A game at whist at a round card-table. 'Betty' (right) holds out, with a triumphant grin, the ace of spades with which she is about to take the seventh consecutive trick. Her mistress, Miss Humphrey, sits on her right. The two men are said to be Tholdal, a German, who turns his head in astonishment towards Betty, and Betty's partner, Mortimer, [or, according to Wright and Evans, Mr. Jeffrey (presumably the enemy of Mrs. Fitzherbert) and Watson (presumably the printseller), but in 'Scientific Researches' (23 May 1802) the former is identified by Wright as Tholdal, and in 'Connoisseurs . . .' (16 Nov. 1807) 'Watson' is identified by him as Mortimer, a picture-dealer and restorer. A scene in Bond Street, shortly before the removal to St. James's Street. This print appears in Humphrey's shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather',"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Copy in reverse. Cf. No. 8885 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., No. 4 in an album of 10 prints., and Bound in half calf with marbled paper boards and spine title "Colored caricatures" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Card games, Chairs, Floor coverings, Gambling, and Playing cards
"Eldon, in wig and gown, seated in an armchair, on which are the Royal Arms, leans forward to place a paper folded to form an extinguisher and inscribed Judgment over a tiny man who leans back, terrified. Eldon gazes sternly down at the mannikin, Wellesley-Pole, who holds out a large paper: Purity of my Morals--Constancy Shewn to my Wife. On the floor (left) is another paper: Grounds on which I claim the Education of Childr[en]."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vice and proeligacy extinguished by equity
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using the letter "Q" within an open pentagon. Questionablly attributed to T.H. Jones in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mattet to: 44.5 x 30.9 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 1827 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., London
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Mornington, William Long Wellesley, Earl of, 1788-1857, and Wellesley, Catherine Tylney-Long, -1825.
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Coats of arms, Wigs, Robes, and Fire extinguishers
Depiction of the front and back of the 16th-century oak chair kept by Horace Walpole in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill. In the border of the print is etched a reproduction of the Latin text that was carved into the chair
Alternative Title:
Outside left arm, Da pacem Domine ...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Text within print border: Outside left arm, Da pacem Domine; outside of the right arm, Sit Laus Deo; on the inside of [the] rt. arm, Joannes Arthurus; on the inside of [the] back, Monacus Glastonie; inside left arm, salvet eum Deus., Questionable date of publication supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 96 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., and 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 22.8 x 16.5 cm.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[26 May 1797]
Call Number:
797.05.26.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two images on one plate. The top image represents a master glowering at his terrified footman; the bottom image shows a mistress scowling at a frightened maid
Description:
Title from item., Numbered 'Plate 6' in upper left corner., Title devised by cataloger., Plate from: An Olio of Good Breeding ... / by G.M. Woodward. London : Printed for the author and sold by W. Clarke ..., [1797]., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 26, 1797, by G.M. Woodward, Berners Street
Volume 2, page 62. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young man in a cap sitting on a basket, smoking a pipe, a tankard in his hand, resting on his crossed legs, his right arm draped over the back of a chair at left, his hat fallen on the ground beside; circular design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from later state., Early state, before addition of title and before alterations to publication year and publisher's street address in imprint. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1873,0712.440., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 62 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and Title written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand: The repose.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs April 7th, 1787, by J. Jones, No. 63 Great Portland Street
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Baskets, Drinking vessels, and Pipes (Smoking)
"A game at whist at a round card-table. 'Betty' (left) holds out, with a triumphant grin, the ace of spades with which she is about to take the seventh consecutive trick. Her mistress, Miss Humphrey, sits on her left. The two men are said to be Tholdal, a German, who turns his head in astonishment towards Betty, and Betty's partner, Mortimer, [Or, according to Wright and Evans, Mr. Jeffrey (presumably the enemy of Mrs. Fitzherbert) and Watson (presumably the print-seller), but in 'Scientific Researches' (23 May 1802) the former is identified by Wright as Tholdal, and in 'Connoisseurs . . .' (16 Nov. 1807) 'Watson' is identified by him as Mortimer.] a picture-dealer and restorer. A scene in Bond Street, shortly before the removal to St. James's Street. This print (reversed) appears in Humphrey's shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather', 1808."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, date, and publisher from finished state. and Cf. No. 8885 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
