Artist's trial proof of a steel engraving with corrections of the head and further alterations drawn in pencil and pen and ink directly over the steel engraving. The engraving shows a man wearing a karakul and smoking a hookah
Album of ca. 40 pen and ink, wash, and one color drawing of scenes in Yorkshire, most dated (30 April 1799-9 June 1801) and "drawn on the spot", with the artist's identification of the locales, buildings, and ruins. The first is dated April 30th 1799...
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1801]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 28 Box D180
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The surface of a platform stretches across the design; on this Pitt (right), valiant but anxious, faces the massive Russian bear, Paul, behind whom stands a stout ferocious-looking Russian soldier (like a showman with a performing animal), nearsighted...
Alternative Title:
Magnanimous Paul O! challenging all O
Description:
Title and date from Rowlandson print after this drawing.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Paul I, Emperor of Russia, 1754-1801, St. Vincent, John Jervis, Viscount, 1735-1823., Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799., Duncan of Camperdown, Adam Duncan, Viscount, 1731-1804., Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805., and Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilʹevich, kni︠a︡zʹ Italiĭskiĭ, 1730-1800.
One man armed with a pistol pushes away another man who stands ready to attack with a raised bludgeon in his right hand. A visibly distressed woman with outstretched arms appears to plead with the combatants as another man restrains her with his arms ...
Watercolor in an oval design depicting the British admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, 1731-1804. Duncan is portrayed in the standard naval dress uniform of an embroidered blue coat with white facings, gold tassles at the shoulder,...
Alternative Title:
Admiral Adam Duncan
Description:
Title from grapite pencil inscription below image.
Subject (Name):
Duncan of Camperdown, Adam Duncan, Viscount, 1731-1804,
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1808]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 43 Box D215
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Napoleon's brother Joseph presents himself as King of Spain to a reulctant and resisting crowd of Spanish citizens and soldiers and is flanked by disheveled French soldiers dramatically supporting Joseph. The Spanish crowd responds to the announcement...
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1805]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 42 Box D215
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A countryman, with companion horse and dog, stands outside of a city gate pleading with two guardsmen to permit him entry. His plea begins, "Hollo! you Master Whiskers don't keep me here in the cold all night. If you want to know who I am I tell you I...
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 46 Box D215
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A dour woman wearing a feathered headdress stands before a preacher and his clerk as they exclaim respectively, "O Lord, save this lady, thy servant" followed by "Who putteth her ladyship's trust in thee."
Alternative Title:
Churching a lady
Description:
Title inscribed in the artist's hand below image.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Great Britain, Preaching, Religious services, and Churches
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 52 Box D305
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A prisoner (the foreman) bound in chains and 'Thimble' stand before two justices, writing furiously in open volumes, and respond to the exclamation "You're upon oath Sir!"
Description:
Title from pencil inscription in the artist's hand below image.
Subject (Topic):
Judges, Courtrooms, Judicial proceedings, and Prisoners
A caricature of a couple, full-length and fashionably dressed in a simple way, are shown in profile kissing. The length of their arms is exaggerated and are in contrast to their short legs. The woman's eyes are open but the man's are closed
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 1 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An artist (left) with a caricatured face looks on with horror as a bust falls on the head of the Lord, the sitter, who jumps and shreaks with pain, his foot breaking the window (right). In the background the Lord's round, well-dressed wife looks on in...
Description:
Title from caption written above image on recto; image on verso untitled.
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Boxers (Sports), Boxing, Couples, Distress, Pain, Sculptors, and Sculptures
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 1 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An artist (left) with a caricatured face looks on with horror as a bust falls on the head of the Lord, the sitter, who jumps and shreaks with pain, his foot breaking the window (right). In the background the Lord's round, well-dressed wife looks on in...
Description:
Title from caption written above image on recto; image on verso untitled.
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Boxers (Sports), Boxing, Couples, Distress, Pain, Sculptors, and Sculptures
A satirical coat of arms for the "Dandy." The shield is a dandy's tail-coat, supported by two monkey's dressed in clothes. The crest is a stay and a top hat. Underneath the shield, are written the words "Dandi, Dando, Dandum" below which a puppy is ...
A shield with four quarterings: first quarter contains a pair of boxing gloves; the second quarter is drawn showing a man uncorking a bottle. The third and fourth quarters show different moments in a fight. Above the shield is a clenched hand surroun...
Description:
Image was used as the basis for a print published by George Humphrey in 1819: The Boxer's arms.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1808]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 45 Box D215
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A military officer stands in a commanding pose pointing at the troops arranged before him. He issues an order, "By my sovereign will and authority I command you all to depart." One of the frightened soldiers responds, "Poor man, he has got the place f...
Description:
Title from inscription in black ink in the artist's hand below image.
Pencil drawing by an amateur artist of the west front of Strawberry Hill, as seen from the road. Also in the road is a man pushing a wheel barrel as a young boy gestures to him. On the verso is a pencil sketch of a donkey's head
Description:
Drawing signed by artist in lower right corner of image; signed and dated again in left corner of image.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Estates, and Donkeys
On recto, two men walk to the left in a wood with guns. The man behind (right) holds his gun by the barrel pointed towards his companion's posterior; he wears colored spectacles, a top hat, and is smoking a cigar. The man in front (left) looks back to...
Alternative Title:
I never likes to go out with a man as do'nt [sic] carry his gun like a sportsman
Description:
Title written in ink at top of sheet on the recto; alternative title from dialogue written in ink below image.
Subject (Topic):
Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Hunting, Rifles, Smoking, and Sunglasses
On recto, two men walk to the left in a wood with guns. The man behind (right) holds his gun by the barrel pointed towards his companion's posterior; he wears colored spectacles, a top hat, and is smoking a cigar. The man in front (left) looks back to...
Alternative Title:
I never likes to go out with a man as do'nt [sic] carry his gun like a sportsman
Description:
Title written in ink at top of sheet on the recto; alternative title from dialogue written in ink below image.
Subject (Topic):
Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Hunting, Rifles, Smoking, and Sunglasses
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 4 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The more finished of the two wash drawing on recto shows a drunken tradesman (perhaps sailor or dustman) holding onto a post. Above him is written by the artist, "Niccup who are ye staring at. Take a little sober advice and go home for you seem to be ...
Description:
Title from caption written below image on recto, in artist's hand.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 4 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The more finished of the two wash drawing on recto shows a drunken tradesman (perhaps sailor or dustman) holding onto a post. Above him is written by the artist, "Niccup who are ye staring at. Take a little sober advice and go home for you seem to be ...
Description:
Title from caption written below image on recto, in artist's hand.
On the far left, a full-length portrait of Mrs. Anne Damer walking outdoors with a basket over her right arm. A dog stands on his hind legs at her feet; she looks to her left at another dog on the landing as he runs towards her. In the center are the ...
Description:
Title from contemporary ms. inscription on verso, in ink.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828, and York House (Twickenham, England)
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 2 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A full-length caricature of an obese clergy man who wears a bishop's hat (?) and smokes a long pipe as he walks left. He carries a pig and a chicken under his left arm. He holds a Bible in his left hand, and he carries a bottle in his pocket. He ha...
Alternative Title:
Sinecure
Description:
Title from caption written below image.
Subject (Topic):
Avarice, Chickens, Clergy, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), and Swine
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 2 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A full-length caricature of an obese clergy man who wears a bishop's hat (?) and smokes a long pipe as he walks left. He carries a pig and a chicken under his left arm. He holds a Bible in his left hand, and he carries a bottle in his pocket. He ha...
Alternative Title:
Sinecure
Description:
Title from caption written below image.
Subject (Topic):
Avarice, Chickens, Clergy, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), and Swine
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 39 Box D210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A gathering of countrymen, lawyers, and sailors stare with shock and consternation at the carcass of a shark laying on a table before them. A countryman begins the dialogue with an exclamation, "Dang it if I ever saw such a thing in my life, why it wo...
Description:
Title inscribed in black ink in the artist's hand below image.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 30 Box D180
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An elderly woman (left) clasps her head in despair and looks up, away from the body of a tiny dog which a black liveried footman holds on a cushion. Both figures are shown three-quarter length
Description:
Title inscribed in black ink in the artist's hand.
Portraits of Miss Mary Berry and Mrs. Anne Damer seated across a table from each other in the Library at Strawberry Hill. Each holds a book in her hand; the table on which they lean is also piled with books
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Damer and Miss Berry by Cosway
Description:
Title in pencil below image added later in a different hand from the note on the verso.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828,, Berry, Mary, 1763-1852,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Scene in a restaurant: a female servant is delivering a dish to a flirtatious diner who is stroking her chin while a male servant excitedly delivers a menu to a second male diner. A massive painting of a grain harvesting scene adorns the wall in the b...
Description:
Title from caption inscribed in black ink below image.
A full-length caricature of a fashionably dressed Oxonian in profile walking to the left, with his left foot pointing elegantly as he steps. His gown is looped over his arms and his hair in a looped queue
Description:
Title from text inscribed in black ink above image.
