Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in partial loss of plate numbering., Engraved song sheet with an etching at top of plate., For voice and keyboard instrument., Plate numbered '1[8]' in upper right corner., Opening words: What Cato advises, most certainly wise is ..., Plate from: The Musical entertainer / George Bickham, v. 2., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: countermark E., and Plate number partially cut off.
A collection of original caricatures by Robert Dighton, published 1792-1812
Alternative Title:
Caricatures by Dighton
Description:
Title from spine., Etching, several leaves watermarked 'Edmeades & Pine' and dated 1808 and 1807; sheet size 31.0 x 25.5 cm., Bound in early 19th century black half morocco, gilt-decorated spine, titled in gilt 'Characatures by Dighton', recased with original spine laid down., With the bookplate of James Barratt, Lymm Hall, inside front cover., and For further information, consult library staff.
"A young man, [Friedrich Christian Accum (1769-1838) misidentified by Dorothy George as] Humphrey Davy (1778-1829), stands on a platform in a crowded lecture-room, circular in shape, an arc of the wall being shown. He pours liquid from a kettle into a beaker. His table is covered with similar beakers, a tiny retort, &c. Behind him is a door inscribed 'Surrey Institution'. The absorbed audience consists chiefly of pretty women in evening dress and ugly and elderly men. Men are seated on the platform; one is standing. In the foreground (left) a much caricatured elderly man in old-fashioned dress and bag-wig leans forward on his stick, registering anguished jealousy. In his pocket is a book: 'Accum's Lectures' .... Spectators look down from a balcony immediately above the platform."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from Grego. A date of ca. 1810 is given in the British Museum catalogue., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1810.
Hodges, C. H. (Charles Howard), 1764-1837, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 August 1786]
Call Number:
Drawer 786.08.29.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Companion print to "Children spouting tragedy" published by J.R. Smith October 27, 1785., Temporary local subject terms: Children acting -- Expressions of speech: spouting., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd August 29th 1786 by J.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
Hodges, C. H. (Charles Howard), 1764-1837, printmaker
Published / Created:
[27 October 1785]
Call Number:
Drawer 785.10.27.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Companion print to "Children spouting comedy" published by J.R. Smith August 29, 1786., Temporary local subject terms: Children acting -- Expressions of speech: spouting., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 27, 1785, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
Title from item., Initial letters of artist's name form a monogram., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in partial loss of statements of responsibility and plate number., Plate numbered '20' in lower right corner., Plate from: The cryes of the city of London, 1733, p. 20., and Watermark: countermark W.
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Strasburg Lily.
"A young couple sit side by side taking tea; the hostess, probably the mother of the young woman, is seated at a small rectangular table filling a tea-pot from an urn. A footman holds a salver to a man who helps himself to sugar, probably the father of the younger man. He sits on the right of his host, a gouty invalid in dressing-gown and nightcap, who is seated in an armchair on the extreme right. A dog sits beside the tea-table."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., It is suggested that this print is an imitation of Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue, but Grego indicates that it is by Rowlandson., and Date '1785' in lower right corner of image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st, 1786, by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Couples, Courtship, Dogs, Servants, and Tea parties
Title from text at top of sheet., A decree of the Common Council of Bristol signed: Cann., The wood-engraved of the Bristol city arms is between "Civitas" and "Bristol.", and For further information, consult library staff.
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Four lines of text below image: Justice: Well, then you avou you have been married seven years ..., Plate numbered '167' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Lawyers: justices -- Food: bacon -- Civil uniforms: epaulettes with aglets -- Male dress: aglets -- Customs: claiming the flitch of bacon., and Watermark: (partial) Strasburg bend.
Publisher:
Published 8th Feby. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London