Title devised by curator., Date of production based on artist's death date., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Topic):
Anatomists, Surgical instruments and apparatus, Human skeleton, and Grave robbing
"Death (left) poises his javelin, about to strike an old man in bed, reading a book by the light of a candle held in his left hand. The room is heaped with his treasures (armour, &c.). Rats scamper, chased by a cat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from description of a later state in the British Museum catalogue; the assigned title for each plate from The English dance of death is the heading to the opposite printed page., Early (proof?) state, before aquatint added. For a later state, see no. 12412 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Publisher and date of publication from imprint on later state: London, Pub. 1 April 1814, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, with possible loss of text below image., Later state issued in: Combe, W. The English dance of death. London : Published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts ..., 1815-1816., This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 320., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death., and Ink verse notation on verso, perhaps in Rowlandson's hand; additional pencil notation on verso.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Combe, William, 1742-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Wills, Skeletons, Spears, Beds, Sleeping, Cats, Rats, Armor, Musical instruments, Books, Candles, Artists' materials, Urns, and Sculpture
A servant bows slightly as he greets three tourists: a larger woman leads the group only carrying a small purse and parasol. She is followed by a younger woman holding a small dog and a few pieces of luggage. At the end a man struggles with the burden of a heavy trunk
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson., and For further information, consult library staff.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[27 May 1797]
Call Number:
797.05.27.08
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young, fashionably dressed woman reposes on a chair, her eyes closed and her head thrown back thus exposing her bejewelled bosom
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Numbered 'Plate 7' in upper left corner., Plate from: An Olio of Good Breeding : With Sketches Illustrative of the Modern Graces!! / by G.M. Woodward. London : Printed for the author and sold by W. Clarke ..., [1797]., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Female dress, 1797 -- Fainting.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 27, 1797, by G.M. Woodward, Berners Street
Title devised by cataloger., Artist from original drawings in the British Museum., Date of publication based on running dates of the Great Exhibition: 1 May to 15 October, 1851., Design consists of large upper image and four rows of small figures below, three of the rows having titles etched within them: The arts and manufactures of France; The arts and manufactures of Turkey; [The arts and manufactures of] China., Text below large upper image begins: In consequence of the diversity of opinion manifested as to the most eligible site for the Great Exhibition ..., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with some loss of image or text on three sides.
Manuscript on paper of Bold's parallel Latin and English texts of "The Ballad of Chevy Chase" on facing pages.
Description:
Accompanied by: TL carbon from Nathan Comfort Starr to Mr. Beal, 1978 Jul 1; AN in pencil containing bibliographic information on Henry Bold's Latine Songs (1685)., Annotated on flyleaf [by Richard Heber]: "Revd. Brand's sale, 16-6.", Binding: early 19th c. blue wrappers in blue "Middle Hill boards" from the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps., Bookplate: Ex libris Nathan Comfort Starr., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Small round sticker inside front cover annotated, "Bought at Sir Thomas Phillipp's sale Sotheby's 19-6-93.", and Titles: "Lucus Chevinus jussu Episcopi Londinensis" and "Chevy-Chase."
Subject (Geographic):
Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)--Poetry.
Subject (Name):
Bold, William.--Ballad of Chevy Chase., Brand, John,--1744-1806--Ownership., Heber, Richard,--1773-1833--Ownership., Phillipps, Thomas,--Sir,--1792-1872--Ownership., and Starr, Nathan Comfort,--1896---Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English--England--Texts., Ballads, English--Translations into Latin., Ballads, Scots., and English poetry--17th century.
Title from inscription on mounting sheet below image in a later hand ., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title and imprint?, Possibly a copy of no. 4857 in the Catalogue, v. 5., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Newspapers -- Barber's impelements: curling tongs., Window mounted to 35 x 29 cm., and Ms. title on verso: Barber politician, or, Newsmonger.
A scene outside a posting inn: A man, his hat flying off, rides right to left clutching his horse round the neck as he has lost his stirrups. The horse is rearing, startled by the drum and fifes of a recruiting party in Guards' uniforms led by an officer with a drawn sword and followed by three recruits wearing ribbon favours in their hats. The rider is fashionably dressed in riding clothes, a pair of curling tongs falls from his pocket; a box which he was carrying has fallen to the ground and various articles of the barber's trade have fallen out: tresses of hair, a packet of "Powder", a comb, razor, &c. In the background is a three-storied inn, with bay-windows on all floors. Spectators watch from the windows. The sign hangs from a standard (right); behind (left) are outhouses inscribed "Licensed to [hire] post horses"; a coach stands in front of them
Description:
Title from print based on this drawing. See British Museum catalogue., Number inscribed on drawing in lower left corner: 474., and Original drawing for a mezzotint published by Carington Bowles, 20 May 1782. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6158.
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Recruiting & enlistment, and Taverns (Inns)
Toms, W. H. (William Henry), approximately 1700-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[circa 1730-1745]
Call Number:
Print10157
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Date and place of publication from British Museum website., Description from British Museum: A satire [of] political ignorance set in a country barber-surgeon's shop in which the people have been given the heads of animals. At centre left, an old woman with the head of a cat, is being bled by a man with the head of an elephant whose hand is on her left breast, a monkey-headed boy holds a basin to catch the blood spurting from her arm. Behind them a man, with a boar's head wearing a work-apron reads from the Grub Street Journal to a man with the head of an ass and a bell round his neck. In the centre a cat-man sitting on a barrel holding a shaving dish has his whiskers trimmed by a barber with an ape's head on top of which is a flamboyant hat with long feathers. An ape-man behind waits his turn, and a man with two wooden legs and a crutch leaves through an open door. Overhead on the left is a projecting sign from which hangs a board showing an owl beneath which is written "Shave & Bleed for A Peny". Stuffed creatures hang from the ceiling: a grotesque fish, an eel with gaping moth, and an ape. The wall at the rear has been chalked with tallies and three wigs hang from it. A table in the foreground on the right has pulled teeth and various barbers' instruments on it. A hat with a large feather lies on the ground., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Barber surgery & surgeons; Barber shops, interior.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Great Britain, Politics and government, Phlebotomy, Barbers, Barbershops, Peg legs, Shaving, Wigs, Donkeys, Swine, Monkeys, Cats, Surgical instruments, Crutches, and Elephants