publish'd according to act of Parliament, Septr. 17th 1775.
Call Number:
775.09.17.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Danger and folly of going to law and Law is a bottomless pit
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., The design is composed of a large rectangular image at top center of sheet and another image below it, and three small images in form of vignettes on each side of the sheet., Possibly a 2nd state, with title of the 1733 edition of the rectangular image at top etched in the enter of that image. Cf. The danger and folly of goeing to law / George Davise inv. ; R. Parr sculp. [London], 1740, and Law is a bottomless pit, ca. 1733., Central upper panel is a later state of Law is a bottomless pit, ca. 1733. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no. 1990., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Folded and mounted to 37 x 56 cm.
Verse - "Is there never a man in all Scotland,". - In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the first and second as well as the third and fourth columns are separated by plain rules., Mounted on leaf 61. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Scotland
Subject (Name):
Armstrong, John, d. 1528
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Ballads, English, War, Battle casualties, Soldiers, Armies, and History
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse begins: "Here you may see the turns of fate,", In five columns with the title above the first three and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Imprint below fifth column., Mounted on leaf 77. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Lady with elaborate headdress sitting in chair in front of a sofa holds an open book (The whole duty of man) in her left hand and pulls up her skirts with the right, while a kneeling man in a pigtail wig and wearing a sword examines her left foot as it rests on a footstool. In his right hand he holds her shoe, his tools on the floor next to him, his hat behind
Description:
Title from item., Imperfect; trimmed within plate mark at top edge., and First (?) state of no. 4638 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. June 1 by M Darly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Foot, Care and hygiene, Couples, Wigs, Clothing & dress, Interiors, Feet, Sofas, and Hairstyles
A facetious Oath of qualification taken by those participating in the mock elections of a mayor in the hamlet of Garrat in Surrey. The Garrat election was held to coincide with the general election
Description:
Date of publication based on the date of the Garrat 'election' in 1775.
Just inside the open door on the left a man in military coat, with sword in hand angrily confronts an old bewigged man who rests on one knee near a small table and holds a paper inscribed "Wm. Day bond 100". Another man restrains the first, while two women occupy the background, one, probably a servant, holding a pocket watch
Alternative Title:
Bond canceled
Description:
Title from item., At top of plate: London Mage. June 1775., and Probably from the London Magazine.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Topic):
Usury, Clothing & dress, Interiors, and Hairstyles
"A voluminous petticoat worn over the head as a hood and reaching to the feet of its wearer, whose face, in profile to the left, appears through an aperture. One large gloved hand appears through a slit in the garment. A ducal coronet is on the wearer's head, low-heeled shoes suggest that the wearer is a man."--British Museum online catalogue and "A companion-print to British Museum Satires No. 5314. Perhaps a portrait of Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon (1745-1827); portraits of the Duke show that this is not unlikely."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., and On same sheet: The breeches in the fiera maschereta. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 25 Apl. 1775.
Two horses labelled Obstinacy and Pride driven by Mansfield head for an abyss pulling a chaise occupied by a sleeping George III who holds a paper stating "I glory in the name of Englishman." Bute stands behind as footman holding papers entitled places, pensions, reversions. A wheel rolls over Magna Carta and the horses trample the Constitution as mitred clergymen joined by North hold out their hands for favors. Behind the chaise Pitt the elder and Lord Camden reach out as if to protest, while in the foreground a minister offers a bag of money to a crowd of men and women. In the background America is depicted as a city in flames while a demon flies above carrying a sack labelled "National Credit." Accompanying text connected the image with corruption in the boroughs of Hindon and Shaftesbury. cf. British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Trimmed within plate mark., Place of publication from that of the Westminster magazine., Subjects identified in the British Museum catalogue., and From the Westminster magazine, v. 3, p. 209.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England., Great Britain, and America.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Chatham, John Pitt, Earl of, 1756-1835., and Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794.
Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
177[5]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A politician sits center in a chair before a table with a single candlestick on top. He holds the candle itself in his hand as he closely examines a sheet of paper, oblivious to the fact that the candle is burning a hole in the brim of his hat. A copy after Hogarth without the two wall maps
Description:
Title etched below image., Year of publication from British Museum catalogue., On page 206 in volume 3., Ms. note in Steevens's hand in pencil above print: See Mr. Nichol's book, 3d edit., p. 289., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand in pencil to right of date: [5].
Verse - "Of all the plagues upon the earth,"., In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; imprint at foot of the last column below a single rule; the columns are not separated by rules., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Mounted on leaf 20. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at no. 4, Aldermary Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English, Poverty, Devil in literature, Husband and wife, Women, Devil, and Temptation
