"A yokel in a smock laughs, clasping his side, with two others, who listen with sly grins. He has a pitchfork the others spade and rake. Behind is a cottage among trees; in the background a church spire. Below the design: 'Ods Dickins - I ha Play'd our New Parson such afunney trick, You must know he came to our house last Night in the midst of the Storm - so what does I do but persuades he to sleep with Wife & I - so I slips out of Bed this morning & leaves em both fast a sleep - Now thinks I as I shuts the door softly - how Foolish he will look when he finds himself alone in Bed with my Wife - an't that a good Joke now, ha, ha, ha.'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
New way to cheat the parson
Description:
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., Three lines of text below title: Ods Dickins - I ha play'd our new parson such a funney trick. You must know he came to our house last night ..., and Plate numbered '244' in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Published 12th May, 1800, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Dwellings, Farmers, Gardening equipment & supplies, and Shirts
Plate [81] 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 the continuation of Chapter XXIII; Elizabeth sitting at a table to right, writing out a declaration, while Richard III stands looking at her and gesturing towards her grieving children who are gathered to left, the foremost sitting with her head covered and her hands outstretched; a descriptive plaque below."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Queen Dowager putting herself and daughters under the protection of Richard the Third
Description:
Title from text above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [81] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492, and Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485,
Roberts, Henry, approximately 1710-approximately 1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1800 and 1820]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 177. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View in St James's Park, with the palace on the left and Westminster Abbey in distance on the right; fashionably dressed figures in park strolling among rows of trees receding into the distance."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Palais Royale de St. Jacques du costé du parc
Description:
Titles engraved below image, in English and French., Date range for publication based on publisher James Heskett's active dates; see British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., For an earlier state published by Henry Parker, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2268., Folded to 26.5 x 24.7 cm; mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 177 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
Printed for J. Heskett, N. 13 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange
Subject (Geographic):
Saint James's Park (London, England),
Subject (Name):
Saint James's Palace (London, England), and Westminster Abbey,
Subject (Topic):
Trees, Parks, Pedestrian malls, and Castles & palaces
"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.
