Text begins: "Young and old, rich and poor, male and female, to prepare for their latter end ..., Last line: Necessary for all Christian families who have the least regard for their future salvation to have in their houses., Three woodcuts depict personifications of death and the crucifixion of Jesus., Mounted on leaf 30. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Topic):
Death, Grim Reaper (Symbolic character)., Death (Personification)., Crucifixions, Skeletons, Spears, Hourglasses, and Scythes
An example of the extreme torture against Christians: a half-naked man, his left hand and left foot empaled on hooks is suspended by chains from a gallows
Alternative Title:
Inhuman and barbarous lingering torture, inflicted on an European, in Barbary
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from dealer's description., Numbered '19' in upper right corner from: The mariner's marvellous magazine, or, Wonders of the ocean; containing the most remarkable adventures and relations of mariners in various parts of the globe. [London] : Published by Thomas Tegg ..., 1809., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with slight loss of imprint.
"A clumsy lumbering diligence, with four horses, leaves the porte-cochère of an inn, part of whose ornate façade is on the left. The sign, 'Le Qoque [sic] en Pate', hangs from a wrought-iron bracket. Two postilions ride the near horses, flourishing their whips. The coach is full inside and out with typical French characters, humorously drawn, soldiers, monks, and women, with couples absorbed in conversation. An old couple beg from the passengers. A lean sow with small pigs scampers beside the coach. In the background (left) is the west end of a small church with a Calvary beside it at which nuns kneel in prayer; a group of monks approaches holding a cross. Down the hill leading from inn and church a post-chaise and pair and a post-boy on a horse are galloping, the latter wearing the huge 'milk-churn' boots which astonished visitors to France. A row of very ancient gabled houses forms part of the background, while on the extreme right is a large building of more recent date."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Paris diligence
Description:
Title from caption below item. and For a later state with imprint and plate number, see no. 11624 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Beggars, Carriages & coaches, Cities & town life, Christianity, Crucifixions, Signs (Notices), Taverns (Inns), Passengers, Pigs, and Stagecoaches
In the foreground a man is shown nailed to a cross (center) and another (right) is tied to a stake and being eaten by two wild beasts (lions?). In the distance a man is being burned at the stake on the outskirts of a camp with tents; on the left a man is tossed off a cliff by soldiers
Description:
Title, state, and date from Paulson., Print created for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. VI; see p. 64., On page 24 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 4.6 x 7.6 cm., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand: Precipitation, Crucifixion, Burning &c.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John
Subject (Topic):
Crucifixions, Executions, Military camps, Roman, Punishment & torture, and Soldiers
A traveling preacher stands before a crowd of citizens, vendors, and soldiers on a busy city street. He is pointing to a series of images of the crucifixion on the interior of the cover of his large traveling case; on the inside is what appears to be a statue of a martyr or Christ, hands bound, with two angels kneeling in prayer on either side. Signs in the form of playing cards hang from the eaves of the building. A woman in wooden shoes carries her wares (pears?) on a platform suspended round her waist
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Possibly by Charles Parrocel?, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Window mounted to 35 x 24 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Cobblestone streets, Crucifixions, Preaching, and Street vendors
