Two London lawyers quizzing a clever countryman tipping his hat off of his head and holding a riding whip
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Possible preparatory drawing for a print published under the tile 'Lawyers and countryman' by Laurie & Whittle in 1797., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title and date supplied by curator., In pencil lower right margin: Louis Legrand., Place of publication derived from artist's place of residence., Ninth state of ten., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Topic):
Jesus Christ, Family, Country life, Families, Children, Mothers, Carpenters, Lumber, and Horses
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 50 Box D215
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Six sketches arranged across two rows depicting rotund red-faced countrymen riding horses poorly or in various states of humorous accidents. Captions include: How to be obstinate; The most approved method of sliding; How to stick in a ditch; How to prevent being run away with; A Cheshire kick; How to slip from your saddle with ease to yourself and horse
Description:
Title and date devised by cataloger. and Sheet trimmed cropping artist's signature and title.
Subject (Topic):
Horses, Horseback riding, Accidents, and Country life
Nugent, Thomas, active 18th century, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1800]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Esther Jane Sheridan with her son Charles on her back, as a rustic figure carrying a jug towards a stream at right, donkeys in surrounding landscape."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Sheridan and son
Description:
Title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statement of responsibility on lettered state: Painted by J. Hoppner R.A. ; engraved by T. Nugent., State before any lettering. For a later state with the imprint "London, Published April 2, 1800, by T. Nugent, No. 21 Charles Street, Middlesex Hospital," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1871,1209.321., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Bound in as frontispiece (opposite title page) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and With title "Hester Jane, Second Wife of R.B. Sheridan" and artist statement "John Hoppner pinxt." added in pencil in lower margin, in a later hand. Printmaker's name "Nugent" written beneath image in lower right, in a contemporary hand.
Publisher:
T. Nugent
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Hester Jane, 1776-1817, and Sheridan, Charles Brinsley, 1796-1843,
Subject (Topic):
Country life, Donkeys, Pitchers, Mothers, and Children
Volume 2, page 12. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
From an original drawing by Isaac Ostade
Description:
Title devised by curator., Mounted on page 12 in volume 2 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality., and Pasted beneath print is a strip of paper, likely trimmed from the verso of the same sheet, which bears a note in the printmaker's hand: The drawing with a pen by I. Ostade in possion. of J.T.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Netherlands.
Subject (Topic):
Country life, Interiors, Fireplaces, Barrels, Pitchers, Cats, Violins, Brooms & brushes, and Hygiene
Volume 2, page 3. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
In the collection of James Harris Esqr
Description:
Title devised by curator., Mounted on page 3 in volume 2 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality., and Pasted beneath print is a strip of paper, likely trimmed from the verso of the same sheet, which bears a note in the printmaker's hand: The drawing with a pen and [...?], by A. Ostade in possion. of Mr. Harris.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Netherlands.
Subject (Topic):
Country life, Interiors, Fireplaces, Barrels, and Hygiene
Four pastoral figures. A man holding a tool stands next to a woman carrying a sieve. She is looking at a woman and a child sitting down
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Signed in lower right: DB., Lady Diana Beauclerk, English artist, 1734-1808., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title supplied by curator., Date derived by curator from date of original work., Place of publication derived from printmaker's place of residence., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Stamp verso.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medicine shows, Country life, Children, Spectators, and Patent medicines
Title supplied by curator., From: The Costume of Yorkshire, London: T. Bensley, 1814., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Title devised by curator., Signed and dated in ink on verso., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
