Page 138. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of the church of St Mary-le-Bow in Cheapside, London; figures and carriages on street in foreground; shops adjoining church to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Plate from: Stow, J. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster. London : Printed for A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, [and 5 others in London], 1720, v. 1, book 3, opposite page 25., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of printmaker's signature from lower right. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1978,U.3633., "V 1: B 3: p. 25."--Upper right corner., Folded to 31.8 x 20.7 cm; mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 138 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
"Scene within the office; an assortment of colourful figures within office, which is separated into different sections; an open fire at far end."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 11., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 82., and 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 23.6 x 27.4 cm, on sheet 26.6 x 33.8 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. 1 March 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Magistrates' Court (London : Bow Street)
A full-length image of a young crier in Portman Square, with a container of brick dust in his right hand and his left hand cupped by his check as he calls out. He stands near the wrought-iron fence in the fashionable neighborhood beside his horse
Alternative Title:
Portman Square
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Probable a book illustration. Possibly from a version of the ubiquitous "London Cries" or related title., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published April 25, 1804 by Richard Phillips, 71 St. Pauls' Church Yard
"Allegory, a chariot bearing Neptune and Britannia to right, attended by nymphs and decorated with oval portraits; landscape format"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Britannia seated in a triumphant car with Neptune, supports a medallion of King Geo. III ... and Frontispiece to the fifth volume, engraved for Hervey's Naval History
Description:
Title from text below image. and Plate from: Hervey, F. The naval history of Great Britain: from the earliest times to the rising of the Parliament in 1779 ... London : W. Adlard, for J. Bew, 1779.
Publisher:
Published March 18th, 1780, by J. Bew, Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Poseidon (Greek deity), and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820,
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Chariots, and Portraits
"View inside the institution; paintings hang from walls, artists set up around sides with canvases supported by easels copying the displayed work; a table in centre of room with paints and brushes; an arch leads on to the next room with a similar set up."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 13., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 98.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st April 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
British Institution.
Subject (Topic):
Galleries & museums, Interiors, Painting, and Art education
Title etched above image., Plate numbered '32' in upper right corner., Two lines of music with text loosely printed below them: Britons, strike home. Revenge, revenge your country's wrongs., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Fall of the Newcastle Administration -- The Duke of Newcastle as salmon., and Mounted to 17 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
To be had at Edwards and Darlys facing Hungerford in the Strand
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Brave soldier out witted the cowardly sailor, Brave soldier outwitted the cowardly sailor, and Byng's last effort
Description:
Title etched above image., Plate numbered '8' in upper right corner., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Greenwich Hospital., and Mounted to 18 x 20 cm.
A riot in the street beside Temple Bar, the western boundary of the City of London, with the mob hanging and burning effigies of the members of the Rump Parliament; an effigy of Hudibras is carried in from the right on a pole by a man who carries in his other hand a sign "Down wth the Rumps"; he is followed by a crowd of men gesturing with sticks, brooms, and other tools. Rumps of beef burn over fires in the street
Alternative Title:
Burning the rumps at Temple-barr
Description:
Title engraved below image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., One of twelve large illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, 1725/6., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 38 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 27.1 x 49.8 cm.
Publisher:
Philip Overton and John Cooper
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680. and Temple Bar (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, Crowds, Effigies, Executions in effigy, Fires, Riots, Signs (Notices), and History
A riot in the street beside Temple Bar, the western boundary of the City of London, with the mob hanging and burning effigies of the members of the Rump Parliament; an effigy of Hudibras is carried in from the right on a pole by a man who carries in his other hand a sign "Down wth the Rumps"; he is followed by a crowd of men gesturing with sticks, brooms, and other tools. Rumps of beef burn over fires in the street
Alternative Title:
Burning the rumps at Temple-barr
Description:
Title engraved below image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Caption on either side of title, begins: "That Beastly Rabble that came down. From all the Garretts in the Town ...", Numbered "11" above and to the right of the upper margin., One of twelve large illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, 1725/6., and On page 38 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 27.3 x 50.2 cm.
Publisher:
Philip Overton and John Cooper
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680. and Temple Bar (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, Crowds, Effigies, Executions in effigy, Fires, Riots, Signs (Notices), and History