Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of the 2nd Duke of Leinster, and his unidentified mistress Miss M-n. The woman is on the left numbered 31, with Leinster's portrait on right numbered 32.
Alternative Title:
Hibernian patriot
Description:
Title from item., Place of publication from Plomer's Dictionaries of printers and booksellers, page 316., and From the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and country magazine, 1776, page 569.
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs by A. Hamilton Junr. ...
Subject (Name):
Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804,
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of Francis Sykes, M.P. for Shaftesbury and his alleged mistress. The woman is on the left numbered 16 and Sykes on the right, numbered 17.
Alternative Title:
Disappointed nabob
Description:
Title from item., Place of publication from Plomer's Dictionaries of printers and booksellers, p. 316., According to E.J. Burford, the woman in the print may be Miss Raymond., and From the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and country magazine, 1776 p. 289.
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs by A. Hamilton Junr. ...
Two men playing shuttlecock, an obese clergyman on the left and a gentleman in pigtail queue on right. Their airborne "shuttlecock" is a woman with the huge feathered coiffure of the day and the fashionable "cork rump" or bustle visible beneath her skirts
Alternative Title:
Miss shuttlecock
Description:
Title from item., R.S. monogram in image may refer to Richard Sneer (i.e., R. B. Sheridan) or to the identity of the print's subject., Publisher's initials "MD" form a monogram., Verse beneath title: Ladie likes [sic] shuttle-cocks are now array'd, the tail is cork'd & feather'd is the head., and Verso with contemporary ms. inscription.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
Subject (Topic):
Badminton (Game), Hairstyles, Badminton, and Clothing & dress
Ten different illustrations in two rows of five compartments, each containing a separate title and an object for each, for example a picture of a 17th century shoe entitled "Antique Base", a naval officer's uniform titled "Lady's attraction".
Description:
Title from item., MD of publisher's name form a monogram., and In plate above image, "40" and "v.2"
Publisher:
Pub. acc. to act April 1, 1776, by M Darly 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Puzzles, Shoes, Wigs, Hats, and Fans (Accessories)
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of Mrs. Armistead later wife of Charles James Fox (on left, numbered 19), and General Richard Smith (on the right, numbered 20).
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Armistead and Sir Matthew Mite
Description:
Title from item., Place of publication from Plomer's Dictionaries of printers and booksellers, p. 316., and From the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and country magazine, 1776 p. 345.
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs by A. Hamilton Junr. ...
Subject (Name):
Smith, Richard, 1734-1803. and Fox, Elizabeth, 1750-1842.
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of actress George Anne Bellamy numbered 28 and of actor Henry Woodward, numbered 29, as Captain Bobadil in 16th century costume
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Bellamy, Capt. Bobadil, and Captain Bobadil
Description:
Title from item., Place of publication from Plomer's Dictionaries of printers and booksellers, p. 316., Subjects identified by George., and From the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and country magazine, 1776, p. 457.
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs by A. Hamilton Junr. ...
Subject (Name):
Bellamy, George Anne, 1731?-1788. and Woodward, Henry, 1714-1777.
Rear view of a woman's elaborate hairstyle which culminates in a huge bonnet with ostrich plumes. A collection of fruits and vegetables is nestled among her curls, and feathers issue from within the monumental coiffure
Alternative Title:
View of the back settlements
Description:
Title from item., Reissue, with plate number added., MD of publisher's name form a monogram., Numbered '11' in upper left of plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Leaf 7. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Rear view of a woman's elaborate hairstyle which culminates in a huge bonnet with ostrich plumes. A collection of fruits and vegetables is nestled among her curls, and feathers issue from within the monumental coiffure
Alternative Title:
View of the back settlements
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and On leaf 7.
"Standing whole length profile portrait of a man in an oval enclosed in a rectangle. He walks from left to right, his head thrown back, his stomach projecting. He wears spectacles, a looped hat, a large tie-wig, and holds a tasselled cane."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Leaf 10. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A lady with an enormous coiffure surmounted by hat with huge ostrich feathers brandishes a long whip as she drives her phaeton behind a pair of diminutive horses. The carriage is elevated on very high springs, and on its side bears a ducal coronet (a possible allusion to the Duchess of Devonshire) and the motto "Swift".
Alternative Title:
Phaetona, or, Modern female taste and Modern female taste
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Sheet mounted to 27 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Women, Social life and customs, Social conditions, Horses, Clothing & dress, Hats, Hairstyles, Carriages & coaches, and Coach drivers
