Mr. Harley, with a very large belly and a shirt with lace trim, standing full-length in profile to right wearing on his head a cuckold's horns from which hangs a sign "A room to lett unfurnish'd". From his mouth a bubble reading, "I am one of the heads of the city." In his left hand a book open to pages that read, "The city poll dedicated to the Cheese mongers, trunk makers, etc. From his right pocket a letter, "At the court of C.C., it was carried NEM-CON that he was realy & not politically ill."
Alternative Title:
Figure that appeared in a Mazarine gown
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication date in British Museum catalogue: October 10, 1768, the date of the masquerade., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 1 (1768), p. 148., and Mounted to 30 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Oxford Magazine
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, City council members, Horns (Anatomy), Masquerades, and Obesity
Title engraved below image., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Publication date in British Museum catalogue: 8 March 1769., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 2 (1769), page 283., Temporary local subject terms: Dancing -- Trades: dancing master -- Allusion to bribes -- Allusion to Brentford elections -- Cuckolds -- Arms: arms of the City of London -- Reference to the City charter -- Courtiers -- Pictures amplifying subject: English crown and bagpipes -- Reference to Lord Bute., and Mounted to 27 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Carhampton, Henry Lawes Luttrell, Earl of, 1743-1821, and Bath, Thomas Thynne, Marquis of, 1734-1796
Mr. Alderman Wilkes in his magisterial character at the Sessions House ...
Description:
Title engraved below image., Text above image: Engraved for the Oxford magazine., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 4 (1770), p. 221., and Temporary local subject terms: Sessions House, Old Bailey -- Writing implements: quills -- Sandshakers --Inkwell.
Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered 'Plate 3' in upper right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Personifications: Liberty -- Animals -- Reference to France: Calais -- Monuments -- Reference to William Allen -- Reference to the Young Pretender -- Michael Curry, 1732-1788, printer -- Justice Gillam.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Egremont, Charles Wyndham, Earl of, 1710-1763, Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771, Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Title etched below image., Place and date of publication inferred from those of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : R. Baldwin, v. 38 (1769), p. 393., and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings -- Personifications: Liberty -- Personifications: Truth -- Military: sentry -- Animals: muzzled mule -- Aldermen -- Effigy of Thomas Harley -- Sir Robert Ladbroke, 1713-1773 -- Samuel Turner, Lord Mayor of London, 1769 -- Petition of the Livery of London, 1769 -- Allusion to the American colonies.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1709-1770, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804, Trecothick, Barlow, 1718?-1775, and Saint James's Palace (London, England)
Min-st----l aldermen of Gotham in consultation and Ministerial aldermen of Gotham in consultation
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Dated i n British Museum catalogue.: 1 November 1772., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 9, p. 128., and Temporary local subject terms: Aldermen -- Male dress: aldermen -- Dishes: punch bowls -- Pictures amplifying subject: bull, hog and ass in conference -- Bible: altered quotation from Mark iii.2.
Title etched above image., Below image are two columns of text in letterpress with the heading: Instructions given to Sir Robert Ladbroke, Knt., William Beckford, Esq., the Right Hon. Thomas Harley, Esq., and Barlow Trecothick, Esq., representatives of the City of London, by their constituents., Letterpress text concludes: ... (Signed) Charles Clavey, Chairman of the Common Hall. Guildhall, Feb. 10, 1769., Temporary local subject terms: Aldermen -- Male costume: alderman's robes -- Tailor's implements: scissors and goose -- Allusion to bribery., and 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper ; plate mark 9.9 x 13.9 cm, on sheet 32.4 x 20.4 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1709-1770 and Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804
Title etched above image., Below image are two columns of text in letterpress with the heading: Instructions given to Sir Robert Ladbroke, Knt., William Beckford, Esq., the Right Hon. Thomas Harley, Esq., and Barlow Trecothick, Esq., representatives of the City of London, by their constituents., Letterpress text concludes: ... (Signed) Charles Clavey, Chairman of the Common Hall. Guildhall, Feb. 10, 1769., Temporary local subject terms: Aldermen -- Male costume: alderman's robes -- Tailor's implements: scissors and goose -- Allusion to bribery., Watermark., and Mounted to 34 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1709-1770 and Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 8, p. 189., and Temporary local subject terms: Scales -- Aldermen -- Emblems: cap of liberty -- Chamberpots -- Money: bag of money -- Pictures amplifying subject: Britannia executed by hanging -- Brass Crosby,1725-1793, Lord Mayor of London, 1770-1.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, and Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804
Title from item., Illustration to a dialog between Wilkes and Townshend., Plate from: The town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Junr., v. 4, p. 585., Temporary local subject terms: Aldermen -- Emblems: cap of liberty -- Vehicles: state coach -- Chimney sweeps -- Reference to mayoral elections, 1772 -- James Townshend, d. 1787, Lord Mayor of London., and Mounted to 14 x 20 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 and Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804
