"Social satire; the image is divided into four parts, with speech below each: a soberly dressed man bows before a lady in a bonnet who stands in front of a work table, on which is a paper labelled "The Desponding Maid", and asks him haughtily what his business is; they both sit, the man with his hand on his heart, and a book entitled "agreable Surprise" on the table behind, the lady looking more interested and enquiring if that is really his business; the lady smiles as the man kneels to kiss her hand, saying he is very pleasing, and a paper on the table behind reads "The Conquring Hero"; they embrace, the man knocking his chair back, in front of a table with biscuits, two glasses and a bottle labelled "Parfait Amour"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Later printing. Date of printing based on watermark., Publisher's advertisement below lower right image: Folios of carracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Four designs on one plate, each individually captioned., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1822.
Publisher:
Pubd. Febr. 19th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville St.
"A large man accompanied by a violinist serenades an elderly lady who leans out of her window."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with printmaker Isaac Cruikshank's initials in lower right., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Published Octr. 11, 1802, by T. Williamson, N. 20 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Serenading, Musicians, Violins, Older people, and Obesity
From the left a well-dressed maiden pulls a length of twine from around the right stocking of a country boy who sleeps on a grassy bank under four large, leafy trees. The eight lines of Gay's poem Shepherd's week quoted on either side of the title describe her intention of joining the twine to her garter to form "a true loves knot."
Alternative Title:
Hobnelia
Description:
Title from item., Publication date following the phrase "Publish'd as the Act directs" has been burnished from plate., Numbered '506' in lower left of plate., Dated tentatively from plate number. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, Appendix, p. 786-7: Key to the dates of the series of mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles., and Four lines in two columns on either side of the title: As Lubberkin once slept beneath a tree ... from the favourite Pastoral of Gay's Shepherd's work.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Temple wedding, Tempele wedding, and Love at first sight
Description:
Verse begins: "In London fair city a young man and a maid,"., In three columns with the title and three woodcuts above the first two; imprint at the foot of the third column, below a single rule; the columns are not separated by rules., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Mounted on leaf 53. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at No. 4 Aldermary Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English, Courtship, Marriage, Household employees, Merchants, Husband and wife, and Man-woman relationships
A stout soldier stands with his hand on his heart on the sidewalk below the window smiling at four young women with large noses who look down at him longingly
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Eight lines of verse pasted on sheet: No beau will be seen in our companydo all that we possibly can ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
A map with North-Pole and Ocean of Life at the top and South-Pole and Icebergs of Death at the bottom and in the middle, the Equinoctial Line of Love with the Ocean of Universal Love above and the Sea of Repentance below. The landmasses from Baby Land (top) to the larger Country of Bliss(middle) that forms the bulk of the image, are labeled with stages of life and virtues and vices of mankind, many around the experiences of courtship and marriage. In the cartouche is an image of Cupid looking into a chest
Description:
Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With accompanying explanatory sheet entitled: Voyage of the ship Perseverance ; Description of the country.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1826 by S.W. Fores, corner of Sackville St. Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Conjectural works, Courtship, Cupids, Emblem pictures, and Marriage
"Townsend, the Bow Street Officer, holding up his constable's staff, chases a man away from a country house, a corner of which appears on the right. A third man, Wellesley-Pole, shelters behind the constable, stretching out his arms towards his fleeing rival; he turns his head to listen to a pretty young woman who stands on a small iron balcony immediately behind him, with an open sash-window behind her. She says: "Risk not thy Precious life my Love in bold encounter with that dareing Scott." He answers: "no no my dear I'll shelter me behind the arm of Justice, & hunt him from his Scent by one of the most famous Bull Dogs in the Kingdom, & teach him never never to Dare to woo the [sic] from my Longing Arms Oh thou Golden Angel." A paper inscribed 'Scot' projects from the fugitive's pocket. Townsend says: "I'll teach you worsted working rascall to dare to set up in opposition to the Irish Secretary D-n your Impudence." A signpost points (left) to 'Norwhich' and (right) 'To Chippenham'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Poled Scott hunted off after a long struggle
Description:
Title etched below image. and Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 7, 1812, by S.W. Fores, 50 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Townsend, John, 1760-1832, Mornington, William Long Wellesley, Earl of, 1788-1857, and Wellesley, Catherine Tylney-Long, -1825
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Staffs (Sticks), Chasing, Law enforcement officers, Balconies, and Traffic signs & signals
A large cotton handkerchief printed with red ink (madder); the drop head title is printed on a ribbon suspended between two trumpets and is divided after the word 'valentine' by a portrait of Pope. The central cartouche shows three scenes of courtship and is encircled by a knotted ribbon, every other loop in a heart-shape, and contains the lines beginning: I liked you best for true love it is a precious pleasure of a value more than rich mens treasure ... The lines of a love song telling the story of the courtship and marriage of Johnny and Mary are printed in the ribbons flowing on either side of the title ribbon. Along the bottom are two more scenes -- one of the betrothal, the other the wedding -- with two love birds in a small cartouche dividing the two scenes
Alternative Title:
14th Febry, 14th February, and Fourteenth February
Description:
Title from item., 'N's printed backwards in title., Date of printing based on date embroidered on The Lewis Walpole Library copy., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
Subject (Topic):
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Couples, Courtship, Cupids, Marriage, and Valentines
