"A scene in the House of Commons. Pitt stands by the table in back view, right arm held out, his head turned to address Fox. Fox (right) and North are seated on the front Opposition bench; Fox, wearing his hat and holding a stick, bites his fingers and turns his head away from Pitt, looking sulky and abashed. North, his forehead puckered in a frown, conceals his face behind a paper on which he is writing. The Speaker, Cornwall, stands (left) in profile to the right; below him the Clerks of the House, John Hatsell, Clerk (left), and John Ley, Clerk Assistant (right), are seated at the table."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following title: Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet? &c. &c., Temporary local subject terms: House of Commons: Speakers of the House of Commons -- Literature: Quotation referencing Catilinam, I.i.1., and Mounted to 47 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
Published 17th March 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, Hatsell, John, 1743-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Politicians, Public speaking, Benches, and Staffs (Sticks)
A view of pastryman, shown from the side and slightly behind, full-length walking to the right with a basket of breads or patries covered with a cloth, balanced on his head. He wears an apron and carries a walking stick
Description:
Title engraved below image., Illustration to Old cries of London, Spectator, v. xxv, p. 12., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right edge., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, Sepr. 11, 1792, by J. Caulfield, London
"Two designs on one plate. Above, a group of spectators seated in a gallery and watching a comedy, all intent and either amused or surprised. Below, a similar group, all of whom weep or look distressed. A man holds a smelling-bottle to a lady's nose (right). A play-bill is inscribed 'Romeo and Juliet' (reversed)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Each title etched below corresponding image., Printmaker signature etched within top image in bottom right; imprint statement etched within lower image in bottom right., Reissue of a plate originally published by T. Rowlandson in 1787; publisher name changed in imprint statement and the year in printmaker signature and imprint changed from "1787" to "1789". Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist v. 1, pages 217-19., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark: T Edmonds 1825., and Printmaker signature mostly obscured by hand coloring.
Publisher:
Publishd. as the act directs, Octr. 8th 1789, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Theater audiences, Children, Fans (Accessories), Monocles, Loss of consciousness, and Staffs (Sticks)
"Two designs on one plate. Above, a group of spectators seated in a gallery and watching a comedy, all intent and either amused or surprised. Below, a similar group, all of whom weep or look distressed. A man holds a smelling-bottle to a lady's nose (right). A play-bill is inscribed 'Romeo and Juliet' (reversed)."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Tragedy spectators.
Description:
Each title etched below corresponding image., Printmaker signature etched within top image in bottom right; imprint statement etched within lower image in bottom right., and Reissue of a plate originally published by T. Rowlandson in 1787; publisher name changed in imprint statement and the year in printmaker signature and imprint changed from "1787" to "1789". Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist v. 1, pages 217-19.
Publisher:
S. W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Subject (Topic):
Children., Fans (Accessories), Loss of consciousness., Monocles. , Staffs (Sticks), and Theater audiences.
A group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. A version of the print also published with lettering "The company of undertakers". The three named quacks occupy the top, twelve other 'doctors' are situated in the lower half; most of them have gold canes held up to their noses, one is dipping his finger into a urinal while another holds it.
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date of publication from watermark., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered "138" in lower left corner., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 144., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2299., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: 1817.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
A group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. A version of the print also published with lettering "The company of undertakers". The three named quacks occupy the top, twelve other 'doctors' are situated in the lower half; most of them have gold canes held up to their noses, one is dipping his finger into a urinal while another holds it.
Alternative Title:
Company of undertakers
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Nichols, J. The genuine works of William Hogarth. London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster Row, 1808-17, v. 2, page 144., Copy of an engraving by Hogarth that was published in 1736. Cf. No. 2299 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3. See also: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 144., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Criticism of the medical profession -- Dod, Pierce (1683-1754) -- Bamber, Dr.
Publisher:
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Mapp, Sarah, -1737,, Taylor, John, 1703-1772,, and Ward, Joshua, 1685-1761,
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Quacks and quackery, Costume, Medical equipment & supplies, Staffs (Sticks), and Wigs
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 February 1773]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 7. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 45. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two young women standing at the corner of a customs' house with a sign lettered 'Qui si paga la gabella', one carrying a basket, in profile on the right, reaching out one arm to the other, who has a staff on the crook of her arm and her hands joined under her apron, both wearing hats slanted over their foreheads, gowns with laced bodices and fichus, with a dog in the right foreground and view of mountains behind to left; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 45 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching and drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 26.9 x 18.0 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 3d Feby. 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 February 1773]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 7. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 45. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two young women standing at the corner of a customs' house with a sign lettered 'Qui si paga la gabella', one carrying a basket, in profile on the right, reaching out one arm to the other, who has a staff on the crook of her arm and her hands joined under her apron, both wearing hats slanted over their foreheads, gowns with laced bodices and fichus, with a dog in the right foreground and view of mountains behind to left; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 7 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 3d Feby. 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Title from text below image., Printmaker from plate no. 1., Series title from plate no. 1., No. 2 from the Dighton's series: Twelve prints representing the most interesting, sentimental and humourous scenes in Tristam Shandy., Plate is numbered "2" in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Corporals' uniforms -- Male costume, ca. 1785.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Illustrations, Crutches, Screens, Furniture, Tables, Chairs, Stools, Interiors, Military uniforms, British, Staffs (Sticks), and Smoking
