A gentleman wtih an angry, disappointed look on his face sits at a table in a coffeehouse filling his pipe with tobacco. On the table is a sugar bowl, a drinking glass, and a sugar basin. Below the design is engraved in two lines: You grumbled at the war; Here is a P-----ce for you, and be d----d to you
Description:
Title engraved above image., Attributed to Hogarth., Publisher identified from address: George Bickham., Two lines of text below image: You grumbled at the war; here is a p-----ce for you and be d----d to you., Earlier state, with different year in title and without the initial "B" forming a monogram with the "H" in printmaker's name, and without a third line in the caption below image. Cf. No. 3921 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Watermark: Strasburg lily (partially cut off at top) with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Sold in May's Buildings, according to act of Parliamt
Subject (Topic):
Coffeehouses, Complaining, Drinking vessels, and Pipes (Smoking)
publish'd according to act of Parliament, Septr. 15, 1762.
Call Number:
762.09.15.01.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Abstract:
"A broadside satirising Lord Bute's mission to Paris to arrange peace with France, disputed by two patrons of the fictitious "Bedford Coffee-House"; with an etching showing the interior of a coffee-house, two gentlemen seated at a table, on the table various newspapers and a tray with a hot chocolate pot, one gentleman pouring liquid from the cup into the saucer; with engraved inscriptions, speech bubbles, and with letterpress title and verses in two columns, and with one vertical segment of type ornament"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Letterpress broadside song, illustrated with etching at top of sheet (plate mark 155 x 200 mm)., A song with nine stanzas in two columns separated with decorative border: Good people attend (if you can but spare time), to a grumblig poet, who grumbles in rhyme ..., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
Sold by W. Tringham, engraver in Castle Alley, Royal Exchange, and at the print shop under St. Dunstan's Church ; and by all the print and pamphlet shops
Title etched in image., Caption below image, quote from Exodus 22d: And it came to pass when he came down from the mount, behold the skin of his face shone., and Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Mount Coffee House -- Hitching posts -- Allusion to the Carlton House set -- Quizzing glasses -- Expressions of speech: tol de rol de rol -- Male costume, 1791.
Publisher:
Pub. June 28, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Title from letterpress text below image., Broadside song illustrated with an engraving entitled: An honourable pea-ce, or a vigourous war., Below the text of the song: Sold by the author, opposite of the Union Coffee-House, in the Strand, near Temple-Bar, and by other print and pamphlet-sellers, &c., Temporary local subject terms: Old Bedford Head -- Emblems: Sawney McBoot for Lord Bute -- Food: mess of soup -- Peas porridge -- Attic salt -- Hollanders -- The Union -- French money -- English will., and Mounted to 43 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliamt
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Subject (Topic):
Treaty of Paris, Coffeehouses, Interiors, Kitchens, Taverns (Inns), and Signs (Notices)
Satire on Hogarth, being a rejoinder and parody of his print 'The Times plate 1': Showing a city scene
Alternative Title:
The times. Plate 2
Description:
Title etched below image. Plate number below verses., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Six lines of verse in two columns below title: If we're too scrupulously just, what profits in a place of trust ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Map of Newfoundland and Minorca, with signboards: The Cock-Pit -- Bourbon House -- The Patriot Arms -- Old England Coffee House --- Street vendors -- Newspapers: Monitor -- Briton -- Marrowbones and cleavers -- Constables -- Beadles -- Emblems: dove of peace.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Butchers, City council members, City & town life, Coffeehouses, Crowds, Law enforcement officers, Newspapers, Pillories, Street vendors, and Weather vanes
Title from item., Publication date from from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Twelve lines of verse in three columns below image: O Albion couldn't experience show, or wont your annals tell ..., Temporary local subject terms: The Cocoa Tree Coffee House -- Bedford Head Tavern -- Seven Years War: reference to Havana -- Bible: reference to the Song of Solomon, 2:5 -- Reference to Daniel 5:27 -- Literature: quotation from Congreve -- Quotation from Shakespeare -- Songs: reference to John Anderson my Jo -- Emblems: fleur-de-lis., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with unidentified initials below.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Page 243. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A dandy, with a large hat, walking stick (or bludgeon), and spurs on his boots, stands at the counter of a shop as he turns away from the pretty woman who awaits his order. Three other dandies sit at a table on the right sipping a drink (hot chocolate? or coffee service) and reading. Behind them through a large window is a view of the city
Description:
Title from item., Four columns of verse below image: My name's Tippy Bob with a watch in each fob ..., Numbered "276" beneath lower left corner of image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : mezzotint on wove paper ; sheet 35.2 x 25.4 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., and Tipped in at page 243 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
Publish'd 28th March 1792, by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Coffeehouses, Dandies, British, and Interiors
Page 243. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A dandy, with a large hat, walking stick (or bludgeon), and spurs on his boots, stands at the counter of a shop as he turns away from the pretty woman who awaits his order. Three other dandies sit at a table on the right sipping a drink (hot chocolate? or coffee service) and reading. Behind them through a large window is a view of the city
Description:
Title from item., Four columns of verse below image: My name's Tippy Bob with a watch in each fob ..., Numbered "276" beneath lower left corner of image., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd 28th March 1792, by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Coffeehouses, Dandies, British, and Interiors
Page 243. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A dandy, with a large hat, walking stick (or bludgeon), and spurs on his boots, stands at the counter of a shop as he turns away from the pretty woman who awaits his order. Three other dandies sit at a table on the right sipping a drink (hot chocolate? or coffee service) and reading. Behind them through a large window is a view of the city
Description:
Title from item., Four columns of verse below image: My name's Tippy Bob with a watch in each fob ..., Numbered "276" beneath lower left corner of image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and 1 print : mezzotint ; plate mark 35.1 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 36 x 26 cm, mounted to 37 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd 28th March 1792, by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Coffeehouses, Dandies, British, and Interiors
"A waiter and a hungry customer; an elderly man with dishevelled hair and a dog at his heels, bending forward to seize a mug from the waiter, said to be Daniel Button, who turns his head away; after a drawing formerly attributed to Hogarth."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, no. 1702., "Plate 1."--Upper right corner., Print is a reissue with plate number altered from "4" to "1"., and Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no. 1702.
