"Fox (left) standing on English soil, and Hervey, Bishop of Deny (right), standing on land representing Ireland, embrace across a narrow piece of water inscribed 'St George's Channel'. The bishop resembles, and is probably copied from, the figure in British Museum Satires No. 6654, &c. His right hand holds up a burning brand, his left is on Fox's shoulder. Fox's profile is hidden behind that of the bishop; in his outstretched left hand is a burning brand held horizontally above burning buildings which are sketched on the right of the design (in Ireland). Behind Fox is a building resembling St. Paul's, above which are heavy clouds. In the channel are ships."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Ireland & the Irish -- Irish Propositions, 1785 -- Church buildings -- Burning city buildings -- Lighting: Burning brands., and Watermark: partial, fleur-de-lis on shield with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1st August 1785 by Thos. Cornel [sic], Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Bristol, Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th earl of, Bp. of Derry, 1730-1803, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Clergy, Bishops, Ships, Fires, and Torches
Volume 2, page 41. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young woman wearing a plumed hat, carrying a feather fan, walking in a garden, past an urn set on a plinth, with two other women standing behind her to right, one fastening a corsage, wearing a striped scarf over her hair; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., One line of text below title: Je l'aimais dès ce premier moment, & ce moment à decidè de toute me vie. "Le Comte de Commenge.", and Mounted on page 41 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 26th, 1785, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Tencin, Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de, 1682-1749.
Titleetched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Originally published July 30th, 1782. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5, no. 6015., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Executioner's ax -- Braying asses -- Bible: quotations (2 Sam. 17:1-23).
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Beds -- Bed curtains -- Paintings amplifying the subject: portrait of Charlotte -- Tables -- Letters (Correspondence) -- Pistols -- Suicide attempts -- Chamber pots -- Literature: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Sorrows of Werter., and Watermark center left of sheet.
"A clumsy and ramshackle two-wheeled chaise numbered '63', with a folding hood (raised) and a broken wheel, is driven (left to right) along the sea-shore. The driver sits on the hind-quarters of the horse, flourishing his whip; the reins are of rope. A stout woman fills the interior. In the distance (right) a similar chaise is driven right to left, the driver seated on the front of the vehicle. In the distance (left) is a jetty with a lighthouse; beside it is a ship, probably the English packet. Behind are low mountains."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
An Italian family, in a poverty-stricken room, practise for opera. A young man stands full-face, singing, his fingers interlaced across his chest. He wears an open, ruffled shirt, awaistcoat, breeches, and ungartered stockings. To his right an old man plays an enormous 'cello. To his left a middle-aged man, seated in profile singing, plays a low harpsichord; he wears open ruffled shirt and breeches, with bare legs. Beside him on the extreme left a little boy dressed in a shirt plays the violin. On the extreme right a pretty young woman sits over the fire with an infant on her knee; she holds out a cloth to dry, looking over her shoulder to sing. Her score ('Affetuoso') is pinned to the chimney-piece, on which stands a crucifix with a tankard, &c. A lean greyhound howls up the chimney. All but the old man have fashionably dressed hair, and a certain elegance. The room is lit from an open casement window (left); there are dark cast shadows and the bare room has no ceiling. On the wall are a print of 'Vestris' dancing, a sword, a play-bill: 'l'Avaro Deluso' (opera by Paisiello, libretto by Vulpius), and a bunch of farthing dips; on the window ledge a cracked mirror, cocked hat, bottles, &c. Beneath the harpsichord is a large bowl labeled 'Macaroni'; and in the foreground lie a violin, music-books, earthenware pots, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 1785 by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho. Sold by W. Hinton, No. 5 Sweeting Alley, Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Vulpius, Christian August, 1762-1827, Paisiello, Giovanni, 1740-1816, and Vestris, Auguste, 1760-1842
Subject (Topic):
Children, Families, Italian, Mothers, Musical instruments, Musicians, and Singing
"[Left image] One of two designs on the same plate, see British Museum Satires No. 6864. A cobbler (left) preaches in a bare, raftered room with a casement window. He stands behind a reading-desk on which is a large, open book, leaning forward, pointing, gesticulating, and shouting. The heads of his congregation, old men and women, are below and on the right. The title is from Burke's book, 'A Philosophical Enquiry into the origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful' (1756)"--British Museum online catalogue and "[Right image] A companion design to British Museum Satires No. 6863 on the same plate. A scene in the House of Commons showing the corner of the clerks' table (left), the benches on the right crowded with members, and part of the gallery above, with two persons looking over. The new member stands, knees bent, hat in his left hand, right hand extended; his attitude and expression convey the impression of a halting and embarrassed speech. He is in full dress, with sword and bag-wig. The members listen with expressions of contemptuous amusement or boredom."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Essay on the sublime and beautiful
Description:
Titles from text etched below each image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement. Publication information supplied from Grego., Two images on one plate, each individually titled below., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
T. Cornell
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Casement windows, Desks, Public speaking, and Shoemakers
Title from caption etched below image., Numbered '208' in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Dover Castle., and Watermark in center of sheet: quartered shield with crown on top, harp in the lower right quarter.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Title from caption below image., Text below title: Size of the picture, 1 f. 8 i. by 2 f. 2 i. high., Etched coat of arms below image bearing the motto: Fari quae sentiat., Plate XLIV from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 2., and On same sheet: Diana.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sept. 1st, 1785, by John Boydell, engraver, in Cheapside
