"Title page to catalogue of John Bowles, printer and printseller, at the Black Horse, Cornhill, London; text in rectangle at the centre, with naval scene showing two ships on the sea below; behind the text a map, a letter to Mr John Bowles, a landscape and a study of eyes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., "This title page was used for Bowles's catalogues from at least 1731, when his shop was at Mercer's Hall, Cheapside; the address was altered when he moved to Cornhill."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Heal,100.19., Date of publication based on publisher's street address; John Bowles started trading at the sign of the Black Horse, Cornhill, by 1733. See British Museum online catalogue., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
John Bowles
Subject (Topic):
Warships, Maps, Landscapes (Representations), and Eyes
"A parody of G. Cruikshank's 'My Eye', see British Museum Satires No. 14168. The eye is as before but much enlarged, filling the design. It contains a printing-press, inscribed 'Radical Press', and on it rests the Queen's bust portrait wreathed in laurel, closely copied from British Museum Satires No. 14150. Below the eye: 'See Hone's eulogium on the Radical Press. I'll watch them [him] tame. Shakespeare' ['Othello', III. iii; quoted in British Museum Satires No. 14168]."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Text at bottom of image: See Hone's eulogium on the Radical Press., Text in lower right corner of image: I'll watch them tame. Shakspeare., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 45 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1821 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., London
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Leaf 83. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two subjects are printed on one sheet, with a space between. Above: A middle aged woman points to her eye and seems to mesmerize man with a skull-like head. Below: one man waves a smoking pipe under the nose of another to wake him up, watched by a smiling woman who holds a foaming tankard."--Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog
Description:
Titles etched below images., Two images on one plate, each individually titled., Attribution to Rowlandson from the Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog., Restrike, with added titles and with nudity in the top image etched over. For an earlier state before these changes to the plate, see Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog, accession no.: 59.533.753., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Plate originally published ca. 1800?; see Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog., Temporary local subject terms: Prudery., and On leaf 83 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Eyes, Clergy, Pipes (Smoking), and Drinking vessels
Title from item., Below title: Engraved for the Encyclopaedia Londinensis, Jany. 1820., Plate from: Wilkes, John, Encyclopaedia Londinensis, London: J. Adlard, 1820., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
James Adlard
Subject (Topic):
Optics, Eyes, Telescopes, Projectors, Optical devices, Supernatural beings, and Putti
"Caricature with Caroline standing holding an anchor of the Constitution with a soldier and sailor either side of her, in the ray of the sun."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Mounted on page 47 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Published October 19th, 1820, by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures, Anchors, Soldiers, Sailors, Lions, Ships, and Eyes
"An engraving showing Mr. Welbore Ellis in the character of Guy Faux, approaching the Houses of Parliament at night, and holding a dark lanthorn. Three of the buttresses of the building, illuminated by the lanthorn, are inscribed severally: -- "Freedom of Election", "Bill of Rights", "Magna Charta". The Earl of Bute appears in the background, dressed as a Scotchman, and by way of signal waving a baton. Mr. Ellis is watched from Heaven by the Eye of Providence. This design is a reproduction of a portion of Samuel Ward's famous print described in this Catalogue as "The Destruction of the Spanish Armada", British Museum Satires No. 41; see likewise British Museum Satires No. 43."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Guy Fawkes of 1770
Description:
Title etched above image., Three lines of text below image: The mine was sunk; combustibles provided & Welbore Ellis, the Guy Faux of the fable, waited only for the signal of command. Junius., Plate from: The London museum of politics, miscellanies, and literature. London : J. Miller, v. 1 (1770), page 265., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Parliament -- Reference to the Constitution -- Reference to the Bill of Rights -- Reference to Magna Charta -- Reference to the freedom of election -- Lighting -- Emblems: dark lantern of conspiracy -- Emblems: eye of Providence -- Reference to Junius and Public Advertiser., and Mounted to 37 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mendip, Welbore Ellis, Baron, 1713-1802, Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606., and Westminster Palace (London, England),
Title supplied by curator., Almagestum novum by Giovanni Battista Riccioli was published in 1651 and is one of the earliest published books on astronomy., Place of publication supplied by curator., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Tycho., and Accompanying label: Title-page to the Almagestum Novum by G.B. Riccioli. 1651. Astronomia balancing the system of Tycho against that of Copernicus. B.199
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Riccioli, Giovanni Battista, 1598-1671., Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543., and Ptolemy, active 2nd century.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy, Allegories, Celestial bodies, Putti, Telescopes, Eyes, and Scales
Title from item., Date derived from clothing styles., Publisher supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Department of Education
Subject (Topic):
Public health, Medicine, Preventive, Eye, Care and hygiene, Health literacy, School children, Health and hygiene, Health education, Children, Bathing, Reading, Writing, and Eyes
Title from item., Date derived from clothing styles., Publisher supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Department of Education
Subject (Topic):
Public health, Medicine, Preventive, Trachoma, Communicable diseases, Prevention, Health literacy, School children, Health and hygiene, Health education, Eye, Infections, Children, Families, Restaurants, Waiters, and Eyes
