"In the tower of London, Dighton and Forrest carry the murdered princes down stairs in their bedclothes, another man reaching up to receive them at left at the foot, only his hands seen"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Lettered above title "Shakspeare." in open letters., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 59.7 x 39.8 cm., and Embossed with ownership stamp "W".
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1st, 1795, by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare-Gallery, Pall-Mall & at No. 90 Cheapside, London
Two women stand before a knife grinder and his cart equipped with a grinding wheel, on the sidewalk before an open door and under a street lamp. The woman closest to the viewer hands him a pair of scissors while the other looks on. In the background on the right, a woman carrying a baby on her back walks away from the scene
Alternative Title:
Knives, scissors and razors to grind and Couteaux, ciseaux, rasoirs a repasser
Description:
Titles in English and French below image, engraved on either side of series title. and Engraved after Francis Wheatley, who first exhibited his series of oil paintings depicting London street-sellers at the Royal Academy between 1792 and 1795.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs Jan. 1, 1795, by Colnaghi & Co., No. 132 Pall Mall
Subject (Topic):
Grinding wheels, Infants, Mothers, Scissors, and Street vendors
Volume 2, page 87. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman standing to right waving farewell to a figure escorted by two soldiers, in the distance at right, at left the corner of a building and part of a tree trunk with broken branch; oval design, after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of verse below title: What so tender, at parting, he told me, which such joy, to my bosom convey'd, when next he was doom'd to behold me, cou'd I think of being this way repaid., Illustration to Charles Dibdin's adaptation of the comic opera The deserter., and Mounted on page 87 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd 24th Feby. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Name):
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814.
Subject (Topic):
Military deserters, Farewells, Soldiers, and Tree trunks
Four nymphs kneel or stand in front of a tree in front of which is a fenced enclosure holding three cupids. In the background on the left, another nymph carrys away a cupid on her shoulder
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Title followed by dedication: "To Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth, this plate is with permission humbly dedicated, by her Royal Highness's most Obedient & very humble Servant. [Signed] Charles Guisan."
Publisher:
Publish'd May the 25, 1795, by C. Guisan, No. 74, Wells Street Oxford Street & sold by A. Molteno, Printseller No. 76, St. James's Street
Title etched below image., "Shakspeare" in open letters and six lines from the play: "Pist. A trial come ... pinch him your time.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to 53 x 68 cm.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1, 1795 by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Title etched below image., "Shakspeare" in open letters and six lines from the play: "Pist. A trial come ... pinch him your time.", and Numbered '14' in lower left.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1, 1795 by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
A man in a tricorne hat shown three-quarters length, in profile looking left and leaning on a walking stick
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 19 x 16 cm.
"Portrait of William Chiffinch, half length to the left, with shoulder-length hair, wearing a broad lace collar and gown."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: S. Harding del. ; Clamp sc., Probably a proof state, before statements of responsibility added below image. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1943,0410.134., Publication information from imprint statement on later state: Pub. 1 April 1795 by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall., Text below title on later state indicates that the print was engraved "from an original picture in the collection of Lord Verulam at Gorhambury.", Early state of a plate from: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?]., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text from bottom of plate. Title has also been trimmed but reattached in its original location below image., and Mounted on page 132 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Goalers.
