"Satire on the early stages of the Seven Years War with a map of the German states supported by the double-headed Imperial eagle; Louis XV seizes Alsace and Lorraine and Russian bears tear at Hungary and Moravia; on either side stand commentators uncl...
Alternative Title:
Emblematic representation of the duty incumbent on a patriot prince ... and Indulgent care of the Roman Eagle displayed
Description:
Title etched at top of image.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament, July the 29, 1757 by T. Kitchin at the Star on Holborn Hill
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758, and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1708-1765
An elderly man and woman are sitting in armchairs in front of a cottage, each smoking a pipe. The woman holds a glass, the man a pitcher. They are surrounded by farm animals. A beehive, a birdcage and birdhouses are in the background
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Jno. Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill
Subject (Topic):
Dwellings, Livestock, Birdcages, Birdhouses, Beehives, Chairs, and Windmills
"A satire on marriage; An old man seated with one leg bandaged and raised on chair in front of him, being attended to by a maid; behind him his young wife is locked in an embrace with her younger lover."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Adultery, Women domestics, Medical equipment & supplies, Medicines, Crutches, Clocks & watches, Draperies, Birdcages, Parrots, Chairs, and Bells
Toms, W. H. (William Henry), approximately 1700-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1760]
Call Number:
760.00.00.111+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A satire on prostitution set in a brothel in which all the men have been given the heads of apes and the women those of cats. In the centre of the room a prostitute sits on the knee of an old man who fondles her, her legs splayed; she holds a glass i...
Description:
Title supplied from description of an earlier state in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Interiors, Prostitutes, Military uniforms, Judges, Watchmen, Canopy beds, Birdcages, Doves, Wine, and Bottles
An etching in outline representing the interior of a room, with a door on the left, a circular table on the right. On the table is a dish on which sits a boar's head; a scroll on the table to the left reads "Reprieve for murder." A crutch is propped ...
Description:
Title and publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Jersey, George Bussey Villiers, Earl of, 1735-1805, Thicknesse, Ann, 1737-1824, and Ford, Thomas, -1768,
Subject (Topic):
Birdcages, Boars, Courtship, Crutches, Gout, Guitars, Interiors, Lawyers, and Singers
publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 1st 1769.
Call Number:
769.06.01.01+
Collection Title:
Page 61. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a paneled room hung with mirrors and a clock, the master of the house, in dressing gown and nightcap, puts his hand on the bosom of a maid who serves him biscuits. Next to him a clergyman looks adoringly at the lady of the house on his left. In his...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Furniture, Mirrors, Longcase clocks, Women domestics, Clergy, Books, Servants, Parrots, Birdcages, Squirrels, and Monkeys
publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 1st 1769.
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 61. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a paneled room hung with mirrors and a clock, the master of the house, in dressing gown and nightcap, puts his hand on the bosom of a maid who serves him biscuits. Next to him a clergyman looks adoringly at the lady of the house on his left. In his...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Furniture, Mirrors, Longcase clocks, Women domestics, Clergy, Books, Servants, Parrots, Birdcages, Squirrels, and Monkeys
