"Portrait of John Playfair, over half-length, seated to left in an armchair, his left arm resting on chair arm; wearing spectacles, open double-breasted coat over waistcoat fastened with six buttons, neckerchief and frill; books on a table at left, globe behind; after William Nicholson."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, artist, and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.1903.
"Portrait of Thomas Rymer; whole length, walking and pointing to the left, head in profile, holding small dog under left arm; wearing tricorn and frock coat."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which this plate was made., Plate from: Caulfield, J. Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons ... London : H.R. Young and T.H. Whitely, 1819, v. 1, opposite page 50., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Window mounted to 26 x 17 cm.
"Two designs divided by a vertical line. [1] The dandy (cf. No. 13029) sits in a squalid room, complacently adjusting his cravat in a small mirror fixed to the fire-jamb. He wears high collar, stays, with shirt-frill tied over them, short wide trousers, remnants of socks. His high-heeled spurred boots, blacking-brush, and pot stand on the boarded floor, with an open book: 'The Beau[x] Stratagem' [Farquhar's comedy]. On a small table is a paper: 'Mr Dandy for washing &c a Collar --, a -- D°, a -- D°, a-- D°'; by this is a big key (substitute for a watch) with dangling ribbon and seals. A bowl of water stands on a stool; his coat hangs from his chair, umbrella and caped overcoat (on a coat-hanger) hang against the wall. The dandy umbrella in this and other prints is tightly rolled, unlike the gamp of the period. On the chimney-piece are medicine-bottles. [2] Completely dressed, with seals dangling, he bows from the waist, looking through an eyeglass with a complacent smile. His hat conceals a bald crown."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
At home and Dandy dressed abroad
Description:
Title from caption below images., Two separately titled images on one plate., Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue., Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record., and "Price 1 s".
"Portrait of George IV, half-length, slightly turned to the left, in gold-laced military uniform buttoned to the neck, an aiguillette and lace epaulette on his shoulder, a riband across his chest and the Order of the Golden Fleece on a ribbon about his neck, the stars of other orders pinned to his breast, the whole surrounded by a rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
His Most Excellent Majesty George IV
Description:
Title etched below image., "Proof"--Lower left margin., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 480 (leaf numbered '85' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published March 4th, 1819, by W. Skelton, 1 Stafford Place, Pimlico
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Title from caption below image., Printmaker and imprint from British Museum catalogue., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint line., Reversed copy of no. 13361 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9, without text in image?, and Mounted on newsprint [from 1882?].
Dickinson is half-standing with his feet turned outwards and his left hand resting on his chest; a monkey stands on a ledge at the base of a large column; a book and an inkwell lie on the table
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which this plate was made., and Plate from: Caulfield, J. Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons ... London : H.R. Young and T.H. Whitely, 1819, v. 2, opposite page 59.