London, British Library, 1982)., Plate from: Caricatures of Gillray, London, John Miller, [ca. 1824-1827]., and Reduced copy of a print with the same title etched by Gillray and published by Hannah Humphrey in 1797.
Publisher:
Published by John Miller, Bridge Street, and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh
Title from item., Numbered '192' in lower left of plate., One of the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls., One line of text below title: A sketch from life, take while the friar was stealing a nap., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: table -- Foot-stool -- Dishes: tankard -- Crucifixes.
Publisher:
Published 7th August 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
A scene inside a barbershop with dandies and other citizens awaiting service. The man in the barber chair looks on with horror as a chimneysweep enters the shop wtih his bag over his shoulder. On the wall is a sign "Shave for a penny" and shelves with wig boxes labeled "Aldmn. Grizzle" and "Mr. Rumfit."
Description:
Title from item., One of the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls., Three lines of text below title: A knowing young sweep, after finishing a chimney at barbers ..., Numbered '195' 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: Interiors: barber's shop -- Barbers -- Chimney-sweeps -- Wigs -- Signs: Shave for a penny., and Watermark (partial): Strasburg bend.
Publisher:
Published 19th August 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Barbershops, Chimney sweeps, Signs (Notices), and Wigs
Plate [69] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; young king Henry VI kneeling in centre, receiving crown, his train held by a stopping attendant at right, two clerics behind at left and women at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Coronation of Henry the Sixth
Description:
Title from text below image. and Plate [69] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Plate [156] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Cromwell's daughter lying on her sick-bed, gesturing to right at a portrait of Charles I as she exhorts her father to repentance, while he sits on the end of her bed to left, pointing to heaven, his back to the portrait"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Daughter of Cromwell urging him to repentance
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [156] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658, and Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649,
Title engraved below image., Printmaker identified from original drawing in the Huntington Library., Plate numbered '197' in lower right corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Three lines of text below title: Justice - Well, Mr. Blunt, where was you at the time you discovered your sheep ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Smithfield.
Publisher:
Published 1st September 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Butchers, Deafness, Farmers, Lawyers, and Owls
Plate [93] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; Wolsey lying in bed at right, four grieving figures surrounding the bed."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., and Plate [93] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Plate [194] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Naval engagement between two privateers, in frame supported by plinth, on which sit 2 young seamen; trophy flags draped over top of frame; rocky hillside as background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Plate [129] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Chapter title-page to Bowyer's edition to Hume's 'History of England'; James I on horseback, approaching from the left with courtiers behind him, and town representatives and populace crowded on the right"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Entry of James the First into London
Description:
Title from text above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [129] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Two fashionably dressed young women dose on a sofa in a sitting room with wallpapered walls and a rug on the floor. A young man stands behind the sofa and quietly tickles the check of the young woman on the right. The friendship between the two women is illustrated by the long ribbon tied on one of each of their wrists; around their necks, each, too, wears a pendant with miniature portrait of the other. An open book between them on the sofa is titled "The Fair Seducer." An oval mirror hangs on the wall between two windows behind the young man
Alternative Title:
Weary after a walk
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker identified from original drawing in the Huntington Library., Plate numbered '200' in lower right corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published 8th September 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Friendship, Jewelry, Mirrors, Seduction, Sofas, Sleeping, Wallpapers, and Women
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom., Etched before title: Tune, I've kissed and I prattled., Three columns of text below title: The merc'ry rising to near eighty eight , the sun in a vertical ray ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms -- Military: lock step -- Military reviews -- Weapons: bayonetted muskets., and Watermark: Edmeades & Pine 1795.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 4th, 1797 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Plate [109] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; Cranmer burning on a stake to which he is chained at right, cleric at left thrusting a crucifix before him, guards behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Martyrdom of Archbishop Cranmer
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [109] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Title from item., Numbered '191' in lower left of plate., One of the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls., Three lines of text below image: A countryman going along London streets, slip't down on the pavement ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Shops: grocer's shop -- Countrymen -- Grocers -- Tea: canisters of tea -- Tea: Souchong -- Casks -- Sugar Loaves.
Publisher:
Published 1st August 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"An elaborate composition, divided by the arc of a rainbow which supports a woman who stands at a large dark canvas daubing at a goblin-like bearded figure intended for Titian. She holds a palette and brushes, but her paints are mixed together in an earthenware pot like those used by house - or sign-painters (as in BMSat 7770); this stands on the rainbow at her feet; an ass with the wings of Pegasus kneels to drink greedily from it. His wings are covered with words: 'Review', 'Magazines', 'Advertis[er]', 'Squib', 'Herald', 'Times', 'True Briton', 'Puff' [repeated many times], 'World', 'Morning Chronicle', 'Evening Post', 'Star', 'Sham Abuse', 'Squibbs', 'Oracle', 'Courier'. Above the canvas, and at the apex of the design, is an eagle surrounded with flames, and the centre of rays which illuminate black clouds in the upper part of the print; in its claws is a scroll: 'Venetian. Manuscript'. The artist is poised on high-heeled shoes, her quilted petticoat is ragged, but from her waist hangs a vast train which drapes the rainbow and terminates in peacock's feathers. This is held up by three naked Graces. Along the rainbow is etched: 'redeunt Titianica regna, jam nova progenies coelo demittitur alto'. Part of a reflected rainbow issues from the painting on the canvas, with a fainter version of the inscription '. . . va pro[gen]ies . . . demittitur alto', letters being concealed by the hair of the artist and by a flamboyant winged figure seated on the rainbow; he blows his trumpet, from which issue the words: 'You little Stars, hide your diminish'd Head[s].' These words terminate in thick clouds from which five stars fall like meteors, leaving trails inscribed: 'Rubens', 'Correggio', 'Michael Angelo', 'Raphael', 'Parmegiano'. Beneath the rainbow is a paved floor. In the foreground (left) the head and shoulders of (the ghost of) Sir Joshua Reynolds emerge, pushing up one of the stones; he is draped in a shroud, but wears spectacles; in his right hand is his ear-trumpet, his left is raised admonishingly ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Seven-wise-men consulting the new Venetian oracle
Description:
Title etched below image., Text above image: Ah! ha! Ah! ha! Messrs. Van-Butchell! Ireland! Charles! Lane & Lackington! What are you now? ah! ha! ah! ha! ha! ha! ha!!!, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Matted to 72 x 56 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 2d, 1797, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Noble, George, active 18th century-19th century, printmaker
Published / Created:
Decr. 1, 1797.
Call Number:
Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title:
Plate [26] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England' (1805-6); William the Conqueror, standing at left with soldiers waving banners behind him, is presented the crown by Edgar Atheling, kneeling in the centre of the crowd; a prelate, probably Strigand, the Archbishop of Canterbury, stands at right with arms open; a gothic building in background at right; after Benjamin West (Staley 50)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
William the First receiving the crown of England
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [26] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Plate [166] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Naval engagement; the battle of Sole bay; in frame surmounted by trophies and plaque with allegorical figure carving inscription."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
XXVIII May MDCLXXII
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [166] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Plate [186] 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 medallions Pattison, Congreave, Gay, Pope, Swift and Thomson on a monolith, at the foot of which a nymph sits holding a jester's staff, watched by a faun climbing over the top."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [186] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Collection of small engravings from various works printed at Strawberry Hill. These include two fleurons, two decorated initial letters, two of Horace Walpole's bookplates (one printed on orange paper), and several vignettes, two of which are signed "C. Grignion sculp." Among the vignettes are several images of Strawberry Hill, one annotated "R. Bentley del." by Thomas Kirgate and another, printed in blue ink, annotated "J.H. Muntz del." by Horace Walpole. In addition to the arms on Walpole's bookplates, the Walpole crest is depicted on one vignette (annotated "Wale des." by Thomas Kirgate) and the Buckingham coat of arms with the motto "Templa quam dilecta" is depicted on another. Also included is a portrait in profile of Antonio Magliabechi, done from a medal; this is an early state of the plate printed on the title page of: Spence, J. A parallel : in the manner of Plutarch ... [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, by W. Robinson ..., 1758
Description:
Title from note in Horace Walpole's hand near bottom of page., Date based on death date of Horace Walpole, who assembled this collection., Sheets trimmed to or within plate marks., and Prints mounted together on page 188 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
"Portrait of Francesco Bartolozzi, bust-length, in an architectural oval, in profile to the left, dressed in a dark frockcoat open over his waistcoat with his neck-cloth tied loosely and his hair fashionably powdered, curled and tied in a queue, a bas-relief below depicting Merit banishing Time with an intaglio engraved with Bartolozzi's monogram, with the Graces, Invention, Painting and a putto using a burin to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Portrait of Madame de Prie, half-length, directed to right, looking to front, index pointing upwards, a bird perched on her right hand
Description:
Title from note in Horace Walpole's hand below image on mounting page., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, whose manuscript annotation is present., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., A version of this portait, done in crayons, was hung by Horace Walpole in the Red Bed Chamber at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 70 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Berthelot de Pléneuf, Agnès, marquise de Prie, 1698-1727, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title from contemporary manuscript note in ink below image., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Number "1" etched above image., and Mounted on page 101 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
"An untidy garret with a man in a dressing-gown working on a poem entitled 'Poverty' while his wife is confronted by a milkmaid with a lengthy tally who demands payment; a baby in bed is crying; a dog eats meat from a plate on a chair; behind the poet's head is a satirical print showing Alexander Pope thrashing the book-seller Edmund Curll who had published pirate editions of his work."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Studious he sate, with all his books around
Description:
Title from Paulson., Two columns each with two lines of verse engraved below image: Studious he sate, with all his books around, Sinking from thought to thought, a vast profund! Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there; Then writ, and flounder'd on, in more despair. Dunciad Book I, line III., Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2309., and Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 145.
Publisher:
Published Octr. 1st, 1797 by G.G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, London
Plate [173] 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'; a cherub holding a portrait medallion of William and Mary, below a female figure reaches up towards him with arms outstretched, another figure (envy?) turning away behind, with bat and grotesque creature beside; a fleet of ships on sea in background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [173] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
William III, King of England, 1650-1702, and Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694,
