Leaf 53. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two men converse in an interior next to a fireplace. The figure at right rises and points to a portrait over the fireplace, a dog looking up to follow the gesture. The other figure, seated, holds a glass of wine. A grinning classical bust on the bookcase, lettered "Aristhoph..."."--Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog., Restrike. For an earlier issue, see Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog, accession no.: 59.533.1816., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Frontispiece to part 20 of: The Wits magazine, and Attic miscellany. London : Printed for Thomas Tegg, [1818], Five lines of text below title: Foote, who had a sovereign contempt for his wife, said to Murphy, You may learn geography from her face ..., and On leaf 53 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Fireplaces, Portrait paintings, Dogs, Drinking vessels, Sculpture, and Bookcases
"Portrait of George Granville, Baron Lansdowne, half-length to left, with head turned to look at viewer, wearing cap, open coat and shirt, his left hand inside the breast of his coat; coat of arms below image."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appeared., Frontispiece to: The genuine works in verse and prose, of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne. London : Printed for J. Tonson and L. Gilliver, 1732., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with slight loss of statements of responsibility. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: Q,1.14., Mounted on page 72 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Portrait of George Granville, Baron Lansdowne; half-length to left, with head turned to look to front; wearing cap, open coat and shirt; his left hand inside the breast of his coat
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from that of the volume in which the plate appeared., Frontispiece to: The genuine works in verse and prose, of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne. In three volumes. London : Printed; and sold by J. Osborn, 1736., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 57 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Title written in ink below image., Attribution to Francis Hayman from local card catalog record. This is possibly the original drawing for the frontispiece engraved by Grignion that was issued in later editions of Hervey's Meditations among the tombs., Date of production based on publication date of the book in which the drawing is found., and Bound in as the frontispiece in James Hervey's copy of the first edition of his Meditations among the tombs.
Frontispiece. True and affecting history of Henrietta Belgrave.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Illustrated frontispiece showing five scenes from the fictitious account, each with a caption etched below
Alternative Title:
Henrietta de Bellgrave
Description:
Title from text above image., Frontispiece to: The true and affecting history of Henrietta Belgrave. Derby : Thomas Richardson; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London, [1830?]., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Portrait of Henry Fielding; half length, profile to left, in round frame on pedestal with ornaments, including books (with title Joseph Andrews, [Tom] Jones, Amelia, Statues at Large), masks, quill and sword; frontispiece to Murphy's edition of 'The Works of Henry Fielding' published by A. Millar; state without printmaker's name
Description:
Title etched within image., Printmaker identified from finished plate., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 241.
Portrait of Henry Fielding; half length, profile to left, in round frame on pedestal with ornaments, including books (with title Joseph Andrews, [Tom] Jones, Amelia, Statues at Large), masks, quill and sword; frontispiece to Murphy's edition of 'The Works of Henry Fielding'published by A. Millar
Description:
Title etched within image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 194 in volume 2.
Portrait of Henry Fielding; half length, profile to left, in round frame on pedestal with ornaments, including books, masks, quill and sword; after Hogarth; frontispiece to an 1766 edition of 'The Works of Henry Fielding' published by A. Millar
Description:
Title etched within image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 241., and On page 194 in volume 2.
