Probably an illustration to Sterne's Sentimental Journey. A corpulent gentleman with an equally rotund lady on his arm waits in a line of passengers to board a ship. An invalid is carried up the gangpank in a chair, while a servant carries a side of beef on a platter together with a basket of wine-bottles. Another gentleman descends from a coach. Masts of sailing vessels occupy the background
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs, by A. Hamilton ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, Dover (England), England, and Dover
Leaf 108. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Plate 5 of a series of courtesans, see British Museum Satires No. 5177, the title here implying that the subject is the keeper of a brothel. A woman in profile to the right. of dignified and refined appearance. Her hair is fashionably dressed over a high cushion and ornamented with lace. A black ribbon is tied round her neck. Her dress appears to be loose négligé."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Lady abbess of the first class
Description:
Title from earlier state., Later state, with title burnished from plate. Cf. No. 5184 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "5" in upper left corner., and Second of three plates on leaf 108.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, March 30, 1773, (39) Strand
Leaf 108. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Plate 4 of a series of courtesans, see British Museum Satires No. 5177, the title showing that she is the keeper of a brothel. A stout truculent-looking woman in profile to the left. Her face is heavily patched. She wears a mob-cap, beneath which her hair appears on her forehead and below her ear; over her shoulders is a handkerchief, and round her neck a string of beads."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from earlier state., Later state, with title burnished from plate. Cf. No. 5181 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "4" in upper left corner., and First of three plates on leaf 108.
Leaf 107. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Plate of a series of courtesans, see British Museum Satires No. 5177. A woman in profile to the right wearing a cap whose frill conceals her eye and much of her cheek."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Nun of the second class
Description:
Title from earlier state., Later state, with title burnished from plate and number added in upper left corner. Cf. No. 5186 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Date of publication from description of earlier state in the British Museum online catalogue., Plate numbered "1" in upper left corner., and First of three plates on leaf 107.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Courtesans, Prostitutes, and Hats
Leaf 108. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Plate 6 of a series of courtesans: In all, the design is in an oval, enclosed in an oblong of the same dimensions, the oval and the rectangle being differentiated by engraved lines of different patterns. A young woman in profile to the right, her hair neatly dressed over a high cushion and decorated with loops of lace or ribbon. She is of demure appearance and wears an ear-ring; a black ribbon is tied round her neck. She appears distinctly the social superior of British Museum Satires No. 5178."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Nun of the third class
Description:
Title from earlier state., Later state, with title burnished from plate. Cf. No. 5177 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "6" in upper left corner., and Third of three plates on leaf 108.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1, 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Courtesans, Prostitutes, and Earrings
Leaf 107. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Plate 2 of a series of courtesans, see British Museum Satires No. 5177. Profile portrait of a young woman in profile to the left. She wears a large mob-cap, beneath which her hair appears on her forehead and below the ear. Her dress is high to the neck and defines her breasts."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Nun of the fourth class
Description:
Title from earlier state., Later state, with title burnished from plate. Cf. No. 5179 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "2" in upper left corner., and Second of three plates on leaf 107.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Courtesans, Prostitutes, and Hats
Leaf 107. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Plate 3 of a series of courtesans, see British Museum Satires No. 5177. A young woman in profile to the right wearing an elaborate cap, the frill of which conceals her eye. Her chin is patched. Her hair is fashionably dressed, her dress cut low; she wears a black ribbon round her neck."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Nun of the sixth class
Description:
Title from earlier state., Later state, with title burnished from plate. Cf. No. 5180 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "3" in upper left corner., and Third of three plates on leaf 107.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Courtesans, Prostitutes, and Hats
A fashionable interior (after the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum) with Tom, in elegant indoor dress, surrounded by tradesmen vying for his custom: a poet, a wigmaker, a tailor, a musician at a harpsichord (with a list of presents given by aristocrats to the popular castrato, Farinelli), a fencing master, a prizefighter with quarter-staffs (said to be James Figg), a dancing master, a landscape-gardener (said to be Charles Bridgeman), a bodyguard, a huntsman and a jockey. In the background on the left in an antechamber, a man holds a letter entitled "Epistle to Rake ..."
Description:
Title, printmaker, state, and imprint from Paulson., Ms. note in Steevens's hand in pencil at bottom margin of print: Given me by Mr. Henderson., Ms. note in ink (another hand?) below image at right: Scotin fe: aqua fortis., and On page 67 in volume 1.
