"Interior view of Westminster Hall, showing the grand hammerbeam roof; groups of figures cluster in hall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 94., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 235.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Westminster Palace (London, England), and Westminster Hall (London, England),
"Interior view of Westminster Hall, showing the grand hammerbeam roof; groups of figures cluster in hall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 94., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 235., and 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 28.2 x 23.7 cm, on sheet 34 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Westminster Palace (London, England), and Westminster Hall (London, England),
"Interior view of the Banqueting Hall, adapted as a chapel; painted ceiling above congregation."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 95., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 239.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Whitehall Palace (London, England) and Banqueting House (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Religious services, Chapels, and Ceilings
"Interior view of the women's common room of the workhouse, situated on Poland Street; slim columns supporting ceiling; women sit on benches at tables."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 96., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 242., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Saint James (Westminster, London, England : Parish)
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., First in a series of 8 illustrations to Henry Fielding's The History of Joseph Andrews ... from the 1792 Edinburgh edition, p. 5., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: kitchens -- Kitchen utensils -- Domestic servants: cooks -- Furniture: kitchen tables., and Mounted to 20 x 27 cm.
"George III rides Pegasus, and is about to be thrown; both arms are raised in consternation. Another man (? Wolcot) falls head downwards from the horse; his wig has fallen off and he has dropped a roll of MS. Behind the plunging heels of the animal Harlequin (right) flourishes his club."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier proof state
Description:
Title, printmaker, and date from description of proof state in the British Museum catalogue., For a proof state before "Ode for new year" lettering added to the roll of paper within image, see no. 7188 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. Ode upon ode, or, Peep at St. James's ... London : Printed by G. Kearsley ..., [1787], Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., and Temporary local subject terms: Literary quotation -- Personification -- Mythology -- Pindar's Ode for a new year.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819
Subject (Topic):
Harlequin (Fictitious character), Pegasus (Greek mythology), Falling, and Wigs
"The King (right), standing in profile to the left, holds out to Peter a rolled document inscribed 'Pension'. Peter, a thin elderly man, turns away, holding out both hands to ward off the gift. From his pocket projects a paper inscribed 'Odes'. Both wear bag-wigs, and old-fashioned dress with flapped waistcoats; the King wears a sword."-- British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ah! let me Sire refuse it, I implore, ought not to be rich whilst you are poor
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue; alternative title from text below image., Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue, Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. Peter's pension. London : Printed by G. Kearsley ..., [1788], and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Wolcot, John, 1738-1819
Title devised by the cataloger., Publication information from another impression., Illustration to: Adventures of Roderick Random., Placement instructions in upper right corner of plate: vol. 1, p. 78., Temporary local subject terms: Ships: upper deck -- Pugilism -- Fighting., and Mounted to 20 x 27 cm.
Title devised by the cataloger., Publication information from another print in this work: Lieut. Bowling visits Rod. Random in prison., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Illustration to: Adventures of Roderick Random, chapter 21., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: garrets -- Poverty -- Sickness -- Medical: medicine vials., and Mounted to 20 x 27 cm.
"Death (left) poises his javelin, about to strike an old man in bed, reading a book by the light of a candle held in his left hand. The room is heaped with his treasures (armour, &c.). Rats scamper, chased by a cat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from description of a later state in the British Museum catalogue; the assigned title for each plate from The English dance of death is the heading to the opposite printed page., Early (proof?) state, before aquatint added. For a later state, see no. 12412 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Publisher and date of publication from imprint on later state: London, Pub. 1 April 1814, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, with possible loss of text below image., Later state issued in: Combe, W. The English dance of death. London : Published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts ..., 1815-1816., This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 320., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death., and Ink verse notation on verso, perhaps in Rowlandson's hand; additional pencil notation on verso.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Combe, William, 1742-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Wills, Skeletons, Spears, Beds, Sleeping, Cats, Rats, Armor, Musical instruments, Books, Candles, Artists' materials, Urns, and Sculpture