"Portrait of Bishop William Beveridge, three-quarter length, seated to right in an armchair, looking towards the viewer, holding a pen in his right hand and a book on a table with the left, wearing ecclesiastical robes; coat of arms below image; proof illustration to an unidentified publication; after Benjamin Ferrers."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Right Reverend Father in God William Beveridge D.D.
Description:
Title from caption below image., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of printmaker's name., Text below title: No more of frail mortality complain ... read ere his works, and they will lead you on., Date of publication and printmaker's name from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1920,1211.1685., and Mounted on sheet: 38.8 x 27.5 cm.
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '237' in lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Pastimes: skipping., and Watermark: Russell & Co 1799.
Publisher:
Published 24th Jany. 1800, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"View of the grand new building for Bethlem Hospital in Moorfields, from the street; figures in foreground including street traders and a man with a wooden leg, elegantly dressed figures strolling through grounds in front of hospital"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Hospital de Fou
Description:
Title from caption below image., Later reissue of a print published 10 September 1747 by John Bowles. See British Museum online catalogue., "Publishd. according to act of Parliamt."--Below image., Window mounted to 31 x 47 cm., and Watermark: E & P 1801.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, and Rob. Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill
A single plate with Laughing audience in the upper left, Rehearsal of the Oratorio of Judith in the upper right, and An emblematic print on the South Sea below and Rehearsal of the Oratorio of Judith: First etched as a subscription ticket for "A Midnight Modern Conversation" with seventeen men and boys rehearsing William Huggins's oratorio "Judith". Several of the singers hold sheet music with the notes and lyrics legible
Alternative Title:
Rehearsal of the Oratorio of Judith and Emblematic print on the South Sea
Description:
Titles engraved below images., Plate bound in as leaf 70: Hogarth restored / now re-engraved by Thomas Cook, 1806, Rehearsal of the Oratorio of Judith: Copy after Hogarth. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 127., Laughing audience: Copy after Hogarth. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 130., and Election carried by bribery and the devil: Copy after Hogarth's The South Sea scheme. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 43.
Publisher:
Published by G.G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row
Subject (Geographic):
England, Scotland., and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797., South Sea Company., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Food vendors, Laughter, Orchestras, Snuff, Theater audiences, Theaters, Elections, 1722, Membership, Quarantine, Law and legislation, Inheritance and succession, Naturalization, Political corruption, Elections, Bribery, Children, Clergy, Devil, Mirrors, Screens, and Political elections
A gentleman sits on a barrel in a farm yard playing his trumpet. The pigs, chickens, geese, a cat and dog and the run away in terror; a cow looks on the scene with a worried expression; chickens on the roof line of an outbuilding look as if they are about to take flight like the doves leaving the dovecote that is tumbling down in the background. The farmer in a smock and his family and dog also run away in the distance
Alternative Title:
Affected musician
Description:
Title engraved above image., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Six lines of verse in two columns below title: The ancient Orpheus play'd such rigs, in music, he could charm the pigs ..., Plate numbered '252' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: farm cottage
Publisher:
Published 1st Decr. 1800 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Barrels, Birdhouses, Dwellings, Donkeys, Musical instruments, Poultry, Swine, and Trumpets
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Vendors: pig pie vendor.
Title etched above image., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Four lines of text below image: Buck -- Oh, doctor, I am happy you are come, or I shou'd have certainly bled to death ..., Plate numbered '245' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Young men -- Female dress, 1800 -- Furnishings: carpet.
Publisher:
Published 20th May 1800, by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., A copy in reverse of the print with the same title engraved and published by Thomas Bakewell in 1737?, and Temporary local subject terms: Yawning -- Night cap.
Publisher:
Pub Feby. 11, 1800, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
A copy in reverse of the second state of William Hogarth's A Chorus of Singers which was first etched as a subscription ticket for "A Midnight Modern Conversation". A scene with seventeen men and boys rehearsing, in this case, "An Ode for New Years Day" rather than the oratorio "Judith"; sheets of music are lettered "Sicilian Sisters, tuneful nine".
Description:
Title from Paulson., Date from British Museum catalogue: late 18th century., Verses below image: Thy verses, Colley, by no muse inspir'd, When set to musick, justly are admir'd. No wonder such should be the consequence; For tuneful sounds oft suit with want of sense., and On page 64 in volume 1. With ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above group of two prints: Rehearsal of the Oratorio of Judith. See Nichols's Book, 3d, edit. p. 202. With another note in pencil in Steevens's handabove: Copy.
Depiction of the arms of the Company of Grocers, with chevron and nine cloves on the shield, a camel on the crest, and griffins as supporters; motto "God grant grace" within banner at bottom
Alternative Title:
To the tenants of the Worshipful Company of Grocers, or [...?]
Description:
Title devised by cataloger; alternative title from letterpress text beneath image., Date supplied by cataloger., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of all but the first line of letterpress text beneath image., Engraved headpiece for official notices and invitations of the Company of Grocers, to be printed above text with the details of the announcement or event., Mounted to 27.1 x 20.9 cm; mounted above is a small (sheet 42 x 51 mm) hand-colored etching of the arms of the Company of Grocers., and Mounted after page 544 in volume 4 part 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
