Dr. Musgrave prescribing for Britannia who is in a deep consumption
Description:
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., and Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 3 (1769), p. 95.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Musgrave, Samuel, 1732-1780, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, and Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Medical equipment & supplies, and Medical procedures & techniques
"An elderly man walks, stooping, in profile to the left, two large books under the left arm, an umbrella under the right, a walking-stick in his right hand. Books project from his coat-pocket. He wears high boots, a cocked hat, his queue is in a bag. Behind is the door of a shop, inscribed 'G. Riebau'. Part of the adjoining shop-window (left) is visible, inscribed '[A]uctioner. 439'. Against the panes are books, prints, and a notice: 'Old Books bought'. A placard hangs outside the window: 'Price 6 \ Imparti[al] Life of Paine.' (A pamphlet, 'Impartial Memoirs of the Life of Thomas Paine', was published in 1793.) Beneath the design:'Stop gentle Reader, and behold A Beau in Boots, who loves his Gold; A Walking bookseller, an Epicure, A Teacher, Doctor, & a Connoissieur. Alias Doctor V------ in his Wrigling attitude, hawking old Books as Moses does old Cloaths.''--British Museum online catalogue, description of later state
Alternative Title:
Dr. Verdion and Doctor Verdion
Description:
Title above image: Wonderful magazine., The bookseller is identified as Theodora Grahn (1744-1802) who used the pseudonym, “Baron de Verdion” in Germany and after moving to London around 1770 used the name Dr. John de Verdion and worked as a language teacher, translator, and seller of antiquarian books, coins, and medals. See British Museum online catalogue., From the Wonderful Magazine, v. 1, page 406., State without the bookshop's name above the door., Six lines of text below image: A remarkable walking bookseller, quack docter [sic], &c, &c. ..., and Earlier state, with misspelling in the text below image, of No. 8371 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Publisher:
Gratis to the purchasers of the Wonderful magazine, pubd. by C. Johnson
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Grahn, Theodora, 1744-1802,
Subject (Topic):
Bookstores, Quacks, Staffs (Sticks), Umbrellas, and Window displays
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Three lines of text below image: Mortimer / Is a great lord of late, and a new thing: a prince, an earl, and cousin to the King. Ben Johnson [sic]., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : J. Almon, v. 2 (1768), p. 274., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: allusion to The fall of Mortimer, by Ben Jonson, 1573?-1637., 1 print : ethcing ; plate mark 19.1 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 22 x 14 cm mounted to 31 x 37 cm., and With Bowditch's annotations on mount.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377, Isabella, Queen, consort of Edward II, King of England, 1292-1358, and Mortimer, Roger de, Earl of March, 1287?-1330
Title from item., Plate from the Carlton House magazine, volume iv, p. 3., Publication date based on that of the Magazine., Printmaker and artist from earlier state of the right half, published by Bentley & Co., Sept. 1, 1790, for The Attic Miscellany, v. i, p. 441, under title: Landing at Margate., Above image: Frontispiece., and Temporary local subject terms: Emigration: emigration from Holland -- Margate -- Costume: Dutch costume -- Dutch shoes -- Boats: sailboat -- Scissors -- Medical: crutches -- Chairs: invalid's chair carried on poles.
The convicted traitor Robert Watt sits on an open sled being pulled by a horse through a city square. A man in a hat, perhaps the executioner, sits across from him holding an axe. Soldiers escort the sled through the crowd. In the distance on the right, a man stands on a platform outside the upper floor of a building and readies a noose
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: Exshaw's Gentleman's and London magazine. Dublin : J. Exshaw, October 1794., and Sheet mutilated along bottom edge with slight loss of text.
Publisher:
J. Exshaw
Subject (Geographic):
Edinburgh (Scotland)
Subject (Name):
Watt, Robert, -1794.
Subject (Topic):
Criminals, Executions, Plazas, and Sleds & sleighs
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of subjects identified by George in the original publication as Thomas Panton (No. 6) and Miss Carter, a courtesan (No. 5).
Description:
Title from item., Reissue of a tête-à-tête published in Town and Country Magazine, December 1777 (ix, 569) with different titles and plate numbers., and Variant state of No. 5421 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Dated in British Museum catalogue: 1 October 1771., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 6 (1771), p. 88., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: nursery -- Toys: rocking horse -- Pets: monkey -- Cat -- King Charles spaniel -- Telescopes -- Books -- Remonstrances -- Pictures amplifying subject: portrait of Lord Bute -- Male dress: dressing gown and nightcap.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
"A satire on Drury Lane Theatre. The Board consists of three men at a table, almost covered by four large dishes, each containing an article of food with a portrait head. On the farther side sits Sheridan, ladling guineas towards his grinning and avid mouth. Facing him is Tom Sheridan, identified by a pamphlet, 'Caractacus', in his coat-pocket, and, opposite him, the President of the Board, .... These two turn towards the foremost of a number of hungry dogs with human heads; the latter beckons to him, while Tom feeds him with a cheque or note of 100£. Another dog, its collar inscribed 'John Bull' [1803], showing that he is Colman, turns away, but looks distrustfully over his shoulder at the pair. There are six others. T. Sheridan draws furtively from the pocket in the tail of his coat a purse, for which a (normal) dog begs, seated on an open book, 'The World' [first played at Drury Lane 31 Mar. 1808], showing that he is James Kenney. Beside the book are scattered papers inscribed 'Rejected Plays &c.', at which two dogs with human heads sniff and paw. One has a collar inscribed 'Carlo' [from 'The Caravan', see No. 10172, &c.], and is probably F. Reynolds. A man, resembling Wroughton in No. 11079, approaches the table, a napkin under his arm, carrying a large tureen inscribed 'Water Grue and containing plays: 'World!' [Kenney], 'Siege of St Quintin' [by T. Hook, first played Drury Lane 10 Nov. 1808], 'Travellers' [by Andrew Cherry, music by Corri, first played Drury Lane, 14 Jan. 1806], 'Venoni' ['or, The Novice of St. Mark's'] (by M. G. Lewis, first played Drury Lane, 1 Dec. 1808). The dishes on the table are 'Toad in a Hole, Turtle, Calfs Head Surprse [sic]', and 'Barbicued Pig'. Under the table (right) is a pile of papers, or books in shadow at which mice or rats are nibbling. These are the neglected classics, and are inscribed 'Jonson', 'Shakesp . . .', 'Beaumont and Fletch . . .' The room is panelled."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as De Wilde in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Satirist., and Mounted to 27 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
Published for the Satirist Feby. 1st, 1809, by S. Tipper, 37 Leadenhall Street
Subject (Name):
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England), Arnold, Samuel James, 1774-1852, Colman, George, 1762-1836, Cherry, A. 1762-1812 (Andrew),, Dimond, William, active 1780-1837, Hook, Theodore Edward, 1788-1841, Kenney, James, 1780-1849, Lewis, Matthew Gregory, 1775-1818, Reynolds, Frederick, 1764-1841, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Sheridan, Thomas, 1775-1817, and Wroughton, Richard, 1748-1822
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Dramatists, Eating & drinking, Interiors, and Taverns (Inns)
Battle of the belles on [the] election of the King of Bath
Description:
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London, v. 2 (1769), p. 188., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: assembly room at Bath -- Fights -- Elections: election of the Master of the Ceremonies at Bath, 1769 -- Apothecary -- Physician -- Lawyer -- Military officers -- Cuckolds.