"A (?) Savoyard boy playing fife and tabor exhibits his dolls, two puppets on a string stretched between his knee and a stick. A Welsh milk-woman (left), with her pails hanging from a yoke, laughs. Two little girls (right) are amused; the younger makes her doll imitate the puppets. The road is suburban, bordered by the paling of a Nursery, over which leans an amused spectator."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Marionettes à Londrés
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 15, 1823 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
A thin man in a cap pulled down on his head feeds a morsel of food to an obese woman who combs a wig in her hand as they sit on a sofa before a table laid with lunch. They are in a well-appointed sitting room decorated with a mirror above a fireplace with a mantel on which sits a clock, a sheet of music entitled 'Romance', and under a glass vitrine, a statuette of man holding a bird on his finger. The fire screen is decorated with an image of two love birds. On the left edge is only a portion of painting, but it shows a bird perched on the finger of the sitter's hand. The man's discarded hat and walking stick rest of a sofa to the left
Description:
Title from text below image., Signed by the printmaker on a slip of paper tucked into the left edge of the mirror., Series title and number from caption above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "The series 'Musée Grotesque' consists of at least 65 plates, made over a long period between March 1814 and August 1829. They seem all to have been designed, and in some cases etched, by Godissart de Cari, and all are placed under his name in the British Museum. The first four plates of the series, unlike the others, do not carry the heading 'Musée Grotesque' but rather 'Les Nouvellistes' and are numbered 1 to 4."--British Museum online catalogue., and Mounted on blue laid paper to: 36 x 30 cm.
Score and part, holograph, with dedication to Adeline Palianti
Description:
Jules Massenet, French composer., Song, with words by Victor Hugo., Staff notation., Vocal text in French., Title from cover., Date of creation supplied by cataloger., and Voice part includes text for all verses.
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Name):
Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. and Palianti, Adeline.
Byron, Frederick George, 1764-1792, attributed name
Published / Created:
July 8, 1790.
Call Number:
790.07.08.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a large room French aristocrats crowd across a table from Pitt who is taking money while handing a pen to the man opposite who holds a crown in his left arm as he throws coins toward Pitt's grasping hand. Above Pitt stands George III behind podium, gavel in one hand and another crown extended toward one of the many bidders shouting comments and prices. The King calls out, "This is a lot, gentlemen, of superior brilliancy to the last. This, this raises you above your fellows in a very high degree indeed. I pity your distresses from my soul, what, what, what was that you were saying about jewels, Madames, too high. You may ride over the necks of half the nation with this upon your coach. You may get in debt as fast as you please and never pay. Mind that gentlemen, never pay." The Queen walks up a ladder behind the King to retrieve more crowns from the shelves behind the King's podium, turning her head to say, "Pay some attention to that Lady's jewels, my love."
Alternative Title:
English coronet auction by King, Pitt & Co., or, Comfort for the late French noblesse and Comfort for the late French noblesse
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Frederick George Byron by Andrew Edmunds., Publisher's advertisement below imprint: In Hollands Exhibition Rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humourous prints. Admtce. 1 shillg., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Irregular sheet, trimmed at an angel in lower left. Backed with blue paper.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., France, and France.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Refugees, History, Avarice, Auctions, Corruption, Crowds, Crowns, and Nobility
BEIN Lemaître Lettrism 141: Unsigned copy. Paperbound. From the library of Maurice Lemaître., "Chaque exemplaire de ce tirage a été paraphé par l'auteur, ce qui l'authentifie comme édition originale"--Third printed leaf., and Includes photocopies showing "quelques prix obtenus en ventes publiques ou en achats officiels."
Publisher:
Centre de créativité/Éditions lettristes
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Painting, French, Prices, Painting, Modern, and Lettrism
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from language of text., Sheet trimmed., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Impie. de Bougeard
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Name):
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715. and Hôtel royal des invalides (France).
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers' homes, Hospitals, Kings, Architectural drawings, Angels, and Veterans
A very tall thin gentleman with elongated wig and dour expression sits facing left on a block labelled "Stool of repentance" as he pulls a frog apart by its legs. Strapped to him by a belt around the waist is an old long-haired and bearded man, with bows on his shoes and holding a purse marked "empty". On the right, a sailor stands facing the viewer and holding in his hand a club, as he points towards the two men and smiles. Next to him on the ground lies a bag marked "1000 dollars." Probably a reference to the Bourbon Family Compact wherein Spain allied herself with France to regain Gibraltar
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Spain, France., France, Spain., and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
National characteristics, French, National characteristics, Spanish, Foreign relations, and Sailors
Volume 2, page 25. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 39. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young woman stands in front of a cliff, facing right, wearing a dress and a hat; a stringed instrument, which she grasps with both hands, is slung around her shoulders with a ribbon or strap; the roof of a cottage, some trees, and the side of a mountain are seen behind her on the right
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 39 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on laid paper ; sheet 37.3 x 29.0 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 10th, 1784, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Peasants, Clothing & dress, Stringed instruments, and Dwellings
Volume 2, page 25. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 39. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young woman stands in front of a cliff, facing right, wearing a dress and a hat; a stringed instrument, which she grasps with both hands, is slung around her shoulders with a ribbon or strap; the roof of a cottage, some trees, and the side of a mountain are seen behind her on the right
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 25 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 10th, 1784, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Peasants, Clothing & dress, Stringed instruments, and Dwellings
Title in lower margin left., Date derived from date of exhibition., In lower right margin: Salon de 1857., In upper left margin: 173., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Patients, psychiatric.
Publisher:
Imp Bertauts, r. Cadet 11
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Name):
Salpêtrière (Hospital).
Subject (Topic):
Psychiatric hospitals, Hospitals, and Mentally ill persons
