A father and son of African descent, drawn full-length and holding hands are dressed identically: long blue coats, black hats with the brim pulled down just above the eyes, yellow gloves, and holding brown umbrellas
Description:
Title from caption inscribed in black ink below drawing., Drawing after (?) a character in series of prints issued by S.W. Fores: Hyde Park; The little unknown (Plate 2) and The honey-moon (Plate 3)., and For further information, consult library staff.
An older man, representing Rev. Madan, is attacked by two women, one of them pulling on his coat and indicating a crying boy standing next to her, the other grasping his wig with her left hand and ready to strike him with a small stool she is holding in her right. Her right foot is propped on a volume entitled "Thelyphthora," his treatise advocating polygamy. Behind her, a third woman is picking his pocket. On the left two women are engaged in a fight; on the right a couple is kissing behind a screen on which is displayed an image of a duel, above it is an image of a prisoner in chains and next to it a body hanging from the gibbet
Alternative Title:
Polygamy displayed and Doctor Madman restored to his senses
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd 1st Decr. 1780 by the author
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Madan, Martin, 1726-1790.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Polygamy, Fighting, Children, Couples, and Clothing & dress
A half-length portrait of Rachel Pringle, a large Barbados woman wearing a stripped headscarf, long dangling earrings, and a pearl necklace from which hangs a cameo of an English officer in uniform
Alternative Title:
Rachel Pringle of Barbados
Description:
Title and date from item., Portrait of Rachel Pringle probably based on the 1792 Thomas Rowlandson etching of the same title, without the background drama in the Bridgetown brothel., Signed with the monogram of an unidentified artist: possibly 'FCh' followed by the date., Formerly part of a scrapbook, now detached, mounted on blue paper, page trimmed. Clippings from newspapers mounted above the portrait include three poems and songs, the unsigned "The last leaf of summer", "Dirge" by M.H.J., and "There is not one familar face", the last of which includes a review of "Songs for the grave and the gay" by Thomas Haynes Bayly., and On the verso, an engraving by W. Deeble, drawn by J.P. Neale, and printed by J. Bishop: Fonthill Abbey, the Oratory. London : Pub. Feb.1, 1824 by J.P. Neale ... Also three small etchings of country laborers.
George III, on the right, embraces his old antagonist John Wilkes (on the left) who holds a staff of liberty upside down with the cap of liberty on the ground. Beneath the image is engraved the text from Isaiah, "The wolf shall dwell with the Lamb ..."
Alternative Title:
King & John Wilkes
Description:
Title from item. and Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
A woman shown half-length is seated in a chair, her left arm on a table and facing right. She wears a bonnet after the dormeuse pattern, adorned with a wide ribbon, tied in a bow in the front Her floral printed dress is ruffled around the neck and the front of the bodice, with ruffles below the elbow. Possibly a depiction of fashions of the late 1770s
Alternative Title:
Fashion-plate
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Date and place from watermark: Hayes & W[...] 1799.
A woman is shown nearly half-length and facing front, her right hand holding a book and resting on a chair back. Her upswept hair is swathed turban-like in a large piece of striped cloth. Possibly a depiction of fashions of the late 1770s
Alternative Title:
Fashion-plate
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Date and place from watermark of another print in the same series.
A woman is shown bust length, facing left, wearing a large hat after the bergère pattern, adorned with ribbons and ostrich plumes. Her shoulders are draped with a neckerchief tied with a bow. Possibly a depiction of fashions of the late 1770s
Alternative Title:
Fashion-plate
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Date and place from watermark of other print from the same series.