Print shows a caricatured Jewish peddlar or pawnbroker purchasing a pair of breeches from a young soldier on street corner. The jewish man holds up the breeches for inspection, grinning at the soldier who holds out his hand for his purchase money
Description:
Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
A satire on London hunters: A hare crouching in long grass beside an old tree at left while a young man runs forward dragging his gun, and holding out his hat to throw it over the animal. Two dogs follow behind him and a second man squats down with his gun to watch
Description:
Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac and by British Museum record for another popular print by Davison., A copy of Gillray's print "Cockney-sportsmen finding a hare", published 12 November 1800. Cf. No. 9599 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 7., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
A young huntsmen with a barnyard rooster hanging from his waist, negligently uses a ramrod. His pot-bellied companion leans against a fence, voraciously gnawing a cold chicken, a bottle of 'Porter' in front of him. Near him lies a dead cat. The men are accompanied by two dogs
Description:
Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac and by British Museum record for another popular print by Davison., A copy of Gillray's print "Cockney-sportsmen re-charging", published 12 November 1800. Cf. No. 9598 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 7., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Three figures yawning, woman on the right and two men, sit in chairs around a table with casters, on which sit a book and paper lettered: "W. Davison chymist". On the wall are two landscape paintings
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge, and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
A collection of 24 proof sheets, mostly eight images per sheet, surrounded by typographic border. The images include a wide range of insects, aquatic animals, and mammals, both those common in England as well as those found in Africa and parts of the British Empire; small country scenes by Bewick or in his style; battles, scenes showing a variety of human relationships and occupations, and other scenes designed to illustrate chapbooks and tales such as Robin Hood and Blue Beard and other tales. Also included are satirical prints such as Bewick’s ‘Clown’s Visit to the Moon’, or Davison’s publication on local history
Description:
William Davison (1781-1858), printer in Alnwick, as well as a pharmacist, newspaper produce and local philanthropist; a partner with John Catnach until 1808. Davison's output included notepaper and handbills, newspapers, chapbooks, an illustrated bible, and prayerbooks. He set up a small foundry to produce his own metal stereotypes, which according to his trade catalog, numbered 1082 cast-iron ornaments and wood types, many of these come from wood engravings by Bewick or from Davison’s own jobbing engravers after Bewick’s images., Title devised by cataloger., Date range for publication from dealer's description., Sheets numbered 1, 3-8, 11, 33-35, 37-42, 46, 48-50, 52, 54, 65; preserved in old frayed wrappers., Many of the images are reproduced in: Isaac, P. C. G. William Davisons's new specimen of cast-metal ornaments and wood types. London : Printing Historical Society, 1990., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published by W. Davison, Bondgate Street, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Birds, Fairy tales, Fish, Insects, Landscapes, Mammals, and Reptiles