"A balloon about to rise from the ground encircled by three tiers of galleries or narrow platforms, protected by railings. Behind the railings sit the passengers. In the highest tier are three ladies notorious at that time for their amours ...: Grace Elliott or Eliot, née Dalrymple, known as 'Dally the tall', she holds a fan, turning her head in profile to the left, towards Perdita (Mary Robinson), who clasps her hands ecstatically; Lady Worsley sits on the right. In the centre gallery sit ex-ministers: North (left) and Fox (right) in the centre, North's arm on Fox's shoulder; Fox turns his head to North with an expression of satisfaction. Each rests his right hand on the railing in front of him, and these hands hold an inconspicuous thread which is attached to the nose of the Duke of Portland (left), who turns in profile to the right. On the right, a little apart, sits Burke dressed as a Jesuit (see British Museum Satires No. 6205) looking in profile to the right towards the Pope, who stands on the gallery, emerging from behind the curve of the balloon. He wears furred robes and his triple crown; as a pendant to him on the extreme left is the Devil looking towards the ministers with a pleased expression; over his arm he holds a net. In the lowest gallery sit celebrated quacks and other London characters. These are (left to right) "Vestina', the goddess of Health who advertised the virtues of the celestial bed (incorrectly said to have been Lady Hamilton), sits next her employer, Dr. Graham; they look at each other; she holds a sceptre wreathed with a garland. Jeffery Dunstan, Mayor of Garrat, stands, knock-kneed, with his sack over his shoulder in his accustomed attitude when calling 'old wigs'. Sam House sits resting a foaming tankard of porter on the railing in front of him, the tankard inscribed "House Ward[our] Stre[eet]". Katerfelto, turned in profile to the right, gazes up at the moon through his telescope; in his left hand is a paper, "Wonders, Wonders Most Wonderfull Wonders", the usual heading of his advertisements, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6162. His black cat sits on the railing facing him, saying, "are there Mice in the Moon Master". In the upper right corner of the design is the moon, a crescent-shaped profile inset in a circle, looking down at the balloon. The balloon is encircled longitudinally by eight ropes which meet in a knot beneath it and are there attached to four stouter ropes attached to the four corners of a platform which rests on the ground, from which the balloon appears about to ascend. On this platform is a tub inscribed "Vanity", bubbling over with soapsuds inscribed "Froth". Beside the platform (right) stands a Frenchman capering on one leg and flourishing a knife. He says, "Oh Begar dis be von fine Cargo." ... In the background are the roofs and spires of London, St. Paul's being prominent on the left, the Monument on the right. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "Hanibal Scratch" might be a pseudonym of John Nixon; see Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5, page 842., Text beneath title: Setts out from Swan with two Necks Lad Lane every Monday morg., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Twenty lines of verse in four columns below image, etched above and on either side of title: Who choose a journey to the Moon, may take it in our Stage Balloon ...
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 23, 1783, by Wm. Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Elliott, Grace Dalrymple, -1823, Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800, Worsley, Seymour Dorothy, Lady, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Pius VI, Pope, 1717-1799, Graham, James, 1745-1794, Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797, House, Samuel, -1785, Katterfelto, Gustavus, -1799, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
"Satire on butchers showing a calf as a butcher holding an axe and a cleaver, with a meat tray as a breastplate, a candle in his hat, and a steel hanging from his apron. In the background, the enclosure of Smithfield market (with street lamps against the fences) in which a group of men with sticks and dogs chase a runaway ox; the entrance to St Bartholomew's hospital and the distant dome of St Paul's Cathedral beyond. Enclosed in a delicate frame a sheep's fleece hanging between verses below; these allude to the butcher's manly strength and his wife's consequent faithfulness."--British Museum online catalogue, description of earlier state
Description:
Title etched within image., Originaly published ca. 1740 by George Bickham. See no. 2470 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., One of a series of prints representing various tradesmen made up from tools of their own trade., and Two columns of verse below image: Old Aesop who in morals did surpass, wrapt in a lion's skin, produc'd an ass ...
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Smithfield Market, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Arcimboldesque figures, Butchers, Equipment, and Street lights
Title from text at top of sheet., Imprint continues:: ... where new poems will be continued yearly, and printing done in all its various branches, on reasonable terms., Nine woodcut designs on a broadside, the large central design depicting St. Paul's Cathedral; two columns of letterpress on lower part of sheet., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on modern secondary support.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at No. 81, Shoe Lane, Fleet Street ...
An old ballad singer offers his ballad sheets to a pretty young mother and her son as they walk across a bridge over the Thames. In the distance the sun's rays illuminate the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark. Imprint erased?, Window mounted to 41 x 30 cm., Note in an unidentified hand at bottom of mounting sheet., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
"Interior of the choir of St Paul's; large arches on either side; a pulpit and lecturn in centre; a few elegantly dressed figures wandering around church."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Vüe occidentale du choeur de la Cathédrale de St. Paul
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalouge, registration no.: 1935,0522.2.167.b., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum., Second plate in a series of "Twelve Views of Cathedrals, Churches &c in England"; see British Museum online catalogue., Plate numbered "2" in upper right corner., and Bound in opposite page 111 in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Paul's Churchyard, London
"A view of London through one of the arches of Westminster Bridge, with boats on the Thames and lumber yards on the right; St Paul's in the distance on the right, and the prominent steeples of other churches lettered with a number for identification"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
This view of the city of London, taken through one of the centers of the arches of the new bridge at Westminster ...
Description:
Title from dedication engraved below image., Key with the names of the churches numbered within image is etched on either side of dedication., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Brindley, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in New Bond Str
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Westminster Bridge (London, England),, and Thames River (England),
"View of the Nave of St. Paul's, with the royal procession flanked by three lines of guards on either side, in front of the congregation on tiered stands."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Royal procession in St. Paul's on St. George's Day 1789
Description:
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Processions: thanksgiving procession, St. George's Day 1789 -- Beefeaters., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 1, 1793, by B.B. Evans, Poultry, London
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Parades & processions, Interiors, Naves, Honor guards, and Spectators
"Exterior view of the Royal Exchange; looking down a busy street with carriages, carts and pedestrians, St Paul's Cathedral in the distance to the left, the prominent entrance of the Royal Exchange with tower to right; in right foreground a man enters a shop with the sign "John's Coffee"; after Loutherbourg and Chapman; published etched state."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Perspective view of the outside of the Royal Exchange in London
Description:
Title from dedication below image. and Companion print to: Perspective view of the inside of the Royal Exchange in London.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs August 12, 1788, & sold by Mr. Chapman at Mr. Christie's, Pall Mall
Subject (Geographic):
City of London (England), England, London, and London.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806,, Royal Exchange (London, England),, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, Stock exchanges, Streets, Stores & shops, City & town life, People associated with manual labor, Carriages & coaches, and Signs (Notices)
A writing sheet, illustrated with ten views of London that border a central blank area
Description:
Title from text at top of plate, etched within banner above largest image. and Each of the ten images has a caption etched below or above.
Publisher:
Published April 4, 1814, by R. Harrild, 20 Great Eastcheap
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), London Bridge (London, England),, Blackfriars Bridge (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Tower of London (London, England),, Mansion House (London, England),, Bank of England,, St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),, and Guildhall (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Monument, The (London, England), Bridges, Monuments & memorials, Rowing races, and Sailboat racing
