A view of the back of a horseman and the rump and hind legs of his horse. The rider is wearing a tall silk hat and holding a riding crop in his right hand
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : soft-ground etching on wove paper ; plate mark 24.8 x 17.5 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 19.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 37 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
"A lady sits full-face behind a dressing-table, an open book in her hand, while a hairdresser (left) curls her hair with tongs; a cloud of smoke shows that her hair is burning, her expression shows that it is painful. She wears a dressing-gown. Beside her (right) stands another woman, her mouth open as if singing. The hairdresser stands legs astride with an expression of fierce determination. Two combs are stuck in his hair. The two side-flaps of the small folding dressing-table are open, and the small mirror stands in the centre. On the table are toilet boxes and a tress of hair. Above the design is etched a quote from George, Lord Lyttleton's Song: "Alas! by some degree of woe We every bliss must gain, The heart can ne'er a transport know, That never felt a pain."'--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Alas by some degree of woe, we every bliss must gain
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue. and Artist identified as C.M. Fanshawe in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Publish'd by Js. Bretherton
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Dressing tables, Hairdressing, and Hairstyles
"George III rides Pegasus, and is about to be thrown; both arms are raised in consternation. Another man (? Wolcot) falls head downwards from the horse; his wig has fallen off and he has dropped a roll of MS. Behind the plunging heels of the animal Harlequin (right) flourishes his club."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier proof state
Description:
Title, printmaker, and date from description of proof state in the British Museum catalogue., For a proof state before "Ode for new year" lettering added to the roll of paper within image, see no. 7188 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. Ode upon ode, or, Peep at St. James's ... London : Printed by G. Kearsley ..., [1787], Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., and Temporary local subject terms: Literary quotation -- Personification -- Mythology -- Pindar's Ode for a new year.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819
Subject (Topic):
Harlequin (Fictitious character), Pegasus (Greek mythology), Falling, and Wigs
"Nearly whole-length reclining at the foot of a tree in open country, with one arm pointing across her chest."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and state from Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Place of publication transposed from end of publication statement., Mounted on leaf numbered 1 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Publish'd Septr. 1st 1787 by John Boydell engraver in Cheapside
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 295); half-length, directed and facing to left, seated holding flower and wearing a veil pushed to the back; landscape behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker, and publication information from impression of lettered state in the British Museum, registration no.: 1832,0418.9., State of plate is undetermined., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text from bottom edge., and Mounted on page 222 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Volume 2, page 62. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young man in a cap sitting on a basket, smoking a pipe, a tankard in his hand, resting on his crossed legs, his right arm draped over the back of a chair at left, his hat fallen on the ground beside; circular design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from later state., Early state, before addition of title and before alterations to publication year and publisher's street address in imprint. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1873,0712.440., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 62 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and Title written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand: The repose.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs April 7th, 1787, by J. Jones, No. 63 Great Portland Street
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Baskets, Drinking vessels, and Pipes (Smoking)
Volume 2, page 63. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman in a bonnet hunching over and pulling her cloak around her against the high wind and rain, blowing her skirts from the left; oval design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from later state., Early state, before addition of title and before alterations to publication year and publisher's street address in imprint. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2427., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 63 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and Title written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand: The storm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs April 7th, 1787, by J. Jones, No. 63 Great Portland Street
