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1. A decent story [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1795?]
- Call Number:
- 795.11.09.06
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A stout man (right), seated at a round table, tells a story to a parson on his left, who grins broadly. Two women fix the raconteur with expressions of absorbed amusement, while an officer is more frankly amused at watching the lady on his right. All are elderly. On the table are a decanter of 'Port' and glasses. A patterned carpet completes the design. From a sketch by an amateur."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker identified in the British Museum catalogue., Variant state, without publisher and date and with differently etched title, of No. 8753 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Chairs, Clergy, Floor coverings, Military uniforms, British, and Storytelling
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A decent story [graphic].
2. The transit of Mercury [graphic]
- Creator:
- Eckstein, John, active 1787-1838, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1800 and 1810?]
- Call Number:
- 795.00.00.50
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A group of men crowd around a large punch-bowl, peering through telescopes at an owl perched on the inn-sign of a sun."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Date from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at the bottom., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Astronomical observations -- Parsons -- Glass: wine bottles -- Smoking -- Dishes: punch bowls., Watermark: Cansell 1824., and Evidence of erasure of text below title.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Monkeys, Owls, Signs (Notices), Smoking, and Telescopes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The transit of Mercury [graphic]