"A woman, fashionably dressed, is being led to the altar of Hymen by a youth. The altar is decorated with a mask and chains. Hymen, who stands on the altar, draws a veil over her face, holding her torch downwards. On the ground is a sleeping cupid. Behind the bride is a house, inscribed 'Alfred House'; on the ground at her feet are books, the cap and staff of Liberty (which she is treading under foot), an inkpot and pen. This symbolizes the marriage of Mrs. Catherine Macaulay, aged 57, with William Graham, aged 21, the younger brother of James Graham the quack doctor. Alfred House (2 Alfred Street, Bath) had been presented to her by Dr. Thomas Wilson; on her marriage he wished to eject her from it. She is here represented as throwing aside her historical writings and her patriotic zeal for an unnatural marriage."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from text above image., Publication information from that of the periodical in which the print was issued., Illustration from: Town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr., v. 10 (December 1778), page 623., Date given in British Museum catalogue: 1 January 1779., Mounted to 23 x 14 cm., and Bound in after page 14 in Lord Rosebery's extra-illustrated copy of: Burn, J.S. History of the Fleet marriages. London : Rivingtons [etc.], 1834.
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Artist from the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Twelve lines of verse in three columns below title: Here Snap who shaves the parish round, and Sam the waiter from the hound ..., Cf. No. 4533 in v. 5 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, is a reduced copy., The torn off lower right corner replaced and the missing verse in the last column added in unidentified hand., and Mounted to 54 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map and Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St Pauls Church Yard London
"The five commissioners (right) recently nominated to negotiate peace with the colonies, kneel one behind the other at the feet of America, who sits (left) on a pile of barrels and bales looking away from the Commissioners at a cap of liberty which she holds on a staff. She is a partly draped woman wearing a crown of feathers; her head is irradiated, and above it is suspended a laurel wreath. The bales and barrels on which she sits are inscribed "Tobacco for Germany"; "Rice for France"; "Tobacco for France"; "Tobacco for Holland"; "America 1778"; "Indico for Spain"; "Indico for the Mediterranean Ports, V.R." (Monogram.), cf. BMSat 5472, 5859, &c. The Commissioners are headed by Lord Howe in naval dress; he says, "We have block'd up your ports, obstructed your trade, with the hope of starving ye, & contrary to the Law of Nations compelld your sons to war against their Bretheren". Behind him is General Sir William Howe, wearing the red ribbon of the Bath; he says "We have ravaged your Lands, burnt your Towns, and caus'd your captive Heroes to perish, by Cold, pestilence & famine". Next is Lord Carlisle wearing the green ribbon of the Thistle; he says "We have profaned your places of Divine worship, derided your virtue and piety, and scoff'd at that spirit which has brought us thus on our knees before ye". He is foppishly dressed and appears deeply interested in his snuff-box, cf. BMSat 5474. Behind him is William Eden (afterwards Lord Auckland) with a pen behind his ear; he says, "We have Ravish'd, Scalp'd, and murder'd your People, even from Tender infancy to decrepid age, altho Supplicating for Mercy", cf. BMSat 5470, &c. Last comes Commodore George Johnstone, known as Governor Johnstone, in naval dress; he is saying, "For all which material services, we the Commissioners from the most pious & best of sovereigns, doubt not your cordial duty & affection towards us, or willingness to submit yourselves again to receive the same, whenever we have power to bestow it on ye". The five swords of the Commissioners lie in a pile on the ground beside Carlisle. The words of the speakers are in long labels, numbered, as are the five Commissioners, to show by whom they are spoken."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from item. and Trimmed within plate line.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 1, 1778 by M. Darly 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Great Britain, and America
Subject (Name):
Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814., Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799., Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825., Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814., and Johnstone, George, 1730-1787.
Subject (Topic):
History, Causes, Colonies, Economic policy, Clothing & dress, and Liberty cap
A Dutchman in a tricorne hat stands facing the viewer with his breeches pockets bulging with coins. He smiles, gesturing with his right hand, his left in a coat pocket
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Title from item. and Publisher's initials "MD" form a monogram.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Jany. 11, 1778 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Netherlands, Great Britain, and Netherlands.
Subject (Topic):
National characteristics, Dutch, Public opinion, Foreign public opinion, British, Foreign relations, Clothing & dress, and Coins
In a landscape with a town in the background, a zebra is shown facing left with the names of the 13 colonies engraved on its stripes. Behind the animal, George Grenville is about to put on its back a saddle labelled "Stamp Act." To the left, Lord North pulls at the reins, proclaiming "My name is Boreas the First; I hold the reins and will never quit them till the beast is subdued." On the right two men hold the tail, one a representative of France, the other in English military dress (probably depicting Washington) saying "My name is Fabius the Second, & the rudder is my hand." Behind North are the three commissioners, probably Johnstone, Carlisle, and Eden, lamenting that "Our offers are rejected, no terms but independence" etc
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Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 24 x 30 cm.
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Printed for G. Johnson as the Act directs 3 Sept. 1778, and sold at all the printshops in London & Westminster
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, United States, America., and England
Subject (Name):
Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825., Johnstone, George, 1730-1787., Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Washington, George, 1732-1799., and Grenville, George, 1712-1770.
Subject (Topic):
Stamp act, 1765, Politics and government, History, Causes, Colonies, Clothing & dress, and Zebras
A goose-stepping officer carrying a javelin and a tricorne hat and wearing a pigtail queue marches towards the left in an outdoor setting. Coxheath was a military encampment
Description:
Title from item. and Numbered in upper margin, v. 2, 78.
Publisher:
Pub. Novr. 5, 1778 by Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Wigs, Spears, Military uniforms, British, Military officers, and Hairstyles
A portly bewigged gentleman with banknotes under his arm, appears to be hurriedly leaving his house, which has been sold. On the far left stands a man holding the keys, while a black servant in livery appears to be pleading for his freedom to a man holding a whip. On the right a porter in a pigtail queue is packing. On the floor are rolls of paper marked annuities, and a sheet inscribed "James Sellaway, Broker." The portraits of ancestors have on them slips with lot numbers
Alternative Title:
Salutary trip to the south of France
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs Novr. 2d. 1778 by Mr. Campione, Printseller Oxford
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Auctions, Auctioneers, Blacks, Servants, Interiors, Clothing & dress, and Wigs
A young barmaid wearing a frilly dormeuse cap and a neckerchief with a breast knot, attends to a group of male customers gathered around the bar. An elderly military officer wearing a saber leans on the bar spooning custard from a glass, while three young men on his left ogle the barmaid. Two other men occupy the right side of the bar, and two dogs the center foreground, a poodle jumping up at the bar, and a pug urinating on a copy of "The Gazette extraordinary" which lies on the floor. Other newspapers are in the hands of the customers, the "Ledger" and the "Morning post". Bottles, glasses and bowls are arranged on shelves behind the girl
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue, Numbered '384' in lower left of plate., and Publication date erased from this impression.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Topic):
Bartenders, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, Newspapers, Taverns (Inns), Interiors, Glassware, Bars (Furniture)., Shelving, Hats, and Dogs
A clergyman in bands and gown, his hat on the pavement, squares up to a watchman holding a lantern and stick, his fists raised. He has evidently knocked out one watchman already, who lies on the ground, wig dislodged and still touching his lantern, while a third approaches from the left. Possibly from a series featuring a pugnacious parson's brushes with the law
Description:
Title etched below image., For another print featuring the same characters, see no. 5520 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Watchmen, Lanterns, Staffs (Sticks), and Fighting