The body of conspirator Miles Sindercombe being dragged by a horse towards the gallows, under which a hole in the ground is visible. A group of soldiers carrying pikes and axes is seen in the background; the horse is led by a man with a whip
Alternative Title:
Miles Sindercombe having murdered himself was drawn upon Tower Hill ...
Description:
Title etched below image. and Approximate date of publication supplied by curator.
Double portrait of the physicians Jean Misaubin and Richard Mead, half-length, sitting together at a table
Description:
Title from notes below image in Richard Bull's hand., Artist's name written in lower right, probably also in Richard Bull's hand., Date supplied by curator., Formerly laid 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.
Subject (Name):
Misaubin, Jean, 1673-1734 and Mead, Richard, 1673-1754
"Singers in a window; night scene with six peasants seen through a four-panelled window, one holding a candle and leaning through a window in top right corner, another holding a song sheet."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
My rival Dick has married Kate
Description:
Title from the first line of verse., Traces of burnished text, possibly an earlier imprint or printmaker's name, below image., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: My rival Dick has marry'd Kate And laughs at me for having mist her ..., Plate numbered '2' in upper right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
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.
View of Tashicho Dzong, the fortress of the Deb Rejah in the Thimpu valley. On the right is the Deb's villa atop a low hill; below the villa flows the Thimphu River. Several smaller structures are visible between the villa and the river bank
Description:
Title lettered in ink below image., Statement of responsibility written ink in below image, in lower left., Place 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 123 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.
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.
Watercolor drawing depicting a spider from three perspectives: from the front while it stands on its legs, from the side while it stands on its legs, and from the rear while it rests on its back. The species is probably Lycosa tarantula, which was formerly known by the names Phalangius/Phalangium or Tarantula and is found in southern Europe, especially in the Apulia region of Italy. The drawing could have been made from a preserved specimen
Alternative Title:
Tarantulas
Description:
Title inscribed in ink above image., 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 laid in with four other drawings at page 51 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.
Portrait drawing of Sebastian I, King of Portugal and the Algarves; bust length, turned slightly left; with short red hair and a thin moustache; wearing a ruff collar
Description:
Title inscribed at bottom of sheet, in pencil in a contemporary hand., Offset pencil annotation in reverse is visible above title: Sebastiano Lusi Rex., 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 laid in with three other drawings at page 85 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 together with three other drawings to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
An older man, representing Rev. Madan, is attacked by two women, one of them pulling on his coat and indicating a crying boy standing next to her, the other grasping his wig with her left hand and ready to strike him with a small stool she is holding in her right. Her right foot is propped on a volume entitled "Thelyphthora," his treatise advocating polygamy. Behind her, a third woman is picking his pocket. On the left two women are engaged in a fight; on the right a couple is kissing behind a screen on which is displayed an image of a duel, above it is an image of a prisoner in chains and next to it a body hanging from the gibbet
Alternative Title:
Polygamy displayed and Doctor Madman restored to his senses
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd 1st Decr. 1780 by the author
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Madan, Martin, 1726-1790.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Polygamy, Fighting, Children, Couples, and Clothing & dress