Moore, James, active approximately 1761-1763, printmaker
Published / Created:
[before 1765]
Call Number:
765.00.00.97+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two Africans on a shore, one on the left kneeling with one foot in the water and plants in his hand, the other standing, holding a spear and looking up at a third man who passes, riding a laden elephant; a palm tree, lion and elephant in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Gold, Ivory, Coral, Africa may boast, ...
Description:
Title from the first line of verse below image., Printmaker from Chaloner Smith., Before 1765 (see British Museum online catalogue)., Verse continue: ... But whilst those regions feel too fierce a blaze, And brute-like Natives blacken all the Coast, They more our Pity, than our Envy, raise., 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 Asia, America, and Europe., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides; trimmed within plate mark at bottom edge.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Verse begins: "Me little wren, I begin for to feare,"., In two columns with the title centered above both and the imprint below the second column; the columns are separated by a plain rule., Mounted on leaf 31. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
"Bird's eye view of the once fashionable Golden Square, after the alterations, showing a round lawn and central statue of George II with octagonal railings and lampstands, a sedan chair to the right, a carriage passing across central foreground, two further carriages travelling around the square"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text etched within banner at top of image., Plate from: Stow, J. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark. London, Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson [etc.], 1754-55., and Plate numbered "25" in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament, 1754, for Stowe's Survey
Place of sculls Tom Echo receiving sentance of rustication, Golgotha, or, the place of skulls Tom Echo receiving sentence of rustication, and Golgotha, or, the place of sculls Tom Echo receiving sentance of rustication
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Academics -- Students -- Punishment -- Universities.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data form local card catalog record., Possibly from: Paris and Dover, or, to and fro, a picturesque excursion : being a bird's-eye notion of a few 'Men and things' / by Roger Book'em., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Second sheet with letterpress text attached to print: Gondola. A stage coach running to and from St. Germains (Versailles, &c.) and Paris, -carrying only inside passengers, -and little or no luggage ..., Second sheet attached to print 6 x 17 cm., and Watermark: C Ansell.
Four women stand conversing in an indoor setting on a patterned carpet or floor. All are elaborately coiffed and dressed, wearing aprons and hats, the latter including representatives of the bergère and dormeuse styles
Description:
Title from item., Publisher's initials "MD" form a monogram., and Numbered in plate at top: v. 2, 46.
Title from text above images., Seven individual images on one plate; each image has individual title., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 10, 1824 by Thos. McLean 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Accidents, Hangings (Executions), Ice skating, and Vomiting
Title from caption above image., Six individual images on one plate; each image has individual title., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from text above images., Six individual images on one plate; each image has individual title., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 10, 1824 by Thos. McLean 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Accidents, Carriages & coaches, Couples, Fighting, and Teachers