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., Number '204' in lower left corner of plate., and Temporary local subject terms: Ladies' costume.
Publisher:
Published 23rd July, 1787, by Robert Sayer, 53 Fleet Street
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 three eagerly spoon the coins into their mouths. Pouches hanging from their necks like goitres are full, except for that of the Prince of Wales, whose is empty. In the background is a wide open gate to the Treasury
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Dishes: bowls -- Craws, monstrous -- Cutlery: ladles -- Coins -- Guineas as food -- Fool's cap -- Prince's debts -- Gate of the Treasury building -- Coalition feast -- Reconciliation of Prince George and his parents -- Miserliness of George III and Queen Charlotte -- Reference to John Bull., and Folded & mounted to 37 x 56 cm.
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
Title from item., Printmaker tentatively identified in the Britihs Museum catalogue., Statement following imprint: ... of whom may be had the new prints of Trip and Return from Brighton, Jovial crew &c., 'Mentor' in the title written in ink over illegible word that has been burnished out., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Literary allusion to Homer's Odyssey -- Mythology: Elysian Fields -- Mythology: Telemachus -- Mythology: Mentor -- Travesties: The Odyssey -- City of London arms reversed -- Puns on artists' names -- Pugilism -- Courtesans -- Horse racing -- Knocker on door: Delicacy -- Gambling -- Playing cards -- Drinking: Champagne and claret -- Treasury door: Knock and it shall be opened.
Publisher:
Pub'd as the act directs for the proprietor, by E. Macklew, N. 9, Haymarket, and W. Dickie, No. 195 Strand
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Newnham, Nathaniel, approximately 1741-1809
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., Sheet trimmed toplate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
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
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 his right hand chest-high. Both are three-quarter views of the performers
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date based on drawing of Mrs. Wells by Donnman in the Brit. Museum., A related print of Edwin and Wells as Lingo and Cowslip / H. Singleton pinxt. ; Edmund Scott sculpt. Published 1 May 1788 by I. Birchall. See Catalogue of Engraved British portraits, v. 2, p. 136., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Edwin, John, 1749-1790, Wells, Mary, approximately 1759-, and O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833.
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. Shield
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Gentleman's designs exectued gratis"--Lower left corner of image., and Text following title: "... and I slipt this bit of a switch out of the hedge, vide Rosina Act 2nd."
Publisher:
Pub'd Jany. 1, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No.3 Piccadilly
"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., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Date of publication based on publisher's street address; see British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., With wash-line mount 37.4 x 28.9 cm. Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 100 (leaf numbered '150' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published by W. Richardson, Antient & Modern Print Warehouse, 174 Strand
"Portrait; half length to left; wearing white hood and embroidered trim; oval in rectangular pedastal."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., After a painting by Robert Walker; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1871,1209.5627., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was issued., Plate from: Noble, M. Memoirs of the protectoral-house of Cromwell ... London : Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Text in lower margin: From an original picture in the possession of the Earl of Sandwich at Hinchingbrooke., Mounted on page 248 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., 1 print : etching, engraving, and stipple engraving on wove paper ; sheet 15.9 x 9.6 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
G. G. J. and J. Robinson
Subject (Name):
Cromwell, Elizabeth, 1564 or 1565-1654, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
"Portrait; half length to left; wearing white hood and embroidered trim; oval in rectangular pedastal."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., After a painting by Robert Walker; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1871,1209.5627., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was issued., Plate from: Noble, M. Memoirs of the protectoral-house of Cromwell ... London : Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Text in lower margin: From an original picture in the possession of the Earl of Sandwich at Hinchingbrooke., and Mounted on page 194 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:
G. G. J. and J. Robinson
Subject (Name):
Cromwell, Elizabeth, 1564 or 1565-1654, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
