Two ladies driving in a gig, advancing diagonally towards the spectator from left to right, on the road from Hyde Park Corner to Knightsbridge. The gig, which has a crest on its panel, is drawn by a pair of ponies with long tails and manes. The lady driving is standing up, she wears the fashionable driving dress of the period, coat and waistcoat of masculine cut, full skirt without a hoop, large feathered hat; a bunch of seals hangs from her waistcoat. Her companion (right) sits demurely with folded arms; her dress is more feminine. The background shows the front of St. George's Hospital (left).
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mezzotint version of no. 5939 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, without the large board inscribed 'Saint Georges Hospital for Sick' or the inscription on the pedestal 'Tattersal'.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, map & printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Women, Horses, Clothing & dress, and Hats
"Widows after Christian Training." Two women, one seated, one standing, are posing for the camera with books in their hands and ferns around them. Additional information reads, "Zenana Bible and Medical Mission, 2, Adelphi Terrace, Strand, W.C." On the back is a handwritten name with the date May 8th, 1903.
"En route vers l'éternité. Deux Pèlerines d'Emmaüs baptisées dernièrement à Bobbili (Diocèse de Vizagapatam [Vishakhapatnam]). Two recently baptized, elderly women are leaning on their walking sticks.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[before 1809]
Call Number:
Print01281
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title inscribed below image., Signed by the artist in ink at lower left., Date based on artist's date of death., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Title from note in pencil at lower left: 15 Ward Rounds., Date supplied by catalogue raisonné., Artist's name in plate lower left., Place of publication derived from other works in series., 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: Hospitals, Interior., and In pencil lower right: Robert Riggs.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Hospitals, Medical education, Tumors, Physicians, Women, Sick persons, and Hospital wards
Three good-looking young women sit before a large fire, pulling up their petticoats to warm their legs. The woman on the left has an open book inscribed 'Matrimony - To have and to hold' and appears to be reading to the others. A cat plays with a mouse (right). The wall-paper and carpet and the striped backs of the three chairs complete the design
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Watermark (partial): Strasburg bend and lily, upper left corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd 2d July 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Marriage, Cats, Fireplaces, Floor coverings, Friendship, Interiors, Mice, Parlors, Reading, Wallpapers, and Women
LGBTQ resource and Teaching resource: Professor George Chauncey, History 460 / American Studies 353 / Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies 348, Selected Topics in Lesbian and Gay History
A street vendor: a full-length view of a woman in hat, scarf and shawl holding a basket of watercress
Alternative Title:
Watercresses
Description:
Title etched below image., Printing date from watermark., Printmaker and imprint from title page of book in which this plate was published., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Costume of the lower orders of the metropolis / T.L.B. London : Printed for Samuel Leigh, by W. Clowes, 1820., and Watermark: [Tu]rkey M[ill J] Whatm[an] 1818.
Publisher:
Samuel Leigh
Subject (Topic):
Occupations, City & town life, Peddlers, Vegetables, and Women
"A decrepit old man stands at the door of a house of ill fame at the corner of Portland Street; Mrs Burke is on the door-plate. One hand is on the knocker; he turns to scowl at a woman (right) who holds out a bunch of water-cress from a large shallow basket slung from the hip. A child clings to her shoulders; a little girl (left) with a small basket also offers him a bunch. Two young courtesans lean from a first-floor window. In the background (right), behind a spiked gate, are trees and a large house (or houses)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Watercresses, come buy my watercresses
Description:
Title etched below series title and number.
Publisher:
Pub. Mar. 1, 1799, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Brothels, Children, City & town life, Mothers, Peddlers, Prostitutes, Vegetables, and Women
