Plate [163] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; several small laden boats and escaping people under the arch of a bridge on the right, others rowing up on the left, old St Paul's on the left bank and the city in flames further down the river on the right in the distance."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [163] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Topic):
Great Fire, London, England, 1666, Fires, Bridges, and Boats
View of Windsor Castle from across the river Thames, with boats on the water and two swans to the left. Three men with fishing poles and two women are seen on the bank in the foreground; a tree stands on the right
Alternative Title:
Palais Royale de Windsor
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication based on Robert Sayer's earliest year of activity. The address "near Sergeants Inn, Fleet Street" only appears on his very early prints; see British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", 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 87, no. 9., Imperfect; plate number erased from upper right corner of sheet. Missing number supplied from impression in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession no.: 29635:13., Plate numbered "8" in upper right corner., Watermark: 1804., and Leaf 19 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):
Berkshire (England) and Thames River (England),
Subject (Name):
Windsor Castle,
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces, Official residences, Rivers, and Boats
Title from item., Letterpress text, printed in two columns, beginning: It was a cold December night, and the beating of the rain and sleet against the window alone ..., With a wood engraved illustration on first page showing George IV with pointed ears, holding up a glass in his left hand and a bottle of alcohol in his right, looking defiant as a man holding a staff seems to plead with him. A weeping Queen Caroline can be seen in the background on a pier, a small boat in front of her and a ship further out in the harbor. Above the image is printed "Oh, what pleasure will abound when my wife is laid in ground. - Midas." Beneath are three additional lines of quoted text: "In the divorce, his contrary proceedings are all unfounded, wherein he appears as I would wish mine enemy.", Publisher's advertisement at foot of second page: Just published, the following dreams: (by the same author.) 1. The profligate son. -- 2. The conspirators. -- 3. The degraded King. With appropriate cuts., "Price 3d. coloured, - 2d. plain.", Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other item) on leaf 13 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Geo. IV" identified in ink beneath illustration.
Publisher:
Printed and published by J. Turner, 170, Aldersgate-Street, London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
A view of the river Medway, opposite Sheerness, on a windy day with the town and ships in the distance. In the foreground the figures (identified by letters) struggle with their boat
Description:
Title etched below image., Figures are lettered in plate with key beneath title: A. The boat. B. Mr. Tothall at the helm. C. Mr. Thornhill lending a hand to. D. Mr. Hogarth. E. Mr. Forrest pushing forward. F. Mr. Scott. G. Sheerness., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate for: Gosling, W. Account of what seemed most remarkable in the five days peregrination of the five following persons ..., Not in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.)., and On page 212 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 27th 1781 by Rd. Livesay at Mrs. Hogarth's Leicester Fields
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,, Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734,, and Scott, Samuel, approximately 1710-1772,
Plate [141] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Cromwell boarding a small boat, planning to emigrate to America in the face of debt, accompanied by a puritan, with a boy in the foreground untying the mooring, but looking back to left at two officers, one holding a signed paper, bringing news that the government have ordered him not to leave."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [141] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
In the foreground a car filled with passengers is pulled through the waves on the Thames by a pair of horses; other sailboats and rowboats sail in the same direction. In the distance is a cityscape of London and a bridge
Alternative Title:
Marine car and sea horses exhibited on the Thames and at Vauxhall in 1794
Description:
Title from text below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England) and Thames River (England)
Peele, J. W. (John Websdale), active 1822-1846, publisher
Published / Created:
[1824]
Call Number:
File 74 824 P374
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Abstract:
Broadside celebrating Fairlop Fair, held annually held on the first Friday in July. The broadside gives a short account of the origins of the fair, reproduces two songs sung by a Mr. Hemingway and a Mr. Lidard during the fair, and shows the festivities in an impressive woodcut which was printed from a woodblock fashioned from the celebrated Fairlop Oak. The Fairlop Oak was an impressive oak in the Hainault Forest near a lake at Fairlop Waters. In 1725 Daniel Day (d. 1767), a ship-builder, took some friends for a picnic there, repeating this for a number of summers until it gradually developed into a larger event, attended by ship, boat, and barge builders and their associated trades, though it was always held without a charter. By the early 19th century it was a well attended fair, known for its sometimes riotous behaviour. Day always made a point of arriving at the fair in a boat on wheels and this tradition continued. These impressive modes of transport, festooned with lights and sails, full of people in garish costumes making music and breaking into song were one of the features of the fair, and a well-known spectacle in the East End of London when they set off. By 1813 the Fairlop Oak had lost a great deal of its crown. The broadside here records its girth as being 36 feet. The tree was blown down in a gale in 1820, and its timber was used for a variety of celebratory furniture but also for the block from which the present woodcut was carved
Description:
Caption title., Date of publication from manuscript note on verso., Text includes ballads and songs in three columns, with a large woodcut of the Fairlop Oak and the surrounding fair above., With a ms. note on verso in ink and in an unidentified hand and dated: These bills circulated during the fairs. A mention is made of a charter in one of these songs, but such is not the case. Friday July 2, 1824., and For further information, consult library staff.
Page 185. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Birds'-eye view down the River Thames, looking towards Westminster; Somerset House is seen on the right, with Westminster Abbey and Bridge in the mid-distance; many boats are on the water
Alternative Title:
Southeast prospect of Westminster
Description:
Title etched below image., "Engrav'd for the Universal Magazine, for J. Hinton in Newgate Street"--Above image., Date of publication from the Yale Center for British Art online catalog., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from upper margin. Missing text supplied from impression at the Yale Center for British Art, accession no.: B1998.14.676., Mounted to 26 x 32 cm., and Mounted on page 185 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
J. Hinton
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Thames River (England),, and Westminster Bridge (London, England),
"A view of London through one of the arches of Westminster Bridge, with boats on the Thames and lumber yards on the right; St Paul's in the distance on the right, and the prominent steeples of other churches lettered with a number for identification"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
This view of the city of London, taken through one of the centers of the arches of the new bridge at Westminster ...
Description:
Title from dedication engraved below image., Key with the names of the churches numbered within image is etched on either side of dedication., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Brindley, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in New Bond Str
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Westminster Bridge (London, England),, and Thames River (England),
