"View across a cornfield to Hogarth's house at Chiswick and neighbouring houses among trees; in the foreground, to left, a man holding a staff is seated beside a tree with a dog at his feet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from Paulson., Printmaker and date from British Museum online catalogue, viewed October 2023., Published state with imprint: "Publish'd as the Act directs by Jane Hogarth at the Golden-head Leicester Fields 1st May 1781.", Formerly attributed to William Hogarth and dated ca. 1750. See curator's comments in the British Museum catalogue., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Ranby's house., and On page 154 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed within plate mark to: 10 x 14.9 cm.
Publisher:
Jane Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Chiswick (London, England), England, and Chiswick.
"View across a cornfield to Hogarth's house at Chiswick and neighbouring houses among trees; in the foreground, to left, a man holding a staff is seated beside a tree with a dog at his feet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from Paulson., Printmaker and date from British Museum online catalogue, viewed October 2023., Published state with imprint: "Publish'd as the Act directs by Jane Hogarth at the Golden-head Leicester Fields 1st May 1781.", and Formerly attributed to William Hogarth and dated ca. 1750. See curator's comments in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Jane Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Chiswick (London, England), England, and Chiswick.
Incomplete collection of circular images printed on a single sheet. Two pieces show a lion leaning over a coat of arms with the words "Pax. Qvaeritvr. Bello." printed above. The third piece shows a throne room wtih a queen enthroned and an assembly of men in rows of benches on either side of the long room
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date of publication conjectured., and Imperfect. Only three examplars trimmed from larger sheet with printed with larger collection of medallions.
Portrait of Thomas Herring, Archbishop of Canterbury; three-quarter length, seated, to the left, looking to the front; gesturing towards viewer with left hand, his right hand holding a book; a curtain in background to the right; after Hogarth
Alternative Title:
Archbishop Herring
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker, and imprint from finished state., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, p. 14., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand to left of two impressions of this print: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d. edit. p. 297., and On page 148 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
"The March to Finchley"; scene at Tottenham Court (after the painting in the Foundling Museum) with soldiers gathering to march north to defend London from the Jacobite rebels; the crowd includes, in the foreground, a man urinating painfully against a wall as he reads an advertisement for Dr. Rock's remedy for venereal disease, an innocent young piper, a drunken drummer, a young soldier with a pregnant ballad seller (her basket contains "God Save our Noble King" and a portrait of the Duke of Cumberland) and a Jacobite harridan selling newspapers, a milkmaid being kissed by one soldier while another fills his hat from her pail, a muffin man, a young chimney sweep, a gin-seller whose emaciated baby reaches for a drink. In the background a boxing match takes place under the sign of Giles Gardiner (Adam and Eve depicted), a wagon loaded with equipment follows the marching soldiers and, to the right, prostitutes lean from the windows of a brothel at the sign of Charles II's head; beyond the sunlight shines on Hampstead village on the hill."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, imprint, artist, printmaker and state from Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 150 in volume 2.
"The March to Finchley"; scene at Tottenham Court (after the painting in the Foundling Museum) with soldiers gathering to march north to defend London from the Jacobite rebels; the crowd includes, in the foreground, a man urinating painfully against a wall as he reads an advertisement for Dr. Rock's remedy for venereal disease, an innocent young piper, a drunken drummer, a young soldier with a pregnant ballad seller (her basket contains "God Save our Noble King" and a portrait of the Duke of Cumberland) and a Jacobite harridan selling newspapers, a milkmaid being kissed by one soldier while another fills his hat from her pail, a muffin man, a young chimney sweep, a gin-seller whose emaciated baby reaches for a drink. In the background a boxing match takes place under the sign of Giles Gardiner (Adam and Eve depicted), a wagon loaded with equipment follows the marching soldiers and, to the right, prostitutes lean from the windows of a brothel at the sign of Charles II's head; beyond the sunlight shines on Hampstead village on the hill."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, imprint, artist, printmaker and state from Paulson., Sheet trimmed with plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print: Aqua fortis proof. See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d. edit. p. 299., and On page 149 in volume 2.
In two rows of three, from top left: a young man, his right knee resting against a rock, pulls back his short cape to reveal a small bouquet of flowers; a young couple embrace and toasting with wine glasses; a young couple seated and in conversation; a young woman in a headdress with feathers and touches to her face a folded fan; a couple dance; an older, short woman stands in profile to the right, her head slightly turned towards the viewer
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: royal cipher with initials GR inside a cirle.
Title devised by cataloger., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: library -- Cupids -- Laurel wreath -- Busts -- Writing implements -- Young women., and Window mounted to 23 x 15 cm.
Title supplied by cataloger., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Plate numbered 'No. 623' in upper right corner. Probably a book illustration.
A full-length satirical portrait of a man seated in a chair in profile to left, holding a hat under his right arm, his left hand inside his waistcoat. He has a large nose and a protruding lower lip, with almost no chin and is pointing to the left with his right hand
Alternative Title:
In the collection of the Rt. Honble. the Lord Duncannon and In the collection of the Right Honorable. the Lord Duncannon
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Possibly engraved by Arthur Pond. See another caricature of William Conolly also after Ghezzi and from the collection of Duncannon., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley" with an arrangement of Scottish and English weapons (swords, musket, canon, halberd, pickaxe, scimitar, pistol, broad-sward, haversadk, Lochaber axe, etc.), musical instruments (trumpet, drum, kettledrum, fife and bagpipes), and flags; in the center a pair of scissors excises the Scottish lion from the royal coat-of-arms
Alternative Title:
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley"
Description:
Title, printmaker, publisher, and date from Paulson., Lettered with subscription receipt: "Recd. [blank] of [blank] 7s:6d: being the whole payment for a print pepresenting a March to Finchly [sic] in the year 1746 which I promise to deliver when finish'd on sight hereof. N.B. Each print will be half a guinea after the subscription is over.", Ms. note: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d. edit. p. 284., Subscription ticket is filled in: April 10 1750 and illegible name. A scrap of paper attached at lower right with Hogarth's signature, 3 shillings, and Hogarth's wax seal., and On page 127 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 18.1 x 23 cm.
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley" with an arrangement of Scottish and English weapons (swords, musket, canon, halberd, pickaxe, scimitar, pistol, broad-sward, haversadk, Lochaber axe, etc.), musical instruments (trumpet, drum, kettledrum, fife and bagpipes), and flags; in the center a pair of scissors excises the Scottish lion from the royal coat-of-arms
Alternative Title:
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley"
Description:
Title, printmaker, publisher, and date from Paulson., Lettered with subscription receipt: "Recd. [blank] of [blank] 7s:6d: being the whole payment for a print pepresenting a March to Finchly [sic] in the year 1746 which I promise to deliver when finish'd on sight hereof. N.B. Each print will be half a guinea after the subscription is over.", and Sheet 266 x 273 mm and annotated in Hogarth's hand(?): April 28 1750, Ja. Theoball Esqr., N1249. Also signed: "Wm. H[ogarth] 3 shilllings". With his wax seal.
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley" with an arrangement of Scottish and English weapons (swords, musket, canon, halberd, pickaxe, scimitar, pistol, broad-sward, haversadk, Lochaber axe, etc.), musical instruments (trumpet, drum, kettledrum, fife and bagpipes), and flags; in the center a pair of scissors excises the Scottish lion from the royal coat-of-arms
Alternative Title:
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley"
Description:
Title, printmaker, publisher, and date from Paulson. and Lettered with subscription receipt: "Recd. [blank] of [blank] 7s:6d: being the whole payment for a print pepresenting a March to Finchly [sic] in the year 1746 which I promise to deliver when finish'd on sight hereof. N.B. Each print will be half a guinea after the subscription is over."
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley" with an arrangement of Scottish and English weapons (swords, musket, canon, halberd, pickaxe, scimitar, pistol, broad-sward, haversadk, Lochaber axe, etc.), musical instruments (trumpet, drum, kettledrum, fife and bagpipes), and flags; in the center a pair of scissors excises the Scottish lion from the royal coat-of-arms
Alternative Title:
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley"
Description:
Title, printmaker, publisher, and date from Paulson., Lettered with subscription receipt: "Recd. [blank] of [blank] 7s:6d: being the whole payment for a print pepresenting a March to Finchly [sic] in the year 1746 which I promise to deliver when finish'd on sight hereof. N.B. Each print will be half a guinea after the subscription is over.", and Sheet trimmed to 193 x 231 mm and annotated in Hogarth's hand(?): Aprl 2 1750, Robt. Thomson Esqr., N534. Also signed: "Wm. H[ogarth]".
Ttile from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record; dated by costume., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved throughout, illustrated with etching by Cole at top of sheet., For voice and harpsichord. Music on 2 staves with interlinear words. Additional stanza below. Part for flute at foot of page., and Opening words: Charmer, permit me to make a surrender ...
publish'd according to act of Parliament, May 1, 1750.
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 47+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A bird's eye view along the Thames towards London Bridge, with the buildings on the south bank just visible"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Veüe de Londres vers le sud ouest
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill
publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 1, 1750.
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 117+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View down the River Thames looking towards Westminster, with Somerset House on the right, Westminster Abbey and Bridge in mid-distance; many boats on the water, a pontoon in foreground to left"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Veüe de Westminster vers le sud est : depuis le Palais de Somerset au Pont Neuf
Description:
Titles from text below image, in English and French.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Westminster Bridge (London, England), and Thames River (England),
Subject (Name):
Westminster Abbey, and Somerset House (London, England),
Page 185. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Birds'-eye view down the River Thames, looking towards Westminster; Somerset House is seen on the right, with Westminster Abbey and Bridge in the mid-distance; many boats are on the water
Alternative Title:
Southeast prospect of Westminster
Description:
Title etched below image., "Engrav'd for the Universal Magazine, for J. Hinton in Newgate Street"--Above image., Date of publication from the Yale Center for British Art online catalog., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from upper margin. Missing text supplied from impression at the Yale Center for British Art, accession no.: B1998.14.676., Mounted to 26 x 32 cm., and Mounted on page 185 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
J. Hinton
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Thames River (England),, and Westminster Bridge (London, England),
"Portrait of Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond, three-quarter length standing in a room wearing elaborate jewellery; a deceptive copy of the late XVIIIc of the print by Willem de Passe."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Portraiture of the illustrious Princess Frances Duchess of Richmond and Lennox
Description:
Title etched below image., Title continues: ... daugter [sic] of Thomas Ld. Howard of Bindon, sonne of Thomas Duke of Norfok., whose mother was Elisabeth daughter of Edward Duke of Buckingham., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Y,5.116., Text below title: Anno 1623 insculptum a Guilh. Passeo Londinum., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 147 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : etching, engraving and stipple engraving on wove paper ; sheet 25.6 x 15.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Portrait of Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond, three-quarter length standing in a room wearing elaborate jewellery; a deceptive copy of the late XVIIIc of the print by Willem de Passe."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Portraiture of the illustrious Princess Frances Duchess of Richmond and Lennox
Description:
Title etched below image., Title continues: ... daugter [sic] of Thomas Ld. Howard of Bindon, sonne of Thomas Duke of Norfok., whose mother was Elisabeth daughter of Edward Duke of Buckingham., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Y,5.116., Text below title: Anno 1623 insculptum a Guilh. Passeo Londinum., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 129 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
"Portrait of Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond, three-quarter length standing in a room wearing elaborate jewellery; a deceptive copy of the late XVIIIc of the print by Willem de Passe."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Portraiture of the illustrious Princess Frances Duchess of Richmond and Lennox
Description:
Title etched below image., Title continues: ... daugter [sic] of Thomas Ld. Howard of Bindon, sonne of Thomas Duke of Norfok., whose mother was Elisabeth daughter of Edward Duke of Buckingham., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Y,5.116., Text below title: Anno 1623 insculptum a Guilh. Passeo Londinum., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 116 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., 1 print : etching, engraving and stipple engraving on laid paper ; sheet 25.4 x 15.6 cm, on laid paper mount 26.8 x 17.4 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with slight loss of text from bottom edge.
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Clergy: vicar -- Churches: country church -- Cottages., and Mounted to 17 x 26 cm.
Mosley, Charles, approximately 1720-approximately 1770, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1750]
Call Number:
750.00.00.29
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An old soldier, dressed in the uniform of a Chelsea pensioner, walks to the right in a cobblestone courtyard. St. Paul's Church appears in the background
Description:
Sheet trimmed within plate mark. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
St. Paul's Church (Covent Garden, London, England)
North view of Roehampton and Veüe de Row-Hampton au Nord
Description:
Title from caption below image., Questionable date of publication based on that of similar prints in The Lewis Walpole Library., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with probable loss of imprint., Window mounted to 33 x 54 cm., and Partial watermark.
publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 28th, 1750.
Call Number:
750.03.28.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Modern commander
Description:
Title from text below image., Two columns of verse below title: From Mid: to Lieutenant, Bluff, quickly doth rise ..., "Price 6d.", Companion print to: The military nurse, or, Modern officer., Temporary local subject terms: Naval uniforms -- Stern cabin -- Guns., and Watermark: Fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Warren, Peter, Sir, 1703-1752 and Great Britain. Royal Navy.
Subject (Topic):
Promotions, Cannons, Military uniforms, British, and Ships
Portrait of Thomas Herring, Archbishop of Canterbury; three-quarter length, seated, to the left, looking to the front; gesturing towards viewer with left hand, his right hand holding a book; a curtain in background to the right; after Hogarth
Alternative Title:
Archbishop Herring
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, p. 14., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand to left of two impressions of this print: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d. edit. p. 297., and Formerly on page 148 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliamt. 1750 for S. Austen, bookseller in Newgate Street
publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 28th 1750.
Call Number:
750.03.28.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A tall soldier with a pike in his right hand, holds in his left one the leading strings of a child officer. The officer, moving with an awkward gate, is trying to balance on his thigh a pole of an enormous British flag. His oversized sword dangles below his knees. Behind the two of them, in the background, several soldiers with muskets on their shoulders march by.
Alternative Title:
Modern officer
Description:
Title from item., Two columns of verse below title: By dear mama's petition, and good papa's purse, Jacky gets a commission ..., Companion print to: The naval nurse, or, Modern commander., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Nursemaids: 'military nurse' -- Union Jack -- Escutcheons.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Army.
Subject (Topic):
Nepotism, Corruption, Military uniforms, Flags, and British
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record; dated by costume., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved throughout, illustrated with etching by Cole at top of sheet., For voice and harpsichord. Music on 2 staves with interlinear words. Additional three stanzas below. Part for flute at foot of page., and Opening words: While pensive on the lonely plain ...
Bubs complements to Ralffo and Bubs compliments to Ralffo
Description:
Title from item. and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: Windsor Castle -- Buildings: cottages -- Vehicles: cart -- Literature: The remembrancer -- Literature: Hudibras by Samuel Butler, 1612-1680 -- Courtiers.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Dodington, George Bubb, Baron of Melcombe Regis, 1691-1762, and Ralph, James, -1762
After page 21. Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"James Maclaine, the gentleman highwayman, full-length standing against a plain background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved at bottom of image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0308.408., "Publish'd according to act of Parl.", Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with some loss of text from bottom of plate. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Mounted to 37 x 26 cm., and Bound in before page 26 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray.
In a room with casement windows, open fire, cloth covered table set with two candlesticks and pitchers, and older man with clerical bands kneels down before the king who draws his sword. In the background, to his left, stand two men watching the king anxiously. Behind him, a young woman is engaged in conversation with a young man holding a hat behind his back. Another man stands behind the table, his eyes closed, and a large dog climbs on the table with his front paws, over an Elizabethan style bench
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., One of a series of engravings made from the paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743., and Temporary local subject terms: Lighting: candlesticks -- Reference to Mansfield.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street
Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved throughout ; illustrated with etching by Cole at top of sheet., For voice and harpsichord. Music on 2 staves with interlinear words. Additional two stanzas below. Part for flute at foot of page., and Opening words: If wine & musick have ye power to ease ye sickness of ye soul ...
Inside a humble house, a man and woman standing together at right, the woman with hand on hip and leaning against the man, both looking towards a cleric at left who turns away with a rod in his hand, a tankard resting on a table before him, the door opens onto a street behind. In the center of the room is a cobbler's bench with some tools of the trade. Against the back wall is a large cabinet with substantial pillars and with plates lined against the back. See British Museum nline catalogue
Alternative Title:
Humorous farce of Jobson and Nell
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., Publisher inferred from another print in the series: The king and miller of Mansfied., and One of a series of engravings made from the paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743.
Three young women and three young men play at blindman's buff in front of a cottage, one of the young women hiding behind a tree on the right..
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., Publisher inferred from another print in the series: The king and miller of Mansfied., One of a series of engravings made from the paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743., and Temporary local subject terms: Games: blindman's buff -- Buildings: cottage.
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved throughout; illustrated with etching at top of sheet., Etching at top of sheet attributed to Cole based on other scores in this series., For voice and harpsichord. Music on 2 staves with interlinear words. Additional four stanzas below., and Opening words: While autumn weighs down the late year ...
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record; dated by costume., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved throughout, illustrated with etching by Cole at top of sheet., For voice and harpsichord. Music on 2 staves with interlinear words. Additional two stanzas below. Part for German flute at foot of page., and Opening words: When morn her sweets shall first unfold ...
Title from item., Publication date from unverified data in local card catalog record; dated by costume., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved throughout, illustrated with an etching by Cole at top of sheet., For voice and harpsichord. Music on 2 staves with interlinear words. Additional two stanzas below. Part for flute at foot of page., and Opening words: Trust not man for he'll deceive you ...
Three young women sit around a table placed under the trees in a garden. On the table are placed a coffee pot and three bowls. The fortune-teller standing by the table points to the inside of a cup in his hand, while a young man looks on from behind a tree. Another young woman standing nearby, probably a serving maid, is looking into a cup she is holding
Description:
Title from item., Publisher inferred from another print in the series: The king and miller of Mansfied., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., One of a series of engravings made from the paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743., and Temporary local subject terms: Outdoor scenes: garden -- Fortune-tellers -- Lapdogs -- Furniture: tabouret.
In the foreground, a young boy and woman play on a see saw. The young woman is prevented from falling off by a young man who weighs her end of the see saw with his foot. A group of other young men and women gathered by the building on the right looks on with consternation. The scene takes place near a building with columns under repair and a beehive-shaped ruin in the background
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., Publisher from another print in the series: The king and miller of Mansfied., and One of a series of engravings made from the paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743.
In a large paneled room decorated with four paintings, a young couple play at battledore and shuttlecock. Another young woman, sitting on a low stool near the fireplace, appears to be keeping score
Alternative Title:
Diversion of battledore and shuttlecock
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., Publisher inferred from another print in the series: The king and miller of Mansfied., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., and One of a series of engravings made from the paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743.
"Interior view of the Temple Church; the vaulted ceiling supported by two rows of columns, the interior empty but for the fashionably dressed figures strolling through"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text at top of image., Text below image begins: The Temple Church is one of the most beautiful Gothic structures we see in England ..., "Price 1 s."--Following imprint., "No. 42"--Lower right corner., and Sheet numbered "42" in a contemporary hand in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by J. Boydell at the Globe near Durham Yard in the Strand
"View in St James's Park, the palace on the left and a view of Westminster Abbey on the right, trees planted in rows receding into the distance, fashionably dressed figures strolling between them."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Palais Royale de St. Jacques du costé du parc
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1872,1012.5403., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 87, no. 9., Plate numbered "9" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 1 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Saint James's Park (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Saint James's Palace (London, England), and Westminster Abbey,
Subject (Topic):
Trees, Parks, Pedestrian malls, and Castles & palaces
"View of Kensington Palace from the surrounding gardens, as altered in the reign of George II; many gentlemen and ladies meandering through garden paths or gathering in small groups on the grass."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Palais Royale de Kensington
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.1836., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 87, no. 9., Plate numbered "6" in upper right corner., and Leaf 51 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Name):
Kensington Palace (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces, Official residences, Gardens, and Trails & paths
publish'd according to act of Parliament, April 18th, 1750.
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 52+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of the Mansion House looking towards Lombard Street and Cornhill, built on the site of the Stocks Market; a heavy portico in front with Corinthian pillasters uniting bays between first and second storeys, a balustrade above third storey, a large extrusion rises beyond front of building to heighten the ceiling in a section of the building; staffage lively including a decorative carriage and street traders"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image. and Text below image, on either side of title: This magnificent building was begun to be erected in the year 1739 ...
Publisher:
Sold by T. Major at the Golden Head in West Street, the upper end of Little St. Martin's Lane
"Interior of the church in London; Corinthian columns supporting ceiling with dome; elegantly dressed figures in otherwise open space; in rococo proscenium with title on banderole below."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Saint Stephen Walbrook
Description:
Title from caption etched within banner below image., "Price 1 s."--Following imprint., "No. 41."--Lower right corner., and Sheet numbered "41" in a contemporary hand in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by J. Boydell Engraver at the Globe near Durham Yard in the Strand
In the courtyard of St. James's Palace along St. James's Street: street vendors including a knife grinder; a chimney sweep; a woman holding a ballad entitled "The last dying speech of Macleane"; a funeral procession with the pallbearers in mourning carrying a coffin labeled "Trade"; a man pushing a wheel barrel filled with calves heads; and a man playing a hurdy-gurdy as a girl dances; two boys beg of bread as courtiers bemoan the absence of the king
Alternative Title:
St. James's in October, the King in Hanover
Description:
Title from caption engraved above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 'Price 6d., col'd 1s.'--Following imprint., Watermark., and Mounted to 33 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd by T. Fox in the Old Baily according to act of Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, Chimney sweeps, Coffins, Guards, Musical instruments, Organ grinders, Signs (Notices), and Street vendors
persuant to the statute the Eight of George IId March 1750.
Call Number:
750.03.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of George Vandeput, bust to the left, head turned and glancing at the viewer, hair curled at the sides and tied in a queue; in a medallion supported by Britannia on the left and Liberty on the right; Britannia trampling on Bribery, holding a bag of '£105'; and Slavery in the form of a Frenchman holding a sword and a yoke."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir George Vandeput Baronet
Description:
Title engraved below image and above three columns of verse., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three columns of verse below title: Britons, this figure carefully survey, view well those features which the soul display ..., Following imprint: By an elector., Below verse: Publish'd to the memory and immortal praise of the electors of the City of Westminster, by the noble stand they made in defence of their libertys [sic] ..., and Mounted to 39 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Vandeput, George, Sir, ca. 1717-1784,
Subject (Topic):
Bribery, Britannia (Symbolic character), Liberty, Political elections, and Slavery
On the right, J. Figg stands with his right hand on a back-sword and his left hand on his hip; he watches Slack (left) and Broughton (center) as they box
Description:
Title from names etched on lower margin below each figure., Date based on the fight between the two boxers 11 April 1750 in which Slack defeated Broughton. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), p. 150., Not Hogarth., and Mounted on laid paper with penciled framed: sheet 287 x 194 mm.
Title from the first line of verse below image., Publication date from publisher's address., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, resulting in loss of part of image and possibly title at top of plate., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: See here presented to your view / A scene both frolicksome and true ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Pictures amplifying subject.
Publisher:
Printed & sold by Henry Bryer, engraver & printseller, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Cross dressing, Dressing tables, Fireplaces, Interiors, Mirrors, and Prostitutes
Copy in reverse after Hogarth's portrait, with the addition of a clergyman behind Malcolm holding up a wedding ring, and, to left, a view of her execution in Fleet Street. Sarah Malcolm, shown three-quarter length and seated as she leans with her hands on a table to left, looking back over her left shoulder. She wears a white apron and a white shawl over her head. The unidentified printmaker has added a piece of paper and pen and ink stand on the table
Alternative Title:
Sarah Malcom and Sarah Malcolm
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date from British Museum online catalogue: March 1732/3., On page 53 in volume 1. Plate mark 170 x 121 mm., and Above image: a note in Steevens's hand: See Mr. Nichols Biographical anecdotes &c., edit. 3d, p. 172.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Malcolm, Sarah, approximately 1710-1733,
Subject (Topic):
Murderers, Clergy, Criminals, and Hangings (Executions)
