Caption title. and Index to 100 plates published by Boydell, mostly illustrating Shakespeare's plays. The first four plates include: Plate I. Frontispiece. Shakspeare nursed by Tragedy and Comedy. Plate II. Portrait of Alderman John Boydell. Plate III. The monument of Shakspeare. Plate IV. The alto relievo, in front of the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall-Mall.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Later state with additional numbering. For earlier state, see no. 4677 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Plate also published in: Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c. [London]: Pubd. by Mary Darly ..., 1776, p. 59., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "8" in upper right corner., Suckling; June 1956; Acquisitions no.: 956-6-1-8., Temporary local subject terms: French peasants -- Female costume -- French costume -- Clocks on stockings of French peasant -- Pompons on sabots of French peasant -- Shoes: Sabots -- Fans., and Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act of Parlt. April 1st, 1770, by MDarly (39) Strand
"Burke (three quarter length) as a showman bends over his magic lantern in profile to the right. In the upper part of the design is a draped sheet on which are the objects thrown by the lantern. These are (left to right): [1] an oddly shaped elephant chained to a stake inscribed 'A Benares Flea'. [2] Three mountains piled one upon the other, inscribed respectively, 'Ossa', 'Pelion', 'Olympus'; the whole is 'A Begum Wart'. [3] Four large eyes dripping tears float half-submerged in the water they have produced, inscribed, 'Begums Tears'. [4] A whale spouting is 'An Ouzle'. From the right side of the magic lantern the end of a slide (or slider, cf. BMSat 6287) emerges; on it is an oriental seated cross-legged and smoking. Next the lantern (right) are the heads and shoulders of two spectators in back view who are applauding; one says "finely imagined"; the other, "poor Ladies they have cried their Eyes out". The 'profil perdu' of Lord Derby appears on the extreme right, saying, "very like an Ouzle [weasel]. "Polonius"" ['Hamlet', III. ii.]."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Acquisitions no.: 966-12-5-79., Printmaker identified as Sayers in the British Museum catalogue., and Title from text in bottom part of image.
Publisher:
Publd. 6th May 1788 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Cornell, Thos., active 1780-1792
Subject (Topic):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834, Harvey, Francis, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Oudh (Princely State), Projectors, and Riviere & Son
Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed with possible loss of imprint., Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xxiv, p. 22., Title continues: ... My dear feller, I've eat so much beef lately I'm ashamed to look a bullock in the face., and Title from lines of dialogue below image.
A weeping Lord North, with a bag labelled "The nations plunder" thrown over his shoulder, kneels in front of Charles Fox, begging him for protection as the devil, reining North in with a rope wound around his arms, pronounces him his favorite. Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, points out North's long record of breaking promises.
Alternative Title:
Lord North's supplication to Mr. Fox
Description:
Mounted to 27 x 42 cm., Publication date from George., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
[s.n.]
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1789
Subject (Topic):
Devil, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
"Anne Page standing on the steps of her father's house, one hand on her hip, gesturing with the other as she asks Slender and Shallow if they will step in, with Slender bowing his head coyly and Shallow watching them with his hat in his hands, view of a house among trees in the background to left"--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Also lettered below image with "Shakspeare" and fourteen lines from scene: "Anne. Will't please your worship to come in, Sir? ... Slen. I had rather walk here, I thank you.", Numbered '10' in lower left., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 24, 1793 by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No. 90 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
John and Josiah Boydell (Firm), Shakspeare Gallery, and Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845
The profiles of an elderly and ugly pair, registering hostile anxiety, meet, their tongues touching, while between them is a punch-bowl. Just above their heads two doves bill on a branch.
Description:
Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Acquisitions no.: 966-12-4-174., Mounted to 37 x 30 cm., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Printmaker from Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 23 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fores, S. W.
Subject (Topic):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley, Bowls (Tableware), Couples, Doves, Harvey, Francis, Kissing, Older people, and Riviere & Son
From Laurie and Whittle series of drolls., Mounted to 42 x 29 cm., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Plate numbered '208' in lower left corner., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: taverns -- Dishes: punch bowl -- Smoking: pipes -- Pets: dogs., Two columns of verse printed below title: At a tavern one night, Messrs. More, Strange, and Wright ..., Walter Schatzki ; Jan. 1964 ; Acquisitions no.: 964-1-1-66., and Watermark: E & P 1794.
Publisher:
Published 12th February 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London