"Perdita, mistress of the feast, with flowers in her hair and holding a staff in her left hand, giving rosemary and rue to Polixenes, who sits under a large tree to left, wearing a plumed hat and shrouded in a cloak, looking up at her appreciatively, while Florizel, disguised as Doricles, ushers forward his love, a dog beside him to right, with other figures, including a man wearing a sheepskin jacket, kneeling with a basket of fruit to left, the shepherd standing behind Polixenes, a ribbon seller showing a ballad to two young women to right and dancers in the field beyond."--Brit. Mus. online catalogue
Description:
Title from published state., State with figures in outline only., 'Shakspeare' in open letters below imprint., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feb. 6th, 1789, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
"A caricature portrait of Pitt speaking in the House of Commons in profile to the right. In his right hand is a document: 'Regency Restrictions' (see British Museum Satires No. 7488, &c.); his hat is under his left arm, his left hand is held out. He bends forward, his right leg advanced."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger; title based on that given in the British Museum catalogue., Questionable attribution to Gillray from the British Museum catalogue., An imitation of the whole length portraits of Sayers. See British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Speeches: Pitt's on Regency Bill, 1789 -- Bills: Regency Bill -- Opposition to Regency Bill -- Allusion to Regency restrictions.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 17, 1789, by W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"Portrait of William Pitt three-quarter length seated, his head slightly turned to left, his right hand resting on documents on a table; curtain and pillar in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0901.1338., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Matted.
Title assigned by the cataloger., Printmaker identified as possibly Gillray signing with James Sayers's initials from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Warren Hastings's trial -- Sheridan's speech at Hastings's trial., and Manuscript note in contemporary hand identifying Sheridan in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 29, 1789, by [S.]W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Title assigned by British Museum catalogue., Printmaker identified by British Museum catalogue as Gillray signing with James Sayers's initials., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Warren Hastings's trial -- Reference to Sheridan's speech at Hastings's trial.
Publisher:
Publish'd 29th June 1789, by J. Aitken, Castle Street
Facius, Georg Sigmund, approximately 1750- printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1789]
Call Number:
Drawer 724 803B no. 78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Romeo sitting on a couch on the left, taking hold of Juliet's hand, under an awning in a classical palace, with dancers playing tambourines in the background and a man talking to Tybalt, who grasps his sword angrily."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
'Shakspeare' in open letters etched below imprint. and Full title from British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
Aqua fortis publish'd May 1st, 1789, by Jno. & Josiah Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside, & No. 59, Pall Mall, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Plate with numbered depictions of the obverse and reverse of fourteen Roman coins and medals. Numbered "4" among these is a gold medal, with heads of Marc Anthony and his wife Octavia, that was formerly in the collection of Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Pinkerton, J. An essay on medals: or, An introduction to the knowledge of ancient and modern coins and medals; especially those of Greece, Rome, and Britain. London : Printed for J. Edwards ... and J. Johnson ..., 1789., "Vol. I, plate 2"--Upper right corner., Imperfect; only top half of plate is present, with bottom half and all text trimmed away. Description based on a more perfect impression., Mounted on page 111 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 on wove paper ; sheet 7.4 x 10.3 cm., Imperfect; only bottom half of plate is present, with top half and all text trimmed away., This impression probably represents the bottom half of a plate sent by Horace Walpole to Richard Bull. See top half of plate and note from Walpole to Bull mounted on preceding page (page 110)., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
J. Edwards and J. Johnson
Subject (Name):
Antonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C., and Octavia, -11 B.C.,
Plate with numbered depictions of the obverse and reverse of fourteen Roman coins and medals. Numbered "4" among these is a gold medal, with heads of Marc Anthony and his wife Octavia, that was formerly in the collection of Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Pinkerton, J. An essay on medals: or, An introduction to the knowledge of ancient and modern coins and medals; especially those of Greece, Rome, and Britain. London : Printed for J. Edwards ... and J. Johnson ..., 1789., "Vol. I, plate 2"--Upper right corner., Imperfect; only top half of plate is present, with bottom half and all text trimmed away. Description based on a more perfect impression., Mounted on page 110 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., With manuscript label on separate strip of paper mounted below image: Mr. Walpole's unique gold is no. 4 of this plate., Mounted beside a note from Horace Walpole to Richard Bull in which Walpole mentions the depiction of his Marc Anthony medal in the second edition of Pinkerton's An essay on medals. In the note Walpole also mentions sending along the plate in question, and the impression mounted here probably represents the top half of the plate he sent to Bull., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
J. Edwards and J. Johnson
Subject (Name):
Antonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C., and Octavia, -11 B.C.,
Simon, John Peter, -approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 June 1789]
Call Number:
Drawer 724 803B no. 74
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Hero fainting at the altar, supported by Beatrice, in front of the friar who was about to marry her to Claudio, while Claudio stands on the right, gesturing angrily as he accuses her of infidelity, and others look on; late etched state"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from published state., 'Shakspeare' in open letters below imprint., and Sheet trimmed.
Publisher:
Aqua fortis publish'd June 1st,1789 by Jno. & Josh. Boydell at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall & Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Printmaker Gillray signing with James Sayers's initials. Cf. British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Wool sacks.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 27th 1789, by J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Fields
Title devised by cataloger., Printed on one sheet with: A mis-fire at the Constitution., Originally printed on a separate sheet and included with a set of eight satirical portraits published in May 1794 in which the members of the Opposition are travestied as French republicans. The sheet was cut along the lower edge of the cap in order to place it on the head of each of the portrayed politicians. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., nos. 8450-7., Variant state of No. 8449 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Sans culottes -- French Revolution., and Mounted to 49 x 34 cm.
"Henry V standing with one hand on the back of his chair, pointing with the other to left at the three traitors Cambridge, Grey and Scroop, who read with horror the news that their conspiracy has been discovered and plead for mercy, while three lords stand watching on the right, the nearest drawing his sword"--Br. Mus. online catalogue
Description:
Title from published state.
Publisher:
Aqua fortis publish'd March 25, 1789 by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London
Title supplied by cataloger., Plate from: Essays on physiognomy ... / by John Caspar Lavater. London, J. Murrray, 1789-1798, v. i, page 154., Temporary local subject terms: Drunkenness -- Walking staves., and Profile portrait of a man's head by Thornthwaite on verso.
A image of a man with a bundle of pages in his right hand, shown full-length, striding to the left wtih determination. His left hand is in his pocket
Description:
Title devised by the cataloger., False attribution to JS [James Sayer]?, Identified as Charles Grey in black ink in a contemporary hand., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Manuscript note in contemporary hand identifying Grey in lower right corner., and Mounted to 23 x 16 cm.
Publisher:
Published July 4, 1789, by [S.]W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"Apollo alighting with a torch in his right hand, wings spread, gesturing with his left hand towards the arts and sciences, allegoriacal figures grouped on the right with Sculpture, leaning on a bas-relief of George III, Painting and Architecture in the foreground and a figure on the right with a globe, compass and other navigational tools; in an oval; after West."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Artist, printmaker, and publication information from lettered state described in the Calabi and de Vesme catalogue with imprint: London, Publish'd ... Octr. 1, 1789, by B. West ..., State from Calabi and de Vesme catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: DuBois?
"A spirited horse, wearing the feathers of the Prince of Wales in his headband, stands on his hind legs, a pen in his fore-foot, writing a letter while Sheridan (right) guides the pen; his blinkers cover his eyes. Sheridan, who leans across the table in profile to the left, holds the paper: 'To Mr Pi[tt] ....' An ape with the (simian) features of Lord Derby squats on the table behind Sheridan, reading a paper: 'Rough Drat of the Letter', and saying "Hear hear hear". On the extreme left appear the profile, hands, and one foot of Weltje, saying, "By Got he vill teach de Orse to speak". Under the table is a circular rat-trap, in which are five rats with quasi-human faces."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
To be seen at Mr. Sheridan's menagerie the wonderful learned Hanover colt ...
Description:
Title from text below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Regency crisis -- Prince of Wales's answer to Regency restrictions -- Ministerialists as rats -- Lord Derby as a monkey -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Horse of Hanover -- Writing horse -- Caged rats -- Menageries -- Rat traps., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 20.2 x 25.6 cm, on sheet 21.8 x 26.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 48 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Pubd. 27 Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746-1820, Aubrey, John, Sir, 1739-1826, Hamilton, William Gerard, 1729-1796, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Animal shows, Horses, Writing, Rats, Cages, and Monkeys
"A spirited horse, wearing the feathers of the Prince of Wales in his headband, stands on his hind legs, a pen in his fore-foot, writing a letter while Sheridan (right) guides the pen; his blinkers cover his eyes. Sheridan, who leans across the table in profile to the left, holds the paper: 'To Mr Pi[tt] ....' An ape with the (simian) features of Lord Derby squats on the table behind Sheridan, reading a paper: 'Rough Drat of the Letter', and saying "Hear hear hear". On the extreme left appear the profile, hands, and one foot of Weltje, saying, "By Got he vill teach de Orse to speak". Under the table is a circular rat-trap, in which are five rats with quasi-human faces."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
To be seen at Mr. Sheridan's menagerie the wonderful learned Hanover colt ...
Description:
Title from text below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Regency crisis -- Prince of Wales's answer to Regency restrictions -- Ministerialists as rats -- Lord Derby as a monkey -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Horse of Hanover -- Writing horse -- Caged rats -- Menageries -- Rat traps., and Mounted on page 65 with one other print.
Publisher:
Pubd. 27 Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746-1820, Aubrey, John, Sir, 1739-1826, Hamilton, William Gerard, 1729-1796, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Animal shows, Horses, Writing, Rats, Cages, and Monkeys
"A spirited horse, wearing the feathers of the Prince of Wales in his headband, stands on his hind legs, a pen in his fore-foot, writing a letter while Sheridan (right) guides the pen; his blinkers cover his eyes. Sheridan, who leans across the table in profile to the left, holds the paper: 'To Mr Pi[tt] ....' An ape with the (simian) features of Lord Derby squats on the table behind Sheridan, reading a paper: 'Rough Drat of the Letter', and saying "Hear hear hear". On the extreme left appear the profile, hands, and one foot of Weltje, saying, "By Got he vill teach de Orse to speak". Under the table is a circular rat-trap, in which are five rats with quasi-human faces."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
To be seen at Mr. Sheridan's menagerie the wonderful learned Hanover colt ...
Description:
Title from text below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Regency crisis -- Prince of Wales's answer to Regency restrictions -- Ministerialists as rats -- Lord Derby as a monkey -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Horse of Hanover -- Writing horse -- Caged rats -- Menageries -- Rat traps., Note on verso in contemporary hand: The same Hanover Colt directed by Mr. Sheridan to write a Letter. - 1789. Allusion to an answer to the H. of C. in the P. of Ws. name suppos'd to be dictated by Sheridan., and Watermark: (partial) crown over shield with fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
Pubd. 27 Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746-1820, Aubrey, John, Sir, 1739-1826, Hamilton, William Gerard, 1729-1796, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Animal shows, Horses, Writing, Rats, Cages, and Monkeys