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. Th...
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Cats, Mice, Musical instruments, Musicians, and Singers
Plate [189] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of Purcell, Croft, Blow, Arne and Boyce on a decorative plaque surmounted by a lyre."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695,, Croft, William, 1678-1727,, Blow, John, -1708,, Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778,, and Boyce, William, 1711-1779,
publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 8th, 1756.
Call Number:
Kinnaird 55K(b) Box 215
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Outside an English country inn, over whose door a sign reads "Duke of Cumberland Roast and boil'd every day", a group of soldiers and sailors laugh at a large caricature of Louis XV on the tavern wall. They sit with two attractive young women around a...
Alternative Title:
Invasion, Pl. 2. England
Description:
Title etched above image. The two Ns in England etched backwards.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Eating & drinking, Musicians, Signs (Notices), Soldiers, Taverns (Inns), War, and Women
A Flemish or Dutch drawing of a female saint in a Poor Clare habit and with a crown of thorns (probably Catherine of Siena) kneeling before a crucifix, arms crossed over her chest, as she resists the temptation of riches, power, and pleasure. Riches a...
Alternative Title:
Female saint worshipping a crucifix
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Catherine, of Siena, Saint, 1347-1380
Subject (Topic):
In art, Grim Reaper (Symbolic character), Crucifixes, Musicians, Prayer, Saints, Temptation, and Wealth
Scene in a crowded room lit by a few guttering candles, 'far exceeding in profligacy and dissipation' anything depicted by R obert Cruikshank in St. Giles. Men and women fight, drink, and smoke. An old soldier fiddles, a woman beats a drum for dancers...
Alternative Title:
Buff Club, at the Pig and Whistle, Avon Street, Bath
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state.
Publisher:
Sherwood & Co.
Subject (Name):
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, and Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
A scene outside the Ram Inn (with a ram above the sign "Dealer in foreigh wintes"), part of whose front forms a background. Yokels are crowded in a wagons with banners, fiddlers, and trumpeter, all wearing favors, and accompanied by many pedestrians (...
Watercolor depicting a man, shown full-length, playing a violin and wearing a jacket trimmed with gold tassels. On the right a young lady dances to the tune. The dancer, with blue ribbon tied around her waist, discreetly lifts up her skirt to performi...
A scene in London, possibly near St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, shows a musician at an open window holding his ears against the noise of the street; a pregnant ballad-seller chants while her baby cries and a parrot above her head on the lamp post squawks...
Description:
Title from published state of the print.
Subject (Topic):
Blocks (Toys), Cats, Children, City & town life, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Musical instruments, Musicians, Noises, Occupations, Parrots, Street vendors, and Urination
