Full length portrait of a booted and spurred George Onslow, M.P. for Guildford, and supporter of the North ministry, facing left, his back to the viewer. In the right foreground stands a spurred game cock, a reference to Onslow's nickname, Little Cocking George
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 13.7 x 9.1 cm, on sheet 17.8 x 12 cm., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 4 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and The figure in the print is identified by a small strip of paper (approximately 5 x 35 mm) pasted in lower left corner of sheet with their name in letterpress: Mr. Geo. Onslow.
Full length portrait of a booted and spurred George Onslow, M.P. for Guildford, and supporter of the North ministry, facing left, his back to the viewer. In the right foreground stands a spurred game cock, a reference to Onslow's nickname, Little Cocking George
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image. and Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue.
Leaf 47. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Samuel Drybutter, a well-known homosexual, standing in fetters whole length in profile to left, conversing with Jack Catch (or Ketch, the public hangman) who holds a halter in his right hand and says, "Dammee Sammy your a sweet pretty creature & I long to have you at the end of my String", to which Drybutter replies, "You don't love me Jacky"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ganymede and Jack-Catch
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Imperfect; first word "Dammee" in Jack Catch's speech bubble has been erased from sheet. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate numbered "V. 3" in upper left corner and "9" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: John Ketch -- Capital punishment: Manacles., and First of two plates on leaf 47.
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1771]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 61. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man standing in profile to the right, a cane in his right hand; his left is inside his waistcoat. His shoulders are round, almost to deformity. He wears a looped hat and ruffled shirt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "15" in upper right corner., Third of three plates on leaf 61., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 15.3 x 10.7 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt. March 1st, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1771]
Call Number:
Folio 72 771 D37 v.1 plate 15
Collection Title:
Leaf 61. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man standing in profile to the right, a cane in his right hand; his left is inside his waistcoat. His shoulders are round, almost to deformity. He wears a looped hat and ruffled shirt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., and Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "15" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt. March 1st, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
"Garrick standing on the right, declaiming in front of a full-length statue of Shakespeare surrounded by characters from the plays"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text inscribed within image: "Shakespeare"., Text inscribed within cartouche below image: "Can British gratitude delay ... We ne'er shall look upon his like again ... See Garrick's Ode to Shakespeare.", Dedication on either side of cartouche: "To Mrs. Montagu, this plate is most respectfully inscribed.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to sheet 711 x 559 mm.
Publisher:
Published March 1, 1783 by R.E. Pine, Albemarle Street
Portrait of David Garrick, seated at a desk, with his wife standing behind him, reaching to grasp the pen that he is holding in his right hand and "Portrait of David Garrick, three-quarter length, seated at a writing table, to the left, looking at viewer, his head supported by right hand, which also holds a quill, his right elbow resting on table; pointing down to the right with left hand; behind him his wife stands, reaching over the back of the chair towards the desk with her right hand, looking down towards Garrick."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The art-journal. [London] : [George Virtue], February 1855, opposite page 42., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression at the Massachusetts Historical Society, call no.: Special Colls. Waterston autograph vol. 2., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 613 (leaf numbered '47' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published for the proprietors
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779,, Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822,, Garrick, David, 1717-1779., and Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822.
Portrait of David Garrick in the role of Richard III, bust only, taken from Hogarth's painting of him awakening from his troubled dream in the tent before the battle of Bosworth Field; in oval in rectangular brick frame with tablet below
Description:
Title engraved in tablet within image., Printmaker active in Basle., After the painting in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. See O'Connell, S. London 1753 (2004), pages 135-6., and For a discussion of the original print see: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 165.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Dramatic production, Actors, British, and Portrayals
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 700); standing three-quarter length between Comedy and Tragedy, smiling towards the latter, but allowing the former to tug him towards her; landscape behind"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Garrick, between tragedy and comedy
Description:
Title engraved below image., Text directly beneath lower margin of image: Class 1 painting for "the Fine Arts of the English School.", Text below statement of responsibility: To John Philip Kemble Esq., who from a laudable regard to historical property and to the merits of our great national dramatist has revived many of his admired plays in a style honourable to himself and to the character of the Brtitish stage, this plate, with the annexed essay, are inscribed by J. Britton., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 1, 1811 by Longman & Co. Paternoster Row, J. Taylor, High Holburn & W. Bond, Newman Street and Printed by Hayward