Design based on true incident in 1768 during construction of the Grafton House
Alternative Title:
New Grafton House
Description:
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : J. Almon, v. 5 (1769), p. 65., and Temporary local subject terms: Electors: Middlesex freeholders -- Buildings: Grafton House, Hay Hill, Piccadilly -- Scaffoldings -- Allusion to pilfered public funds -- Allusion to horse-race betting -- Edward Weston.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Carhampton, Henry Lawes Luttrell, Earl of, 1743-1821, Macpherson, John, Sir, 1745-1821, and Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812
A gentleman, shown threee-quarters length, stands in a disconsolate manner looking left and pressing a walking stick to his chin; he stands before a table on which are a plate of radishes, a piece of bread, and a beer pot on which is engraved the owner's address "Mills Fleet Markt". The suggestion is that the man is in the Fleet Prison for debt. "The Middlesex Journal", a newspaper which supported the popular side at this period, is on the table; on the wall are a portrait of John Wilkes and "The Middlesex Petition".
Alternative Title:
Out of place and unpensioned
Description:
Title etched below image. and Watermark in center of sheet: Fleur-de-lys, bend, with initials "GR".
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, Novr. 9th, 1769, by Jno. Smith, No. 35 in Cheapside & Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797,
Subject (Topic):
Debt, Drinking vessels, Pipes (Smoking), Prisons, Staffs (Sticks), and Wigs
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 3 (1769), p. 65., and Temporary local subject terms: Offices: Paymaster General of the Army -- Account books -- Mice -- Crowns: Earl's coronet.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, and Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Title from item., Plate from: The London magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed for R. Baldwin, v. 38 (1769), p. 167., Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Mob -- Pall Mall -- Temple Bar -- Reference to William Allen, 1749-1768 -- Reference to John Clarke -- Vehicles: hearse -- Vehicles: coach -- Coffee houses: St. James -- Allusion to Brentford elections -- Crimes: reference to murder -- St. George's Fields., and Losses to sheet at bottom resulting in partial removal of title.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782
A laughing well-dressed man looks through a large round glass, his left hand in his pocket. A bailiff, standing to his left, puts his hand on the man's left arm while presenting him with a writ. In the background is a large, four-story building in front of which stands a sedan chair. From a building across the street hangs a large sign with Shakespeare's likeness, signed 'Shakespear.'
Description:
Title from item., Four lines of verse in two columns below image: Sir Fopling Flutter through his glass inspects the ladies as they pass ..., Lewis Walpole Library 769.00.00.08.1+: Subject identified in a later ms. note below plate as Charles Fleetwood, Manager of Drury Lane Theatre., and Temporary local subject terms: Eye-glasses: quizzing glass - Slang: 'fopling' -- Bailiffs -- Signboards -- Allusion to William Shakespeare -- Documents: writs -- Vehicles: sedan chair -- Literature: reference to The man of mode, or, Sr. Fopling Flutter by Sir George Etherege. 1635?-1691.
Publisher:
Published according to act in 1769, by John Bowles, at No. 13 in Cornhill, London
A laughing well-dressed man looks through a large round glass, his left hand in his pocket. A bailiff, standing to his left, puts his hand on the man's left arm while presenting him with a writ. In the background is a large, four-story building in front of which stands a sedan chair. From a building across the street hangs a large sign with Shakespeare's likeness, signed 'Shakespear.'
Description:
Title from item., Also published in 1769 by Carington Bowles., Publication date burnished from plate. Publication date inferred from Carington Bowles printing of 1769., Four lines of verse in two columns below image: Sir Fopling Flutter through his glass inspects the ladies as they pass ..., Identification of the subject as Charles Fleetwood, Manager of Drury Lane Theatre considered dubious by Chaloner Smith. See reference to another state in British mezzotinto portraits ... / by John Chaloner Smith. London : Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883, v.1, p. 217, no. 36, and Temporary local subject terms: Eye-glasses: quizzing glass - Slang: 'fopling' -- Bailiffs -- Signboards -- Allusion to William Shakespeare -- Documents: writs -- Vehicles: sedan chair -- Literature: reference to The man of mode, or, Sr. Fopling Flutter by Sir George Etherege. 1635?-1691.
Page 150. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a large room of an employment agency, prospective employers interview their potential hires. At the extreme right is a desk with the manager of the agency sitting behind it . On the desk is large open volume entitled "Order from Covent Garden for tid-bits". Next to it lies a note, "To Mr. Double Face, Statute Hall." In the foreground, next to the desk, a young man and woman sit on a bench waiting their turn. Numerous pairs around the room conduct interviews, including an older woman examining the face of a young manservant; a macaroni feeling the bosom of a maidservant; an old woman in spectacles poking the chest of a large coachman with a whip in his hand; a bishop leering at a young woman holding a box under her arm; and a pair in the background on the left holding a paper "Hell Fire Jack at the Bedford". In the background on the far right two young women stand against the wall, under an advertisement: "Two ladies want places with single gentlemen willing to do any thing." Other advertisements hang on the back wall
Alternative Title:
Modern Register Office
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For a variant state bearing the imprint of Robert Sayer, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1860,0623.23., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Folded to 24.5 x 24.3 cm; mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 150 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
Publish'd by the inventor M. Darly accordg. to act of Parliament, April 10, 1769, at No. 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Employment agencies, Interiors, Interviews, Desks, Benches, Servants, Dandies, British, Women domestics, and Coach drivers
Page 150. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a large room of an employment agency, prospective employers interview their potential hires. At the extreme right is a desk with the manager of the agency sitting behind it . On the desk is large open volume entitled "Order from Covent Garden for tid-bits". Next to it lies a note, "To Mr. Double Face, Statute Hall." In the foreground, next to the desk, a young man and woman sit on a bench waiting their turn. Numerous pairs around the room conduct interviews, including an older woman examining the face of a young manservant; a macaroni feeling the bosom of a maidservant; an old woman in spectacles poking the chest of a large coachman with a whip in his hand; a bishop leering at a young woman holding a box under her arm; and a pair in the background on the left holding a paper "Hell Fire Jack at the Bedford". In the background on the far right two young women stand against the wall, under an advertisement: "Two ladies want places with single gentlemen willing to do any thing." Other advertisements hang on the back wall
Alternative Title:
Modern Register Office
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For a variant state bearing the imprint of Robert Sayer, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1860,0623.23., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 24 x 34 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from bottom edge., and Mounted to 27 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd by the inventor M. Darly accordg. to act of Parliament, April 10, 1769, at No. 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Employment agencies, Interiors, Interviews, Desks, Benches, Servants, Dandies, British, Women domestics, and Coach drivers
Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered 'Plate 3' in upper right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Personifications: Liberty -- Animals -- Reference to France: Calais -- Monuments -- Reference to William Allen -- Reference to the Young Pretender -- Michael Curry, 1732-1788, printer -- Justice Gillam.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Egremont, Charles Wyndham, Earl of, 1710-1763, Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771, Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Chevalier D'Eon producing his evidence against certain persons
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 3 (1769), p. 184., and Temporary local subject terms: Petitions: reference to City petitions -- Clyster pipe -- American Indian.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1709-1770, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771, Downshire, Wills Hill, Marquis of, 1718-1793, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, and Musgrave, Samuel, 1732-1780
Subject (Topic):
Apes, Arrows, Bows (Weapons), Medical equipment & supplies, and Rifles
