A watercolor sketch of two rotund monks in front of a entrance to monastery in a lane within gate and wall surround. One attends closely to a young lady with two baskets on her arms; the other reads, lounging on a bench with his one foot raised
Description:
Title from note in ink in lower right corner., Unsigned; attributed to Rowlandson by Andrew Clayton-Payne, author of a catalog of Rowlandson. Similar in theme (and in architecture) to signed watercolors at the Yale Center for British Art., and With dealer's notes in pencil on verso.
Subject (Topic):
Courtyards, Lust, Monasteries, Monks, Obesity, and Reading
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Illustration to Cumberland's History of Nicholas Pedrosa, from the Attic miscellany, v. ii, opp. p. 153., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"An ancient Gothic church in the middle distance stands on a grassy hill inscribed 'Protestant Ascendency'; under the hill (left) is a cave, 'Cave of Catholic Ascendency', in which are barrels of 'Gun . Pow[der]'. A fat bare-footed friar walks away from the cave towards the picture-plane, carrying a lighted candle, and slyly laying a train of powder on the road to the cave. Standing round the church is a crowd of country people, listening to a parson who holds out to them a 'Petition to Parliament'. They are unconscious, not only that the ground beneath them is mined, but that men (right) are tugging at a rope looped round the steeple, which is about to crash. The rope-pullers are in the foreground (right); at the extreme end is Wellington with his back to the church, straining hard. Next is Peel, wearing an orange waistcoat (cf. British Museum Satires No. 15690) badly stained by the rope; Brougham, a broom-girl dressed as in British Museum Satires No. 14769, is next, with Mackintosh in Highland costume beside him. In front of them is Burdett, very tall and thin, holding up his hat and shouting 'Down with it--never mind the People' [see British Museum Satires No. 16058]. In front is O'Connell, in wig and gown, shouting, 'By St Patrick I've got the Rope over at Last.' Behind these principals are more men, tugging at a second rope. On a green field topping a cliff behind the church-breakers is Eldon wearing a smock and guiding a plough; he turns to shout to the petitioners by the church, who will be crushed by the falling tower: 'Look to your selves People.' Along the horizon (left) is a Papist procession with lighted tapers, the Host, crosses, a grotesque Pope, and figures under a canopy. It approaches St. Paul's whose dome rises above the sky-line. On the extreme right is the Monument (see British Museum satires no. 15688, &c.) in flames."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., and Imprint continues: ... where political & other caricatuers are daily publishing.
Publisher:
Pub. March 19, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),, Leo XII, Pope, 1760-1829., Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Mackintosh, James, Sir, 1765-1832, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847, and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Catholic emancipation, Churches, Caves, Crowds, Monks, and Vandalism
A Cardinal-Legate with attendant clergy gives absolution to Lyndhurst, Peel, and Wellington who kneel before a throne on a dais, their hands in prayer. Lyndhurst has the Purse of the Great Seal under his knees and the mace on the floor beside him. Attendant clergy include two obese monks or friars, one of whom holds a candle, the other a grotesque image of the Virgin. Also in attendance is a Jesuit who holds a triple cross and claps a rosary and a thin, sly-looking priest who also holds a candle
Description:
Title etched below image., The figure with hat and cane is a device of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., and "Pl. 2"--Upper right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Church of England
Subject (Topic):
Relations, Catholic Church, Catholic Emancipation, Cardinals, Monks, Podiums, and Priests
Volume 2, page 88. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"St. Bernard, a circular halo above his head, stands with admonitory upraised thumb addressing two shamefaced men who, like himself, wear monk's robes; behind the Saint is a seated dog. In the background are three other monks. Two doorways, one gothic, are indicated."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Saint Bruno reproving his desciples and St. Bruno reproving his disciples
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 88 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs June 1st, 1794, by J. Jones, No. 74 Great Portland Street
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication supplied by curator., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Clysters.
Publisher:
Lith. Lemaine et Fils, 61, r. de Clery
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873. and Peter, the Apostle, Saint.
Subject (Topic):
Heaven, Gates, Saints, Politicians, Monks, Keys (Hardware)., and Politics and government
Plate [88] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Title-page to Bowyer's edition to Hume's 'History of England'; armed men leading monks out of a monastery, while they look back unhappily towards books, Chalice and Crucifix lying in a pile on the right; headpiece with plaque below with chapter reference and contents' list."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [88] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Syriac-Armenian lexicon (pages 4-199), with the Armenian written in Syriac script, consists mainly of an alphabetical list of verbs in various forms. The lexicon is preceded by poems of Barhebraeus (pages 1-3), and followed by: 1. Poem on the "Life of Saint John", son of Euphemianus, of the city of Rome (pages 200-216). 2. "On the transit of the Mother of God Mary from the world" (folios 216-231). 3. "Syriac-Armenian glossary" of verbs in the imperative forms, conjugations of verbs, pronouns, etc. (pages 231-241). 4. Prayer of the solitary monks (yíḥídāyē) to each other (page 241). 5. Poems by Saint Ephrem: Commandments and admonitions for Christians (pages 242-286). 6. Prayers and miscellaneous statements in a different hand (285-286). The lexicon seems to have been written for the benefit of Syriac speakers within Armenian communities. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned probably from the 17th century
Description:
In Syriac and Armenian in Syriac script., Title supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., The dictionary starts with: "Eštbíw. Talnúsān ...", The poems of Barhebraeus start with: "Qúm tāʼ aḥún kašrútā lak hā mṭāyibʼnā ...", 1. Poem on the "Life of Saint John", son of Euphemianus starts with: "Kātbínan tašʻítā d-Māry Yúḥanān bar ʼÚpímyanús d-men Rúmí Mdíntā b-níšā d-Māry Aprém Súryāyā ...", 2. On the transit of the Mother of God Mary from the world starts with: "Túb seprā da-štā ʻal šúnāyeh d-Yaldat Alāhā Maryam d-men ʻalmā hānā ṣlútah ʻaman. Āmín ...", 4. Prayer of the solitary monks (yíḥídāyē) to each other start with: "Ṣlútā d-nemrún yíḥíyāyē la-ḥdādē: Alāhā d-barek la-Šlíḥāwhy qadíšē mbarek lak ...", 5. Poems by Saint Ephrem start with: "Ḥúr b-Alāhā ḥabíbay d-madnaḥ šmšeh ʻal bíšē ...", Prayers and miscellaneous statements in a different hand start with: "Ematy d-qāymat b-ṣaprā men šentā pšúṭ ʼīdayk la-šmāyā ú-sím tlātā búrkē l-apay madnḥā ú-ʼemar ..., 10.5 x 15.5 cm; written surface varies ; lines per page vary., Binding: In wooden cover., In clear West Syriac script, in black ink on cream color paper, markings in red., Inside the front cover: An erased note (four lines)., On page 285: An erased note (one lines): "Šlem ktābā ..." (The book is completed ...)., and Many of the pages in the latter half of the manuscript include marginal glosses giving the Armenian renderings of words occuring in the Syriac text.
Subject (Name):
Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373. and Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Subject (Topic):
Assumption, Syriac language, Armenian, Armenian language, Syriac, Monks, Prayers and devotions, and Syriac poetry
Plate [103] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Title-page to Bowyer's edition to Hume's 'History of England'; headpiece with plaque below with chapter reference and contents' list. Five monks sitting at each side of altar, a monk at right arguing with his right hand outstretched towards a cleric who sits at left with the bible in his hand, another monk at extreme right looking away."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., and Plate [103] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
"A pair of scenes on one plate, each with its own title, from The Political Register, September 1768, facing page 129. The scenes satirise the unpopularity and the alleged corruption and disloyalty of Lord Bute as he embarked on a trip to France. In the upper scene Bute is shown with a witch on a broomstick, laden with large bags of money, flying across the Channel, “over the Water to Charly” (an allusion to the Young Pretender in exile). Dover Castle is shown on top of a cliff on the left and Calais in the distance on the right. On the shore below Princess Augusta faints lamenting “Ah me what Shall I do Sawny is flown & with him all my Joy”. She is comforted by an attendant who hopes he will come again, a man beside her calls out to Bute ”Won’t you take Madam with you”. Others on the shore remark on his departure, one sailor says “Now he has got all our Dollars let him go.”, another would like to throw him to the shark, a boy throws stones and a man shoots at him, a satyr aims a bow saying “I’ll reach you my L(or)d where ever you go” Britannia sitting on the right advises her children to let him go so that she may recover. In the lower design Bute is shown being greeted outside the well guarded fort at Calais by the Young Pretender who calls him cousin and thanks him for his services. Bute, bonnet in hand and bowing , responds “I have sett the 3 Kingdoms at variance for your Sake my Prince now is your time or never”. The Mayor of Calais comes forward to welcome Bute effusively telling him of “the grand Monarqe’s” love; three monks on the left assure each other that Bute is not a heretic (Protestant) as he has demonstrated this by giving France such an advantageous peace. On the right an old woman in raptures is sure all the English ladies love him, while a Scot with a wooden leg plays on his fiddle singing “And the King shall enjoy his own again”. A British sailor deplores the respect Bute is shown while another tells him that “why Should they do otherwise he was allway their Friend”."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Two separately titled images on one plate; titles engraved above image., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon [1767-1772], v. 3 (1768), page 195., and Temporary local subject terms: Dover -- Calais -- Brooms -- Bags of money -- Satyrs.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Arrivals & departures, Forts & fortifications, Monks, Musical instruments, Peg legs, Sailors, British, Violins, and Witches
