An interior view of the House of Peers, looking towards the King's seat, where he sits in state with officials holding swords and maces around him, peers sitting in benches lining the walls, which are decorated with crests and ships, others in a block in the centre, one standing in the centre foreground with his back to the viewer, holding a scroll in his right hand, and several standing conversing to either side. The throne is shown with a backdrop of a tapestry
Description:
Title etched below image., In upper right corner above image: Gent. Mag. Jany. 1769., and Plate from: The gentleman's magazine, or, Monthly intelligencer / by Sylvanus Urban. London : Edw. Cave, 1769, v. 39.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords and Westminster Palace (London, England)
Title below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., In upper right corner above image: Gent. Mag. Novr. 1768., Plate from: The gentleman's magazine, or, Monthly intelligencer / by Sylvanus Urban. London : Printed by Edw. Cave ..., v. 38 (1768), p. 450., Temporary local subject terms: Balls: masquerade -- Costume., and Window mounted to 17 x 22 cm.
Title from text above images., Publication information from that of the magazine., Plate from: The political magazine and parliamentary, naval, military and literary journal. London: Printed for J. Bew ..., v. 4 (Sept. 1782)., Two designs on one plate, each individually titled; design on left labelled "fig. 1" and design on right labelled "fig. 2.", and Annotations in pencil at top of sheet.
David Garrick is shown at Drury Lane Theatre standing with a scroll in his left hand, gesturing with the other, looking to left. He stand in front of Scheemaker's statue of Shakespeare, in front of the orchestra (musicians shown with their musical instruments) and the singers on stage, lighting from the candles in the chandelier above. Members of the audience watch from boxes on either side of the stage. On the scroll is a quote from the Tempest Act IV, Scene 1, line 134: Prospero's line "cloud-capp'd towers".
Description:
Title etched above image., Plate originally published in: The London museum of politics, miscellanies, and literature. London : printed for J. Miller ... , 1770- , v. 1 (February, 1770), page 72., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top, bottom and right side., Two lines of verse in two columns below image: To him the song, the edifice we raise, he merits all our wonder, all our praise. The Ode, p. 2., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616