De naturae simia seu technica macrocosmi historia, Tractatus secundus, De naturae simia seu technica macrocosmi historia, Tractatus secundus, De natvrae simia seu technica macrocosmi historia, and Utriusque cosmi majoris scilicet et minoris metaphysica
Description:
A3 replaced with fold. double plate., Collation: v.1: 1 p.l., 106 (i.e. 206), [9] p. v.2: 788, [10] p., Engraved t.-p's; only the first treatise of v.1 has general t.-p; v.2 has t.-p: Tractatus secundus, De natvrae simia seu technica macrocosmi historia ... Editio secunda. Francofvrti, sumptibus haeredum Johannis Theodori de Bry; typis Caspari Rötelii, anno 1624., Signatures: v.1: A-Bb⁴ Cc⁸; v.2: A-Hhhhh⁴ (last blank)., and Vol. 2 is Mellon Alchemical 83.
Publisher:
aere Johan-Theodori de Bry, typis Hieronymi Galleri,
Subject (Topic):
Horology --Early works to 1800, Horology --History --17th century, Music --17th century, Music and architecture, Music and occultism, Musical instruments, Musical intervals and scales --Early works to 1800, Musical intervals and scales --Mathematical models, and Solmization
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Elections: Westminster, 1784 -- Duchess of Devonshire as Britannia -- Shield of virtue -- Cap of Liberty -- Staff of Liberty -- Trumpets -- Laurel wreaths -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers., and Watermark in center of sheet: fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
Pubd. 23d May, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805
"The Prince and Mrs. Fitzherbert, dancing to the fiddle of George Hanger (right), advance towards an open door (left) through which is seen a large bed, the curtains raised; above the pillows are a crown and triple plume. The feathers are repeated on a chamber-pot under the raised valance of the bed. They are more elaborately dressed than in BMSat 6924; their arms are round each other's waists, the Prince holds with his right hand the left hand of Mrs. Fitzherbert. She wears a small crown, with flowers and ribbons, and triple ostrich plume. George Hanger is dressed as in BMSat 6924; he stands in profile to the left, watching the couple fixedly; a bludgeon hangs from his wrist. An open music-book at his feet shows that he is playing the 'Black Joke'. On the floor (left) are an open book, 'Matrimony', and a torn paper, 'Cirtificate'. Over the door is a picture of Cupid with his bow turning away from Danaë receiving the shower of gold."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wedding night, or, The fashionable frolic, Fashonable frolic, and Fashionable frolic
Description:
Title etched below image., In lower right corner: Price 2 sh. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Morganatic marriages -- Pictures amplify subject -- Emblem: Ostrich feathers for Prince of Wales -- Music books -- Song: 'The Black Joke' -- Furniture -- Colonel's uniform, Light Infantry -- Violin -- Danae -- Mythological characters -- Lighting: Chandelier -- Sticks: Bludgeon., and On verso in pencil: George T. Stubbs attrib. by J. Riely, 7-29-83.
Publisher:
Publish'd by J. Phillips, No. 164 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Hanger, George, 1751?-1824
Subject (Topic):
Beds, Chamber pots, Crowns, Cupids, Dancers, Military uniforms, British, and Musical instruments
"Pitt sits astride a huge pile of bundles strapped to the back of a bull (John Bull); he is about to enter a high archway inscribed 'Trea[sury]'. His pose and expression combine jauntiness with dignity. His head is in profile to the right, his right hand on his hip, he wears a large bag to his wig, and while pressing his hat under his left arm holds the (slack) reins of the bull; his long thin leg hangs considerably above the bull's back, owing to the height of the bundles. The sturdy bull, though with downcast head and closed eyes, is not weighed down with his burden. Dundas (right), in Highland dress, marches grinning in front of the bull, playing the bagpipes which are inscribed 'Union Pipes' and have a transparent bag filled with coins. The bull's burden consists of ten superimposed bundles, inscribed with figures relating to the Loyalty Loan. Some of these are '50 000!, 30 000!, East India Company 2 000 000!!!, Duke of Queensbury 100-000!, 100 000!, Pit[t] D. dass 10000 [partly obscured by Pitt's foot], 50000, Duke of Bridgewater 100 000!, Corporation of London 100 000!' Behind the bull and on the extreme left are crowded together four British Jacobins, much caricatured, wearing bonnets-rouges and looking up at Pitt with anger and dismay. Their heads rise vertically one behind the other; the foremost and lowest is Fox, clenching his fist, next Sheridan in profile; then Stanhope, the fourth a mere scrawl."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark: Strasburg bend with date 1798?, and Mounted to 42 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Holland, Oxford St.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Bridgewater, Francis Egerton, Duke of, 1736-1803., and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
Finance, Public, Economic conditions, John Bull (Symbolic character), Debts, Public, Loyalty Loan, and Musical instruments
Title devised by curator., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record. Possibly later than 1760, based on use of wove paper., Sheet trimmed within plate mark including rounding corners that results in partial loss of design., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 27 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Lyres, Masks, Musical instruments, and Picture puzzles
Title from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom., Numbered 'Plate 34' in upper left corner., Placement instructions: 'Page 96', in upper right corner., Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales / by G.M. Woodward, 1796., and Temporary local subject terms: Barrel-organ.
Title from British Museum catalogue., Numbered 'Plate 35' in upper left corner., Placement instructions: 'Page 96', in upper right corner., Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales / by G.M. Woodward, 1796., and Temporary local subject terms: Harpsichord -- Sheet music -- Bracelet with miniature portrait.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 19, 1796, by Allen & West, 15 Paternoster Row
Title assigned by cataloger from British Museum catalogue., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record, based on an advertisement of the series in Robert Sayer's catalog for 1766. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no. 1858. Publication date of the original: ca. 1730., Original etched by W.H. Toms., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: You that for music have an ear, attend the tunefull [sic] consort [sic] here, see how they warble for their songs, while one strikes up with shovel and tongues ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Foreign musicians -- Jew's harp -- Furniture: tripod table -- Books: music book -- Glass: wine bottles -- Containers: jug -- Lighting: lamp -- Music sheets -- Dancing -- Architectural details: arch -- Brooms -- Fire tongs -- Bulls -- Asses.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Dancers, Monkeys, Musicians, Musical instruments, Owls, and Pipes (Smoking)
"Three strips arranged horizontally as in BMSat 9488. The subjects (with inscriptions) are a 'round-about' or primitive merry-go-round, a couple in a 'Tax'd Cart', a newsboy crying 'The Second Edition', street musicians with hurdy-gurdy, tambourine, and triangle, a Punch and Judy show, parson and clerk, a couple on a horse, a man selling garters, 'Long, and strong Scarlet Garters a penny a pair', a man with a performing bear and dancing dogs, a town crier, a pugilistic encounter."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., "No. 8."--Upper left corner., Three horizontal strips between borders., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark, with loss of plate number. Missing text from impression in the British Museum., and Watermark: Iping.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 20th, 1799, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Bears, Carts & wagons, Clergy, Clerks, Dogs, Fighting, Musical instruments, Newspaper carriers, Organ grinders, Puppet shows, Puppets, Street musicians, Town criers, Street vendors, and Trained animals
A group of cats look at book opened to a musical score, on the right and images of mice on the left. Some of the cats are singing while one plays a trumpet; one of the cats wears spectacles. In the foreground are a violin and loose sheets of music. The book is propped against a birdhouse from which emerges a mouse; a cloth has been draped over the birdhouse
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., After a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1855,0609.487., Two similar prints, with slight variations in the image, were published by Ackermann in July 1817 with the title "Concert of cats". See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 817.07.00.01., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Cats, Mice, Musical instruments, Musicians, and Singers
