"View of a mansion, with wall and gate in front, figures in the foreground including a man making a drawing of the house and another walking to the left with a dog behind him, sheep grazing to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Gentlemans seat on Stockwell Common, Surrey
Description:
Title engraved below image., Twelfth in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "12" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 62 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Published 12th Sepr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
A busy scene in a farm yard. In the left foreground a woman (Aestas?) sits on a rock, while at her feet a woman spoons soup from a large bowl. She leans toward the boy at her side who holds a full soup bowl in his hands. To her left a young man approaches with two fowl hanging from the pole over his shoulder. Sheep mull about in the center foreground while on the right an old man sheers a sheep held by another young boy. In the background a man cuts rushes (?) which are loaded into a cart (with ox). In the left background stands a hut in front of which a group of men work at thatching a roof
Description:
Title written in brown ink above image, some letters very faint: Æstas., Signed in the lower right corner: Mary Walpole fecit., Upper left corner scortched with some loss at the margin., and For further information, consult library staff.
A shepherdess greets a young man (left) who sits on the bank of a river under a tree. She is shown full length walking towards the right and holding a crook decorated with vegetation; two sheep drink from the river beside her
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Plate numbered '220' in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Sheep, Shepherdesses, Staffs (Sticks), and Rivers
Visscher, Claes Jansz., 1586 or 1587-1652, printmaker
Published / Created:
Ao. 1605.
Call Number:
Print01226
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
[The barbershop].
Description:
Title and date from item., Alternate title supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from language of text., Sheet trimmed., At bottom right, stamp of Friedrich August II., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Barber shops, interior., and Pencil inscription verso.
An emaciated man in rags and tartan shawl, without kilt, walks out of a cave on the right. He is barefoot and has a rag tied around his head. The landscape is that of the wild Scottish mountains, with misty moors. A small shack is visible on a hill in the background. Two emaciated sheep are near the cave
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date inferred from that of Charles Churchill's poem, The prophecy of famine : a Scots pastoral. London, 1763., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to 29 x 24 cm.
Plate [105] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Lady Jane Grey set against memorial altar and statue; portrait bust length to left; wearing French hood, necklace and brocaded dress; after H Holbein; to right, fire burning on plinth on which a scene of idolatory is carved; above, statue (Fortitude) pointing upwards; at foot of altar, sacrificial lamb tied up ready to be slaughtered."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Portrait of Lady Jane Grey, beheaded 1554, aged 17
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [105] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Title etched below image., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication from item., In margin lower right: Déposé à la Bibliothèque Nationale., Depicts Luigi Marchelli, a surgeon of Genoa., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
chez Depeuille, Rue des Mathurins Sorbonne, aux deux Pilastres d'Or
Subject (Topic):
Smallpox vaccine, Vaccination, Smallpox, Sheep pox, Physicians, Children, Sheep, and Medical equipment & supplies
"View of large house from surrounding fields; a couple with a dog stands in foreground looking towards lodge to the right, sheep in field on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Third in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "3" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 39 cm., and Leaf 48 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Published 12th Septr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
"Two designs on one plate. Top (BMSat 6868): A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep. Below (BMSat 6869): A young woman (right) lies full length on a sofa; next her in the opposite corner of the sofa is an elderly man in regimentals, also asleep. The feet of both rest on a chair (left). A cat sleeps on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Nap in town
Description:
Title etched below images. Each image signed and dated in image and each with an imprint statement below.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
