A well-dressed prostitute lounges on a sofa inside a tent in a military camp; behind her is a sword and a gorget. Behind the sofa is a screen with the same embroidered design; the ground is covered with an ornate rug. She holds a letter in her right hand and a riding crop in her left hand as she looks up at the viewer with a seductive smile. Her blouse is unbuttoned to expose her breasts. At her feet is a vase with flowers
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint. Imprint and dimensions supplied from impression in the British Museum online catalogue. See British Museum number 2010,7081.1306., Verse in two columns below image: "In the tent how engageing the charmer reclines, the stoutest of hero's to love she inclines; she's a trap, to catch captain's; you're lost & undone, if once you attack her, as sure as a gun.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., No. 54 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering., and Sheet 34.3 x 25.0 cm.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Prostitutes, Rugs, Screens, Sofas, and Tents
"A young woman with her hair dressed high, wearing a calash hood, glancing towards the viewer as she walks to left, arms folded and holding a small book; river and trees in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hats, Clothing & dress, Parks, and Architectural follies
"Portrait, bust in a feigned oval frame directed to left, looking to left, dark hair loose around the shoulders, wearing a turban with a feather and a loose, low-cut silk gown with an eastern shawl draped around the shoulders, fastened with a brooch and braid at the breast."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Mounted on leaf numbered 23 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:
Published as the act directs Septr. 4, 1780 by R. Wilkinson, No. 58, Cornhill
Title from caption below image., Text below title: Size of the picture, 4 f. 5 1/4 i. by 5 f. 9 i. high., Etched coat of arms below image bearing the motto: Fari quae sentiat., Plate XIX 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 Mounted to 62 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
Published Mar. 25th, 1780, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
"Portrait, bust in a mock oval frame, directed front, head turned to look right, white cravat and double-breasted jacket open at the neck with only one button done up; after Hamilton."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1870,1008.2480
Alternative Title:
Right Honorable William Burton
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publisher from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and In the right bottom corner, ownership stamp with "VR" below an image of a crown. The print is from the Royal Collection formerly at Windsor?
"A Welshman shown half-length seated looking towards the viewer, with left elbow on a table beside pipe, glass and carafe to right, pointing at his goat whose head appears to left, wearing plain coat over pale waist-coat, short powdered wig and broad brimmed hat to which a leek has been strapped."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Welch-man and his goat and Welshman and his goat
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark with loss of imprint., Purchased from British Museum in 2010. Cf. British Museum number 2010,7081.2185., No. 16 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Title engraved below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered '413' in lower left corner., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5815., Temporary local subject terms: Sofas -- Rugs -- Mirror sconces -- Engagement holder on wall., Watermark., Matted to 63 x 47 cm., and Publication date erased from this impression.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
