"A sequel to BMSat 5797. Jack and his prize, the young woman of BMSat 5797, sit side by side on a settee, his left arm round her waist. Beside the woman (right) is a circular table, on which is a wine-bottle and two glasses, one of which she holds. The room is well furnished with a patterned carpet, on the wall which forms the background is a picture of a man seated at a table drinking punch, and a mirror in a carved frame with candle sconce"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Couples, Sailors, British, Clothing & dress, and Interiors
Jack, a sailor, sits on a settee with his 'prize' a pretty young woman in a well-furnished room. On the table beside them is a wine bottle and two glasses. Behind them on the wall is a pair of sconces and a pictures that amplifies the subject -- a man looks down up them, toasting them with the glass in his hand. On the floor is an elaborately patterned carpet; the sofa is upholstered in a stripe pattern
Description:
Title engraved below image., Plate numbered '165' in lower right corner., and Cf. No. 5798 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Published 12 May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Bottles, Drinking vessels, Sofas, and Sconces
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Six lines of verse engraved below title: "The summer it was smiling all nature round was gay ... Song of Auld Robin Gray.", Dedication below verse: "To Mrs. Brereton this plate is inscrib'd, by her much obliged servant, Saml. Shelley.", and Mounted to 24 x 17 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, June 20th 1785, by S. Watts, No. 50 opposite Old Round Court, Strand
A young woman (Sally) works at her spinning-wheel in front of a farm building. With her left hand, she pushes away an elegantly clad young man (Squire) who is bowing to her. Next to his feet, a mother hen and chickens drink from a flat bowl; in the background across the road is a church
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered in lowere left corner: '485'., Below the title are four verses "From the favourite Scotch Air in the Overture to Thomas and Sally," beginning with "Till bolder grown so close he press'd ...", Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to plate mark and publication date erased., No. 3 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering., and 1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; plate mark 35.4 x 25.3 cm, on sheet 38.5 x 27.4 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Design consists of twenty-one individually-captioned panels arranged in three horizonal rows illustrating Johnny's arrival in Jamaica, his contracting Yellow Fever, his illness and temporary recovery, his brief participation in Jamaican society, his relapse and eventual death from the fever
Alternative Title:
Johnny Newcome in the island of Jamaica
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date altered on this impression from 1800 to 1803., Companion print to: Martial law in Jamaica., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill., and Date in imprint altered in ms. from "1800" to "1803."
Publisher:
Pubbished [sic] by Willm. Holland, No. 50, Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Jamaica
Subject (Topic):
Social conditions, Black people, Bedrooms, Cemeteries, Clergy, Coffins, Couples, Death, Interiors, Physicians, Vomiting, Yellow fever, and Hunting
Opposite page 108. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A man wearing his hat and holding his walking stick is seated in a chair before a fireplace enjoying the embrace of a lady seated to his right and with a high coiffure and feathered hat. A younger man with a tall egg-shaped toupée is being ushered out the door by another woman, perhaps a servant
Description:
Title from item., Monogram in lower left corner of image., Date of publication inferred from costume., Trimmed within plate mark; small hole in upper plate and folding and repairs to lower edge., and Bound in opposite page 108 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:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Couples, Clothing & dress, Interiors, and Wigs
King Henry VIII leads Anne Boleyn towards the throne. A melancholy Cardinal Wolsey leans his head in his hand as he glances sideways toward the couple. In the background Katherine of Aragon sitting in another throne and turns away from the couple to converse with Anne's former lover, Lord Percy. A young page carries the train of Anne's dress as she enters the palace
Alternative Title:
King Henry the eighth and Anne Bullen
Description:
Title etched below image., Title from Paulson: King Henry the eighth and Anne Bullen, State, date, and publisher from Paulson., The caption from 1st state erased or stopped out and replaced with a quote from Allan Ramsay in letterpress beginning: "See here the Great, the daring Harry stands, Peace, Plenty, Freedom shining in his Face ...", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and The subject alludes to the perceived threat to the political supremacy of Robert Walpole (here represented by Wolsey) at the accession of George II. The composition echoes the traditional iconography of the popular story of Fair Rosamond and Henry II. See O'Connell, S. The popular print in England, 1999, p. 20.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547,, Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536,, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745., and Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Cardinals, Castles & palaces, Ceremonial rooms, Children, Couples, Kings, Nobility, Queens, Reception rooms, and Thrones