Letter from an auctioneer in town to his friend in the country
Description:
Title from item., Plate numbered '42' in upper right corner of image., An engraved letter in the form of rebus., The following words within title are represented by a rebus: 'letter' by an envelope, 'eer' in 'auctioneer' by an ear, 'town' by a panorama of a town, 'to' by a toe, 'i' in 'in' by an eye, 'ry' in 'country' by a sheaf of rye., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Seven Years War: reference to Fort Mahon., and Mounted to 27 x 30 cm., with Bowditch's ms. annotations.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Nov. 13, 1756, by Darly and Edwards at [the] Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
Title from first line of letterpress below image., Publisher identified from address., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., "To be had at the Acorn facing Hungerford Market in the Strand."--Bottom of sheet., "Pr. 6d."--Bottom of plate., Broadside poem illustrated with etching at top of sheet. Title on etching: Cabin council., Mock paraphrase of Admiral Byng's letter to John Cleveland, Admiralty., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: cabin on Ramillies (admiral's ship) -- Military uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Naval uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Furnishings: porcelain -- Guns: cannons -- 2nd Earl of Effingham -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare's Henry IV -- Literature: quotation from Hudibras by Samuel Butler, 1612-1680., and Watermark: countermark I V.
Publisher:
Edwards & Darly
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757 and Cornwallis, Edward, 1713-1776
Title etched above image., Plate numbered '23' in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Five images of geese arranged vertically on left of plate, each enclosed in a border and accompanied by description to its right., Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., and Temporary local subject terms: Reference to George II -- Reference to Lord Anson -- Reference to British Lion.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Dodington, George Bubb, Baron of Melcombe Regis, 1691-1762, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, and Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778
Title etched above image., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London : Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Plate numbered '23' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to George II -- Reference to Lord Anson -- Reference to British lion., and Mounted to 20 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Oct. 29, 1756, by Edwards & Darly at the Acorn, facing Hungerford Strand
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Dodington, George Bubb, Baron of Melcombe Regis, 1691-1762, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, and Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778
List of the pedigrees of some eminent turkeys shortly to appear in public
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '25' in upper right corner., Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., Five images of turkeys arranged vertically on left of plate, each enclosed in a border and accompanied by description to its right., Copy of No. 3414 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Temporary local subject terms;
List of the pedigrees of some eminent turkeys shortly to appear in public
Description:
Title from item., Five images of turkeys arranged vertically on left of plate, each enclosed in a border and accompanied by description to its right., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London : Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Plate numbered '25' in upper right corner., and Mounted to 18 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act, Oct. 28, 1756, by Edwards & Darly at the Acorn, facing Hungerford Strand
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three columns of song below image: Brother Bucks all attend to the theme I shall sing and in chorus so loud make the cieling [sic] to ring ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 37 x 25 cm.
Title etched above image., A reduced version in reverse of British Museum satires no. 3471; used as a frontispiece to the Literary Magazine, 15 February-15 March 1757., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 13., and Mounted to 24 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, and Brühl, Heinrich, Graf von, 1700-1763
Title from item., Publisher inferred from address., Publisher's statement following imprint: wh[e]r[e] is 50 more., Four lines of verse in two columns below image: Nurse: Lulla-by baby bunting! Why come you here a hunting? ..., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: kitchen -- Kitchen utensils -- Furniture: cradle -- Military: Hessian grenadiers -- Military uniforms: Hessian uniforms -- Emblems: the white horse of Hanover., and Removed from mat with Minto Wilson's note: Molly Leppell by Dorothy Margaret Stuart, p. 148, on Jan. 27th 1744 Lord Jervey rose to second the motion of Lord Sandwich that the Hanoverian troops in British pay should be dismissed. Motion lost by 86 votes to 41.
Title from text below image., Questionable date of publication from manuscript annotation in pencil on similar print in The Lewis Walpole Library. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Topos L847 no. 120+., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left edge.
