In a room, a small group of women and children watch as a man sitting at a round table builds a house of cards, which tumbles down as a figure leans in at the right; a man standing in outdoor clothes behind looks at him with dismay. On a chair on the right a lapdog jumps on the woman standing between the two young boys; in the left foreground two little girls build their own house on a small table; doors open onto garden in background; after a painting by Hayman for Vauxhall Gardens
Description:
Publication date from Carington Bowles's entry in Maxted, I. London book trades, 1775-1800., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., and Numbered in upper right corner: V. 6.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil [sic], and Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
"View looking across the river towards the grand house fronting the Thames; three horses pull a fishing boat in foreground, a tree to the left"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Doctor Battys house at Twickenham as viewed from the opposite shore of the River Thames and Vüe de la maison de Monsieur le Docteur Batty a Twickenham prise du rivage opposee de la Tamisè
Description:
Title from text below image., Artist attribution from original drawing in The Lewis Walpole Library., Date of publication based on the separation of John and Carington Bowles's names in imprint statement. See British Museum online catalogue., Reissue of a print originally published in 1749 by John Bowles. See British Museum online catalogue., "Publish'd according to act of Parliament"--Below image., No. 10, "Hon. George Shirley," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., No. 12, "Dr. William Battie," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles, No. 13 in Cornhill & Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England), Thames River (England),, England, and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Batty, Robert, 1763?-1849
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Houses, Estates, Rivers, Horses, and Boats
"View within the cloisters, a man standing on central path."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Bound in after page 572 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Saint Katharine by the Tower (Church : London, England)
"Portrait of Edward Herbert of Cherbury; whole length, reclining on the ground in a forest, on his side, one arm propping up his head, a shield over the other arm; in the background; in background a horse saddled and in armour, and two soldiers standing by; after Oliver."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Frontispiece to: Herbert of Cherbury, E. The life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury. [Twickenham] : Strawberry-Hill, printed in the year MDCCLXIV [1764], Mounted on page 63 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., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 19.9 x 22.9 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Herbert of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, Baron, 1583-1648
Title from caption etched below image., Publication date from Carington Bowles's entry in Maxted, I. London book trades, 1775-1800., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered in upper right corner: c. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Outdoor scenes: village -- Games: leap-frog -- Male dress: boys' dress -- Vauxhall Gardens: paintings in Vauxhall., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil [sic], and Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Title from item., Publication date inferred from Carington Bowles's separation of his business from his father's in 1764. See London book trades, 1775-1800 / Ian Maxted, p. 25, Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and sides., and Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: card table -- Tea table -- Tea service -- Maidservant -- Domestic service: black boy -- Chairs -- Furnishings: carpet -- Window curtains.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, and Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
"In a dining hall, the King standing at right draws his sword to knight the miller kneeling at left, a group of three men and one woman standing behind him, another figure stands behind the table at right, a dog at the other side leaning on a bench; after an untraced painting by Hayman for Vauxhall Gardens (Allen CL 215)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
King and Miller of Mansfield, representing the scene of knighting the miller
Description:
Title engraved below image., Later state, with printing plate trimmed at top and bottom, removing part of the original design. Title and statements of responsibility re-engraved in newly-created lower margin, with original "N. Parr sculp." printmaker's signature changed. For an earlier state published by Thomas and John Bowles in 1743, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1862,1011.609., Date of publication based on the separation of John and Carington Bowles's names in imprint statement; Carington Bowles separated his business from his father's in 1764. See British Museum online catalogue. See also Carington Bowles's entry in: Maxted, I. London book trades, 1775-1800., Plate numbered "a. 3" in upper right corner., Inlaid to 38 x 55 cm., and Mounted on page 101 in an album containing material relating to Spring Gardens, Vauxhall, with the spine title: Vauxhall miscellany.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil, and Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Dining rooms, Kings, Daggers & swords, Millers, Knighting, and Dogs
"View of the Mansion House looking down Cornhill and Lombard Street on the left, and also showing the west side of the building on the right; a grand carriage drawn by six horses passing front of building, many figures dotted across streets, a sedan chair crossing from the left"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Vüe de l'Hôtel du Lord Maire
Description:
Title from caption on separate sheet pasted below image., Terminal date of publication based on form of publisher's name in imprint. See British Museum online catalogue., Bottom portion of sheet with title and imprint has been trimmed, and the two resulting sheets pasted to a cardboard secondary support., The Lewis Walpole Library: From the Topographical Prints collection., and Mounted to 33 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for Jno. Bowles and Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill
Leaf 122. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Sketch of the times
Description:
Title engraved at top of image., Motto below title: Si populus vult decipi, decipiatur., "Later state." See No. 1611 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., Numbered "23" in lower right corner of image., and Bowditch's notes on mounting sheet. Mounted to 56 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
