A copy of William Hogarth's portrait of Lord Lovat with oval portraits in the four corners of: Lord Balmerino aged 58, Lord Cormartie pardon'd, Charles Ratclif aged 53, and Lord Kilmarnook aged 42.
Description:
Title etched at top of image on a banner with the heads of Townley and Fletcher on pikes on either side., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2801., and On page 123 in volume 2.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667 or 1668-1747 and Balmerino, Arthur Elphinstone, Lord, 1688-1746,
Title from item., 'P.6'--Lower right corner., Twelve lines of verse in four columns below image: Pope Pius's table was spread with a net ..., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Lambeth Palace -- Rivers: Thames -- Domestic service: footmen -- Demons -- Mitres -- Crosses -- Daggers -- Jacobites -- Portmanteaux -- Wigs -- Hats: jockey cap -- Battles: reference to the Battle of Prestonpans, 1745 -- Battles: reference to the Battle of Boyne, 1690 -- Clergy -- Pope -- Reference to William Sherlock, 1641?-1707., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with illegible initials below.
publish'd pursuant to an act of Parliament, 15 July 1746.
Call Number:
Topos It88 no. 4++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of an overgrown, ruined, domed classical building, on the left, in a field with uneven ground, bushes and trees, with a house to the right, a statue of a man wearing a laurel wreath on a pedestal in the right foreground and figures, including a boy lying on a piece of fallen masonry to the left, an old man walking towards him and pointing back at a woman who carries a basket on her head"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate numbered "3" in lower left corner.
On the street in front of a tavern under a sign with a picture of a crown, the Chief Justice leans on hitching post as he vomits the words "Sec. of State". The other men play at the game "Bob-Cherry", the cherries, hanging from the sign. Behind them in the distance is St. James's Palace
Description:
Title from item., Publisher identified from address., and Watermark: Britannia on the right side, countermark on the left.
Publisher:
Sold at the Print Shop in May's Buildings, Covent Garden
Subject (Name):
Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763, Cotton, John Hynde, Sir, 1686-1752, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Willes, John, Sir, 1685-1761, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Portrait of Charles Spencer, Earl of Sunderland, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing gown and collar of the Order of the Garter; in an ornamental oval with draped curtain beyond
Description:
Title from text in image., Text below image: "In the collection of the Honble. John Spencer.", and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom.
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Clubs: Independent Electors of Westminster -- Count Newport -- Slang: mumper, i.e., beggar -- Processions: mumpers at Christmas -- Beggars: begging boxes -- Placards -- Dress: mumpers' Christmas procession -- Jacobites -- Emblems: emblem of Westminster., and Watermark: countermark IV.
Title from caption below image., Publication date inferred from publisher's address. See I. Maxted 's London book trades., Ten lines of verse in two columns below title: In picture here, the gaming table view, and all the passions of the gaming crew ..., Later impression by a different publisher. Cf. No. 2828 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Covent Garden: gaming -- Gambling: roulette -- Croupier -- Interiors: gambling house -- Reference to the hazards of gambling -- Furniture: gaming table -- Lighting: candlesticks on gaming table -- Chairs -- Furnishings: curtains -- Brawls -- Male dress, ca. 1746 -- Tricorne hats -- Canes -- Wigs -- Containers: pitchers -- Pocket watches -- Dishes: tankard., Watermark: Britannia in crowned circle. Countermark: W Quel[...]., and Mounted to 47 x 33 cm.
Publisher:
Printed by C. Dicey & Co., in Aldermary Church Yard
publish'd according to act of Parliament, May 8, 1746.
Call Number:
42 W67 852B
Collection Title:
Volume 2, opposite page 472. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched within banner at top of lower image., Design in two parts on two separate plates, with a portrait of William Augustus at top and a scene of the Battle of Culloden within a cartouche at bottom., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 22 x 14 cm., and Bound in opposite page 472 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Williams, R.F. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries. London : Colburn & Co., 1852.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765,
Subject (Topic):
Culloden, Battle of, Scotland, 1746, Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746, Campaigns & battles, Armies, and British
"Satire on barbers showing a figure composed from implements connected with the trade, the body being a mirror, the arms razors, the legs tongs, etc. In the background, three heads on blocks with names of "Three Notorious Spoil Trades": "N - cre", "Warehouse/Gr-ng - r" and "Ch-p-m-n"; woods, a house and hills beyond. Surrounded by a rococo frame from which hang combs, curls,etc.; title in a cartouche above and key below with publication line."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched within item., F. Hammond's imprint partially erased from plate and replaced with that of G. Bickham. F. Hammond's publication date erased from plate., Key to numbers in the image in a vignette below it and surrounding imprint., and Price erased from this impression.
Publisher:
Sold by G. Bickham in May's Buildings, Covent Garden, and of all print sellers of London and Westminster
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Hairdressing, Shaving equipment, and Arcimboldesque figures
publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 11, 1746.
Call Number:
746.06.11.01.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on barbers showing a figure composed from implements connected with the trade, the body being a mirror, the arms razors, the legs tongs, etc. In the background, three heads on blocks with names of "Three Notorious Spoil Trades": "N - cre", "Warehouse/Gr-ng - r" and "Ch-p-m-n"; woods, a house and hills beyond. Surrounded by a rococo frame from which hang combs, curls,etc.; title in a cartouche above and key below with publication line"--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from item., 'Price 6d.', Key to numbers in the image in a vignette below it and surrounding imprint., Earlier state of No. 2469 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Watermark: Strasburg bend, partially cut off at top, with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
To be had of F. Hammond, engraver, in Charles Court in St. Martins Lane, and of the print sellers of London
Subject (Topic):
Arcimboldesque figures, Barbers, Equipment, Occupations, and Scissors & shears
