"Heading to printed verses ... A river scene, with Windsor Castle in the background (left). A boatman standing in a punt has fished from the water a 'cit's' wig, while another holds a grappling-iron. A fat woman on the bank throws up her arms at sight of the wig. Two 'Eaton boys', arm-in-arm in the background, watch the woman. Some 'vanton Eaton boys' had 'popt Vite in the vater'. He was drowned."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mr. and Mrs. Vite's journey to Windsor and West Wickham on Whitsunday
Description:
Title from letterpress heading to verses., Two lines of text below title: Written and composed by Mr. Rhodes; and sung with unbounded applause by Mr. Dowton, of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in his entertainment of summer-amusement., Four columns of verse below title: A vorthy cit von Vitsun-day ..., Publication line at end of verses: Published 13th January, 1818, by Whittle and Laurie, No. 53 Fleet Street, London., Plate numbered "490" in upper left corner., and For a reduced verson of this design, see No. 14971 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Publisher:
Published March 1st, 1821, by Richd. Holmes Laurie, 53 Fleet Street
"A Portrait of John Law of Lauriston, Financier, Promoter of the Mississippi Scheme."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Four lines of verse in French in two columns below title: Sous l'auguste et sage regence d'un prince aimant la bonne foy ..., Plate 10 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Mounted to 47 x 30 cm., and Five lines of description in Dutch added below plate in an unidentified hand.
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of actress Jane Lessingham with flowers in her hair, and Justice William Addington
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Lessingham and Amorous justice
Description:
Titles engraved below images., Place of publication from Plomer; T. (Thomas) Walker, publisher of the Hibernian magazine, was located at Dame Street Dublin from 1770-1786., and Probably from: The Hibernian Magazine, 1777. A variant of Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, no. 5415, originally published in Town and country magazine.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by T. Walker, No. 79 Dame Street
Subject (Name):
Addington, William, Sir, 1728-1811, and Lessingham, Jane, 1739?-1783,
Actors include Mr Carleton, Mr Melvin, Mr Williams, Mr Carr, Mr Knight, Mrs Worthington, Miss Smith, Miss Mills, Mrs Carr, Mrs Jarman, Mr Bennett, Mr Woodham, Mr Hope, Mr Wood, Master Elliott, Mr Jarman, Mrs Eliott, Mrs French, Mrs Carr, Mrs Cummins., Playbill for a performance in York Theatre Royal on Thursday Evening, March 7th, 1805., Paragraph., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from theatres in York, England]. [England], [1789-1805].
Publisher:
W. Blanchard, printer, York
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and York.
Subject (Name):
Cowley, Hannah, 1743-1809. and Hoare, Prince, 1755-1834.
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of a Mrs. Pratt, (on the left and numbered 13), and her alleged lover on the right, wearing armour and ribbon, Lord Amherst (numbered 14).
Alternative Title:
Cautious commander
Description:
Title from item., Place of publication from Plomer's Dictionaries of printers and booksellers, page 316., From the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and country magazine, 1778, page 233., and Subjects identified in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs by A. Hamilton Junr. ...