Volume 1, page 2. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A thin man, dressed in macaroni fashion, stands in profile to the right, holding a cane in his right hand and a bouquet in his left hand; a sword hangs from his side. A child stands behind him, hat held out as if begging for money
Alternative Title:
This club was instituted and kept at Almacks and called the Macaroni Society
Description:
Titled by the artist in ink below image., Attribution to Bunbury based on inclusion of the drawing in a volume of the artist's work., Date from local card catalog record., and Mounted with eleven other drawings on page 2 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Depicts a young lady, fashionably dressed, walking and carrying an enormous parasol to cover her monumental hair, which is dressed in the extravagant heart-shaped style of the period, with curls on the sides, flowers and ostrich plumes at the top. She also apparently wears the fashionable cork bustle, with the back of her protruding skirt providing a ledge on which a "foppishly dressed man" is seated, sheltered by her hair and umbrella. On the left in front of the lady a rustically dressed man has dropped his hat in amazement, while behind her a gentleman in a tricorne hat and leaning on a walking stick points and laughs at the spectacle
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet torn at top along plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to Act of Part. Septr 1, 1777, by J. Lockington, Shug Lane Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, and Umbrellas
"Portrait group of the Society of Artists; men gathered around a table in a fine interior, some seated, attended by servants; with portraits of Grinling Gibbons, William Kent, John Michael Rysbrack, Gawen Hamilton, Marcellus Laroon, Michael Dahl, John Vanderbanck, and Charles Bridgman; a landscape painting on wall in background, a curtain to the right, after Hogarth."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Society of Artists
Description:
Title etched below image. and Dobson. Hogarth, 1902, p. 233.
Publisher:
Published May 1, 1829 by W.B. Tiffin, 3, Hay Market
Camp scene with soldiers from the Loyal Associated and Volunteer Corps of the City of Westminster, with an officer escorting the ladies through the camp (right) who honoured them with the presentation of colours; two horses in the center and a dog ready to pounce at an officer's hat seen in the foreground
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left side.
Publisher:
Pub. March 30, 1799 by Messrs. Schiavonetti, No. 12 Michaels Place, Brompton (Plate 1) by their most obedient humble servts. L.I. & N. Schiavonetti
"Portrait of Thomas Fairfax, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing armour; in an architectural oval with flag at left; a cartouche below showing a battle scene; a sword and hat below; published state; after Samuel Cooper. 1738"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text within image., Text printed below image: "In the Collection of Bryan Fairfax Esqr.", and Plate mark 368 x 227 mm on sheet 532 x 326 mm.
Publisher:
Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britian. and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671,
Subject (Topic):
Generals, British, Nobility, Peerage, and Politicians
"Portrait of Thomas Fairfax, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing armour; in an architectural oval with flag at left; a cartouche below showing a battle scene; a sword and hat below; published state; after Samuel Cooper. 1738"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text within image. and Text printed below image: "In the Collection of Bryan Fairfax Esqr."
Publisher:
Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britian. and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671,
Subject (Topic):
Generals, British, Nobility, Peerage, and Politicians
Portrait of Thomas Kirgate, with receding, wavy hair; head and shoulders directed and looking right, wearing a plain coat, waistcoat and frilled cravat. After the portrait by Edward Edwards
Alternative Title:
Thomas Kirgate
Description:
Title etched below image., Not before 1791 the year Walpole became 4th Earl of Orford., G. Barrett known to have been active at 289 Holborn in 1794 and 1798. See Maxted, I. London Book Trades, 1775-1800., and Laid in at page 15.
Two oval images printed against a patterned background with a stylized floral border. The image on the top shows Tippoo Sahib's wife, mother of his two sons as she kneels outside a tent on a rug; she embraces her one son as the other son stands behind him. Tipu Sultan stands in the background with a woman servant(?). In the image below, the young boy his handed over by his father (left) to Cornwallis (right) with the British camp in the background. Soldiers flank Cornwallis; the Sultan is attend by two of his men. The title of the top image is engraved in a legend on the left; the legend on the right continues the title of the image on the bottom
Alternative Title:
Tippoo Sahib's two sons taking leave of their mother and Tippoo Sahib's two sons delivered up to Lord Cornwallis
Description:
Titles from legends to the left and right of the images., Print is modder on calico?, After two mezzotints published originally by Robert Sayer & Co., in London in 1792 or by Laurie & Whittle and published 12th May, 1794., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
India
Subject (Name):
Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799. and Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805.
Subject (Topic):
History, Children, Hostages, Military camps, British, Mothers, and Prisoner exchanges
Page 243. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A dandy, with a large hat, walking stick (or bludgeon), and spurs on his boots, stands at the counter of a shop as he turns away from the pretty woman who awaits his order. Three other dandies sit at a table on the right sipping a drink (hot chocolate? or coffee service) and reading. Behind them through a large window is a view of the city
Description:
Title from item., Four columns of verse below image: My name's Tippy Bob with a watch in each fob ..., Numbered "276" beneath lower left corner of image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and 1 print : mezzotint ; plate mark 35.1 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 36 x 26 cm, mounted to 37 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd 28th March 1792, by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Coffeehouses, Dandies, British, and Interiors