Title etched above image., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Numbered 'Ptale [i.e., plate] 15' in upper left corner., Placement instructions 'Page 35' in upper right corner., Two lines of text below image: D--n [i.e., damn] thee don't play thy tricks with me ... ., Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales / by G.M. Woodward, 1796., State with title on plate. Cf. No. 8944 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Temporary local subject terms: Food: ham -- Slang: 'gammon'.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Allen & West, 15 Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Gardens, Lamps, Farmers, Restaurants, Tearooms, and Waiters
A young man sleeps reclining on a chaise-longue, his wig removed and placed on a chair to the left. A richly dressed young woman standing behind the chair leans forward looking at him with a sceptical expression on her face. On the other side, another young woman leans close to him, upsetting in the process a table on which a black servant was about to place a tea tray. In the background on the right, a serving maid walks into the room, her arms raised in alarm
Description:
Title from item., Second line of title and publisher from an impression in the British Museum., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of the second line of title and imprint., and One of a series of engravings made from the paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer in the Golden Buck in Fleet Street
At Vauxhall Gardens, the Master of Ceremonies, C.H. Simpson greets a man in uniform as fashionable visitors look on. Projected in the background is a view of his colossal likeness, in variegated lamps, taken in the Gardens on the 19th of August (the night of his benefit).
Description:
Title from caption below image., Three lines of text below title: To. C.H. Simpson, Esqr. M.C. of the Royal Gardens Vauxhall ... on the night of his benefit ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Price 1s. 6d. Plain. 2s. 6d cold.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Sheet trimmed with loss of plate mark: sheet 25.3 x 18 cm.
Publisher:
Published by W. Kidd, 14 Chandos Stt. West Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Simpson, Christopher Herbert, 1770-1835, and Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
"Portrait of the singer, performing at Vauxhall; holding sheet music, resting on ballustrade in front of him; an orchestra in background; in oval with ornaments at top."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mr. Darley as performing in the orchestra at Vauxhall
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from signature on earlier state: Barlow sculp., Later state, with printing plate cut down on right and left sides, removing part of the ornaments above portrait. Title has also been re-etched to fit the new dimensions, with printmaker's signature and imprint statement removed from the plate in the process. For the earlier state with the imprint "Published as the act directs by W. Locke, Septr. 1st, 1792", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1862,1011.643., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 10., Inlaid to 55 x 38 cm., and Mounted on page 35 in an album containing material relating to Spring Gardens, Vauxhall, with the spine title: Vauxhall miscellany.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Darley, William, approximately 1756-1809, and Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
Title from item., Publication date inferred from Carington Bowles's separation of his business from his father's in 1764. See London book trades, 1775-1800 / Ian Maxted, p. 25, Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and sides., and Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: card table -- Tea table -- Tea service -- Maidservant -- Domestic service: black boy -- Chairs -- Furnishings: carpet -- Window curtains.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, and Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
"In a dining hall, the King standing at right draws his sword to knight the miller kneeling at left, a group of three men and one woman standing behind him, another figure stands behind the table at right, a dog at the other side leaning on a bench; after an untraced painting by Hayman for Vauxhall Gardens (Allen CL 215)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
King and Miller of Mansfield, representing the scene of knighting the miller
Description:
Title engraved below image., Later state, with printing plate trimmed at top and bottom, removing part of the original design. Title and statements of responsibility re-engraved in newly-created lower margin, with original "N. Parr sculp." printmaker's signature changed. For an earlier state published by Thomas and John Bowles in 1743, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1862,1011.609., Date of publication based on the separation of John and Carington Bowles's names in imprint statement; Carington Bowles separated his business from his father's in 1764. See British Museum online catalogue. See also Carington Bowles's entry in: Maxted, I. London book trades, 1775-1800., Plate numbered "a. 3" in upper right corner., Inlaid to 38 x 55 cm., and Mounted on page 101 in an album containing material relating to Spring Gardens, Vauxhall, with the spine title: Vauxhall miscellany.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil, and Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Dining rooms, Kings, Daggers & swords, Millers, Knighting, and Dogs
Three young women sit around a table placed under the trees in a garden. On the table are placed a coffee pot and three bowls. The fortune-teller standing by the table points to the inside of a cup in his hand, while a young man looks on from behind a tree. Another young woman standing nearby, probably a serving maid, is looking into a cup she is holding
Description:
Title from item., Publisher inferred from another print in the series: The king and miller of Mansfied., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., One of a series of engravings made from the paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743., and Temporary local subject terms: Outdoor scenes: garden -- Fortune-tellers -- Lapdogs -- Furniture: tabouret.
Three young women and three young men play at blindman's buff in front of a cottage, one of the young women hiding behind a tree on the right..
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., Publisher inferred from another print in the series: The king and miller of Mansfied., One of a series of engravings made from the paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743., and Temporary local subject terms: Games: blindman's buff -- Buildings: cottage.
Inside a humble house, a man and woman standing together at right, the woman with hand on hip and leaning against the man, both looking towards a cleric at left who turns away with a rod in his hand, a tankard resting on a table before him, the door opens onto a street behind. In the center of the room is a cobbler's bench with some tools of the trade. Against the back wall is a large cabinet with substantial pillars and with plates lined against the back. See British Museum nline catalogue
Alternative Title:
Humorous farce of Jobson and Nell
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., Publisher inferred from another print in the series: The king and miller of Mansfied., and One of a series of engravings made from the paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743.
