"A flying demon holds the level beam of a pair of scales, on which stand Wilkes (left) and Parson Horne (right). Each stands in the attitude of a fencer, thrusting at the other with an outstretched goose-quill; neither has the advantage. Wilkes wears a bag-wig, Horne is in parson's gown and bands. The demon says: "nicely pois'd indeed". The print illustrates "The Balance of Honour and Patriotism; or a Dialogue between Mr. H------and Mr. ------, in which the Demon of Discord very properly interferes". The dialogue ends with Horne's expressing a wish "that you, good Mr. Devil, had been conducting me to H------ll, before Malagrida [Shelburne] had persuaded me to engage in this d------n'd controversy"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Page number printed above image., and Plate from: The town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Junr., 1771, v. 3, p. 262.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Title from item., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors v. 7 (1771), p. 128., and Temporary local subject terms: Politics -- Demons -- Broomsticks -- Allusion to Kenwood House -- William Nash, elected Lord Mayor of London, 1771.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789
Title from item., Above image: Engraved for the Oxford mag., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Dated in British Museum catalogue: May 23, 1770., Illustration to a letter to the editor from 'Solon.', Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London, v. 6 (1771), p. 12., Temporary local subject terms: Petitions -- Remonstrances -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Furniture: table -- Furnishings: picture frame., Annotated in 19th-century(?) hand. The letter to the editor is mounted on the same support below the print., and Mounted to 38 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Leaf 66. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length figure in profile of a lady in a riding-habit holding a riding-whip in her right hand. Her hair, without powder, is tied up in a club. She wears a cravat and a cap with an erect plume of feathers."--British Museum online catalogue and "Probably the Duchess of Grafton, the Duke being the Turf Macaroni in this series, see British Museum Satires No. 4634; see also British Museum Satires No. 5324."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., and Plate numbered "v. 2" in upper left corner and "4" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly Decmr. 24th, 1771, accorg. to act
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Grafton, Elizabeth, Duchess of, 1745-1822
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Riding habits, Whips, and Feathers
Leaf 66. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length figure in profile of a lady in a riding-habit holding a riding-whip in her right hand. Her hair, without powder, is tied up in a club. She wears a cravat and a cap with an erect plume of feathers."--British Museum online catalogue and "Probably the Duchess of Grafton, the Duke being the Turf Macaroni in this series, see British Museum Satires No. 4634; see also British Museum Satires No. 5324."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 2" in upper left corner and "4" in upper right corner., First of three plates on leaf 66., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 15.7 x 10.4 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly Decmr. 24th, 1771, accorg. to act
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Grafton, Elizabeth, Duchess of, 1745-1822
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Riding habits, Whips, and Feathers
Title from item., Attribution to Darling 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: Wigs: bag wig -- Dermatological diseases: nose -- Hairdressing implements -- Ladders -- Personifications: figure of Folly -- Furniture: chairs -- Clergy -- Furnishings: carpets -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Pets: lap-dog -- Trades: hairdressers -- Female fashion: headdress, 1771 -- Wall brackets for urns.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, April 10, 1771, by W. Darling, engraver in Great Newport Street
Chambars, Thomas, approximately 1724-1789, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1771?]
Call Number:
771.00.00.28
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man lying in bed looks upward while Father Time with an hour-glass in his left hand and a scythe in his right one approaches the bed. In the background is a breakfront filled with books. A Bible lies on a chair next to the bed and there are several books on a table at the foot of the bed
Description:
Artist and printmaker identified in Thieme-Becker, v. xvi, p. 180, Plate numbered '13' in lower left corner., One line of quote below title: Let me die the death of the righteous & let my last end be like his., A companion print: The bad man at the hour of death., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Father Time -- Death -- Books: Bible -- Furniture: bookcases -- Canopy bed -- Literature: quotation from Bible, xxiii.10.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, Map & Printseller, N. 53 Fleet Street
"Outside a thatched cottage, partly visible on the left, Paris, a loutish peasant, hands the apple to an old harridan holding a fan and wearing a very wide hoop. Cupid, a hideous boy, holding a bow, is partly concealed by her petticoat. Juno (?), a hideous hag, strides towards them, brandishing a bottle. Minerva (?) in a soldier's coat and grenadier's cap, inscribed "J.R." [?Juno Regina], walks away to the right. looking over her shoulder; one fist is clenched, she carries a bottle and is smoking a pipe. One sheep (left) stands behind Paris who is holding a crook. A basket and his hat are on the ground. In the foreground his dog chases the peacock and the owl. Two doves fly over the head of Venus. Two broadsides are pasted on the cottage wall: one headed "Gods . . ." the other, "Thos the Wood Lous" (?). Mountains are indicated in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Publisher's name and month of publication in imprint have been mostly burnished from plate., Text in upper left margin, preceding title: Jun: But to bestow it on that trapes it mads me. Min: Hang him jackanapes., Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Venus., Mounted on page 83 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 17.9 x 20.9 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act by [...]
Subject (Name):
Cupid (Roman deity), and Juno (Roman deity),
Subject (Topic):
Paris (Legendary character), Minerva, Dwellings, Peasants, Fans (Accessories), Military uniforms, Bottles, Pipes (Smoking), Sheep, Baskets, Dogs, Peacocks, Owls, and Doves
"Outside a thatched cottage, partly visible on the left, Paris, a loutish peasant, hands the apple to an old harridan holding a fan and wearing a very wide hoop. Cupid, a hideous boy, holding a bow, is partly concealed by her petticoat. Juno (?), a hideous hag, strides towards them, brandishing a bottle. Minerva (?) in a soldier's coat and grenadier's cap, inscribed "J.R." [?Juno Regina], walks away to the right. looking over her shoulder; one fist is clenched, she carries a bottle and is smoking a pipe. One sheep (left) stands behind Paris who is holding a crook. A basket and his hat are on the ground. In the foreground his dog chases the peacock and the owl. Two doves fly over the head of Venus. Two broadsides are pasted on the cottage wall: one headed "Gods . . ." the other, "Thos the Wood Lous" (?). Mountains are indicated in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Publisher's name and month of publication in imprint have been mostly burnished from plate., Text in upper left margin, preceding title: Jun: But to bestow it on that trapes it mads me. Min: Hang him jackanapes., Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Venus., and Watermark, trimmed.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act by [...]
Subject (Name):
Cupid (Roman deity), and Juno (Roman deity),
Subject (Topic):
Paris (Legendary character), Minerva, Dwellings, Peasants, Fans (Accessories), Military uniforms, Bottles, Pipes (Smoking), Sheep, Baskets, Dogs, Peacocks, Owls, and Doves