"This engraving represents a circular building, with conical roof of tiles, shown in two sections, and partly in perspective. Within the building is a large wheel turned by a horse and giving motion to a considerable number of spindles, to which are attached disks; on each of the disks are several razors, which are thus set in action on the faces of the men who apply their cheeks to openings in the inner wall of the building. Exterior to this inner wall is a gallery where stand the men who are thus expeditiously shaved; their hats hang on pegs, each over the hole to which the owner has applied himself. In the gallery several men are finishing or preparing for their toilettes. The operation of dressing a wig is shown below the wheel, on our right, where many combs are placed on a drum which revolves like a water-wheel before a man's wig, placed on a block near it."--British Museum catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title engraved below image., Text following title: See the explanation., "Price 6d."--Bottom of plate, centered., For an earlier state published in 1745, see no. 2687 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, and English short title catalogue no. T42881., and With watermark of fleur-de-lis. Ms. note on verso in black in ink: Mr. Freeman, Arlington Street.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament Novr. [the] 2, 1749, and sold by J. Dubois at [the] Golden Head [the] corner of Burleigh Street near Exeter Chanc[...]
Subject (Topic):
Horses, Shaving, Razor blades, Machinery, and Wigs
"View in St James's Park of the music gallery and pavillions erected for the fire work display, with a spiked fence surrounding the area, in foreground fashionably dressed figures stand next to a wooden fence looking across the park"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right edge.
Publisher:
Printed according to act of Parliament, & sold by P. Brookes facing Southampton Street in the Strand, & R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
"View in Green Park, the structure in question central in the view, Buckingham House beyond on the left, a few more buildings and rolling country side in the background, a number of fashionably dressed figures in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Veüe perspective du batiment magnifique, erigé dans le Parc Verd pour le Feu f'Artifice Royal exhibé le 27 d'Avril 1749, sur l'occasion de le paix general
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Sheet numbered "127" (later corrected to "129") in ink in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill
"Emblematic portrait of a trusty servant, with the head of a boar, padlocked lips and the tools of his profession."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Originally engraved by Mosley. See Pierpont Morgan Library Peel 0455, Peel III, 67., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Later state, with printmaker's name burnished from plate, reduction and lightening of horizontal background lines, and addition of marks outlining hills., Two columns of verse in Latin on left and English on right below title., Temporary local subject terms: Animals: boar -- Shovels -- Pitchforks -- Brooms -- Scrapers -- Shields: saucepan lid as a shield -- Padlocks -- Emblems: boar, partly human -- Borders: scrolls and flowers -- Reference to Winchester College., and Window mounted to 39 x 28 cm.
"A neo-classical façade with the royal arms at the top, three openings, the centre one arched, with a statue of Peace, Neptune and Mars below it, a double staircase leading up to it and a balustraded arcade extending to either side, ending in small lodges with triangular pediments; showing the disposition of the fireworks, rows of roman candles and catherine wheels, with a large catherine wheel above the arms, in which the words 'Vivat Rex' appear; with a plan below"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above image., Publisher from British Museum online catalogue., Text below title begins: The height of the machine 114 ft. to the top of His Majesty's arms ..., Text at bottom of plate begins: By order of His Grace the Duke of Montagu, Master General, and The Right Honble. the Lt. General and the rest of the principal officers ..., "'The Machine invented and design'd by the Chevr. Servandoni"--Lower left corner of design., "The Fireworks principally perform'd by the Signr. Gaetano, Ruggieri, and Giuseppe Sarti of Bolognia"--Lower right corner of design., "Price 1 shilling.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., and Acquired in honor of Joan Hall Sussler on the occasion of her retirement from The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, 31 July 2002.
publis'd [sic] according to act of Parliament, [1749?]
Call Number:
749.08.12.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Publication date extrapolated from earlier state. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum 3047., 'Price 6d.'--Lower right corner., Four lines of verse below image: Thus blest was I before I went to law ..., Another state, with imprint burnished from plate. Cf. No. 3047 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Law and lawyers., and Watermark: Pro patria.
"Interior with an MP standing on the left, addressing the house of Commons, the speaker sitting in the centre, the gallery crowded with people looking down and two men in the foreground, standing beside the benches and looking down the hall; a lists of the speakers from 1259 to 1747 on either side."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides., and Masking tape on edges on verso.
Publisher:
J. Pine
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and Westminster Palace (London, England)
"View at night of the structure erected for the firework display in St James's Park in 1749, showing the fireworks in action."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Alternative Title:
View of the public fireworks exhibited on occasion of the general peace concluded October 7, 1748
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from description of varaint state in the British Museum online catalogue., Variant (earlier?) state, showing fewer fireworks, of a print in the British Museum. See British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Epistle to Miss - etc, etc and Miss - in the actual dress as she appear'd in ye character of Iphigenia, at ye jubilee ball or masquerade at Ranelagh
Description:
Title from item., Miss - is Miss Chudleigh., Broadside illustrated at top of sheet with an etching (plate mark 26.5 x 33.3 cm)., Two lines of verse below title : Some men to pleasure, some to bus'ness take ... Pope., Twelve lines of verse etched below caption title on the plate: What odd fantastick whimsies fill ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Susannah Maria Ciber, 1714-1766 -- Masquerade: Punch -- Masquerade: Domino -- Masquerade: Iphigenia -- Literature: Alexander Pope, 1688-1744 -- Jubilee: masquerade ball, Ranelagh, May 1, 1749 -- Mask.
Publisher:
Printed for A. Freeman, near Charing-Cross
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760 and Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788
Engraving of the coat of arms of the Foundling House used to illustrate the title page of "An account of the hospital for the maintenance and education of exposed and deserted young children". Coat-of-arms shows a naked child, a lamb holding a sprig of thyme as the crest, figures of maternal nature and Britannia as supporters, and the motto "Help".
Description:
Title from letterpress text above image., Imprint from letterpress text below image., and Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 230.
