Opposite page 15. Trial of Elizabeth duchess dowager of Kingston for bigamy, before the Right
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An engraving, showing a scene from the Venetian Ambassadors Masquerade in which Miss Chudleigh appears wearing stockings, shoes, and a tunic, the last covering only a very small portion of her person, and taking off her mask on being seized round the waist by a gentleman. "Punch", "Judy", and another masquerader, George II?, are behind
Description:
Title from text below image., Attributed to Charles Moseley in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.3894., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., "Price 6 d."--Lower right corner of plate., and Bound in opposite page 15 in an extra-illustrated copy of: The trial of Elizabeth duchess dowager of Kingston for bigamy, before the Right Honourable the House of Peers ... London : Printed for Charles Bathurst, in Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXVI [1776].
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Name):
Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788 and Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788.
Engraving of the coat of arms of the Foundling House used to illustrate the title page of "An account of the hospital for the maintenance and education of exposed and deserted young children". Coat-of-arms shows a naked child, a lamb holding a sprig of thyme as the crest, figures of maternal nature and Britannia as supporters, and the motto "Help".
Description:
Title from letterpress text above image., Imprint from letterpress text below image., and Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 230.
Epistle to Miss - etc, etc and Miss - in the actual dress as she appear'd in ye character of Iphigenia, at ye jubilee ball or masquerade at Ranelagh
Description:
Title from item., Miss - is Miss Chudleigh., Broadside illustrated at top of sheet with an etching (plate mark 26.5 x 33.3 cm)., Two lines of verse below title : Some men to pleasure, some to bus'ness take ... Pope., Twelve lines of verse etched below caption title on the plate: What odd fantastick whimsies fill ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Susannah Maria Ciber, 1714-1766 -- Masquerade: Punch -- Masquerade: Domino -- Masquerade: Iphigenia -- Literature: Alexander Pope, 1688-1744 -- Jubilee: masquerade ball, Ranelagh, May 1, 1749 -- Mask.
Publisher:
Printed for A. Freeman, near Charing-Cross
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760 and Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788
publis'd [sic] according to act of Parliament, [1749?]
Call Number:
749.08.12.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Publication date extrapolated from earlier state. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum 3047., 'Price 6d.'--Lower right corner., Four lines of verse below image: Thus blest was I before I went to law ..., Another state, with imprint burnished from plate. Cf. No. 3047 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Law and lawyers., and Watermark: Pro patria.
"Emblematic portrait of a trusty servant, with the head of a boar, padlocked lips and the tools of his profession."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Originally engraved by Mosley. See Pierpont Morgan Library Peel 0455, Peel III, 67., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Later state, with printmaker's name burnished from plate, reduction and lightening of horizontal background lines, and addition of marks outlining hills., Two columns of verse in Latin on left and English on right below title., Temporary local subject terms: Animals: boar -- Shovels -- Pitchforks -- Brooms -- Scrapers -- Shields: saucepan lid as a shield -- Padlocks -- Emblems: boar, partly human -- Borders: scrolls and flowers -- Reference to Winchester College., and Window mounted to 39 x 28 cm.