Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from bottom edge., and On leaf 141 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
publish's according to act of Parliament, July 15th, [1749]
Call Number:
749.07.15.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Mars on his knees
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 'Price 6d.'--Lower right corner., Two lines of verse below title: Musick hath charms to soothe the savage breast! / To soften rocks, and bend the knotted oak. Congrave [sic]., and Temporary local subject terms: Savoyards -- Mythology: allusion to Mars -- Buildings: Eton College -- Peasants -- Royal Arms -- 'The great fat hog to be seen alive' -- Literature: quotation from The mourning bride by William Congreve, 1670-1729.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Subject (Topic):
Musical instruments, Organ grinders, and Signs (Notices)
Betty's compassionate love extended to him in time of distress
Description:
Verse - "Come, open the door, sweet Betty,"., In four columns with the title, preliminary verse and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., The preliminary verse, in two short columns, begins with "Late in the night when all was fast,"., Date of publication from ESTC., Mounted on leaf 60. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
An ugly man with his feet turned in, dressed in macaroni style with tasselled hat, tasselled stick, and a curved sword, stands with an expression of anxious expectation in front of two fashionably dressed young women who appraise him from behind. Another young woman devotes her attention to a handsome young man who smiles as he gazes down at her; probably John of the title
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Publication date from Library of Congress version under the same title. Cf. LC PC 3 - 1774., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 29 x 21 cm.
Title from item., State with original title and without additional image below title. Cf. British Museum catalogue, no 3733., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Architects -- Bridges: Blackfriars' Bridge, London -- Medals., and Mounted to 35 x 46 cm.
Title and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Three columns of verse below image: B**t humbly entreats you will now condescend, to tell at what price he can make you is [sic] friend ..., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: cap and staff of liberty -- Imps -- Pets: feeding stick for birds -- Literature: allusion to Ossian, by James MacPherson, 1736-1796 -- Literature: allusion to Temora by James MacPherson, 1736-1796 -- Money: bribes -- Allusion to the governorship of Canada., and Watermark: Strasburg lily, with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Verse begins: "You brave loyal churchmen,"., Date suggested by cataloger., In this edition, the "C" of "Charles" in the title is above the "ne" in "Tune" in the second line; line 5 of the next-to-last stanza ends "haunt". In another edition with very similar typography (ESTC T29439), the "C" is above the space before "Tune; line 5 of the next-to-last stanza ends "cant"., Not in Foxon., Mounted on leaf 65. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Place of publication based on sitter's known major place of activity., Date of publication based on year sitter would be of age for portrait., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text., and In paper frame: 362 x 267 mm.
"Double portrait of Charles V and of Henry VIII, bust-length, bearded, wearing hat and contemporary costume, Charles wearing the order of the Golden Fleece."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
King Henry the Eighth and the Emperor Charles the Fifth
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication based on the year that G.P. Harding was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London., 1 print : stipple engraving and etching on wove paper ; sheet 24.1 x 30.1 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547,, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)