Pairs of elegantly dressed and coiffed ladies and gentlemen sit around a long table drinking champagne. On a dais sits 'Perdita' (Mary Robinson) who assures the Prince of Wales of her undying love. He looks at her adoringly and says, "Now what care I for Mom and Dad, let 'em scold and bellow." His left hand rests on books piled up on the table (the titles of which are also listed in the publisher's advertisement). Another lady on his left looking at him may be Elizabeth Armitstead (later Mrs. Fox) who succeeded Mrs. Robinson as his mistress. Other members of this group include Lord Derby and his actress wife, Elizabeth Farren, and Charles James Fox. The location appears to be the Schomberg House where James Graham established his 'Temple of Health and Hymen' famous for its 'Celestial Bed' (cf. British Museum catalogue no. 6325). Allusion to George IV's coming of age
Alternative Title:
Old gigg shop revived
Description:
Publisher's advertisement below the text of the song: "At No. 66 Drury Lane, may be had the following publications. Hal's looking-glass; or, The Royal exhibition, price 2s. 6d. Madame Birchini's dance, price 2s. 6d. Apollo and the Muses inflicting penance on Dr. J-----n round Parnassus, price 1s. The wanton jesuit, an opera, price 1s. 6d. An epistle from Sir Roger Sugar-Cane to Lady Maria B--n, price. The celestial bed, price 1s. 6d. and Matted to 47 x 52 cm. With a key identifying the characters stamped around the window. Contemporary annotations identifying the names alluded to in the list of prints following the printer's address.
Publisher:
Publis'd [sic] as the act directs by W. Holland, No. 66 Drury Lane
Subject (Geographic):
London (England) and England
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Fox, Elizabeth, 1750-1842., Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834., and Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759?-1829.
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Eating & drinking, Hairstyles, Chairs, and Clothing & dress
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a diary of a journey from Dublin to England and then to Cork, written in a lighthearted and sometimes satirical manner. Traveling with his father, his friend Valerius, and a servant, the Irish author records his impressions in England of churches he visits; where he takes his meals; and the inhabitants he meets. After describing several churches in Liverpool, he writes, "I am broke of in this Part of my Description, as I think by some simpering or laughing; but on Enquiry I am supris'd to find it's some of my Female Acquaintance," which causes him, he writes, to lose the spirit to continue with his description. Elsewhere, he visits silk mills and describes the cost and workings of the machinery. At Nottingham, he notes that "most of the Inhabitants here are Presbyterians and I really believe I was in five different Meetings which I mistook for Churches, and at Length was so much vexed at being so often disappointed that I protested against looking further for one." Throughout, he records numerous encounters with women, including a landlord's daughter with whom he carries on a flirtation. The narrative is prefaced by an introduction addressed to "Madam," in which he speaks disapprovingly of women's coquetry, and mocks "our country-women who have been abroad," who "commonly return Home with Variety of odd Pronunciations, particular Gestures, & new Fashions, perhaps never known in any Part of the World, but the Production of their own fertile Brain."
Description:
Author of the manuscript is an unknown Irishman., In English., Index at end of manuscript., Leather oval bookplate inside front cover: Ex Musaeo Huthii., and Binding: full morocco; gilt decoration. Printed on spine: Narrative of a journey through England. MS. 1752.
Subject (Geographic):
England, Liverpool (England), London (England), and Nottingham (England)
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, Travelers' writings, English, Women, Conduct of life, Description and travel, and Buildings, structures, etc
"View of Westminster Bridge from the centre of the Thames; a number of small boats in foreground; Westminster Abbey and Hall beyond bridge to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe du Pont de Westminster du cote du nord
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication from description of 19th-century reissue by Francis West; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0508.1462., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of the city of London and public buildings therein, accurately engraved from the originals taken on the spot", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 86, no. 8., Plate numbered "3" in upper right corner., and Leaf 22 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Thames River (England),, Westminster Bridge (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Westminster Abbey, and Westminster Hall (London, England),
"View of Buckingham House from the park; elegantly dressed figures in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de la Hostel de Bucingham dans la Parke de St. James
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Later state, with imprint burnished from plate. For an earlier state with the imprint "London, Printed for Robt. Sayer facing Fetter Lane End, Fleet Street", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2393., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, pages 87, no. 10., Plate numbered "8" in upper right corner., Watermark: Charles Ball 1817., Leaf 39 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: Old Buckingham Palace.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Saint James's Park (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Buckingham Palace (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Parks, Official residences, Trees, and Pedestrians
"View looking across Covent Garden piazza, the market in progress, St Paul's Church on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de Covent Garden
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Later state, with imprint burnished from plate. For an earlier state with the imprint "London, Printed for Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck faceing Fetter Lane End, Fleet Street", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.3050., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, pages 87, no. 10., Plate numbered "11" in upper right corner., Watermark: 1817., Leaf 42 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: Old Covent Garden.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Covent Garden (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
St. Paul's Church (Covent Garden, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Plazas, Markets, Churches, Coaches & carriages, Carts & wagons, and Sedan chairs
"View looking across Grosvenor Square with the oval shaped planted area with equestrian statue in the centre; a carriage, sedan chair and elegantly dressed figures in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Perspective view of Grosvenor Square and Vüe de la Place de Grosvenor
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, pages 87, no. 10., and Leaf 34 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck facing Fetter Lane End, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
London (England) and Grosvenor Square (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Plazas, Row houses, Equestrian statues, Carriages & coaches, and Sedan chairs
"View in the Strand looking towards St Clement Danes, a carriage approaching on the street to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de l'Eglise de St. Clements, dans le Strand
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Later state; remnants of burnished imprint visible at bottom of plate., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, pages 87, no. 10., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., Watermark: Charles Ball 1817., Leaf 35 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: This rare view is copied in Fairholt's "Haunted London".
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Strand, The (London, England),, England, and London.
"Perspective view of St James's Square, looking north, the spire of St James's Church visible in the distance."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de la Place de St. James's
Description:
Titles engraved below image, in English and French., Later state, with imprint burnished from plate. For an earlier state with the imprint "London, Printed for Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck facing Fetter Lane, Fleet Street", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2201., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, pages 87, no. 10., Plate numbered "9" in upper right corner., Watermark: 1817., Leaf 40 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: Curious.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Saint James's Square (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
St. James's Church (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Plazas, Churches, Row houses, Coaches & carriages, and Sedan chairs
"View on the Strand looking towards St Mary's Church, with Somerset House on the right, a sedan chair on street to left, a carriage to the right, elegantly dressed figures and street traders on street."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de L'Eglise de St. Marie dans le Strand, proche le Palais Royal de Somerset a Londres
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Later state; remnants of burnished imprint visible at bottom of plate., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, pages 87, no. 10., Plate numbered "5" in upper right corner., Watermark: Charles Ball 1817., Leaf 36 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: Old Somerset House.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Strand, The (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
St. Mary le Strand (Church : London, England), and Somerset House (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Churches, Streets, Castles & palaces, Carriages & coaches, and Sedan chairs
"View looking down Fleet Street towards Temple Bar, with St Dunstan in the West on the right; elegantly dressed figures among carriages and carts on the street."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Perspective view of Temple Bar and St. Dunstan's Church and Vüe de Temple Barr une des porte de la villa de Londrer, LEglise de St. Dunstan
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Later state; remnants of burnished imprint visible at bottom of plate., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, pages 87, no. 10., Plate numbered "3" in upper right corner., Watermark: 1817., Leaf 44 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: Old St. Dunstan's Church. Temple Bar with the Traitor's Heads on it.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Fleet Street (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Temple Bar (London, England), and St. Dunstan's in the West (Church : London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Streets, Churches, Gates, Carriages & coaches, and Carts & wagons
