The third print in the series "Four Times of the Day" is set at Sadler's Wells. "A dyer and his wife walking with their dog beside the New River; the wife holds a fan with a design of Aphrodite and Adonis, the husband carries a small child, a somewhat older boy stands behind them in tears because his sister is demanding the gingerbread figure he holds; behind them is a young woman holding a shoe and a cow being milked by another woman; to the right is a tavern with the sign of Sir Hugh Middleton's Head, two women and a man are in the tavern garden, other figures are visible through the window, and a grape vine is climbing up towards the roof."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State and series from Paulson. Third print in a series: Four times a day and Strolling actresses dressing in a barn., "Price 5 shillings"--Following printmaker's name., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., This impression, face and chest of woman is printed in reddish ink; the man's hands printed in blue., and On page 92 in volume 1. Sheet 488 x 393 mm.
Two nude children joining hands in front of a pillar, and holding up an oval reading Ex Libris. Above them is a large open book. Bookmarks on either side of the book show the bookplate's title text.
Surrounding the title text are a series of pictures—starting from the top left are the tablets featuring the ten commandments; then a large scallop shell alongside a few other snail shells on a beach; followed by a caduceus in the upper right-hand corner. Below is a drawing depicting Moses amongst the bulrushes.
A scene of a boy and a girl on a stone wall in front of a blossoming tree. In the upper right hand corner there is an image of a building with a steeple and two towers.
Subject (Name):
Jackson, Edith Banfield, 1895-1977
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, Children, Medical libraries, Nature, Physicians, Physicists, and Yale Medical Library
A naked child stands to the left of a large fountain catching water in his hand as it streams downward. On the right-hand side is a robed elderly man with a cane leaning over the fountain. At the top center of the fountain is a caduceus.
Subject (Name):
Backer, Marcus, 1896-
Subject (Topic):
Caduceus, Children, Fountains, Physicians, and Radiologists
Two babies, a male and female, each with a hand wrapped around a caduceus, bearing a banner with Dr. Samuel's name above. Below is a cartoon heart with a pair of forceps and a syringe within.
Subject (Name):
Radbill, Samuel X., 1901-1987
Subject (Topic):
Bookplate collectors, Children, Medical colleges, Pediatricians, and Physicians
Printed in red ink against a graphed background. At center is a small male child wearing a button-down shirt. Surrounding him are the attributes of a growing child, beginning with a pacifier and a rattle, then some toys, and then the books and educational materials of a student. Below is the motto Treball constància i rectitud.
