"Lady Cecilia Johnston (three-quarter length), seated in an armchair in profile to the left, leans forward to kiss the nose of a large goat which puts a hoof on her chest. Identified by Grego as Sir W. W. Wynn, but improbably."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
St. Cecilia charming the brute and Seduction of the Welch ambassador
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Day of publication in imprint seems to have been burnished from plate., and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. th [sic], 1792, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817 and Williams-Wynn, Watkin, 1772-1840
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Goats, Kissing, National emblems, and Welsh
Title ends without a mark of punctuation., Verse begins: "You pretty young maidens and batchelors swe"., In four columns with the title above the first two; imprint at foot of the fourth below a single rule; the columns are not separated by rules, Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Mounted on leaf 67. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Verse -- "Once I read a noble volume,"., In five columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first three; the columns are not separated by rules; there is no imprint., Divided into four parts; each part headed with a line reading "PART [roman numeral].", Column 2, line 1: "Prince and princess both admire"; column 4, last line: "Since he’s dead let us two die."; last line of text: "He is ace,borrinp royal sir,n." (apparently the last line dropped out and the types were replaced haphazardly)., Some letters of the title appear above the space between the woodcuts; in this printing, all or part of "Y[space]LO" are above the space. The right edge of the left woodcut aligns with the p in "princess" (column 2, line 1)., There are several printings from this setting of the text, with variations in several points: text of column 2/line 1, column 4/last line, and the last line of text; the presence or absence of part numbers; the alignment of the woodcuts with the title and text; and the presence or absence of an imprint., The other printings are ESTC N48661, T44329, N511125, N511126, and T44330., Dated from the address in the imprint found on one printing (ESTC T44330); see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Mounted on leaf 25. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
"Social satire; the image is divided into four parts, with speech below each: a soberly dressed man bows before a lady in a bonnet who stands in front of a work table, on which is a paper labelled "The Desponding Maid", and asks him haughtily what his business is; they both sit, the man with his hand on his heart, and a book entitled "agreable Surprise" on the table behind, the lady looking more interested and enquiring if that is really his business; the lady smiles as the man kneels to kiss her hand, saying he is very pleasing, and a paper on the table behind reads "The Conquring Hero"; they embrace, the man knocking his chair back, in front of a table with biscuits, two glasses and a bottle labelled "Parfait Amour"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Later printing. Date of printing based on watermark., Publisher's advertisement below lower right image: Folios of carracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Four designs on one plate, each individually captioned., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1822.
Publisher:
Pubd. Febr. 19th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville St.
"A large man accompanied by a violinist serenades an elderly lady who leans out of her window."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with printmaker Isaac Cruikshank's initials in lower right., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Published Octr. 11, 1802, by T. Williamson, N. 20 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Serenading, Musicians, Violins, Older people, and Obesity
From the left a well-dressed maiden pulls a length of twine from around the right stocking of a country boy who sleeps on a grassy bank under four large, leafy trees. The eight lines of Gay's poem Shepherd's week quoted on either side of the title describe her intention of joining the twine to her garter to form "a true loves knot."
Alternative Title:
Hobnelia
Description:
Title from item., Publication date following the phrase "Publish'd as the Act directs" has been burnished from plate., Numbered '506' in lower left of plate., Dated tentatively from plate number. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, Appendix, p. 786-7: Key to the dates of the series of mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles., and Four lines in two columns on either side of the title: As Lubberkin once slept beneath a tree ... from the favourite Pastoral of Gay's Shepherd's work.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Temple wedding, Tempele wedding, and Love at first sight
Description:
Verse begins: "In London fair city a young man and a maid,"., In three columns with the title and three woodcuts above the first two; imprint at the foot of the third column, below a single rule; the columns are not separated by rules., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Mounted on leaf 53. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at No. 4 Aldermary Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English, Courtship, Marriage, Household employees, Merchants, Husband and wife, and Man-woman relationships
A stout soldier stands with his hand on his heart on the sidewalk below the window smiling at four young women with large noses who look down at him longingly
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Eight lines of verse pasted on sheet: No beau will be seen in our companydo all that we possibly can ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
