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.
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,
