Title from item., Numbered 'No. 235' in upper left of plate., Nine lines of text printed below plate: An honest Moorlander, who procured his livelihood by mill-work, was unfortunately very deaf, and, conscious of the mistakes he made in answering questions, the tendency of which he did not understand ... Vide Monthly Mirror for January 1799., From the series of Laurie & Whittle Drolls., and Temporary local subject terms: Magazines: Monthly Mirror, January 1799 -- Trades: mill workers -- Tools: mill worker's tools.
Publisher:
Published 24 Augst 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from caption etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of text below image: At first they regarded their monarch with great reverence, but perceiving his tame and peacable disposition they at length treated him with the utmost contempt. Esops fables., and Temporary local subject terms: Dutchmen -- Flags: French flag -- British flag -- Female dress: hats -- Bonnets rouges -- Frogs -- Literature: reference to Aesop's Fables.
"Satire on French everyday life: a large kitchen a clergyman stands talking to the innkeeper who wears large wooden shoes stuffed with wool and a hat with a large brim, his long hair hangs loose; a lrge dog sits at the clergyman's feet. On the left, a thin postillion standing tall takes a pinch of snuff from his box while a woman beside him bows to the clergyman, tucking her hands in her apron pockets; in front of her a boy in wooden shoes, hands in pockets, stares at the clergyman. Behin an old woman wearing glasses sits at a table by the fireplace with a glass and bottle in front of her; a large pot hangs over the fire. On the wall are pasted notices, including an "Ordonnace de Monsgr Le Duc de Choiseul Grand Maitre des Postes et Relais de France Sa Majesty ...", popular religious prints and another of LouisXV "le bien Aimé" 1771."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Cuisine de la poste
Description:
Title from caption below image., Later printing. Date of printing based on watermark., Temporary local subject terms: Kitchens: French kitchen -- French poodle -- Furniture: Paper sheet pictures -- Snuff box -- Cure., and Watermark: J. Ruse 1799.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act of Parlt. Feby. 1st, 1771, by John Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
"Illustration to verses printed below in four columns. Six grinning 'cits' stand round one of their number who is in night-cap and waistcoat. Behind is a curtained bed. The verses relate a trick at a Sunday 'dining country jaunt' for which lavish provisions were sent to the Roe Buck in 'the Forest'. The Club went on horseback, butter was hidden in the lining of one member's hat; he was induced to believe that he had 'sweating sickness', and was put to bed instead of sharing the feast."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Letterpress title printed partially on plate below image, partially below plate line., Attributed to Isaac Cruikshank by Krumbhaar., Four columns of verse below title: Tom Ruby was a merry wag as any in the town, and he full fifteen years had worn and grac'd the civic gown ..., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Fevers -- Anecdotes., and 1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 200 x 247 mm, on sheet 439 x 298 mm.
Publisher:
Published 2d Decr. 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London and Jack Rider, printer
Subject (Topic):
Sweating-sickness, Beds, Bedrooms, Chamber pots, Interiors, Obesity, People associated with commercial & service activities, and Practical jokes
"Illustration to verses printed below in four columns. Six grinning 'cits' stand round one of their number who is in night-cap and waistcoat. Behind is a curtained bed. The verses relate a trick at a Sunday 'dining country jaunt' for which lavish provisions were sent to the Roe Buck in 'the Forest'. The Club went on horseback, butter was hidden in the lining of one member's hat; he was induced to believe that he had 'sweating sickness', and was put to bed instead of sharing the feast."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Letterpress title printed partially on plate below image, partially below plate line., Attributed to Isaac Cruikshank by Krumbhaar., Four columns of verse below title: Tom Ruby was a merry wag as any in the town, and he full fifteen years had worn and grac'd the civic gown ..., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Fevers -- Anecdotes.
Publisher:
Published 2d Decr. 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London and Jack Rider, printer
Subject (Topic):
Sweating-sickness, Beds, Bedrooms, Chamber pots, Interiors, Obesity, People associated with commercial & service activities, and Practical jokes
Plate [175] 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'; Percy Kirke standing in a yard, gesturning towards building at left defiantly as two women kneeling at right plead with him, a prisoner being taken away behind at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Treachery of Colonel Kirke, 1685
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., and Plate [175] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., Plate numbered '232' in lower left corner., From Laurie and Whittle series of drolls., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Trades: applewomen -- Livestock: rampaging pigs -- Trimmers.
Publisher:
Published 20th May 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Plate [54] 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; 2 vessels foreground centre close-hauled for boarding, galley approaching men overboard; framed, with emblematic device above and portrait medallion below."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Victory over the Spanish fleet, Aug. 29, 1350
Description:
Title from text within image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [54] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Topic):
Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453, Naval operations, British, Naval warfare, and Warships
Plate [187] 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 of Young, Watts, Shenstone and Akenside on a plaque with a female figure floating in clouds above, a garland in one hand and sprinkling petals from the other."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Poets
Description:
Title from text within image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [187] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Title devised by cataloger., Series title from caption below image; plate number in upper right., Plate from: Graphic illustrations of Hogarth from pictures and drawings in the possession of Samuel Ireland author of this work, v. 2, opposite page 125., and Prints trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint. Imprint from impressions as issued in bound volume: Lewis Walpole Library 75 H67 S794.
