A fashionably dressed young couple sit under a large umbrella in the shade of a large tree in a secluded spot. They hold hands. In the distance, on the left, only a cluster of rooftops are visible
Description:
Title from item. and Plate numbered '206' in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Courtship, Couples, and Umbrellas
The crowded interior of the Assembly Rooms at Bagnigge Wells. In a foreground a dandy escorts a pretty young woman carrying a fur muff. She beckons to another man who wears a sword and bows. On the left a small boy dispenses tea
Alternative Title:
Humors of Bagnigge Wells
Description:
Title etched below image., Cf. No. 5090 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Mounted to 28 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, England, and London
Subject (Topic):
Health resorts, Social life and customs, Couples, Dandies, English, Springs, Tableware, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
"Satire: a prosperous citizen seated in a chair fondling his mistress who sits on his knee, with a decanter and glass on the table beside them and a bed in the background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Business at an end till Monday
Description:
Title from text below image., Earlier state, without plate number. Cf. No. 4519 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: old-fashioned, 1772 -- Female dress, 1772 -- Interiors: bedchamber -- Furniture: upholstered chair -- Glass: wine carafe and glass., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Illustration to The Diabo-lady, probably by William Combe. Simon Luttrell Lord Irnham, shown with a tail and cloven hooves as successor to the Devil, leads his newly selected wife to their thrones on the left. Behind her are 5 unsuccessful contenders for this position, 3 holding papers which identify them as Mrs. Rudd, Lady Ligonier, and the Duchess of Kingston. Demons and imps fly overhead, one bearing crowns for the happy couple
Alternative Title:
Diabolady
Description:
Title from item., In plate above image: Lond. Mag. April 1777., An illustration from the London Magazine, vol. 46, p. 208., Companion print to: The Diaboliad. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, no. 5424., and Quotation from Milton in plate below image beginning "O Fairest of creation, last and best of all Gods works ..."
Publisher:
pulblisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Carhampton, Simon Luttrell, Earl of, 1713-1787., Rudd, Margaret Caroline, b. 1744 or 5., Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788., and Ligonier, Penelope (Pitt) Ligonier, Countess, fl. 1766-1784.
Young lady in a riding dress and ornate hat descends a rope ladder from her bedroom window in a mansion and into the arms of a soldier. A carriage, with her luggage propped against it, is waiting to take them to a Scottish border town
Alternative Title:
Tripp to Scotland and Trip to Scotland
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Elopements, Carriages & coaches, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, and Dwellings
A tailor, wincing in pain, drops his shears as his bare-breasted wife, wearing only her chemise and cap, beats him with a shoe
Description:
Title from item. and A reduced copy of George 4253 "from an original ... painted by Mr. Dawes" but stated by George to be from a collection of works by John Collet.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No. 53 Fleet Street as act directs
In a semi-rural setting with a cow and duck pond in foreground, and house in the background, a husband with his wig falling off, carries a vomiting infant up a hill, accompanied by his 2 other children. His wife follows behind him, enjoying the attentions of a military officer. On the right, a chaise has overturned spilling its occupants. 18 lines of verse in three columns below image
Alternative Title:
Right road to the horns
Description:
Title from item., "Price One Shilling.", and Price changed to "6 pence" in ms.
Publisher:
Published at No. 46 St. Johns Street, West Smithfield as the Act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England and British
Subject (Topic):
Cuckolds, Clothing & dress, Houses, Walking, Military officers, Couples, Fathers & children, and Accidents
Two lovers in a room with a shuttered window and floral wallpaper. The young woman wearing a bonnet sits in a chair holding the hand of the young man who has arrived disguised as a woman. The huge hat he has removed is lying on a table in front of a pole screen, together with a paper on which is printed "The beau stratagem." A traveling box is before the table on the carpeted floor
Description:
Title from item., Numbered in plate: 340., Date estimated from British Museum catalogue, v.5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles.", and Publication date erased from this impression?
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Interiors, Windows, Draperies, Furniture, and Clothing & dress
A young dandy carrying walking stick and sword and with huge buttons on his coat, walks towards the left of the print, a long horn sprouting from his forehead and a diminutive woman emerging from his left shoulder. Behind him, arm in arm with a woman, a smiling man points to the first. All three are dressed in the fashion of the mid to late 1770s, the woman with a cork bustle and tall hairdo under her hat
Alternative Title:
Alas! Poor Benedick
Description:
Title from item. and Conjectured date from card catalog.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Cuckolds, Couples, Dandies, British, and Clothing & dress