A man (a pugilist?) carrying his hat in his right hand runs along the street of Covent Garden Pizza, a switch in his left hand with a bundle of switches in under his left arm
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: [The] roaring blades who nightly rove, [the] fam'd Broughtonian sons ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: John Smith, fl. 1732-1746., Watermark: countermark W., and Manuscript note in later hand above image: Jack Smith better known by the name of Buck Horse -- The celebrated old pugilist -- Scene Covent Garden Piazza.
Publisher:
Publish'd & sold by Thos. Bowen, Printseller at [the] Golden Pallet in Shug Lane, near the Haymarket, St. James's
Title from item., Publisher from O'Donoghue., Publication date inferred from publisher's activity dates., Four lines of verse in two columns on both sides of title: How happy could I be with either ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Travesty of The beggar's opera by John Gay (1685-1732) -- Literature: quotation from The beggar's opera -- Beggars: Casey, d. 1772 -- Strabismus., and Imprint erased from this impression.
Title from item., Publication date based on first performance of the play at the Haymarket Theatre on June 22, 1770., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on cardboard, mounted again (with two other prints) to 26 x 17 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Subject (Topic):
Candelabras, Costumes, Comedies, and Theatrical scenes
Title engraved above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: The gentleman's museum and grand imperial magazine. London : Printed for the author ..., 1770-1772., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Wakes: Irish wake -- Naval uniforms -- Furniture: bed with canopy -- Drinking., and Mounted to 15 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Wake services, Military uniforms, Sailors, Canopy beds, Chamber pots, and Alcoholic beverages
Volume 1, page 3. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on a Cambridge student: a young man on horseback with a macaroni queue holding out a driving whip as if it is a lance and galloping to right; the horse is defecating; a hound runs beside them; in the distance on the right King's College Chapel."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., and For an earlier state before drypoint additions to the plate, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 75 B87 770.
New mode of fighting a duel with weapons of female invention
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Text in upper left and right corners of plate burnished from this state., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Headdresses -- Duels -- Horns.
"Satire: a postillion with huge boots holding his whip, with a horse behind to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, and date of publication from British Museum catalogue. and Later state, with the figure's queue added in drypoint and with the addition of background and foreground elements. For an earlier state before these changes to the plate, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1867,0309.1663.
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Newmarket -- Male dress: jockey -- Pictures amplifying subject: horse racing.
Volume 1, page 10a. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A French postillion, wearing huge boots, gestures with his arms outspread to the right
Description:
Title and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue. and Later state, with drypoint additions to design. For an earlier state, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 75 B87 770.
