"A lady, seated on a settee smiling, her right hand rests on the arm of the settee, in her left is a black mask. On the cushion of the settee is a card "Admit Mrs M------to the Mask'd Ball". She is attractively dressed in the fashion of the period, with a muslin apron. Her coiffure is extravagantly large, with curls on her neck, and is covered by an elaborately frilled muslin cap. A rural landscape is seen through a window (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Lower margin trimmed to plate mark., Date erased from this impression., Date of imprint from British Museum catalogue., and Numbered in lower left of plate, 435.
Publisher:
Printed for and sold by Carington Bowles ... No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Name):
Mahon, Gertrude, 1752-
Subject (Topic):
Actresses, Courtesans, Interiors, Sofas, Upholstery, Clothing & dress, and Hats
"The interior of a coffee-house, the customers, with one exception, deeply interested and dismayed at the news in a 'Gazette Extraordinary', which the title shows is that on the capture of the island of St. Eustatius by Rodney, see British Museum Satires Nos. 5827, 5837, &c, the 'Extraordinary Gazette' being that of 13 Feb. 1781. On each side of the room is an oblong table flanked by wooden settles. Between the tables and in the centre of the design three men stand, one of whom reads from a 'Gazette Extraordinary'. His two companions look at him with scowling attention; one, his hat under his arm, has both hands thrust deep into the pockets of his coat; the other holds his forehead, from which his wig has been pushed back. A dog gazes up at them. At the table on the left a man sits in full face gaping with dismay, his hands rest on the table grasping his knife and fork. Two men sit on opposite sides of the table on the right; one holds a glass in his left hand, while he looks up at the group with the newspaper. His vis-à-vis has turned sideways, his hands on his knees, with an expression of melancholy alarm. Behind him, one hand on the back of the settle, stands John Wilkes, conspicuous by his squint and his characteristic wig; he holds a glass of wine and frowns. At his side is a man leaning back asleep. A cockatoo's cage is hung from the roof, the bird head downwards, as if about to screech. Half of the dial of a large wall clock is visible on the extreme right. On the left is a folding screen."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
News from St. Eustatia and St. Eustatia
Description:
Title from text above and below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered in upper right corner: No. 12., Temporary local subject terms: News of the capture of St. Eustatius -- Gazette Extraordinary, February 13, 1781 -- The London Gazette -- Coffee-house furniture -- Dismay of patriots -- Folding screens -- Cockatoo., and Mounted on page 65 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 15, 1781, by W. Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
"A man on horseback in a street with his arms around two women, one of whom is crying at right, an old lady sat in profile in the foreground holding a bunch of flowers and a dog drinking from a fountain behind, a man watching the farewell with crossed arms at left, a church building behind a high wall before which a carriage is waiting behind; circular design, after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
La Fleur part de Montreuil
Description:
Titles engraved below image, in English and French., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Verses in English and French below title; English verses begin: "La Fleur kissed their hands round & round again, and thrice he wiped his eyes, and thrice he promised ...", and Mounted on page 25 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 28th, 1781, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
"A man on horseback in a street with his arms around two women, one of whom is crying at right, an old lady sat in profile in the foreground holding a bunch of flowers and a dog drinking from a fountain behind, a man watching the farewell with crossed arms at left, a church building behind a high wall before which a carriage is waiting behind; circular design, after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
La Fleur part de Montreuil
Description:
Titles engraved below image, in English and French., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Verses in English and French below title; English verses begin: "La Fleur kissed their hands round & round again, and thrice he wiped his eyes, and thrice he promised ...", Mounted on page 35 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching in sepia ink on laid paper ; circular image 30.5 cm, on sheet 40.9 x 36.4 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 28th, 1781, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
A view of the river Medway, opposite Sheerness, on a windy day with the town and ships in the distance. In the foreground the figures (identified by letters) struggle with their boat
Description:
Title etched below image., Figures are lettered in plate with key beneath title: A. The boat. B. Mr. Tothall at the helm. C. Mr. Thornhill lending a hand to. D. Mr. Hogarth. E. Mr. Forrest pushing forward. F. Mr. Scott. G. Sheerness., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate for: Gosling, W. Account of what seemed most remarkable in the five days peregrination of the five following persons ..., Not in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.)., and On page 212 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 27th 1781 by Rd. Livesay at Mrs. Hogarth's Leicester Fields
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,, Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734,, and Scott, Samuel, approximately 1710-1772,
"Woodland scene with a naked young boy lying on a cloth in the foreground, guarded by dogs; to right, a herdsman and a woman, presumably Mithridates and his wife Cyno, surprised at the sight; to left, a curved stone frieze of soldiers, surmounted by a crown and a naked child holding up a shield; to right, a boy looking on from behind Mithridates' sheep; fields and cattle in the background at centre."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
Description:
Title etched below image, above and on either side of etched Walpole arms bearing the motto "Fari quae sentiat.", Text below title: Six of the picture 2 f. 4 1/4 i. by 3 f. 6 1/2 i. long., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 151 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd Septr. 1st, 1781, by John Boydell engraver in Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Cyrus, the Great, King of Persia, -530 B.C. or 529 B.C.
"An Edinburgh wynd or close. A man seated on a bucket is using it as a latrine. A man holding a bucket stands behind him, screening him with his cloak, and turning round to call "Haud your Hond Lossie" to a woman who is emptying a bucket of filth from a first-floor window. A man is seated on the ground on the right by a steaming cauldron, across which is a large spoon. He is calling "Twa dips & a wallop for a Baubee". The men are in Highland dress. Beneath the title is engraved: "Yi dunna ken what I can dee For I can set ye doon & cure ye tee"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1st 1781 by J. Langham, St Brides Passage Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
Refuse disposal, Privies, City & town life, and Clothing & dress
"A procession (from left to right) of Queen Elizabeth and her maids of honour on horseback, the ladies all seated sideways, behind the rider of the horse, the cavalier always in profile, the lady in full face, except for one lady who is in back view. Two soldiers on foot carrying muskets, march in front, a mounted soldier rides behind. The dresses are pseudo-Elizabethan. The ladies wear ruffs and stiff wide-patterned petticoats, with scarves or hoods over their caps. One lady holds her hood. The procession consists of the Queen and three of her ladies. Beneath the design is inscribed: "Think of the great Days when void of all fears Of Wind & Rain sweet Queen Bess appears She taught her Maids of Honour their Caps to defend With oil skin hoods - when her Breakfast they attend. Behind her good Chancellor seated; And are with Beef Steaks & Onions all treated."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed.
Publisher:
Pubd. 30th June 1781 by H Humphrey no. 18 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
Subject (Topic):
Parades & processions, Horseback riding, and Clothing & dress
Title from first line of poem engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Former tutle: Legless Jew and fop.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Sharpe
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Topic):
Fathers and sons, Jews, Dandies, British, Peg legs, and Clothing & dress
