Title from the first image, above imprint., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on sides., Below imprint: 6d. plain, 1s. colour'd., Verse below first image from left: Two lovers want to run away / To spend their youth in amorous play ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Novr. 21st 1771, by H. Roberts, No. 56 almost opposite Great Turnstile, Holborn & sold by L. Tomlinson, No. 124 White Chapple
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[May 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 3. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 85. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on a Cambridge academic riding to the races: a man with a macaroni queue and holding a hooked stick riding along a rode past a signpost pointing towards Newmarket and away from Cambridge; in the distance on the left a church tower rises above trees, on the right King's College Chapel and another tower."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Cambridge: Trinity College Chapel -- Newmarket., Mounted on page 85 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching and drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 20.0 x 24.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs May 1772 by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[May 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 3. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 85. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on a Cambridge academic riding to the races: a man with a macaroni queue and holding a hooked stick riding along a rode past a signpost pointing towards Newmarket and away from Cambridge; in the distance on the left a church tower rises above trees, on the right King's College Chapel and another tower."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Cambridge: Trinity College Chapel -- Newmarket., and Mounted on page 3 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs May 1772 by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
In a crowded foyer booksellers and printsellers collect parcels of printed sheets on which Mr. Collier's name is crossed out and replaced with their own names. A tired-looking Earl of Bute is slowly ascending the staircase on the right. On the left are shelves filled with books. Tim Bobbin and his wife Mary are shown in the foreground as two small figures riding on the back of William Eyres, publisher in Warrington
Alternative Title:
Tim Bobbin's rap at the pyrates, Tim Bobbin's rap at the pirates, and Brothers in evil
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Tim Bobbin., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered '40' in upper right corner., Four columns of verse below image: Where is the man who sees this motley crew, wou'd judge them brethren on the nicest view. Yet so it is --- ; tho some look wondrous prim, they're thieves alike; and all have robb'd poor Tim ..., Satire on numerous pirated editions of Collier's A view of the Lancashire dialect, which he published under the pseudonym Tim Bobbin., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Printsellers -- Publishing: pirated books -- Clothes pegs -- Mottoes: Fratres in malo -- Architectural details: staircase ballustrade -- Books: bundles of printed sheets -- Bookshelves -- Booksellers: William Stuart, fl. 1742-1774 in Preston, Lancashire -- Hitch & Hawes, fl. 1746-1765 in London -- John Higginson, fl. 1744-1804 in Manchester -- James Schofield, fl. 1756-1759 in Middlewich, Cheshire -- Alexander Smith, fl. 1757-1790 in Halifax, Yorkshire -- Wililam Eyres, fl. 1756-1803 in Warrington, Lancashire.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and Bobbin, Tim, 1708-1786
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Below imprint: 6d. plain, 1s. colour'd., Four images, each with six lines of verse below. A horizontal line bisects the design to make 8 compartments., Verse below first image from left: The royal chaser here you view, a monarch and a sportsman too ..., Verse below second image from left: The clown is ordered by his master to keep the house, oh! sad disaster ..., Verse below third image from left: Here Harlequin with Columbine is telling of his whole design ..., Verse below fourth image from left: The old man from his information the subject treats with speculation ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Columbine -- Pantaloon as a Turkish magician -- Chemical equipment -- Hunting horns, 1772 -- Tuning fork -- Turkish magician, 1772 -- Animals: stuffed animals., and Watermark: initials HB in circle.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Marh. [the] 23rd 1772 by Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790
"The gateway of St. James's Palace. On its flagstaff is a standard bearing Bute's arms with the motto 'Avito viret honore' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 4423). Under the archway a Scotsman in kilt and plaid holds a prancing horse by the tail. Another Scot stands by flourishing a whip and holding in his left hand a saddle with stirrups."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
He rules as absolutely and with as much indignity ...
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 10 (1772), page 265., and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: St. James's Palace gateway -- Flagstaffs -- Arms: Earl of Bute's arms -- Scotsmen -- The White Horse of Hanover? -- Allusion to the Earl of Chatham's speech on secret influence.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and Saint James's Palace (London, England),
"Satire on false piety: a man wearing a dressing-gown and white night-cap seated reading a book of 'Sleepy Sermons' beside a table, twisting to right and yawning with one hand raised in the air."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title engraved below image., Variant state, with publication date and without plate number. Cf. No. 4514 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: dressing gown -- Nightcap -- Sleepy sermons.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
A young maid seated by the kitchen table is admiring in a small mirror her coiffure as it is being arranged by a footman. A little girl playing by the window is mimicking his work on her rag doll. In the foreground on rihgt, an old woman is washing clothes in a large tub. On the other side of the kitchen an maid plays a mandolin while singing together with a footman seated by her side. A small shaggy pet dog sits on an open music book by their feet, howling in accompaniment. A kitten plays with the ribbons of a hat left leaning against the table leg on the floor. In the background is a large fireplace with dishes and candlesticks on the mantle and a bird-cage from which a large black bird peeks curiously at the hairdressing in progress
Description:
Title from item., After painting by Collet titled: High taste in low life, exhibited at the Society of Artists in 1765. Cf. Catalogue of the paintings, sculptures ... exhibiting by the Free Society of Artists, 1765, no. 63., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Townhouse kitchen -- Containers: Warming pan.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, & J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, publish'd as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Cats, Dogs, Interiors, Irons (Pressing), Kitchens, and Music
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
1st Jany. 1772.
Call Number:
772.01.01.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A fashionably dressed young maid sitting in an ornate armchair by a round table with an almost empty wine bottle and glasses on it, is being embraced by a black manservant sitting on a stool in front of her. Another black servant is sitting sideways on a chair near them. He is tipping it perilously as he tries with a great effort to play a horn. An open book lies on the floor in the foreground and a painting on the wall in the background is partially covered by an ornate curtain
Alternative Title:
Mungo addressing himself to my lady's maid
Description:
Title from item., The printmaker's name from other prints signed by William Humphrey as 'Umfrey' and published by Sayer., Plate numbered '207' in lower right corner., One line of text below title: For wine inspires us, and fires us, with courage, love and joy, &c., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Black manservants -- Musical instruments: horn -- Furniture: round table -- Chairs -- Furnishings: curtain -- Painting -- Effects of wine., and Numbered in contemporary hand in upper right corner '155.'
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Draperies, Musical instruments, Servants, and Women domestics
