Three strips arranged horizontally, intended to be cut and arranged as a border; a succession of little scenes, with the words of the speakers etched above, several of the figures grotesque, with large heads
Description:
Title etched below image; plate number "Plate 4" etched in upper left., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Probably one of twenty-four sheets published by Ackermann in a series entitled "Borders for rooms and screens." See Grego., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 1, 1799, at Akermans [sic] Gallery, No. 101 Strand
"Portrait of Samuel Foote in character; whole length, standing, wearing the latest 'French' fashions, including large fur muff, wig with pointed sides, mis-matched tights, and coat with over-sized cuffs; his outfit is scrutinized by two English gentlemen to the right; two men in background, one preparing a hat, bending over a dressing table with mirror."--British Museum online catalogue and On the back wall are two large framed pictures, both with scenes from mythology. On the left, Apollo with bow and arrow pursues Daphne who has begun the turn into a laurel tree. On the right, Leda and the swan
Alternative Title:
Buck metamorphosed and Mr. Foote in the character of the Englishman return'd from Paris
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date of publication based on the first performance of The Englishman returned from Paris, which premiered at Covent Garden Theatre in 1756., Probably published no later than 1760, when Robert Withy began trading on his own from a Cornhill address. His partnership with John Ryall, at the Fleet Street address listed here, is documented by prints and trade cards in the British Museum from the 1750s. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., For a probable reissue of this plate, published by C. Sheppard in the 1790s, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,60.14., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 231, no. 15., and Mounted to 37 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for John Ryall & Robt. Withy, at Hogarth's Head in Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777
"Portrait of Mary Anne Clarke; bust length, looking to left; wearing lace veil, three string necklace; and brooch at chest; in oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The Lady's monthly museum. London : Vernor & Hood, new ser. v. 6 (1809)., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark: J. Whatman 1807., Window mounted to 25 x 20 cm., and Mounted opposite page 22.
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[25 February 1809]
Call Number:
53 C599 S809
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Clarke stands in the lobby of the House of Commons, a section of which is seen through the partly open door: the corner of three tiers of empty benches and the gallery, with a strip of the Speaker's chair, showing his right elbow. She is directed to the right, with head turned to the spectator. She wears a plain blue pelisse over a white dress, a straw bonnet with lace drapery which she raises from her face. In her dropped right hand she holds a huge (?) chinchilla muff. She is elegant, alluring, and assured."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., 1 print : etching ; sheet 23.7 x 17.8 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom., and Bound in opposite page 16.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 25, 1809, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[25 February 1809]
Call Number:
53 C599 S809
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Clarke stands in the lobby of the House of Commons, a section of which is seen through the partly open door: the corner of three tiers of empty benches and the gallery, with a strip of the Speaker's chair, showing his right elbow. She is directed to the right, with head turned to the spectator. She wears a plain blue pelisse over a white dress, a straw bonnet with lace drapery which she raises from her face. In her dropped right hand she holds a huge (?) chinchilla muff. She is elegant, alluring, and assured."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., 1 print : etching ; sheet 22.3 x 14.3 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted opposite page 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 25, 1809, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,
"Portrait of Mary Anne Clarke; half length, standing in witness box, to right, holding an opened letter; wearing bonnet; chinchilla muff in front of her."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke
Description:
Title etched below image., Frontispiece to v.2 of: The investigation of the charges brought against His Royal Highness the Duke of York ... London : J. Stratford, 1809., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Text below title: Where, when, and from whom did the witness receive that letter! This instant, from one of the men about me! Examination, Feby. 9th., Window mounted to 25 x 20 cm., and Mounted opposite page 4.
Publisher:
Published by J. Stratford, 112 Holborn Hill
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852,
Subject (Topic):
Witnesses, Mistresses, Bonnets, Muffs, and Correspondence
Portrait of Mary Anne Clarke; three quarter length, standing behind a table on which her muff rests, head in profile to the left; wearing a bonnet with a veil that hangs in front of her face
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably published around 1809, when a scandal involving Mary Ann Clarke and the Duke of York generated public interest and created a market for portraits of Mrs. Clarke., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Possibly issued as a book or periodical illustration., Window mounted to 25 x 20 cm., and Mounted opposite page 21.
"Queensberry (right), walking beside a buxom young milliner, puts out an arm to touch her. His left hand is in a large muff. He wears a star and from his coat-pocket issue bottles labelled 'Renovating Balsam' and 'Velno's Vegetable Syrup' (see British Museum Satires No. 7592). She carries an arched-topped coffer (as in British Museum Satires No. 4923) and seems not unwilling."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Old Quiz the old goat of Piccadilly
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of text below title: A shining star - in the British Peerage, and a usefull ornament to society. Fudge., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress -- Trades: Milliners -- Velno's vegetable syrup -- Renovating balsam -- Containers: Milliners' coffer., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Sex behavior -- Velno's Syrup., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.6 x 23.8 cm, on sheet 34.9 x 27.8 cm., and Formerly mounted on leaf 89 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Published Feby. 25th, 1796, by R. Dighton, Charing Cross
"Queensberry (right), walking beside a buxom young milliner, puts out an arm to touch her. His left hand is in a large muff. He wears a star and from his coat-pocket issue bottles labelled 'Renovating Balsam' and 'Velno's Vegetable Syrup' (see British Museum Satires No. 7592). She carries an arched-topped coffer (as in British Museum Satires No. 4923) and seems not unwilling."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Old Quiz the old goat of Piccadilly
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of text below title: A shining star - in the British Peerage, and a usefull ornament to society. Fudge., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress -- Trades: Milliners -- Velno's vegetable syrup -- Renovating balsam -- Containers: Milliners' coffer., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Sex behavior -- Velno's Syrup., Leaf 9 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 23.9 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
Publisher:
Published Feby. 25th, 1796, by R. Dighton, Charing Cross
"Satire: a French peasant striding to the right with his hands in a muff."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above image in upper left., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: French peasants., Mounted on page 107 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 16.4 x 14.7 cm.
