Lord Bute stands in the left niche of a triumphal arch with a triple arcade in the lowest storey, the words "East Indies" and "Martinico" inscribed above. In the right niche stands a statue of the Duke of Bedford; above him are the words "West Indies" and Guadaloupe". The center niche is empty but the word "Havannah" are inscribed in the archway. itectural structure: triumphal arc -- Personifications: Scotia -- Scots -- Food: haggis -- Emblems: bagpipes -- Emblems: dove with an olive branch -- Emblems: Scotch thistle -- Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute
Description:
Letterpress title partially printed within lower plate line., Below title: To the tune of There was an old woman at Grimstead., Two columns of verse below title, separated vertically with an ornamental border: I prithe, good Sir, do not make all this stir this peace shall be never forgotten ..., and Lengthy publisher's advertisement below verses, following imprint: ... where may be had, The British antidote to Caledonian poison, 2 vols ...
Publisher:
Sold by E. Sumpter, three doors from Shoe Lane, Fleet Street ...
Verse begins: "Attend, ye lovers, and give an ear"., In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., The left woodcut is found in other broadsides with Bow Church Yard and Aldermary Church Yard imprints; the date range is that covering both imprints; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Susan’s surname appears in other editions as either Massie or Mease., Mounted on leaf 60. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Cemeteries, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Skulls, and Staffs (Sticks)
A song sheet, all engraved, with an oval image of an obese clergyman with a pipe in hand walking beside the caricatured figure of Jewish man, who carries a lantern, printed above two staves of music with the first verse, above 16 verses in three columns. On the left behind them is building with a lean-to while on the right in the distance across a body of water is a church with a steeple
Description:
Title engraved above image., Other editions attribute the text to George Alexander Stevens (1710-1784) in English short title catalogue., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 2nd, 1784, by J. Binns, Leeds, and J. Wallis, No. 16 Ludgate Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Ethnic stereotypes, Intoxication, Pipes (Smoking), and Lanterns
"A fat vicar with pipe and glass standing in a doorway, regarding a nervous thin clerk, who holds another glass and a lantern; scene illustrating the tale of 'the vicar and Moses', in which the clerk came to fetch the vicar to bury an infant but stayed to drink with him till past midnight, when both staggered out to go to the church; verses to the song below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Numbered '(Plate I)' in lower right below image., First of two plates illustrating a popular song under the same title., Thirty-two lines of verse (first half of the song) printed in two columns below title: At the sign of the horse, old Spintext of course, ..., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published July 17th, 1795, by I. Coard, No. 11 Lisson Street, Edgware Road
"Graveside scene at night; a fat vicar swathed in a surplice and looking at a book by the light of a lantern held up by a thin, singing clerk, from whom he also takes some snuff; the open grave to left, the child's coffin beside it, mourners behind, shrouded so that all but one face is invisible, the church in the background; scene illustrating the tale of 'the vicar and Moses', in which the clerk came to fetch the vicar to bury an infant but stayed to drink with him till past midnight, when both staggered out to go to the church; verses to the song below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Numbered '(Plate II)' in lower right below image., Second of two plates illustrating a popular song under the same title., Thirty-two lines of verse (second half of the song) printed in two columns below title: Then Moses went on, Sir; the clock has struck one, ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published July 17th, 1795, by I. Coard, No. 11 Lisson Street, Edgware Road
Ttile from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record; dated by costume., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved throughout, illustrated with etching by Cole at top of sheet., For voice and harpsichord. Music on 2 staves with interlinear words. Additional stanza below. Part for flute at foot of page., and Opening words: Charmer, permit me to make a surrender ...
Caption title above first two columns., Date of publication from ESTC., Verse - "All you that delight in a frolicksome song.", In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the third and fourth columns each contain a woodcut; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 54. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at the printing office in Stonecutter-street, Fleet Market
Subject (Name):
Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743.
Subject (Topic):
Sailors, Adultery, Cuckolds, Ballads, English, Husband and wife, and Women
A large cotton handkerchief printed with red ink (madder); the drop head title is printed on a ribbon suspended between two trumpets and is divided after the word 'valentine' by a portrait of Pope. The central cartouche shows three scenes of courtship and is encircled by a knotted ribbon, every other loop in a heart-shape, and contains the lines beginning: I liked you best for true love it is a precious pleasure of a value more than rich mens treasure ... The lines of a love song telling the story of the courtship and marriage of Johnny and Mary are printed in the ribbons flowing on either side of the title ribbon. Along the bottom are two more scenes -- one of the betrothal, the other the wedding -- with two love birds in a small cartouche dividing the two scenes
Alternative Title:
14th Febry, 14th February, and Fourteenth February
Description:
Title from item., 'N's printed backwards in title., Date of printing based on date embroidered on The Lewis Walpole Library copy., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
Subject (Topic):
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Couples, Courtship, Cupids, Marriage, and Valentines
"Ich [habe] die Texte ... nicht selbst gesammlet, sondern auf etlichen Bogen beysammen gefunden ... die zu Halle, bey Hemmerde, unter dem Titel: Gebete und Lieder für Kinder, gedruckt eine ... Hr. M. Sturm ... ist der Herausgeber ... auch wohl der Verfasser von einigen." and Numerous errors in binding.
Publisher:
in Commission bey B.C. Breitkopf und Sohn
Subject (Name):
Sturm, Christoph Christian, 1740-1786. Gebete und Lieder für Kinder
