"The interior of a church (? the Chapel Royal) showing pulpit, side-gallery, and pews beneath the gallery. Wilkes (left) is the preacher, beneath him is his clerk, Pitt. At a right angle to the gallery is the royal pew (right), from which the King looks with earnest attention to the preacher. Queen Charlotte, her fingers to her mouth, also listens attentively. A lady-in-waiting and a courtier with a long wand (Lord Salisbury, the Lord Chamberlain) stand behind. The pew is decorated with the royal arms and has a canopy. In the centre of the gallery sit the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Fitzherbert; he turns away from the preacher, looking at her. Behind him stands George Hanger; behind Mrs. Fitzherbert sits a man looking at Wilkes through a spy-glass. Between him and the royal pew are three men in legal wigs and gowns: Pepper Arden, Dundas, and (?) Kenyon. Between the Prince and the pulpit sit North (asleep) and Burke, looking intently at Wilkes; a lady (? Duchess of Devonshire) attempts to wake North. In the seats under the gallery sit parties of citizens, in general asleep or inattentive. Below the royal pew stands Fox on a low stool as a penitent draped in a sheet; he wears a placard inscribed 'For Playing Cards on the Lord's Day'. A stout lady with an aquiline nose stands near Pitt; with a raised whip she chases a number of dogs out of the church. She has some resemblance to the Duchess of Gordon, a friend of Pitt. Immediately behind Mrs. Fitzherbert and between two Gothic windows is a wall-tablet inscribed: 'This Tablet is erected to the memory of the renowned Plenipotentiary who died by the bow string a short time after his return to Algiers. Two maiden ladies of this Parish who tasted exquisite felicity from his Prowess, dedicate this frail memorial to his loved memory'. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 7935, &c. Immediately behind Mrs. Fitzherbert and between two Gothic windows is a wall-tablet inscribed: 'This Tablet is erected to the memory of the renowned Plenipotentiary who died by the bow string a short time after his return to Algiers. Two maiden ladies of this Parish who tasted exquisite felicity from his Prowess, dedicate this frail memorial to his loved memory'. Cf. BMSat 7935, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wonderful effects of a proclamation
Description:
Title from item., Artist tentatively identified as Henry Wigstead; see British Museum catalogue., Printmaker formerly identified as Rowlandson, but an attribution to F.G. Byron (Andrew Edmunds, February 2021) is noted in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,4.101., The listed publisher "Paddy Whack" probably stands for William Holland; see British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Congregations -- Piety Proclamation, June 1, 1787., and Mounted to 30 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Paddy Whack, Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824, Gordon, Jane Gordon, Duchess of, 1748-1812, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Chapel Royal (Saint James's Palace, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Churches, Religious services, Pulpits, Pews, Dogs, Whips, Signs (Notices), and Windows
"Dissenters are engaged in burning churches and attacking the clergy. In the foreground a stout bishop on his knees is being kicked and assailed by men with bludgeons; beside him is a book: 'Refutation of Dr Price'. He exclaims, raising his hands, "Murder, fire, thieves". One of his assailants says, "Make room for the Apostle of Liberty"; the other, "God assisting us nothing is to be feared". Under this group is inscribed: 'And when they had smote the Shepherd, the Sheep were scattered'. Behind (right) a Gothic building, from which extends a sign of the Mitre and Crown, is being demolished. Price sits astride on the beam supporting the sign; in one hand is an open book, 'Love of our Country', in the other is a firebrand inscribed 'The Flame of Liberty'. Beneath, two men in steeple-crowned hats are feeding a fire with faggots, whose flame and smoke, inscribed '39 Articles', ascends in a thick cloud. Next the burning building, and on the extreme right, is a porch (over a doorway) in which stands Fox, blowing a horn and pointing down to a placard over the doorway: 'Places under Government to be disposed of. NB, Several Faro and E.O. Tables in good Condition'. An adjacent placard is: 'day next charity sermon by Revd chas Fox'. A group of eager fanatics with lank hair rushes towards the doorway, holding up to Fox money-bags inscribed '30.000', '10.000' and '20.000.' In the foreground (right) are two fanatics struggling for the bag of the Great Seal; one raises a mace inscribed 'Brotherly Love' to strike his opponent; under his foot is a paper: 'Repeal of the Test Act'. In the background (left) is a group of figures engaged in demolishing a church with pickaxes; a rope pulls over the cross on the steeple. Two of this group look towards Price: a parson inscribed 'P------ly' (Priestley) waves his hat, saying, "Make haste to pull down that old Whore and we'll build a new one in its place"; a lean man, fashionably dressed (evidently Stanhope), extends his arms, saying, "Address to Assemblee national"."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state with similar composition
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Later state, with the original title "The test" burnished out and replaced with new title. Cf. No. 7629 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Publisher's advertisement above design: In Fores's Caricature Museum is the compleatest collection in the kingdom. Also the head and hand of Count Struenzee. Admittance 1s., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Three lines of verse on either side of title: Bell and the dragon's chaplains were ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Literature: sermon On the Love of Our Country, by Richard Price -- Sermons: Richard Price, November 4, 1789 -- Repeal of Test and Corporation Acts, March 2, 1790 -- Maces -- Bags of money -- Clergy: bishops -- Signs: mitre and crown -- Emblems: mitre -- Crown -- Great Seal -- Burning of 39 articles -- Clubs: cudgels -- Steeple hats -- Pick-axes -- Buildings: churches -- Firebrand torches -- Literature: quotation from Bible, I Kings 22.17, II Ch. 18.16 -- Addresses: Price's address to the National Assembly of France, July 21, 1790 -- Horns.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 20, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Price, Richard, 1723-1791, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, and England and Wales.
Subject (Topic):
Dissenters, Religious, Limitation of actions, Axes, Bishops, Churches, and Musical instruments
Twenty-four views, displaying the Beauties of Yarmouth and its environs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the ruins a church at Caister with a young woman seated and man leaning on his shovel, a basket and tools in the road on the left
Alternative Title:
Ruined church at Caister
Description:
Title etched below image. and Plate from: Joseph Lambert's Twenty-four views, displaying the Beauties of Yarmouth and its environs. Yarmouth : Printed and sold by W. Meggy, [1822?].
Invitation to a benefit concert to be held at St. Bride's Church, London, on 26 April 1827
Description:
Caption title., At head of title: Committee Room, 13, Salisbury Square, Fleet Street, 29th March, 1827., Letterpress text, with a woodcut illustration entitled "View of St. Bride's Church" printed above., The names of twenty-four members of "The Sub-Committee of Management" are listed in two columns at the bottom, with their titles ("Church Wardens," "Sidesman," "Overseers," etc.) listed beside their names., and Bound in opposite page 376 in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
City of London School of Instruction and Industry. and St. Bride's Church (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Charity-schools, Churches, and Concerts (Performances)
Watercolor drawing depicting one wall of the chancel inside Barnwell Church, where the carved head of King Henry III was formerly located. The bottom parts of two windows, one of stained glass, are seen at top; an arch is built into the bottom part of the wall and a decorated rectangular structure is to the left of the arch
Description:
Title from note in black ink at bottom of sheet., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., Annotation in center of image in black ink: Head of King Henry the Third. About forty years ago the chancel of Barnwell Church (near Barnwell Castle two miles from Oundle) was repaired[?] and the head taken down by the carpenter employ'd, in whose hands it remaind. & his sons thirty years - who gave it to a carpenter of Peterborough where is remain'd till it came into the possession of Dr. Palmer of Peterborough. N.B. King Henry endow'd Barnwell Church., and Mounted on page 73 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
A collection of pencil sketches mostly on ca. 51 pages. The first two are drawings of Pisa, but most are sketches done in the summer of 1796 of sites in England including: Twickenham, Goodwood House, Pagham, Bognor, as well as other undated and unidentified sites. One sketch from 1784 tipped in and one of a kangaroo
Description:
Title assigned by cataloger., Pages [52]-[66] blank., Worn marbled-paper boards, spine lacking; annotated on cover: MB [monogram] 1790 Pisa., and For further information consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England., Goodwood House (England), Twickenham (London, England), Pisa (Italy), and Sussex (England)
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Third in a series of three companion prints; the two others: "The happy escape, or arch-runaways" and The vain pursuit.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Harriet Archer Clive, fl. 1788 -- Anne Archer Musgrave, fli. 1788 -- Maria Elizabeth Archer Howard, d. 1789 -- Sarah Archer Windsor Amherst, Countess of Amherst, 1762-1838.
Publisher:
Pub. May 1, 1788, by S.W. Fores, saterist [sic], No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Name):
Plymouth, Other Hickman Windsor, Earl of, 1751-1799 and Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801
"Scene outside a country church, with the departing congregation in the background. In the foreground a very fat parson addresses a neatly dressed countryman; the latter's wife and boy stand stiffly behind. Below: How do you do John? what has become of your neighbour Ashfield? I have not seen him these two months, I hope it is not Socinianism, or Deism, or Atheism, that keeps him from Church?--O no your Reverence! it be far worse than any of they complaints it be Rheumatism!"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Published by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
"View of the south front of the Church of St Mary-le-Strand; a carriage passing to the left, the edge of Somerset House on the left"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
South front of Saint Mary's Church, Strand
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: A picturesque tour through the cities of London and Westminster. London: T. Malton, 1792 [i.e. 1802]., and Window mounted to 49 x 35 cm.
"View looking across the south side of the churchyard from Paul's Chain to Watling Street, with part of the portico of the cathedral on the left, carriages wait around edge of yard; a sign on the edge of a building on the far right reads 'Pellatt & Green Glass and China Warehouse.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Attribution to Hornor and approximate date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., and Mounted to 29 x 52 cm.
