"View of Battersea, looking across the River Thames; a church in centre of view flying a flag, the river busy with barges and other boats; figures on river bank including a man fishing, a tall tree to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Veüe de Battersea au nord
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, map & printseller near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Battersea (London, England), Thames River (England), England, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Rivers, Churches, Flags, Barges, Sailboats, and Rowboats
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Fredrik I, King of Sweden, 1676-1751, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Klemens August, of Bavaria, 1700-1761, Sussex, George Augustus Yelverton, Earl of, 1727-1758, and Cathcart, Charles Schaw Cathcart, Lord, 1721-1776
Subject (Topic):
Flags, Musical instruments, National emblems, Hanoverian, and Wheelbarrows
publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 28th 1750.
Call Number:
750.03.28.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A tall soldier with a pike in his right hand, holds in his left one the leading strings of a child officer. The officer, moving with an awkward gate, is trying to balance on his thigh a pole of an enormous British flag. His oversized sword dangles bel...
Alternative Title:
Modern officer
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Army.
Subject (Topic):
Nepotism, Corruption, Military uniforms, Flags, and British
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley" with an arrangement of Scottish and English weapons (swords, musket, canon, halberd, pickaxe, scimitar, pistol, broad-sward, haversadk, Lochaber axe, etc.), musical instruments (trumpet, drum, kettledrum...
Alternative Title:
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley"
Description:
Title, printmaker, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley" with an arrangement of Scottish and English weapons (swords, musket, canon, halberd, pickaxe, scimitar, pistol, broad-sward, haversadk, Lochaber axe, etc.), musical instruments (trumpet, drum, kettledrum...
Alternative Title:
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley"
Description:
Title, printmaker, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley" with an arrangement of Scottish and English weapons (swords, musket, canon, halberd, pickaxe, scimitar, pistol, broad-sward, haversadk, Lochaber axe, etc.), musical instruments (trumpet, drum, kettledrum...
Alternative Title:
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley"
Description:
Title, printmaker, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley" with an arrangement of Scottish and English weapons (swords, musket, canon, halberd, pickaxe, scimitar, pistol, broad-sward, haversadk, Lochaber axe, etc.), musical instruments (trumpet, drum, kettledrum...
Alternative Title:
Subscription ticket for the "March to Finchley"
Description:
Title, printmaker, publisher, and date from Paulson.
"Satire on the ineffective conduct of the Seven Years' War. The British lion has lost a foot labelled 'Minorca' and the French cock is tearing up the Union flag; two Frenchman discuss their aim to acquire British colonies in North America as well. The...
Alternative Title:
Voice of the public for an enquiry into the loss of Minorca ... and English Lion dismembered
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757
Subject (Topic):
Flags, British, Lions, Military uniforms, and Roosters
Britanias pocket pickd by mercenaries, Britanias pocket picked by mercenaries, and Britannia's pocket picked by mercenaries
Description:
Titles etched below each image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Byng, John, 1704-1757, and Mingotti, Regina, 1722-1808.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Ammunition, Barrels, Cannons, Crowns, Eagles, Eclipses, Flags, British, Mercenaries (Soldiers), Musical instruments, National emblems, French, German, and Scepters