Caption title., In verse. Probably a Christmas poem., With a woodcut showing a watchman with his dog with buildings including a church behind., Lewis Walpole Library: Description based on imperfect copy. Lower left corner torn with loss of a portion of the verse entitled "On the first of November.", and For further information, consult library staff.
Satire on the assault by Mountefort Brown on Dr Hill
Description:
Title etched above image., Printed on one sheet with Le malade imaginaire, or, The consultation., 'Price 6d'--Following imprint., One line of text below title: Thus I bore my point; six rogues in buckram let drive at me., Three lines of quotation from Henry IV, Part I, below image: I am a rogue if I were not at half sword with a dozen of them two hours together ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: entrance to the Rotunda at Ranelagh -- Lighting: street lamps -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 -- Mountefort Brown, fl. 1752 -- Mr. Cole, Master of the Ceremonies at Ranelagh -- Constables.
Title etched above image., 'Price 6d'--Following imprint., One line of text below title: Thus I bore my point; six rogues in buckram let drive at me., Three lines of quotation from Henry IV, Part I, below image: I am a rogue if I were not at half sword with a dozen of them two hours together ..., Another state, with 'Libeller' instead of 'Swaggerer' in M. Brown's speech balloon. Cf No. 3183 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at bottom., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: entrance to the Rotunda at Ranelagh -- Lighting: street(?) lamps -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 -- Mountefort Brown, fl. 1752 -- Mr. Cole, Master of the Ceremonies at Ranelagh -- Constables.
publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 23, 1752.
Call Number:
752.03.23.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms -- Westminster: the mall in St. James's Park -- Viscount Petersham -- Elizabeth Ashe (the Pollard Ashe)., Mounted to 35 x 52 cm. First person on the left identified in an unknown hand below image as "George Second"., and Signed JL'[A?] in ink in lower left corner of image
Mosley, Charles, approximately 1720-approximately 1770, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, Janry. 1752.
Call Number:
752.01.00.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Thomas Shakeshaft of Weathersfield in Weaver and his wife Ann being carried in a sedan chair, surrounded by crowds, from the door of the church at left where they have taken an oath to the peace and happiness of their marriage in return for a flitch of gammon, which is carried before them on a pole; stout butcher figure standing in the left foreground, his wig removed and mopping his brow."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., "Engraved from an original painting taken on the spot by David Ogborne."--Above imprint, at the bottom of the second column., Four columns of description followed by the text of "The oath" below image: A custom was instituted in or about the year 1111, by Robt., son of Richard Fitz Gilbert, Earl of Clare ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Satire on the dispute between John Hill and Mountfort Brown showing Hill in his bed apparently feigning illness to avoid appearing in court after charging Brown with assault
Alternative Title:
Consultation
Description:
Title etched above image., Month and date of publication transposed, precedes publisher's statement., Printed on a single sheet with: A night scene at Ranelagh on Wednesday 6th of May 1752., "Price 6d."--Following imprint., One line of text below title: Extremâ moriens tamen alloquar horâ., Seven lines of 'Extract from the Covent Garden Journal' below image: Whereas several scandalous paragraphs have been published in a Common Newspaper ..., and First state of no. 3184 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3? Speech balloon of the first doctor on the left, and partial text below title varies.
"Satire on the dispute between John Hill and Mountfort Brown (see British Museum Satires No. 3183) showing Hill apparently feigning illness to avoid appearing in court after charging Brown with assault"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Consultation
Description:
Title etched above image., Clyster Pipe a pseudonym of Henry Carpenter? See British Museum catalogue., "Price 6d."--Following imprint., One line of text below title: Quamquam nihil testibus istis proficiam, Extremâ moriens tamen alloquar horâ., Seven lines of text below image: Whereas several scandalous paragraphs have been published in a Common Newspaper ..., and Plate slippage at bottom.
Carracaturas of the present age and Caricaturas of the present age
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Westminster, Holbein's Gate -- Whitehall Banquetting House -- Sir Samuel Prime., Mounted to 35 x 50 cm., and Three subjects identified below image in an unknown hand. Additional annotation in another hand on mounting sheet, recto.
Publisher:
Sold by B. Dickenson on Ludgate Hill published according to act of Parliament
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 and Hill, John, 1714?-1775
publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 1st 1752.
Call Number:
752.06.01.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 'Price 6d. plain. Colour'd 1s.', Three columns of text below image: It is impossible to trace the origins of the above society, tho we imagine they first took the name of Robin Hood from their shootting [sic] with long bows ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Debating societies: The Robin Hood Society -- Allusion to trades -- Male dress, 1752 -- Writing implements: quill and inkwell -- Hammer -- Food: loaves of bread -- Furniture: table -- Benches -- Lighting: chandeliers -- Candlesticks -- Containers: tankard with lid -- Watches -- Butcher Row -- Trades: shoemakers -- Butchers -- Customs -- Books -- Humpbacks.
