A group of cats look at book opened to a musical score, on the right and images of mice on the left. Some of the cats are singing while one plays a trumpet; one of the cats wears spectacles. In the foreground are a violin and loose sheets of music. The book is propped against a birdhouse from which emerges a mouse; a cloth has been draped over the birdhouse
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., After a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1855,0609.487., Two similar prints, with slight variations in the image, were published by Ackermann in July 1817 with the title "Concert of cats". See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 817.07.00.01., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Cats, Mice, Musical instruments, Musicians, and Singers
A view of the interior of busy French barracks shows a more domestic atmosphere than military although weapons and other gear adorn the walls and lay scattered on the floor. The scene includes a woman nursing a baby (right) as another child plays at her feet. Beside her another woman holds up a mirror so that an officer can admire his reflection from both the front and back. A third woman (left) cuts an officers toe nails as a barber dresses his long queue; another officer has his hair powdered. In the background a man in his night shirt sits on the side of his bed as he stretches his arms and yawns
Description:
Title from engraving based on this drawing, published by S.W. Fores 12 August 1791. and For further information, consult library staff.
Translated title supplied by curator., Date and publisher from item., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Ministry of Health, Latvian SSR and Министерство здравоохранения Латвийской ССР
Subject (Topic):
Mycoses, Dermatology, Children, Sick persons, Cats, and Skin
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Wash drawing of a girl, bust-length, cradling a cat in her left arm; the girl has has short, curly hair; the cat is partially wrapped in a blanket
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Probably after a watercolor drawing by Horace Walpole, which was copied from Rosalba and hung in the Library at Strawberry Hill., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 85 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Plate 4. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a shabby room in Drury Lane; Moll Hackabout is shown having risen late (the watch shows 11:45) and attended by a serving-woman who has lost part of her nose to syphilis; in the background, the magistrate, John Gonson, enters quietly with officers to arrest her; pinned to the window frame are prints of Captain Mackheath (the hero of "The Beggar's Opera") and Dr Sacheverell (the High Anglican clergyman impeached in 1710), the wig-box of James Dalton, highwayman, sits above the bed, and one of several beer tankards on the floor carries the name of a Drury Lane tavern. A kitten plays at Moll's feet. A copy of Bishop Gibson's "Pastoral Letter to ..." serves a butter dish. Above the window on the left is a print of after a Titian painting depicting the angel staying the hand of Abraham as he is about to slay Isaac. Medicine bottles on the window sill suggest that Molly is already ill with the disease that will later kill her
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Series title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., State with black Latin cross added in center below design (since state 2) and with many additions to design. See Paulson., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 31.9 x 39 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 4 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Plate 4. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a shabby room in Drury Lane; Moll Hackabout is shown having risen late (the watch shows 11:45) and attended by a serving-woman who has lost part of her nose to syphilis; in the background, the magistrate, John Gonson, enters quietly with officers to arrest her; pinned to the window frame are prints of Captain Mackheath (the hero of "The Beggar's Opera") and Dr Sacheverell (the High Anglican clergyman impeached in 1710), the wig-box of James Dalton, highwayman, sits above the bed, and one of several beer tankards on the floor carries the name of a Drury Lane tavern. A kitten plays at Moll's feet. A copy of Bishop Gibson's "Pastoral Letter to ..." serves a butter dish. Above the window on the left is a print of after a Titian painting depicting the angel staying the hand of Abraham as he is about to slay Isaac. Medicine bottles on the window sill suggest that Molly is already ill with the disease that will later kill her
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Series title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., and State with black Latin cross added in center below design (since state 2) and with many additions to design. See Paulson.
"A girl sitting on a chair with weary expression outside a cottage, her parents standing either side of her anxiously, a cat in the left foreground, the sea behind at left with a boat; oval design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
My faither urged me sair, my mither did nae speak ...
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Angelica's ladies library; or, Parents and guardians present. London : Printed for J. Hamilton and Co.; and Mrs. Harlow, 1794., Two lines of text below image: My faither urged me sair, my mither did nae speak, but she look'd in my face, till my heart was like to break. Auld Robin Gray., and Mounted on page 105 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 10, 1794, by W. Dickinson, No. 24 Old Bond Street
Volume 2, page 15. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 7. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A girl sitting on a chair with weary expression outside a cottage, her parents standing either side of her anxiously, a cat in the left foreground, the sea behind at left with a boat."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
My faither urg'd me sair, my mither did nae speak ...
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., State from: Baudi di Vesme, A. Francesco Bartolozzi., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Two lines of text below image: My faither urg'd me sair, my mither did nae speak, but she look'd in my face till my heart was like to break. Auld Robin Gray., Dedication etched above imprint statement: To Her Grace the Dutchess of Hamilton and Brandon, this print after an original drawing by H. Bunbury Esqr. is with the greatest respect dedicated by Her Graces most obedient humble servant, W. Dickinson., Mounted on page 7 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : stipple engraving and etching in sepia ink on laid paper ; circular image 30.0 cm, on sheet 41.1 x 36.3 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 10th, 1783, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
Volume 2, page 15. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 7. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A girl sitting on a chair with weary expression outside a cottage, her parents standing either side of her anxiously, a cat in the left foreground, the sea behind at left with a boat."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
My faither urg'd me sair, my mither did nae speak ...
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., State from: Baudi di Vesme, A. Francesco Bartolozzi., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Two lines of text below image: My faither urg'd me sair, my mither did nae speak, but she look'd in my face till my heart was like to break. Auld Robin Gray., Dedication etched above imprint statement: To Her Grace the Dutchess of Hamilton and Brandon, this print after an original drawing by H. Bunbury Esqr. is with the greatest respect dedicated by Her Graces most obedient humble servant, W. Dickinson., and Mounted on page 15 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 10th, 1783, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
