Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[before 1809]
Call Number:
Print00887
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title inscribed below image., Signed by the artist in ink at lower left., Date based on artist's date of death., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Nannies (Children's nurses), Grandparents, Urination, Grandparent and child, and Child care
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[1792?]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 16 Box D175
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of the same figure repeated in four sections in two rows. In each panel the man feigns unselfishness while slowly and subtly pocketing a bank note. Each panel is captioned in black ink: Indeed sir 'tis too much!; I can't think of taking it; Sir you are very obliging; Sir I have the honor to wish you a good morning
Alternative Title:
Physical delicacy
Description:
Title in black ink below image 'A physical progress of a bank note!!' later crossed out with graphite pencil and revised to 'Physical delicacies'., Date inscribed in pencil below image: 1792., Attributed to Woodward., A print titled 'Physical delicacy' etched by Joshua Gleadah and Pubd. by S.W. Fores Jany. 12th, 1823 contains the same captions and concept., and For further information, consult library staff.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 9 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A group of twelve man and women of various ages and walks of live -- tradesmen, a clergy, a spinster, a military officer, a gentleman in shackles, a servant, a frail, sickly man, etc. -- stand full length facing the viewer. Above their heads are brief expressions of their 'wants': "I want a job"; "I want more customers"; "I want a husband"; "I want for death", etc. Only an obese gentleman on the right is content: "I want for nothing"; next to him, the military officer with a monocle says, "I don't know what I want."
Alternative Title:
Human nature delineated
Description:
Title from caption in artist's hand written below image., Quotation following title: Lord, what an amorous thing is want. Hudibras., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., Attributed to C.J. Grant based on style and association with other signed drawings., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Distress, Men, Military officers, Occupations, and Women
Title from captions below images., Date of publication based on running dates of the Great Exhibition: 1 May to 15 October, 1851., Two individually captioned designs on sheet., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Drawing of the view from Chomondeley Walk on the River Thames, with Richmond Hill rising in the distance. The busy walk is seen at left, with pedestrians and several dogs traveling in both directions. In the foreground a man pulls a small boat loaded with passengers towards the bank; further offshore a woman and two men travel in a rowboat. Other small boats and several swans are visible further down the river, which curves to the right and is lined with buildings on its far bank. Clouds and birds fill the sky above
Description:
Title written in brown ink below image., Signed with initials by the artist below image, in lower left., Approximate date from a similar drawing by Heckel in The Lewis Walpole Library: A view from Richmond Hill up the River Thames., and Formerly laid in at page 5 (formerly D) of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Subject (Geographic):
Richmond upon Thames (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Cholmondeley, George Cholmondeley, Earl of, 1703-1770
An English crown coin; on the left of the design, the obverse of the crowned bust of Edward VI facing right with his titles in Latin around the edge. The reverse, comprising the right half of the design, bears the king's arms and motto "TIMOR DOMINI FONS VITAE MDXLVII,"
Alternative Title:
Remarkable piece of King Edward VI
Description:
Title etched above image., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole., "Dw. 20, gr. 3"--Below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Horace Walpole kept an example of this coin in the rose-wood case in the Library at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 88 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Edward VI, King of England, 1537-1553, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title etched above image., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lewes, Charles Lee, 1740-1803. and Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784.
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Physiognomy, Heads (Anatomy)., Hearses, Coats of arms, and Obelisks
