"Interior view of the hall; showing the company on the day of the annual dinner; young girls walk in procession through hall, as company gathers standing at tables forming a u-shape."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 38., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 79.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Octr. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Freemasons. United Grand Lodge of England.
Subject (Topic):
Fraternal organizations, Events, Interiors, Parades & processions, and Banquets
A view of the interior of a busy French barracks shows a more domestic than military atmosphere although weapons and other gear adorn the walls and lay scattered on the floor. The scene includes a woman nursing a baby (right) as another child plays at her feet. Beside her another woman holds up a mirror so that an officer can admire his reflection from both the front and back. A third woman (left) cuts an officers toe nails as a barber dresses his long queue; another officer has his hair powdered. In the background a man in his night shirt sits on the side of his bed as he stretches his arms and yawns
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: English barracks., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd Aug. 12, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
France. Armée
Subject (Topic):
Barracks and quarters, Foreign opinion, British, Arms & armament, Armor, Barbers, Barracks, French, Breast feeding, Canopy beds, Cats, Children, Dogs, Grooming, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Servants, Soldiers, Women, and Yawning
Title from item., Printmaker tentatively identified in British Museum catalogue as Paul Sandby., Tentatively identified on an unverified card catalog record as P. Stevenart., Artist's name in lower left below image burnished from plate., Publication statement appears to be burnished from plate. Probably published by Darlington along with the companion print., Companion print: French beggar woman., and Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: French beggar -- Signs: French beggar's sign.
Title from item., Printmaker tentatively identified by Stephens as Paul Sandby. Possibly by P. Stevenart, based on comparison with his prints in the collection. See The lemonade seller., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., For companion print: French beggar., Temporary local subject terms: Beggars -- Rosaries., and Mounted to 26 x 17 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Dec. 10, 1770, by William Darling, Great Newport Street, London
"Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette seated on chairs at Varennes while an armed and ferocious mob invades the room through an open door (left); the approach of an angry crowd is suggested by a sea of heads, above which weapons are raised. The King sits full face, the Queen beside him in profile to the left and on the extreme right. One ruffian presents a blunderbuss at the Queen, another, yelling, threatens the King with a pistol and sabre. A soldier (left) advances with his musket cocked towards the little Dauphin, who has fallen on his back at the King's feet, having apparently been pushed over by the soldier's bayonet. A man wearing only a bonnet rouge and a shirt advances with a dagger in each hand; behind him is a man with a raised hammer in one hand, a broom in the other."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
French democrats surprising the royal runaways
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Invasion of Varennes -- Allusion to French Revolution -- French democrats -- Fugitives -- Weapons: sabres -- Guns: blunderbass -- Muskets with bayonettes -- Daggers -- Emblems: bonnet rouge -- French revolutionary cockade -- Brooms -- Hammers.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 27th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Louis XVII, of France, 1785-1795, and Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793
In a fashionable parlor, two well-dressed couples entertain each other. On the right a gentleman plays the violin as his companion sings; she holds sheet music in her hand as she faces the fireplace, her back to the viewer. The violinist stands on a sheet of paper on which is written "The downfall of Paris." Above the fireplace, over a mantel with piles of books, including a volume with Code Napoleon written on its spine, is a portrait of "Napoleon le-Grand" and on either side, landscape views of Elba and St. Helena. On the left an effeminate soldier with a medal that reads "Jena" (a reference to the 1806 victory?) offers a young lady plates of fruit and cookies. The side table beside them is laiddened with fruit, flowers, liquor, and cookies. A fluffy, white dog barks at her feet. Pairs of Cupids with arrows and with laurel wreaths decorate the wallpaper
Alternative Title:
French fireside
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publication date from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Manuscript "8" in upper center of plate.
Publisher:
Publish'd by J. Le Petit, 20 Capel St., Dublin
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Dogs, Fireplaces, Floor coverings, Mantels, Parlors, Singing, and Violins