"Interior, the Prince of Wales standing to left wearing chain and badge of the garter, right hand poised to put the ring on the finger of Princess Caroline Amelia, who kneels with hands crossed over her breast to right, a minister blessing them to right, an open book on a cushion in front of him, George III and Queen Charlotte seated in the background to left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Second state, with the Prince's fob added. For descriptions of the states as recorded in the Lennox-Boyd database, see Curator's comments for British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.1947., and Companion print to: The first interview of the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 16th, 1795, by John Fairburn, No. 146, Minories, London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830,, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821,, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820,, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818,, and Moore, John, 1730-1805,
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Chapels, Marriage, Weddings, Bishops, and Clergy
Title etched below image., Four lines of verse below title: When Hymen joins the lover and the fair, Love spreads his guarding pinions o'er the pair ..., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Marriage & married life.
Publisher:
Pub. March 18, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Pitt and Fox stand square-off, fists raised in the House of Commons at the height of the Regency Crisis, just before the passage of the Regency Bill, 1789
Alternative Title:
Humphreys & Mendoza fighting for a crown and Humphreys and Mendoza fighting for a crown
Description:
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., Mounted to 27 x 38 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub'd by W. Dent December 22 1788 and Sold by W. Moore, Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Humphries, Richard, d. 1827, Mendoza, Daniel, 1764-1836, and Great Britain. House of Commons,
Lady with elaborate headdress sitting in chair in front of a sofa holds an open book (The whole duty of man) in her left hand and pulls up her skirts with the right, while a kneeling man in a pigtail wig and wearing a sword examines her left foot as it rests on a footstool. In his right hand he holds her shoe, his tools on the floor next to him, his hat behind
Description:
Title from item., Imperfect; trimmed within plate mark at top edge., and First (?) state of no. 4638 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. June 1 by M Darly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Foot, Care and hygiene, Couples, Wigs, Clothing & dress, Interiors, Feet, Sofas, and Hairstyles
Title from item., Printmaker and artist from the first state., Reissue in the Carlton House magazine, Oct. 1794, of the left half of the plate of Peace!!! originally published in the Attic miscellany, v. ii, p. 101., Later state of No. 7684 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Temporary local subject terms: Treaties: convention with Spain, 28 October 1790 -- Military uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Pictures amplifying subject: playbill for Much Ado About Nothing and Provocation -- Pictures amplifying subjects: torn portrait of William Pitt.
Title from caption etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: The batchelor by William Congreve., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Window mounted to 29 x 23 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Basins (Containers)., Bedrooms, Chairs, Clothes chests, Gout, Interiors, Medical equipment & supplies, Men, Older people, Pitchers, and Women domestics
Heading to verses printed in two columns. After the title: 'An Original Tale, recited by Mr. Fawcett, at Covent-Garden Theatre'. A farmer in top-boots stands at the head of his dinner-table, about to hurl a large cheese; other cheeses fly about the room, and have broken plates and a window-pane. Six alarmed guests sit at the table. The farmer's wife sits opposite him. The verses relate the tale of a loutish and hen-pecked husband who gives an exhibition of his domestic authority to impress his guests, but is finally quelled by his wife
Description:
Title from item., After an original drawing by Isaac Cruikshank in the Huntington Library., Title continues below plate in letterpress: An original tale recited by Mr. Fawcett at Covent-Garden Theatre., Text of the tale in two columns: Young Slouch, the farmer, had a jolly wife, that knew all the conveniences of life ..., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials GR below.
Publisher:
Published 1st February 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., Publication date inferred from that of the large original from which this copy was made., and Temporary local subject terms: Huntsmen -- Female dress: stays.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
On the right a balding man sits at a well-laid table opposite a parson. The bald man has his arm around the waist of a pretty young woman who stands to his right with her one hand on his head. The parson toastst the couple. A dog sits on the floor near the table on the left. In the background are two pictures that amplify the subject of the print: above the hearth is a picture of a horse, and on the wall to the left (beside a ornate mirror) is a portrait of a bald man in an oval frame
Description:
Title engraved below image., Four lines of verse in two columns on each side of title: If I live to grow old, for I find I go down. ... And a clearly young girl to rub my bald pate', and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 26th, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Just inside the open door on the left a man in military coat, with sword in hand angrily confronts an old bewigged man who rests on one knee near a small table and holds a paper inscribed "Wm. Day bond 100". Another man restrains the first, while two women occupy the background, one, probably a servant, holding a pocket watch
Alternative Title:
Bond canceled
Description:
Title from item., At top of plate: London Mage. June 1775., and Probably from the London Magazine.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Topic):
Usury, Clothing & dress, Interiors, and Hairstyles
