Title from item., Attribution to Cruikshank from British Museum catalogue., Two images on one plate., Publisher's announcement following imprint: Where may be seen the compleatest [sic] collection of caracatures [sic] in the kingdom. Admit. 1 s., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Pall Mall -- Reference to John Julius Angerstein, 1735-1823 -- Brazier's shop -- Female costume: copper petticoat -- Monsters: 'The monster', Renwick Williams, fl. 1790 -- Male costume, 1790 -- Female costume, 1790., and Watermark: armorial shield with fleur-de-lis above and initials L V G below.
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1771?]
Call Number:
771.07.15.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Ladies absurdity
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Headdresses -- Naval officers -- Military uniforms: naval officer's uniform -- Trades: hairdressers -- Furnishings: mirrors -- -- Carpet -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Hairdressing implements: curling tongs -- Step ladders -- Naval instruments: quadrant., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials L V G below.
Title from caption below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Sir Robert Walpole as Punch -- Wool trade -- The Earl of Islay., Mounted to 33 x 48 cm., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Keene, Benjamin, Sir, 1697-1757, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Title from caption below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Sir Robert Walpole as Punch -- Wool trade -- The Earl of Islay., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Keene, Benjamin, Sir, 1697-1757, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Title from item., Attributed to George Bickham the Elder in an unverified card catalog record., Publication date from British Museum online catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Clubs: Independent Electors of Westminster -- Interiors: Vintner's Hall -- Lighting: chandelier -- Jacobites -- Smoking: clay pipe -- Spies -- Lists -- John Willilams, fl. 1747 -- Literature: Hudibras by Samuel Butler, 1612-1680 -- Anniversary feasts: Independent Electors of Westminster., and Watermark: countermark IV.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Litchfield, John Henry Lee, EArl of, 1718-1772, Orrery, John Boyle, Earl of, 1707-1762, Berkshire, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1706-1778, Bampfylde, Richard Warwick, baron, d. 1776, Heathcote, George, and Carew, Thomas, 1702-1766
publish'd according to act of Parliament, 15 Jany 1739.
Call Number:
739.01.15.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on French pressure on the Dutch to remain neutral in the war of Jenkins Ear. A curtain is drawn back, to right, to reveal a bare room in which Cardinal Fleury sits in a high backed chair rocking a cradle in which sleeps the lion of the United Provinces. Three dogs bark trying to rouse the lion. Four lines of verse below quoting Fleury's lullaby."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Four lines of verse in two columns below image: Hush a by baby, lull a by baby by, Sings Cardinal Fox, our dear friend & ally ..., Mounted to 33 x 45 cm., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Sold by the printsellers and publishers of London and Westminster
Title from item., Attribution to George Bickham the younger from an unverified card catalog record., Publisher identified from address., Eight lines of verse in four columns below image: Unknown to other each design, in deep distress our looks we join ..., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Tower of London: Tower Green? -- Jacobites -- Executions -- Executioner's axe -- Yeoman wardens -- Nicknames: Gentleman Gaoler (Abraham Fowler) -- Abraham Fowler, fl. 1746-1751., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Sold in May's Buildings, Covent Garden
Subject (Name):
Balmerino, Arthur Elphinstone, Lord, 1688-1746, Kilmarnock, William Boyd, Earl of, 1704-1746, and Cromarty, George Mackenzie, Earl of, approximately 1702-1766
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: See Gawkee & P--t how they sue for a place, see perch'd on a turnstile his unsteady grace ..., Temporary local subject terms: Crowns: royal crown -- Turnstiles., Watermark: countermark L V G., and Mounted to 33 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Newcastle, Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, Duke of, 1720-1794, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1757]
Call Number:
757.09.08.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publisher from address in imprint., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to negligence of American interests -- Animals: donkey -- Food: turnips -- Vehicles: chariot -- Reference to the Electorate of Hanover., Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below., and Matted to 49 x 61 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act at the Acorn in the Strand
Subject (Name):
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774