A series of twelve plates following the careers of two apprentice weavers, one who through industry rises to become Mayor of London while the other through his idleness ends up hanged at Tyburn
Alternative Title:
Fellow apprentices at their looms
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Series title engraved above image; plate numbering below image., State and publisher from Paulson., and For further information, consult library staff.
"King Lear at the centre, his arm raised and looking up towards the dark sky, as Kent, behind him, attempts to coerce him out of the storm; Edgar, dressed as Tom O'Bedlam, sits huddled by a scant wooden shelter on the lower right, the Fool on the left crouching and looking warily towards Edgar, behind him stands Gloucester, holding a raised torch and reaching out his hand to Lear."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title published state., 'Shakspeare' in open letters following imprint., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 4, 1792 by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No. 90 Cheapside
"King Lear, with his thick hair blowing in the wind, holds the dead body of Cordelia in one arm, holding the other hand to his head, outside a tent, while a soldier on the left holds out his hand in horror and two men bear away a male body behind him."--British Museum online catalogue
Publisher:
Aquafortis published Septr. 1st 1788 by John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, and Lear, King of England (Legendary character)
A semi-comic gift card showing the eight stages of matrimony: Possession, Rumination, Alteration, Irritation, Disputation, Desperation, Detestation, and Separation. Each stage is described with four lines of verse and with vignette scenes of a husband and wife
Alternative Title:
Possession
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Date conjectured from style of dress., and Issued with two blue bows at the top, right and left.
A fashion plate showing the figure of a woman in an afternoon or half dress, wearing a head-dress with a large toupee frizzed into light curls and wreathed with white flowers. The robe and petticoat of striped muslin and braided in back and tied at the waist with a belt. The robe is trimmed with last at the neck and wrists
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Plate from the October 1794 issue of: Heideloff, N. Gallery of fashion., and "Fig. 26."--Top of image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs October 1, 1794, by N. Neideloff, at the Gallery of Fashion Office
A fashion plate showing the figure of a woman in an evening dress, wearing a turban decorated with ostrich feathers and several diamonds. Her robe is scallopped as are the short sleeves; the robe is trimmed round the neck with lace. She wears large pearl earrings, a diamond necklace and large gold upper bracelets
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Appears in the March 1796 issue of: Heideloff, N. Gallery of fashion., and "Fig. 90."--Top of image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs October 1, 1794, by N. Neideloff, at the Gallery of Fashion Office
"A forester in a glade in a forest, pointing with his staff towards men hunting, one blowing a horn, in the fields below, for the benefit of the Princess and her ladies standing on the right; open-letter proof before full lettering."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum online catalogue. and 'Shakspeare' in open letters following imprint.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1, 1791 by John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London