Baker, B. (Benjamin), active 1766-1824, printmaker
Published / Created:
[18--?]
Call Number:
646 802 M243 v.4 pt.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Ticket to the Stationers Company; their coat of arms shown as armorial shield held by two trumpeting angels, and motto "verbum domini manet in eternum"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Apparently used as a ticket for events; the impression at the British Museum (registration no.: C,2.611) has the contemporary annotation "Ticket to the Stationers Company, being their Arms.", Mounted to 27.1 x 20.8 cm; mounted above is a smaller (sheet 43 x 48 mm) hand-colored etching of the same arms., and Mounted before page 377 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.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (London, England)
Depiction of the arms of the Society of Apothecaries, with Apollo on the shield, his head radiant, overcoming pestilence which is represented by a wyvern; the supporters are golden unicorns, the crest is a rhinoceros; motto "Opiferque Per Orbem Dicor" within banner at bottom
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Probably meant to be printed at the top of official notices and invitations of the Society., Mounted to 27.1 x 20.8 cm; mounted above is a smaller (sheet 40 x 48 mm) hand-colored etching of the same arms, the details varying slightly., and Mounted before page 359 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London. and Apollo (Deity),
In an attic, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes. He is seated on a chair; behind him his bed is folded up in his sparsely furnished garret. Beside him is a ink well and a candle in a bottle. He rests his left elbow on a pile of books on the table
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., After Hogarth's Distressed poet. Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 145., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 79 in volume 1.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Interiors, Poets, Poor persons, and Poverty
Plate [120] 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 Earl of Warwick, Lord Sheffield, Earl of Rutland, Earl of Northumberland, Sir Robert Southwell and two others on rocks, mermaids swimming in the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., and Plate [120] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. 2d April, 1800, by R. Bowyer
Subject (Name):
Warwick, Ambrose Dudley, Earl of, approximately 1530-1590,, Mulgrave, Edmund Sheffield, Earl of, 1564-1646,, Rutland, Edward Manners, Earl of, 1549-1587,, Northumberland, John Dudley, Duke of, 1502-1553,, and Southwell, Robert, Sir, 1563-1598,
Plate [158] 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 Isaac Oliver, Cornelius Janssen, Peter Oliver, Sir Peter Lely, Sir Godfrey Kneller and Greenhill on a wall surmounted by another showing Van Dyck, above which two angels recline on clouds, on drawing and the other reaching up to rainbow above; palette and brushes lying in the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [158] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Oliver, Isaac, 1556?-1617,, Janssen van Ceulen, Cornelius, 1593-1661,, Oliver, Peter, 1594-1648,, Lely, Peter, 1618-1680,, Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723,, Greenhill, John, 1642-1676,, and Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599-1641,
Plate [123] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two cherubs holding a garland from which portrait medallions of Carleill, Drake, Anson and Dampler hang, a lighthouse on rocks, partly obscured by clouds, in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Title from catalogue., and Plate [123] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Carleill, Christopher, 1551?-1593,, Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596,, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762,, and Dampier, William, 1652-1715,
Plate [150] 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 Ireton, Manchester, Fairfax, Fleetwood, Lambert, Waller, Skippon, Ludlow on a plaque with decorative border, surmounted by pile of armour and weaponry, a relief with reclining figure over British shield below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [150] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published March 10, 1800, by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
