City cuckolds and court horned beasts comparing each others beauty
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale on stylistic grounds in the British Museum catalogue., Place and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 5 (1770), p. 276., Temporary local subject terms: Female dress: petticoat hoop -- Male dress: jack-boot -- Allusion to Augusta, Princess of Wales -- Allusion to the Earl of Bute -- Cuckolds -- Frederick St. John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke., and Mounted to 31 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Eyre, James, Sir, 1734-1799
Title etched above image., Publication place and date inferred from those of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 4 (1770), page 227., Design within decorative frame, with royal arms and crown and signed below Magna Britannia MDCCVI., and Temporary local subject terms: Acts: Act of Union, 1706 -- Heralds -- Flags.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714. and Queensberry, James Douglas, Duke of, 1662-1711.
Earl of Surrey presenting the armour of the Scots' King
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Design within decorative frame., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 5 (1770), page 189., and Temporary local subject terms: Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, 1443-1524 Reference to the Battle of Flodden, 1513.
"Satire on a drunken farmer in Worcestershire accompanying a letter from "S. P." published in the Oxford Magazine. A portly farmer is shown assisted home from the tavern (in the background) by two thinner men and is greeted by his angry wife, daughters and various farm animals. On the wall of the farmhouse are two nesting 'bottles' designed for birds."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 4 (1770), p. 25., Temporary local subject terms: Fowl: rooster., and Mounted to 28 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Donkeys, Farmers, Farms, Intoxication, and Swine
Title from item., Plate from: The court and city magazine. London: Printed for Joseph Smith, at No. 15, Pater-noster Row, 1770-1771, v.1 (1770)., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: French headdresses -- Hairdressing implements: puffer -- Pictures amplifying subject., and Attribution above image mostly erased from this impression; mounted to 18 x 13 cm.
"Satire on the pretentions of the English to French elegance. A portly middle-aged Englishman sits on chair, his feet not reaching the ground, draped in a protective gown, while a tall French hairdresser puffs powder on his wig; behind is a portrait of a dancing bear being dressed by two monkeys; on the floor is a book lettered, "A Six Weeks Tour to Paris" and from the Englishman's pocket protrudes "Rules for the Alemande [a German dance]"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Anglois a Paris
Description:
Titled in English and French below image; above the larger English title is the smaller French title: L'Anglois a Paris., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: French hairdresser -- Hairdressing implements: powder puff -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Furnishings: ornate picture frame -- Furnishings: chair -- Dancing: allusion to allemande -- Books: tour guides., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials GR below.
Publisher:
Printed for Jno. Smith, at No. 35 Cheapside, & Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street
Smith, Adam, active 1760-approximately 1780, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1770]
Call Number:
770.00.00.65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A street scene in London near a butcher's shop with the portly owner assaults a gaunt Frenchman. A small chimney sweep drops a mouse into the Frenchman's wig as a dog fouls the Frenchman's legs. A woman with a tobacco pipe in her mouth trudges in the background balancing a basket of vegetables (or apples?) on her head. A lean Scotchman steals from the distracted butcher's stall
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. 5 (1770), page 216., and Mounted to 27 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Street life, City & town life, Butchers, Butcher shops, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Occupations, Ethnic stereotypes, and Pipes (Smoking)
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Trades: butcher -- Fighting: fist-fights -- Food: meat., and Imprefect: lower right corner torn off.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, & Jno. Smith, at No. 35 in Cheapside
"An engraving showing Mr. Welbore Ellis in the character of Guy Faux, approaching the Houses of Parliament at night, and holding a dark lanthorn. Three of the buttresses of the building, illuminated by the lanthorn, are inscribed severally: -- "Freedom of Election", "Bill of Rights", "Magna Charta". The Earl of Bute appears in the background, dressed as a Scotchman, and by way of signal waving a baton. Mr. Ellis is watched from Heaven by the Eye of Providence. This design is a reproduction of a portion of Samuel Ward's famous print described in this Catalogue as "The Destruction of the Spanish Armada", British Museum Satires No. 41; see likewise British Museum Satires No. 43."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Guy Fawkes of 1770
Description:
Title etched above image., Three lines of text below image: The mine was sunk; combustibles provided & Welbore Ellis, the Guy Faux of the fable, waited only for the signal of command. Junius., Plate from: The London museum of politics, miscellanies, and literature. London : J. Miller, v. 1 (1770), page 265., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Parliament -- Reference to the Constitution -- Reference to the Bill of Rights -- Reference to Magna Charta -- Reference to the freedom of election -- Lighting -- Emblems: dark lantern of conspiracy -- Emblems: eye of Providence -- Reference to Junius and Public Advertiser., and Mounted to 37 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mendip, Welbore Ellis, Baron, 1713-1802, Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606., and Westminster Palace (London, England),
