A man in a bag wig and with crossed eyes lands on his "broad bottom" between two chairs pulled from under him by two diminutive devils. His face has an expression of utter surprise. The devil on the left, with the name Oliver on the large club of his hair tied in the macaroni fashion, pulls with his cane 'city chair 1772.' The devil on the right, with the name Sawbridge on his club, pulls the chair inscribed 'liberty.'
Description:
Title from item., [The] at the beginning of the title in the form of a brevigraph., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of verse below title: There's many a slip 'twixt [the]cup and [the] lip, we often have found ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Reference to mayoral elections, London, 1772 -- Aldermen -- Aldermen: Alderman Oliver.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 and Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795
Title devised by curator., Possibly etched by Caroline Crighton. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Waller no. 24., Date based on that of a similar print in the same collection. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Waller no. 24., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title devised by curator., Possibly etched by Caroline Crighton. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Waller no. 24., and Date based on that of a similar print in the same collection. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Waller no. 24.
Title devised by curator. and Approximate date based on that of a print in the same collection done in a similar style and depicting a similar theatrical scene. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Waller no. 24.
Title devised by curator., Possibly etched by Caroline Crighton. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Waller no. 24., Date based on that of a similar print in the same collection. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Waller no. 24., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title devised by curator., Possibly etched by Caroline Crighton. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Waller no. 24., Date based on that of a similar print in the same collection. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Waller no. 24., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
SH Contents B373 no. 7 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 40
Image Count:
1
Description:
Lady Diana Beauclerk, English artist, 1734-1808., Title, date, and artist from print based on this drawing published in The fables of John Dryden (London : T. Bensley, 1797)., and One of a series of nine illustrations for this edition of Dryden's Fables.
A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the character Matilda shown full-length on the right, wearing a white gown and standing within an arched doorway. Theodore, dressed in full armor and wearing a red sash, kneels down in front of her on the left, staring up at her intently and grasping her hand with both of his. His shield, adorned with a red cross, lies on the ground next to him; mountains and a cloud-filled sky are seen in the distance on the left
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist in lower right corner., Date of production based on artist's death date., Page reference written in ink below lower right corner of image: P. 142., and Bound in opposite page 142 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the character Theodore depicted full-length on the right, wearing armor and holding a shield in his left arm, facing left and holding a sword out in front of him. He stands beside the entrance to a cave on the left, the interior of which is shrouded in darkness. Small rocks and a broken tree trunk are in the foreground; tree branches, two birds, and a cloud-filled sky are seen above
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed and dated by the artist in ink in lower right corner., and Tipped in opposite page 120 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. London : Printed for Tho. Lownds in Fleet-Street, MDCCLXV [1765].