An image of Phaethon falling to the earth from overturned chariot of the sun. At the top is the enthroned figure of Zeus with a thunderbolt in hand
Description:
Title from quote in lower left, a quote from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 2, verse 313., First two letters of printmaker's signature forms a monogram., and Added in pencil below plate mark: For Arthur Roberts with Sir George Hayters kind regards 1847.
Title from heading above image., Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record., and Caption below image: "And quickly opening a vein in her left arm she proceeded to sprinkle a portion of her blood upon the hideous object muttering a powerful incantation, the corpse became entirely subservient to her will & c."
Publisher:
Published by William Charlton Wright, 7 York Stt., Covent Garden
Subject (Topic):
Cemeteries, Fear, Ghosts, Kettles, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Twelve small designs on one plate, many individually captioned, including No-bodies
Description:
Title from caption below center image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Captions below other images on plate: Margate jetty; In full cry; Brethren of the quill; Breaking cover; A shining character; Always at home., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title from text above image., Nine images on sheet; each captioned individually., Captions include: Nobody is allowed to ride behind a coach; Nobody is allowed to cry "sweep"; Nobody is allowed to lie in the kennel when he is drunk ..., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title from text above image., Nine images on sheet, each captioned with text that completes the title's concluding phrase: Nobody is allowed to play the organ!; Nobody is allowed to blow his own trumpet!; Nobody is allowed to fly a kite! ..., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title from caption below central image., Publication information from unverified data from local card catalog record., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title from text below center image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Fifteen small designs on one plate, many individually captioned., and Captions below other images on plate: Life guards; Routs & balls supplied; A barrel organ; A stone pitcher; Foot guards; A personal reflection.
