Satirical view of London life, with a riotous wedding party at the Tavern at Rederiff: for full description see Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum
Description:
Title from item., John June identified as the printmaker in the British Museum catalogue,, Sixteen lines of verse in four columns below image: Jack, rich in prizes, now the knot is ty'd, sits pleas'd by her he thinks his maiden bride ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Officer's uniform -- Sailor's uniform -- Pictures amplifying subject: Skimmington procession -- Pictures amplifying subject: portrait of the Duke of Cumberland -- Pictures: portraits -- Creditors.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, November [the] 10, 1747, by M. Cooper
Title from item., Sixteen lines of verse in four columns below image: Jack, rich in prizes, now the knot is ty'd, sits pleas'd by her he thinks his maiden bride ..., Temporary local subject terms: Pictures amplifying subject: Skimmington procession -- Pictures amplifying subject: portrait of the Duke of Cumberland -- Creditors., and Loose impression removed from the Kinnaird Coll.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, November [the] 10, 1747, by M. Cooper
Subject (Topic):
Amputees, Bailiffs, Black people, Bowls (Tableware), Candlesticks, Clergy, Dance, Military uniforms, British, Mirrors, Musical instruments, Pipes (Smoking), Portratis, Prostitutes, Sconces, Servants, Tables, Violins, and Weddings
Title from item., Attributed to George Bickham the Elder in an unverified card catalog record., Publication date from British Museum online catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Clubs: Independent Electors of Westminster -- Interiors: Vintner's Hall -- Lighting: chandelier -- Jacobites -- Smoking: clay pipe -- Spies -- Lists -- John Willilams, fl. 1747 -- Literature: Hudibras by Samuel Butler, 1612-1680 -- Anniversary feasts: Independent Electors of Westminster., and Watermark: countermark IV.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Litchfield, John Henry Lee, EArl of, 1718-1772, Orrery, John Boyle, Earl of, 1707-1762, Berkshire, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1706-1778, Bampfylde, Richard Warwick, baron, d. 1776, Heathcote, George, and Carew, Thomas, 1702-1766
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Buildings: St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden -- Bedford House, Covent Garden -- Architectural details: gate with Sphinxes -- Clock on the church -- Mottoes: 'So passes [the] glory of [the] world -- Trades: butcher -- Trade tools: butcher's implements -- Elections: bribery -- Britannia (Symbolic character) -- Emblems: cap of liberty -- Clubs: Independent Electors of Westminster -- Poll-books -- Reference to Yorkshire -- Pickpockets -- Nicknames: Two-Shilling Butcher., and Watermark: countermark IV.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Stafford, Granville Leveson-Gower, Marquess of, 1721-1803, and Clarges, Thomas, Sir, 1688-1759
publish'd according to act of Parliament, 18 July 1747.
Call Number:
Topos N878 no. 1++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of a ruined castle, on the flat top of a cliff, with several bsuildings closer to the sea, all surrounded by low walls, ships on the sea to the left, which runs into a bay below the castle, with figures on the clifftop in the foreground, including a man wearing plaid and leaning on his staff as he talks to a seated man, a small rowing boat striking out on the left; after Thomas Smith"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Ownership stamp in red ink on verso: B. Newton.
"A view of London through one of the arches of Westminster Bridge, with boats on the Thames and lumber yards on the right; St Paul's in the distance on the right, and the prominent steeples of other churches lettered with a number for identification"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
This view of the city of London, taken through one of the centers of the arches of the new bridge at Westminster ...
Description:
Title from dedication engraved below image., Key with the names of the churches numbered within image is etched on either side of dedication., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Brindley, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in New Bond Str
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Westminster Bridge (London, England),, and Thames River (England),
"Portrait of William Shakespeare, bust directed to right but looking at the viewer, wearing a buttoned jacket with white collar; in an architectural oval against a wall; a lyre and other theatrical attributes below; with publisher's address."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
William Shakespeare
Description:
Title from text in image. and Text below image: In the possession of John Nicoll of Southgate Esqr.
A print after Hogarth's design: on the shield, a naked and reclining infant raising its right arm. Supporters, dexter, a terminal figure of 'Nature', many-breasted; sinister, 'Britannia', holding a cap of Liberty on a staff, and her shield. Crest 'a Lamb'; motto 'Help'.
Description:
Title, state and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand in pencil above print: Arms of the Foundling Hospital on the top of indentures., and On page 101 in volume 2.
Half-length portrait of Lord Lovat after Hogarth's painting, placed in center of plate and surrounded by four oval portraits of other prominent Jacobites, from top left, respectively: Earl of Kilmarnock, Earl of Cromarty, Lord Balmerino and Charles Radcliffe, Esq
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved for: The London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed for R. Baldwin, v. 16 (1747), March issue, on one sheet with British Museum catalogue no. 2853., and Window mounted to 32 x 24 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667?-1747, Kilmarnock, William Boyd, Earl of, 1704-1746, Balmerino, Arthur Elphinstone, Lord, 1688-1746, Cromarty, George Mackenzie, Earl of, ca. 1702-1766, and Radcliffe, Charles, 1693-1746
A series of twelve plates following the careers of two apprentice weavers, one who through industry rises to become Mayor of London while the other through his idleness ends up hanged at Tyburn
Alternative Title:
Fellow apprentices at their looms
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Series title engraved above image; plate numbering below image., State and publisher from Paulson., and For further information, consult library staff.
