Two elaborate hairstyles, that on the left, shown from the back, a gentleman with a wig having side curls and braids which join together and are tied in a wreath-like arrangement. The woman on the right is shown in profile, her head in a large cap, on the band of which are shown the signs of the zodiac, while stars are affixed to her hair above the forehead
Alternative Title:
A la zodiaque
Description:
Title from item., Sheet cropped within plate mark., and Mounted to 14 x 21 cm.
"An elderly 'cit' sleeps in a low, upright chair, leaning back till his profile faces the ceiling. His hands are clasped over his chest, his wig dangles from his coat-collar, and he puffs from tightly shut lips. The room is bare with a boarded floor. On a round table are a jug and glass, and the sleeper's pipe lying on 'Cobbett's Political Register'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication inferred from John Miller's entry in London Publishers and Printers, by Philip A.H. Brown (London, British Library, 1982)., Plate from: The caricatures of Gillray. London : John Miller, [between 1824 and 1827], opposite page 142., A reduced copy of a print by Gillray, published 1 November 1806 by Hannah Humphrey. Cf. No. 10644 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8., Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist, page 343., and Cf. Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 561.
Publisher:
Published by John Miller, Bridge Street, and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh
Subject (Topic):
Sleep, Sleeping, Wigs, Pipes (Smoking), and Newspapers
"An elderly 'cit' sleeps in a low, upright chair, leaning back till his profile faces the ceiling. His hands are clasped over his chest, his wig dangles from his coat-collar, and he puffs from tightly shut lips. The room is bare with a boarded floor. On a round table are a jug and glass, and the sleeper's pipe lying on 'Cobbett's Political Register'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Campanion print to: "Wide-awake.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 29 x 23 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 1st, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Inside a wig-maker's shop a bald man sitting on a stool squirms in agony as an elder woman attends to the wound on his forehead. Another man, standing to their right, looks on with visible discomfort. To their left is a table laid with scissors, razors, pliers, basin, small length of cloth and a bottle of 'Jalap.' A cat sits next to the cloth. In the background, on a wide window-sill, are wig-maker's tools and a wig in progress. Several finished wigs hang on pegs above the window. A number of boxes with the customers' names on them stand on a shelf above the door and an almanack hangs on the wall behind it. The door is wide open revealing in the background two men fighting a duel in front of the 'Crown' tavern, surrounded by several onlookers
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publisher's dates from British Museum catalogue., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Partial watermark top center of sheet.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 21st, 1784, by Wm. Wells, No. 132 (opposite Salisbury Court) Fleet Street, London
Consequence of invading matrimonial rights & privileges
Description:
Title from caption below image., Four lines of verse below title: "These little quarrels often prove to be but new remits of love ...", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Pyall & Hunt, 18, Tavistock Street
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Couples, Fighting, Fishing, Fishing & hunting gear, and Wigs
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 1st Jany. 1782.
Call Number:
Bunbury 782.01.01.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Design in an oval. An old military officer with a wooden leg describes his campaigns to two cronies. He is seated in a chair (right) in profile to the left wearing regimentals and sword, his wig has a long loosely twisted pigtail queue; his wooden leg (right) projects horizontally from his chair. He holds a map or plan taken from the wall, and is showing it to a stout man sitting on his right, who looks at it through spectacles. The third man standing behind, his left arm on the back of the soldier's chair, looks over their shoulders at the map. At their feet a small dog lies asleep. Through the open door (left) a man is seen dancing along while he plays a fiddle."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Fought all his battles over again and thrice he slew the slain
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Musical instruments, Musicians, Peg legs, and Wigs
Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1790]
Call Number:
790.05.01.05
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Publication date erased from the print and based on the publication date of other prints from this series., Orignially published in 1776. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., For a discussion of this print: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, nos. 5361 and 9684., and Watermark (partial): crown with armorial shield.
Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 1st, 1790.
Call Number:
790.05.01.06
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
From the Haymarket
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For a discussion of this print refer to Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5 and v. 9, nos. 5361 and 9684.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Willm Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Delpini, Mr. -1828 (Carlo Antonio), and Haymarket Theatre (London, England)
Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 1st, 1796.
Call Number:
790.05.01.06.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
From the Haymarket
Description:
Title from item., Originally issued in 1776. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5 and v. 7, nos. 5361 and 9684., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Wigs: toupet -- Club -- Reference to Haymarket -- Actors.
Profile head of a woman facing right with her elaborate hair style occupying the upper three quarters of the plate. Her monumental coiffure is decorated with fruits, including melons, pears, and grapes, with, a basket of peaches at the summit, and others of plums and raspberries
Description:
Title from item., Publisher's initials "MD" form a monogram., Signed in lower left of image by the engraver MD, i.e. Matthias Darly, and by the artist [?] [Miss] Bath on the right., and Numbered in plate at top: 17, V.2.
