A drawing of an elaborately decorated frame with scrolls and vines. Centered at the base is a butterfly with spread wings and centered at the top, a nude figure holding an umbrella. On the verso, a light pencil sketch of clouds seen through an oculus in the center of a dome?
Alternative Title:
Frame for butterflies for Mr. Trevor Hampden
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's note in ink on verso., Alternative title from note on mount in Horace Walpole's hand: Frame for butterflies for Mr. Trevor Hampden., Artist from Walpole's note., Date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on leaf 25 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
A drawing of an elaborately decorated frame with scrolls and vines. Centered at the base is a butterfly with spread wings and centered at the top, a nude figure holding an umbrella. On the verso, a light pencil sketch of clouds seen through an oculus in the center of a dome?
Alternative Title:
Frame for butterflies for Mr. Trevor Hampden
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's note in ink on verso., Alternative title from note on mount in Horace Walpole's hand: Frame for butterflies for Mr. Trevor Hampden., Artist from Walpole's note., Date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on leaf 25 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Album of watercolor drawings depicting exotic animals, copied by the artist Ann Rich from the first few parts of the Naturalist’s Pocket Magazine (London, 1798-1802).
Description:
Title from manuscript text on first leaf., Each drawing executed on its own sheet, with a caption written in ink above; bound in contemporary plain paper wrappers., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Dustmen -- Coalmen.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 1828 by J. Fairburn Broadway Ludgate Hill
An elderly antiquarian guides a fashionably dressed young lady and gentleman through a natural history museum, unaware that the gentleman is passing a letter to the lady. In and around the cases are exotic animals, insects, reptiles, and a mummy
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Sept. 20, 1793, by T. Prattent, 46 Cloth Fair, West Smithfield
Leaf 97. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young man leaning against a bank under a tree holds out in his right hand a square frame in which are displayed dead butterflies and moths. In his left hand is a butterfly net. His hat is a large butterfly; writhing caterpillars represent his curled hair. A butterfly rests on his left coat cuff. His coat is adorned with symmetrical snails to represent trimming."--British Museum online catalogue and "This is evidently Moses Harris, entomologist and engraver, secretary to the Aurelian Society, who published 'The Aurelian, or Natural History of English Insects, Snails, Moths, and Butterflies, together with the Plants on which they feed', 1766 ... The frontispiece, which is burlesqued in this print, is a self-portrait of the author with a large butterfly-net leaning against a bank with a box of butterflies in his hand."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773., and Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "10" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. accord. to act by MDarly, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Harris, Moses, 1730-approximately 1788
Subject (Topic):
Entomologists, Butterflies, Butterfly nets, Clothing & dress, Dandies, and British
Leaf 97. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young man leaning against a bank under a tree holds out in his right hand a square frame in which are displayed dead butterflies and moths. In his left hand is a butterfly net. His hat is a large butterfly; writhing caterpillars represent his curled hair. A butterfly rests on his left coat cuff. His coat is adorned with symmetrical snails to represent trimming."--British Museum online catalogue and "This is evidently Moses Harris, entomologist and engraver, secretary to the Aurelian Society, who published 'The Aurelian, or Natural History of English Insects, Snails, Moths, and Butterflies, together with the Plants on which they feed', 1766 ... The frontispiece, which is burlesqued in this print, is a self-portrait of the author with a large butterfly-net leaning against a bank with a box of butterflies in his hand."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773., Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "10" in upper right corner., First of three plates on leaf 97., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.6 x 12.8 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. accord. to act by MDarly, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Harris, Moses, 1730-approximately 1788
Subject (Topic):
Entomologists, Butterflies, Butterfly nets, Clothing & dress, Dandies, and British
"Satire on Joseph Banks, shown as a well-dressed man with elaborately curled hair, ass's ears and a large feather in his hat, balances on two globes - one lettered "Antartick Circle", the other "Artick Circle" - while he reaches towards a butterfly with a bat-shaped fly-catcher in each hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Text below title: I rove from pole to pole, you ask me why, I tell you truth, to catch a fly., Plate from vol. III: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., and Plate numbered "17" in upper left corner.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly accor. to act, July 12th, 1772, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
Subject (Topic):
Naturalists, Butterflies, Butterfly nets, Dandies, British, and Globes
Leaf 77. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on Joseph Banks, shown as a well-dressed man with elaborately curled hair, ass's ears and a large feather in his hat, balances on two globes - one lettered "Antartick Circle", the other "Artick Circle" - while he reaches towards a butterfly with a bat-shaped fly-catcher in each hand."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Text below title: I rove from pole to pole, you ask me why, I tell you truth, to catch a fly., Plate numbered "17" in upper left corner and "v. 3" in upper right corner., For an earlier state, see no. 4695 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Male costume: Macaroni hats with ostrich feather., and Second of three plates on leaf 77.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly accor. to act, July 12th, 1772, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
Subject (Topic):
Naturalists, Butterflies, Butterfly nets, Dandies, British, Globes, Hats, and Feathers
Title from item., Translated title supplied by curator., Date derived from founding date of printer., At upper right: Eric., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.