Page 290. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched above image., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance, character & country in ... England & South Wales. London : Published by Allen & West ..., 1796., "Plate 84"--Upper left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Chairmen -- Nottingham -- Footman., and Watermark: H Wilemott 1808.
Publisher:
Published by Allen & Co., 15 Paternoster Row
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Gas street lamps, Sedan chairs, Servants, and Wigs
Title from item., Numbered 'Plate 65' in upper left corner., Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales / by G.M. Woodward, 1796., and Temporary local subject terms: Inn-servants -- Yokels -- Postilions - Male dress: smock -- Beverages: ale -- Wagoners -- Dishes: tankards.
Title from item., Numbered 'Plate 83' in upper left corner., Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales / by G.M. Woodward, 1796., and Temporary local subject terms: Female dress: patten shoes.
Title etched below image., Numbered 'Plate 12' in upper left corner., Placement instructions 'Page 26' in upper right corner., Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales / by G.M. Woodward, 1796., Temporary local subject terms: Sight-seeing -- Pictures: portraits -- Picture frames -- Allusion to cuckolds -- Fireplaces: grate., and Watermark: 1798.
"A coach without passengers or driver proceeds (right to left) with the wheels sunk in sand (resembling water). Beside it trudge the driver (left), the guard with his blunderbuss, and two men passengers. On a bank above the road, two ladies and two men run in the same direction. On the roof of the coach are band-boxes and a turtle; on the door a swan with two necks (sign of the famous coaching-inn in Lad Lane)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left and right sides., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance, character & country in different parts of England & South Wales. London : Published by Allen & West, 15, Paternoster Row, 1796., "Plate 45" etched in upper left; "Page 109" etched in upper right., Printed on paper watermarked "1813". Window mounted to 44 x 28 cm., and Mounted opposite page 18 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Lysons, D. Magna Britannia. London : T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813.
A satire on the challenges of traveling in a carriage, divided into four scenes
Alternative Title:
The effect of imagination!!
Description:
Title from item., Numbered 'Plate 70' in upper left corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom., and Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales / by G.M. Woodward, 1796.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of plate number and placing instructions., "Plate no. 18.", Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales, 1796., and Temporary local subject terms: Old Bailey -- Symbols: figure of Justice.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Allen & West, 15 Paternoster Row
Subject (Topic):
Judges, Juries, Lawyers, Spectators, and Witnesses
"Plate 58 to 'Eccentric Excursions, or. Literary & Pictorial sketches of Countenance, Character and Country, in ..... England & South Wales'. A ranting, unkempt preacher bends in profile to the right over a reading-desk on which lies an open book, to which he points. He stands on tiptoe, shouting "You'll all go to the Devil!!" He wears old-fashioned dress with clerical bands. Cf. British Museum Satires no. 9121. Both sermons are quoted and both are on the dangers of pleasure, in contrasted terms, but 'equally ridiculous in the eyes of true religion and philosophy (pp. 130-2)."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker and artist from British Museum catalogue., State with imprint. Cf. No. 9122 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and sides resulting in loss of plate number., Plate no. 58., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales, 1796., and Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: reading desk.
Title from item., Artist and printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left and to plate mark at bottom., Numbered 'Plate 57' in upper left of plate., Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales / by G.M. Woodward, 1796., State with plate number. Cf. No. 9121 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Temporary local subject terms: Architectural details: pulpit -- Lighting: candle holders -- Furnishings: pulpit cushion -- Emblems: Holy Spirit.
Small groups of men, some holdling candles, stand at the base of a cave looking up at stalactites. An opening at the top allows another group of tourists to look down into the cave, Peak Cavern (in the heart of the Derbyshire Dales). The group inside the cave includes a dog and a small boy
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet partially trimmed to plate mark., Numbered 'Plate 95' in upper left corner., Plate from: Eccentric excursions / by G.M. Woodward, 1796., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by Allen & Co., 15 Paternoster Row
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Caving, Spelunkers, Caves, Rivers, Sightseers, and Stalactites & stalagmites