"Some of our Orphan Boys who are being trained so that they can make Jesus known to their own people." Orphaned boys gather together to pose for the camera. This photograph is from an album prepared by W. K. Norton of The Pilgrims Mission, Benares [Vārānasi].
"Catéchistes Missionnaires de Marie-Immaculée. - "Nos petits Indiens". 5. - Abandonnés! ….. et recueillis!" Two orphaned children, recovered by missionaries stand facing the camera. They do not have shirts, only a piece of cloth tied around their stomachs. The postcard also notes the publisher as, "Regnault, photo - Orléans." There is a handwritten note on the back.
"Catéchistes Missionnaires de Marie-Immaculée - Nagpore [Nagpur] - Hindoustan [Hindustan]. - Orphelinat - Les petits Gourmands." Orphans are gathered in a fenced-in yard. Some of them stand to pose for the camera. Some of them sit around a large pot. One of them stands off to the side, holding a basket on his head. The postcard notes the publisher as "Regnault, Photo-Editeur - Orléans."
"From the stage of a theatre, two figures address the audience: Charles Fox (left) with a fox's head, holds under his left arm a tray in which are two doll-like infants in swaddling bands; in his right hand is a paper inscribed, "Norton & Fox Sponsors". He is saying: "Discovered by the Secret Committee". In the centre is another man with a wide open mouth, whose head is perhaps intended for that of a dolphin. He holds a paper inscribed "The Child of the People". On the right. of the stage is part of a fountain supported by a satyr. On each side of the stage are two tiers of boxes; in the lower box on the right. Punch is talking to a lady."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Legacy for the House of Commons
Description:
Title etched above image., Dated in the British Museum catalogue from a report in the Oxford magazine, v. 6 (1771), p. 157., and Temporary local subject terms: Theater: boxes -- Architectural details: fountain -- Satyrs (Greek mythology) -- Punch, as member of audience -- Masks: ass's head -- Dolphin's head -- Children: infant foundlings -- Lighting -- Boots: one spurred, one Roman -- Reference to the House of Commons' Secret Committee, April 1771.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789
Boitard, Louis-Philippe, active 1733-1770, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before1762]
Call Number:
760.00.00.88+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Tall, elegantly dressed elderly gentleman stands in center of a room looking with disgust over his left shoulder at large round tripod table on which lies a crying infant in a straw basket. He holds a raised cane in his right hand and a tricorne hat under his right arm. From his left side hangs a tasselled sword. The baby's basket has a ribbon inscribed 'To Simon Spindleshanks, Esq.' Behind his master, to the left, stands a grinning manservant who is showing delight in what he has brought about. In the background are beautifully panelled walls hung with two paintings which amplify the subject of the print. The one on the left depicts a violent storm; in the one on the right Delilah with Samson asleep at her knee, beckons soldiers to enter the room
Alternative Title:
Plague of a single state, Enraged batchelor, and Enraged bachelor
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date inferred from John Smith's address at Cheapside., Two columns of verse below image: Batter'd, deseas'd, and past his youthfull pranks, lo here a bantling, laid to Spindleshanks ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials GR below.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street, & John Smith in Cheapside
"Les Ursulines de l'Institut de Thildonck dans la Mission du Bengale, Indes [Bangladesh]. 7. Orphelines de Khundi." Three orphans pose for the camera. There are two girls and one boy. The boy holds a ball on his knee.
"Two Little Indian Waifs." Two small children are sitting on a stone step with roses in their hands. Additional information reads, "Church of England Zenana Missionary Society, 27, Chancery Lane, London, W.C." There is a handwritten note on the front.
