Page 141. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In outdoor setting a lady with large hat and flowered dress walks towards the left of the print looking downward, while in the foreground an older stooped man of much larger proportions, wearing tricorne hat, coat and sword, looks on. Possibly the figures represent Mrs. Lessingham and Justice Addington
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with volume and plate numbers added. For an earlier state without this numbering, see Library of Congress call no.: PC 3 - 1777 - Amorous counsellor (A size) [P&P]., Numbered "V. 2" in upper left and "93" in upper right., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., 1 print : etching with roulette and drypoint on laid paper ; plate mark 25.3 x 17.4 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 17.7 cm., Mounted to 32 x 26 cm., Mounted on page 141 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?]., and Note in ink below image, on mounting page: St. James Park, 1780.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1, 1777, by Mary Darly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Addington, William, Sir, -1811. and Lessingham, Jane, 1739?-1783.
An elderly lady with towering coiffure topped with feathers and ribbons holds tightly to the post of a canopy bed, as her equally old and ugly maid, bracing a foot on the lady's cork rump, tightens her stays
Description:
Title etched below image., "RS" is probably "Richard Sneer", i.e. Richard Brinsley Sheridan., Imprint continues: ... who has great variety of humorous prints., Sheet trimmed wtihin plate mark with partial loss of price statement from lower right. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., "Price one shilling.", and Mounted to 24 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. 5 Marh. 1777 by W. Humphrey, Gerrard Street, Soho ...