The interior of the 'Cave of Despair', with demons put to flight by a ray of divine light from the letters 'I A H' in a triangle in the upper left corner of the design. Three wizards (right) in monkish robes tend a boiling cauldron inscribed: 'Eye of ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd February 1st, 1799, for the Anti Jacobin Review, by T. Whittle, Peterborough Court, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Voltaire, 1694-1778, Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794, Price, Richard, 1723-1791, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802, Thelwall, John, 1764-1834, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
Subject (Topic):
Caves, Devil, Demons, Monkeys, Monsters, Vice, and Wizards
The interior of the 'Cave of Despair', with demons put to flight by a ray of divine light from the letters 'I A H' in a triangle in the upper left corner of the design. Three wizards (right) in monkish robes tend a boiling cauldron inscribed: 'Eye of ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd February 1st, 1799, for the Anti Jacobin Review, by T. Whittle, Peterborough Court, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Voltaire, 1694-1778, Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794, Price, Richard, 1723-1791, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802, Thelwall, John, 1764-1834, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
Subject (Topic):
Caves, Devil, Demons, Monkeys, Monsters, Vice, and Wizards
"Cave entrance ̶ either Jin Fu San or Omei [Emei], probably latter 'Stone Cow Cave'." A natural vaulted ceiling of rock is shown outside a cave entrance in a mountain.
"Scene in a brigand's cave, lit by hanging lamps. A handsome young hussar officer seated on a stool beside a rough table drinks, facing two theatrical-looking Spanish ruffians, who toast him, looking over his head at a third man who raises a dagger to...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Spain.
Subject (Topic):
Caves, Criminals, Daggers & swords, Soldiers, and Hungarian
Whitby, Mary Anne Theresa, 1783-1850, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1829]
Call Number:
829.00.00.116
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Interior view of Neptune's Grotto, the stalactite cave near Alghero on Sardinia that was discovered by fisherman in the eighteenth century and became a popular tourist site
Pubd. 17 Nov. 1770, by I. Strutt, Little Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, E. Burns, No. 54, Tottenham Court Road, and E. Newberry, corner of St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Harlequin (Fictitious character), Naval warfare, and Caves
A group of men explore a cave Peak Cavern (in the heart of the Derbyshire Dales), some with candles in their hats, most with candles in the hands. One holds a quizzing glass to his eye as he looks up at the ceiling of the cave. They stand on the edge...
A line of men cross an underground river in Peak Cavern (in the heart of the Derbyshire Dales). Some of the men are riding on the backs of their companions while others lead the way holding lit candles in their hands or wearing them in their hats. Sta...
"An ancient Gothic church in the middle distance stands on a grassy hill inscribed 'Protestant Ascendency'; under the hill (left) is a cave, 'Cave of Catholic Ascendency', in which are barrels of 'Gun . Pow[der]'. A fat bare-footed friar walks away fr...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. March 19, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),, Leo XII, Pope, 1760-1829., Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Mackintosh, James, Sir, 1765-1832, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847, and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Catholic emancipation, Churches, Caves, Crowds, Monks, and Vandalism
Two men both with lit candles on their hats and candles in their hands look anxiously around as the walk through a cave, presumably Peak Cavern (also know as the Devil's Arse).
George IV is shown as a grotesque sea monster, for which the following description is given below image: "He is of immence size, his head and face bear the appearance of a man, he has the neck of a bull, the body of a huge sea hog, the legs of an elep...
Alternative Title:
Abyssinian monster, or, The invisible being drawn from his den and Invisible being drawn from his den
Description:
Title etched at top of image.
Publisher:
Published by J. Dawson, Camden Town
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Sea monsters, Lawyers, Ships, Brooms, Caves, Frogs, and Clergy
"Despair, an old man, sits in ragged clothing on the ground with instruments of suicide at his left hand, the corpse of Sir Terwin beside him and a skeleton on the rocks behind; to the left the Red Cross Knight holds a dagger to his own neck as Una ru...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published June 1st, 1775, by John Boydell Engraver, Cheapside, London
Small groups of men, some holdling candles, stand at the base of a cave looking up at stalactites. An opening at the top allows another group of tourists to look down into the cave, Peak Cavern (in the heart of the Derbyshire Dales). The group inside ...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Published by Allen & Co., 15 Paternoster Row
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Caving, Spelunkers, Caves, Rivers, Sightseers, and Stalactites & stalagmites
A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto: Isabella standing at left in front of the mouth of a cave, her left hand held out in front of her and her right hand at her breast. On the ground in front of her lies a knight in armor ...
A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the character Theodore depicted full-length on the right, wearing armor and holding a shield in his left arm, facing left and holding a sword out in front of him. He stands beside ...
