Depiction of four tear-shaped vessels, one at each corner of the plate, with a shorter cup-shaped vessel in the middle. These vessels were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Text "e vitro" is etched twice at the bottom of the plate, once below the vessel in the lower left and once below the vessel in the lower right., "Tab. VI"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 33 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 23.7 x 18.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Classical antiquities, Containers, Glassware, and Pottery
"Lady Charlotte Gordon and Col. Lennox leap over a broom which lies on the floor; she holds him by the left wrist and points towards a nuptial bed decorated with a coat of arms (that of the Duke of Gordon, freely sketched) and ducal coronet. The Duchess of Gordon (right) sits in profile to the left playing bagpipes and looking at the couple with a satisfied smile. Behind her chair is a bottle, inscribed 'Scotch Pint', and a wine-glass. Lennox wears regimentals and a hat, his right arm is held up as if dancing a Scots reel; a pair of pistols (an allusion to his duel with the Duke of York, see BMSat 7531, &c.) protrudes from his pocket. Lady Charlotte wears a large feathered hat. It is clear from her attitude and the expression of the Duchess that the bridegroom, though willing, has not taken the initiative."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to either Henry Wigstead or William Holland in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement below title: "In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humourous prints. Admitance [sic] One Shilling.", and Watermark: armorial shield with fleur-de-lis above and initials CS below.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1764-1819, Richmond and Lennox, Charlotte, Duchess of, 1768-1842, and Gordon, Jane Maxwell Gordon, Duchess of, d. 1812
Subject (Topic):
Dueling, Bagpipes, Bed, Bedrooms, Brooms, Glassware, Handguns, Military uniforms, British, and Musical instruments
"Two men sit beside a blazing fire in a well-furnished room, overcome by drink, and fast asleep. One, a stout officer in regimentals, wearing a cocked hat, seated in an arm-chair (right), has thrust his wooden leg into the fire, where it is burning. The ashes of his pipe fall on to the tail of a dog asleep under his chair. His companion sits (left) supporting his head on his elbow, which rests on a round table on which are a punchbowl, glasses, and a candle, in which his wig is burning. On the wall (left) is a framed plan of fortifications."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Bon companions
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker identified by the repository based on the original drawing in the Huntington Library., One of a series of 'Drolls.', and Watermark (partial): fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
Published Septr. 15th, 1790, by Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
"A Welshman shown half-length seated looking towards the viewer, with left elbow on a table beside pipe, glass and carafe to right, pointing at his goat whose head appears to left, wearing plain coat over pale waist-coat, short powdered wig and broad brimmed hat to which a leek has been strapped."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Welch-man and his goat and Welshman and his goat
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark with loss of imprint., Purchased from British Museum in 2010. Cf. British Museum number 2010,7081.2185., No. 16 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Pictures amplifying subject: painting of a church -- Slang: crow & pigeon -- Placards., and Printmaker's name in lower left of image partially erased from plate. Possibly a restrike.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 1, 1799, by Hixon, engraver, printer & printseller, No. 355, near Exeter-change, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Cats, Clergy, Dogs, Firearms, Glassware, Interiors, Pipes (Smoking), Pitchers, Religious dwellings, Servants, Tithes, Wine, and Wine cellars
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Oxford chambers -- Oxford scholars -- Furniture: armchairs -- Screen -- Books -- Literature: Ovid's Art of Love -- Viola -- University education -- Slang: rook & gull., and Watermark: E & P.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 1, 1799, by Hixon, engraver, printer & printseller, No. 355, near Exeter-change, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Fireplaces, Glassware, Interiors, Musical instruments, and Wine
A young barmaid wearing a frilly dormeuse cap and a neckerchief with a breast knot, attends to a group of male customers gathered around the bar. An elderly military officer wearing a saber leans on the bar spooning custard from a glass, while three young men on his left ogle the barmaid. Two other men occupy the right side of the bar, and two dogs the center foreground, a poodle jumping up at the bar, and a pug urinating on a copy of "The Gazette extraordinary" which lies on the floor. Other newspapers are in the hands of the customers, the "Ledger" and the "Morning post". Bottles, glasses and bowls are arranged on shelves behind the girl
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue, Numbered '384' in lower left of plate., and Publication date erased from this impression.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Topic):
Bartenders, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, Newspapers, Taverns (Inns), Interiors, Glassware, Bars (Furniture)., Shelving, Hats, and Dogs
"A fat vicar with pipe and glass standing in a doorway, regarding a nervous thin clerk, who holds another glass and a lantern; scene illustrating the tale of 'the vicar and Moses', in which the clerk came to fetch the vicar to bury an infant but stayed to drink with him till past midnight, when both staggered out to go to the church; verses to the song below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Numbered '(Plate I)' in lower right below image., First of two plates illustrating a popular song under the same title., Thirty-two lines of verse (first half of the song) printed in two columns below title: At the sign of the horse, old Spintext of course, ..., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published July 17th, 1795, by I. Coard, No. 11 Lisson Street, Edgware Road
"A companion print to BMSat 7797. Three stout and elderly men sit at a small round table in a small enclosure immediately outside a house (right), and bounded by a high wall with a spiked gate. One (left) sleeps, his hat and wig on the ground beside him, the other two are smoking and are about to drink a toast, as is a man who stands (right) supported on a stick. A fifth man (left) walks off in back view."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures &c. Admittance 1 shill., and Companion print to: Dry souls.
Publisher:
Pub. Dec. 20, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Title and date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from other prints in series., Originally published in Le Charivari, 12 March 1843., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Hydrotherapy, Sick persons, Water, Bucket brigades, Servants, and Glassware
