Collection of twelve 19th-century Anglo-Indian representations of traditional Indian clothing for various trades and stations of life, each captioned below with the subject's occupation. Included are two female subjects, 'My Ayah or Lady's Maid' and a water bearer, alongside ten male subjects. Among the depicted males are a 'Native Officer', 'A Peon or Policeman', and a 'Moonshee or Teacher of Languages', the latter having the only geographical indication of origin ('Bangalore' given to its verso).
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Each drawing is numbered and signed "Mrs. O'Connor" on the verso, possibly indicating the artist or the person the drawings were composed for., Drawing '3' on verso: A Bangalore Moonshee., Approximate date from the watermark., and Such works are often referred to as 'Company School', given they were produced for tourists and East India Company employees alike.
A soldier, possibly from the English Civil War, looks with shock towards an arrow embedded in his chest. He sits, surrounded by foliage, holding a dagger in his right hand
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Unsigned; attributed to Henry William Bunbury., and Date from dealer's description.
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, War casualties, Arrows, and Daggers & swords
Volume 1, page 59. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of the southern front of Chichester Cross, a 15th-century market cross that stands in the center of the city of Chichester
Alternative Title:
South front and Chichester cross
Description:
Title devised by curator., Sheet annotated in ink with "The south front" above image and "Chichester Cross" below image., Date supplied by cataloger., Sheet numbered "3" in upper right corner., Laid down on an ink line mount., Mounted on same page is a separate sheet on which the dedicatory inscription for the clock of Chichester Cross is reproduced in ink, beneath which is written "Inscription to south front"., and Mounted on page 59 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Plate 31. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 31. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The scene is of the Southwark fairgrounds in London with attractions. A large sign "The Siege of Troy" hangs in front a church obscuring all but the steeple. A theatrical booth on the left collapses under the sign "The Stage of Mutiny ..."; a lantern sign reads "Ciber [sic] and Bullock's The Fall of Bajazet". There is a china shop, a rope dancer and rope-flyer, a quack doctor, a peepshow, a conjuror (Isaac Fawkes) and broadsword fighter on horseback; in the foreground a black boy plays a trumpet and a young woman a drum
Alternative Title:
Humours of a fair
Description:
Title and publisher from Paulson., Paulson cites an alternative title from Hogarth: Humours of a fair., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 36.1 x 47.1 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 31 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Acrobats, Blacks, City & town life, Crowds, Entertainers, Fairs, Magicians, Peepshows, Puppet shows, Street musicians, and Theatrical productions
Plate 31. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 31. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The scene is of the Southwark fairgrounds in London with attractions. A large sign "The Siege of Troy" hangs in front a church obscuring all but the steeple. A theatrical booth on the left collapses under the sign "The Stage of Mutiny ..."; a lantern sign reads "Ciber [sic] and Bullock's The Fall of Bajazet". There is a china shop, a rope dancer and rope-flyer, a quack doctor, a peepshow, a conjuror (Isaac Fawkes) and broadsword fighter on horseback; in the foreground a black boy plays a trumpet and a young woman a drum
Alternative Title:
Humours of a fair
Description:
Title and publisher from Paulson., Paulson cites an alternative title from Hogarth: Humours of a fair., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 36.1 x 47.1 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 31 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Acrobats, Blacks, City & town life, Crowds, Entertainers, Fairs, Magicians, Peepshows, Puppet shows, Street musicians, and Theatrical productions
Title devised by cataloger., Text within decorative border of repeated typographic ornaments., An information card detailing distance in miles from the stages on the route (Grantham to London) and the time taken to reach each stage., "N.B. The passengers are desired to acquaint the proprietors of each stage if the posillions take up any out-passengers upon the road, as they apprehend the robberies of the machines have been owing to that practice.", and For further information, consult library staff.
Volume 2, page 19. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man standing in profile to left, whole-length, with a hat, sack over shoulder, axe in hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by curator., Printmaker identified as Edward Haistwell in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1931,0413.205., Identification of printmaker is confirmed by a letter, pasted above print in album, from Richard Bull to Horace Walpole. In sending the print to Walpole, Bull mentions that it was "engrav'd by Mr. Haistwell, formerly a fellow commoner of C.C.C. College Cambridge [sic]"., Print signed with "CCCC", which probably stands for "Corpus Christi College, Cambridge", where Edward Haistwell was a fellow commoner., and Mounted on page 19 in volume 2 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
First leaf following title page. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Landscape; view of Strawberry Hill, a neo-gothic house in parkland, seen from a pool in the foreground, with a water-wheel on the left, a horseman on the far bank, sailing-boat on the right and cattle grazing in the field before the house."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
East front of Strawberry Hill, from the river
Description:
Title from note in brown ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Alternative title from Gascoigne., Printmaker's monogrammatic initials etched below image in lower left; date etched below image in lower right., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on first leaf following title page in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 11.3 x 15.7 cm, inlaid to 27 x 21 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and With manuscript title "View of Strawberry Hill" added in brown ink below image. Also added are the letters "ollaston f." to the etched monogrammatic initials "CW" in lower left, completing the statement of responsibility "CWollaston f."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Plate 38. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Nine actresses and four child actors dressed as classical deities preparing for a performance; among props and costumes are kittens playing with an orb and lyre, a monkey urinating in a helmet and a baby being fed by a child dressed as an eagle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 45.1 x 56.8 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 38 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.