"A circular building (the Rotunda) in the background and a Chinese structure on a lake reached by a bridge"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe du canal, du bâtiment, Chinois, de la Rotunda, &c. des Jardins de Ranelagh, un jour de masquarade
Description:
Title from caption below image., Terminal date of publication based on printseller's street address. See British Museum online catalogue., Later reissue of a print published in 1752. See British Museum online catalogue., "Publish'd according to act of Parliament"--Below image., and Plate numbered "74" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
A view of Ranelagh Gardens during a masquarade, with the revellers wearing masks. After a design by Canaletto. For an engraving of the same scene in reverse, published by Robert Sayer in 1752, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2450
Alternative Title:
View of the canal, Chinese building, rotunda, &c. in Ranelagh Gardens, with masquerade, Vüe du canal, du batiment chinois, de la rotunda, &c. des Jardins de Ranelagh, un jour de masquarade, and Masquerade angloise
Description:
Title etched below image., Additional title "Masquerade angloise" at top of plate, etched as a mirror image., Signed in lower right corner with an illegible printmaker's signature., Date of publication from dealer's description., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., A 'vuë d'optique', designed to be viewed through an optical viewer that gives a sense of depth perspective; the scene is reversed, as is the additional title at top., Manuscript number "9" written in ink at bottom of sheet, centered., Mounted on board., and Windows of the rotunda in image cut out by hand and inset with hand-painted multi-color inserts, which appear illuminated when a light is held from behind.
Opposite page 15. Trial of Elizabeth duchess dowager of Kingston for bigamy, before the Right
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An engraving, showing a scene from the Venetian Ambassadors Masquerade in which Miss Chudleigh appears wearing stockings, shoes, and a tunic, the last covering only a very small portion of her person, and taking off her mask on being seized round the waist by a gentleman. "Punch", "Judy", and another masquerader, George II?, are behind
Description:
Title from text below image., Attributed to Charles Moseley in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.3894., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., "Price 6 d."--Lower right corner of plate., and Bound in opposite page 15 in an extra-illustrated copy of: The trial of Elizabeth duchess dowager of Kingston for bigamy, before the Right Honourable the House of Peers ... London : Printed for Charles Bathurst, in Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXVI [1776].
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Name):
Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788 and Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788.
"Interior of the Pantheon on Oxford Street, during a masquerade; the hall crowded with figures in costume dancing and making merry; a band plays on the stage; other figures on balconies to left and right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 60., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 215.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st March 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
A grotesque bearded head attached to the body of a woman faces right under an enormous coiffure. Within the hair a scene in the top panel depicts a masquerade in a garden setting. A lower scene shows boats and barges, a reference to the first English regatta held 23 June 1775
Description:
Title from item., Place of publication from publisher's entry in I. Maxted's The London book trades., and Probably a companion print to: Bunters Hill. See British Museum catalogue no. 5378.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act of Parlt. July 9, 1776 by J. Lockington, Shug Lane, Golden Sque
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Imprint statement altered. Ms. '6' added over last digit of year 1825.
