"Subscribers ticket to the Handel Centenary Commemoration held in Westminster Abbey in 1784; a woman seated on a lion, gesturing towards an obelisk behind her, that is inscribed 'Handel'; a cherbu by her side placing a garland on a pedestal; in oval with ribbion inscribed 'The dead shall live the living die', and on scroll between horsn and pipes, 'May 29 / Messiah / 1784'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Sheet trimmed within design, resulting in loss of imprint. and Title from image.
Shitten condition of the King of Prussia and Sh-tten condition of the King of Pru---a
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Bound in a collection of 35 prints with armorial book plate: Ex-libris Lichtensteinianis., Eight lines of verse in four columns below image: All mark'd with De Luces& cram'd with French gold, forth sally'd our hero, to seize, have and hold ..., P. Murray Hill; May 1957; Acquisitions no.: 957-5-3-25., Printseller's announcement after imprint: Where is sold 20 more., Temporary local subject terms: Defecation -- Medicine: smelling salts -- Money., Title engraved above image., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
May's Buildings, Covent Garden
Subject (Name):
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771
Subject (Topic):
Charles Alexandre, duc de Lorraine, 1712-1780, Defecation, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, and Military uniforms
A different, probably earlier, version of no. 4727 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Mounted to 29 x 39 cm., Plate numbered "23" in upper left corner., Printmaker John Williams later adopted the pseudonym Anthony Pasquin., Reissue, with added plate numbering. For earlier state, see Lewis Walpole Library call no. Bunbury 772.06.10.01.1+., Suckling; February 1959; Acquisitions no.: 959-2-2-1., Temporary local subject terms: Bust of Cicero, Marcus Tullius, B.C. 106-43 -- Literature: Ovid, B.C. 43-A.D. 18 -- College room at Cambridge -- Furniture: Hanging bookshelf -- Pictures., and Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Strand, June 10th, 1772, accor. to act
Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xxv, p. 12., Mounted on sheet with seven other prints. To view other titles, search by call number: 850.00.00.06+, Mounted to 30 x 37 cm., and Title from caption below image.
Bound in a collection of 35 prints with armorial book plate: Ex-libris Lichtensteinianis., Five lines of text titled "Description" below verse: The Colossus at Rhodes, a stature of [the] Sun 70 cubits high ..., P. Murray Hill; May 1957; Acquisitions no.: 957-5-3-1., Seven lines of verse in two columns below title: Why man, he doth bestride [the] narrow world ... Shakespeare., Temporary local subject terms: Cuba -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare -- Colossus -- Cardinal Fleury as a fox., Title from item., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
[s.n.]
Subject (Topic):
Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743 and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Bound in a collection of 35 prints with armorial book plate: Ex-libris Lichtensteinianis., Five stanzas of verse below title: Fortune's wheel is turning quickly round, and nothing in our court of certainty is found ..., P. Murray Hill; May 1957; Acquisitions no.: 957-5-3-7., Publication date from British Museum online catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: figure of Fortune -- Interiors: Court of Request -- Architectural details: tradesmen's stalls -- Shops: bookseller -- Vehicles: fire-engine., Title from item., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
[s.n.]
Subject (Topic):
Argyll, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Ombersley, Samuel Sandys, Baron of, 1695-1770, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford
"Price 1s"--Lower right corner., Bound in a collection of 35 prints with armorial book plate: Ex-libris Lichtensteinianis., One line of text following title: NB. The beasts represent certain monarchs, and the birds certain kingdoms, the eagle in particular Germany with her nine electors., P. Murray Hill; May 1957; Acquisitions no.: 957-5-3-31., Temporary local subject terms: Russian bear -- German eagle and 9 eaglets (electors) -- French fox and fox cub -- Hungarian peacock -- Prussian jay -- British lion -- Dutch goose -- Austrian bull -- Bavarian hound -- Morrocan tunis (camel) -- Swiss bat -- Venetian dolphin -- Walpolian owl -- Spanish griffin -- Swedish ostrich -- Swan of Lorain -- Roman cat -- Danish stork -- Persian rhinoceros -- Turkish elephant -- Norwegian frog -- Pretender's serpent -- Bills: excise, 1741 -- Torches -- German elections, 1741 -- Europe as beehive -- Hanoverian turnips -- Count Joseph Edward Gage, 1678?-1753?, Title from item., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
[s.n.]
Subject (Topic):
Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749, National emblems, National emblems -- British, National emblems -- Danish, National emblems -- Dutch, National emblems -- German, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Bound in a collection of 35 prints with armorial book plate: Ex-libris Lichtensteinianis., Dedication: To the independent El---rs of W---------- [i.e., electors of Westminster]., P. Murray Hill; May 1957; Acquisitions no.: 957-5-3-11., Publication date in Stephens: 1744., Seven lines of text below image: Your vote & interest are desir'd at [the] next general election for an independent nobleman ..., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Whitehall, London -- Genealogy -- Expressions of speech: Hanover Turnips -- Electors: independents -- Allusion to Westminster Hall -- Allusion to Charing Cross -- Westminster Elections, 1741 -- Personfications: Fame -- Monuments., Title engraved above image., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
[s.n.]
Subject (Topic):
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649 and Egmont, John Perceval, Earl of, 1711-1770