"Portrait of the poet Thomas Gray; bust, in profile to the left; wearing plain shirt, with short hair; in oval; after Mason."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., After a drawing by William Mason. See Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Early state, before additional lettering added to statement of responsibility. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1956,1018.21., Publisher and date of publication from that of the volume in which the print appears., Frontispiece to: Gray, T. The poems of Mr. Gray. York : Printed by A. Ward ..., 1778., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 64 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Oval design depicts an Englishman in tricorne on left and American with broad-brimmed flat hat on right seated at a round table smoking pipes. On the table near the Englishman is the London Gazette and Morning Post, while near the American a paper marked Boston Nov. 4 78. A shaft of light illuminates the table, while a picture on the wall behind shows a handshake
Alternative Title:
English and American discovery
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's initials "MD" form a monogram., and Numbered "81" in upper right of plate.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 5 1778 by MDarly
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Topic):
History, Furniture, Smoking, Hats, Tobacco pipes, and Clothing & dress
A broadside printing of an 18th century scam, exploiting the helplessness of English debtors before the law. And especially the perennial animus towards the legal profession--"the chicanery of petty-fogging (would-be) attornies, the shameful plunder and extortion of bailiffs and sheriff-brokers"--these and more epithets shouted at the reader in an assortment of bold and italic type
Description:
Title from first line of text., Date based on trial date of one of Bristowe's victims. Cf. Jackson, W. New and complete Newgate calendar, London, 1794-1795, v. V, p. 299-302., Not in ESTC., and For further information, consult library staff.
"A cow representing the commerce of Great Britain stands passively on the sea-shore while an American with a feathered cap saws off her horns; one horn lies on the ground. A Dutchman milks the cow ... France, a foppishly-dressed Frenchman, and Spain, a don in slashed doublet and cloak, hold bowls of milk. In the foreground lies the British lion asleep, unconscious of a pug-dog which stands on his back befouling him. Behind the lion stands a plainly-dressed Englishman clasping his hands in despair. In the background across the sea is a town inscribed Philadelphia; in front of it on the shore, two men on a minute scale (General and Admiral Howe) are seated at a table. Both are asleep, a punch-bowl is on the table... Beside them, laid up on dry land is a man-of-war inscribed Eagle (Howe's flag-ship.)" -- George
Description:
Title and date from British Museum catalogue no. 5472. and Print similar to illustration for Westminster Magazine, vi. 66, of February 1778, described as no. 5472, in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Great Britain., Great Britain, and America.
Subject (Name):
Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799. and Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814.
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, Commerce, Colonies, National characteristics, French, National characteristics, Spanish, National characteristics, Dutch, Milking, Cows, Lions, and Sleeping
