Worthington, William Henry, approximately 1795-approximately 1839, printmaker
Published / Created:
1 Octr. 1805.
Call Number:
Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title:
Plate [122] 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'; Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 8 August 1588, with English and Spanish ships engaged in the Battle of Gravelines, fire at left beside a Spanish ship in the left foreground onto which a b...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall
Subject (Topic):
Anglo-Spanish War, 1585-1604, Naval operations, English, Armada, 1588, and Naval warfare
"A fox (left) is closely pursued by hounds who are followed by four riders, leaping the wall (right) of a formal garden: beds set in gravel, with box borders, some having bushes clipped into birds and circles. A fat parson (left) runs up in furious an...
"Napoleon and Josephine are in the centre of an elaborate processional design. Individuals and groups are identified by eleven captions in the lower margin. The background is formed of close ranks of French soldiers, with a forest of caps, spears, pik...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Name):
Bonaparte, Paolina, 1780-1825, Hortense, Queen, consort of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, 1783-1837, María-Julia, Queen, consort of Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1771-1845, Talleyrand-Périgord, Catherine Noël, princesse de Bénévent, 1762-1835, Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838, Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823, Fesch, Joseph, 1763-1839, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814, Berthier, Louis-Alexandre, 1753-1815, Augereau, Pierre, 1757-1816, and Fouché, Joseph, duc d'Otrante, 1759-1820
"Napoleon and Josephine are in the centre of an elaborate processional design. Individuals and groups are identified by eleven captions in the lower margin. The background is formed of close ranks of French soldiers, with a forest of caps, spears, pik...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Name):
Bonaparte, Paolina, 1780-1825, Hortense, Queen, consort of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, 1783-1837, María-Julia, Queen, consort of Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1771-1845, Talleyrand-Périgord, Catherine Noël, princesse de Bénévent, 1762-1835, Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838, Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823, Fesch, Joseph, 1763-1839, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814, Berthier, Louis-Alexandre, 1753-1815, Augereau, Pierre, 1757-1816, and Fouché, Joseph, duc d'Otrante, 1759-1820
"A travesty of Peters's 'An Angel carrying the Spirit of a Child to Paradise', exhibited R.A. 1783, in which the angel is a portrait of Isabella, Duchess of Rutland, and the figures have a background of clouds. Mrs. Fitzherbert, as the angel, flies up...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 22d, 1805, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Grattan, Henry, 1746-1820, Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844
Volume 2, after page 340. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An altered copy of British Museum Satires No. 10389. The two principal figures are substantially the same, but Mrs. Fitzherbert's expression is less subtle; she looks down at her charge with an exulting smile. The feathers in her hair are set in a fi...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 10th, 1805, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"Jolly young sailors drink, seated on gun-carriages, &c., the guns projecting through port-holes. One smokes, standing by a powder-barrel. The six verses celebrate the First of June, Cape St. Vincent, Camperdown, 'The Great deeds of Nelson', referring...
Description:
Title from caption above verses engraved on second plate. Imprint and image on plate above. Both plates contribute to one coherent design.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 22, 1805, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
