"Lee Lewes stands on stage at Covent Garden, with busts arranged on a table behind him, he holds one up, turning to the crowd; the audience in the pit in the foreground, with four tiers of boxes behind; after Woodward."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Frontispiece to: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784., Lewes, Charles Lee, 1740-1803, and Covent Garden Theatre,
Subject (Topic):
Theaters, Actors, British, Interiors, Audiences, and Public speaking
"Design in an oval. Used as a frontispiece to second edition (1785) of 'The Westminster Election' and probably designed for it. Britannia seated on a throne (right) raised on three steps holds out a laurel wreath towards the Duchess of Devonshire who is led towards her by the draped figures of Liberty (left) holding the staff and cap of Liberty, and Fame (right) with her trumpet. The British lion lies at Britannia's feet (right) looking over its shoulder at the Duchess."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Liberty and Fame introducing female patriotism to Britannia
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from Grego., Two lines of quoted text below title: "She smiles - infused with a fortitude from Heaven"! Vide Shakespears Tempest., Frontispiece to: Hartley, J. History of the Westminster election. London : Printed for the editors, and sold by J. Debrett ..., 1785., Temporary local subject terms: British Lion -- Personifications -- Cap of Liberty -- Staff of Liberty -- Musical instruments -- Laurel wreaths -- Ships., and Mounted to 28 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Liberty, Fame, Lions, Thrones, Wreaths, Liberty cap, and Trumpets
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Tail piece to volume 3 of Tegg's Caricature Magazine, the title 'Tail Piece to Volume Three' inscribed on a theatrical drop curtain, pinioned at centre by a wig, above the scene. Street scene showing Tegg's printshop, the 'Apollo Library' at 111 Cheapside, at left, signs above its windows reading 'Libraries purchased or exchanged.', 'The largest assortment of caricatures in the world.'; a crowd looking at the printshop windows, which show various prints and advertisements: 'Spirit of fresh wit / Spirit of English wit / Marmion travestee / The whale / An auction at eight precisely / Caricature Magazine Vol 4'. In the doorway, Tegg is just visible firing a large gun to right, bringing a winged man with a fool's cap tumbling out of the sky; below four demons, the 'genii of caricature', hold out a long net filled with papers, one saying, 'Thats right Master Tegg - fire away - you will always find plenty of game - we have got a precious hawl here for the supply of the shop'; the papers are inscribed with the subjects of satirical prints: 'Portraits / Bon mots / G[...] / The day / Mrs clarke / Oddities / The times / Mirth and jollity / Whim / Manners / Investigation / Jokes / Fashion / Crim con'. Many figures strolling on the other side of the street at right, Bow Church at the corner opposite."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tailpiece to volume three and Genii of caricature bringing in fresh supplies
Description:
Title from text in top part of design., Text in bottom right portion of design: The genii of caricature bringing in fresh supplies., Printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1992,0516.63., Two lines of quoted text, from Alexander Pope's An essay on man, below image: "Eye natures walks, shoot folly as it flies, "and catch the manners living as they rise. Pope., Plate numbered "100" in upper right corner., Tailpiece to: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: C Wilmott., and Countermark: 1819.
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Tail piece to volume 3 of Tegg's Caricature Magazine, the title 'Tail Piece to Volume Three' inscribed on a theatrical drop curtain, pinioned at centre by a wig, above the scene. Street scene showing Tegg's printshop, the 'Apollo Library' at 111 Cheapside, at left, signs above its windows reading 'Libraries purchased or exchanged.', 'The largest assortment of caricatures in the world.'; a crowd looking at the printshop windows, which show various prints and advertisements: 'Spirit of fresh wit / Spirit of English wit / Marmion travestee / The whale / An auction at eight precisely / Caricature Magazine Vol 4'. In the doorway, Tegg is just visible firing a large gun to right, bringing a winged man with a fool's cap tumbling out of the sky; below four demons, the 'genii of caricature', hold out a long net filled with papers, one saying, 'Thats right Master Tegg - fire away - you will always find plenty of game - we have got a precious hawl here for the supply of the shop'; the papers are inscribed with the subjects of satirical prints: 'Portraits / Bon mots / G[...] / The day / Mrs clarke / Oddities / The times / Mirth and jollity / Whim / Manners / Investigation / Jokes / Fashion / Crim con'. Many figures strolling on the other side of the street at right, Bow Church at the corner opposite."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tailpiece to volume three and Genii of caricature bringing in fresh supplies
Description:
Title from text in top part of design., Text in bottom right portion of design: The genii of caricature bringing in fresh supplies., Printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1992,0516.63., Two lines of quoted text, from Alexander Pope's An essay on man, below image: "Eye natures walks, shoot folly as it flies, "and catch the manners living as they rise. Pope., Plate numbered "100" in upper right corner., Tailpiece to: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25 x 34.6 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Watermark: Basted Mill., Mounted on laid paper backing., and Leaf 99 in volume 3.
"George III rides Pegasus, and is about to be thrown; both arms are raised in consternation. Another man (? Wolcot) falls head downwards from the horse; his wig has fallen off and he has dropped a roll of MS. Behind the plunging heels of the animal Harlequin (right) flourishes his club."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier proof state
Description:
Title, printmaker, and date from description of proof state in the British Museum catalogue., For a proof state before "Ode for new year" lettering added to the roll of paper within image, see no. 7188 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. Ode upon ode, or, Peep at St. James's ... London : Printed by G. Kearsley ..., [1787], Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., and Temporary local subject terms: Literary quotation -- Personification -- Mythology -- Pindar's Ode for a new year.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819
Subject (Topic):
Harlequin (Fictitious character), Pegasus (Greek mythology), Falling, and Wigs