A watercolor depicting a group of five men in a pub or alehouse, four of whom are sitting at a table on high back benches; each has a tankard in front of him. They laugh in response to one of their number reading from a newspaper "County Chronicle."
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., and Cf. Lewis Walpole Library Drawings Un58 no. 60 for a watercolor, probably from the same artist, that continues the 'news' theme.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Newspapers, Laughter, Smiling, Taverns (Inns), and Drinking vessels
Volume 1, page 2. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Interior scene, with a family gathered on the left and looking over at a seated man on the opposite side of the room. The father, sitting in a chair, lights his pipe using the candle on the small table next to him; a pitcher and two mugs are also seen on the table. Behind the father stands his wife, and on the floor beside him sits a young girl. The other man, sitting across the table from the father, is wearing a coat and hat; his left hand is extended, perhaps reaching for his mug
Description:
Title and date from local card catalog record., Signed within image with the artist's initials., and Mounted with eleven other drawings on page 2 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Conversation, Candles, Pipes (Smoking), Tables, Pitchers, and Drinking vessels
Volume 1, page 161. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The auctioneer George Robins is shown full-length in profile to the left, sitting at a small table draped with a tablecloth, an inkwell and a goblet on the table in front of him. He sits on the 16th-century oak chair from Glastonbury Abbey, an item from Horace Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill that Robins auctioned off in 1842
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed with initials and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., and Bound in as page 161 in volume 1 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Subject (Name):
Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Auctioneers, Tables, Chairs, Writing materials, and Drinking vessels
Page 65. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The auctioneer George Robins is shown full-length in profile to the left, sitting at a small table draped with a tablecloth, an inkwell and a goblet on the table in front of him. He sits on the 16th-century oak chair from Glastonbury Abbey, an item from Horace Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill that Robins auctioned off in 1842
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed in lower left corner with the initials of artist E. Bell., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., Mounted with a clipped facsimile signature of George Robins, a clipping about Robins having "assumed for his throne the very ancient chair of oak once pertaining to Glastonbury Abbey", and another clipping about the chair itself., and Mounted on page 65 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Subject (Name):
Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Auctioneers, Tables, Chairs, Writing materials, and Drinking vessels
Volume 2, page 43. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A group of sailors at rest, one leaning against a boat at left with a tankard in his hand, opposite him three of his companions are grouped around a barrel while another is in an embrace with a woman on a sack in the foreground, a figure behind him looking solemnly out to the front, the masts of a ship over a wall behind, another figure beyond tugging a rope; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
From a sketch taken at Portsmouth by W.H. Bunbury Esqr
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 43 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 24th, 1785, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
A mock coat of arms, perhaps for George IV, that possibly served as the tailpiece or other illustration to a verse-satire on the trial of Queen Caroline. The shield is vase-shaped and includes a mug of beer at center, tents and cannons on either side of the mug, a settee below the mug, three ships at top, scales of justice with "vice" outweighing "virtue" below the ships, and a ram at bottom. Surmounting the shield is a donkey with a owl on its back, the owl wearing a tall conical hat; the donkey stands upon a "log", a volume with "bill" on its spine, a chess board, playing cards, sheets of paper labeled "address", and a cross above which "liturgy petition" is written. Plants are seen on either side of shield; below the shield are banners in which the Latin phrases "furiis in censa feror" and "vir tutis sub umbra viti um" are written
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Printmaker and publication information from potentially related prints that were published by Humphrey and are attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue. See nos. 13948-13972 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Possibly a plate from: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 12 of: George Humphrey shop album., and Mounted with eight sheets of letterpress text, for letters R-Z, meant to face the corresponding plates in bound copies of Horrida bella.
Publisher:
G. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., and Rosco.
Subject (Topic):
Coats of arms, Donkeys, Owls, Books, Playing cards, Board games, Scales, Drinking vessels, Beer, Tents, Cannons, Ships, Sheep, and Couches
Sixteen men are seated at an oval table in Windsor arm-chairs smoking long-stemmed tobacco pipes, drinking from glasses and tankards, and engaging in conversation. The figures include Lord George Gordon, William Holland, William Lloyd, Thomas Townley Macan, James Ridgway, Henry Delahay, Charles Pigott, Daniel Holt, Daniel Isaac Eaton, William Williams, Doctor Watson, and Joseph Gerald. On the far right a female servant brings in fresh tobacco pipes and a bottle and the walls include various prints and pictures including landscapes, 'three witches addressing Macbeth', and satires
Description:
Title and date based on Newton's aquatint print after this image. and Later published aquatint described in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8339.
Subject (Name):
Gordon, George, 1741-1779, Holland, William, active 1782-1817, Macan, T. T. (Thomas Townley), Ridgway, James, Symonds, H. D. (Henry Delahoy), Pigott, Charles, -1794, Holt, Daniel, and Eaton, Daniel Isaac, -1814
A scene in a tavern with a pair of inebriated men sitting on a bench in front of fireplace, smoking pipes and drinking from tankards, a dog at their feet. Another man from the next booth leans over the wall to engage them in conversation which they seem not to enjoy. In the next booth (right) a group of four men play cards while a fifth looks on.
Description:
Title and date from dealer's description., Unsigned; attributed to Rowlandson., and With color tests on verso (not visible).
Title and date of publication supplied by cataloger., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted on leaf 72. 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:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Pipes (Smoking), Smoking, Drinking vessels, and Cats
