"Scene in an assembly room. A mountainously fat woman stands fanning herself, as she talks to a stout man in old-fashioned dress. She says: "Dear me it is perdigus Hot! which would you advise me to do take a Rubber or Dance." He answers: "Dance first! Madam, and take the Rubber afterwards." A fashionably dressed but vulgar-looking man stands by, looking quizzically at the lady. In the background (left) is a high musicians' gallery, and below it four people dance a (?) country dance. There is a cut-glass chandelier. Through an ornate arched doorway four people are seen playing cards."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Salutary conduct for corpulent dancers
Description:
Title etched below image., Argus is a pseudonym for Charles Williams., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., and Watermark: Cassell.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Obesity, Fans (Accessories), Dance, and Chandeliers
published as the act directs [...] [not before 25 June 1774]
Call Number:
774.06.25.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire; an extravagantly dressed woman catches a fashionable man by the arm as she points with her fan at a mezzotint droll in a print-shop window; a small dog looks up at her; an old gentleman with a stick standing on the right, stares at the prints and is surprised by a man with a warrant for his arrest."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to John Raphael Smith by Frankau., Later state, with plate number added. For an earlier state lacking plate number, see no. 3758 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Date of publication inferred from earlier state with the date "25 June 1774" at end of imprint; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.379., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge., Description based on imperfect impression; date at end of imprint statement has been erased from sheet., and Plate numbered "300" in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his map & print warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793.
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, City & town life, Clothing & dress, Stores & shops, Window displays, Dandies, British, Prints, Fans (Accessories), and Staffs (Sticks)
publish'd according to act of Parliament, Septr. 12th, 1745.
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Opposite page 1. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on fashion showing a crowd of people in St James's Park in front of Buckingham House. In the centre is a short, fat women wearing a large hooped skirt and saque, a lace cap and black lace mittens, and carrying a closed fan. On the left a young country gentleman, wearing a quilted waistcoat and holding a riding whip, is arm in arm with fashionably dressed man who seems to be showing him the promenade, they both wear breeches that end above the knee and high-heeled shoes with large tongues; the latter leers at a young woman, apparently a prostitute, wearing a straw hat with a soft brim who lifts her huge hooped skirt to reveal her ankle. She is walking with another young woman wearing a dark cloak with a hood; she wears a small cap and her hair is dressed in ringlets. In the centre, behind the fat woman, two men embrace, one of whom wears an eye patch. Another young woman, dressed in a similar fashion to the fat woman, stands to her right; behind her is another young woman wearing a hat with a very large brim. Next are two more young men,wearing large tricorne hats, tight coats the skirts of which open out in pleats below the waist, and high-heeled shoes one apparently pointing out matters of interest to the other who is possibly a young officer as he wears a sword and a cockade in his hat; his hair or wig is dressed in a large bag-wig. On the far right, a soldeir wearing large riding boots, walks away with a young woman wearing a laced hat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Probably a later state, with printseller's statement burnished from plate. For a variant state with "Sold by C. Moseley, engraver & printseller in Round Court in the Strand" following price statement, see No. 2774 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Price 6d."--Following imprint., 1 print : etching and engraving ; sheet 22.6 x 31.6 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge., On laid paper and mounted to 26 x 32 cm., and Mounted opposite page 1 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:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Saint James's Park (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Buckingham Palace (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Crowds, Fans (Accessories), Military uniforms, British, and Parks
publish'd according to act of Parliament, Septr. 12th, 1745.
Call Number:
745.09.12.01+
Collection Title:
Opposite page 1. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on fashion showing a crowd of people in St James's Park in front of Buckingham House. In the centre is a short, fat women wearing a large hooped skirt and saque, a lace cap and black lace mittens, and carrying a closed fan. On the left a young country gentleman, wearing a quilted waistcoat and holding a riding whip, is arm in arm with fashionably dressed man who seems to be showing him the promenade, they both wear breeches that end above the knee and high-heeled shoes with large tongues; the latter leers at a young woman, apparently a prostitute, wearing a straw hat with a soft brim who lifts her huge hooped skirt to reveal her ankle. She is walking with another young woman wearing a dark cloak with a hood; she wears a small cap and her hair is dressed in ringlets. In the centre, behind the fat woman, two men embrace, one of whom wears an eye patch. Another young woman, dressed in a similar fashion to the fat woman, stands to her right; behind her is another young woman wearing a hat with a very large brim. Next are two more young men,wearing large tricorne hats, tight coats the skirts of which open out in pleats below the waist, and high-heeled shoes one apparently pointing out matters of interest to the other who is possibly a young officer as he wears a sword and a cockade in his hat; his hair or wig is dressed in a large bag-wig. On the far right, a soldeir wearing large riding boots, walks away with a young woman wearing a laced hat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Probably a later state, with printseller's statement burnished from plate. For a variant state with "Sold by C. Moseley, engraver & printseller in Round Court in the Strand" following price statement, see No. 2774 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Price 6d."--Following imprint., Temporary local subject terms: Outdoor scenes., and Watermark: countermark IV.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Saint James's Park (London, England), and England
Subject (Name):
Buckingham Palace (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Fans (Accessories), Military uniforms, and British
Verse begins: "Good people now I pray give ear,"., In five columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; 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 63. 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:
Printed and sold at No. 4 Aldermary Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Ballads, English, Courtship, Lifestyle, Seduction, Man-woman relationships, Elopement, Pregnancy, Betrayal, Young men, Conduct of life, Young women, Couples, and Fans (Accessories)
Volume 2, after page 270. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man in riding dress stands on the right, bending forward to take the hand of a young woman on the left, who leans away from him. He wears spurred top-boots and holds a whip in his left hand; a long queue protrudes from under his hat. The woman has a tall coiffure and holds a fan in her right hand. Two bollards line the walkway they stand upon; the exterior wall of a building is seen behind the pair
Description:
Title etched below image., Imperfect; date at end of publisher's statement has been erased from sheet. Date of publication supplied by curator., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Window mounted to 22 x 14 cm., and Bound in after page 270 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Williams, R.F. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries. London : Colburn & Co., 1852.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
"A group of three half length figures. Two ladies of meretricious appearance seated at a tea-table, a man with a large Macaroni club of hair is handing one of them a cup of tea. One holds a fan and looks coyly towards the man, the other leans over her shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Hairstyles, Tea, Tea services, and Fans (Accessories)
Printmaker identified from the original drawing for this print in the Huntington Library collection. and Temporary local subject terms: Absentmindedness: walking into a pond -- Bridges: stiles.
Publisher:
Publish'd 10th Jany. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 and Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Fans (Accessories), Poultry, Umbrellas, and Walking
Text begins: There are five strange wonders in the world. To hear a lawyer tell truth, to see a prodigal turn thrifty ..., In three columns with the title and four woodcuts above all columns; the columns are not separated by rules; the imprint is at the foot of the third column, below a single rule., 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., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Where may be had, the greatest choice of histories, old and new ballads, patters, &c. better printed than at any other place., Mounted on leaf 44. 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.
