"Monument to Beckford with mourning figures."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from image., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 5 (1770), page 46., Temporary local subject terms: Laurel wreath -- Writing implements: quill -- Lighting: torch -- Personifications: Fame -- Victory -- Fortitude -- Courage as Hercules -- Affection -- History -- Genius of London (Symbolic character)., Mounted to 38 x 28 cm., and Mounted on one sheet together with the letter, To the editor of the Oxford magazine, to which this print is an illustration.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1709-1770, and Beckford, William, 1709-1770
Subject (Topic):
Monuments, Britannia (Symbolic character), Monuments & memorials, Angels, and Wreaths
Mr. Alderman Wilkes in his magisterial character at the Sessions House ...
Description:
Title engraved below image., Text above image: Engraved for the Oxford magazine., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 4 (1770), p. 221., and Temporary local subject terms: Sessions House, Old Bailey -- Writing implements: quills -- Sandshakers --Inkwell.
David Garrick is shown at Drury Lane Theatre standing with a scroll in his left hand, gesturing with the other, looking to left. He stand in front of Scheemaker's statue of Shakespeare, in front of the orchestra (musicians shown with their musical instruments) and the singers on stage, lighting from the candles in the chandelier above. Members of the audience watch from boxes on either side of the stage. On the scroll is a quote from the Tempest Act IV, Scene 1, line 134: Prospero's line "cloud-capp'd towers".
Description:
Title etched above image., Plate originally published in: The London museum of politics, miscellanies, and literature. London : printed for J. Miller ... , 1770- , v. 1 (February, 1770), page 72., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top, bottom and right side., Two lines of verse in two columns below image: To him the song, the edifice we raise, he merits all our wonder, all our praise. The Ode, p. 2., 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):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames, numbered respectively No. XIII and No. XIV, of a Mrs. Goreham and Sir Fletcher Norton
Alternative Title:
Sir Bullface Doublefee
Description:
Title from item., Plate from: "Histories of the tête-à-tête annexed" in Town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr., v. 2 (1770), page 233., and In upper left corner: Vol. II.
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames, numbered respectively No. VII and No. VIII, of a Mrs. M--sh and Hugh, 2nd Viscount Falmouth
Alternative Title:
Lord Pyebald
Description:
Titles from text below images., Plate from: "Histories of the tête-à-tête annexed" in Town and country magazine. London : A. Hamilton, Jr., v. 2 (1770), page 121., and In upper right corner: V. II.
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames, numbered respectively No. XIX and No. XX, of a Mrs. T-rr-t and Robert Henley, Earl of Northington
Alternative Title:
Tom Tilbury
Description:
Titles from text below images. and Plate from: "Histories of the tête-à-tête annexed" in Town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr., v. 2 (1770), page 344.
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames, numbered respectively No. IV and No. V, of a Mrs. T-s and Sir Robert Ladbroke, M.P. for the City of London
Alternative Title:
Father of the city
Description:
Titles from text below images., Plate from: "Histories of the tête-à-tête annexed" in Town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr., v. 2 (1770), page 64., and In upper right corner: Vol. II.
Nero fiddling, Rome burning, Poppaea and Agrippina smiling
Description:
Title from item., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 4 (1770), p. 193., and Temporary local subject terms: Petitions: presentation of City address by Beckford, 14 March 1770 -- History: the burning of Rome, AD 64 -- Violin -- Costume: Roman costume.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Nero, Emperor of Rome, 37-68, Poppaea Sabina, Empress, consort of Nero, Emperor of Rome, d. 65, and Agrippina, Minor, 15-59
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress, ca. 1770., and Watermark.
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Cuckolds -- Phrases: horned cattle (Cf. King's speech, Jan. 9, 17700 -- Eight-oared barge -- Gaff-rigged cutter -- Skiff -- Female dress: fan -- Farmyard -- Trades: applewoman -- Pets: English spaniel., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
