"The object of this engraving is to enumerate the many evils inflicted on England by its connection with Hanover. A great number of persons are crowded in groups in a place of public resort, and conversing on public affairs ... The general discontent at the injurious influence of German politics broke out very strongly at this time in reference to the expenses entailed on England to "secure the succession of the imperial dignity to the Archduke Joseph, eldest son and heir to the reigning emperor"."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Conference, pour parler entresien
Description:
Title engraved within cartouche below image; alternative title engraved within banner at top of image: The conference, pour parler entresien., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Fourteen lines of verse in two columns below image: How great must Britain's Influence appear, while from it Germany expects an heir? ... If then the poorest could corrupt the rest.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, Germany, Hannover (Province), Hannover (Germany : Province), and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790. and Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, 1727-1777.
Title from caption below image., Imprint statement erased from sheet. Publication information from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Imprint statement erased from sheet., and Print numbered in pencil in upper right hand corner: 5.
"Portrait of Hans Holbein, half-length, in an oval, slightly turned to the left, dressed in a doublet with an open collar and a skull-cap on his head."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1870,0514.289., Reversed copy of a print by Wenceslaus Hollar after a self-portrait miniature by Hans Holbein; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits., and Mounted on page 106 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Boatman on riverbank with bridge and buildings behind being greeted by sailor and city gent and "A Thames waterman who thought himself betrayed by his wife and friend is reunited with both, who take his hands, the woman on the left in man's dress, having looked for him throughout the world; on a wharf with oars propped against the walls of a house to left, a boat moored nearby and a bridge in the background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title engraved below image., Four columns of verse below title: I was the pride of all the Thames ..., Numbered '295' beneath lower left corner of image., and Print was reissued by Laurie & Whittle in 1794; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.1120.
Publisher:
Published 10th May 1793 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Thames River (England), England, Thames River., Great Britain., and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Boaters (Persons), Sailors, Men's clothing, Friends, and Bridges
Leaf 61. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A standing man walking to left with giant sabots holding a hat and pipe."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with additional numbering. For an earlier state, see no. 4681 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "14" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Shoes: Sabots with pom-poms -- Tobacco pipes -- Broad-rimmed felt hats -- Knitted caps -- French peasants., Second of three plates on leaf 61., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 15.1 x 10.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt. Augt. 2d, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Leaf 61. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A standing man walking to left with giant sabots holding a hat and pipe."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with additional numbering. For an earlier state, see no. 4681 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "14" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Shoes: Sabots with pom-poms -- Tobacco pipes -- Broad-rimmed felt hats -- Knitted caps -- French peasants., and Sheet 250 x 153 mm.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt. Augt. 2d, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Leaf 61. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A standing man walking to left with giant sabots holding a hat and pipe."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with additional numbering. For an earlier state, see no. 4681 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "14" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Shoes: Sabots with pom-poms -- Tobacco pipes -- Broad-rimmed felt hats -- Knitted caps -- French peasants., Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily., and Imperfect; volume and plate numbering erased from upper corners of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt. Augt. 2d, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Volume 1, page 7. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Harold
Description:
Title written in ink at top of image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 7 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
A man on horseback struggles to maintain control of his horse as it rears its hind legs, sending a boy scrambling away in the foreground on the right. In the background, another man looks on and grins at the prank he has played with his stick in the horse's tail; he stands in front of a building (an inn?) with a sign hanging above the entrance
Alternative Title:
Boots gets his revenge
Description:
Title from inscription., Attribution to Bunbury from inscription on verso, which notes that the drawing was presented to Lord Harrington., and Two line inscription in ink across lower margin: Hard hearted Grower gives poor Boots his due, Or Boots at posting has a Rig for you - Anon.
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Kicking, Signs (Notices), and Taverns (Inns)