"Satire on the dispute between John Hill and Mountfort Brown (see British Museum Satires No. 3183) showing Hill apparently feigning illness to avoid appearing in court after charging Brown with assault"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Consultation
Description:
Title etched above image., Clyster Pipe a pseudonym of Henry Carpenter? See British Museum catalogue., "Price 6d."--Following imprint., One line of text below title: Quamquam nihil testibus istis proficiam, Extremâ moriens tamen alloquar horâ., Seven lines of text below image: Whereas several scandalous paragraphs have been published in a Common Newspaper ..., and Plate slippage at bottom.
Carracaturas of the present age and Caricaturas of the present age
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Westminster, Holbein's Gate -- Whitehall Banquetting House -- Sir Samuel Prime., Mounted to 35 x 50 cm., and Three subjects identified below image in an unknown hand. Additional annotation in another hand on mounting sheet, recto.
Publisher:
Sold by B. Dickenson on Ludgate Hill published according to act of Parliament
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 and Hill, John, 1714?-1775
"Portrait of Lady Mary Hervey of Ickworth; bust length in profile to right; wearing cap; in oval within rectangular panel; after CN Cochin; private plate; scratched letter."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mary Lady Hervey
Description:
Title from text in image., Mounted on page 62 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 on laid paper ; sheet 18.5 x 12.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Portrait of Lady Mary Hervey of Ickworth; bust length in profile to right; wearing cap; in oval within rectangular panel; after CN Cochin; private plate; scratched letter."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mary Lady Hervey
Description:
Title from text in image. and Matted, with gilt edges on inner frame and red border containing the letter V at bottom. Matte: 365 x 264 mm.
"Portrait of Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, bust directed to left, wearing long, curly wig, robes and chain of the Order of the Garter, and lace cravat; in ornamental oval frame on table, on which are papers, purse of the Great Seal, portrait bust, plumed hat, cornucopia with money, and other emblems; coat of arms at lower right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, 1744
Description:
Title from text in image., Year "1735" at end of artist's signature later changed to "1744" on plate. For the later state with altered date, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 33 30 Copy 4., Publication information from that of the volume to which this plate is the frontispiece., Frontispiece to: Walpole, H. Aedes Walpolianae, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall ... London : [Robert Dodsley], printed in the year MDCCLII [1752]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved after the enamel miniature kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 166 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 and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 22.1 x 15.9 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Robert Dodsley
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, bust directed to left, wearing long, curly wig, robes and chain of the Order of the Garter, and lace cravat; in ornamental oval frame on table, on which are papers, purse of the Great Seal, portrait bust, plumed hat, cornucopia with money, and other emblems; coat of arms at lower right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, 1744
Description:
Title from text in image., Year "1735" at end of artist's signature later changed to "1744" on plate. For the later state with altered date, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 33 30 Copy 4., Publication information from that of the volume to which this plate is the frontispiece., Frontispiece to: Walpole, H. Aedes Walpolianae, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall ... London : [Robert Dodsley], printed in the year MDCCLII [1752]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved after the enamel miniature kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 130 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., and Year "1735" at end of artist's signature has been altered to "1744" in brown ink, in a contemporary hand.
Publisher:
Robert Dodsley
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 1st 1752.
Call Number:
752.06.01.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 'Price 6d. plain. Colour'd 1s.', Three columns of text below image: It is impossible to trace the origins of the above society, tho we imagine they first took the name of Robin Hood from their shootting [sic] with long bows ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Debating societies: The Robin Hood Society -- Allusion to trades -- Male dress, 1752 -- Writing implements: quill and inkwell -- Hammer -- Food: loaves of bread -- Furniture: table -- Benches -- Lighting: chandeliers -- Candlesticks -- Containers: tankard with lid -- Watches -- Butcher Row -- Trades: shoemakers -- Butchers -- Customs -- Books -- Humpbacks.
"James II and Mary of Modena enthroned in Westminster Abbey during the king's coronation."--British Museum online catalogue and "One of series of four prints, all based on the large plates in Sandford's 'History of the Coronation', first published by Bowles in the series 'London Described' (see Adams 29.8), this state published later. The print in Sandford's book had a shorter title, no text in lower margin, and was inscribed 'W Sherwin sculp'."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Enthronization of Their Majesties
Description:
Title engraved above image., Reissue of a plate first published ca. 1723 by John Bowles., Publisher from imprint statements on the first and fourth plates of the series. Date of publication based on "John Bowles & Son", a partnership that lasted from 1752 to 1764. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Key to the illustration engraved below image., and Plate numbered "2" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
T. Bowles and John Bowles & Son
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and England.
Subject (Name):
James II, King of England, 1633-1701, Mary, of Modena, Queen, consort of James II, King of England, 1658-1718,, and Westminster Abbey,
