Illustration to Gay's 'A Beggar's Opera' from 'Inchbald's British Theatre'. An interior scene with a Peachum and Polly administering a drink to Mrs. Peachum, who is lying back with her eyes closed in a chair, having had a fit at learning about the marriage of Polly and Macheath; a fireplace with a fire screen and mantel with jars seen in the background at the right
Description:
Title engraved above image., Caption below image: "Polly- Give her another glass, sir. Act 1. Scene 1.", Publication date from proof in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1854,0513.487., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd by Longman & Co.
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Fireplaces, Interiors, and Loss of consciousness
Page 3. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man and woman sit facing each other beside the counter, which stretches across the design; he holds a jelly-glass and puts a spoonful to her mouth; she sits with open mouth and folded arms, a closed fan in one hand. A third customer leans on the counter, holding a jelly-glass and admiring through a lorgnette his own reflection in a mirror; this is the centre of the wall behind the counter, dividing two sets of shelves on which are neatly ranged canisters, glasses, packets, &c. A shop-girl (right) also gazes at the pair. All are fashionably dressed."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., After an original drawing by Isaac Cruikshank in the Huntington Library., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate numbered "219" in lower left corner., Mounted to 32 x 26 cm; pasted beneath is a 1750s newspaper clipping advertising "How's Chocolate and Jelly House in Half-Moon-Court joining to Ludgate"., and Mounted on page 3 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:
Published 4th June 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title etched below image., Attributed printmaker supplied by curator, and is also known as Paul Pry., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from street address., Above image: Phrenology No. 1; Sketches of Science., In lower left margin: [Man with umbrella] Esq DM., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where Political and other Caricatures are daily Publishing
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A dancing-master, playing his small fiddle or kit, dances, facing a stout 'cit' who dances between wife and daughter, holding their hands; another grown-up daughter dances opposite them beside the dancing-master. The 'cit's' leg is extended stiffly. The first daughter says: "Law Pa that's just as when you was drilling for the Whitechaple Volunteers-- only look how Ma and I & sister Clementina does it??--" Pa: "I say Mounseer Caper! don't I come it prime? Ecod I shall cut a Figor!!" The man answers: "Vere vell Sar, Ver Vell you vil danse a merveille vere soon!" On the left a tiny child imitates her father's step, supported by a little sister, while three rather older children dance in a ring. A plainly dressed maiden aunt sits in an armchair (right). A handsomely furnished drawing-room is suggested. The curtains are drawn, candles burn on the chimney piece. On the wall is a bust portrait of an austere-looking man."--British Museum online catalogue, descriptioin of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Bobbin about to the fiddle. A family rehearsal of quadrille dancing, or, Polishing for a trip to Margate, Familly rehersal of quadrille dancing, and Polishing for a trip to Margate
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Williams in description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Later state; former plate number "390" has been replaced with a new plate number, and imprint statement has been completely burnished from plate., Publication information inferred from earlier state with the imprint: London, Pubd. May 1817 by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside. Cf. No. 12932 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Plate numbered "194" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg
Subject (Topic):
Children, Couples, Dance, Families, Musicians, and Parlors
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A dancing-master, playing his small fiddle or kit, dances, facing a stout 'cit' who dances between wife and daughter, holding their hands; another grown-up daughter dances opposite them beside the dancing-master. The 'cit's' leg is extended stiffly. The first daughter says: "Law Pa that's just as when you was drilling for the Whitechaple Volunteers-- only look how Ma and I & sister Clementina does it??--" Pa: "I say Mounseer Caper! don't I come it prime? Ecod I shall cut a Figor!!" The man answers: "Vere vell Sar, Ver Vell you vil danse a merveille vere soon!" On the left a tiny child imitates her father's step, supported by a little sister, while three rather older children dance in a ring. A plainly dressed maiden aunt sits in an armchair (right). A handsomely furnished drawing-room is suggested. The curtains are drawn, candles burn on the chimney piece. On the wall is a bust portrait of an austere-looking man."--British Museum online catalogue, descriptioin of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Bobbin about to the fiddle. A family rehearsal of quadrille dancing, or, Polishing for a trip to Margate, Familly rehersal of quadrille dancing, and Polishing for a trip to Margate
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Williams in description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Later state; former plate number "390" has been replaced with a new plate number, and imprint statement has been completely burnished from plate., Publication information inferred from earlier state with the imprint: London, Pubd. May 1817 by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside. Cf. No. 12932 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Plate numbered "194" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 48 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg
Subject (Topic):
Children, Couples, Dance, Families, Musicians, and Parlors
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Publisher derived from other posters containing "VDgraphic"., In margin lower left: VDgraphic-7., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1750 and 1790]
Call Number:
765.00.00.59 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An elderly man, with balding head and a beard, dressed in a long coat lined with fur, is sitting on a bench next to a table and holding in his hand a conical drinking glass. To the right, a younger woman is sitting behind the table and smiling while looking at her companion. In front of her stands a large pot or a bowl filled with soup. Next to the bowls stands a large ceramic jug. The woman is dressed in the 17th-century Dutch manner. On the wall behind her hangs a fish
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publication date reworked state in the British Museum online catalogue. See Museum number 2010,7081.1674., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1750 and 1790]
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An elderly man, with balding head and a beard, dressed in a long coat lined with fur, is sitting on a bench next to a table and holding in his hand a conical drinking glass. To the right, a younger woman is sitting behind the table and smiling while looking at her companion. In front of her stands a large pot or a bowl filled with soup. Next to the bowls stands a large ceramic jug. The woman is dressed in the 17th-century Dutch manner. On the wall behind her hangs a fish
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publication date reworked state in the British Museum online catalogue. See Museum number 2010,7081.1674., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., No. 50 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., 1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; sheet 15.2 x 11.3 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
"An undergraduate leans from a bow window holding a rope attached to a basket containing a gaily dressed courtesan. In its descent it has knocked down the Proctor, who sits on the pavement, the woman falling on top of him. A 'bull-dog' with a constable's staff flashes a lantern on the window and on the woman; another stands just behind. An undergraduate watches from roudnd the corner of the building (right); a well-dressed couple hurry down the side street, looking back with interest."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Oxford bull-dogs detecting brazen smugglers
Description:
Title from caption below image., Plate from: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
