"A young woman standing to right, right hand at her hip, left holding a shawl at her side, wearing a gown of decorated silk, with an ornately jewelled belt around her hips, necklace, fitted coat and tall hat decorated with jewels, her hair left loose; in a double frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray. See Briitsh Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0901.688., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume: Turkish female costume -- Turkish sultanas., 1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 35.0 x 24.9 cm, on sheet 45.1 x 29.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 20 of volume 12 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1794, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
"A man with a thick beard and long moustache, wearing a heavy fur-trimmed gown with strips hanging from the sleeves, a tall turban and a ring on his little finger, standing with his right hand at his breast, his left holding the edge of the sleeve strip; in a double frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Grand Vizier in his habit of ceremony
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray. See Briitsh Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0901.690., and Mounted on leaf 22 of volume 12 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1794, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
"Shipwreck of the Nancy packet returning from India in a stormy sea off the Scilly Isles, with group of women, children and sailors in wrecked boat; people clinging to pieces of wood under raging waves at right; explanatory text below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Four lines of explanatory text below image: Wrecked off Scilly, in a storm, on the night of the 25th of Febry. 1784, by which the whole of the crew, together with several ladies & gentlemen passengers on board, then on their return from India, all unhappily perished ..., and Mounted on leaf 6 of volume 12 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 19th, 1784, by R. Wilkinson, No. 58 Cornhill
"Portrait; almost half-length in profile to right, wearing a sash under his coat, frilled cravat and powdered queue wig; with trees behind; in an oval frame within a rectangle; after Loutherbourg."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Small stamp in lower left corner of sheet: [Letter 'H' within a circle]., and Mounted on leaf 34 of volume 12 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 23d, 1794, by V. & R. Green, No. 13 Berners Street, & Chr. de Mechel in Basil, Switzerland
Subject (Name):
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Frederick Josias, Prince of, 1737-1815,
"Portrait; half-length almost in profile to left, head turned and glancing towards the viewer, wearing a plain high-collared coat, one button fastened at the chest, a frilled cravat and stock and a powdered queue wig."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of similar composition
Alternative Title:
Right Honorable William Pitt
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably a later state, with the plate substantially reworked, of a print originally issued with the publication line "Pubd. April 9th, 1789, by John Harris, Sweetings Alley, & No. 8 Broad Street." Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0901.1337., "Price 4 sh.", and Mounted on leaf 17 of volume 12 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 28th, 1789, by John Harris, Sweetings Alley, & No. 8 Broad Street
"Portrait of William Pitt three-quarter length seated, his head slightly turned to left, his right hand resting on documents on a table; curtain and pillar in the background; coat of arms below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Mounted on leaf 16 of volume 12 of 12.
"A young woman standing to left, head turned to right, left hand at her hip, right resting on a parasol propped in front of her, wearing a rich gown with a fringed shawl criss-crossed over her hips and fastened in a knot at her hip, with a fitted coat and a turban, her hair loose beneath it; in a double frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray. See Briitsh Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0901.691., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume: Turkish female costume -- Parasols -- Concubines., 1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 35.0 x 24.9 cm, on sheet 44.9 x 29.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 21 of volume 12 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1794, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
"In the foreground a father and daughter leaving the village, as she says her farewell to her lover, with other families preparing to emigrate in the background; an oval composition."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state of the same composition
Description:
Title etched below large oval-shaped image., Printmaker from statement of responsibility on variant state in the British Museum., Variant state, lacking dedication and statement of responsibility and with the publication line in a different location. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0901.1349., Smaller image engraved below title, with a column of verse etched on either side: Good Heaven! what sorrows gloom'd that parting day, that call'd them from their native walks away ..., Companion print to: "The village train.", and Mounted on leaf 9 of volume 12 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 4th, 1784, by R. Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill, London
"The Duke of York with his officers on horseback on the left, with Valenciennes in the distance with smoking ruins to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication line repeated in French in lower right corner: Publiee le 1er Decembre 1801 par Chr. de Mechel, chez C. Geisweiler, No. 42 Parliament Street, et pour V. & R. Green par R. Cribb, No. 288 Holborn, Londres., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., Dedication etched below title: Dedicated by permission to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty by His Majesty's most devoted humble subjects and servants, V. & R. Green and Chr. de Mechel., and Mounted on leaf 36 of volume 12 of 12.
Publisher:
Published December 1st, 1801, for R. & V. Green by R. Cribb, No. 288 Holborn, and by Chr. de Mechel at C. Geisweilers, No. 42 Parliament Street, London
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
