"An elderly man displays scientific experiments. He stoops forward, in profile to the left, holding a rod horizontally between his fingers, in the left hand is a glass. A small still, phials, &c, and an elaborate appliance (right) are on the long table behind which he stands. On the wall are two medallion profile-portraits, one (left) being that of Priestley. A serpent, a scroll with cabalistic signs, a terrestrial globe on a bracket, are also on the wall, which is lit by a single candle with a curiously shaped reflector."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Philosophers -- Scientific lectures -- Maps: globes -- Cabalistic signs -- Phials.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 28th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Walker, A. 1730 or 1731-1821 (Adam), and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
Two fashionably dressed women with large feathers in their hats. One lady carries a parasol; the other's arm is held by an equally fashionable gentleman. A dog jumps excitedly at their feet. They stand in the lane in a park (presumably St. James's) before a bench; an allée in the background on the right
Alternative Title:
Fashions of the day
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '329' on left below image., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published 1st Augt. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Saint James's Park (London, England), and England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Benches, Dogs, Hats, Parks, Umbrellas, and Walking
"Two men in back view walk arm-in-arm, one (left) is short and fat, the other tall and thin. The former wears a short coat or spencer over his tail-coat, with wrinkled top-boots and a round hat, and carries a riding-switch. His hair is in a short queue with projecting side-pieces. The other wears a cylindrical hat with brim curled up at the sides, a coat reaching almost to his ankles with five capes forming a point in the centre of the back, with shoes tied with strings. He carries a bludgeon. The shoulders of both men are frosted with powder, see BMSat 8190. There is a landscape background. The spencer was a short double-breasted overcoat without tails called after George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834), who is probably here caricatured. Gillray anticipates the earliest use of the word (1796) in the 'O.E.D.' The name derives from Earl Spencer's bet in 1792 that he would invent a coat which should become the fashion. 'Social England', ed. Traill, 1904, v. 676. This garment was associated by Byron in 'English Bards and Scotch Reviewers' with Sir Lumley Skeffington (1771-1850) ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Spencer and a thread-paper and Spencer & a threadpaper
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Male costume: spencers -- Neologisms: spencer (coat).
Publisher:
Pubd. May 17th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
"Three ladies are seated in a box, their arms to the elbow are in enormous fur muffs which project over the front of the box. Beneath them, to indicate the fur of the muff and (apparently) the character of the lady, is engraved respectively 'Mrs Bruin', 'Miss Chienne', 'Miss Renard'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to 23.3 x 23.3 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany 1, 1787 by J. Wicksteed, No. 30 Henrietta Strt. Covt. Garden
A well-dressed young woman holding a fan and wearing a large feather in her hair stands with her back towards a mirror set on a stand as she looks back over her shoulder at her reflection. She wears a small, satisfied smile on her face
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printed on one sheet together with: "Scorn.", and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published 20th November 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Complacence, Mirrors, and Young adults
From a doorway on the left, a man approaches a large, well-dressed woman who sits in a chair under two paintings. He is pointing to his red nose and holds a cane under his arm and his hat behind his back; a dog is at his heel
Description:
Title etched below image., Companion to a print entitled "Before"., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Willlm. Holland, 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Courtesans, Dogs, Interiors, Staffs (Sticks), and Clothing & dress
Titles from item, Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Where prints and drawings are lent on the plan of a library., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Lewis Walpole prints 798.04.07.01: Publication date erased from the print and supplied in contemporary hand as "Apl. 7, 1798."
Publisher:
Pub. Apl. 7, 1798, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly, corner of Sachville [sic] St.
"A fat, elderly man, his face contorted, struggles between two men, who try to pull on pantaloons; he puts an arm round the neck of each, nearly throttling the man on his right. A boy stands (right), legs astride. A grinning head looks through a casement window (left). A looking-glass on the wall (right) has been knocked sideways. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 6723."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., One of the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls., Numbered '203' in lower left of plate., and Temporary local subject terms: Old men -- Male dress: pantaloons -- Furnishings.
Publisher:
Published 13th November 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Bachelors, Older people, and Mirrors
In a grove, a fashionably dressed young woman stands alone pointing at the watch in her hand, a look of happy anticipcation on her face
Description:
Title engraved below image., Reissue by Fores, with original imprint partially burnished from plate., Four lines of verse below title: To the soft summons of her love, Eliza raptrous bends her way; While stillness lulls the neighbr'ing grove, And Cynthia glimmers thro' the spray., Companion print: Disappointment., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1792 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clocks & watches, Happiness, Fences, Women, and Clothing & dress
Two well-dressed young women sit in chairs opposite each other over a table on which are placed scissors, fabric, and ribbon and other sewing notions. They each are sewing , the woman facing the views attaches a large feather to a hat. The room is well-furnished with wallpaper, a patterned rug and a mirror on the wall behind them
Description:
Title engraved below image., Plate numbered '383' in lower right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd 24th Jany 1797, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hats, Interiors, Parlors, Rugs, Sewing, and Wallpapers
