Letterpress broadside with a hand-colored etched and engraved header illustrating the use of a fire-engine at the site of the Cornhill fire, which occurred on 25 March 1748
Description:
Caption title from letterpress text. and Annotations on verso. For further information, consult library staff.
Delaval, John, Sir., Harrington, William Stanhope, Earl of, approximately 1690-1756., Harrison, Sarah, active 1733-1777., and Haymarket Theatre (London, England)
Volume 1, page 3. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on a Cambridge student: a young man on horseback with a macaroni queue holding out a driving whip as if it is a lance and galloping to right; the horse is defecating; a hound runs beside them; in the distance on the right King's College Chapel."--British Museum online catalogue
The two images show the two sides of a medal. On the one side Oliver Cromwell is shown in profile, a laurel wreath on his head. On the other side Britannia sits as a man(Cromwell) with a bare posterior kneels at her feet, his head in her lap. In the background two men greet each other. Enscribed around the image: Retire toi l'honneur appartient au roy mon maistre Louis le Grand. The verses below refer to C--d--l, V-- H--- and W--- who are most likely to be a Cardinal[?], Van Hoye, and Robert Walpole
Description:
LewisWalpoleLibrary 739.00.00.42
Publisher:
Published according to an act of Parlt. the 23rd day of June 1739, f.i.c. by John Brett
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
Concert Room, Kings Theatre, Haymarket, May 179, St. Margaret's Church Wesminster, Thursday 31st. May 1792, and Whitehall Chapel, Thursday 8th June 1797
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Date from British Museum online catalogue, Cf. museum registration number C,3.95., and On page numbered 16 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
"A bird's eye view of London with the river to the left and Lambeth Church and grounds in the foreground, St Paul's can be seen in the distance."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Veüe de Londres dessinè de dessus l'Eglize de Lambeth
Description:
The LewisWalpoleLibrary: From the
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by J. Boydell engraver, at Unicorn the corner of Queen Street, Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Thames River (England),, London (England), England, and London.