"Bird's eye view over Vauxhall Gardens, with figures surrounding bandstand and the Prince of Wales's pavillion in centre, triumphal arches at right and supper boxes at either side of the gardens, the conical roof of the 'Elegant music room' at extreme left"--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
General prospect of Vauxhall Gardens and Vüe d'etaillee des Jardins de Vaux Hall
Description:
Title from text below image., Later state, with publication line burnished from plate. For an earlier state published in 1751 by John Bowles, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.5465., Date of publication based on that of earlier state. See British Museum online catalogue., and Plate numbered "128" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Vauxhall Gardens (London, England),, England, and London.
Title etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., The first state of this plate; in the second state the title changed to 'The Burlesquer burlesqued'. See Bindman, D. Hogarth and his times., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 290 in volume 3.
George III is shown with two faces in profile, standing in front of 2 doors, his right arm extended through a screen on the left and his hand being kissed by a kneeling Duke of Dorset. On the right, Charles James Fox, holding his East India Bill, also kneels to kiss the King's left hand, with North standing behind. On the wall hangs a picture of Bute as a cat. A reference to supposed secret influence at court
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate line., and Mounted to 31 x 38.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792.
An anti-Napoleon broadside including an engraved, cartographic bust of Napoleon above two columns of letterpress in Dutch, German, English and French. The face of Napoleon is formed of carcases of war victims: on the collar are waves of the sea; a "hand" is placed as the epaulet while on the cuff is 'R' (for Regent), round the wrist 'Honi Soit ', on the fingers are the letters 'A', 'R', 'P', 'S', 'E' (for the Allies). A drawing the Rhenish Confedracy [sic] under the flimsy symbol of the cobweb: and the "spider" is a symbolic emblem of the vigilance of the Allies
Description:
Title from letterpress caption above text., The name "Napoleon" appears four times below image, above each section in Dutch, English, French, and German. Text in English begins: The first, and last, by the wrath of Heaven Emperor of the Jacobins ..., Engraved image of Napoleon: plate mark 22.7 x 15.9 cm., The satirical Napoleon portrait is a copy of the original by Voltz; Cf. No. 12177 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Place and date of publication based on English-language version of the print published in London by Ackermann in 1814; Cf. No. 12202 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from text above image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Additional statement of responsibility in upper right corner: H.W.B. f., Temporary local subject terms: Rosary -- Sabots -- Pince nez., Later impression from a worn plate? Text above image lightly printed and barely visible., and Watermark: J. Ruse.
Title from text above image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., 1 print on laid paper : etching ; sheet 26.6 x 18.6 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark, partially trimmed: G.R.
Perspective interieure de la Chapelle du College du Roi a Cambridge
Description:
Titles in English and French etched below image., Date based on time period (1746-1755) when Canaletto worked in England and produced the original painting., Text below English title: N.B. This building is esteem'd the most perfect and finest piece of Gothic architecture now remaining in Europe., Text below French title: Cet edifice est regardé comme le plus beau monument d'architecture gothique qui soit en Europe., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 24 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.