"A couple dance in an assembly-room; the man, active and dishevelled, smaller than his immensely fat partner, holds the ends of a large spotted handkerchief, since it is impossible to grasp her waist. In the background are two other couples. A chandelier and a corner of the musicians' gallery with a man blowing a French horn complete the design."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Dancing -- Dances: waltz -- Interiors: ballroom -- Lighting: chandelier -- Architectural details: musicians' gallery -- Obesity -- Musical instruments: French horn., and Window mounted to 37 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 20th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A man in hat, long coat, and boots (and wearing spectacles),, grasps his friend's hand with a smile. The host, ugly and angry, says: "Ah! my old Friend I wish you had called at some more convenient time but this is washing day - I have nothing to give you but cold Fish, cold tripe & cold potatoes - you may smell soap suds a mile! Ah Jack - Jack you dont know these Comforts! you are a Bachelor!" Behind (left), two women stand at a wash-tub"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue and Grego., and Later state with altered publication line and original date of publication removed: Pub. 1 Oct. 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand.
Publisher:
Pubd by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Spouses, Bachelors, Eyeglasses, Laundresses, and Wash tubs
A street vendor: a full-length view of a woman in hat, scarf and shawl holding a basket of watercress
Alternative Title:
Watercresses
Description:
Title etched below image., Printing date from watermark., Printmaker and imprint from title page of book in which this plate was published., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Costume of the lower orders of the metropolis / T.L.B. London : Printed for Samuel Leigh, by W. Clowes, 1820., and Watermark: [Tu]rkey M[ill J] Whatm[an] 1818.
Publisher:
Samuel Leigh
Subject (Topic):
Occupations, City & town life, Peddlers, Vegetables, and Women
A London waterman shown full-length with his right arm raised and wearing a hat and a waterman's badge with an image of the sun on his left sleeve
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker and imprint from title page of book in which this plate was published., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate from: Costume of the lower orders of the metropolis / T.L.B. London : Printed for Samuel Leigh, by W. Clowes, 1820.
"A man dressed in a smock and neckerchief weeps as a well dressed woman, dabbing her eye, reads from a slip ballad."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Plate numbered 'No. 13' in upper right corner., Plate from a series of twenty without letterpress: Le Brun travested, or, Caricatures of the passions / design'd by G.M. Woodward and etch'd by T. Rowlandson. London : Pubd. 21 Jany. 1800 at R. Ackermann''s Repository of Arts, 101 Strand., Four lines of text below image: As laughter is often excited by the most simple causes, so frequently is weeping, in this instance the hard and obdurate features, that would be callous to real sufferings, melts at the fancied sorrows of a village love ballad., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Literature: country ballads.
Publisher:
Pub. 21 Jan. 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
"Portrait seated almost whole-length to left in armchair, resting his right hand on stick, his hat in his left hand, eyes to front; wearing dark coat and short wig; lettered state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., and Bound in opposite page 398 (leaf numbered '11' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1, 1800, by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
Date of publication from ESTC., Anonymous. By John Gay. - First published as 'Sweet William's farewell to black ey'd Susan'. - Verse - "All in the Downs the fleet was moor'd,". - Includes 'Sweet William's happy return to his dear Susan' and 'Sweet Susan's constancy'. - In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 66. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Evans, No. 41, Long-Lane, London
Title from item., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., A copy in reverse of the print with the same title engraved and published by Thomas Bakewell in 1737?, and Temporary local subject terms: Yawning -- Night cap.
Publisher:
Pub Feby. 11, 1800, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
A copy in reverse of the second state of William Hogarth's A Chorus of Singers which was first etched as a subscription ticket for "A Midnight Modern Conversation". A scene with seventeen men and boys rehearsing, in this case, "An Ode for New Years Day" rather than the oratorio "Judith"; sheets of music are lettered "Sicilian Sisters, tuneful nine".
Description:
Title from Paulson., Date from British Museum catalogue: late 18th century., Verses below image: Thy verses, Colley, by no muse inspir'd, When set to musick, justly are admir'd. No wonder such should be the consequence; For tuneful sounds oft suit with want of sense., and On page 64 in volume 1. With ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above group of two prints: Rehearsal of the Oratorio of Judith. See Nichols's Book, 3d, edit. p. 202. With another note in pencil in Steevens's handabove: Copy.
Depiction of the arms of the Company of Grocers, with chevron and nine cloves on the shield, a camel on the crest, and griffins as supporters; motto "God grant grace" within banner at bottom
Alternative Title:
To the tenants of the Worshipful Company of Grocers, or [...?]
Description:
Title devised by cataloger; alternative title from letterpress text beneath image., Date supplied by cataloger., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of all but the first line of letterpress text beneath image., Engraved headpiece for official notices and invitations of the Company of Grocers, to be printed above text with the details of the announcement or event., Mounted to 27.1 x 20.9 cm; mounted above is a small (sheet 42 x 51 mm) hand-colored etching of the arms of the Company of Grocers., and Mounted after page 544 in volume 4 part 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
