Noble, George, active 18th century-19th century, printmaker
Published / Created:
31 March 1806.
Call Number:
Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title:
Plate [19] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; King Canute standing on a shore, pointing to a throne submerged by waves at left and angrily thrusting arm towards group of four men at right, one of whom kneels in remorse."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [19] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Plate [1] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of David Hume; half length, to the front, wearing queue wig and embroidered jacket and waistcoat, with frilled shirt, his left arm resting on a pile of books to the right; in rectangular frame with decorative columns, Egyptian carving at top, and a large relief design of learning on pedestal below, with central seated man writing on scrolls, two muses behind him; women to the left, men holding scrolls to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Portrait of David Hume, the celebrated historian
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [1] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Worthington, William Henry, approximately 1795-approximately 1839, printmaker
Published / Created:
Iany. 26, 1806.
Call Number:
Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title:
Plate [87] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; interior with the King sitting behind a table, pointing to coins before him, in discussion with his advisors who sit at either side of him."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Henry the Seventh with Empson and Dudley
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [87] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509,, Empson, Richard, Sir, -1510,, and Dudley, Edmund, 1462?-1510,
Plate [125] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; Elizabeth in her bedchamer seated casually at left, one of her slippers kicked off, wrapped in ermine with her hair loose, which she holds away from her face while looking at Essex, kneeling at right, three attendants behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Interview between Queen Elizabeth and the Earl of Essex
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [125] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603, and Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601,
"Two yokels stand outside a rustic inn, with a sign of fighting cocks; peasants are dancing. The verses relate comic incidents of low life in London: quarrelling, drinking, and fightng. They end: 'Then God bless our noble King George, May his reign be ever so long, And grant, as the Parliament's met, That nothing whatever goes wrong'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Knibs' Pound
Description:
Title from broadside printed on the same sheet., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Broadside portion contains three columns of verse constituting the lyrics of a whimsical ballad., and Plate numbered '441' in upper left corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd Septr. 22, 1806, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Country life, Dance, Peasants, Taverns (Inns), Whips, Carts & wagons, and Pipes (Smoking)
"Scene on a battle field with a woman in military uniform dying in the arms of her lover who wields a sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Love and glory
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '404' 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., Twelve lines of verse arranged in three numbered columns below title: Young Henry was as brave a youth, as ever grac'd a martial story ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd Septr. 12, 1806, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Plate [127] 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 Sutton, Clough, Blackwell, Myddleton, Whitington and Cresham on a monument beside which Mercury leans, an anchor in the foreground; the Royal Exchange in the background at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [127] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Mercury (Roman deity),, Whittington, Richard, -1423,, Gresham, Thomas, 1519?-1579,, Clough, Richard, -1570,, and Royal Exchange (London, England),
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Three lines of text immediately below title: Sung with great applause by Mr. Hatton in the character of Ferrit; at the Theatre Royal Worcester, in the popular farce of We Fly By Night! (Tune Dorothy Dumps Walter in the Children of the Wood), Five numbered verses of a song arranged in two columns in lower portion of print: The late Mrs. Ferrit, had the Devil of a spirit..., and Plate numbered '444' in the lower left corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 13, 1806, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"A young woman registers grief outside a cottage (right), in which a woman is spinning. She is watched by two fashionably dressed passers-by. The verses end: 'I am sure it is not my fault, That I must die an old Maid.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Companion print to: No rest in the grave, or, The second appearance of Miss Bailey's ghost, One line of text above design: The music publish'd by Skillern & Challoner, 25 Greek Street, Soho., Two lines of text directly below title: (Intended as a companion to the second appearance of Miss Bailey's Ghost, just publish'd) sung by Mr. Jordan, with unbounded applause at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane., Twenty lines of verse arranged in three columns in lower portion of plate: Last night the dogs did bark, I went to the window to see..., and Plate numbered '437' in the lower left corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd Augt. 1, 1806, by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Dwellings, Spinning apparatus, Single women, and Birdcages
Plate [152] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition to Hume's 'History of England'; Cromwell standing at centre, handing the speaker's mace to a soldier at left, the astonished speaker behind the desk at right, his arm being taken by another guard."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [152] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
