Page 239. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on untrustworthy young men: a prostitute, with a powdered wig wearing a dressing gown open to reveal her chemise and petticoat, sits at a table using scales to weigh the coin offered by a well-dressed young man which is lighter than its proper weight; behind is a curtained bed."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Blade in the dumps
Description:
Title from item., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Dated to circa 1773-1774 in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.1.86., Four lines of verse below title: Dull are the times, since trade I first began, our gold was sterling then, and true each man ..., and Numbered '291' in lower left of plate.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Draperies, Dandies, British, Prostitutes, Scales, and Tables
Title from item., Four lines of verse below title: Dull are the times, since trade I first began, our gold was sterling then, and true each man ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Furniture: table -- Sofa -- Wallpaper -- Scales -- Furnishings: mirror.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 in fleet Street, as the act directs
A dandy shown full-length seated to right, holding a phial to his nose and gazing at his reflection while a hairdresser prepares to attach a looped queue to his wig
Alternative Title:
Lily-white maccaroni and Lily-white macaroni
Description:
Title etched below image., Carington Bowles was located at this address between 1766 and 1793; date of 1774 based on other prints in a series on the same topic., Numbered '210' in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Braids (Hairdressing), Clothing & dress, Dandies, Hairdressing, Mirrors, and Wigs
Title from item., Numbered '402'., Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Prostitutes -- Female dress, late 1760s? -- Male dress -- Hats: tricorne -- Interiors: room in a brothel -- Furniture: slipcovered armchair -- China: punch bowl -- Glass: wine bottles -- Glass: wine glasses -- Fruits: oranges -- Silverware: ladle -- Watches: wrist watches -- Jewelry: earings., and Upper right corner torn off.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the act directs
An old English farmer (left) dressed in top boots, breeches, a flat felt hat, and carrying a riding-whip arrives in town and is startled at seeing his son (right) dressed as a macaroni with very high toupée wig, a cane with a tassle, a sword, and a little cocked hat
Description:
Title etched below image., After a drawing by Grimm. This is a copy in reverse of Carington Bowles in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, no. 4536., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & I. Bennet, No. 53 Fleet Street, London, as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Farmers, Hairstyles, Staffs (Sticks), and Wigs
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Possibly after a drawing by Grimm. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.4, no. 4536 for a similar print with the same title., Two columns of verse on sides of title: Our wise forefathers would express, ev'n sensibility in dress ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Wigs: toupée wig -- Walking staves -- Horse whips -- Farmers -- Flowers: nosegay.
Publisher:
Published by R. Sayer & I. Bennet, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Title from lettered state in the British Museum., Artist, printmaker, and publication information from description of a later state in the British Museum online catalogue, registration number: 1981,U.380., Plate XXI from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 2., and On same sheet: [Portraits of hounds].
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. 37.
Publisher:
Published April 25th, 1774, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 477); standing three-quarter length slightly to left with her hands held together, eyes to front, wearing loose robe over dress with sash around waist, locket on ribbon and her hair up, but with two long plaits hanging over her shoulders."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Honourable Mrs. Damer
Description:
Title from text on later state., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Scratched-letter state; for a later state with the title "The Honble. Mrs. Damer" and the imprint "Publish'd March 1st, 1774, by J.R. Smith, No. 4 Exeter Court, Strand," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.4966., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 86 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., With contemporary pencil annotation in lower margin: Mrs. Damer., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Landscape with the Finding of Moses; shepherd reclining on rocks in foreground, a group of women on the shore of a river beyond, a tower and bridge in mid-distance."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
From the original drawing in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire
Description:
Title from descriptive catalog at beginning of bound volume., Text below image: From the original drawing in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire., 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]., Plate numbered in lower left corner: No. 48., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Published Septr. 1st, 1774, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
