Full-length depictions of a man in seventeenth-century dress, a feather in his hat, a sword at his side, holding a cane. The view of him from the back is drawn to the left of a wood-engraved image of Thomas Coryat's shoes, while the view of him from the front is drawn to the right. The Latin phrase "ad mortum est libi" is written in ink above
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Attribution to J.H. Shorthouse based on his ownership of the book and the presence of his initials "J.H.S" beneath the drawn frontispiece in the same volume., Date of production from local card catalog record., For the wood engraving on the same page as this drawing, see no. 78 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and Drawn on page opposite signature l3 in volume 1 of J.H. Shorthouse's copy of the 1776 reprint of Coryat's crudities.
A tall very thin Hugo Arnot is depicted handing a coin to a beggar who stands near the corner of a building
Description:
Title from item., Place and date of imprint from that of book., Probably from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838., and Printmaker and title from: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6692.
A tall, very thin Hugo Arnot handis a coin to a beggar who stands near the corner of a building
Description:
Title and printmaker from: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6692., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of the book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877 ed.)., and Numbered '8' in lower right of plate.
The surgeon Alexander Wood is depicted full length and facing left, walking with an umbrella under his left arm
Description:
Title from item., Numbered '68' in lower right of plate., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877 ed.)., Printmaker and title from volume., and Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book.
Title supplied by cataloger., Date of publication based on running dates of the Great Exhibition: 1 May to 15 October, 1851., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title supplied by cataloger., Date of publication based on running dates of the Great Exhibition: 1 May to 15 October, 1851., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Collection of twelve 19th-century Anglo-Indian representations of traditional Indian clothing for various trades and stations of life, each captioned below with the subject's occupation. Included are two female subjects, 'My Ayah or Lady's Maid' and a water bearer, alongside ten male subjects. Among the depicted males are a 'Native Officer', 'A Peon or Policeman', and a 'Moonshee or Teacher of Languages', the latter having the only geographical indication of origin ('Bangalore' given to its verso).
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Each drawing is numbered and signed "Mrs. O'Connor" on the verso, possibly indicating the artist or the person the drawings were composed for., Drawing '3' on verso: A Bangalore Moonshee., Approximate date from the watermark., and Such works are often referred to as 'Company School', given they were produced for tourists and East India Company employees alike.
In an outdoor setting with trees, Cochrane on the left and Edgar in the center are shown with a beggar on the right who solicits a contribution
Description:
Title, printmaker and imprint from volume. and Probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838.
Title assigned by cataloger., Other prints in the series were designed and etched by either Tim Bobbin or Thomas Sandars., Plate from: Human passions delineated in above 120 figures ... design'd in the Hogarthian style ... by Timo[thy] Bobbin. [Manchester] : John Heywood, 1773., Plate numbered '24' in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Toupée wigs -- Club wigs -- Nosegays -- Female dress, 1773.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Wigs, Corsages, and Flowers