"Fox, Sheridan, and Powys are engaged in opening a large rectangular tomb inscribed '[H]ere lie [t]he Remains [of] Mr F------s India Bill'. On the front of the tomb are two winged heads of cherubs and a scroll inscribed 'India Bill'. Fox (left), facin...
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. Cornell
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Lilford, Thomas Powys, Baron, 1743-1800, Great Britain. Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India., India, and East India Company.
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames numbered on left side: No. xxiii and No. xxiv, respectively or Mrs. Jordan and Richard Daly
"Portrait of the actor Edward Shuter; half-length in oval frame, looking to the right, holding a comic mask."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published by W. Richardson, Antient & Modern Print Warehouse, 174 Strand
From the comic opera Rosina by Mrs. Brooke, a tousled countryman with his garters coming down, stands facing the viewer with a club in one hand and his hat in the other. Rosina was first performed at Covent Garden 13 December 1782 with music by W. Sh...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub'd Jany. 1, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No.3 Piccadilly
A composition set in an oval shows a scene from O'Keeffe's Agreeable surprise in which Cowslip (Mrs. Wells) stands in profile on the left holding out a bowl of milk. Lingo (Mr. Edwin) faces the viewer as his eyes turn toward Cowslip; he gestures with...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Edwin, John, 1749-1790, Wells, Mary, approximately 1759-, and O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833.
A pair of images showing a soldier full-length in profile and from the back entitled "Time past". Below, a similar pair labeled "Time present" but the figures are elongated and hair-style exagerated
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 16th by S. Fores, No. E [sic] Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Military uniforms, and English
George III, dressed as an old woman, the Queen, and the Prince of Wales in a fool's cap decorated with his three feathers, are seated around a basin perched on the laps of the King and Queen, marked "John Bull's Blood" and filled with gold coins. All ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 29th, 1787, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
George III, dressed as an old woman, the Queen, and the Prince of Wales in a fool's cap decorated with his three feathers, are seated around a basin perched on the laps of the King and Queen, marked "John Bull's Blood" and filled with gold coins. All ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 29th, 1787, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
A young woman sits under a tree, holding a small dog on a leash. An instrument (a recorder?) is partially hidden by her arm and hungs by a cord across her shoulder. In the distance is a horse and chaise
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published 23rd July, 1787, by Robert Sayer, 53 Fleet Street
"A squalid domestic interior: the Prince of Wales (right) and Mrs. Fitzherbert (left) sit facing each other on each side of an open fireplace. A calf's head suspended from a string roasts before the fire. She mends a pair of breeches which he has take...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub'd Feby. 26, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne,, Hanger, George,, and Weltje, Louis,
A young man lounges against a young woman, as they sit on a sofa; she holds his right hand in hers. With the left hand he pours wine into her glass which she holds with her left as they exchange amorous looks. They are both partially disrobed. On the...
Alternative Title:
Love and wine
Description:
Numbered '112' in lower right corner of plate.
Publisher:
Published June 12th, 1787 by Robert Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Dionysus (Greek deity)
Subject (Topic):
Card games, Couples, Playing cards, Seduction, Wine, and Eating & drinking
"A foppish young man wearing a looped hat with cockade, double-breasted waistcoat, ruffled shirt, striped stockings, and low shoes with rosettes, walks (left to right) rapidly but affectedly. His head is turned to the left and he looks downwards; his ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jan. 1, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No.3 Piccadilly
"A foppish young man wearing a looped hat with cockade, double-breasted waistcoat, ruffled shirt, striped stockings, and low shoes with rosettes, walks (left to right) rapidly but affectedly. His head is turned to the left and he looks downwards; his ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jan. 1, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No.3 Piccadilly
A pretty young woman with roses springing from her hair and around her neck sits on a spotted sofa with her feet up on the seat and one arm over the back. Her hand rests in that of a young man, also with roses around his neck, who leans over the back ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby 16, 1787 by J. Wicksteed, Henrietta Street. Covt. Garden
"Five elderly women of fashion attend an altar of Love in a temple whose walls are wreathed with roses. The fat Mrs. Hobart, in profile to the right, pours incense on the flames of the altar; in her right hand is an open book, 'Ninon'. Behind her (lef...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 12th, 1787, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801, Mount Edgcumbe, Emma Gilbert, Lady, 1729-1807, and Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817
Subject (Topic):
Graces, The, Apollo, Altars, Interiors, Temples, Books, Roses, and Lyres
"Five elderly women of fashion attend an altar of Love in a temple whose walls are wreathed with roses. The fat Mrs. Hobart, in profile to the right, pours incense on the flames of the altar; in her right hand is an open book, 'Ninon'. Behind her (lef...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 12th, 1787, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801, Mount Edgcumbe, Emma Gilbert, Lady, 1729-1807, and Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817
Subject (Topic):
Graces, The, Apollo, Altars, Interiors, Temples, Books, Roses, and Lyres
Corner, John, active 18th century-19th century, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1787]
Call Number:
523 H11 779cj
Collection Title:
Opposite page vi. Case and memoirs of the late Rev. Mr. James Hackman, and of his acquaintance with
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, bust-length in profile to left, wearing queue wig, ornate jacket, neckerchief and frill; in oval frame, surrounded by two laurel branches, with ribbon below."--British Museum online catalogue
"The King, Queen, and three princesses are seated at a small dinner-table, on which is a soup-tureen, &c. The King holds a plate on which is an insect, turning round to address angrily a cook (right), who stands trembling beside him. Two alarmed serva...
Description:
Title etched below image; source of the title "Lousiad canto 1st" as indicated.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
"The King, Queen, and three princesses are seated at a small dinner-table, on which is a soup-tureen, &c. The King holds a plate on which is an insect, turning round to address angrily a cook (right), who stands trembling beside him. Two alarmed serva...
Description:
Title etched below image; source of the title "Lousiad canto 1st" as indicated.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
"Two companion designs on one plate. On the left, directed to the right, stands a lady wearing the projecting gauze at her breast and the inflated petticoats then fashionable. Her wide-brimmed hat is trimmed with feathers and a curtain-frill of lace. ...
Description:
Titles etched below each of two images on one plate.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 18, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
"An elderly Scots bonnet laird or farmer stands repeating the song, which is a complaint of the extravagance and misconduct of his wife. He wears a round Scots bonnet and a tartan plaid over his coat, long stockings, and shoes tied with strings, tatte...
Alternative Title:
Wholly and fairly
Description:
Title from caption below image
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
"An elderly Scots bonnet laird or farmer stands repeating the song, which is a complaint of the extravagance and misconduct of his wife. He wears a round Scots bonnet and a tartan plaid over his coat, long stockings, and shoes tied with strings, tatt...
Alternative Title:
Wholly and fairly
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for and sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
"Lord Lansdowne is about to force down the throat of the Duke of Richmond a part of his model fortifications which are on a dish beside him. These are in the form of a semicircle of gun-embrasures, each marked with a letter of the word '[F]ORTIFICATIO...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publisd. by I. Jarvis, Richmond Buildings
Subject (Name):
Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802
"Lord Lansdowne is about to force down the throat of the Duke of Richmond a part of his model fortifications which are on a dish beside him. These are in the form of a semicircle of gun-embrasures, each marked with a letter of the word '[F]ORTIFICATIO...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publisd. by I. Jarvis, Richmond Buildings
Subject (Name):
Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802
"Lord Lansdowne is about to force down the throat of the Duke of Richmond a part of his model fortifications which are on a dish beside him. These are in the form of a semicircle of gun-embrasures, each marked with a letter of the word '[F]ORTIFICATIO...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 2d, 1787 by [J. Jarvis, Richmond Buildings]
Subject (Name):
Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802
A young man in riding clothes half sits on a trunk of a tree in a park while a stylishly-dressed, young woman stands to his right, tying a ribbon in his hat
Shown before the gate of a castle, Hamlet is supported by two men as the ghost of his father, dressed in armour the knees of which are etched with the masks of Comedy and Tragedy, appears before him
Volume 2, page 50. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two women walking along a field with sheaves of corn, the woman at front pointing to right and looking back at a little girl at left, a bundle of grain in her arms and a tired expression, behind at right a third gleaner kneels to fastens her load tog...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published March 1st, 1787, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Volume 2, page 51. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three women in a field, one kneeling at left fastening corn into a bundle, another carrying hers on her head, the third behind, turned away with the grain under her arm, a boy sits playing a pipe at right, a building with tower behind; oval design af...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published March 1st, 1787, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
A young woman, seated in a chair, shells peas into a basket in her lap, another basket at her feet. She is seated outside a house with a diamond paned window. In the background is a fence and a barn
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, Chart & Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street
An engraved writing sheet illustrated with seven scenes from Gay’s Fables, each titled above and with rhyming couplet below. At head, and the largest scene, is ‘The Shepherd and the Philosopher’; six smaller scenes form the right and left borders belo...
Description:
Title engraved at top of plate, on either side of the image of "The shepherd and the philosopher."
Publisher:
Published by Robt. Sayer, map, chart & printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street
"A room crowded with cooks and scullions : a tall cook addresses the others with clenched fist, holding the queue of his hair. The others make similar gestures of indignation ; one negligently holds a spit transfixing a bird which a dog is eating. Aga...
Farmer George delivered of a most greivous speech with the cruelty of the gossips
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub'd Jany. 23, 1787, by S.W. Fores, No.3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
On the left, a man with a beard and wearing a hat holds the coat of a short, bald man in waist coat, shirt, and trousers who is advancing to the right, fists up and ready to fight. In the front on the right is a foppish man holding an open snuff box...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published August 30st, 1787, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
787.07.01.03 Boxed separately; shelved in Object Room C:A
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The engraving has been mounted on wood and cut into 42 puzzle pieces. The frame is comprised of 10 pieces; the remaining 32 pieces each with a portrait of a king or queen of England, starting with William I and ending with George II, and one piece dep...
Description:
Title engraved in frame above the images.
Publisher:
Publish'd 1st July 1787 by Carington Bowles, St. Paul Church Yard ; C. Dilly, Poultry & W. Darton, Birchin Lane, London
"A design in two compartments, each based on one of the familiar 'Cries of London': In 'Le--Gagne--Petit' (left) Fox is a knife-grinder busily sharpening a headsman's axe. Arranged along his barrow are four knives of various shapes inscribed respectiv...
Alternative Title:
Gagne petit and Poisson salé
Description:
Title from text between the two designs; subtitles from text above each design.
Publisher:
Published by Boyne & Walker, Great Turnstile
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
Subject (Topic):
Impeachment, Fishmongers, Knives, Occupations, Puns (Visual works), and Signs (Notices)
"Bishop Watson of Llandaff stands in profile to the right, his arms outstretched as if preaching. He stands under an archway formed by a retort, the furnace of which is behind him (left); the neck of the retort swells into a globe above his head, then...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 8th March 1787 by T. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Watson, Richard, 1737-1816 and Pretyman, George, 1750-1827
Subject (Topic):
Commercial treaties, Public opinion, Bishops, Cathedrals, Chemistry, and Preaching
"Bishop Watson of Llandaff stands in profile to the right, his arms outstretched as if preaching. He stands under an archway formed by a retort, the furnace of which is behind him (left); the neck of the retort swells into a globe above his head, then...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 8th March 1787 by T. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Watson, Richard, 1737-1816 and Pretyman, George, 1750-1827
Subject (Topic):
Commercial treaties, Public opinion, Bishops, Cathedrals, Chemistry, and Preaching
"Bishop Watson of Llandaff stands in profile to the right, his arms outstretched as if preaching. He stands under an archway formed by a retort, the furnace of which is behind him (left); the neck of the retort swells into a globe above his head, then...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 8th March 1787 by T. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Watson, Richard, 1737-1816 and Pretyman, George, 1750-1827
Subject (Topic):
Commercial treaties, Public opinion, Bishops, Cathedrals, Chemistry, and Preaching
"Bishop Watson of Llandaff stands in profile to the right, his arms outstretched as if preaching. He stands under an archway formed by a retort, the furnace of which is behind him (left); the neck of the retort swells into a globe above his head, then...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 8th March 1787 by T. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Watson, Richard, 1737-1816 and Pretyman, George, 1750-1827
Subject (Topic):
Commercial treaties, Public opinion, Bishops, Cathedrals, Chemistry, and Preaching
