Opposite page 104. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left side., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Folded to 31.5 x 25.5 cm., and Bound in opposite page 104 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
Pubd. March 18th, 1774, by H. Bryer, London
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, French, Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, and Snuff
"Portrait of Elizabeth Hartley seen bust-length slightly to left within oval frame, head in profile to left, looking upwards, her hair drawn back and piled up."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Mounted on leaf numbered 36 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 R. Sayer & J. Bennett map & printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street
Title from item., Dated tentatively from plate number. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, Appendix, p. 786-7: Key to the dates of the series of mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles., State with Carington Bowles imprint intact., Numbered '304' in lower left of plate., Earlier state of no. 3777 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, pt. 2., and Temporary local subject terms: Monks -- Women -- Sheaf of wheat -- Food: basket of provisions -- Buildings: monastery.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
"Double portrait after Highmore, both just more than half-length standing, Samuel to left leaning back against a ledge with right elbow, holding a scroll, in a dark velvet coat with shoulder-length wig, Nathaniel to right, facing front, looking to left, wearing a pale coat and shoulder-length wig, holding a board at waist level with a pencil in right hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Text below image between sitters' names: Long, Ancient Structures and enobled Domes, the Work of Ages past, neglected lay, Till you, O Bucks! by Emulation fired, Snatched from th'inexorable Jaws of Time The Mouldering Ruins of each lofty Pile. - To future Ages shall your Fame be known: And your great Works immortalize your Names, While, others, by misfortune, scarce survive; You, Phoenix like, by your own Ruins live.
published as the act directs [...] [not before 25 June 1774]
Call Number:
774.06.25.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire; an extravagantly dressed woman catches a fashionable man by the arm as she points with her fan at a mezzotint droll in a print-shop window; a small dog looks up at her; an old gentleman with a stick standing on the right, stares at the prints and is surprised by a man with a warrant for his arrest."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to John Raphael Smith by Frankau., Later state, with plate number added. For an earlier state lacking plate number, see no. 3758 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Date of publication inferred from earlier state with the date "25 June 1774" at end of imprint; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.379., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge., Description based on imperfect impression; date at end of imprint statement has been erased from sheet., and Plate numbered "300" in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his map & print warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793.
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, City & town life, Clothing & dress, Stores & shops, Window displays, Dandies, British, Prints, Fans (Accessories), and Staffs (Sticks)
"Bust in a feigned oval, three-quarter to left, wearing mayorial robes with fur-lined cloak and chain of office, and a white cravat, looking out of the corner of his eye towards the viewer; after Pine."--British Museum online catalogue
Probably after a paiting by John Collet. Attribution from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Matrimony -- Fighting -- Buildings: cottage -- Male dress., and Watermark: grapes.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 15, 1774, by W. Humphry, St. Martin's Lane
Delivery of Saint Peter out of prison and From the original drawing in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire
Description:
One of two hundred plates that were later issued in bound volumes entitled: Liber veritatis. Or, A collection of two hundred prints ... / after the original designs of Claude le Lorrain ... executed by Richard Earlom ... London: Published by the proprietor, John Boydell, [1777-1819]., Title from descriptive catalog at beginning of bound volume., Text below image: From the original drawing in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire., and Plate numbered in lower left corner: No. 51.
Publisher:
Published Augt. 1st, 1774, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
"A prostitute persuading a young man to join her, smiling and pulling him by the arm towards a counter set with two glasses and a bottle on the right, as he turns towards her while gesturing away to left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Four lines of verse below title: Come here my love? I cant at present stay. I have business which will not admit delay ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Macaronies.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer & J. Bennet, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
