A father and son of African descent, drawn full-length and holding hands are dressed identically: long blue coats, black hats with the brim pulled down just above the eyes, yellow gloves, and holding brown umbrellas
Description:
Title from caption inscribed in black ink below drawing., Drawing after (?) a character in series of prints issued by S.W. Fores: Hyde Park; The little unknown (Plate 2) and The honey-moon (Plate 3)., and For further information, consult library staff.
A male cat standing erect on his hind legs and fashionably in a morning coat and holding a top hat rests his left paw on the shoulder of a female cat dressed in women's puffed-sleeved dress and wearing a cap. She is seated in a chair and sewing; beside her is a sewing case on a pedestal side table. Both wear serious expressions
Description:
Title from caption inscribed within image in brown ink., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record and based on costume., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Animals in human situations, Sewing, and Sewing equipment & supplies
Portrait drawing of John Poulett, 2nd Earl Poulett, as a boy; three-quarters length, shoulders turned right and head turned left; with long hair; wearing a red shirt with white collar
Alternative Title:
John 2nd Earl of Powlett and John Second Earl of Powlett
Description:
Title inscribed on mount below image, in ink in a contemporary hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., Formerly page 75 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1806]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B935 805 folder 27 Box 3
Collection Title:
[Scrapbook of drawings].
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait drawing of a woman; three-quarters length, turned slightly left, her left hand resting on a book; wearing a formal white dress with a small blue bow; hair worn up with pearls; additional books on shelves in the background
Description:
Title from pencil annotation on verso, the end of which is trimmed away; "Lady Irvin" also inscribed in ink on page in album where drawing was probably once mounted., Questionable attribution to G.P. Harding from local card catalog record., Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., Formerly laid in at page 77 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Scene in a restaurant: a female servant is delivering a dish to a flirtatious diner who is stroking her chin while a male servant excitedly delivers a menu to a second male diner. A massive painting of a grain harvesting scene adorns the wall in the background
Description:
Title from caption inscribed in black ink below image., Date from note inscribed in graphite pencil below caption., and For further information, consult library staff.
Two Quakers conversing as if catechising, one wearing an extravagant waistcoat: 'Aminidab, how camest thou by that garment for the vain adornment of thine outward man?', '"I created it."', 'Created it friend?', '"Yea verily - for I said, "Let it be made, and it was made!!'.
Description:
Title from caption inscribed at bottom of design in black ink., Date based on published etching with this design, same title, and text: Pubd. Apl. 1830, by S. Gan's Southampton St. See British Museum online catalog. Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and For further information, consult library staff.
At the edge of a small pond, a mallard duck (left) formally dressed in a morning coat and top hat flaps his wings at a female turkey (right) wearing a shawl and bonnet. She looks back over her shoulder at him with a coy expression
Description:
Title from caption inscribed within image in brown ink., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record and based on costume., and For further information, consult library staff.
A man stands full-length in profile facing left and wears a cowboy hat and a poncho
Description:
Title from caption inscribed above image in brown ink., Date and place of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., and For further information, consult library staff.
Portrait drawing of Sir John Hoskins; bust length, in profile to the right; wearing a white shirt
Alternative Title:
Sir John Hoskins
Description:
Title inscribed on mount below image, in ink in a contemporary hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., Formerly page 71 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.