William Macdonald Officer to the Highland Society of Scotland
Description:
Title from item., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver, and Gilder, 1842, v. ii. no. 284., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from item., Title continues: Makes and sells buck & fine doeskin breeches & also black & other cloth col[ore]d breeches. NB Breeches clean'd & mended at resonable rates., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 16 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Title from item., Title continues: Makes and sells all sorts of gold & black frames for painting & prints, looking glass frames, made paintings carefully cleand lin'd & mended. Prints varnish'd in the neatest manner, parlours & stair cases fitted up in the nicest manner. Ladies visiting tickets done instead of cards. All sorts of water colours & pencils for drawing. NB Guilding done in town & country at reasonable rates., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 108 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
1815 i.e. not before 1842] and [printed not before 1842]
Call Number:
815.00.00.15
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay (1842)., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Ms. annotations in pencil near lower edge of sheet.
Title from item., Title continues: Makes & sells all sorts of upholstery goods, wholeslae & retail, viz. fashionable standing beds, feather beds, quilts, ruggs, blankets, coverlets, Flanders & English ticking; also leather, cane & matted chairs, at very reasonable prices., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 131 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
"Bergami, moustachioed, whiskered, and alluring, in a tight-fitting harlequin's suit over which is a short gold-laced jacket, sits on a tall stool, holding up a life-like puppet representing the Queen. He grasps it by the waist, and pulls a ribbon, making arms and legs fly up. She smiles delightedly down at him, her ringlets flying. She wears the décolletée over-dress of British Museum Satires No. 14103, open to show frilled and spotted drawers. Bergami, part courier, part Harlequin, has a heavy queue of hair hanging from his black curls, and wears a peaked cap with a big gold tassel. A heavy postilion's whip projects from his pocket. He is directed to the left, towards an open French window and a vine trellis, with a view of Lake Como (see British Museum Satires No. 13857). He raises his right leg, looking over his left shoulder, away from his puppet. On the floor are the courier's discarded pistol, powder-flask, holster, and saddle; behind his chair are portmanteaus, one inscribed 'B B'. A large book propped against a decanter inscribed 'A Boire' is: 'Hop Step and Jump, or, every man his own Courier. List of Postes on the high road from Dunghill, to Barona' [see British Museum Satires No. 14119]. A partly dropped curtain (right) reveals two figurines embracing below a shelf of books. The carpet is patterned with hearts."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Alternative Title:
Harlequin courier's delight
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Variant state lacking "London" at beginning of imprint statement. Cf. No. 14120 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 6 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
Subject (Topic):
Harlequin (Fictitious character), Adultery, Fools & jesters, Puppets, and Whips
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Bergami, Bertolommeo, fl. 1821 -- Harlequins -- Puppets -- Female costume: over-dress, drawers -- Wigs: queue -- Postilion whips -- French windows -- Trellises -- Lake Como -- Couriers -- Guns: pistols -- Powder flasks -- Holsters -- Saddles -- Portmanteaus -- Male costume: spurs., and Manuscript "1." in upper left corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, consort of George IV, 1768-1821