"A theatre seen diagonally from the pit, with the stage on the right, two side boxes forming a background. On the stage a man in quasi-classical dress holds a dripping dagger, a woman lies at his feet; through an open door the prompter is seen. The audience is much disturbed: in the foreground a stout citizen holds a smelling-bottle to the nose of his (apparently) fainting young wife; she takes a note from a young man on the bench behind her. Behind stands a bearded Jew. In the stage-box two seated figures resemble the King and Queen, a man standing behind resembles Pitt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker identified in the British Museum catalogue., One of a series of Drolls., Plate numbered '163' in lower left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Theatrical performances -- Reference to adultery -- Medicine: salts., Watermark., and Publication year corrected in manuscript from '5' to '6.'
Publisher:
Publish'd 12 Novr. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, Fleet Street, London
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Interiors, Theaters, and Theatrical productions
"Bedroom scene. A powerfully built man in greatcoat and top-boots throws a dandified youth out of a window, with stern concentration. The houses opposite, lit by a full moon, show that the ground is far below. The victim's head and shoulders are outside; he desperately clutches sash and sill, kicking violently. A terrified woman stands by the bed. Her huge bonnet hangs on the wall. In the struggle the dressing-table glass has been thrown to the floor, where it lies, with lighted candle and watch and seals. Stick, hat, and gloves are on the floor, the victim's hat and coat on a chair."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption above and below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue. Cf. No. 14591 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1829.
Drawing of a Chinese tea-house with scale of a room and extensive notes, possibly the building referenced in Horace Walpole's Description of the villa ..., designed and drawn by Mr. Bentley for the corner of the wood at Strawberry Hill, where the chapel was constructed ...
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed in lower right below image: Rd. Bentley design., Date based on creation date of album., Watermark in center of sheet: IV., and Formerly mounted on leaf 18 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Ink and wash drawing depicting Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of Bristol (calling herself Duchess of Kingston) on the opening date of her bigamy trial. Elizabeth wears a dark somber outfit of tight bodice over a flowing petticoat and carries several documents in each hand. Her face wears a serious and sullen expression
Description:
Title from caption inscribed below image.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788,
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Women -- Hats -- Fashion., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1816.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly and 312 Oxford St.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Throne -- Bowing., Watermark: Strasburg Lily., and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 8th, 1802 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Erskine, James Francis, 1743-1806
Title from caption below image., Printmaker and questionable date of publication from Grego., Plate also published in: Caricatures / drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London?], [1836?], p. 67., A reduced copy of no. 4185 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Bills of exchange., Imperfect; artist's signature erased from lower left corner of sheet., Watermark, partially trimmed., Window mounted to 22 x 27 cm., and Shading added in pencil to lower portion of design.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 23d Feby. 1782.
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 12. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire contrasting English and French styles of dress. A stout middle-aged Englishman wearing a heavy coat and three-cornered hat and carrying a stick, is walking to left in a Parisian street with a small boy in attendance. Passers-by are amused by his lack of elegance: on the left, a hairdresser wearing his hair in a large queue, with scissors at his waist and an apron, carries a parasol and raises his hand in surprise; a fat monk grins; an elegant man driving a cabriolet and his footman dressed in furs smile; a worker wearing loose trousers and wooden shoes folds his arms and stares; two dogs follow the Englishman."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: Cabriolet -- Trades: Hairdresser -- Domestic service: Footman -- Frenchmen -- French tailors -- The Grand Tour., Mounted on page 12 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper, partly hand-colored ; sheet 32.8 x 41.6 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, France, and Paris.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, City & town life, Carriages & coaches, Dogs, Staffs (Sticks), and Monks
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 23d Feby. 1782.
Call Number:
Bunbury 782.02.23.01+ Impression 1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 12. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire contrasting English and French styles of dress. A stout middle-aged Englishman wearing a heavy coat and three-cornered hat and carrying a stick, is walking to left in a Parisian street with a small boy in attendance. Passers-by are amused by his lack of elegance: on the left, a hairdresser wearing his hair in a large queue, with scissors at his waist and an apron, carries a parasol and raises his hand in surprise; a fat monk grins; an elegant man driving a cabriolet and his footman dressed in furs smile; a worker wearing loose trousers and wooden shoes folds his arms and stares; two dogs follow the Englishman."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: Cabriolet -- Trades: Hairdresser -- Domestic service: Footman -- Frenchmen -- French tailors -- The Grand Tour., and Watermark: L.V.G.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, France, and Paris.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, City & town life, Carriages & coaches, Dogs, Staffs (Sticks), and Monks