Title from text below image, in lower right corner., Publication date from unverified data in local card catalog record., In lower left corner: S. Sly & Co., and Mounted to: 31 x 24 cm.
Title etched below image., Print signed using an imitation of William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Copy of a print by William Heath that was published by T. McLean in April 1829. See no. 15732 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 11., and Matted to: 45 x 32 cm.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[April 1790]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 14 Box D175
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A pretty, well-dressed girl steps into a hackney coach from the left while the coachman in blue coat doffs his hat. He stands facing left by the door and on the extreme left stands the girl's mother wearing a huge hat and carrying a muff. Ms. inscription below title: "This is the most fashionable coach on the stand says a pretty young lady stepping into me with all the hilarity of soul that distinguishes the cheerful children of prosperity; after whom followed an elderly lady her mother." (Vid. Adventures of a hackney coach).
Description:
Title inscribed below image in black ink in the artist's hand., Signed and dated by the artist around perimeter of the design., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, and Passengers
In front of Humphrey's print shop window, a man sits on the pavement, having fallen backwards; his legs are splayed up, his wig is falling off, and coins spill from his pockets. The man's predicament is unobserved by four men studying the Gillray prints displayed in the shop window, each identifiable: a gentleman with a quizzing glass held to his eye; a military officer; a coachman; and a young dustman carrying a pair of skates under his arm, his nose eaten away by syphilis. From the cobblestone street a dog looks at the man. Through the shop door, two men, one an obese cleric, are shown examining a print
Alternative Title:
St. James's Street
Description:
Title etched below image., One of a set of seven weather-themed prints with the same signature and imprint, all etched by Gillray from drawings by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Clergy, Coach drivers, Falling, Merchandise displays, Military officers, British, Older people, People associated with commercial & service activities, Prints, Syphilis, Stores & shops, Thermometers, Weather, Window displays, and Printing industry
Leaf 12. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"On the Pont Neuf in Paris, various street-traders advertise their business, including a chocolate seller and a lemonade seller on the left, and a shoe-black and a barber on the right, houses and churches in the background; a reversed copy of the larger plate."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Where may be had all the works of Mr. Bunbury &c., Plate numbered "I" in upper right corner., For later state with additional plate numbering, see no. 4918 in the the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Temporary local subject terms: Signboards -- French lemonade merchants -- Lemonade tanks -- Paris skyline from the Pont Neuf -- French poodles -- Sentries -- Parasols -- French portresses -- French shoeblacks -- Trades: Seller of chocolate -- Basket containing cups -- Pot for 'milling' chocolate., and Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily with initials G.R. below.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act of Parlt. by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Pont-Neuf (Paris, France)
Subject (Topic):
Bridges, Signs (Notices), Street vendors, Muffs, Dogs, Umbrellas, Whips, Coach drivers, Guards, Lawyers, Barbers, Wigs, and Bells
Leaf 12. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"On the Pont Neuf in Paris, various street-traders advertise their business, including a chocolate seller and a lemonade seller on the left, and a shoe-black and a barber on the right, houses and churches in the background; a reversed copy of the larger plate."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Where may be had all the works of Mr. Bunbury &c., Plate numbered "I" in upper right corner., For later state with additional plate numbering, see no. 4918 in the the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Temporary local subject terms: Signboards -- French lemonade merchants -- Lemonade tanks -- Paris skyline from the Pont Neuf -- French poodles -- Sentries -- Parasols -- French portresses -- French shoeblacks -- Trades: Seller of chocolate -- Basket containing cups -- Pot for 'milling' chocolate., On leaf 12., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 25.4 x 35.8 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act of Parlt. by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Pont-Neuf (Paris, France)
Subject (Topic):
Bridges, Signs (Notices), Street vendors, Muffs, Dogs, Umbrellas, Whips, Coach drivers, Guards, Lawyers, Barbers, Wigs, and Bells
Volume 1, page 8. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A French postillion, wearing huge boots, gestures with his arms outspread to the right
Description:
Title and date from those supplied in the British Museum catalog for the print made after this drawing., Attribution to Bunbury based on inclusion of the drawing in a volume of the artist's work., Mounted with one other drawing on page 8 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and Original design for no. 4746 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Volume 1, page 10a. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A French postillion, wearing huge boots, gestures with his arms outspread to the right
Description:
Title and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue. and Later state, with drypoint additions to design. For an earlier state, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 75 B87 770.
Volume 1, page 10a. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A French postillion, wearing huge boots, gestures with his arms outspread to the right
Description:
Title and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Later state, with drypoint additions to design. For an earlier state, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 75 B87 770., Mounted on page 10a in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 12.3 x 8.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
