Title from caption below image; subtitle from text etched in lower right corner below image., Publisher's advertisement below title: Johnny Newcome in the island of Jamaica, a companion print to this from a drawing by the same humorous pencil, may be had of Mr. Holland ..., Design consists of seventeen individually-captioned panels arranged in three horizonal rows., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: J. Whatman 1824., and Date in imprint altered in ms. from "1801" to "1803."
Publisher:
Published by Willm. Holland, No. 50, Oxford Street
"Lord Clare (1749-1802) walks in profile to the left on a pavement. He is erect and alert, inclining slightly forward, holding a slim cane erect. He wears round hat, short unpowdered wig, dark coat, gloves, and spurred top-boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Companion print to: "Corporeal stamina.", Figure identification pencilled in contemporary hand below plate. Numbered above: 509., and Mounted to 37 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
Publishd. April 13th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
"Lord Clare (1749-1802) walks in profile to the left on a pavement. He is erect and alert, inclining slightly forward, holding a slim cane erect. He wears round hat, short unpowdered wig, dark coat, gloves, and spurred top-boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Companion print to: "Corporeal stamina.", 1 print : etching with aquatint and stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.9 x 20.3 cm., and Trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publishd. April 13th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
"A fat citizen (three-quarter length), seated in an armchair, endures an operation upon the carbuncles of his bloated nose. The operator (left), thin and high-shouldered, holds the patient's forehead and applies a small pointed instrument (a metallic tractor) causing flames to gush from nose and nostrils. On a small table (left) are a decanter of 'Brandy' with a jug and steaming glass, lemon, and sugar, the patient's pipe lying across a newspaper: 'The True Briton. Theatre Dead Alive. Grand Exhibition in Leicester Square, just arrived from America the Rod of Æsculapius. Perkinism in all its Glory - being a certain Cure for all Disorders, Red Noses, Gouty Toes, Windy Bowels, Broken Legs, Hump Backs. Just discover'd, the Grand Secret of the Philosopher's Stone with the True way of turning all Metals into Gold, pro bono publico.' On the wall (right) is a picture of an infant Bacchus, astride a cask, holding out a decanter and a glass."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Metallic tractors -- Perkins, Elisha., 1 print : etching and aquatint with engraving, hand-colored ; sheet 24.4 x 31.5 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 11, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Perkins, Benjamin Douglas, 1774-1810
Subject (Topic):
Pain, Quacks and quackery, Quacks, Medical procedures & techniques, Medical equipment & supplies, Pipes (Smoking), Newspapers, and Dogs
Title from caption below image., Text above image: V. ; King Lear ; Sc. [...?]., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of statements of responsibility and text above image.
Publisher:
Published by J. Roach, Russell Court, Drury Lane
Subject (Name):
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, and Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831,
Plate [144] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; Burford mutliny, 1649; Cromwell standing at left with gun in hand with soldiers surrounding, lecturing two men who kneel, begging, at right beside the body of a man fallen in the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Oliver Cromwell suppressing the mutiny in the army and Cromwell suppressing the mutiny in the army
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [144] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered 'Plate 1' in lower right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Date of publication suggested by cataloger. Paul de Philipsthal's magic show, "Phantasmagoria" opened in London in 1801., Woodcut and title centered above text., Text begins: M. De Philipsthal takes the earliest opportunity of informing his patrons ... optical illusions and mechanical pieces of art ... The optical part of the exhibiton will introduce the phantoms or apparitions of the dead or absent, in a way more completely illusive than has ever been offered to the eye of the public theatre, as the objects freely originate in the air and unfold themselves in various forms and sizes ..., Mounted on leaf 15. 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:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Magic, Magic shows, Magic tricks, Equipment and supplies, Seances, History, Spiritualism, Magical devices, Magicians, and Theatrical posters
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
19 January [1801?] and [printed approximately 1822]
Call Number:
801.01.19.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Lillipution figures
Description:
Title from caption below image., Artist from British Museum catalogue., Restrike. Date of printing based on watermark., Publisher's advertisement below image in lower right: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., One of a set of eight plates, each composed of three bordered horizontal strips, that were evidently intended to be cut up to form a border., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1822.
"Amateur musicians, the design based on 'Ars-Musica', BMSat 9586, altered, and much elaborated. Four ugly and elderly men grouped round a young woman who sits, full face, at a square piano lit by a guttering candle. She lifts her hands to thump, with grim determination. A 'cellist is on her right, a vast gouty leg thrust forward, a violinist on her left. Behind her are two flautists. Behind (left), a young officer and a girl flirt, hand in hand. In the background (right) are visitors: two military officers shake hands, one bowing so that his sword lifts up the petticoats of a fat lady walking off to the right. A dog howls with one paw on a music-book."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using Brownlow North's device: A compass pointing north., and Temporary local subject terms: Carpets -- Musicians -- Flautist -- Violinist -- Cellist -- Piano -- Flute -- Violin -- Pianist -- Cello.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
