In a country setting with cows and a windmill in the background, a young milkmaid sits on a bench under an oak tree, receiving a ribbon from a young sailor seated beside her. Another young girl looks on from behind, while the milkmaid's country suitor...
Alternative Title:
Jealous clown
Description:
Date surmised from British Museum catalogue, v. 5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles."
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his map & print warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, Sailors, Hats, Couples, Windmills, Dairy farming, Cows, and Dogs
A widow with her gouty foot elevated, sits on a stool in front of her cottage, as her daughter wipes away a tear in the doorway. A tax collector with a book under his arm examines the widow's possessions, which are strewn about the ground in front of ...
Alternative Title:
Widow Costard's cow and goods distrained for taxes
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett ... No. 53 Fleet Street ...
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Widows, Cows, Farmhouses, Tax payers, Country life, and Clothing & dress
"A cow representing the commerce of Great Britain stands passively on the sea-shore while an American with a feathered cap saws off her horns; one horn lies on the ground. A Dutchman milks the cow ... France, a foppishly-dressed Frenchman, and Spain, ...
Description:
Title and date from British Museum catalogue no. 5472.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Great Britain., Great Britain, and America.
Subject (Name):
Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799. and Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814.
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, Commerce, Colonies, National characteristics, French, National characteristics, Spanish, National characteristics, Dutch, Milking, Cows, Lions, and Sleeping
"Ritson stands at a desk in profile to the Ieft, writing in a large book, both pages headed 'Common Place'. His finger- and toe-nails are talons; he dips his pen in an ink-stand inscribed 'Gall', and has written: 'Moses an Impostor the prophets old Cl...
Alternative Title:
Impiger iracundus, inexorabilis acer
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Published by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Ritson, Joseph, 1752-1803
Subject (Topic):
Desks, Writing materials, Books, Vegetables, Cows, Cats, Rats, Frogs, Vegetarians, and British
"Ritson stands at a desk in profile to the Ieft, writing in a large book, both pages headed 'Common Place'. His finger- and toe-nails are talons; he dips his pen in an ink-stand inscribed 'Gall', and has written: 'Moses an Impostor the prophets old Cl...
Alternative Title:
Impiger iracundus, inexorabilis acer
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Published by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Ritson, Joseph, 1752-1803
Subject (Topic):
Desks, Writing materials, Books, Vegetables, Cows, Cats, Rats, Frogs, Vegetarians, and British
"Ritson stands at a desk in profile to the Ieft, writing in a large book, both pages headed 'Common Place'. His finger- and toe-nails are talons; he dips his pen in an ink-stand inscribed 'Gall', and has written: 'Moses an Impostor the prophets old Cl...
Alternative Title:
Impiger iracundus, inexorabilis acer
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Published by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Ritson, Joseph, 1752-1803
Subject (Topic):
Desks, Writing materials, Books, Vegetables, Cows, Cats, Rats, Frogs, Vegetarians, and British
"Landscape with figures binding a bundle of wood at right, cattle and sheep resting at left, hills beyond."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1878,0713.2234
Alternative Title:
From an original, late in the collection of Charles Frederick Abel Esqr
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 21, 1789 by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market
