Portrait of British magistrate Sir John Fielding, the blind brother of Henry Fielding; a bust in oval frame, with Fielding facing left and below the frame, a child holding emblems of justice -- a book, scales, and a sword
Description:
Title etched in image., Probably a book illustration, but not the engraving in Leslie-Melville's Life and work or the portrait in The malefactor's register (1779)., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum online catalogue., Four columns of quotation below image and on either side of title: This fortress built by Nature for her self, against infection and the hand of War ... Shakespears [sic] K. Richard 2d., Temporary local subject terms: Spanish flag -- English flag -- British lion -- Ploughs -- English merchants as slaves -- Male costume: Spanish captain -- Whips -- Spanish War of 1738 -- Pirates: Guarda Costas -- Robert Jenkins, fl. 1731-1738 -- Captain Fandino, fl. 1738 (cut off Jenkins's ear)., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
A fashionably dressed couple sit on a upholstered sofa embrassing and kissing; a rug on the floor completes the decorations of the room
Description:
Titles etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of imprint., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted to 29 x 21 cm., and Mounted on: Map of Gorteennamrock, Ballyhibbin & Bally morris situate in the county of Limerick, the estate of Thos. Henry Roys[?] / J. J. Byrne. Dublin: Forster & Co., 1852.
Title from item., Publication date conjectured from similar prints in the Attic miscellany., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Clergy: parsons -- Trades: washerwomen -- Interiors: wash-house -- Wash-tubs -- Pets: cats -- Furniture: tables -- Chairs.
"Satire on medicine: to right, a man sits on a close stool holding a steaming glass vessel; behind him a doctor reads from a large volume propped against the lid of the stool; he wears a tall hat, large glasses and an ermine-trimmed robe which is held by a man with a moustache, hat, lace-trimmed collar and cloak who carries a sword; men in white pierrot costumes stand on either side behind the doctor each holding a large candle the smoke from which partly obscures the doctor's hat; at the end of the procession are three men in the same costumes carrying clysters on their shoulders; all are in profile to right and have large noses."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different version of the same design
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Isaac Cruikshank based on faint "I.C" signature in lower right corner of image., Copied from one of a set of satirical prints on medicine made by Desprez in Sweden in 1789; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1969,0719.2. For a different English copy of the same design, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2007,7058.4., "Dor. Bssi."--Lower left margin., "CAP: &"--Lower right margin., This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Clysters -- Water closets -- Dr. Bossey., and Contemporary annotation in ink below title: 'Tis only experiences that teaches proper remedies.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medical equipment & supplies, Physicians, and Candles
Thomas Douglas Newman for horse-stealing, Wm. Hatton for shooting at a watchman
Description:
Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Verse begins: "Ah fatal news! what's that we hear?"., In two columns with title and woodcut centered above both., Mounted on leaf 47. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Title from caption below image., Printmaker, publisher and date of publication from similar print in The Lewis Walpole Library with imprint: Publish'd March 15th, 1796, by T. Malton. See Lewis Walpole Library Topos L847 no. 1+., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of imprint., Probably a plate from: A picturesque tour through the cities of London and Westminster. London: T. Malton, 1792 [i.e. 1802]., and Mounted to 48 x 37 cm.
"View looking across the south side of the churchyard from Paul's Chain to Watling Street, with part of the portico of the cathedral on the left, carriages wait around edge of yard; a sign on the edge of a building on the far right reads 'Pellatt & Green Glass and China Warehouse.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Attribution to Hornor and approximate date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., and Mounted to 29 x 52 cm.