A lady sits at her dressing table, her elaborate mountain of hair being combed by her equally coiffed hair-dresser who stands behind her. The lady turns to see her husband who has just entered the room in riding dress, his whip upraised. Behind him in the doorway, the housemaid, winking at the viewer, raises two fingers above his head. Two portraits hang on the wall in the background
Alternative Title:
Hint to the husbands and Dresser properly dressed
Description:
Title from item. and A reduced copy of no. 5467 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires; tentatively attributed by George to P. Dawe.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Cuckolds, Couples, Hairdressing, Dressing tables, Boudoirs, and Clothing & dress
A richly dressed but grotesque and balding old lady sits before her dressing table holding a lap dog and attended by a leering hairdresser and his assistant. The former places on her head a huge wig with side curls, flowers on the front and a profusion of ostrich plumes on top. Draperies adorn the dressing table and window, and patterned wall paper and carpet are visible
Alternative Title:
New fashioned head dress for young misses of three score and ten
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles, No. 13 in Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Hairdressing, Clothing & dress, and Interiors
"A young woman wearing a semi-transparent and low-cut dress sitting with her arm on the back of her chair, fingers knit together, glancing coquettishly towards the viewer, while a man enters the room in the background to left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Two lines of text from Proverbs VI:25-6 engraved below title: Lust not after her beauty in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eye-lids. For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread., and For a similar droll with the same title and quotation, engraved by John Raphael Smith and published 12 June 1776 by Carington Bowles.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, map & printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Clothing & dress, Floor coverings, Lust, and Prostitutes
Title engraved below image., Plate from: Liber veritatis, or, A collection of two hundred prints / engraved by Richard Earlom from the original drawings owned by the Duke of Devonshire. London: Boydell and Co., 1777., Josiah Boydell (1752-1817), English artist and publisher., and Probably one of the set owned by Horace Walpole and later dispersed. See A.T. Hazen, Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no 3669.
Publisher:
Published March 25th, 1777 by John Boydell engraver in Cheapside London
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1581); as a child standing whole-length to front wearing dark cape, muff and dark hat with ribbon, small dog beside her at left, bird at right; winter landscape behind"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Manuscript note in upper right corner: "86.", and Mounted to sheet 666 x 471 mm.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 1st 1777, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
"Portrait seen half-length in profile to right left within oval frame, wearing embroidered dress with lace cuffs, shawl and her hair full and high, tied with ribbon; state with plate cut above publication line."--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.: 1902,1011.4959., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on leaf numbered 35 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.
A cherubic Mercury (left) and Jupiter (right) sit on a rock in a mountainous and tree-dotted landscape. Mercury holds his caduceus in his left arm and rests his foot on a small shield (?) while Jupiter seated on the ground to the right, holds his arm around the neck of a swan. On a shelf above Mercury's head a rooster looks down on the scene
Description:
Title from item. and Numbered in plate: 265.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Mercury (Roman deity) and Jupiter (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
Children, Caduceus, Roosters, Swans, Nudes, and Myths
"Double portrait, Mattocks to right standing with hands clasped in pleading, looking to right at Mendoza, who stands drawing his sword, looking implacably at the other, both wearing richly decorated suits and coats and small ruffs."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., The head of John Quick seems to have been engraved after a painting by Johann Zoffany; see Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.7269., Publisher Carington Bowles was located at the listed street address between 1766 and 1793. A publication date of 1777 is deduced from the plate numbering; see table on page 786 in v. 5 of the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint and plate numbering from lower edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate numbered "369" in lower left corner., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 122 (leaf numbered '171' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Quick, John, 1748-1831,, Mattocks, George, 1734 or 1735-1804,, and Linley, Thomas, 1733-1795.
Subject (Topic):
Characters, Actors, British, and Theatrical productions
A well-dressed young couple are shown in an argument. The woman, seated on a couch, has just overturned her tea table. Cups and saucers litter the floor and the woman's small dog jumps up on her husband who turns away from the scene. A reduced version of George 4549
Description:
Title from item., Publication date burnished from plate., Numbered in plate: 262., and Date estimated from British Museum catalogue, v. 5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles." See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Marriage, Couples, Dogs, Interiors, Furniture, and Clothing & dress
