Opposite page 15. Trial of Elizabeth duchess dowager of Kingston for bigamy, before the Right
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An engraving, showing a scene from the Venetian Ambassadors Masquerade in which Miss Chudleigh appears wearing stockings, shoes, and a tunic, the last covering only a very small portion of her person, and taking off her mask on being seized round the waist by a gentleman. "Punch", "Judy", and another masquerader, George II?, are behind
Description:
Title from text below image., Attributed to Charles Moseley in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.3894., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., "Price 6 d."--Lower right corner of plate., and Bound in opposite page 15 in an extra-illustrated copy of: The trial of Elizabeth duchess dowager of Kingston for bigamy, before the Right Honourable the House of Peers ... London : Printed for Charles Bathurst, in Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXVI [1776].
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Name):
Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788 and Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788.
Mr. Harley, with a very large belly and a shirt with lace trim, standing full-length in profile to right wearing on his head a cuckold's horns from which hangs a sign "A room to lett unfurnish'd". From his mouth a bubble reading, "I am one of the heads of the city." In his left hand a book open to pages that read, "The city poll dedicated to the Cheese mongers, trunk makers, etc. From his right pocket a letter, "At the court of C.C., it was carried NEM-CON that he was realy & not politically ill."
Alternative Title:
Figure that appeared in a Mazarine gown
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication date in British Museum catalogue: October 10, 1768, the date of the masquerade., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 1 (1768), p. 148., and Mounted to 30 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Oxford Magazine
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, City council members, Horns (Anatomy), Masquerades, and Obesity
Title from item., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Two columns of verse in English on left below image: Here, may the wand[e]ring eye with pleasure see Both knaves and foolls [sic] in borrow[e]d shapes agree ..., Two columns of verse in Dutch on right below image: Hier kan 't Nieuwsgierig oog met Lust en ruymte weyen ..., Plate 14 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., Temporary local subject terms: Architecture: assembly room., and Watermark in the right part of sheet.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Price. 6d.", Dickinson Imprint from earlier state in lower left corner, blacked out on plate but partially legible., Three columns of verse below image: Here, may the wand'ring eye with pleasure see both knaves and fools in borrow'd shapes agree ..., Copy, with English verse only, of No. 1635 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., Temporary local subject terms: Court manners: bowing -- Spring Gardens., and Mounted to 29 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Geo. Foster at the White Horse opposite the north gate in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
A grotesque bearded head attached to the body of a woman faces right under an enormous coiffure. Within the hair a scene in the top panel depicts a masquerade in a garden setting. A lower scene shows boats and barges, a reference to the first English regatta held 23 June 1775
Description:
Title from item., Place of publication from publisher's entry in I. Maxted's The London book trades., and Probably a companion print to: Bunters Hill. See British Museum catalogue no. 5378.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act of Parlt. July 9, 1776 by J. Lockington, Shug Lane, Golden Sque
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left edges., and Temporary local subject terms: Quadrille -- Costume, 1826 -- Reference to Paul Pry -- Skeletons: The Living Skeleton.
Publisher:
Pubd. for the proprietor by Geo. Hunt, 18 Tavistock Stt., Covt. Garden
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published 4th April 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Punch and Judy, Falstaff, John, Turks, Devil, and Masquerades
"A circular building (the Rotunda) in the background and a Chinese structure on a lake reached by a bridge"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe du canal, du bâtiment, Chinois, de la Rotunda, &c. des Jardins de Ranelagh, un jour de masquarade
Description:
Title from caption below image., Terminal date of publication based on printseller's street address. See British Museum online catalogue., Later reissue of a print published in 1752. See British Museum online catalogue., "Publish'd according to act of Parliament"--Below image., and Plate numbered "74" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Imprint statement altered. Ms. '6' added over last digit of year 1825.