"Frontispiece for 'A Catalogue of News and Useful Maps Curious and Entertaining Prints, Books of Architecture, Great Variety of Drawing Books in all the Branches of Penmanship And the best of each Kind'; title on scroll, surrounded by prints and maps....
Portrait of Henry Fielding; half length, profile to left, in round frame on pedestal with ornaments, including books, masks, quill and sword; after Hogarth; frontispiece to an 1766 edition of 'The Works of Henry Fielding' published by A. Millar
Opposite page 11. Bibliographical and literary anecdotes by William Bowyer, printer, F. S. A., and
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Medley print with a portrait of and verses by Alexander Pope. In the centre, a portrait of Pope in informal dress, presented as if lying above other prints, anti-clockwise from right: a coin of Quenn Anne; an extract from "The Rape of the Lock" with ...
Alternative Title:
Encomium on Mr. Pope and his poems / by his Grace [the] late Duke of Buckingham
Description:
Title from engraved text beneath portrait at center of design.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744,, Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714,, and Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, British, Poets, Coins, Gardens, May poles, and Dance
Engraving of William Hogarth’s 1748 painting ‘O the Roast Beef of Old England’ (London, Tate Britain), which he had himself published as a print. The scene is set at the Gate of Calais (after the painting in the Tate Gallery) with a fat monk prodding ...
Alternative Title:
Gate of Calais
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Foreign public opinion, French, Artists, Clergy, Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, and Religious processions
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Grenville, George, 1712-1770, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, and Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782
"Satire on the Stamp Tax of 1765 showing Britannia presenting "Pandoras Box" (the tax) to America (represented by a native American) who appeals to Minerva; the goodess advises "Take it not" pointing to Liberty prostrate on the ground and attacked by ...
Alternative Title:
Sc---h government and Scotch government
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Mercury, and Minerva
