- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, July 2d 1772.
- Call Number:
- 772.07.02.02.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire: a prosperous citizen seated in a chair fondling his mistress who sits on his knee, with a decanter and glass on the table beside them and a bed in the background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
- Alternative Title:
- Business at an end till Monday
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Earlier state, without plate number. Cf. No. 4519 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: old-fashioned, 1772 -- Female dress, 1772 -- Interiors: bedchamber -- Furniture: upholstered chair -- Glass: wine carafe and glass., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Interiors, Beds, Chairs, Drinking vessels, Wine, and Couples
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The citizen retired, or, Business at an end till Monday [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, 25 Sepr. 1772.
- Call Number:
- 772.09.25.01.1+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young Macaroni with an elaborate wig and enormous bow at his neck sits in an artist's studio as his portrait is painted by an artist, a caricature of Richard Cosway R.A., with an equally elaborate hair style. Both are fashionably dressed. The artist sits at his easel, his hand filled with paint brushes and an palette; the canvas faces the viewer so that the portrait is visible. On the wall in the background are two portraits, one of another dandy and one of a woman in an elaborate hat; the paintings hang on either side of a round mirror
- Alternative Title:
- Billy Dimple sitting for his picture
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Engraved by Earlom after drawing by Dighton. See British Museum catalogue., Earlier state, without plate number. Cf. No. 4520 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Watermark: illegible name (2 lines).
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Name):
- Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, Artists' studios, Dandies, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The macaroni painter, or, Billy Dimple sitting for his picture [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publish'd as the act directs, [1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.06.00.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Polite macaroni presenting a nosegay to Miss Blossom
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date, inferred from the plate number, from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at bottom., Plate numbered '255' in lower left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Street scenes -- Street vendors: flower girl -- Flowers -- Nosegays -- Canes -- Female dress: street dress, 1772 -- Male dress: street dress, 1772.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The polite maccaroni presenting a nosegay to Miss Blossom [graphic].
- Creator:
- Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [16 February 1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.02.16.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A fashionably dressed young woman sits at a writing table as she seals an envelope with her stamp while her maid, standing in front of the table, waits attentively. A picture on the wall behind them depicts Cupid flying with an envelope in his hand. From behind a curtain on the right, a man peers into the room, curious and wide-eyed. The title perhaps a specific reference to the play of the same title by Benjamin Hoadly
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Cuckolds -- Letters: love letters -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Furniture: ladderback chair -- Candle holders., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Feby. 16, 1772 by R. Marshall, N. 4 Aldermary Church Yard
- Subject (Name):
- Hoadly, Dr. 1706-1757. (Benjamin),
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The suspicious husband [graphic]
- Creator:
- Laurie, Robert, 1755-1836, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd as the act directs, 20 May 1772.
- Call Number:
- 772.05.20.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A young lady at confession; on the right, a monk leans on his elbow, right hand resting on a Bible, lecherously looking sideways at a young girl beside him, who stands holding a rosary, looking down sorrowfully with tears running down her cheek, she wears a veil on her head. On the ledge are various symbols of mortality, and a paper, lettered "...From fornication and all other deadly Sins Libera nos Domine! 'Tis better to Marry than burn...", to the far left stands an altar; after Millar; scratched-letter state."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
- Description:
- Title from the Catalogue of the Society of Artists, 1771, no. 83., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Chapel of a Catholic church -- Religious rites -- Rosaries -- Allusion to sins., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- R. Sayer excudit
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Chapels, Lust, Confessions, Crucifixes, Altars, Clergy, Monks, Catholicism, and Bibles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A lady at confession] [graphic]