Harris, John, active 1680-1739 or 1740, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1717]
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 140++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of the Church of St Mary-le-Strand, showing the statue of St Anne on the Portico, with further statues in the niches on the south side; elegantly dressed figures on Strand around church, a sedan chair and a carriage on the right"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Prospectum hunc Templi Stae. Mariae in vico dicto the Strand
Description:
Title from text below image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., "Debito Obsequio D.D. Jacobus Gibbs Architectus"--Below title, lower right corner., and Watermark.
Title engraved below image and above musical lines., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record; dated by costume., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved throughout; illustrated with etching by Cole at top of sheet., For voice and harpsichord. Music on two staves with interlinear words. Additional two stanzas below. Part for German flute at foot of page., and Opening words: See Cloe how the new blown rose ...
"A ship, apparently bearing 'Aeneas' (George II) is tossed on a stormy sea. On the shore at right, 'Dido' (the figure of Britannia), points and smiles, above the inscription, "She, while [the] outragious winds [the] deep deform, Smiles on [the] tumult, & enjoys [the] storm". In the sea Neptune near the shore looks at the ship in displeasure. Above in the sky are three Winds, as three young boys, one blowing, one farting, the last kicking a hat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Formerly attributed to Hogarth, now thought to be by Van der Gucht. See British Museum online catalogue., Questionable attribution in Paulson's 2nd edition., Lettered below image: Tanta haec mulier potuit suadere malorum., Latin motto below image translated: So much evil can a woman induce., Verse etched in lower right of image: She, while [the] outragious winds [the] deep deform, Smiles on [the] tumult, & enjoys [the] storm., Also a note in Steevens's hand discussing the three prints on this page pasted down at top of page., and On page 89 in volume 1.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760., Dido,, Aeneas (Legendary character),, and Neptune (Roman deity),
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Britannia (Symbolic character), Sailing ships, and British
A view of the church at Alderley and its neighboring buildings at the town crossroads
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date of printing based on watermark., and Bound in a volume of prints [English cathedrals and monuments]; numbered '20' in mss. Label on front cover: Prints. For further information consult library staff.
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Recruiting sarjeant enlisting John Bull into the Revolution Service
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., A reduced copy of a print with the same title that was etched by Gillray and published 4 July 1791 by S.W. Fores. Cf. No. 7889 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate numbered "51" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges, with partial loss of title lettering from bottom edge., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 3 in volume 2.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Title from text above image., Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Temporary local subject terms: Alexander Reed -- Boxing -- Spectators., and Caption below image: "Exercise the best doctor."
Caption title., With docket title on p. [8]., The private act necessary before Horace Walpole could buy Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 22 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., For further information, consult library staff., "An act for sale of divers lands and tenements in Twickenham ..." mounted and bound to 56 cm., and With note (in Thomas Kirgate's hand?) about a hearing, 30 May 1749, below docket title on page [8].
Caption title., With docket title on p. [8]., The private act necessary before Horace Walpole could buy Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 22 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., For further information, consult library staff., "An act for sale of divers lands and tenements in Twickenham ..." mounted and bound to 56 cm., and With note (in Thomas Kirgate's hand?) about a hearing, 30 May 1749, below docket title on page [8].
Caption title., With docket title on p. [8]., The private act necessary before Horace Walpole could buy Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 22 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., For further information, consult library staff., "An act for sale of divers lands and tenements in Twickenham ..." mounted and bound to 56 cm., and With note (in Thomas Kirgate's hand?) about a hearing, 30 May 1749, below docket title on page [8].