"Portrait of George IV when Prince of Wales; three quarter length, looking to right; one arm resting against plinth of pillar; wearing Star of the Garter; in rectangular frame topped with three feathers."--British Museum online catalogue and George, Prince of Wales, later George IV, King of England, half-length portrait, standing, facing right
Description:
Title etched within lower part of decorative border., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 416 (leaf numbered '29' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, 19 May 1792, & sold by W. Faden, Charing Cross, M. Ryland, Bond Str., J. Collyer, Dorrington Street, Cold Bath Fields, and Mrs. Lay, No. 14, on the Steine, Brighton
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
A print with two large woodcut portraits and letterpress captions below. On the left King George II and on the right Caroline of Ansbach, each depicted full-length in a large octagonal foliate frame
Description:
Titles from letterpress text below images., Date of publication based on subject., and "[Numb."--Upper right corner.
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, and Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737,
Sketches by Hogarth, including one of the dancer George Desnoyer, wearing helmet and skirt, dancing; a king and queen at top left, and a shield with child's head and wings to the right; copy after Hogarth
Description:
Title etched below image., Numbered at the top right: Page 162., Illustration to the third volume of the supplement to John Ireland's 'Hogarth Illustrated' (?)., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in ink in Steevens's hand at bottom of print and continuing below print: See John Ireland's Supplement to Hogarth's Illustrated, &c 1798 page 162; in pencil above child with shield: 3., and On page 230 in volume 3.
Charles II returning to England after exile, on the beach being greeted by General Monk, the Dukes of Gloucester and York, the Earl of Clarendon and Sir John Grenvill and others, with Dover Castle in the background after Benjamin West (Staley 84).
Alternative Title:
King Charles the Second landing on the beach at Dover
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: From the original picture in the possession of the Right Honourable the Earl Grosvenor., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, April 5th 1789, by B. West, E. Woollett & J. Hall
Subject (Geographic):
Dover (England), and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685,, Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674,, Bath, John Grenville, Earl of, 1628-1701,, Henry, Prince, Duke of Gloucester, 1640-1660,, and Albermarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670,
King Henry VIII leads Anne Boleyn towards the throne. A melancholy Cardinal Wolsey leans his head in his hand as he glances sideways toward the couple. In the background Katherine of Aragon sitting in another throne and turns away from the couple to converse with Anne's former lover, Lord Percy. A young page carries the train of Anne's dress as she enters the palace
Alternative Title:
King Henry the eighth and Anne Bullen
Description:
Title etched below image., Title from Paulson: King Henry the eighth and Anne Bullen, State, date, and publisher from Paulson., The caption from 1st state erased or stopped out and replaced with a quote from Allan Ramsay in letterpress beginning: "See here the Great, the daring Harry stands, Peace, Plenty, Freedom shining in his Face ...", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and The subject alludes to the perceived threat to the political supremacy of Robert Walpole (here represented by Wolsey) at the accession of George II. The composition echoes the traditional iconography of the popular story of Fair Rosamond and Henry II. See O'Connell, S. The popular print in England, 1999, p. 20.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547,, Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536,, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745., and Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Cardinals, Castles & palaces, Ceremonial rooms, Children, Couples, Kings, Nobility, Queens, Reception rooms, and Thrones
King Henry VIII leads Anne Boleyn towards the throne. A melancholy Cardinal Wolsey leans his head in his hand as he glances sideways toward the couple. In the background Katherine of Aragon sitting in another throne and turns away from the couple to converse with Anne's former lover, Lord Percy. A young page carries the train of Anne's dress as she enters the palace
Alternative Title:
King Henry the Eigth & Anna Bullen, King Henry the Eight & Anna Bullen, King Henry the Eight and Anna Bullen, King Henry the eighth and Anna Bullen, and King Henry the eighth and Anne Bullen
Description:
Title etched below image., Title from Paulson: King Henry the eighth and Anne Bullen, State and publisher from Paulson., "Price 5s."--Lower right corner., and The subject alludes to the perceived threat to the political supremacy of Robert Walpole (here represented by Wolsey) at the accession of George II. The composition echoes the traditional iconography of the popular story of Fair Rosamond and Henry II. See O'Connell, S. The popular print in England, 1999, p. 20.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Wilkinson, Cornhil, Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard & R. Sayer, in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547., Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536., Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547,, Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536,, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745., and Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Cardinals, Castles & palaces, Ceremonial rooms, Children, Couples, Kings, Nobility, Queens, Reception rooms, and Thrones
King Henry VIII leads Anne Boleyn towards the throne. A melancholy Cardinal Wolsey leans his head in his hand as he glances sideways toward the couple. In the background Katherine of Aragon sitting in another throne and turns away from the couple to converse with Anne's former lover, Lord Percy. A young page carries the train of Anne's dress as she enters the palace
Alternative Title:
King Henry the Eigth & Anna Bullen, King Henry the Eight & Anna Bullen, King Henry the Eight and Anna Bullen, King Henry the eighth and Anna Bullen, and King Henry the eighth and Anne Bullen
Description:
Title etched below image., Title from Paulson: King Henry the eighth and Anne Bullen, State and publisher from Paulson; this impression as the changes in publication line for state 4 but still Price 3s, "Price 3s."--Lower right corner., The subject alludes to the perceived threat to the political supremacy of Robert Walpole (here represented by Wolsey) at the accession of George II. The composition echoes the traditional iconography of the popular story of Fair Rosamond and Henry II. See O'Connell, S. The popular print in England, 1999, p. 20., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 51 in volume 1.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil, Carington Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard & R. Sayer in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547,, Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536,, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745., and Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Cardinals, Castles & palaces, Ceremonial rooms, Children, Couples, Kings, Nobility, Queens, Reception rooms, and Thrones
Verse begins: "I will tell you a story, a story anon,"., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the imprint is at the foot of the last column, below a row of type ornaments; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., Mounted on leaf 67. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church Yard, Bow Lane, London