Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, 1717-1797 reference in letter to Mann, March 16, 1786., and Temporary local subject terms: Navy -- Ships -- Men-of-war -- Bills: Richmond's fortification bill, defeated February 27, 1786 -- Guns -- Cannon -- Mottoes: Ratio ultima regum -- Sentry box as a garden latrine -- Literary allusion to Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Tristam Shandy by Laurence Sterne -- Military uniforms -- Grenedier's cap -- Military fortifications -- Navy -- Man of war -- Plans for fortification of Portsmouth -- Charles Wolfran Cornwall -- Ship: Artois -- Overturned wheel barrel with motto: Useless to be disposed of -- Cannons -- Pick axe -- Shovel., and Watermark in center of sheet: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, March 8th 1786, by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
"Johnson (left) sits at a small rectangular breakfast-table with his back to the door. A nursemaid behind him holds the infant Veronica, who leans forward, pushing Johnson's wig from his head; he holds up his finger admonishingly and does not appear pleased, though all the others smile admiringly. These are: Mrs. Boswell, seated (right) opposite Johnson; Boswell standing beside Johnson and clasping his hands over 'Ogden' (cf. BMSat 7031); the two visitors, Mr. Scott and Sir William Forbes; the tousled foot-boy, who carries in a tray of tea-things which he is about to place beside the urn on the otherwise bare table. Three pictures decorate the wall: 'Sancta Veronica', kneeling in prayer before a reading-desk; a medallion inscribed 'Bruce' and a half length portrait of 'Alexander of Kincardin' dressed as a courtier."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Three lines of verse below title: "Mr. Johnson was pleas'd with my daughter Veronica, then a child of about four-months old she had the appearance of listening to him ..." Vide Journal p. 17., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Ogden -- Nursemaid -- Tea tray -- Tea urn -- Mr. Scott -- Portrait on wall: Alexander of Kincardin -- Portrait on wall: Bruce., and In mss in lower left corner: E-148.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 30th 1786, by E Jackson, No. 14 Marylebone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, -1789, Boswell, James, 1740-1795., and Forbes, William, Sir, 1739-1806
Title engraved below image., At top of sheet, above imprint statement: New lady's magazine., Sheet trimmed to within plate mark on right and left sides., Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: St. James's Palace.
Publisher:
Published by Alexr. Hogg at the Kings Arms No. 16 Paternoster Row
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Charlotte, Queen, Consort of Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1766-1828
"The stern of one of the hoys from London to Margate, with passengers suffering from the effects of a fresh breeze. The steersman, leaning against the tiller, holds up a mug of frothing beer. The eight passengers are in various stages of distress and sea-sickness, except for a naval officer with a wooden leg who holds his wife's forehead and pours the contents of a bottle on her head; a sailor boy proffers a bucket to this couple. A man's hat and wig blow overboard, as does a young woman's large hat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Engraver suggested by British Museum catalogue., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed & publish'd by W. Hinton No. 5 Sweetings Alley Road Exchange
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Hats, Military uniforms, British, Resorts, Sailors, Ships, Peg legs, and Wigs
"Johnson and Boswell walk diagonally from the right towards the spectator. Boswell (right) walks jauntily, holding out a three-cornered hat and looking up at Johnson. Johnson holds his oak stick, and looks down at Boswell, putting his finger to his nose. Behind them a row of six-storied houses recedes in perspective."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Three lines of verse below title: "Mr. Johnson and I walked arm in arm up the High Street to my house in James Court; it was a dusky night ..." Vide Journal p. 13., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and In mss. in lower right corner: E-145.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Title from item., Following imprint statement: At the Caricature Warehouse, No.3 Piccadilly., Temporary local subject terms: Practical jokes: Loggerheads -- Inn signs., Mounted to 25 x 31 cm., and Subjects of caricature identified by pencil notes on recto: P. of Wales ; North.
Publisher:
Pub'd by S.W. Fores
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806
"The Prince and Mrs. Fitzherbert, dancing to the fiddle of George Hanger (right), advance towards an open door (left) through which is seen a large bed, the curtains raised; above the pillows are a crown and triple plume. The feathers are repeated on a chamber-pot under the raised valance of the bed. They are more elaborately dressed than in BMSat 6924; their arms are round each other's waists, the Prince holds with his right hand the left hand of Mrs. Fitzherbert. She wears a small crown, with flowers and ribbons, and triple ostrich plume. George Hanger is dressed as in BMSat 6924; he stands in profile to the left, watching the couple fixedly; a bludgeon hangs from his wrist. An open music-book at his feet shows that he is playing the 'Black Joke'. On the floor (left) are an open book, 'Matrimony', and a torn paper, 'Cirtificate'. Over the door is a picture of Cupid with his bow turning away from Danaë receiving the shower of gold."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wedding night, or, The fashionable frolic, Fashonable frolic, and Fashionable frolic
Description:
Title etched below image., In lower right corner: Price 2 sh. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Morganatic marriages -- Pictures amplify subject -- Emblem: Ostrich feathers for Prince of Wales -- Music books -- Song: 'The Black Joke' -- Furniture -- Colonel's uniform, Light Infantry -- Violin -- Danae -- Mythological characters -- Lighting: Chandelier -- Sticks: Bludgeon., and On verso in pencil: George T. Stubbs attrib. by J. Riely, 7-29-83.
Publisher:
Publish'd by J. Phillips, No. 164 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Hanger, George, 1751?-1824
Subject (Topic):
Beds, Chamber pots, Crowns, Cupids, Dancers, Military uniforms, British, and Musical instruments
"A stage scene showing part of an empty stage box on the extreme right. A burlesque of F. Reynolds's 'Werter', adapted from Goethe's romance. The persons and objects on the stage have letters referring to an 'Explanation' below the design. Werter ('A') kneels before Charlotte ('B'), who is seated on a settee on the extreme left; he raises her petticoat with a passionate gesture. At Werter's feet is an open book, 'Ossian' (which he has been reading to Charlotte); she protests with raised hands (pp. 35-6 of the 1802 edition). Behind (right), Albert ('C'), in regimentals, stands with his face to the wall, his hands clasped behind his back. Two pictures ('E E') hang on the wall representing scenes from the play. In one (left) Albert lies prone; Charlotte, seated beside him, raises her arms in despair; the other is suspended from one corner, hanging crookedly; it represents Charlotte and Albert embracing. In the front of the stage (right), her back to the actors, a nude woman ('F') is seated on a low step holding a pistol to each ear. She wears a hat tied under her chin and is weeping. Above her head is an urn inscribed 'Sacred to Suicide' and a weeping willow. Across the top of the design is a scroll 'H': "To raise the Genius and to mend the Heart"."--British Museum online catalogue and "'Werter', Reynolds's first play, was acted on 14 March 1786 at Covent Garden for Miss Brunton's benefit, having been already played at Bath; Holman played Werter, Farren played Albert. According to Baker, 'Biog. Dram.', it had little success in London. According to Reynolds, 'Werter's metropolitan, was equal, if not superior, to his rural success'. He describes the tears and fainting-fits of the first night at Covent Garden (perhaps responsible for the empty stage box). 'Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds by himself', i. 304 ff.'"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Five lines of text below title: Explanation, A. Werter making a very improper request to Charlotte -- B. Charlotte resenting it very properly -- C. Albert her husband very civilly taking himself off ..., and Mounted on page 48 with one other print.