Title from item., "From an original picture painted by Mr. John Collett."--Below title., and Cf. No. 4258 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Publisher:
Printed for Rob. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Military uniforms, British, Peg legs, Police, Prostitutes, Riots, Sailors, and Taverns (Inns)
publish'd according to act of Parliament 20th Apr. 1768.
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 3 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1659); seated three-quarter length in profile to right holding her daughter, her arms outstretched, above her lap, head turned to face front; pillars and landscape behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Listed under Houston in: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on leaf numbered 24 in an album of 50 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Title, printmaker, and imprint from British Museum catalogue., Description based on imperfect copy; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title, printmaker's name and imprint., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: channel., Mounted to 43 x 54 cm., and Ms. title added in unknown hand on mounting sheet: Dancing-academy for adults.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the act directs
"Woman in profile to right, in oval, with jewellery in her hair; scratched letter proof."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication from caption below image and above title., "Pr. 5s."--Price in lower right corner., Mounted on leaf numbered 11 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, no 53 in Fleet Street
Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1768 and 1771]
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 3 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait half-length in an oval with on the cover of a metal vase by which Jupiter's eagle perches."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.6761., Mounted on leaf numbered 34 in an album of 50 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Portrait of Mrs. Abington after Reynolds (Mannings 28); standing three-quarter length to front, resting her left arm on a draped block (the pedestal of a statue of the Comic Muse), head inclined to left, eyes to front; wearing floral gown, sash and her hair up; plain background
Description:
Title from caption below image., First state, without numbering '133'. See J.C. Smith., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Mrs. Abington, comic actress, born and worked London and Dublin. Began as a flower seller and domestic servant., Mounted on leaf numbered 1 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Seated portrait of John Wilkes, holding a scroll marked 'Magna Charta', leaning on a table on which is a copy of his letter 'To the Gentlemen Clergy & Freeholders of the County of Middlesex', and 'Bill of Rights'. A framed painting on the wall behind (left) shows an image of Hercules defeating the Hydra
Description:
Title from text below image., Seemingly a reduced copy of print by John Dixon that was published in 1768 by Carington Bowles; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.761. See also: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v. 1, no. 35, page 217. For another reduced copy with a different title, also published by Carington Bowles, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.1489., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of imprint from bottom edge., and Mounted to: 22 x 13 cm.
Title from item., "From an original picture painted by Mr. Dawes."--Below title., and Temporary local subject terms: Chest of drawers -- Usurers -- Parsimony -- Poisons: "Viper Drops".
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map and Printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street, & Jno. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside
Title from item., "From an original picture painted by Mr. Dawes."--Below title., Stephens attributes original painting to Collet., and Temporary local subject terms: Adultery -- Expressions of speech: "hen-peckt husband" -- Furniture: curtained bed -- Scissors -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Cuckolds: horns.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map and Prinseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street
