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
Portrait of David Garrick in the role of Richard III, bust only, taken from Hogarth's painting of him awakening from his troubled dream in the tent before the battle of Bosworth Field; in oval in rectangular brick frame with tablet below
Description:
Title engraved in tablet within image., Printmaker active in Basle., After the painting in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. See O'Connell, S. London 1753 (2004), pages 135-6., and For a discussion of the original print see: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 165.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Dramatic production, Actors, British, and Portrayals
"Portrait, just below half-length, standing directed to right, head turned slightly to right, eyes to front, left hand on hip, right hand holding staff pointing across himself to right, wearing uniform with sash and star, and tricorn over powdered wig."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: "Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.", Date of publication and publisher's name from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and In paper frame: 395 x 291 mm.
Publisher:
H. Overton
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765.
"Portrait of King George I, bust directed to right but looking at the viewer, wearing an ermine cape and collar of the Order of the Garter; in an ornamental oval; a cartouche below with allegorical scene; state with publisher's address."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
King George the First
Description:
Title from text in image. and Text below image: "At the Kensington Palace."
Title from the first line of verse on the item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Six images in vignettes illustrating verse etched in center of sheet., Twenty lines of verse: King Jesus batters with a heavy rod, his unrelenting, and disloyal foes ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: churches -- Emblems: lamb -- British Lion -- Pagan rites -- Reference to George II., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials L V G below.
Title etched below image., Publication date from watermark., Originally published by Thomas Kitchin whose business was located at 59 Holborn Hill., Plate numbered '56' in upper right corner., Restrike of no. 2793 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: Scottish cottage -- Spinning wheels -- Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 -- Military uniforms: Grenadiers' uniforms -- Military uniforms: officer of Grenadiers' uniform., and Watermark: J Whatman. 1820. Turkey Mill.
Publisher:
Sold at No. 59 Holborn Hill, according to act of Parliamt
Simon Fraser, eleventh Lord Lovat (1667/8-1747), Jacobite conspirator, army officer, and outlaw is shown sitting on a chair in a jail cell (The Tower of London?), his gouty foot raised on a small stool. He has a pen in his hand and on the table beside him rests an open journal and a box with two ink pots
Description:
Title from caption below image., Approximate date of publication from dealer's description., Six numbered stanzas of verse below title: I. When first the proud Scotchmen rebell'd ..., Text at bottom of plate: Tis conjectur'd by some that this rhetorical apology of old nurses will meet with the desired effect ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"Portrait after Catherine Read, full half length, sitting, directed to left, facing towards and looking to front, tuning a guitar, lace cap, collar."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,68.71., Charles Corbutt was a pseudonym used by Richard Purcell; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Plate numbered "157" in lower right corner., Imperfect; plate number "157" erased from this impression. Number supplied from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted on leaf numbered 45 in an album of 50 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
"A broadside satirising seven politicians; with an etching showing a garden with seven statues on plinths in a semi-circle, depicting from left to right Lord Bolingbroke, the Earl of Orford (Sir Robert Walpole), Earl Cholmondeley, the Earl of Bath (William Pulteney), the Earl of Stair, William Pitt (the Elder, Earl of Chatham), and Henry Pelham; with engraved title and inscriptions, and letterpress title and text in three columns."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Collection of modern statues and caracters [sic]
Description:
Caption title in letterpress below image., Sheet trimmed within etching's plate mark on sides and top resulting in loss of caption title., and Mounted to 40 x 31 cm., mounted again to 42 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and England
Subject (Name):
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1703-1770, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Stair, John Dalrymple, Earl of, 1673-1747, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754
