A well-dressed man with a distressed look on his face is accosted by two men in his elegant parlor decorated with paneled walls, a carpet and settee. The man standing behind him (a bailiff) holds out a arrest warrant as another man desperately grasps his coat front, his hat at his feet with an unpaid bill presumably
Alternative Title:
Man with two suits to his back
Description:
Title engraved below image., Eight stanzas of a song below title: I sing of a flashy Hibernian blade, Altho' non-commission'd, yet sports a cockade ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mss. note following author's name: "supposed father of Edmund Kean the Tragedian."
Publisher:
Published 24th June 1800 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Actions & defenses, Dandies, British, Interiors, Parlors, and Tailors
In a richly decorated and carpeted interior, a clergyman, his obese bespectacled wife, and 3 children sit at table, behind which a portrait of the parson hangs on the wall. The clergyman raises a wineglass to his lips as a servant uncorks another bottle of wine
Description:
Title from item., After a designed by Dighton., Numbered in lower left 343., A probable reduced version of no. 3753, originally issued ca. 1760. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Imperfect; hole in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Eating & drinking, Interiors, Tableware, and Clothing & dress
In a richly decorated and carpeted interior, an obese clergyman, his obese bespectacled wife, and three children sit at table. A portrait of the parson hangs on the back wall. The clergyman raises a wineglass to his lips as a servant uncorks another bottle of wine
Description:
Title from item., Imperfect; trimmed to design with loss of imprint., Afger a design by Dighton., Place of publication and publisher from British Museum online catalogue., and Date estimated from British Museum. catalogue, v. 5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles."
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Eating & drinking, Interiors, Tableware, and Clothing & dress
Published as the Act directs [not before 20 May 1782]
Call Number:
782.05.20.05+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Shop interior with three milliners in frilled caps behind the counter, one seated and two sewing. Behind them the window to the left displays their work, while to the right shelves hold boxes labelled Feathers, Love, Coxcomb and Mode. Two fashionable men and a Pomeranian dog are before the counter, one man seated upon it and the other handing the ladies a "Masquerade Ticket".
Alternative Title:
Milliners shop
Description:
Title from item., Date erased from print., Numbered 478 in lower left margin., and Date estimated from British Museum catalogue, v.5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles."
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his map & print warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Millinery, Interiors, Counters, Clothing & dress, and Hats
A richly dressed but grotesque and balding old lady sits before her dressing table holding a lap dog and attended by a leering hairdresser and his assistant. The former places on her head a huge wig with side curls, flowers on the front and a profusion of ostrich plumes on top. Draperies adorn the dressing table and window, and patterned wall paper and carpet are visible
Alternative Title:
New fashioned head dress for young misses of three score and ten
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles, No. 13 in Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Hairdressing, Clothing & dress, and Interiors
A fat man, his wig turned upside down, sleeps in his chair, with a punch bowl, bottle and glass on the table by his elbow. Balanced on his enormous stomach is a see-saw, weighted down at the right by a diminutive boy and with a tiny girl seated on the raised end. On the wall behind him is a partly visible picture of someone playing bowls. A dog sleeps on the floor beneath the man's chair
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on sheet 23 x 19 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the Act directs 23.1776 by J. Lockington, Shug Lane, Golden Square, London
A very fat gentleman on the left paying court to an ugly old lady on the right; both are seated with the gentleman with a small dog beneath his chair and a cat near his feet; the lady is holding a fan and wearing the towering hairstyle of the period. Behind them draperies are pulled aside revealing shelves of books
Description:
Title etched below image., Place of publication follows publisher's street address., Numbered in lower left of plate: 382., Variant of George 4557, without verses below design, but with imprint date present., and Contemporary pencil ms. notation identifying subjects: Mr. Mason & Mrs. Montague.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles ... No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Montague, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720-1800. and Mason, William, 1725-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Couples, Interiors, Bookcases, Dogs, and Cats
"View within the amphitheatre, near Westminster Bridge, on Surrey side; a central circular arena around which a man rides standing on the back of two horses, another man in ring directing horses, spectators seated around sides, and on balconies on three levels, a large stage with black curtain at the back, a chandelier hanging from the ceiling."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 4., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 23., and Watermark: 1807.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1, 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Astley's Amphitheatre.
Subject (Topic):
Audiences, Events, Interiors, Amphitheaters, Horses, and Chandeliers
"Interior of the board room, in the Treasury, Whitehall; men at work around central table, and desk to the left; active fireplace against right wall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 86., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 197.
Publisher:
Pub. Octr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Treasury. and Great Britain. Board of Trade.
