Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved title page., "The thirde edition, corrected and augmented by the author"., Cf. No. 126 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., Mounted and window mounted to 33 x 24 cm. Lower right portion of sheet torn off; loss at the center of bottom of plate with missing design filled in ink on mounting sheet., and Sitter in portrait below title identified on mounting sheet by J. Reed[?] as Robert Burton.
Title devised by curator., Publication information from book in which this plate was published., Plate from: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley for six poems by Mr. T. Gray. London : Printed for R. Dodsley, 1753., Mounted on page 81 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 9.4 x 14.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Title page for the publication "24 caricatures by several ladies gentlemen artists &c".
Alternative Title:
24 caricatures by several ladies gentlemen artists &c. and Twenty four caricatures by several ladies gentlemen artists &c.
Description:
Title from text within image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Title page from: Darly's comic-prints, v. 1 (1771)., Partial watermark., and Front cover and front flyleaf of volume in same folder.
Title page with an image of an artist riding on the back of a crow, paint brush in hand, with a sign hanging from his neck. The sign is decorated with a painter's palate and is inscribed: Nous prions fous les oiseaux grands et petits de laisser librement passer Roger Bookem allant de Douvres à Paris
Description:
Title from text incorporated into image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., 'Alfred Crowquill' and the crow-quill symbol are pseudonyms used by Alfred Henry Forrester and his brother Charles Robert Forrester., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Secondary sheet attached to print with title: Paris and Dover, or, To and fro ..., and Secondary sheet 10 x 14 cm.
"Titus' garden, with an arcade of large columns, Lavinia running in from the right, a shawl flowing over her head and shoulders, reaching towards Marcus, who embraces his nephew as he runs frightened and confused by his aunt, clutching a copy of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Lucius in Roman uniform looks at her from between them."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 29th, 1788 by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616