"View from the hill, looking down on the River Thames, and Richmond; a carriage and pedestrians on road in right foreground, a farm directlyh below"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe du costé de l'occident de Richmond &c. dans Surry prise de l'Enseigne de l'Etoile et la jaretiere
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., and "Publish'd according to act of Parliament"--Below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
"A girl dancing holding in one hand a bow, the other stretched forward. Her looped up skirt has a short train. From her head-dress of flowers and feathers hangs a trail of vine leaves."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printed on one sheet with: An opera girl of Paris in the character of Flora., Companion print to: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 4924., and Watermark: J Taylor.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, & R. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs
Title from first lines of text below image. All engraved., Date of publication based on the April 1767 opening date of the Westminster New Lying-in Hospital, Lambeth., Motto engraved in banner at base of image: Hide not thy Face from thine own Flesh. Isian Ch. 58, and Not in: Adams, B. London illustrated, 1983.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
General Lying-in Hospital (Lambeth, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Hospitals, and Coats of arms
A rural scene with three inns. At "The Portobello" (celebrating the naval victory of 1739 in contrast with the recent loss of Minorca), two veterans sit reminiscing. At "The Excise Office" (the Whig stronghold, its name alluding to Walpole's Excise Bill of 1733) with the sign of the Crown and a rioting crowd; and "The Royal Oak" (recalling Tory support for the Stuart monarchy), its sign partly obscured by the banner of "Punch Candidate for Guzzledown" in which the Treasury is being emptied of money that the candidate throws at voters; in the centre, a young country gentleman is being bribed by agents of both parties, while, to right, a portly candidate buys trinkets from a Jewish pedlar for two young ladies on the balcony of "The Royal Oak"; the landlady counts her bribe under the watchful eye of a soldier while she leans against a carved British lion about to devour the fleur-de-lis of France
Description:
Title engraved above image., State and publisher from Paulson., Second plate in "Four prints of an election"., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Dedication etched below image: To his Excellency Sr. Charles Hanbury Williams embassador to the court of Russia. This plate is most humbly inscrib'd by his most obedient humble servant Willm. Hogarth., Second in the series "Four prints of an election"., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand: 1st impression., Sheet trimmed to: 43.3 x 55.5 cm., and Formerly on page 172 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
Publisher:
W. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Riots, Political elections, Taverns (Inns), Smoking, and Street vendors
A rural scene with three inns. At "The Portobello" (celebrating the naval victory of 1739 in contrast with the recent loss of Minorca), two veterans sit reminiscing. At "The Excise Office" (the Whig stronghold, its name alluding to Walpole's Excise Bill of 1733) with the sign of the Crown and a rioting crowd; and "The Royal Oak" (recalling Tory support for the Stuart monarchy), its sign partly obscured by the banner of "Punch Candidate for Guzzledown" in which the Treasury is being emptied of money that the candidate throws at voters; in the centre, a young country gentleman is being bribed by agents of both parties, while, to right, a portly candidate buys trinkets from a Jewish pedlar for two young ladies on the balcony of "The Royal Oak"; the landlady counts her bribe under the watchful eye of a soldier while she leans against a carved British lion about to devour the fleur-de-lis of France
Description:
Title engraved above image., State and publisher from Paulson., Second plate in "Four prints of an election"., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Dedication etched below image: To his Excellency Sr. Charles Hanbury Williams embassador to the court of Russia. This plate is most humbly inscrib'd by his most obedient humble servant Willm. Hogarth., and Second in the series "Four prints of an election".
Publisher:
W. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Riots, Political elections, Taverns (Inns), Smoking, and Street vendors
Title from item., Publication place inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 2 (1768)?, Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: tables., and Mounted to 37 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway, 1749-1808,
"Two officers on horseback conferring; tents and horsemen in the distance. The design is in an oval with a frame composed of oakleaves and architectural ornament."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above image., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 6 (1771), page 31., and Temporary local subject terms: Negotiations: peace of Ryswick, 1697 -- Bills: reference to 'Nullum Tempus' -- Reference to William Henry Cavendish Bentick, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809).
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Portland, William Bentinck, Earl of, 1649-1709 and Boufflers, Louis François, duc de, 1644-1711
"Edward IV, seated upon his throne, crowned and dressed in his robes of state, receiving Earl Rivers and Caxton, who kneel before him, Rivers presenting the king with a book, Richard, Duke of Gloucester with other courtiers standing by the throne, surrounded by a foliate border, text in a cartouche decorated with a gothic border."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from explanatory text below image., Publisher and date of publication from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Frontispiece to: Walpole, H. A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., Mounted on page 67 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 15.7 x 10.5 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of printmaker's signature from bottom edge.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483., Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483., Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492., Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485., Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492., and Edward V, King of England, 1470-1483.
"Edward IV, seated upon his throne, crowned and dressed in his robes of state, receiving Earl Rivers and Caxton, who kneel before him, Rivers presenting the king with a book, Richard, Duke of Gloucester with other courtiers standing by the throne, surrounded by a foliate border, text in a cartouche decorated with a gothic border."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from explanatory text below image., Publisher and date of publication from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Frontispiece to: Walpole, H. A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., and Mounted on page 63 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483., Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483., Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492., Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485., Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492., and Edward V, King of England, 1470-1483.
"Edward IV, seated upon his throne, crowned and dressed in his robes of state, receiving Earl Rivers and Caxton, who kneel before him, Rivers presenting the king with a book, Richard, Duke of Gloucester with other courtiers standing by the throne, surrounded by a foliate border, text in a cartouche decorated with a gothic border."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from explanatory text below image., Publisher and date of publication from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Frontispiece to: Walpole, H. A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., Mounted on page 82 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : etching and engraving ; sheet 15.9 x 10.4 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483., Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483., Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492., Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485., Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492., and Edward V, King of England, 1470-1483.