Leaf 98. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A lawyer (Theodosius Forrest), shown whole length in profile looking right, carries a lawyer's bag in which there is a scroll labeled "of Damocles"; in his pocket is another scroll labeled "Ge. ho. Dobbin." A dog at his side sniffs the bag. The door is labeled 'Good Entertainment gratis' and is probably a bagnio
Alternative Title:
Theodosius Homunculus Esq., attorney general to the Royal Academy
Description:
Title etched above image., Artist and printmaker's names are unidentified pseudonyms., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Theodosius Homunculus Esq. is a representation of Theodosius Forrest., Below image is etched: In opinion a Poet, a Painter, a Critic Dear The: take my word instead of some Physic, A Poet in Bawdy, a Painter in Daubing, A Coxcomb the Critics your Friends are allowing., Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773., Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "13" in upper right corner., First of three plates on leaf 98., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.3 x 12.3 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Leaf 98. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A lawyer (Theodosius Forrest), shown whole length in profile looking right, carries a lawyer's bag in which there is a scroll labeled "of Damocles"; in his pocket is another scroll labeled "Ge. ho. Dobbin." A dog at his side sniffs the bag. The door is labeled 'Good Entertainment gratis' and is probably a bagnio
Alternative Title:
Theodosius Homunculus Esq., attorney general to the Royal Academy
Description:
Title etched above image., Artist and printmaker's names are unidentified pseudonyms., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Theodosius Homunculus Esq. is a representation of Theodosius Forrest., Below image is etched: In opinion a Poet, a Painter, a Critic Dear The: take my word instead of some Physic, A Poet in Bawdy, a Painter in Daubing, A Coxcomb the Critics your Friends are allowing., Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773., and Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "13" in upper right corner.
"Mrs. Clarke (left) stands on one of a pair of scales which is held down by Wardle and almost rests on the ground, while three lawyers in wigs and gowns (evidently Sir W. Grant, Gibbs, and Plomer) stand on the other (right) which General Clavering tries desperately to pull down. The beam is inscribed England expects every Man to do his Duty, and is supported on a mitre (see British Museum Satires No. 11227) worn by the Duke of York, who stands on William Adam's back, which is inscribed Rock of Adam ant. Adam, who lies prone, puffs a blast inscribed Gratuisously [sic] against Mrs. Clarke. Under his hand is an Anonymous Letter. Wardle, in civilian dress, holds out towards the Duke a paper headed [Ch]arges. Perceval, in his Chancellor of the Exchequer's gown, leans towards the right scale, holding out two papers: 199 Majority and 82 Majority, another, 241 Majority, lies on the scale. Where this scale is attached to the beam there is a purse labelled Light Crown Pieces. The Duke wears regimentals with gorget and star, and holds a paper: the Honor of a . . . [Prince]. He holds his drawn sword across Perceval, as if protecting him. Clavering sits on the ground, straining at the ropes. He sits on a paper inscribed [G]enl Claver[ing], and has a paper: Prevaricating Evidence [see British Museum Satires No. 11247]. Beside him is a fragment of paper inscribed Sic donec. Beside the principal performers, and between Mrs. Clarke and the Duke, stands John Bull, a short fat 'cit', holding a large weight inscribed Vox Populi --Sterling. He says: If I dont throw in my weight, our dearest sweetest Love will get the worst of it after all. (Her scale, however, rests on the ground with Wardle's help only.) She turns to him, saying, O Mr Bull! Pray give a pull! At her feet are Letters [see British Museum Satires No. 11228, &c.]."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1809 by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833, Grant, William, Sir, 1752-1832, Gibbs, Vicary, Sir, 1751-1820, Plumer, Thomas, Sir, 1753-1824, Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, Adam, William, 1751-1839, and Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812.
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, British, Mistresses, Lawyers, Miters, and Scales
Volume 1, page 2. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A thin man, dressed in macaroni fashion, stands in profile to the right, holding a cane in his right hand and a bouquet in his left hand; a sword hangs from his side. A child stands behind him, hat held out as if begging for money
Alternative Title:
This club was instituted and kept at Almacks and called the Macaroni Society
Description:
Titled by the artist in ink below image., Attribution to Bunbury based on inclusion of the drawing in a volume of the artist's work., Date from local card catalog record., and Mounted with eleven other drawings on page 2 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Depicts a young lady, fashionably dressed, walking and carrying an enormous parasol to cover her monumental hair, which is dressed in the extravagant heart-shaped style of the period, with curls on the sides, flowers and ostrich plumes at the top. She also apparently wears the fashionable cork bustle, with the back of her protruding skirt providing a ledge on which a "foppishly dressed man" is seated, sheltered by her hair and umbrella. On the left in front of the lady a rustically dressed man has dropped his hat in amazement, while behind her a gentleman in a tricorne hat and leaning on a walking stick points and laughs at the spectacle
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet torn at top along plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to Act of Part. Septr 1, 1777, by J. Lockington, Shug Lane Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, and Umbrellas
"Portrait group of the Society of Artists; men gathered around a table in a fine interior, some seated, attended by servants; with portraits of Grinling Gibbons, William Kent, John Michael Rysbrack, Gawen Hamilton, Marcellus Laroon, Michael Dahl, John Vanderbanck, and Charles Bridgman; a landscape painting on wall in background, a curtain to the right, after Hogarth."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Society of Artists
Description:
Title etched below image. and Dobson. Hogarth, 1902, p. 233.
Publisher:
Published May 1, 1829 by W.B. Tiffin, 3, Hay Market
"Portrait; short half-length to left, looking down, wearing a plain dark suit and full chin-length wig."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.
Description:
Title from dedication below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., "Chaloner Smith's third state is in fact a separate plate: there are several small differences, particularly in the chin."--Curator's comment, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.3485., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 26 (leaf numbered '82' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs 20th Feby. 1792, & sold by C. Townley, No. 38 Greek Street, Soho
Camp scene with soldiers from the Loyal Associated and Volunteer Corps of the City of Westminster, with an officer escorting the ladies through the camp (right) who honoured them with the presentation of colours; two horses in the center and a dog ready to pounce at an officer's hat seen in the foreground
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left side.
Publisher:
Pub. March 30, 1799 by Messrs. Schiavonetti, No. 12 Michaels Place, Brompton (Plate 1) by their most obedient humble servts. L.I. & N. Schiavonetti
Volume 1, page 21. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Thomas Cavendish, navigator
Description:
Title from contemporary notes below image., Date supplied by cataloger., With a partly legible pencil annotation in upper right corner: Ao. 1594 [...?]., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 21 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.