"Portrait of George Villiers, three-quarter length directed to the right, in lace collar, left hand on hip, right hand resting on head of greyhound."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir George Villiers
Description:
Title etched below image., After a painting by Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1920,1211.1360., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Dec. 3, 1800, by S. Harding, 127 Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Villiers, George, Sir, -1606, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Poverty-stricken family in bare, attic interior; man seated at left beside table, skinny dog beside him, looking away from woman, standing in centre mending garment, watched by boy lying on floor and resting on stool at right, looking up from his reading; young woman sitting dejectedly with bellows beside fireplace, at right."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print engraved after the same painting
Alternative Title:
Effects of youthful extravagance and idleness
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse beneath image, four on either side of title: What misery in a narrow scale confin'd! The mournful work of one degenerate mind ..., and Companion print to: The fruits of early industry & oeconemy [sic].
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Bellows, Dogs, Families, Interiors, Poor persons, Povery, Sewing, and Fireplaces
"A family in a wealthy interior; an elderly man at centre, seated at a table, a glass in his left hand, holding out his right to receive coins from a younger man standing to left with his right hand on a book and a quill in his mouth; on the table, another glass, writing materials, coins and notes; to right, a woman ..., supporting, and holding up a bunch of grapes for, a young child standing on a chair; looking on from behind the chair, a boy and, at right, a black servant holding a bowl of fruit, his left hand on the chair; in front of the table, a young girl lying on the carpet with a spaniel; a shipping wharf seen through an open window to left."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print engraved after the same painting
Alternative Title:
Fruits of early industry & oeconomy, Fruits of early industry and oeconomy, and Fruits of early industry and economy
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse beneath image, four on either side of title: Lo here, what ease, what elegance you see, the just reward of youthfull industry ..., and Companion print to: The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness.
"A family in a wealthy interior; an elderly man at centre, seated at a table, a glass in his left hand, holding out his right to receive coins from a younger man standing to left with his right hand on a book and a quill in his mouth; on the table, another glass, writing materials, coins and notes; to right, a woman ..., supporting, and holding up a bunch of grapes for, a young child standing on a chair; looking on from behind the chair, a boy and, at right, a black servant holding a bowl of fruit, his left hand on the chair; in front of the table, a young girl lying on the carpet with a spaniel; a shipping wharf seen through an open window to left."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print engraved after the same painting
Alternative Title:
Fruits of early industry & oeconomy, Fruits of early industry and oeconomy, and Fruits of early industry and economy
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse beneath image, four on either side of title: Lo here, what ease, what elegance you see, the just reward of youthfull industry ..., Companion print to: The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching ; sheet 67.3 x 54 cm., and Printed on wove paper, trimmed within plate mark.
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Three lines of text below title: Vicar. How could you be so profane as to inter your dog in the church yard. You are liable to be punished in the spiritual court ..., Plate numbered '239' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: vicarage -- Clergy: vicar -- Fireplaces -- Farmers -- Pets: hound -- Pictures amplifying subject: painting of a horse -- Pictures amplifying subject: painting of the church -- Furniture: writing desk -- Clerks -- Furnishings: carpet.
Publisher:
Published 1st Feby. 1800, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"A fat ugly woman sits squarely on a stool, in stays and petticoat with clumsy ungartered stockings. Three women, grotesquely ugly, advance towards her, one with a cap, the other with a petticoat, a third with a chamber-pot. On the ground are combs, hair-tongs, tankard, pin-cushion, fan, and garters, one inscribed 'Set thy thoughts on things above'. Said to be a satire on 'some vulgar fashionable'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Female dress, 1800 -- Female fashion -- Pincushions -- Tankards -- Garters -- Hair-tongs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 8th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Venus (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
Fashion, Vanity and pride, Clothing & dress, Fans (Accessories), Drinking vessels, Chamber pots, and Combs
"A fat ugly woman sits squarely on a stool, in stays and petticoat with clumsy ungartered stockings. Three women, grotesquely ugly, advance towards her, one with a cap, the other with a petticoat, a third with a chamber-pot. On the ground are combs, hair-tongs, tankard, pin-cushion, fan, and garters, one inscribed 'Set thy thoughts on things above'. Said to be a satire on 'some vulgar fashionable'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Female dress, 1800 -- Female fashion -- Pincushions -- Tankards -- Garters -- Hair-tongs., and 1 print : etching and stipple engraving with aquatint, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.3 x 35.6 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 8th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Venus (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
Fashion, Vanity and pride, Clothing & dress, Fans (Accessories), Drinking vessels, Chamber pots, and Combs
"Rosalind gives a trinket to Orlando, crowned with a laurel wreath, who has just defeated the wrestler, while Celia peeps from behind her friend, smling at the two, in a garden with a colonnaded pavilion behind where the king walks thoughtfully."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker, and imprint from later state in the British Museum., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to plate mark on top., Later state signed: "Painted by John Downman ; engraved by Willliam Leney.", and Imprint from later state: "Pub. June 4, 1800 by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London."
On the left the ghost of Samuel Johnson, in a great swirl of billowing clouds, appears before a startled James Boswell, right hand raised in alarm, who is seated at a table strewn with papers and remnants. In his hand he holds a cushion labeled "Hebrides." Behind him on the wall are two shelves of books, many of which are identified by author and title, or numbered, perhaps a reference to his journals that were the basis of his Life of Samuel Johnson. Below the shelves is a framed portrait of Boswell. A quotation from William Congreve's The Way of the World, Act iv, Scene 9 is engraved below the image
Description:
Title and imprint from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three lines of verse from "Congreve's Way of the world, Act IV, Scene 9", below title, beginning: Thou art a retailer of phrases ..., and A later copy of No. 8281 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795., Boswell, James, 1740-1795, and Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
"A thin officer in profile to the left stands on a flagged pavement, his feet splayed outwards, right hand on hip, holding one glove in his (gloved) left hand. He wears an enormous busby and sabre."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue. and Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: 1st Grenadier Guards
Publisher:
1800. Publish'd May 19th by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
