"Prince Leopold sits enthroned, flanked by his new subjects; he wears uniform with a crown, and sits on a two-tiered circular dais in a chair of state, the seat of which is covered with giant thorns. Punctured and frightened, he grasps the arms of his...
"A stout man (right), seated at a round table, tells a story to a parson on his left, who grins broadly. Two women fix the raconteur with expressions of absorbed amusement, while an officer is more frankly amused at watching the lady on his right. All...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 9th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Clergy, Floor coverings, Military uniforms, British, and Storytelling
"Queen Caroline, stout and flamboyant, stands on the balcony over the porch of Wood's house in South Audley Street, looking down complacently with folded arms at the cheering crowd which fills the street. Alderman Wood stands cringingly behind her. A ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 19, 1820, by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843
Subject (Topic):
Balconies, Crowds, Cheering, Sailors, Chimney sweeps, Clergy, and Telescopes
"A grossly obese bishop, almost spherical, walks with a lean parson, right to left, and slightly towards the spectator. Both wear hat, gown, and bands. Their features are not dissimilar in type, but one is gross, carbuncled, and surly, the other lean ...
"The platform extends across the centre of the design. Below are the audience, three-quarter length and half-length, standing and seated. A man in patched clothes stands in the front of the semicircle of men seated on the platform, holding out his emp...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pulished [sic] June 21, 1827, by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
British and Foreign Bible Society. and Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)
A scene in a paneled room (in a public house?) with eleven men seated around a table in the center of which is a large punch-bowl decorated with Chinese figures. Wine bottles litter the floor and piled high on the mantelpiece. In the right corner a ch...
Plate 28. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene in a paneled room (in a public house?) with eleven men seated around a table in the center of which is a large punch-bowl decorated with Chinese figures. Wine bottles litter the floor and piled high on the mantelpiece. In the right corner a ch...
Plate 28. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene in a paneled room (in a public house?) with eleven men seated around a table in the center of which is a large punch-bowl decorated with Chinese figures. Wine bottles litter the floor and piled high on the mantelpiece. In the right corner a ch...
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
15 Feby. 1780.
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 19. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 117. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the interior of a riding-school: A number of men riding round in a circle; those in the foreground ride from right to left, those in the background from left to right. The riding-master stands in the centre, pointing with hand and cane, and ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by Js. Bretherton
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britian.
Subject (Name):
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791 and Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791,
"A sailor and his pregnant fiancée stand at left before a clergyman in a white surplice who stands at right, reading from papers inscribed 'Matrimony', and asking 'Wilt thou take this Woman to be thy wedded wife'; the sailor responds in affronted man...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 25, 1805, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Brides, Clergy, Grooms (Weddings), Pregnant women, Sailors, British, and Weddings
