Leaf 99. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man seated and playing a viol da gamba, the upper end of which is decorated by a carved head with a smiling face, wearing a laurel wreath, which is probably a portrait of the musician. He wears a small wig, a coat with large old-fashioned cuffs, and ruffled shirt-sleeves. Probably Karl Friedrich Abel, well known in London concert rooms at this time."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Seigneur Catgutaneo and Signor Catgutaneo
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773., Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "18" in upper right corner., Third of three plates on leaf 99., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.5 x 12.5 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act Octr. 21, 1773, by MDarly, Strand
Subject (Name):
Abel, Karl Friedrich, 1723-1787
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Musicians, Violas, and Wood carvings
Leaf 99. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man seated and playing a viol da gamba, the upper end of which is decorated by a carved head with a smiling face, wearing a laurel wreath, which is probably a portrait of the musician. He wears a small wig, a coat with large old-fashioned cuffs, and ruffled shirt-sleeves. Probably Karl Friedrich Abel, well known in London concert rooms at this time."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Seigneur Catgutaneo and Signor Catgutaneo
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773., and Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "18" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act Octr. 21, 1773, by MDarly, Strand
Subject (Name):
Abel, Karl Friedrich, 1723-1787
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Musicians, Violas, and Wood carvings
"A night scene, with a full moon, outside the corner house of a London square, an equestrian statue among trees in the background. A young officer in dandified uniform kneels on the cobbled roadway, shouting up to the house Fire! Fire! Fire! A lady, in nightgown and cap, looks from a first-floor window, crying, Where! Where! Where! He answers, right hand on his heart: Here! Here! Here!!! The words are below the title"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Self introduction and declaration
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Three lines of underlined dialogue below title: Fire! Fire! Fire! Where! Where! Where! Here! Here! Here!!!
Publisher:
Pub. June 29, 1823 by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's St. & 74 New Bond St.
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Row houses, Dandies, British, and Soldiers
Two men hunt in the field across from a thatched cottage (left) with large tree in it front yard, separated from the road by a rail fence. The hunter on the left has just fired his gun at two birds in flight above right. His companion stands ready with his gun as two hounds watch for their catch
Description:
Titled etched below image., With two stanzas of verse, four lines each, on either side of title: A gentle gale that blows along the land ... The rest well mark'd, again are to be found., One of a set of four prints showing a day of hunting, with verses below the image beneath each image describing the progression., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street, London, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Game bird hunting, Hunters, British, Hunting, and Hunting dogs
Two men armed with guns walk towards a field across from a thatched cottage (left) as two hounds bound ahead
Description:
Titled etched below image., With two stanzas of verse, four lines each, on either side of title: Bright sol's all chearing beams illum the day, The dew's exhal'd from all the spangled spray ... Now snuff the air, now scent the tainted ground., One of a set of four prints showing a day of hunting, with verses below the image beneath each image describing the progression., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street, London, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Game bird hunting, Hunters, British, Hunting, and Hunting dogs
In a dense forest, two men with hounds rest by a tree; one, standing, holds a rabbit; the other lounges beside the tree under which is their kill of game birds
Description:
Titled etched below image., With two stanzas of verse, four lines each, on either side of title: Sated with sport as one recumbent lies, Success the other strews before his eyes ... Each night, whilst, they rehearse the oft told tale., One of a set of four prints showing a day of hunting, with verses below the image beneath each image describing the progression., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street, London, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Game bird hunting, Hunters, British, Hunting, and Hunting dogs
Two men armed with guns (right), one standing while the other sits and loads his gun, prepare for a day of hunting with their two dogs. On the left is a cottage beneath a large crag, possibly Creswell Crags, on the edge of the Welbeck Estate, which feature in many Stubbs paintings
Description:
Titled etched below image., With two stanzas of verse, four lines each, on either side of title: Soon as the grey ey'd Morn's uncertain light, Forsakes dull, Morpehus and the shades of Night ... Vaining each Master charge the murdering gun., One of a set of four prints showing a day of hunting, with verses below the image beneath each image describing the progression., and Imperfect impression with loss of first(?) word of imprint. Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
[Published] by Thos. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street, London, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Game bird hunting, Hunters, British, Hunting, and Hunting dogs
Plate [157] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; a stone plate with coins from the reign of Charles I; on top inscribed 'SIEGE COINS', in front a pickaxe, a pointing stick and a pot of coins, surrounded by plantation decor, castle towers behind"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text within image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [157] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
An elderly, rotund Lord Lovat is seated on a chair, its back carved with putti supporting a coronet. He is counting on his fingers the number of Scottish clans that fought with the Pretender in the rebellion. To his left is a table on which sits a book (entitled "Memoirs" in the original by William Hogarth) and quill pen in an ink bottle
Description:
Title engraved below image., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2801., and For a discussion of the original see: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 166.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667 or 1668-1747
Subject (Topic):
Obesity, Peerage, British, Jacobites, and Rebellions
Copy of William Hogarth's portrait of Simon Lord Lovat as an elderly, rotund man seated on a chair, its back carved with putti supporting a coronet. He is counting on his fingers the number of Scottish clans that fought with the Pretender in the rebellion. To his left is a table on which sits a book (entitled "Memoirs" in the original by William Hogarth) and quill pen in an ink bottle
Description:
Title etched below image., "Page 293"--Upper right corner., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2801., For a discussion of the original see: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 166., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand at top of sheet: Copy., and On page 123 in volume 2.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667 or 1668-1747
Subject (Topic):
Jacobites, Obesity, Peerage, British, and Rebellions