Glass stereographs of Col. John C. Fremonts Mariposa estate
Container / Volume:
Folder 19
Image Count:
1
Description:
The first major series of outdoor photographs by Carleton Watkins. Col. John C. Fremont hired Watkins to produce a series of photographs depicting Fremonts Mariposa estate and its assets.
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Name):
Fremont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902--Pictorial works. and Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890
Subject (Topic):
Dwellings --California., Hills., Landscape photography --California., Mills and mill-work --California, and Trees.
"Satire in the form of a transparency on the Earl of Bute and his dominance of the king in contrast to the Duke of Cumberland's loyalty, with a reference to William Hogarth. A large tartan military tent decorated with an irradiated jack-boot from which a thistle emerges; fleurs-de-lis on the border of the roof. On the left, stands Cumberland, "Emblem of England" vowing to stop "this Scotch & French scheme"; on the right, stands the Duke of Nivernois, "Emblem of the state of France", trembling in fear of Cumberland. When held to the light figures within the tent (printed on a backing sheet) are revealed: Princess Augusta and Bute express their mutual affection while George III stands beneath a petticoat implying female rule."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
True contrast
Description:
Title from item., Plate numbered '23' in upper right corner., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. ... [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763]., Temporary local subject terms: Tents -- Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute -- Emblems: fleur-de-lis -- Emblems: petticoat for the Princess of Wales., and Mounted to 30 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1761]
Call Number:
761.00.00.09
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the Scots and on the supposed relationship between Lord Bute and Princess Augusta, showing on the left a plaid curtain behind which the couple are seen dancing when the print is held to the light; on the right a Scottish bag-piper plays "Scotch Vagary for the German Flute or Bagpipe" while two gentleman note that he is "sure of preferment"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., The mounting sheet contains figures of the Princess of Wales and Lord Bute that can be seen behind the curtain when the print is viewed against a source of light., Temporary local subject terms: Preferment -- Allusion to David Rizzio, d. 1566., and Watermark: unidentified watermark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Glass stereographs of Col. John C. Fremonts Mariposa estate
Container / Volume:
Folder 20
Image Count:
1
Description:
The first major series of outdoor photographs by Carleton Watkins. Col. John C. Fremont hired Watkins to produce a series of photographs depicting Fremonts Mariposa estate and its assets.
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Name):
Fremont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902--Pictorial works. and Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890
Subject (Topic):
Hills., Landscape photography --California., Photography of rocks, and Trees.
Two young women fashionably attired in high-wasted dresses, turban-like hats, and carrying large fur muffs, shown full-length walking from the left. On the right a heavy-set women kneels with her back to the audience. When backlit, the undergarments of the ladies are revealed
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 17th, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Glass stereographs of Col. John C. Fremonts Mariposa estate
Container / Volume:
Folder 21
Image Count:
1
Description:
The first major series of outdoor photographs by Carleton Watkins. Col. John C. Fremont hired Watkins to produce a series of photographs depicting Fremonts Mariposa estate and its assets.
Subject (Geographic):
Mariposa County (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Fremont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902--Pictorial works. and Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890
Subject (Topic):
Dwellings --California., Hills., Landscape photography --California., Trees., and Valleys
A coffin is carried down the stairs of a gothic church by a procession of monks, lit by the light of the full moon and the flames of the torches that some of the monks carry. They walk toward an open crypt in the foreground. The light from the crypt illuminates the monument on the wall opposite (a knight in armor) as well as two monks kneeling at the opening of the crypt and a third monk holding a thurible. A man with a red cloak stands in the shadows on the left, looking down at the scene at the crypt. The image is intended to be backlit. The light sources in the image -- the moon, the glow shining out of the gothic crypt, and the torch-bearing friars -- are enhanced when the image is held up to a light
Description:
Title and approximate date of production from dealer's description., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Drawn in the style of the painter and etcher Franz Joseph Manskirch (1768-1840), who worked in London between 1793 and 1819., and On paper watermarked "J. Whatman Turkey Mill".
Subject (Topic):
Churches, Funeral processions, Incense, Monks, Moonlight, Pointed arches, and Torches
