A woman visiting her grandmother with two children, standing on the right ready to take the little child the grandmother holds on her knee, while the child holds out a hat to receive a bird's nest offered by a young boy; a little truck lying in the foreground; corner of a building behind the figures and trees beyond. On the shelf to the left of the grandmother are two books and a pair of spectables
Description:
Title from item., Plate reworked from the earlier state which also published by Sayer under the same title and on the same day., Companion print: A visit to the grandfather., and Plate numbered '254' in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Published 1st Decr. 1789 by Robt. Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Birds, Children, Eyeglasses, Families, Grandparents, and Nests
A woman visiting her grandmother with two children, standing on the right ready to take the little child the grandmother holds on her knee, while the child holds out a hat to receive a bird's nest offered by a young boy; a little truck lying in the foreground; corner of a building behind the figures and trees beyond. On the shelf to the left of the grandmother are two books and a pair of spectables
Description:
Title from item., Plate numbered '254' in lower left corner., and Companion print: A visit to the grandfather.
Publisher:
Published 1st Decr. 1789 by Robt. Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Birds, Children, Eyeglasses, Families, Grandparents, and Nests
"A wealthy middle class family gathered in a room, the father standing in the centre, leaning on the back of a chair which his youngest child stands upon, embracing him, a son standing beside pointing to an open book and the mother sitting at left, gazing to right while another daughter beside plays with a kitten, a bird in a cage on table beside; at right an older son looks out anxiously at the ships on river beyond, his coat over his arm.."--British Museum online catalogue and The paintings on the back wall of the room and the statue above the doorway amplify the moral subject of the print
Description:
Title from text in lower margin, centered., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Dedication engraved below image, on either side of title: To Their Most Excellent Majesties King George III, & Queen Charlotte, this print is most humbly dedicated by their most dutiful and loyal subject, Jno. Boydell.
Publisher:
Pub. Sept. 29, 1799, by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, and at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
A view of the west front of the parish church, St. Bartholomew of Crewkerne, with the clergyman and parishioners in the churchyard at an interment. With a view of gravestones and thatched cottages in the distance on the left. A large tree dominates the upper portion of the design
Description:
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 53 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Cemeteries, Churches, Clergy, Families, Funeral rites & ceremonies, and Villages
A conversation piece: John Rich and his family relaxing in the gardens at Cowley; three men on the right stand admiring a painting; two women on the left sit by the table in conversation, behind John Rich who reclines on pillows on grass, an open book to his left and large pitcher in front of him; after Hogarth; illustration to Nichols' and Steevens' 'The Genuine Works of William Hogarth' (1810).
Description:
Title etched below image., Text following title: From an original painting in the possession of Abrm. Langford Esqr., Plate from: Nichols, J. The genuine works of William Hogarth., and Found in Filbrigg, p. 235 (iii).
The king and queen of the Mississippi: The royal family of Native Americans in native costume. The Queen is holding a child by its hand and a parrot on her left hand. The king wears a headdress and has a bow across his back. In his left hand is another weapon. In the background (right) a woman and child tend a fire
Alternative Title:
Koning en koningin van de Mississippi
Description:
Title from item., Mounted to 43 x 35 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
North America.
Subject (Topic):
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720, Indians of North America, Arms & armament, Bows (Weapons), Families, and Rulers
"Poverty-stricken family in bare, attic interior; man seated at left beside table, skinny dog beside him, looking away from woman, standing in centre mending garment, watched by boy lying on floor and resting on stool at right, looking up from his reading; young woman sitting dejectedly with bellows beside fireplace, at right."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print engraved after the same painting
Alternative Title:
Effects of youthful extravagance and idleness
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse beneath image, four on either side of title: What misery in a narrow scale confin'd! The mournful work of one degenerate mind ..., and Companion print to: The fruits of early industry & oeconemy [sic].
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Bellows, Dogs, Families, Interiors, Poor persons, Povery, Sewing, and Fireplaces
"Poverty-stricken family in bare, attic interior; man seated at left beside table, skinny dog beside him, looking away from woman, standing in centre mending garment, watched by boy lying on floor and resting on stool at right, looking up from his reading; young woman sitting dejectedly with bellows beside fireplace, at right; published state."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Effects of youthful extravagance and idleness
Description:
Title from text below image., Eight lines of verse beneath image, four on either side of title: What misery in a narrow scale confined! The mournful work of one degenerate mind ..., and Companion print to: The fruits of early industry & oeconomy.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 1, 1789, by T. Simpson, St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Bellows, Dogs, Interiors, Families, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, and Fireplaces
"A family in a wealthy interior; an elderly man at centre, seated at a table, a glass in his left hand, holding out his right to receive coins from a younger man standing to left with his right hand on a book and a quill in his mouth; on the table, another glass, writing materials, coins and notes; to right, a woman ..., supporting, and holding up a bunch of grapes for, a young child standing on a chair; looking on from behind the chair, a boy and, at right, a black servant holding a bowl of fruit, his left hand on the chair; in front of the table, a young girl lying on the carpet with a spaniel; a shipping wharf seen through an open window to left."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print engraved after the same painting
Alternative Title:
Fruits of early industry & oeconomy, Fruits of early industry and oeconomy, and Fruits of early industry and economy
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse beneath image, four on either side of title: Lo here, what ease, what elegance you see, the just reward of youthfull industry ..., Companion print to: The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching ; sheet 67.3 x 54 cm., and Printed on wove paper, trimmed within plate mark.
