An image of a mad Medea [?], hair flowing and left breast bare, holding a dagger in her right hand and held above her head, posed read to strike. In her left hand she holds a chalice. There is a column to her left in the background. Used as a ticket for a production at Dalby Theatre, the private playhouse of Edward Hartopp (1758-1808) at his seat Little Dalby Hall in Leicestershire
Description:
With contemporary manuscript notes "21st July. Macbeth, with High life below stairs" on recto, and "Admission ticket, not transferable" on verso. For further information, consult library staff.
Head-and-shoulder portrait of a gentleman in profile to the right in a bag wig and ruffled shirt. He has a very long, beak-like nose and wears spectacles
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue. and Beginning of imprint statement is lightly etched and barely visible.
Publisher:
Pub. 14th Feb. 1783 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond St.
Head-and-shoulder portrait of a gentleman in profile to the left with a whip under his arm. His hair is brushed forward over his forehead and arranged in curls over his shoulders
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pub 25 Feby 1783 by H Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
View inside Vauxhall Gardens, with the Grand Walk on the right leading towards the obelisk. The orchestra is seen to the left, flanked by pavillions on either side. Elegantly dressed figures socialize in the gardens and walk in pairs down the tree-lined path
Alternative Title:
View at the entrance into Vauxhall
Description:
Title, artist, and date from the 1761 engraving after this drawing., Unsigned., and Engraved in reverse by Edward Rooker and issued as a plate to: London and its environs described. London : R. and J. Dodsley, 1761.
Subject (Geographic):
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England),, England, and London.
"View across a cornfield to Hogarth's house at Chiswick and neighbouring houses among trees; in the foreground, to left, a man holding a staff is seated beside a tree with a dog at his feet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from Paulson., Printmaker and date from British Museum online catalogue, viewed October 2023., Published state with imprint: "Publish'd as the Act directs by Jane Hogarth at the Golden-head Leicester Fields 1st May 1781.", Formerly attributed to William Hogarth and dated ca. 1750. See curator's comments in the British Museum catalogue., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Ranby's house., and On page 154 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed within plate mark to: 10 x 14.9 cm.
Publisher:
Jane Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Chiswick (London, England), England, and Chiswick.
"View across a cornfield to Hogarth's house at Chiswick and neighbouring houses among trees; in the foreground, to left, a man holding a staff is seated beside a tree with a dog at his feet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from Paulson., Printmaker and date from British Museum online catalogue, viewed October 2023., Published state with imprint: "Publish'd as the Act directs by Jane Hogarth at the Golden-head Leicester Fields 1st May 1781.", and Formerly attributed to William Hogarth and dated ca. 1750. See curator's comments in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Jane Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Chiswick (London, England), England, and Chiswick.
Musicians in a church, with vocalists singing from books in upper level and instrumentalists below, the latter labeled to indicate their nationalities, Prussia, Ger., Ital, Swiss, and on the far right Engl., possibly corresponding to caricature portrait of Dr. Arne. The bass player labeled Ger. may represent Karl Friedrich Abel. To the right the church congregation is indicated, with men in the foreground and women with the fashionable pyramidal hair styles seated in the upper gallery
Description:
Title and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Title pencilled below image: The morning concert., and In laid to 30 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Abel, Karl Friedrich, 1723-1787. and Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778.
Subject (Topic):
Church musicians, Church music, Musicians, Churches, and Interiors
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[27 May 1797]
Call Number:
797.05.27.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A fashionably dressed young man stands with legs apart infront of the fireplace grate
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Numbered 'Plate 1' in upper left corner., Plate from: An Olio of Good Breeding : With Sketches Illustrative of the Modern Graces!! / by G.M. Woodward. London : Printed for the author and sold by W. Clarke ..., [1797]., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 27, 1797, by G.M. Woodward, Berners Street
View from the west front at Strawberry Hill, from the across the road. A man in the road, leaning on the walking stick in his left hand appears to gesture with his right hand over at the turret of the villa beyond the brick wall which surrounds the villa
Description:
Title devised by curator. and Signed and dated in lower right corner of image: "J.C. Barrow 1789."
Subject (Geographic):
England, Twickenham., and Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Houses, Buildings, structures, etc, and Estates
View from the west front at Strawberry Hill, from the across the road. A man in the road, leaning on the walking stick in his left hand appears to gesture with his right hand over at the turret of the villa beyond the brick wall which surrounds the estate
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Inscribed with his name and dated by the artist in design, lower right., and Joseph Charles Barrow (fl. 1789-1802), English artist.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England), England, and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Estates
