"The Guildhall with Chatham's Monument and the statues of Gog and Magog on the right wall, with Alderman Newnham, Lord Mayor of London, holding a large book handed to him by the Town Clerk and the Mace Bearer, surrounded by the court of Aldermen, sheriffs and members of the common council, standing and sitting along the walls and processing up the passage between towards the mayor."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below image: "Alderman Newnham, Lord Mayor of the City of London 1782.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Tape repairs on verso.
Publisher:
Pub. June 4, 1801, by Aldn. Boydell & Josiah Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
"A man springing out of his bed in a garret with a candle and finding a black cat hissing at him."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Poor Paddy and the black cat
Description:
Title etched above image., Number 257 in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '257' in lower left corner., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Some ghosting of text occurs near the bottom of the plate., Three columns of verse below image: Then gently stepping from his bed, and peeping round, o'erwhelm'd with dread! Behind the door, low couch'd he spies, A huge black cat with saucer eyes! ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published 24th Jany. 1801 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., Number '270' in 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 descriptive text below design: A little lawyer appearing as evidence in one of the courts was ask'd by a gigantic counsellor what profession he was of ..., Plate numbered '270' in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 23, 1801 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
William Clement, bookseller and stationer, No. 201 Strand, (opposite St. Clements Church)
Description:
Title from item., Date inferred from bookseller's listed street address. See British Book Trade Index online., Engraved trade card, illustrated with books and quills and ornamental garland., and For further information, consult library staff.
Plate [189] 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 Purcell, Croft, Blow, Arne and Boyce on a decorative plaque surmounted by a lyre."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [189] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695,, Croft, William, 1678-1727,, Blow, John, -1708,, Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778,, and Boyce, William, 1711-1779,
Plate [159] 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 Wickham, Jones, Wren, Gibbs and Talman gathered on rocks beside figure of Architecture, seated at right with compass in hand, St Paul's Cathedral in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [159] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
William, of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, 1324-1404,, Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652,, Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723,, Gibbs, James, 1682-1754,, Talman, William,, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
