"An actor, ugly and ragged, stands gesticulating, the left arm extended towards Sheridan, who sits in a low chair (right) before a small rectangular table. He fixes Sheridan with a hungry glare, clutching a small cocked hat in his right hand ... In the upper right corner of the design is a quotation from 'Hamlet', III. ii, beginning 'Oh, there be Players', and ending, 'they imitated humanity so abominably'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date from Grego., Possibly published by Fores, whose publisher's stamp is on the Lewis Walpole Library impression., Twelve lines of text below title: A candidate for the stage lately applied to the manager of Drury-Lane Theatre for an engagement ..., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 35.5 x 24.6 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides; window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 594 (leaf numbered '28' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Page v. Journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 7029. Johnson (left) climbs up a mountain on hands and knees, his oak stick in his left hand. Boswell follows, also on hands and knees; he licks Johnson's posteriors, saying, "I shall record this". Johnson says, "Come Bossy". Behind and below them a loch and mountain (right) are indicated. In the foreground (left) is a huge thistle."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tomtit twittering on an eagle's back-side
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., A companion print to: A tour to the Hebrides., On paper with a watermark (trimmed)., and Tipped in at page v in Horace Walpole's copy of: Boswell, J. The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. London : Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1785.
Publisher:
Published 19th April 1786 by S.W. Fores, at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795
Subject (Topic):
Mountains, Climbing, Staffs (Sticks), and Thistles
Opposite title page. Journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 7030. Johnson, as a bear with a human head (a profile portrait), walks (left to right) up a mountain. Boswell as an ape with a quasi-human head is seated on the bear's back facing the tail, which he holds up, beckoning with his right hand to two bare-legged men in Highland dress who are climbing up the mountain behind Johnson. In the foreground are thistles."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., A companion print to: A tom tit twittering on an eagle's back-side., On paper watermarked "W.J.", and Tipped in opposite title page in Horace Walpole's copy of: Boswell, J. The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. London : Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1785.
Publisher:
Published 19th April 1786, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland.
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Clothing & dress, Bears, and Monkeys
"A broadside on Matthew Skeggs, a publican who became famous for miming music-making with a broomstick while making matching vocal sounds; with a round mezzotint after a painting by Thomas King, showing Skeggs facing towards the right, next to the portrait an etched broomstick surmounted by a dancing hog, and a suspended horn; with engraved title and verses of one poem and of one song text by Henry Howard in two columns."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Introduction. Each buck & jolly fellow has heard of Skegginello
Description:
Engraved broadside, in verse in two columns., Printmaker identified as Richard Houston in the British Museum catalogue., Date from British Museum., At head of title: Introduction. Each buck & jolly fellow has heard of Skegginello. The famous Skegginallo that grunts so pretty upon his broomsticado. Such music he has made, O. Twill spoil the fiddling trade, O. And that's a pity. ..., and Mezzotint portrait at head signed, with fictitious signature: "G Pigganinne Fecit". After a portrait by Thomas King.
Publisher:
Printed for John Ryall, at Hogarth's Head, in Fleet Street
"Baxter stands directed to the left, his heels together, elbows bent. He wears a top-hat, a long coat over a striped and protruding waistcoat, with breeches, wrinkled stockings, and tied shoes. He has a humorous face."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and Leaf 19 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
"A tall imposing man, wearing a clerical wig and bands, mortar-board, gown, and cassock, stands directed slightly to the left, head in profile, one gloved hand on his breast, the right arm hanging by his side."--British Museum online catalogue and "He is William Cleaver (1742-1815), Principal of Brasenose College 1785-1809, who continually lived there, giving it a (temporary) leadership in scholarship and discipline, according to De Quincey. He was Bishop of Chester 1787, Bangor 1800, St. Asaph 1806. ... He was Lord Grenville's tutor, and was active in his election (see British Museum Satires No. 11384)."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Leaf 39 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.9 x 20.1 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Bishop of Bristol" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Scott, Edmund, approximately 1746-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 June 1779]
Call Number:
Folio 75 L847 750
Collection Title:
Leaf 63. London and its environs about 1750.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View in Green Park as it appeared in 1735, looking towards Westminster Abbey, only one of its towers completed, with Buckingham House before it became a royal residence at mid-distance on the right; a cow being milked in foreground to right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Antiquarian repertory. London : Printed for the proprietors and sold by F. Blyth [etc.], 1775-1784, v. 3., Mounted to 24 x 37 cm., Leaf 63 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation on mounting sheet, in a later hand: Before the towers of West. Abbey were finished.
Publisher:
Published 1st June 1779 by Richd. Godfrey, No. 120 Long Acre
Subject (Geographic):
London (England) and Green Park (London, England),
Subject (Name):
Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham Palace (London, England),
"Dr. Gretton walks in profile to the left, wearing mortar-board, gown, bands, and cassock. He has a pouched and wrinkled face and short white hair or wig. He holds a handkerchief in his right hand which rests on his breast, the left is in the pocket of his cassock. William Gretton (1736-1813) was Master of Magdalene from 1797, and Vice-Chancellor 1800-1."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View from Magdalene College, Cambridge
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 50 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identifed as "Dr. Gretton" in pencil at bottom of sheet; this note corrects another pencil annotation, now scored through, identifying the figure as "Dr. Grafton".
"Dr. Ford walks right to left in profile, looking at the ground, and clutching his gown in his right hand. He wears mortarboard, bands, and cassock. "--British Museum online catalogue and "Henry Ford matriculated 1776, aged 23, at Pembroke, was Lord Almoner's professor of Arabic 1780-1813, D.C.L. Magdalen Hall 1788, Principal 1788-1813. "--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 42 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.9 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., Watermark, trimmed: [Ed]meads & Co. 1808., and Figure identified as "Dr. Ford" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
"A tall slim man stands in profile to the left, wearing a long gown over lay dress and holding out a round hat. He is sharp-featured, and wears (?) a wig simulating short natural hair with a curl at the neck."--British Museum online catalogue and "Identified as Samuel Kilner (1732-1815), Fellow of Merton till 1815, Sub-warden in 1814. He appears younger than his age."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Leaf 44 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.3 x 19.6 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Mr. Kilner" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.