Title etched below image., Reissue of illustration in The wit's magazine, 1785, p. 115, with the publication line burnished from the plate., Publication date based on that of the first issue in The wit's magazine., and Listed without description with other prints from: The wit's magazine. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., no. 6885.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Courtrooms, Lawyers, Judicial proceedings, and Manners & customs
"An adaptation of Gillray's 'Comfort to the Corns', British Museum Satires No. 9585. The old hag is altered to a rather younger woman, the wide hearth to a neat fireplace. The Gothic chair is replaced by a chair with a high cane back (of Charles II period). A cat watches the operation."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an etched version of the same design
Description:
Title from text below image., Probably a copy of an etching attributed to George Cruikshank and assigned a date of 1818. Cf. No. 13134 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Corns., and Mounted to 34.2 x 25.4 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Knives, Feet, Medical procedures & techniques, Cats, and Fireplaces
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from unverified data in local card catalog record., Date of publication based on that of the volume in which the plate was published., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate also published in: Caricatures / drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London?: s.n., 1836?], p. 76., A reduced copy in reverse of a print by J. Bretherton after Bunbury published 1 Apr. 1774. See British Museum online cataglogue, registration no.: J,6.5., and Imperfect; artist's signature erased from lower left corner of sheet, with the area of erasure shaded over in pencil.
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1742 and 1765]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait seated half-length to right beside table and holding plan of the Foundling Hospital, eyes to front, wearing wig, plain coat and cravat; curtain and view of harbour through window behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Cc,1.248., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d. edit. p. 435., and On page 127 in volume 2.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Locke, Daniel, 1681 or 1682-1754, and Foundling Hospital (London, England),
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1742 and 1765]
Call Number:
Portraits L813 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait seated half-length to right beside table and holding plan of the Foundling Hospital, eyes to front, wearing wig, plain coat and cravat; curtain and view of harbour through window behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Cc,1.248., Sheet trimmed close to plate mark., and "Price 1s. 6"--Following title.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Locke, Daniel, 1681 or 1682-1754, and Foundling Hospital (London, England),
Title from caption below images., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Two designs side by side, collectively titled in letterpress below.
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: hats., and Mounted to 37 x 32 cm.
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Sketch of the life of Buonaparte
Description:
Title etched below images., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Two designs arranged horizontally on one plate, with a single collective below; each design is individually titled, has an explanatory caption below the title, and has a double border surrounding the image and text., Caption for leftmost design entitled "Democratic innocence": The young Buonaparte & his wretched relatives, in their native poverty, while free booters in the island of Corsica., Caption for rightmost design entitled "Democratic humility": Buonaparte when a boy recieved [sic] thro the Kings bounty into the Ecole Militaire at Paris., A copy of a print by Gillray of the same title that was published 12 May 1800. Cf. No. 9534 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., "Pl. 1" etched above left design, outside double border; "Pl. 2" etched above right design, outside double border., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Leaf 45 in volume 1.
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Titles etched below images., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Two designs arranged horizontally on one plate; each design has an individual title below, an explanatory caption underneath the title, and a double border surrounding the image and all text., Caption for leftmost design entitled "Democratic gratitude": Buonaparte, heading the Regicide Banditti which had dethron'd & murder'd the monarch whose bounty had foster'd him., Caption for rightmost design entitled "Democratic religion": Buonaparte, turning Turk at Cairo for interest, after swearing on the sacrement to support the Catholic faith., A copy of two panels from Gillray's print, published 12 May 1800, entitled: Democracy, or, A sketch of the life of Buonaparte. Cf. No. 9534 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Leaf 44 in volume 1.