"'Cits' (i.e. citizens) ride (left to right) (types of vulgar horsemanship, cf. BMSats 7233, 7242) in a cloud of dust, following a crowded stage-coach inscribed 'To the Races'. A rough two-wheeled cart, crammed with a family party, is drawn by a cantering pony. A signpost points 'To the Race Ground'. A suburban setting is given by the country box and 'grounds' of a 'cit', with a notice-board: 'Spring Blunderbusss on a new Construction - Planted in Various Paths of my Domain & whosown Trample Down or pull up the Shrubs in this Garden shall be Prosecuted - Deputy Dump'. In front of the house the owner (?) and his wife look over the paling at the race-goers. The house is a square box, whose small scale is indicated by the size of a pot-plant on the flat roof; on this are also figures of Neptune, Harlequin, and Mercury. Adjacent (left) is a shed inscribed 'Mr Dumps Stables', with a pretentious cupola."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Feby. 1, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
London (England),
Subject (Topic):
City council members, Dogs, Ducks, Stagecoaches, Signs (Notices), and Spouses
The Duke of Clarence dressed as a rough sailor, stands full-face with folded arms (three-quarter length view only), looking to the right with a belligerent stare. He wears a shapeless hat, a naval coat, striped trousers, a handkerchief knotted round his neck. Etched below the image: "Damn all Bond St Sailors I say, a parcel of smell smocks! they'd sooner creep into a Jordan than face the French! dam me!"
Description:
Title etched below image., Enlarged copy of Naval eloquence, by the same printmaker., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 28th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816. and William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837
Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Ten lines of verse in two columns titled "The advice" below image., Ten lines of description in one column in lower right of plate: A famous screen now to be sold to the best bidder ... .Londn. Journl. no. 89., Plate from: The London journal, 1721., and Temporary local subject terms: Maps: Antwerp -- South Sea Bubble -- The Duchess of Kendall.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Aislabie, John, 1670-1742 and Craggs, James, 1686-1721
The interior of a printing shop with four men engaged in various stages of the printing process including typesetting, inking, pulling the printed sheets, and binding. Sheets are shown drying overhead. Each figure and equipment is keyed, A-K.
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Plate from: The new universal magazine, or, Gentleman and lady's polite instructor. London : M. Cooper, v. 2 (1752)., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark. Key lacking.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Printers, Printing industry, Printing presses, and Type setting
Title from item., Imprint and price from British Museum catalogue., Description based on imperfect imprint; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint and price., "Price 6d. plain, 1s. coloured.", Two lines of verse below image: All coursers, the first heat with vigor run ..., Temporary local subject terms: Racing grounds., and Mounted to 30 x 39 cm. and mounted again to 35 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for Tom Collins near the Rubbing House, according to act of Parliament
Subject (Name):
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792