"A portrait of Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) seated in a Newgate cell, in profile to the right, at a small table. She holds the pages of a large Bible which is supported on a book-box. Beside it are two small books, one of 'Prayers'. The floor is carpeted, but a small barred aperture without glass in the stone wall serves as window. She wears the Quaker dress of all portraits."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Place of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1980,U.1007., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text.
A watchman stands full-length in his great coat and hat, carrying a lantern and a stick
Description:
Title engraved below image., 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., and Watermark: partially cut off name.
"Portrait as a bearded, blind old man, three-quarter length seated directed to left, wearing a loose coat and soft round hat, arms on the arms of his chair, with a curtain above to left"--Catalogue of engraved British portraits
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published March 1st 1820 by C. Turner, 50 Warren St., Fitzroy Square
Title from caption below image., Text above image: Frontispiece., Date based on sitter's appropriate age for portrait., and Dedication below image: "To his most sacred majesty who is the head of the church ... this complete family bible is most dutifully inscrib'd."
"Portrait, three-quarter length, seated in an armchair, directed towards left, head in profile to left, his right elbow on a table covered with a tablecloth bearing coat of arms; his right hand supporting his chin; dressed in ermine-trimmed robes; in the background on the left, partial view of an organ; lettered state, after hair and beard shortened."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Portrait of King George III
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Verses etched below image: When the ear heard him, then it blessed him and when the eye saw him, it gave witness of him ... but his name liveth evermore., and Dedication etched at bottom of plate: To the British nation, this print of the father of his people is most respectually dedicated by Samuel W. Reynolds.
"Caricature with George IV as an auctioneer selling his royal crown with cuckold's horns to a group of ladies."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Extensive dealer, disposing of articles of his own manufacture
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1975,0621.18., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Temporary local subject terms: Crowns with cuckhold's horns -- Royal arms -- Furniture -- Auctioneer -- Costume: male, female, 1820 -- Coronets -- Cuckold's horns., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861.
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Crowns, Horns (Anatomy), Coats of arms, Auctions, Auctioneers, Women, and Sofas
Title etched below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Text above image: Now ladies I hope not to offend. This cure for a scold I recommend., "Price 3d cold.", 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, 1820 -- Female costume, 1820 -- Dishes -- Plasters -- Literature reference: William Shakespeare's 'The tempest' -- Literature reference: William Shakespeare's 'The taming of the shrew'.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J.L. Marks, 17 Artillery Stt. Bishopsgate
Subject (Topic):
Tableware, Fireplaces, Kettles, Couples, and Fighting
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Possibly a plate from: Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons, from the revolution in 1688 to the end of the reign of George II / James Caulfield, 1819-20., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Old Harry, fl. 1710 -- Magician's snakes -- Magician's coins -- Magician's bells -- Magician's costume -- Raree shows -- Incantations -- Raree showmen.
Title from text within image., Additional text within image: A crown or a grave., Plate from: Caulfield, J. Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons. London : H.R. Young and T.H. Whitely, 1819-1820, v. 4, opposite page 218., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
