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208. [Caricature portrait] [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.08.15.01.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly man seated full face in an arm-chair, looking to the right. His broad face is wrinkled and puckered; his feet are gouty, one gouty leg rests on the walking-stick which he holds. He wears an old-fashioned coat buttoned to the neck. An outline sketch."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description:
- Title from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Later state, with original imprint burnished from plate. See no. 7970 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Place and date of publication based on earlier state with the imprint: Pubd. Aug. 15, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Gout, Staffs (Sticks), and Older people
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Caricature portrait] [graphic]
209. [Half-length portrait of a clergyman] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Novr. 6th 1791.
- Call Number:
- 791.11.06.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A half-length portrait in profile of a clergyman wearing spectacles and a wig. He holds a stack of paper in his right hand, while his left hand is raised with his finger pointing upward
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Sitter tentatively identified as Edward Bearcroft., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Pub. as the act directs
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Bearcroft, Edward, ?1737-1796
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Clergy, Eyeglasses, Lawyers, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Half-length portrait of a clergyman] [graphic]
210. [Le discret] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ducreux, Joseph, 1735-1802, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Feb. 21, 1791.
- Call Number:
- 791.02.21.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Self-portrait. See Thieme-Becker., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Satiric self-portraits -- Artists' self-portraits.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by the author
- Subject (Name):
- Ducreux, Joseph, 1735-1802,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Le discret] [graphic]
211. [Mrs. Anna Davis] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [7 July 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.07.07.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Heading to a set of verses printed in two columns, and purporting to be a song made formerly by the boys of Westminster School on an application from 'Mrs Anna Davis' to Dr. Smith (see BMSat 4921, &c.) 'to whip Master Lloyd and some other boys who kept bantam fowls in a yard adjoining her house and disturbed her much . . .'. An ugly old maid in a half-tester bed sits up and frowns angrily at a grinning schoolboy (left) who stands just within the open door holding a cock. On a chair by her bed is a lighted candle, 'Ovid's Art of Love', and a pair of spectacles. Her stays and shoes lie on the floor. The verses are directed 'to Mr Holland' by 'Pedagogue' on the occasion of Mrs. Davis's death: they relate that Mrs. Anna Davis, an elderly prude, had amorous desires towards 'charming Jacky Lloyd'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- To Mr. Holland
- Description:
- Title from British Museum online catalogue., Illustration to verse To Mr. Holland, printed below the plate and purporting to be a song written by the boys of Westminster school upon the death of Anna Davis., Publisher's advertisement at bottom of sheet: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection of caricatures in Europe, admittance one shilling., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: bedroom -- Furniture: beds -- Chairs -- Lighting: candlesticks -- Furnishings: chamber pots -- Women: old maids -- Schoolboys -- Birds: cockrels -- Spectacles -- Images amplifying subject: Ovid's Art of Love -- Female costume: stays.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 7th, 1791, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
- Subject (Name):
- Davis, Anna, d.1791
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Mrs. Anna Davis] [graphic].
212. [Song for Mrs. Anna Davis].
- Published / Created:
- July 7th, 1791.
- Call Number:
- 791.07.07.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Heading to a set of verses printed in two columns, and purporting to be a song made formerly by the boys of Westminster School on an application from 'Mrs Anna Davis' to Dr. Smith (see BMSat 4921, &c.) 'to whip Master Lloyd and some other boys who kept bantam fowls in a yard adjoining her house and disturbed her much . . .'. An ugly old maid in a half-tester bed sits up and frowns angrily at a grinning schoolboy (left) who stands just within the open door holding a cock. On a chair by her bed is a lighted candle, 'Ovid's Art of Love', and a pair of spectacles. Her stays and shoes lie on the floor. The verses are directed 'to Mr Holland' by 'Pedagogue' on the occasion of Mrs. Davis's death: they relate that Mrs. Anna Davis, an elderly prude, had amorous desires towards 'charming Jacky Lloyd'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- To Mr. Holland
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Sheet trimmed to plate mark (plate mark 18.7 x 23.8 cm.) on top and sides., Imprint etched below image: London, Pubd. July 7, 1791 by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St., Letterpress caption title "To Mr. Holland" printed below the plate., Song purported to have been written by the boys of Westminster school upon the death of Anna Davis., Publisher's advertisement at bottom of sheet: ... of whom may be had, lately published, ... [list of print titles]., Variant of no. 8002 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Watermark: countermark I V.
- Publisher:
- Published by William Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
- Subject (Name):
- Davis, Anna, -1791
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Song for Mrs. Anna Davis].
