"Copy in reverse of the first state of Plate 4 of Hogarth's 'The Rake's Progress' (Paulson 135): In this scene two baliffs, one with an arrest notice in his hand, have stopped Tom Rakewell's sedan chair in St. James's Street; Tom is presumably on his ...
Alternative Title:
[Rake's progress]. Plate 4 and Tho' prest with Debts, [the] Beau maintain's his state, ...
Description:
Title from Paulson.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Bailiffs, Dogs, Children, Lamps, Lust, Seduction, Sedan chairs, Seamstresses, Street vendors, Young adults, Ethics, Rake's progress, and Traffic congestion
A coat of arms with a widely woven pattern behind a large band placed at the center. The crest is surrounded by mantling, and a right-handed arm clad in armor holds a sword aloft. Towards the bottom, amidst the mantling, is a knight's helmet to the le...
Advertisement for lamplighter John Clark, seller of lamps and services related to their use, decorated with images of lamplighters at work, climbing ladders to light the lamps on either side of the text
Alternative Title:
John Clark, lamplighter in Denmark Street, near St. Giles's Church, in the Fields
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Street lighting, Lamps, Lampposts, Ladders, and Oil cans
Ornate scrolls surround this rectangular bookplate. At the top is a seal containing two women leaning on a shield with a ribbon saying Philadelphia Maneto. Under the seal: "Instituted 1849". Below there is a caduceus on either side of the word "Librar...
Four funerary lamps (numbered "I" to "IV"), two rings (each numbered "V"), and an earring (numbered "VI"). These original objects on which these images are based were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold t...
Four funerary lamps (numbered "I" to "IV"), two rings (each numbered "V"), and an earring (numbered "VI"). These original objects on which these images are based were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold t...
"Trade card for Thomas Sandby, junior; the daughter of Dibutades embracing her lover and outlining his shadow on the wall, while he holds a lamp on left; within oval on pedestal."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mr. Sandby Junior
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 1st, 1791 by T. Sandby, St. Georges Row, London
"Pitt, thickly coated with feathers, stands terrified between Sheridan and Fox. Only his face, hands, and (bare) feet are uncovered. He turns his head in profile to the right towards Fox, clasping his hands. Fox, much caricatured, and grinning broadly...
Alternative Title:
Retribution, tarring and feathering, or, The patriots revenge, Patriots revenge, and Tarring and feathering
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 26th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Association for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Tarring & feathering, Lamps, Liberty cap, Petition, Right of.., and Sedition
"Pitt, thickly coated with feathers, stands terrified between Sheridan and Fox. Only his face, hands, and (bare) feet are uncovered. He turns his head in profile to the right towards Fox, clasping his hands. Fox, much caricatured, and grinning broadly...
Alternative Title:
Retribution, tarring and feathering, or, The patriots revenge, Patriots revenge, and Tarring and feathering
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 26th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Association for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Tarring & feathering, Lamps, Liberty cap, Petition, Right of.., and Sedition
