Leaf 21. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Eques Cantab
Description:
Titles in English and Latin etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., An enlarged copy of no. 4724 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Watermark: W[?].
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt. Oct. 12th, 1771, by MDarly, engraver, No. (39) Strand
Leaf 21. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Eques Cantab
Description:
Titles in English and Latin etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., An enlarged copy of no. 4724 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., On leaf 21., and 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 25.5 x 35.4 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt. Oct. 12th, 1771, by MDarly, engraver, No. (39) Strand
A horseback rider is stuck in a slough as a farmer worker (clown) looks on.
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '377' in the lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Thirteen lines of verse arranged in three columns below title: A clown he spied; and thus bespoke : "Is bottom hard of yonder place?" ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: John W & E 1804.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 1, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"View of the grand house at Kenwood with walled garden, seen from the passing road; three figures on horseback riding by, a couple walking to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., "The design is attributed to [Jefferyes Hamett] O'Neale on stylistic grounds; the lively spotted dog is typical of his work"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.5592., Fourth in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 49 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Published 12th Septr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Hampstead (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793 and Kenwood House (Hampstead, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Estates, Dwellings, Garden walls, Horseback riding, and Dogs
Leaf 60. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from unverified data in local card catalog record., Restrike; plate originally issued ca. 1800?, Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Copy of the left half of a design by Bunbury, which was first engraved by Bretherton in 1785 and then later reissued by J. Harris in 1799 with the title "The Easter hunt at Epping Forest". Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call nos.: Bunbury 785.03.25.01 ; Bunbury 799.03.01.01., and On leaf 60 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Hunting, Horseback riding, Dogs, and Signs (Notices)
Men, horses, and (mongrel) dogs in wild but spirited confusion in a forest glade pursue a cow (left); the stag is in the background running in the opposite direction, followed by one man on foot. One horse and rider struggle in a ditch while a second horse, which has kicked off its rider, leaps on top of them. A bald John Gilpin clasps his mount round the neck. In the foreground four men over-weight a two-wheeled cart drawn by a wretched but galloping jade. See British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Cockney comicalities in full chace and Cockney comicalities in full chase
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title etched below image., Date of publication based on publisher's earliest date of activity; see British Museum online catalogue., Text above image begins: Ah me! what various ills betide ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W.H. Isaacs, No. 3 Charles St. Soho Square
Boitard, Louis-Philippe, active 1733-1770, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 February 1751]
Call Number:
751.02.21.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched above image., Attributed to Boitard on stylistic grounds; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.3913., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: Two black geese of middle age, by some thought cunning, few thought sage ..., Caption in the lower left corner of plate: In the porch the emblems of disappointment, malice, envy ..., Caption in the lower right corner of plate: **A cuckow with an asse's head singing his own wise productions., "Price one shilling.", Temporary local subject terms: Portsmouth: Municipal Council as geese -- Literature: Aesop's Fables, 'The farmer and the snake' -- Burgesses as geese -- Literature: Aesop's Fables, 'The dog and the shadow' -- Literature: The geese in disgrace, a tale. Portsmouth : printed by W. Horton, for J. Wilkinson, 1751 -- Naval uniforms: sailors' uniforms -- Gangs of sailors -- Taverns: 'The Hercules's Pillars', Portsmouth -- Shops: Agent for Prizes -- Navy: ships -- Ships: Centurion, at anchor in Portsmouth, 1751 -- Maps: map of Nova Scotia -- Map of Gibraltar -- Allusion to trade with Newfoundland -- Furniture: dining chairs -- Lancets -- Postillion blowing horn -- Gothamites -- Aldermen -- Birds: hen and chicks -- Storks -- Eagle grasping fulmen -- Cuckoo with ass's head -- Dining tables -- Trades: surgeon, as a goose -- Medicine: in bottles -- Wheelbarrows -- Emblems -- Trade with Lima, 1751 -- Personifications: Covetousness, Disappointment, Malice, Envy -- Medical procedures: bleeding., Mounted to 30 x 47 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, Feb. 21, 1751, by Dan Job, stationer in King Street, Covent Garden
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[14 December 1771]
Call Number:
771.12.14.01+ Impression 1
Collection Title:
Leaf 14. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fat man attempting to mount a horse, assisted by a groom, while a couple laugh from an upper window."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Alternative Title:
London jockeys going to Newmarket
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., For a variant state with plate number "16" etched in upper left corner, see no. 4636 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Temporary local subject terms: Inn sign -- Inn: The Moon.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt., Decemr. 14th, 1771, by MDarly, (39) Strand
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Horse grooms, Signs (Notices), Taverns (Inns), and Couples
