"A party of revellers gathered in a cosy room by a fireplace, under the jolly gaze of the slightly grotesque hosts who sit grinning at centre, looking out to the viewer; the forfeit has just been announced that a young countryman ('Ralph Jones') should kiss the candlestick; a young woman stands holding a candle at left, impersonating the said object, while Ralph fervently kisses the actual candlestick at right, watched by a laughing young woman, a thin man wearing glasses and a young boy, who are standing around a table with glasses and punch-bowl; behind at left, the 'long-nosed clergyman' is locked in an embrace with the 'snub-nosed old maid'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist questionably identified as either G.M. Woodward or Samuel Collings in the British Museum online catalogue., Listed without description with other prints from The wit's magazine. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6885., Temporary local subject terms: Games: "Kiss the candlestick"., and 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper ; plate mark 17.5 x 22.5 cm, on sheet 22 x 24 cm
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Bowls (Tableware), Cats, Dogs, Fireplaces, Holidays, Kissing, Mirrors, and Tables
"A party of revellers gathered in a cosy room by a fireplace, under the jolly gaze of the slightly grotesque hosts who sit grinning at centre, looking out to the viewer; the forfeit has just been announced that a young countryman ('Ralph Jones') should kiss the candlestick; a young woman stands holding a candle at left, impersonating the said object, while Ralph fervently kisses the actual candlestick at right, watched by a laughing young woman, a thin man wearing glasses and a young boy, who are standing around a table with glasses and punch-bowl; behind at left, the 'long-nosed clergyman' is locked in an embrace with the 'snub-nosed old maid'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist questionably identified as either G.M. Woodward or Samuel Collings in the British Museum online catalogue., Listed without description with other prints from The wit's magazine. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6885., Temporary local subject terms: Games: "Kiss the candlestick"., and Mounted to 21 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Bowls (Tableware), Cats, Dogs, Fireplaces, Holidays, Kissing, Mirrors, and Tables
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of actress Clara Hayward numbered 4 and of Philip Medows numbered 5.
Alternative Title:
Clara Hayward and Philip Medows Esqr
Description:
Titles from text below images., From the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and Country Magazine, 1776, page 65., and Subjects identified in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs by A. Hamilton Junr. near St. Johns Gate
Title from caption below image., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 2 (1769), p. 49., and Temporary local subject terms: Kew Gardens -- Furniture: garden bench -- Trees: palm tree -- Literature: allusion to Hamlet, I.3, by William Shakespeare.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Title from item., Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames numbered 'xxxii' and 'xxxiii'., Originally used in: "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and country magazine, 1787, v. xix, p. 483., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on one side., and Temporary local subject terms: Actress -- Mrs. Martyr -- Drunken peer.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs Decr. 1, 1787 by A. Hamilton Junr., Fleet Street
A view of pastryman, shown from the side and slightly behind, full-length walking to the right with a basket of breads or patries covered with a cloth, balanced on his head. He wears an apron and carries a walking stick
Description:
Title engraved below image., Illustration to Old cries of London, Spectator, v. xxv, p. 12., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right edge., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, Sepr. 11, 1792, by J. Caulfield, London
"Two officers on horseback conferring; tents and horsemen in the distance. The design is in an oval with a frame composed of oakleaves and architectural ornament."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above image., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 6 (1771), page 31., and Temporary local subject terms: Negotiations: peace of Ryswick, 1697 -- Bills: reference to 'Nullum Tempus' -- Reference to William Henry Cavendish Bentick, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809).
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Portland, William Bentinck, Earl of, 1649-1709 and Boufflers, Louis François, duc de, 1644-1711
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Publication date in British Museum catalogue: Sept. 8, 1769., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 3 (1769), page 136., and Temporary local subject terms: Jubilees: Shakespeare Jubilee, Stratford upon Avon, 6-8 Sept., 1769 -- Costume: theatrical costume -- Theatres: allusion to the Theatre at Stratford upon Avon -- Literature: quotations from William Shakespeare's plays -- Henry VIII, iii.2 and ii.2 -- Henry III, iii.1 -- Merchant of Venice, iii.3 -- Romeo & Juliet, v.1 ii.3 -- Hamlet.