Title from item., 'P.6'--Lower right corner., Twelve lines of verse in four columns below image: Pope Pius's table was spread with a net ..., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Lambeth Palace -- Rivers: Thames -- Domestic service: footmen -- Demons -- Mitres -- Crosses -- Daggers -- Jacobites -- Portmanteaux -- Wigs -- Hats: jockey cap -- Battles: reference to the Battle of Prestonpans, 1745 -- Battles: reference to the Battle of Boyne, 1690 -- Clergy -- Pope -- Reference to William Sherlock, 1641?-1707., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with illegible initials below.
On the street in front of a tavern under a sign with a picture of a crown, the Chief Justice leans on hitching post as he vomits the words "Sec. of State". The other men play at the game "Bob-Cherry", the cherries, hanging from the sign. Behind them in the distance is St. James's Palace
Description:
Title from item., Publisher identified from address., and Watermark: Britannia on the right side, countermark on the left.
Publisher:
Sold at the Print Shop in May's Buildings, Covent Garden
Subject (Name):
Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763, Cotton, John Hynde, Sir, 1686-1752, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Willes, John, Sir, 1685-1761, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Clubs: Independent Electors of Westminster -- Count Newport -- Slang: mumper, i.e., beggar -- Processions: mumpers at Christmas -- Beggars: begging boxes -- Placards -- Dress: mumpers' Christmas procession -- Jacobites -- Emblems: emblem of Westminster., and Watermark: countermark IV.
Title from caption below image., Publication date inferred from publisher's address. See I. Maxted 's London book trades., Ten lines of verse in two columns below title: In picture here, the gaming table view, and all the passions of the gaming crew ..., Later impression by a different publisher. Cf. No. 2828 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Covent Garden: gaming -- Gambling: roulette -- Croupier -- Interiors: gambling house -- Reference to the hazards of gambling -- Furniture: gaming table -- Lighting: candlesticks on gaming table -- Chairs -- Furnishings: curtains -- Brawls -- Male dress, ca. 1746 -- Tricorne hats -- Canes -- Wigs -- Containers: pitchers -- Pocket watches -- Dishes: tankard., Watermark: Britannia in crowned circle. Countermark: W Quel[...]., and Mounted to 47 x 33 cm.
Publisher:
Printed by C. Dicey & Co., in Aldermary Church Yard
"Satire on barbers showing a figure composed from implements connected with the trade, the body being a mirror, the arms razors, the legs tongs, etc. In the background, three heads on blocks with names of "Three Notorious Spoil Trades": "N - cre", "Warehouse/Gr-ng - r" and "Ch-p-m-n"; woods, a house and hills beyond. Surrounded by a rococo frame from which hang combs, curls,etc.; title in a cartouche above and key below with publication line."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched within item., F. Hammond's imprint partially erased from plate and replaced with that of G. Bickham. F. Hammond's publication date erased from plate., Key to numbers in the image in a vignette below it and surrounding imprint., and Price erased from this impression.
Publisher:
Sold by G. Bickham in May's Buildings, Covent Garden, and of all print sellers of London and Westminster
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Hairdressing, Shaving equipment, and Arcimboldesque figures
publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 11, 1746.
Call Number:
746.06.11.01.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on barbers showing a figure composed from implements connected with the trade, the body being a mirror, the arms razors, the legs tongs, etc. In the background, three heads on blocks with names of "Three Notorious Spoil Trades": "N - cre", "Warehouse/Gr-ng - r" and "Ch-p-m-n"; woods, a house and hills beyond. Surrounded by a rococo frame from which hang combs, curls,etc.; title in a cartouche above and key below with publication line"--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from item., 'Price 6d.', Key to numbers in the image in a vignette below it and surrounding imprint., Earlier state of No. 2469 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Watermark: Strasburg bend, partially cut off at top, with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
To be had of F. Hammond, engraver, in Charles Court in St. Martins Lane, and of the print sellers of London
Subject (Topic):
Arcimboldesque figures, Barbers, Equipment, Occupations, and Scissors & shears
Title from the first line of verse on the item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Six images in vignettes illustrating verse etched in center of sheet., Twenty lines of verse: King Jesus batters with a heavy rod, his unrelenting, and disloyal foes ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: churches -- Emblems: lamb -- British Lion -- Pagan rites -- Reference to George II., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials L V G below.
Title etched below image., Publication date from watermark., Originally published by Thomas Kitchin whose business was located at 59 Holborn Hill., Plate numbered '56' in upper right corner., Restrike of no. 2793 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: Scottish cottage -- Spinning wheels -- Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 -- Military uniforms: Grenadiers' uniforms -- Military uniforms: officer of Grenadiers' uniform., and Watermark: J Whatman. 1820. Turkey Mill.
Publisher:
Sold at No. 59 Holborn Hill, according to act of Parliamt
"A broadside satirising seven politicians; with an etching showing a garden with seven statues on plinths in a semi-circle, depicting from left to right Lord Bolingbroke, the Earl of Orford (Sir Robert Walpole), Earl Cholmondeley, the Earl of Bath (William Pulteney), the Earl of Stair, William Pitt (the Elder, Earl of Chatham), and Henry Pelham; with engraved title and inscriptions, and letterpress title and text in three columns."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Collection of modern statues and caracters [sic]
Description:
Caption title in letterpress below image., Sheet trimmed within etching's plate mark on sides and top resulting in loss of caption title., and Mounted to 40 x 31 cm., mounted again to 42 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and England
Subject (Name):
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1703-1770, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Stair, John Dalrymple, Earl of, 1673-1747, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Crimes: murder -- Monarchs: figures of 3 kings in crowns -- Personifications: blindfolded Justice -- Personifications: Vengeance -- Jacobites -- Buildings -- Courtyards., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
