"The Duke of Grafton stands directed to the left, his head in profile, both (gloved) hands resting on the head of his stick. He wears his accustomed and characteristic dress of an earlier fashion: small tricorne and full-skirted coat buttoned at the waist, with a star, and spurred top-boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 30 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Duke of Grafton" in pencil below plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 20th, 1801, by Dighton, Charg. Cross
Subject (Name):
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
"Lord Harrington, in uniform, slim and upright, sits his horse in profile to the right. A cane dangles from his right wrist. He has a leopard's skin saddle-cloth."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Leaf 67 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Earl of Harrington" in pencil at bottom of sheet.
"Portrait caricature of George Nugent Grenville when a student at Oxford, whole length, walking in profile to left, wearing academic gown and hat, tight jacket, breeches, glove on his right hand, holding another glove."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 40 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identifed as "Ld. G. Grenville" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
"View of Westminster Bridge from the centre of the Thames; a number of small boats in foreground; Westminster Abbey and Hall beyond bridge to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe du Pont de Westminster du cote du nord
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication from description of 19th-century reissue by Francis West; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0508.1462., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of the city of London and public buildings therein, accurately engraved from the originals taken on the spot", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 86, no. 8., Plate numbered "3" in upper right corner., and Leaf 22 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Thames River (England),, Westminster Bridge (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Westminster Abbey, and Westminster Hall (London, England),
Page 164. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Noted butcher hollering at the Westminster Election 1782
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility from contemporary annotation in ink on verso. and Mounted on page 164 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Caption title., A broadside recording the details of a murder of Ann Clark, committed by the accused Thomas Smith her lodger in Dorchester and the subsequent arrest and trial of Smith for the crime. Clark hanged himself the night before his planned execution., and For further information, consult library staff.
Caption title., In two columns., An account of Queen Caroline's triumphant and provocative procession to St. Paul's on November 29th following the withdrawal of the Pains and Penalties Bill which signified victory over her husband, George IV, at her trial in the House of Lords. Her triumph was celebrated jubilantly by the general public who lined the streets to see her proceed from Brandenburgh House to St. Paul's. "The houses were absolutely roofed with people, and the fronts of them almost invisible from the crowds that filled the windows, &c. The flags were so numerous and varied that they resembled a bed of beautiful tulips.", First line: At an early hour this morning the streets of the metropolis ..., and Laid on to sugar paper. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
J. Muir, printer
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
View of Brighton, the town with numerous houses and other buildings, St. Nicholas's Church on the hill above the town to the right, the coast stretching away in the distance, windmills in the fields to the left with haywains drawn by oxen and reapers at their work amongst the crops to the right, elegant ladies and gentlemen strolling through the scene with a man sketching to the left, several boats and ships on the calm sea beyond, gulls amongst the clouds above. The Royal Arms below
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Titled 'A Perspective View of Brighthelmstone, and of the Sea coast as far as the Isle of Wight: by Jas. Lambert, engraved by Canot.' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, & sold by Jas. Lambert, painter, at Lewes in Sussex, and Robert Sayer, map and printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Brighton (England), England., England, and Brighton.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Cityscapes, Churches, Coastlines, Meadows, Windmills, and Church buildings
"View of Buckingham House from the park; elegantly dressed figures in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de la Hostel de Bucingham dans la Parke de St. James
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Later state, with imprint burnished from plate. For an earlier state with the imprint "London, Printed for Robt. Sayer facing Fetter Lane End, Fleet Street", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2393., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, pages 87, no. 10., Plate numbered "8" in upper right corner., Watermark: Charles Ball 1817., Leaf 39 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: Old Buckingham Palace.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Saint James's Park (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Buckingham Palace (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Parks, Official residences, Trees, and Pedestrians