"Portrait of Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, when Baron Loughborough; three-quarter length, seated directed to left, looking towards the viewer, his left elbow on the arm of his chair; mace on a table beside him at left; wearing chancellor's robes decorated with brocade, lace bands and long white wig."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 408 (leaf numbered '21' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published Dec. 7, 1812, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805,
"Portrait, three-quarters length seated directed to left, looking towards the viewer, left elbow on the arm of his chair, his hand on the edge of his robes, right hand on the chancerial burse, propped on his knee, with the mace on a table beside him, wearing robes decorated with gold brocade, lace bands and long white wig; a column and curtain behind to right."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., State from: Baudi di Vesme, A. Francesco Bartolozzi., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., For an earlier state with scratched production details only, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.1768., and Bound in opposite page 371 (leaf numbered '187' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published 1st Feby. 1800 by John Jeffryes, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805,
King William IV dressed as a sailor dances in the centre of a semicircle of ministers who have black bodies and are partially draped. Among the ministers are Peel and Scarlett on the left, Lyndhurst and Wellington on the right both of whom wear nose-rings. Scarlett encircles Ellenborough, who, with Sugden, is behind the King. Their tribal dance celebration alludes to the relief that the ministers must have felt to be able to retain their positions with the new reign. William IV was a popular King and a stark contrast to George IV and was liable to wild bursts of passion as is suggested here. He and the Duke of Wellington (then prime minister) got on very well, hence the retainment of his ministers. He is dressed in sailor garb in reference to his years in the navy. The tribal dress of the ministers refers to the far-flung shores that William visited
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. July 19, 1830, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britian.
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Scarlett, James, Sir, 1769-1844, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw, 1781-1875, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837., Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852., Scarlett, James, Sir, 1769-1844., Peel, Robert, 1788-1850., Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863., and Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818.
Title from text within woodcut illustration; remainder of title from letterpress text beneath illustration., Woodcut illustration of a hot air ballloon with two flag-waving gentlemen seated in the basket. The flag to the left reads "No blanks"; the flag to the right, "All money.", Printed in red and blue ink., and Mounted to: 25 x 18 cm. With a sticker in upper left corner with blue crayon annotation "11-". For further information, consult library staff.
To William Davison, chemist, druggist, & apothecary
Description:
Date from manuscript annotation on Lewis Walpole Library copy., Engraved invoice for the pharmacist, stationer, and printer William Davison of Alnwick., and Invoice completed in manuscript to "Major Frankland, West Glanton"; numbered "231" in upper right and dated "1821 October 17" in lower left. For further information, consult library staff.
A caricatured portrait of comedian John Liston, standing before the Theatre Royal. Leaning against a bollard is a placard advertising the play 'Fish out of Water' in which he was starring as 'Sam Savoury'.
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 25th, 1823, by G. Humphrey, 24, St. James's Stt. & 74, New-Bond St., London
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Liston, John, 1776-1846 and Haymarket Theatre (London, England),
Moore, James, active approximately 1761-1763, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1765]
Call Number:
765.00.00.02.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two native Americans wearing fronded head-dresses and armed with arrows, on a sea-shore, one kneeling on a rock with one hand propped on cones from a palm-tree, the other standing clothed in a goat's skin, gesturing out to left with an ingot in one hand; a crocodile on the sand, a European ship at sea and three figures gathered around a hammock set between palms under a canopy on rocks in the upper right; from a set of the four quarters of the world; republished state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from first line of verses engraved beneath image., Verses continue: ... what if by conquest we possess thy shore, thy savages reveng'd should less repine, since we're the slaves of thy corrupting ore., Second state, with altered imprint statement; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.570., See Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, volume 3, page 941 for mention of an earlier state of this series of four plates "Quarters of the World", "Sold by I. McArdell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden & R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street"., One of a series of four allegorical prints, the others depicting Africa, Asia, and Europe., Approximate date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on lower edge and with thin margins on the other three edges.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
BEIN USA160: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Suit system: Liberty bells, British lions, American arms, British crowns., Each card contains a brief note on an American or British military or political leaders in the period of the American Revolution., and Composition of deck: 48 [1-12 in each suit.]
"Broadside; the text in five columns: small cuts I-X on the left and right, each with an eight-line verse below it; cuts XI and XII above and below the three centre columns. Cut I. The Queen's arrival in England, and Marriage. The Prince leads her ashore from a small boat. Cut II. Taking farewell of Charlotte [1814]. Mother and daughter weep, turning from each other; the Princess approaches a ship's boat, Cut III. Her Return--Landing at Dover [June 1820]. She is rowed to shore by two sailors. Cut IV. Her Trial in the House of Lords. A simplified but recognizable view. Cut V. Her Acquittal. She drives in an open carriage past Carlton House. Cut VI. Procession to St. Paul's. A similar carriage scene with St. Paul's in the background. Cut VII. The Highlanders' Address. Highlanders in a carriage with banners (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13934). Cut VIII. Refused Admittance into the Abbey. She gestures at the partly closed door between a sentry and the rejecting doorkeeper. Cut IX. Death-Bed of the Queen. The bed surrounded by weeping mourners. Cut X. Embarkation of Her Body at Harwich. The coffin is swung by tackle into a ship's boat. Cut XI. The Queen's Funeral Procession at Brunswick. The coffin, with crown and royal arms, is borne towards a church door (right) where girls scatter flowers. Cut XII. Queen Caroline's Tomb. Britannia weeps, and her Lion registers anger, beside the tomb of Caroline The Injured Queen of England, topped by a large urn on which is her bust portrait. The text includes the funeral prayer, 'A Dirge' and 'An Elegy . . .' (28 11.): 11. 7-10: 'A seperation hardly to be borne, Her only Daughter from her arms was torn! And next discarded--driven from her home, An unprotected Wanderer to roam!' The verses below Cut XII end: 'For the King shall be Judg'd with the poor of the earth, And, perhaps the poor man will be greater than he. Until that great day we leave Caroline's wrongs, Meantime, may, "Repentance" her foes o'ertake; O grant it kind POWER, to whom alone it belongs' AMEN. Here an end of this Hist'ry we make."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Caption title., "Quod Jas. C-tn--h, Dec. 10th, 1821."--Bottom of sheet., Woodcuts with accompanying letterpress text, mostly in verse., "Entered at Stationer's Hall."--Below imprint in square brackets., "Price 2d."--Upper right., and For the first edition, see No. 14255 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Publisher:
Printed and sold wholesale and retail by J. Catnatch, 2, Monmouth Court, 7 Dials
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817,, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords,, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Arrivals & departures, Carriages & coaches, Parades & processions, Deathbeds, Funeral processions, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments