Title devised by curator. and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Topic):
Good Samaritan (Parable), Medicine in the Bible, and Wounds and injuries
Satirical drawing on the professions of medicine, law and the church. Three practitioners stand in a well furnished interior; each wears the dress of his profession. The lawyer holds a sealed document, the clergyman a book, and the physician a phial. Pictures on the wall show men rushing to separate two fighting dogs, men and women bringing tithes to a clergyman, and two doctors quarreling at a bedside
Description:
Title from that of the print likely engraved after this drawing., Signed by the artist in ink on verso., Date of production based on that assigned to the print with the same image in reverse by Louis Philippe Boitard. See online record for no. 1775 in the British Museum online catalogue., Formerly laid in at page 207 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Interiors, Lawyers, Pictures, Physicians, and Quarreling
Satirical drawing on the professions of medicine, law and the church. Three practitioners stand in a well furnished interior; each wears the dress of his profession. The lawyer holds a sealed document, the clergyman a book, and the physician a phial. Pictures on the wall show men rushing to separate two fighting dogs, men and women bringing tithes to a clergyman, and two doctors quarreling at a bedside
Description:
Title from that of the print likely engraved after this drawing., Signed by the artist in ink on verso., Date of production based on that assigned to the print with the same image in reverse by Louis Philippe Boitard. See online record for no. 1775 in the British Museum online catalogue., Formerly laid in at page 207 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Interiors, Lawyers, Pictures, Physicians, and Quarreling
Two watercolor drawings, one depicting three bees and the other depicting a small wasp(?), a rhinoceros(?) beetle, and an unidentified insect
Alternative Title:
Beetle and two flies
Description:
Titles from local catalog card., Each drawing signed in pencil in lower left corner with the artist's initials., Place of production based on artist's countries of residence in Europe; date of production based on artist's death date., Formerly page 21 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Two watercolor drawings: the drawing on top, three moths and a cockroach(?), and the drawing below depicting two butterflies, a moth, and a fly (?).
Alternative Title:
Three butterflies, one bee
Description:
Titles from local catalog card., Each drawing signed in pencil in lower left corner with the artist's initials., Place of production based on artist's countries of residence in Europe; date of production based on artist's death date., Formerly page 11 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
A painting on metal showing Tobias with an angel; on the right a view of the landscape, beyond a large rock in the foreground. According to the story in the Book of Tobit (5.5-6) Tobit's son Tobias meets an angel without realising he is an angel. The angel tells Tobias what to do with a giant fish that Tobias has caught (Book of Tobit, 6.2-9).
A panoramic view towards St. Paul’s Cathedral includes a low horizon punctuated by Wren church steeples and a large expanse of cloudy sky. Fashionable figures stroll on the terrace of Somerset house while the river bustles with boats
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal. and In the manner of Antonio Joli and formerly attributed to both him and Samual Scott.
Two watercolor drawings: above, a white moth on a leaf and a beetle; below, a single beetle
Alternative Title:
Beetle
Description:
Titles from local catalog card., Each drawing signed in pencil in lower left corner with the artist's initials; bottom drawing is mounted upside down, causing the initials to appear inverted in upper right., Place of production based on artist's countries of residence in Europe; date of production based on artist's death date., Formerly page 17 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.