"Half length portrait of a man full faced with raised arms and frenzied expression, waving a hat with a large election favour, a second favour on his coat, and a medallion hung from his neck."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered "10" in upper right corner., and Mounted on leaf 43 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Lee Lewes stands on stage at Covent Garden, with busts arranged on a table behind him, he holds one up, turning to the crowd; the audience in the pit in the foreground, with four tiers of boxes behind; after Woodward."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Frontispiece to: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784., Lewes, Charles Lee, 1740-1803, and Covent Garden Theatre,
Subject (Topic):
Theaters, Actors, British, Interiors, Audiences, and Public speaking
Title etched above image., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lewes, Charles Lee, 1740-1803. and Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784.
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Physiognomy, Heads (Anatomy)., Demons, and Spectators
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Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lewes, Charles Lee, 1740-1803. and Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784.
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Physiognomy, Heads (Anatomy)., Hearses, Coats of arms, and Obelisks
"Bust of a handsome, alluring woman, elegantly dressed."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 42 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"An elderly man, in profile to the right, pompously stressing his argument by enumerating points on his fingers."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Man wise in his own conceit
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered "9" in upper left corner., and Mounted on leaf 42 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Bust in profile to the left of a lean, elderly, wrinkled, sour-looking man."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered "15" in upper left corner., and Mounted on leaf 41 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Bust in profile to the right of an elderly, lean, sharp-featured, sour-looking prude, with closed eyes."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered "14" in upper left corner., and Mounted on leaf 41 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Half length portrait of a tough-looking sailor, wearing a round hat with a bunch of ribbon, and knotted neck-tie, a stick under his left arm. 'A man who despises danger, wounds, and death ...'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 40 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"A gross, coarse-featured man (half-length) in old-fashioned dress and wig, scowls through a double eye-glass at a picture on an easel."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 42 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Half length portrait of a handsome barrister in profile to the left, making an impassioned appeal, his brief in the left hand."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 40 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Bust directed to the left, of a coarse-featured, roughly dressed man, laughing with lowered eyelids."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered "4" in upper left corner., and Mounted on leaf 44 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Half length portrait of a grossly fat Dutchman in profile to the left, smoking a short pipe, and with a second pipe in his hat. 'He looks upon money to be the greatest good upon earth, and pickled herring the greatest dainty'."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 39 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Three quarter length portrait of a woman, handsome, well-dressed, and dignified, standing in profile to the left, right arm extended, making a speech. She is 'President of the Ladies' Debating Society', who can prove 'that man is an usurper of dignities and preferments, and that her sex has a just right to participation ...'."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered "11" in upper left corner., and Mounted on leaf 43 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Half length portrait of a laughing man, full face, shoulders shrugged and hands extended deprecatingly. He is 'all levity and lightness, singing and capering from morning till night ...'."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 40 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Realistic bust in profile to the left, on a round base, of a man with coarse features, staring eye, gaping mouth."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered "3" in upper left corner; number is etched backwards., and Mounted on leaf 44 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Half length portrait of a man wearing ear-rings, with his hands on and over the keyboard of a piano, looking round, with eyes turned up, and mouth wide. An attack on large fees to foreign opera-dancers and singers."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered "13" in upper left corner., and Mounted on leaf 41 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Three quarter length portrait of a jockey, in profile to the right, holding a switch and leaning forward with hands together as if holding reins."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered "2" in upper left corner., Watermark, partially trimmed: 180[...?]., and Mounted on leaf 44 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Half length portrait, poised on a pedestal of a coarse-featured man directed to the left, a patch over one eye, bludgeon under his arm."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., First half of artist's name in signature is lightly printed and barely legible., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 43 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"The male counterpart of British Museum Satires no. 11166. A half length figure leaning forward in profile to the right, shouting, with raised arm and clenched fist. He is coarse-featured and spectacled, with a mop of hair."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Numbered "12" in upper left corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 42 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 30th, 1808, by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
"A bust, similar to British Museum Satires no. 11158, in profile to right of a foppish and effeminate young man, with naturalistic curls."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist's signature and imprint statement are lightly printed and barely legible., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Numbered "4" in upper left corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 43 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 20th, 1808, by Thos. Tegg, N. 111 Cheapside
Design in an oval. A head with lank, unkempt hair and melancholy, twisted features, mouthing grotesquely, appears to emerge from a tub; this is a section of a tub held by the performer on a table. Reference to G.A. Stevens's Lecture on Heads (1764).
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. October 10, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"Half length figure of a preacher emerging from a cask, hands together, eyes turned up sanctimoniously."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher's name at beginning of imprint statement is lightly printed and illegible. Publisher from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Impression from a worn plate; beginning of imprint statement is lightly printed and only partially legible., and Mounted on leaf 39 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Half length portrait of an elderly man near-sightedly reading a newspaper in profile to the left."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 39 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
In an oval, a doctor in a wig sits behind a table so only the upper half of his body is shown. His hands are buried deep in a large muff, his one elbow leaning on the table. On either side of his body are one and two candlesticks with lit candles
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: reference to G. A. Stevens's Lecture on Heads (1764)., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Theatre., and 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 38.0 x 27.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. October 10, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Candles, Candlesticks, Muffs, and Quacks
In an oval, a doctor in a wig sits behind a table so only the upper half of his body is shown. His hands are buried deep in a large muff, his one elbow leaning on the table. On either side of his body are one and two candlesticks with lit candles
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: reference to G. A. Stevens's Lecture on Heads (1764)., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Theatre., and Watermark: Strasburg bend.
Publisher:
Pubd. October 10, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Candles, Candlesticks, Muffs, and Quacks
"Three quarter length portrait of a fop, head in profile to the left, looking through an eyeglass. Under his left arm is a stick."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered "1" in upper left corner., and Mounted on leaf 44 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Bust portrait of a Spanish don with moustache, feathered hat, ruff, slashed tunic, and cloak."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Artist's signature and beginning of imprint statement are lightly printed and illegible. Artist's signature supplied from impression at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no.: 59.533.1080(22)., and Mounted on leaf 39 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Bust of an old man weeping, intended for Heraclitus."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered "17" in upper left corner., and Mounted on leaf 41 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"A view of Temple Bar, with three heads on spikes. The heads are being pelted with stones, dead dogs, &c, by a crowd of men, women, and children. A market-woman smoking a pipe kneels before her basket, and is about to use its contents as missiles. Another woman says "This is a sight I have long wish[ed] to see". A boy holds a stone in one hand, a dead dog or cat in the other. A man waves his hat, crying, "Steer to the North", indicating that one of the victims is Lord North; another says, "There goes for Germany" (Lord George Germain). The third is evidently Lord Sandwich. Another man says "This is a happy day for England". A man waves his wig in delight. Small figures hurling missiles are seen through the centre arch; passers-by appear through the two side arches. On the upper part of the masonry of the arch is sketched a figure of Justice, seated on clouds, her scales in one hand, a spear in the other. The statues of two kings in the alcoves show that this is the west side of Temple Bar. On Temple Bar are placards: "Lecture upon Heads", a punning allusion to the popular 'Lecture' of George Alexander Stevens; "A Cure for a Distressed] nation" and "1745", in allusion to the heads on Temple Bar after the Jacobite rebellion. See BMSat 5660, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Publisher's initials "MD" form a monogram., Sheet trimmed within plate line., and Mounted to 32 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, (39) Strand
Subject (Name):
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784., and Temple Bar (London, England)
"Bust of an old man, laughing cynically, intended for Democritus."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 40 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 20th, 1808, by Thos. Tegg, N. 111 Cheapside