Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 September 1791]
Call Number:
791.09.02.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Full length view of a very sad looking French aristocrat, facing the viewer with his hat under his left arm and a copy "Burke on the French Revolution" in his right hand. From his right pocket, a paper entitled "Capture of the French King." In the foreground left, a pile of medals and ribbons (symbols of royal orders) is labeled "Sacred to the National Assembly."
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from companion print: A Democrat., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Countermark: I A.
Publisher:
Pub. Sepr. 2, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N.3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Captivity, History, Foreign public opinion, British, and Upper class
Manuscript daybook in unidentified hands, recording daily sales of snuff, cigars, and other products by Fribourg & Treyer. Entries list customer names and addresses; varieties and prices of snuff and cigars, with amounts purchased by weight or container; destinations and transportation costs for orders sent by coach or river boat; and notes indicating payments received or entry into accounts. Notes on preliminary pages include names and accounts relating to suppliers and employees. Over 10,000 sales are listed, including entries for Queen Charlotte, George IV, as Prince of Wales, Beau Brummell, Charles Stanhope, Earl of Harrington, and others in their social circle
Description:
Fribourg & Treyer, 34 Haymarket, London, manufactured and sold snuff, cigars, and other tobacco products, 1720-1981. From 1780 to 1803, Fribourg & Treyer was owned by G. A. (Gottlieb Augustus) Treyer and Martha Evans Treyer., In English., and Binding: full sheep, with blind-tooled border; spine broken.
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., London, and London (England)
Subject (Name):
Brummell, Beau, 1778-1840., Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Harrington, Charles Stanhope, Earl of, 1780-1851., Treyer, G. A. (Gottlieb Augustus), Treyer, Martha Evans., and Fribourg & Treyer (Firm)
Subject (Topic):
Cigar industry, Snuff, Tobacco industry, Tobacco use, Tobacco workers, Upper class, Social life and customs, and Economic conditions
The diary is concerned mostly with fashionable life in London, containing many lists of guests, descriptions of parties, masques, and "revels," details of evening dress and costumes, and sometimes sharp commentary on incidents such as waiting for her carriage for half an hour because her servants had been given "tickets for beer" by her hostess. De Crespigny sometimes quotes conversation extensively. The diary also details a trip to Brighton, where the writer was deeply offended at not being asked to dine at the Pavilion
Description:
Mary Champion de Crespigny (1750-1812) was married to the Admiralty official (later baronet) Claude William Champion de Crespigny. She entertained a fashionable Naval and court circle that included the Prince of Wales, and also published at least one novel, as well as a poem in tribute to Lord Collingwood (1810)., Phillipps MS 11956., Annotated on inside front cover: Journals in continuation of the year 1809., and Binding: marbled paper over cardboard, with title: Journals 1809 and 1810.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
De Crespigny, Claude Champion, Sir, d.1818. and De Crespigny, Mary.
Subject (Topic):
Upper class, Social life and customs, Women authors, and Brighton (England)
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Six people, rich and poor, from different backgrounds bound to face the lack of supplies."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Charles Jameson Grant in the British Museum online catalogue., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Wood engraving with letterpress text., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of imprint and series statement. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Numbered "78" in brown ink in lower left corner of design., and No. 78.
Publisher:
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, British, Spies, Upper class, Poor persons, and Clergy
