41.
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs [...?] [ca. May 1781]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 724 771N
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 113. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A young man in profile to the right (left), elegantly dressed, lounges beside a lady on a settee. He holds a coffee-cup. She sits before a round table on which is a coffee-pot, &c, on a tray. Her dress is of quasi-military cut and she wears a large feathered hat; they look towards each other. On the wall (left) is a framed picture of a camp scene. Through the large sash-window (right) are trees and (?) tents."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Year of publication from British Museum catalogue; dated to ca. May of 1781 by curator, based on series number., Description based on imperfect impression; date at end of imprint statement has been erased from sheet., Plate numbered "439" in lower left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Militia camps: ?Coxheath -- Furniture -- Female costume: Feathered hats -- Military dress (quasi) -- Male costume, 1781 -- Tea services., Folded to 30.5 x 26 cm., Numbered "48" in brown ink on verso., and Bound in opposite page 113 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his map & print warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Sofas, Coffeepots, Tea tables (Tables), Hats, Feathers, Windows, People associated with military activities, and Military camps
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Master Lavender qualifying himself for the army [graphic].