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28. Raw-weather [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 February 1808]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A pedestrian, flimsily dressed in tail-coat, nankeen trousers, and pumps, struggles against driving rain, turning an agonized face to the spectator. He walks (r. to left.) on a muddy track beside a decayed paling. A raven croaks on a rotten tree. In the background is a dilapidated scarecrow, surrounded by birds."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One of a set of seven weather-themed prints with the same signature and imprint, all etched by Gillray from drawings by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on leaf 62 of volume 11 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Raw-weather [graphic]
29. Fine bracing weather [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 February 1808]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A stout man skates towards the spectator, making curves on very cracked ice. Behind are snow-covered hills. Wild geese fly across the sky."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One of a set of seven weather-themed prints with the same signature and imprint, all etched by Gillray from drawings by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.6 x 20.7 cm, on sheet 30.4 x 24.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 61 of volume 11 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Feby. 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Ice skating and Winter
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fine bracing weather [graphic]
30. Sad sloppy weather [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 February 1808]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A stout, elderly, well-dressed man walks along a pavement past a ramshackle hovel, holding, reversed, a closed umbrella, which he uses as a walking-stick. He steps on a stone which tilts, splashing his white stockings with filth. From a rotten pipe which runs down the adjacent building a black flood drips and streams across the pavement. From an (invisible) upper window hang ragged garments, dripping down the wall. Broken crockery and refuse lie against the edge of the pavement."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One of a set of seven weather-themed prints with the same signature and imprint, all etched by Gillray from drawings by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.6 x 20.6 cm, on sheet 30.1 x 24.5 cm., Watermark: J. Whatman., and Mounted on leaf 60 of volume 11 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Autumn, City & town life, Rain, Streets, and Weather
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sad sloppy weather [graphic]
31. Dreadful-hot-weather [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 February 1808]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A fat 'cit' halts on the road beside a milestone on which he has hung his hat, to mop his dripping forehead. In his left hand is his wig. His waistcoat is unbuttoned. Against the stone, inscribed 'One Mile from..', leans his gold-headed cane. He stands on a sandy hill, the focus of rays striking almost vertically down, and is beset by flies. Though only fields are visible culminating in a mound on which stands a windmill, he is evidently on his way to a Sunday Ordinary close to London, a favourite theme, cf. BMSat 8405."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One of a set of seven weather-themed prints with the same signature and imprint, all etched by Gillray from drawings by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Seasons: Summer., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.7 x 20.6 cm, on sheet 30.5 x 24.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 59 of volume 11 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dreadful-hot-weather [graphic]
32. Delicious weather [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 February 1808]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly man sits in the middle of a garden seat, taking snuff, and looking delightedly to the left. Behind the seat are plants in pots, including an orange-tree and a rose. Behind these is a large tree; a thrush sings on a branch. There is a background of trees. The seat is constructed for wheeling from place to place (like a modern garden chaise-longue), with wheels at one end in place of legs, and with handles projecting horizontally from the other end."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One of a set of seven weather-themed prints with the same signature and imprint, all etched by Gillray from drawings by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Seasons: Spring., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.7 x 20.6 cm, on sheet 29.8 x 24.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 58 of volume 11 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Delicious weather [graphic]
33. Very slippy-weather [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 February 1808]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In front of Humphrey's print shop window, a man sits on the pavement, having fallen backwards; his legs are splayed up, his wig is falling off, and coins spill from his pockets. The man's predicament is unobserved by four men studying the Gillray prints displayed in the shop window, each identifiable: a gentleman with a quizzing glass held to his eye; a military officer; a coachman; and a young dustman carrying a pair of skates under his arm, his nose eaten away by syphilis. From the cobblestone street a dog looks at the man. Through the shop door, two men, one an obese cleric, are shown examining a print
- Alternative Title:
- St. James's Street
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One of a set of seven weather-themed prints with the same signature and imprint, all etched by Gillray from drawings by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.2 x 20.4 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 24.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 57 of volume 11 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817.
- Subject (Topic):
- City & town life, Clergy, Coach drivers, Falling, Merchandise displays, Military officers, British, Older people, People associated with commercial & service activities, Prints, Syphilis, Stores & shops, Thermometers, Weather, Window displays, and Printing industry
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Very slippy-weather [graphic]
34. Windy weather [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 February 1808]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A thin, sharp-featured man walks in the teeth of the wind, holding on his hat, and with his left hand in his breeches pocket. His hat-brim, hair, cravat, coat, the tail of his shirt, the strings of his breeches and shoes, all fly backwards. He walks (right to left) up a rough sandy road edged by windswept bushes. A milestone is inscribed 'To Hampstead Hill'. On the horizon (right) is St. Paul's, dominating the spires of London, and backed by dense cloud."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One of a set of seven weather-themed prints with the same signature and imprint, all etched by Gillray from drawings by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.7 x 20.6 cm, on sheet 30.5 x 24.0 cm., and Mounted on leaf 56 of volume 11 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Autumn, Cityscapes, Milestones, and Winds
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Windy weather [graphic]
35. Alphonso!!! a touch at the sublime and beautiful!!! / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Quirk, Jacob, artist
- Published / Created:
- [23 January 1808]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from letterpress header to broadside printed below image., Header to broadside continues: By Jacob Quirk, a modern sonnetteer. A soliloquy., Fourteen lines of verse printed on broadside portion of sheet: Hungry and cold, unshelter'd with a cloak, A solitary wretch, these shores I roam ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 20.3 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 41.6 x 25.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 55 of volume 11 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 23, 1808, by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alphonso!!! a touch at the sublime and beautiful!!! / [graphic]
36. The sound of the horn!, or, The danger of riding an old-hunter [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 December 1807]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "While crossing a ford the horse of a man with a lady seated behind him rears and snorts and prepares to gallop after the hunt: huntsmen follow a pack in full cry on the opposite hill (r.). The lady is very fat and wears a light, loose dress with a cloak and a feathered hat. She falls backwards, kicking the man in the back and clutching his hatf, has dropped the reins, his whip flies over his head and his hat falls off, and he is about to fall back on tne falling lady whose bared thigh he gashes with his spur. Frogs in the water look up in astonishment."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Danger of riding an old-hunter
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Mounted on leaf 54 of volume 11 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Publishd. December 1st, 1807, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The sound of the horn!, or, The danger of riding an old-hunter [graphic]
