"A portrait of James Christie the elder (1730-1803) standing in his auctioneer's rostrum. His head is turned in profile to the left. He smiles insinuatingly, his hands held out, his hammer in his right hand. The word 'eloquence' in the title is engraved at the bottom of the rostrum, and beneath the title is inscribed, "Let me entreat - Ladies - Gentlemen - permit me to put this inestimable piece of elegance under your protection, - only observe;-----------The inexhaustible Munificence of your superlitively [sic] candid Generosity must Harmonise with the refulgent Brilliancy of this little Jewel.! - ! - ". 1 January 1782"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
King of epithets
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Five lines of text below title: Let me entreat, ladies, gentlemen, permit me ..., and Mounted to 29 x 17 cm, matted to 44 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1st 1782 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 New Bond Street
Byron, Frederick George, 1764-1792, attributed name
Published / Created:
July 8, 1790.
Call Number:
790.07.08.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a large room French aristocrats crowd across a table from Pitt who is taking money while handing a pen to the man opposite who holds a crown in his left arm as he throws coins toward Pitt's grasping hand. Above Pitt stands George III behind podium, gavel in one hand and another crown extended toward one of the many bidders shouting comments and prices. The King calls out, "This is a lot, gentlemen, of superior brilliancy to the last. This, this raises you above your fellows in a very high degree indeed. I pity your distresses from my soul, what, what, what was that you were saying about jewels, Madames, too high. You may ride over the necks of half the nation with this upon your coach. You may get in debt as fast as you please and never pay. Mind that gentlemen, never pay." The Queen walks up a ladder behind the King to retrieve more crowns from the shelves behind the King's podium, turning her head to say, "Pay some attention to that Lady's jewels, my love."
Alternative Title:
English coronet auction by King, Pitt & Co., or, Comfort for the late French noblesse and Comfort for the late French noblesse
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Frederick George Byron by Andrew Edmunds., Publisher's advertisement below imprint: In Hollands Exhibition Rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humourous prints. Admtce. 1 shillg., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Irregular sheet, trimmed at an angel in lower left. Backed with blue paper.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., France, and France.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Refugees, History, Avarice, Auctions, Corruption, Crowds, Crowns, and Nobility
Page 71. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Exterior view of the temporary wooden structure built for the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842, with part of Horace Walpole's Gothic villa visible on the left
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, on mounting sheet., Artist "E.B." identified as E. Bell in local card catalog record., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., and Mounted on page 71 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
"Interior view of the room, looking down from the gallery during a sale; a large round lightwell in centre of ceiling."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 45., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 139., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Decr. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Page 69. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Interior view of the temporary wooden structure built for the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842. Men and women stand or sit on benches around a long table; auctioneer George Robins, surrounded by framed pictures, conducts the auction from a podium at the far end of the room
Description:
Title from note in pencil below image, on mounting sheet., Unsigned; attribution to E. Bell from local card catalog record., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., Mounted with a newspaper clipping about the sale, which has the heading "Sale at Strawberry-Hill"., and Mounted on page 69 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Subject (Name):
Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
An unfinished sketch for the engraving which appeared in the November 1845 issue of "George Cruikshank's Table-book," illustrating a brief article on railroad speculation by the periodical's editor, Gilbert Abbott a Beckett. John Bull is beset by lilliputian tormentors who are removing all his cash, clothing, and possessions, beneath clouds of steam and a clanging bell
Alternative Title:
Anticipated effects of the railway calls
Description:
Title from pencil annotation below image, in the artist's hand., Text above image: George Cruikshank's "Table Book"., and With additional pencil drawings and artist’s notes in the margins.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Auctions, Fictitious characters, Money, and Railroads
"Imp-like creatures of the railway company, gathered around the seated figure of John Bull, stripping him of his clothes and possessions, an auctioneer selling elements of his wardrobe, trains pulling boxes of money and silver plate"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Anticipated effects of the railway calls
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication and publisher from British Museum catalogue., Illustration to: George Cruikshank's Table book. Published by George Bell in London., Illustration accompanying a brief article on railroad speculation by the periodical's editor, Gilbert Abbott a Beckett., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Window mounted to 30 x 23 cm.
Publisher:
George Bell
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Auctions, Fictitious characters, Money, and Railroads
Portrait heads of fifty-five men, mostly in profile, identified elsewhere as portraits of various print sellers, collectors, artists, etc., sketched by Paul Sandby while attending print sales in London
Description:
Title etched below image., "The portrait heads are based on thumbnail drawings made by Paul Sandby in the margins of print sale catalogues of the 1780s, now in an album in the Royal Library. They are described by A.P. Oppé in "The Drawings of Paul and Thomas Sandby at Windsor Castle" (Phaidon, 1947), pp. 83-85"--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1876,1209.612., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Published Feby. the 1st, 1798, by Sylvester Harding, 127 Pall Mall
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Auctions, Print dealers, Prints, and Collectors and collecting
Watercolor of Strawberry Hill with a partial view of the lawns as well as the temporary wooden structure erected by the Strawberry Hill auctioneer, George Henry Robins (1778-1847) for the 1842 sale of contents of the villa
Description:
Unknown artist, amateur.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Middlesex.
Subject (Name):
Robins, George Henry, 1778-1847. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
