"An ass, laden with panniers filled with books, lifts up its head to bray 'Rights of Man' (thrice repeated), while its hind-legs are kicking in the direction of the British Lion (right). From its head hang an ink-bottle and pen. The books are inscribed 'Paines Pampl[et]', 'Paine' (twice), 'Libels on the Constitution', 'Treason', 'Atheistic Trac[ts]', 'Treasonable Essays', 'Seditious Pamphlets'. The head only of the lion, crowned, appears on the right, his mouth is open as if roaring, and he holds open a large book inscribed: (left) 'Reflections on the Revolution in France &c by the Right Honble E Burke', and (right) (a quotation from p. 3,1st ed.): 'the soci[ety] calling itself the Society for Constitutional Information was intended for the Circulation at the Expence of the Members of many Books which few others would be at the Expence of buying and which might lie on thands [sic] of the Booksellers'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Published by order of the Society for Constitutional Information by D. Adams Secretary
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Two lines of quoted text below title: "From all sedition, privy conspiracy and rebellion, from all false doctrine, heresy and schism &c., Good Lord deliver us.", and Temporary local subject terms: Societies: allusion to the Society for Constitutional Information -- Literature -- Crowned British Lion -- Panniers -- Daniel Adams as an ass -- Inkwells.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1791 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
"Portrait of Katherine of Aragon; head and shoulders facing front and looking away to left, wearing decorated square-necked gown, necklaces and a gable head-dress with a full veil; in a rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793.
Publisher:
Pub. March 20, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Katherine of Aragon; head and shoulders facing front and looking away to left, wearing decorated square-necked gown, necklaces and a gable head-dress with a full veil; in a rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 136 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., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on laid paper ; sheet 18.7 x 13.7 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. March 20, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Katherine of Aragon; head and shoulders facing front and looking away to left, wearing decorated square-necked gown, necklaces and a gable head-dress with a full veil; in a rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 173 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 : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; sheet 16.9 x 13.1 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. March 20, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title from item., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: where [may] be seen the largest collection of caricatures in the Kingdom, also the head and hand of Count Struenzee, admitance [sic] 1 sh., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: churches -- Churchyards -- Funerals -- Fighting -- Coffins -- Tombstones -- Skulls -- Mourners -- Undertakers -- Clergy: parsons -- Bishops., Watermark: armorial shield with monogram W at the bottom., Mounted on a strip of paper at the bottom to 28 cm., and Note next to title in contemporary hand: A clerical boxing match.
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1612); three-quarter length, directed and facing to the left and looking slightly to the front, left hand at his side, glove on right hand, resting in a fist on a table in front of him, with an inkwell and papers; closed letter state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., State from Hamilton., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Bound in opposite title page (leaf numbered '2' 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:
Publish'd as the act directs, April 30th, 1791, by Jno. Hall, No. 83 Berwick Street, Sold by W. Dickenson, Bond Street, T. Macklin, Poets Gallery & Fleet Street, & B.B. Evans in the Poultry, &c., and Printed by C.W. Richards
"Portrait of Richard II, half-length, facing the viewer, holding his sceptre and his orb, seated on a throne, with a small beard and moustache and a crown over his curling hair, dressed in an ermine-lined mantle with a jewelled collar over a robe embroidered with roses and crowned 'R's."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Richard the Second
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Printmaker from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
Publisher:
Pub'd. Octr. 28, 1791 by N. Smith Gt. Mays Buildings, St. Martins Lane
Facius, Georg Sigmund, approximately 1750- printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 June 1791]
Call Number:
Drawer 724 803B no. 80
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man laying the seeming dead Juliet out on a bed, as the friar gestures to heaven, trying to comfort her mother, who approaches clasping her hands together."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "Shakspeare' etched above title., and Also inscribed with ten lines of dialogue on either side of title: "Fr. Peace, ho, for shame! Confusion's cure lives not ... Above the clouds, as high as heaven itself?
Publisher:
Published June 4th, 1791, by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall & at No. 90 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 February 1791]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Frances Abington after Reynolds (Mannings 32), in the character from Bickerstaffs's 'The Sultan'; half-length, standing, looking to right, appearing from behind a curtain which she pushes aside with her left hand; published state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., State from Hamilton., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all text. Description based on impression in the British Museum, registration no.: Aa,9.22., Sheet trimmed into an oval shape (23.8 x 19.4 cm), with ink wash added to fill in the blank spaces around the rectangular portrait; window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., Mounted opposite page 174 (leaf numbered '212' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and Title and statements of responsibility written in ink at bottom of mounting page, in a later hand: Mrs. Abington as 'Roxalana' in the "Sultan" / Sir J. Reynolds, pinx. ; J.K. Sherwin, sculp.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 1, 1791, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market
Subject (Geographic):
British.
Subject (Name):
Abington, Mrs. 1737-1815, (Frances Barton), and Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812.
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Dissenters -- Executions: hangings -- Clergy: bishops -- Clergy: parsons -- Demons -- Watering cans -- Cannons -- Buildings: exterior of a Gothic church -- Serpents -- Expressions of speech: wolf in sheep's clothing -- Expressions of speech: dignitaries of Church as caterpillars., Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with initials G R below., and Mounted to 27 x 40 cm.