Two groups of men, an English group on the left (including George III, North, and Shelburne) and a Dutch group (including a sailor and clergyman) stand on the seashore, with the lone figure of Lord George Gordon on the right and allegorical figures overhead. The figures are numbered but there is no accompanying explanation. A naval battle between French and British ships occupies the distance. Concerns English policies towards Dutch shipping and Dutch reaction to the Gordon Riots
Alternative Title:
That and this side of the water, Dutch & English politicks, and Dutch and English politicks
Description:
Title from item., Place of publication from address of the supposed publisher, William Richardson of High Holborn. See Maxted, London book trades., and An English copy of: Engelsch nieuws. See British Museum catalogue, no. 5722.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the Act directs Septr. 29th, 1780 by Wm. Richardson
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, Netherlands., Netherlands, and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations, Gordon Riots, 1780, Commerce, and Clothing & dress
A Dutchman in a tricorne hat stands facing the viewer with his breeches pockets bulging with coins. He smiles, gesturing with his right hand, his left in a coat pocket
Description:
Title from item. and Publisher's initials "MD" form a monogram.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Jany. 11, 1778 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Netherlands, Great Britain, and Netherlands.
Subject (Topic):
National characteristics, Dutch, Public opinion, Foreign public opinion, British, Foreign relations, Clothing & dress, and Coins
A fox (representing Charles James Fox) holding a quill pen in the right paw, approaches a platform on the left, upon which is seated a pug dog with a tobacco pipe (representing Holland). Beneath the pug's paw is a document (representing Fox's spurned peace overtures). On the right the head of the King is visible admonishing Fox against such negotiations with the Dutch
Description:
Title from item. and Mounted to 27 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Barrow, July [the] 25, 1782. No. 11 St. Bride Passage Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, Netherlands., Netherlands, Great Britain., and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Title from item., Publication date from unverified data in local card catalog record., "Vierde Afdeeling Fol: 353"--Upper right corner., and Subject identified by J. Reed below image.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Magic card, or, Remedy for the wind-breaking of the South and West Wind and the departure of Cartouche., Plate 24 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., Mounted to 47 x 33 cm., and Watermark.
BEIN 2017 896: Cut into 18 cards (10 x 6 cm). In hand-made slipcase. From the Julia Parker Wightman Card Collection. Accompanied by typewritten description and 9 additional cards depicting the same illustrations, but with two images (i.e A and B, C and D, etc.) separated by a diagonal line, on each card (Plate 74 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2.)., Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Magic card, or, Remedy for the wind-breaking of the South-west and the departure of Cartouche., Eighteen images in form of playing cards in rows of six, numbered from 'A' in upper left to 'S' in lower right corner. Each design 9.8 x 5.8 cm., and Plate 23 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2.
An engraved title page produced by means of two plates, one enclosing the other
Description:
Attribution to Berge from an unverified card catalog record., Title from text in banner in the center of the image., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Title-print of the stock-shop, or, Court of Quinquenpoix., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Two lines of verse in Dutch at the bottom of the smaller plate: De gote projecteur der Kopmanschap van wind ..., Two columns of verse in Dutch below design at the bottom of the larger plate: Aanschoúwer sta met aandagt stil ..., Plate 9 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., State without printmaker's name on plate. Cf. No. 1644 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., Mounted to 45 x 33 cm., and Watermark.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to design on three sides., Temporary local subject terms: William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806? -- Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, 1735-1806? -- Amsterdam -- Patriots' war against Stadholder -- Father Time -- Hourglasses suspended horizontally., and Mounted on blue paper to 9.4 x 11.9 cm., mounted to 37 x 16 cm.
Title from item., Title translated in British Museum catalogue as: Shrove tide's wreath of joy and the drama., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Twenty-two lines of verse above and below the smaller plate: De Vasten Avond praald met veele Maskeraaden ..., Five lines of text titled "Raad voor Jan Law" below verse: Ik raad u Actie-prins ..., Additional lines of verse engraved vertically on either side of smaller plate and at top and bottom of the larger plate., Traces of earlier text burnished from the bottom of the larger plate visible under caption of this edition., and Plate 6 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2.
Depiction of the copy at the Palace of Versailles of the statue known as the Venus de' Medici. Aphrodite, looking right, stands naked in a pudica pose; a dolphin being ridden by a putto sits next to her left leg
Description:
Title etched within pedestal at bottom of image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appeared., Plate from: Thomassin, S. Recueil des figures, groupes, thermes, fontaines, vases, statues, et autres ornemens de Versailles. Amsterdam : P. Mortier, 1695., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered "39" in upper right corner., Mounted on page 159 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
