"A ragged man, wearing clerical bands, stands full face. He wears a wide-brimmed hat, his toes protrude through one shoe. He looks downwards with a meditative grimace, one arm held out towards a church steeple among trees. Mountains form a background. Beneath is etched: '"------Best scene of all, "With which I close this reverend description, "Is your Welch Parson, with his noble living, "Sans shoes, Sans hose, sans breeches, sans every thing.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Original design attributed to Woodward. See British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse below title, beginning: Best scene of all ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Literature: parody of Shakespeare's As You Like It, ii, 7, 163.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 1st, 1790, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Title etched below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within the plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Elections: Boston, Lincolnshire, 1790 -- Petitions -- Aldermen -- Gwydyr, Peter Burrell, Baron, 1754-1820 -- Glass: wine bottles -- Wine glasses -- Furniture: tables.
The fourteen men in British Museum satire no. 7693, with the same numbers and identifications, stand in a street or market-place; their expressions and gestures show rage or disgust. The lawyer, '13', holds the 'London Eveng Post' and tells the bad news
Alternative Title:
Aldermen Common-Council &c. of Boston in Lincolnshire on the parade receiving the news of their petition being thrown out
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
In five columns with the title and two woodcuts (one framed) above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules and the final two columns are in italic., A song in five columns: "There was a kinght [sic] was drunk with wine ...", Mounted on leaf 4. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
First bravery of Philippe the Fiery-Faced, Duc' of Orlean's
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Gillray in an unverified card catalog record., Publication date from an impression in the Library of Congress., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom., One line of text below title: where the Duc' upon the begining [sic] of the engagement, cried out in the greatest terror for the crew to carry him below deck ..., Companion print: Second bravery of Philippe the Fiery-Faced, Duc' of Orxxxn's., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: French naval uniforms -- French military uniforms -- Naval battles: French vs. English -- Cannons -- French ships -- Battles: Ouessan (Ushant)., Watermark: J Whatman., and Window mounted to 32 x 43 cm., matted to 47 x 61 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793
Volume 2, page 99. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The beggar kneeling to left, holding a stick, his hat on the ground in front of him, at right a dog jumping up at a woman; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "First state before letters of title filled in"--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1888,0716.240., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: A blind beggar that had long lost his sight, he had a fair daughter of beauty most bright, and many a gallant brave suitor had she, for none was so comely as pretty Bessey ..., Illustration to the anonymous ballad 'The blind beggar of Bethnal Green'., and Mounted on page 99 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Augt. 20, 1790, by T. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street
Arrival of Sr. Frances Wronghead and Arrival of Sir Frances Wronghead
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Male costume, 1790 -- Female costume, 1790 -- Members of Parliament returning to town-house -- Member of House of Commons -- Reference to opening of House of Commons -- Literature: Allusion to The provok'd husband by Vanbrugh, Sir John, 1664-1726, and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Possibly from the same series as: Paddy O'Blarney. [London : Laurie & Whittle, 1796]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom resulting in loss of imprint., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume, 1790 -- Cherry venders -- Door knockers., and Window mounted to 37 x 30 cm.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
July 14, 1797.
Call Number:
797.07.14.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Secret influence
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of verse below title: O mistress fair! I'd be a rose ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Old women -- Uniforms: coachman's uniform.