Title from item., Illustration to: The dialogue between a premier and his journeyman., Placement instructions in upper left corner: Vol. II No. IX., Plate from: The town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Junr., 1769-1796, v. 2, p. 137., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: Mrs. Cornelys's house at Soho Square -- Masquerades: masquerade given by Mrs. Cornelys on Februrary 14, 1770 -- Costume: masquerade -- Captain Watson -- Costume: jockey -- Costume: Harlequin.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Publication date in British Museum catalogue: February 6, 1770., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : J. Almon, v. 7 (1770), p. 185., Temporary local subject terms: Treasury -- Scales -- Reference to previous administrations., and Mounted to 30 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Rigby, Richard, 1722-1788
A scene in a crowded city street, showa a stage coach overturned and passengers being helped out by bystanders with a crowd gathered around; a plate from the 'Lady's Magazine', I 1770, facing p.73
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Title from caption engraved above image., Publication date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Lady's magazine, & museum of the belles lettres ... London : 1770-1837, v. 1 (1770/1771), p. 73., and Mounted to 15 x 20 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Accidents, Carriages & coaches, and City & town life
A scene in a coffee-house. Two men, one in a queue wig and with a pistol, another in club wig and with a sword, are fighting a duel while three frightened customers are trying to leave and another one cowers behind a settee next to a low table with coffee service on it. Behind another settee, a barmaid holds up her hands in horror. The gentleman with the pistol uses it to parry the sword thrusts of his opponent whose forehead is bleeding. A cat with an arched back and a dog barks look at the scene from the left. The room is decorated with a large mirro and shelves with wine glases, china bowls, and pitchers
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Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from item., Publication place and date from Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, 4406., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of statement of responsibility., Plate from: The gentleman's museum and grand imperial magazine. London : Printed for the author, v. 1 (1770), Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: bedroom -- Furniture: dressing table -- Male dress: shoes -- Weapons: sticks -- Allusion to horse racing -- Allusion to racing horses: 'Eclipse' -- York., and Mounted to 14 x 20 cm, mounted again to 23 x 30 cm.
Title from item., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 4 (1770), page 230., Temporary local subject terms: Petition of the City of Westminster -- Furniture -- Mythology: satyr., and Mounted to 32 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
"Satire on the Coterie, a society of ladies and gentlemen, presumably the one about which Horace Walpole wrote to George Montague on 6 May 1770. People are gambling for high stakes ("Mortgage", "£50,000", a jewelled necklace), cheating at cards, flirting, drinking, kissing; a lady holds up a miniature of her husband while embracing anothe rman who makes the sign of the cuckold behind the portrait; a couple are heading up a staircase."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title engraved above image., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., One line of text below image: Well, this is certainly one of the most useful institutions! Lame lover., Plate from: The London magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed for R. Baldwin, v. 39 (1770), page 495., Temporary local subject terms: Gambling: card game -- Lighting: wall sconces -- Allusions to adultery -- Literature: The lame lover by Samuel Foote, 1720-1777., and Window mounted to 14 x 20 cm.
"A number of ladies (eleven in all) sit at a table at the head of which is their president or chairman. They are balloting for the admission of a member, according to the 'Authentic Rules of the Female Coterie' printed in the 'Gentleman's Magazine', 1770, p. 414, by which ladies balloted for men and men for ladies. The president sits in a raised chair, a hammer in her right hand; she says: "Mr Driver the New Member shall be admitted & duly return'd by me the proper Officer if upon examination he comes up to the Standard". Remarks from other ladies (left to right) are: "I hold up my hand for Mr Driver, if it had not been for him, several Noble Families would have been extinct that have now a numerous Issue"; "The ability of every Candidate ought to be strictly Examined"; "The Gentleman to be elected into this Society shall not be Husband to any of us"; "No our plan is to supply the deficiency of Husbands"; "I move for the Admission of Mr Driver as a Member. He has a promising Leg, an happy Assurance, & to crown the whole he is an Irishman"; "Lady H------n [Harrington] has her Reasons for not suffering Mr Driver to return to Ireland, but she must not Engross him all to herself". The lady on the President's right is writing in a large book. On the table are writing materials, books, one being 'Essay on Man', a bottle marked "Eau de Vie", a tray with coffee-pot, cups, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from item., Plate from: The court and city magazine. London: Joseph Smith, v. 1 (1770)., Temporary local subject terms: The Female Coterie -- Dishes: coffee set -- Literature: Reference to Essay on man by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)., and Window mounted to 20 x 25 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Clubs, Tables, Coffeepots, Coffee cups, Writing materials, and Books
"An engraving representing Lord Holland as an old fox, seated at a table and starting back in horror from a book which is presented to him by an angel who cries: -- "This is the black Catalogue of thy Misdeeds". The book is inscribed: -- " Sins which L d H nd has committed against God his K his Country & himself"; it comprises two columns of imperfect, unconnected, and reversed words and scribble, and one legible word "Ayliff". To this word the finger of the angel is directed. For this name of a steward to the Fox family, who was alleged to have been wrongfully hanged by means of Lord Holland, see "Ayliffe's Ghost", British Museum Satires No. 4038. At the front of the table is a book inscribed, besides illegible scribble, with: -- " Accompts to be Settled in the other World"; this is an allusion to the charges of vast peculation which were brought against Lord Holland, the so-called "notorious defaulter of unaccounted millions"; see "Frontispiece to the Middlesex Petition", British Museum Satires No. 4289, and "Renard Stating his Accounts", British Museum Satires No. 4299. An imp sits at the table and acts as Lord Holland's secretary; a second imp crouches behind his chair and niches gold from a large bag."--British Museum catalogue
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Title from item., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 4 (1770), page 168., Temporary local subject terms: Records: catalog of misdeeds., and Mounted to 32 x 37 cm.