Volume 2, page 36. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A lady working at her embroidery turns to watch a child holding a bird, an oval composition."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: The tender mother., and Mounted on page 36 in volume 2 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 27th, 1787, by S. Vivares, Great Newport Street
BEIN Im J637 W787: With "End of first volume" on p. 602 and "Vol. I" at foot of first leaf of each quire. Uncut, in original boards, spine missing., BEIN Osborn pc238: 21 cm. With "Finis" on p. 602 and no volume indictors. "Fac similies of Dr. Johnson's hand writing"--folded leaf after errata. Ms. notes throughout., BEIN 2004 252: 22 cm. With "Finis" on p. 602 and no volume indictors. Armorial bookplate: Barne., Errata on p. [16] at end., Signatures: [A]²(-A1) B⁸(±B4) C⁸(±C2,3) D⁸(±D1) E-L⁸ M⁸(±M5) N-R⁸ S⁸(±S7) T⁸(±2) U⁸ X⁸(±X4) Y⁸(±Y1,4,6) Z-2B⁸ 2C⁸(±2c4) 2D-2F⁸ 2G⁸(±2G7) 2H-2I⁸ 2K⁸(±2K8) 2L⁸(±2L1,8) 2M⁸ 2N⁸(±2N3) 2O⁸ 2P⁸(±2P1) 2Q⁴ 2R²(-2R2) 2S⁸., and Includes bibliographical references and index.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Buckland, J. Rivington and sons, T. Payne and Sons ...
Volume 2, page 44. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"During a meal, a man falls back from his stool with arms waving and eyes wide with terror, a black servant behind leans towards him with bared teeth and hands raised to echo his actions, the choking watched with barely concealed delight by a man sitting on the edge of a bed at right, a woman standing beside him clearing the table; after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Petit bossu en dinant avec le tailleur s'etoufe en avalant une arrête : Les contes arabs
Description:
Titles from text in English and French below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 44 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs Feby. 1st, 1787, by S. Watts, No. 50 opposite Old Round Court, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dining tables, Eating & drinking, Falling, and Servants
One of two young women walking in the park holds a letter in her right hand, her left hand on her check. The other woman looks at her with a sympathetic gaze. In the background on the left is a house, on the right a bench
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Number '186' lower left corner of plate.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Feby. 10, 1787 by R. Sayer, Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Parks, Benches, Women, and Young adults
A bold-looking woman with a large hat and long curls, dressed in an exaggerated style with a pouter pigeon bosom under a fichu and an enourmous rump. She has on an apron and carries a muff and umbrella
Description:
Title from item., Year of imprint mostly burnished from plate., Five lines of text below title: Carries only one inside & two out ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
A rather mannish-looking woman with a large hat and an enormous parasol walks away from us to the right, holding up her skirts in back with her left hand and revealing tall boots, stockings and a bit of petticoat
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of part of the imprint statement., Imprint statement from companion print on same sheet: The feminine gender., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Ladies' costume -- Parasol.
Publisher:
Pub'd Feby. 2, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse, No.3 Piccadilly
"The Duchess of Devonshire sits astride a galloping fox, her face to its tail. A signpost by the fox's head points (left) 'To Cuckolds Hall'; on the top of the post is a pair of horns. The Duchess wears a hat trimmed with ostrich feathers and with a ribbon inscribed 'Fox'"-- British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
One good turn deserves another
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue of a print originally published 24 May 1784. See British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 28 x 36.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 24, 1787, by J. Notice, Oxford Road
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806., and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Adultery, Foxes, and Traffic signs & signals
Twelve lines of verse in three columns below title: Such assemblies, you might swear, Meet when butchers bait a bear ..., Later state by a different publisher of No. 7132 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6. Traces of the earlier imprint burnished from plate below image on left., and Temporary local subject terms: Naval uniforms -- Repeal of the shop tax.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 27th, 1787, by S. Fores, satirist, No. 3 Piccadily [sic]
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, and Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
Twelve lines of verse in three columns below title: Such assemblies, you might swear, Meet when butchers bait a bear ..., Later state by a different publisher of No. 7132 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6. Traces of the earlier imprint burnished from plate below image on left., Temporary local subject terms: Naval uniforms -- Repeal of the shop tax., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 33.1 x 46.1 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 27th, 1787, by S. Fores, satirist, No. 3 Piccadily [sic]
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, and Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
