Verse - "Of all the plagues upon the earth,"., In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; imprint at foot of the last column below a single rule; the columns are not separated by rules., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Mounted on leaf 20. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at no. 4, Aldermary Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English, Poverty, Devil in literature, Husband and wife, Women, Devil, and Temptation
Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint and advertisement. Missing text supplied from the British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... where may be seen a correct model of the guillotine 6 feet high, the head and hand of Count Strewenzee & the compleatest collection of caracatures [sic] in Europe, to which has been recently added several hundred old & new subjects, admittance one shilling., and Temporary local subject terms: Ducal coronets -- Female costume, 1793 -- Duchesses -- Marchionesses -- Countesses -- Viscountesses -- Baronesses -- Wives of baronets.
Publisher:
Pub. April 20, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly ...
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Crowns, Nobility, Peerage, and Women
"A black saleman selling rabbits kneels on the pavement with his basket, looking up at a young woman who stands at the door of a house; she holds up one of the rabbits by a hind-leg. A manservant holding a dish stands behind her, grinning. Behind is the corner of a street."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker identified based on original drawing in the Huntington Library collection., Two lines of text below title: 'Miss - O la how it smells - sure its not fresh, Mungo - Be gar Misse dot no fair - If Blacke Man take you by Leg so - ; you smell too.', From Drolls., and Watermark (partial): Strasburg bend.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 8th 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Black people, City & town life, Rabbits, Servants, Street vendors, and Women
A sailor in uniform stands before a maid on a city street. She looks with suprises at the letter in her hand which apparently just handed to her. Behind them is a hackney coach and Title etched below image
Description:
Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Quote from a story of the same title from The adventures of a hackney coach below title: What cheer, what cheer, Nan ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. July 1792 by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Sailors, British, Servants, Staffs (Sticks), Streets, and Women
A young woman in foreground, wearing boots and a plumed hat over her large wig, holds a gun over her shoulder and carries two dead partridges. A footman stands behind her, pointing a finger and laughing at her and dodges the barrel. A pointer walks in front of her, while a second man on horseback stands some distance away. The background is of a cloudy winter landscape
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hunters, Game bird hunting, Hunting dogs, Firearms, Clothing & dress, and Women
Verse begins: "Come each maiden lend an ear,"., In four columns; the title and imprint are above the first two (imprint is in square brackets); the portrait is below the imprint, above the first column only; the columns are not separated by rules., This title was entered in the Stationers' Register by John Marshall for the Cheap Repository on 1 February 1796, and may be a piracy by Evans, who had lost a lawsuit to Marshall in December 1795; Evans used this imprint until Easter 1796. See David Stoker, "John Marshall, John Evans, and the Cheap Repository tracts, 1793-1800", PBSA 107:1 (2013), 81-118., Mounted on leaf 44. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Evans, No. 41, Long-Lane, West-Smithfield, London
Subject (Topic):
Moralities, English, Women, and Moral and ethical aspects
"A young woman, three-quarter length, sitting at a table, directed to right, wearing jewels in her hair, a portrait on a ribbon around her wrist, and a fur tippet, right hand holding a quill, resting on a sheaf of papers, left elbow on a box on the table, the hand supporting her head, looking dreamily to right, lit by a table lamp to right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Publication date inferred from dates of business of publishers., Sitter identified in an unverified card catalog record as Peg Woffington., Not in J.C. Smith's British mezzotinto portraits. London : Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883., Temporary local subject terms: Female dress, ca. 1755 -- Lighting: lamp -- Writing implements: inkwell -- Miniatures worn as jewelry., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Sold by Edwd. Fisher in Leicester Fields & by Ryland & Bryer in Cornhill
Under a large tree on the outskirts of a village, a Gypsy woman holds the hand of one of a pair of pretty, fashionably dressed young ladies as she tells her fortune. The young woman hides her face behind her fan. A little Gypsy girl glasps the skirts of her mother
Alternative Title:
Sweet little Gypsy
Description:
Title engraved below image., Thirty-four lines of verse in four columns printed below title: Come hither, ye girls, and attend to my call ..., Plate numbered "365" in lower left below image., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published 5th Novr. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Topic):
Romanies, Clothing & dress, Fortune telling, Girls, and Women
