Title from item., Date and place of publication derived from other versions of work., A poor copy after Dighton., Text on compass: Fear God., Text encircling central image: Keep within compass and you shall be sure to avoid many troubles which others endure., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Morality.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Conduct of life, Ethics, Money, Compasses (Drawing instruments), Dogs, Farms, Punishment & torture, Vice, Eating & drinking, Prisoners, and Prisons
Title from upper sheet., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Nuns as nurses, Corporal works of mercy, Phlebotomy, Nuns, Children, Prisoners, Wounds & injuries, Poor persons, Sick persons, and Nursing
View of the interior of the cell on the left: Portrait of John ('Jack') Sheppard, whole length, seated on a chair in prison cell at Newgate, with hands and feet in chains, shackled to the floor, leaning to left, looking up at sunlight streaming through the window at right; wearing hat, jacket, waistcoat, breeches, stockings and buckled shoes, cloak or blanket over chair back and on floor; broken chimney where he escaped at top left. On the right, eleven images showing details of John ('Jack') Sheppard's escape from prison on 15 October 1724, including the locks, bolts and doors he broke open, the hole he made in the chimney, and climbing over the outer walls of Newgate prison
Alternative Title:
Jack Sheppard drawn from the life
Description:
Titles from item., Possibly intended for sale as two separate prints, with publication line repeated under second title., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Titled 'Portrait of Jack Shepherd, with a representation of the manner in which he made his escape from Newgate, Oct. 15th, 1724: published by Bowles' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc, London, 1829., and Mounted to: 38 x 56 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for and sold by T. Bowles, print seller next the Chapter House in St. Pauls Ch. Yard & J. Bowles, print seller over against Stocks Market
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, London., England., and City of London (England)
Subject (Name):
Sheppard, Jack, 1702-1724, and Newgate (Prison : London, England)
publish'd according to act of Parliament, [not before 1764]
Call Number:
764.00.00.73+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved below image., Later state, with new imprint statement, of a print published in 1749 by B. Dickinson. Cf. No. 3049 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Publication date inferred from Carington Bowles's separation of his business from his father's in 1764. Cf. Ian Maxted's London book trades, 1775-1800, page 25., "Price 6d."--Following imprint., Four columns of verse below title: Welcome, welcome, brother debtor, to this poor but merry place ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Prison courtyard -- Debtors -- Trades: goal-keeper -- Trades: prison cooks -- Games: racket -- Containers: broken pitcher -- Birds.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, next Chapter House in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Elizabeth Jeffryes and John Swan condemned at Chelmsford-Assizes
Description:
"John Swan and Elizabeth Jeffryes in their cell at Chelmsford prison; he is wearing shackles, standing to front, with head turned to look to left, hands clasped; she is seated to left with her right elbow on a table, on which lie open book, bottle and glass, supporting her face; probably frontispiece to the sitter's Life and Trial"--British Museum online catalogue., Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Two columns of verse below title: Behold two wretches here replete with guilt! Lamenting sorely for the blood they spilt ...
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parlt., 1752, & sold by the printsellers of London & Westminster
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Swan, John, -1752. and Jeffryes, Elizabeth, -1752.
The tenth drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortune. One brother, Edward, husbands his wealth and on his death, passes on his fortune; whilst the other brother, Charles, squanders his, leaving his family destitute and In this tenth drawing, Charles is confronted by two fellow prisoners as he enters his prison cell. The guard on the left looks in as he holds his key on the lock. The cell contains a single bed, a broken chair, a broken jug, a broadside posted to the wall along with graffiti including the initials "G.B."
Description:
Title from pencil notation below title., Signed "Dodd" in lower left and numbered '10' in ink in the upper right., Date range based on artist's active dates., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Allegorical drawings, Cells (Rooms & spaces), Debt, Graffiti, Prison guards, Prisoners, Prisons, Parables, and Political elections
The eleventh drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortune. One brother, Edward, husbands his wealth and on his death, passes on his fortune; whilst the other brother, Charles, squanders his, leaving his family destitute and In this eleventh drawing, Edward is shown on his death bed, his grieving widow at his bedside, their two children at her knee. The elegant bedroom is decorated with a mirror and clock on the wall beside a tall secretary with a bust on top. Two men sit at a table as they look on the scene with sombre faces; one of the men is engaged in writing a long document (Edward's will).
Description:
Title from pencil notation below title., Signed "Dodd" in lower left and numbered '11' in ink in the upper right., Date range based on artist's active dates., and For further information, consult library staff.
List of the several prisoners to be tried at the next Assizes, to be held at Thetford, in and for the said county, on Friday the 25th day of March, 1757
Description:
Caption title., At head of title, in upper left: Norfolk., Not in ESTC., and Signed beneath printed text by "Israel Long Esq., Sheriff". Contemporary ms. annotations in black ink along left margin of recto; docket title added in ink on verso. For further information, consult library staff.