"Trade card of Archibald Robertson, drawing master, at Savill Row Passage, adjoining Squib's Auction Room; a street with Robertson's shop to the right, figures on the pavement, an arched passageway at the end of the street; in oval with figures at the...
Alternative Title:
Archibald Robertson, print-seller and drawing-master ...
Description:
Title from engraved text below image.
Publisher:
Archibald Robertson
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Robertson, Archibald, 1765-1835. and Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809.
Subject (Topic):
Artists' materials industry, Graphic arts equipment industry, Stationery trade, Artists' studios, and Stores & shops
A fashionable family looks at a roll of wallpaper that the shop clerk is displaying to them. The shop owner jestures to the elaborately decorated pattern on the roll. Another clerk behind the counter looks on as he rolls another bolt
Page 3. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man and woman sit facing each other beside the counter, which stretches across the design; he holds a jelly-glass and puts a spoonful to her mouth; she sits with open mouth and folded arms, a closed fan in one hand. A third customer leans on the co...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 4th June 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[September 1801]
Call Number:
801.09.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the shop of P. Roberts, publisher, from the street with a crowd on the sidewalk and street looking at the display of prints in the window. An elegant figure Roberts (?) stands in the doorway with a tool of his trade (a burin?) in hand; a cus...
Description:
Title from caption etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub'd. Sepr. 1801 by P. Roberts, Middle Row, Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805,
Subject (Topic):
Black people, City & town life, Crowds, Dogs, Merchandise displays, Prints, Stores & shops, Window displays, Printing industry, and People with disabilities
"Lord Conyngham stands by the counter of Benbow's shop holding out an open book to the shopman with a terrified gesture: "Mr Benbow, Pray who is this!" Benbow, behind the counter, touches the antlered figure of British Museum Satires No. 14029, and on...
Alternative Title:
Cuckold Cunningham frightened at his wife's caricature
Description:
Title etched below image; the word "Cuckold" is partially scored through.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861., Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834., and Benbow, William, 1787-1864.
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Stores & shops, Interiors, Counters, Caricatures, Bookcases, and Books
A couple stand before a printshop window looking at the display of satiric prints, unaware that the man's pockets are being picked by a dandy with an extreme collar, his accomplish accepting the contents of the first pocket
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 2d, 1818 by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Pickpockets, Stores & shops, and Window displays
Depicts a furious man (William Austin) on a sidewalk, shouting "Damn your foollish [sic] caricatures" as he attacks the windows of Matthias Darly's London printshop with his walking-stick. On his left arm he carries a portfolio as a shield (emblazoned...
Description:
Title etched below text.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Danl. Demoniae
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Austin, William, 1721-1820., Darly, Matthias., and Monro, John, 1715-1791.
Subject (Topic):
Mental illness, Shields, Dogs, Coats of arms, Prints, Stores & shops, and Window displays
