America, shown as a dark-skinned man with a feather head dress, a goat skin drape, an arrow in his left hand, stands on the shore under a palm tree. An enslaved person in a feather head dress kneels at his feet. An alligator walks towards them. A ship is in the distance. Also in the background is a raised shelter with a hammock inside. One man stands by the hammock and two others sit in it.
Description:
Title from the first line of verse below image., Printmaker from Chaloner Smith., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record; before 1763. See J.C. Smith., Four lines of verse below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications -- Hammocks -- Native peoples.
Publisher:
Sold by I. McArdell at the Golden head in Covent Garden & R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
A man in Turkish dress smokes a long pipe as he sits on one barrel as he leans on another. A similarly dressed man, seated next to him, holds an axe. Smoke pours from a brass brazier in the foreground while in the background, a man hlding an umbrella over his head rides a camel. While the rider ignores the scene, the camel looks at the scene of the two men
Description:
Title from the first line of verse below image., Printmaker from Chaloner Smith., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record. Before 1763 (see Chaloner Smith)., and Four lines of verse below image.
Publisher:
Sold by I. McArdell at the Golden head in Covent Garden & R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Moore, James, active approximately 1761-1763, printmaker
Published / Created:
[before 1765]
Call Number:
765.00.00.96+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man in Turkish dress smokes a long pipe as he sits on one barrel as he leans on another. A similarly dressed man, seated next to him, holds an axe. Smoke pours from a brass brazier in the foreground while in the background, a woman holding an umbrella over her head rides a camel. While the rider ignores the scene, the camel looks at the scene of the two men
Description:
Title from the first line of verse below image., Printmaker from Chaloner Smith., Before 1765 (see British Museum online catalogue)., Verse continue: ... But ill compensate for a Land of Slaves, Whist Liberty disdains to bless thy Shores, And Luxury thy nerv'less Sons depraves., See Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, volume 3, page 941 for mention of an earlier state of this series of four plates "Quarters of the World", "Sold by I. McArdell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden & R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street"., One of a series of four allegorical prints, the others depicting Africa, America, and Europe., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides; trimmed within plate mark at bottom edge.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 464); Lady Scarsdale seated three-quarter length to left holding her young son John, eyes to front, wearing plain robe; curtain behind, landscape through window at left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.3575., Mounted on leaf numbered 10 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.
"Portrait, bust directed to right, head in profile, wearing a low-necked bodice decorated with jewels and embroidered swirls, an ermine cloak draped over right arm, hair dressed up with tiara, large earrings, three pearl necklaces, with a bow at the nape."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Place of publication transposed from end of publication statement., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.7125., Mounted on leaf numbered 29 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 John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818,
A young woman shown three-quarters length seated to left, looking away to right, wearing a gown with a ribbon bow at the breast, ruffles at the elbows, and a ribbon and pearls in her hair, plays a guitar
Alternative Title:
Playing on the guitar and Domestic employment
Description:
Title engraved below image. and The series Domestick employment are listed in Sayer & Bennett's sale catalogue for 1775. Date based on Robert Sayer's address and trading name.
An old man and a young woman sit at a table. He wears a cap with a feather on it; his left arm is around the woman's shoulders. She is lifting a large wine glass. Her companion is holding a large pitcher
Moore, James, active approximately 1761-1763, printmaker
Published / Created:
[before 1765]
Call Number:
765.00.00.97+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two Africans on a shore, one on the left kneeling with one foot in the water and plants in his hand, the other standing, holding a spear and looking up at a third man who passes, riding a laden elephant; a palm tree, lion and elephant in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Gold, Ivory, Coral, Africa may boast, ...
Description:
Title from the first line of verse below image., Printmaker from Chaloner Smith., Before 1765 (see British Museum online catalogue)., Verse continue: ... But whilst those regions feel too fierce a blaze, And brute-like Natives blacken all the Coast, They more our Pity, than our Envy, raise., See Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, volume 3, page 941 for mention of an earlier state of this series of four plates "Quarters of the World": "Sold by I. McArdell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden & R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street"., One of a series of four allegorical prints, the others depicting Asia, America, and Europe., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides; trimmed within plate mark at bottom edge.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
"Portrait seen almost half-length to right, head in three-quarter profile to right, wearing wig and partially open coat; after Reynolds (Mannings 73); lettered state after quotation re-arranged on two lines."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.2113., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Two lines of verse below title: The suffrage of the wise, the praise that's worth ambition, is attain'd by sense alone, & dignity of mind., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., Mounted opposite page 37 (leaf numbered '65' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and With small ink ownership stamp ("T.L" within a double-lined oval) in lower left beneath painter's name. Also with ink annotations on verso, in a contemporary or slightly later hand: "N16693" and "private plate" written in lower left, and "5 s." written in lower right.
Title from item., Two columns of verse below title: In country village lives a vicar, fond--as all are!--of tythes and liquor ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Clergy: country vicar -- Customs: tithing -- Architectural details: Georgian fac̦ade -- Emblems: peacock as vanity -- Birds: peacock -- Villages -- Buildings: country church -- Jokes -- Food: fruit -- Swaddled babies -- Turnstiles -- Bundle of wheat.
