Manner of Robin Hood's rescuing a young lady from an old knight, and restorig her to Allen-a-Dale her former love
Description:
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse - "Come listen to me, you gallants so free". - In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 32. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Date from ESTC., Verse - "Come you gallants all, to you I call,". - In four columns with the title and three woodcuts above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 36. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Two men hunt in the field across from a thatched cottage (left) with large tree in it front yard, separated from the road by a rail fence. The hunter on the left has just fired his gun at two birds in flight above right. His companion stands ready with his gun as two hounds watch for their catch
Description:
Titled etched below image., With two stanzas of verse, four lines each, on either side of title: A gentle gale that blows along the land ... The rest well mark'd, again are to be found., One of a set of four prints showing a day of hunting, with verses below the image beneath each image describing the progression., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street, London, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Game bird hunting, Hunters, British, Hunting, and Hunting dogs
Two men armed with guns walk towards a field across from a thatched cottage (left) as two hounds bound ahead
Description:
Titled etched below image., With two stanzas of verse, four lines each, on either side of title: Bright sol's all chearing beams illum the day, The dew's exhal'd from all the spangled spray ... Now snuff the air, now scent the tainted ground., One of a set of four prints showing a day of hunting, with verses below the image beneath each image describing the progression., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street, London, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Game bird hunting, Hunters, British, Hunting, and Hunting dogs
In a dense forest, two men with hounds rest by a tree; one, standing, holds a rabbit; the other lounges beside the tree under which is their kill of game birds
Description:
Titled etched below image., With two stanzas of verse, four lines each, on either side of title: Sated with sport as one recumbent lies, Success the other strews before his eyes ... Each night, whilst, they rehearse the oft told tale., One of a set of four prints showing a day of hunting, with verses below the image beneath each image describing the progression., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street, London, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Game bird hunting, Hunters, British, Hunting, and Hunting dogs
Two men armed with guns (right), one standing while the other sits and loads his gun, prepare for a day of hunting with their two dogs. On the left is a cottage beneath a large crag, possibly Creswell Crags, on the edge of the Welbeck Estate, which feature in many Stubbs paintings
Description:
Titled etched below image., With two stanzas of verse, four lines each, on either side of title: Soon as the grey ey'd Morn's uncertain light, Forsakes dull, Morpehus and the shades of Night ... Vaining each Master charge the murdering gun., One of a set of four prints showing a day of hunting, with verses below the image beneath each image describing the progression., and Imperfect impression with loss of first(?) word of imprint. Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
[Published] by Thos. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street, London, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Game bird hunting, Hunters, British, Hunting, and Hunting dogs
On recto, two men walk to the left in a wood with guns. The man behind (right) holds his gun by the barrel pointed towards his companion's posterior; he wears colored spectacles, a top hat, and is smoking a cigar. The man in front (left) looks back towards his companion as he holds his rifle by the butt, the barrel pointed over his shoulder at his companion's face. The lines below: "I never likes to go out with a man as don't carry his gun like a sportsman." "Not I. I'm always wery particular.!" and On verso, a pencil drawing of two men (dustmen?) conversing as one points to the donkey that he holds by the reins
Alternative Title:
I never likes to go out with a man as do'nt [sic] carry his gun like a sportsman
Description:
Title written in ink at top of sheet on the recto; alternative title from dialogue written in ink below image., Attribution to Henry Heath and approximate date of production inferred from an etching (in reverse) of similar design that appears with nearly identical text in Henry Heath's series "Sporting sketches". For a description of the design for which this may be the original drawing, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1951,0411.4.29. For plate of four designs of which this is one part, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 834.00.00.30+., and With pencil sketch on verso depicting a dustman talking to a man with a donkey.
Subject (Topic):
Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Hunting, Rifles, Smoking, and Sunglasses
On recto, two men walk to the left in a wood with guns. The man behind (right) holds his gun by the barrel pointed towards his companion's posterior; he wears colored spectacles, a top hat, and is smoking a cigar. The man in front (left) looks back towards his companion as he holds his rifle by the butt, the barrel pointed over his shoulder at his companion's face. The lines below: "I never likes to go out with a man as don't carry his gun like a sportsman." "Not I. I'm always wery particular.!" and On verso, a pencil drawing of two men (dustmen?) conversing as one points to the donkey that he holds by the reins
Alternative Title:
I never likes to go out with a man as do'nt [sic] carry his gun like a sportsman
Description:
Title written in ink at top of sheet on the recto; alternative title from dialogue written in ink below image., Attribution to Henry Heath and approximate date of production inferred from an etching (in reverse) of similar design that appears with nearly identical text in Henry Heath's series "Sporting sketches". For a description of the design for which this may be the original drawing, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1951,0411.4.29. For plate of four designs of which this is one part, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 834.00.00.30+., and With pencil sketch on verso depicting a dustman talking to a man with a donkey.
Subject (Topic):
Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Hunting, Rifles, Smoking, and Sunglasses
A scene in a hunting lodge with tired hunters are relaxing on comfortable chairs and sofas, surrounded by their hunting dogs. A woman in a riding habit blows a French horn as one of the huntsman grasps her around the waist. On the wall are a hunting trophy (stag), a painting of a hunt in progress, and three rifles
Alternative Title:
Fox-hunters relaxing
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., A seemingly reversed version of the same design is given the title "Fox-hunters relaxing" by Grego. See: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 279, 281., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Alcoholic beverages, Courtship, Dogs, French horns, Hunting, Hunting dogs, Hunting trophies, Riding habits, and Rifles
A scene in a hunting lodge with tired hunters are relaxing on comfortable chairs and sofas, surrounded by their hunting dogs. A woman in a riding habit blows a French horn as one of the huntsman grasps her around the waist. On the wall are a hunting trophy (stag), a painting of a hunt in progress, and three rifles
Alternative Title:
Fox-hunters relaxing
Description:
Title etched below image., A seemingly reversed version of the same design is given the title "Fox-hunters relaxing" by Grego. See: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 279, 281., 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:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, French horns, Hunting, Hunting dogs, Hunting trophies, and Riding habits
