"A hand-coloured print of two men in a well appointed room, closely examining a menu or a bill. A pot bellied cook stands and watches the epicures with satisfaction, a knife hanging from his waist. On the right, a maid and a young boy bring in a platt...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 1788 by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
"A hand-coloured plate divided into four compartments. Waiting for Dinner: an impatient diner shows his servant the time as the servant uncorks a bottle; At Dinner: a man heartily eats as the servant pours wine; After Dinner: A man leans back in his c...
Description:
Title from collective title etched at bottom of plate.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 22, 1789, by S. Alken, No. 2 Francis Street East, Bedford Square
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Bowls (Tableware), Dining rooms, Fireplaces, Glassware, Interiors, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), Stairways, Tableware, Tobacco, Wine, and Women domestics
"A hand-coloured plate divided into four compartments. Waiting for Dinner: an impatient diner shows his servant the time as the servant uncorks a bottle; At Dinner: a man heartily eats as the servant pours wine; After Dinner: A man leans back in his c...
Description:
Title from collective title etched at bottom of plate.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 22, 1789, by S. Alken, No. 2 Francis Street East, Bedford Square
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Bowls (Tableware), Dining rooms, Fireplaces, Glassware, Interiors, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), Stairways, Tableware, Tobacco, Wine, and Women domestics
"A hand-coloured plate divided into four compartments. Waiting for Dinner: an impatient diner shows his servant the time as the servant uncorks a bottle; At Dinner: a man heartily eats as the servant pours wine; After Dinner: A man leans back in his c...
Description:
Title from collective title etched at bottom of plate.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 22, 1789, by S. Alken, No. 2 Francis Street East, Bedford Square
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Bowls (Tableware), Dining rooms, Fireplaces, Glassware, Interiors, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), Stairways, Tableware, Tobacco, Wine, and Women domestics
"A hand-coloured plate divided into four compartments. Waiting for Dinner: an impatient diner shows his servant the time as the servant uncorks a bottle; At Dinner: a man heartily eats as the servant pours wine; After Dinner: A man leans back in his c...
Description:
Title from collective title etched at bottom of plate.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 22, 1789, by S. Alken, No. 2 Francis Street East, Bedford Square
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Bowls (Tableware), Dining rooms, Fireplaces, Glassware, Interiors, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), Stairways, Tableware, Tobacco, Wine, and Women domestics
"A hand-coloured plate divided into four compartments. Waiting for Dinner: an impatient diner shows his servant the time as the servant uncorks a bottle; At Dinner: a man heartily eats as the servant pours wine; After Dinner: A man leans back in his c...
Description:
Title from collective title etched at bottom of plate.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 22, 1789, by S. Alken, No. 2 Francis Street East, Bedford Square
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Bowls (Tableware), Dining rooms, Fireplaces, Glassware, Interiors, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), Stairways, Tableware, Tobacco, Wine, and Women domestics
"A hand-coloured plate divided into four compartments. Waiting for Dinner: an impatient diner shows his servant the time as the servant uncorks a bottle; At Dinner: a man heartily eats as the servant pours wine; After Dinner: A man leans back in his c...
Description:
Title from collective title etched at bottom of plate.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 22, 1789, by S. Alken, No. 2 Francis Street East, Bedford Square
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Bowls (Tableware), Dining rooms, Fireplaces, Glassware, Interiors, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), Stairways, Tableware, Tobacco, Wine, and Women domestics
"A hand-coloured plate divided into four compartments. Waiting for Dinner: an impatient diner shows his servant the time as the servant uncorks a bottle; At Dinner: a man heartily eats as the servant pours wine; After Dinner: A man leans back in his c...
Description:
Title from collective title etched at bottom of plate.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 22, 1789, by S. Alken, No. 2 Francis Street East, Bedford Square
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Bowls (Tableware), Dining rooms, Fireplaces, Glassware, Interiors, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), Stairways, Tableware, Tobacco, Wine, and Women domestics
"A hand-coloured plate divided into four compartments. Waiting for Dinner: an impatient diner shows his servant the time as the servant uncorks a bottle; At Dinner: a man heartily eats as the servant pours wine; After Dinner: A man leans back in his c...
Description:
Title from collective title etched at bottom of plate.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 22, 1789, by S. Alken, No. 2 Francis Street East, Bedford Square
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Bowls (Tableware), Dining rooms, Fireplaces, Glassware, Interiors, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), Stairways, Tableware, Tobacco, Wine, and Women domestics
"An obese and gouty parson (left) reclines in an arm-chair, inspecting through an eye-glass a sucking-pig which a buxom maidservant brings in on a dish. She shows it to the clerk, who sits beside the parson, with a paper: 'An Estimate of the Tythes of...
"Scene from the Sheridan play, the characters sitting together (suggested to be portraits of Mrs Green and Quick in the roles), the Duenna a portly woman at left with wide open mouth and hands on chest, turning to Isaac who cowers from her."--British ...
"A fortune-teller seated in his room receives a visit from Miss Farren (right) who sits facing him in profile to the left. She is fashionably dressed, wearing a high ribbon-trimmed hat, and a cloak bordered with fur; her hands are in a large muff. She...
"Dissenters are engaged in burning churches and attacking the clergy. In the foreground a stout bishop on his knees is being kicked and assailed by men with bludgeons; beside him is a book: 'Refutation of Dr Price'. He exclaims, raising his hands, "Mu...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 20, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Price, Richard, 1723-1791, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, and England and Wales.
Subject (Topic):
Dissenters, Religious, Limitation of actions, Axes, Bishops, Churches, and Musical instruments
"Dissenters are engaged in burning churches and attacking the clergy. In the foreground a stout bishop on his knees is being kicked and assailed by men with bludgeons; beside him is a book: 'Refutation of Dr Price'. He exclaims, raising his hands, "Mu...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 20, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Price, Richard, 1723-1791, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, and England and Wales.
Subject (Topic):
Dissenters, Religious, Limitation of actions, Axes, Bishops, Churches, and Musical instruments
"A design in two compartments, one above the other, the title between them. In both a pack of hounds with human heads chases a crowned stag; in one the stag is George III, in the other (below) Louis XVI. [1] The stag (left) is beside a signpost pointi...
Description:
Title from text etched in center of design; letter "r" in "first" etched above line and inserted with a caret.
Publisher:
Pub. May 29, 1790, by S.W Fores N. 3 Piccadilly ...
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Latouche-Tréville, Louis-René de, 1745-1804, Vauban, Jacques Anne Joseph Le Prestre, comte de, 1754-1816, Genlis Sillery, Charles Alexis Pierre Brulart de, marquis de, 1737-1793, Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Limon, Geoffroi, marquis de, -1799, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Powys, Thomas, 1737-1809, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
"A fat and ugly lady (left) and a young and pretty one (right) are being dressed for a Birthday at St. James's. A huge wig decked with feathers and roses is being placed by a maid on the bald head of the elder lady, who stands holding a bouquet and lo...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, April 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
A coach pulling up to the Post Station, the Cock Inn at left, on route to Brighton. The coach is pulling into the court yard, about to pass under a wooden gate bearing the inn's sign, while another coach stands at the inn door. People look down from t...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1, 1790, by Messrs. Robinson's, Paternoster Row
Subject (Geographic):
Sutton (England)
Subject (Topic):
Baskets, Donkeys, Peg legs, Poverty, and Taverns (Inns)
"Coaches and horses gathered outside the White Hart inn at left, the proprietor Sully's name on the side of the building, women and children looking on from the other side of the street."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1, 1790, by Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
A crowd, gathered in the courtyard under the sign of The George Inn on the route to Brighton, examine a horse seemingly under auction; a man in the doorway holds up a hammer. People look out at the scene from the windows of the inn. Two men converse w...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1, 1790, by Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Topic):
Animal auctions, Audiences, Travelers, and Taverns (Inns)
"A group of people gathered round a stall outside an inn at right, others buying wares laid out on the ground at left, beneath a signpost with directions to London, Brighthelmstone, Tunbridge and Lewes; a couple in a carriage passing down the middle o...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1, 1790, by Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
"Would-be swimmers descending a hill to wheeled bathing carriages on the shore, the wind blowing at clothes and hats."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1, 1790, by Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
"A bishop leans back exhausted in an armchair (right). The lawn sleeve on his left arm has been rolled up, blood spouts from a puncture on to the floor and pours from a broken bowl lying on the ground. The doctor turn his back on his patient and haste...
"The interior of the Pantheon, reconstructed as a theatre, seen from the stage on which, in the foreground, are two opera dancers holding garlands of roses. The house is crowded; in the foreground (left and right) are three tiers of stage-boxes filled...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, Jany. 13, 1791, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
"Musicians and dancers performing in a street, one figure holds out a hat into which a spectator drops money, another figure drops a heart (?) into another man's hat, behind the group a figure holds a banner, figures lean from the window of a Pawn Bro...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, Jan. 13, 1791, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
"The interior of Drury Lane Theatre which is collapsing during a performance. The theatre is seen from the side of the pit, the stage and curtain being on the extreme left, and the orchestra receding diagonally in perspective from left to right. Large...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
"A dog with the head of Sheridan is being chased out of the gate of Devonshire House by the Duke of Portland and other leading whigs. He flees 'To Carlton House', a signpost (left) pointing the way. His collar is inscribed 'G.P.', to his tail is tied ...
Alternative Title:
Bardolph badgered and Portland hunt
Description:
Titles etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796
"A colossal figure of Catherine II steps from 'Russia', a rocky mound on the extreme left, to 'Constantinople', her toe resting on the horn of a crescent which surmounts a spire on a group of buildings, with a dome and a minaret. Her head is turned in...
Alternative Title:
European powers
Description:
Title etched within image.
Publisher:
Pub. April 12th, 1791, by Wm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Manin, Lodovico, 1726-1802, Charles IV, King of Spain, 1748-1819, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1747-1792, and Selim III, Sultan of the Turks, 1761-1808
"Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI are seated in a carriage, of the type then called 'pot de chambre', the Dauphin between and in front of them. The three galloping horses are suddenly checked by a French soldier, on horseback, and by another man beside ...
Alternative Title:
Grand monarck discovered in a pot de chambre, Grand monarch discovered in a pot de chambre, and Royal fugitives turning tail
Description:
Titles etched below image; the word "royal" in alternative title is etched above the line, inserted with a caret.
Publisher:
Publishd. by S.W. Fores, at his Caracature Wharehouse [sic], No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793 and Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
A view of the interior of a busy English barracks shows a more domestic than military atmosphere although weapons and other gear adorn the walls and lay scattered on the floor. The scene includes a woman nursing a baby (left); beside her, one soldier ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Aug. 12, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Army
Subject (Topic):
Barracks and quarters, Arms & armament, Barracks, British, Breast feeding, Children, Dogs, Grooming, Laundry, Soldiers, English, and Women
A view of the interior of a busy French barracks shows a more domestic than military atmosphere although weapons and other gear adorn the walls and lay scattered on the floor. The scene includes a woman nursing a baby (right) as another child plays at...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Aug. 12, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
France. Armée
Subject (Topic):
Barracks and quarters, Foreign opinion, British, Arms & armament, Armor, Barbers, Barracks, French, Breast feeding, Canopy beds, Cats, Children, Dogs, Grooming, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Servants, Soldiers, Women, and Yawning
"A horse-race, three horses gallop (right to left), one a neck behind the other; the horse in the foreground is the last, his legs are shackled by a buckled Garter ribbon inscribed 'Honi soit qui mal'. The jockey rides with his whip in his mouth, he i...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publisd. Novr. 22, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
A scene of a joust in Henry Angelo's fencing academy. A portrait of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, painted by Mather Brown and gifted to Angelo by the sitter, hangs on the wall on the right
Alternative Title:
Mr. Henry Angelo's fencing academy
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 29[?], 1791, by H. Angelo, No. 16 Boulton Street, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Angelo, Henry, 1756-1835. and Saint-Georges, Joseph Bologne, chevalier de, 1745-1799,
"Illustration to a lampoon on the Gunning scandal. A series of portraits following [1] a letter directed to 'His Grace the D. . . of' [Marlborough, see BMSat 7980], beneath which is inscribed: 'This is the Note that Nobody wrote!' [2] A groom (three-q...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 2, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Gunning, Mrs. 1740?-1800 (Susannah),, Gunning, John, -1797, Gunning, Miss (Elizabeth), 1769-1823, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, and Marlborough, George Spencer Churchill, Duke of, 1766-1840
