Poll, the widow of William, stands at her cottage door in a village near the sea, a ship in full-sail in the distance, as Jack delivers the sad news of the death of her husband. In the verses engraved below recount the "jovial" life of a sailor to the refrain of "In every mess I finds a friend, in every port a wife."
Description:
Title engraved below image., Numbered '301' in lower left below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Five columns of verse below title: Bold Jack the sailor, here I come, pray how d'ye like my nib ...
Publisher:
Publish'd 17th June 1793 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Poll, the widow of William, stands at her cottage door in a village near the sea, a ship in full-sail in the distance, as Jack delivers the sad news of the death of her husband. In the verses engraved below recount the "jovial" life of a sailor to the refrain of "In every mess I finds a friend, in every port a wife."
Description:
Title engraved below image., Numbered '301' in lower left below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Five columns of verse below title: Bold Jack the sailor, here I come, pray how d'ye like my nib ..., 1 print : mezzotint ; sheet 35 x 26 cm., and Some loss of image along top edge.
Publisher:
Publish'd 17th June 1793 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Volume 2, page 87. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A girl sitting beside a spinning wheel outside a cottage, with expression of lament, a ship on the sea behind at right; oval design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of verse below title: Young Jemmy lov'd me well, & sought me for his bride, but saving a crown he had naething else beside; to mak' that crown a pund, my Jemmy gade to sea, and the crown & the pund were bath for me., Illustration to Charles Dibdin's adaptation of the comic opera The deserter., and Mounted on page 87 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Published 24th Feby. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
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
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 ...", and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to plate mark and publication date erased.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Leaf 13. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Gilpin outside the callender's house in Ware. The callender stands by the horse holding a hat, while Gilpin puts on the over-large wig. He wears a dressing-gown. On the steps of his house, inside a wall and railing, is a figure of Britannia. Two donkeys (left) complete the design."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Whence straight he came with hat and wig, a wig that droop'd behind ...
Description:
Title etched above image., Four lines of verse below image: Whence straight he came with hat and wig, a wig that droop'd behind, a hat not much the worse for wear; each comely in it's [sic] kind., Fourth plate in a series of six, each with a plate number in the upper right and verses at bottom. All plates have the same publication line and date; plate 1 has the longer title "Six prints, from the renowned History of John Gilpin" as well as "Book 110" etched in upper left corner. See British Museum catalgoue., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., and Bound in as leaf 13 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Fowler, J. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin. [London?], [1707?].
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Wigs, Dwellings, and Donkeys
Leaf 15. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Gilpin gallops (right to left), the Youth on a horse with blinkers has passed him and is about to seize his rein. Behind gallop five other pursuers. In the background are two detached houses."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
The youth did ride, and soon they met; he tried to stop John's horse ...
Description:
Title etched above image., Four lines of verse below image: The youth did ride, and soon they met; he tried to stop John's horse by seizing fast the flowing rein, but only made things worse., Sixth plate in a series of six, each with a plate number in the upper right and verses at bottom. All plates have the same publication line and date; plate 1 has the longer title "Six prints, from the renowned History of John Gilpin" as well as "Book 110" etched in upper left corner. See British Museum catalgoue., Plate numbered "6" in upper right corner., and Bound in as leaf 15 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Fowler, J. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin. [London?], [1707?].
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
"A young woman stands within a compass inscribed 'Fear God', holding an open book inscribed 'The Pleasures of Imagination Realized'. At her feet is an open chest full of guineas from which hang bank-notes and jewels; it is inscribed 'The Reward of Virtue'. A small dog stands beside her. In the background (right) is a country house, on the left farm-buildings and haystacks. The four corners are filled ... with the disasters which beset the woman who does not 'keep within compass'. (1) A woman weeps dejectedly with cards and an empty purse on the ground at her feet. (2) A drunken woman lets an infant fall from her arms; on the wall is a torn print inscribed 'Domestic Happiness'. (3) A woman is being conducted to the watch-house by two watchmen, one with his lantern, the other with a rattle. (4) She beats hemp in Bridewell, a man standing behind her with a whip, as in Hogarth's 'Harlot's Progress'. The words round the circle are the same as in BMSat 6903. Beneath the circle is inscribed 'Prudence produceth esteem'."--British Museum catalogue., The first three words of the title at the top and "Prudence produceth Esteem" below, followed by four lines of verse. The whole title appears around the circumference of the circle., Four verses of four lines begins: Instead of cards my fair-one look, (I beg you'll take it kind) Into some learned author's book, And cultivate your mind. ..., Companion print to: Keep within Compass and you shall be sure, to avoid many troubles which others endure., and Reissue of No. 6907 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6. Lacks series numbering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
"A young woman stands within a compass inscribed 'Fear God', holding an open book inscribed 'The Pleasures of Imagination Realized'. At her feet is an open chest full of guineas from which hang bank-notes and jewels; it is inscribed 'The Reward of Virtue'. A small dog stands beside her. In the background (right) is a country house, on the left farm-buildings and haystacks. The four corners are filled ... with the disasters which beset the woman who does not 'keep within compass'. (1) A woman weeps dejectedly with cards and an empty purse on the ground at her feet. (2) A drunken woman lets an infant fall from her arms; on the wall is a torn print inscribed 'Domestic Happiness'. (3) A woman is being conducted to the watch-house by two watchmen, one with his lantern, the other with a rattle. (4) She beats hemp in Bridewell, a man standing behind her with a whip, as in Hogarth's 'Harlot's Progress'. ..."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a larger version of the same design
Alternative Title:
Prudence produceth esteem and Keep within compass and you shall be sure, to avoid many troubles which others endure
Description:
Title from text above and below circular image at center of design., Alternative title from text etched within circular border of center image: Keep within compass and you shall be sure, to avoid many troubles which others endure., After a watercolor drawing by Robert Dighton; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1859,0709.57., Reissue, with new imprint and date removed, of a print published by Carington Bowles in 1785; see no. 6908 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6. For a larger mezzotint version of the same design with more extensive verses below, see no. 6907 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6., Date based on the partnership of Bowles and Carver from 1793 until 1832., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of verse in two columns at bottom of plate: Attend unto this simple fact, as thro' this life you rove, that virtuous and prudent ways, will gain esteem and love., and Plate numbered "347" in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
"View of the house with two men on horseback in the right foreground with their dog approaching to the house."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Kendal House, the property of Sir James Smith, near Uxbridge, Middlesex
Description:
Title engraved below image., Eighth in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "8" in upper right corner., Mounted to 23 x 38 cm., and Leaf 55 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Published 12th Sepr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
