A print arranged on nine steps showing the stages in life of man and woman, ascending from infancy and descending toward deathbed, with scenes of marriage and dying within roundels above, all appearing above a scene of the Last Judgement, with scenes ...
Description:
Title etched at top of image.
Publisher:
Sold by C. Dicey & Co. in Aldermary Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Judgment Day, Aging, End of the world, Life cycle, Middle age, Older people, Rites & ceremonies, and Youth
Hudibras confronts the astrologer Sidrophel in an apothecary's laboratory; on his desk is a globe, an ink well with quill pen, a book and sheets of paper with a horoscope; from the ceiling and wall hang a stuffed crocodile (from which hangs a shell-sh...
Alternative Title:
Hudibras and Sidrophel
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Robert Sayer
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, History, Amulets, Astrologers, Cats, Dead animals, Fighting, Globes, Mousetraps, Owls, Pharmacists, Scientific equipment, and Skeletons
[London?] : publishd according to act of Parliament, [1770]
Call Number:
Drawer 770.00.00.22.1
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Print shows a variety of scenes relating to the politics and government of England and how their actions at home and abroad may result in the loss of the American colonies; scene numbered 24 depicts Boston, Massachusetts, as a European city and shows ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, Massachusetts, Boston, and United States
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Grenville, George, 1712-1770, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Politics & government, Government officials, Scales, Manners & customs, Industrial productivity, and History
"Satire on village life. A country fair in which three young women are running for the prize of a smock; the third in line has tripped over a dog and is being helped up by a man. In the foreground, left to right: a young couple embrace beneath two tre...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, & Jno. Smith, No. 35 in Cheapside, London
Two macaronies in large club wigs fight with swords and canes a flock of geese they happened upon. One of the geese runs away with its wing cut off while a dog running behind them receives a sword thrust in its leg
In a large, barn-like hall on the street level, at the open door on the right, a man stands outside with a raised staff, denying entrance to two men coming towards him. The hall is spacious, with an arched double door and a skylight window above in th...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, and Jno. Smith. No. 35 Cheapside
"Satire on the pretentions of the English to French elegance. A portly middle-aged Englishman sits on chair, his feet not reaching the ground, draped in a protective gown, while a tall French hairdresser puffs powder on his wig; behind is a portrait o...
Alternative Title:
Anglois a Paris
Description:
Titled in English and French below image; above the larger English title is the smaller French title: L'Anglois a Paris.
Publisher:
Printed for Jno. Smith, at No. 35 Cheapside, & Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street
Five oval portraits or caricatures. The larger, central one represents the King ; the four smaller ones members of the so-called 'Court Party.'
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Dyson, Jeremiah, 1722-1776, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
A double portrait of King Charles I on horseback riding through an arch with the Duke of Espernon on foot at his right side, looking up at the King. On the left is a shield with a coat of arms leaning against the column; a curtain frames the scene on ...
Alternative Title:
Charles the First, King of England &c. and the Duke d'Espernon and Charles the First, King of England &c. and the Duke d'Epernon
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, and Epernon, Jean-Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, duc d', 1554-1642,
"View of the grand interior of the church; the main space largely empty except for a few elegantly dressed figures; Corinthian columns to left and right supporting domical vaulted ceiling; a gallery surrounding space"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Church : Westminster, London, England),
An engraved advertisement for artist Squire Morley's services, decorated with a border in the Late Baroque style with two putti on either side, one holding a portrait, the other sketching, grand staircases and eagle holding the scroll on which the tex...
Alternative Title:
Gentlemen and ladies pictures drawn at their houses in crayons ...
"Interior of St Paul's; elegantly dressed figures strolling across tiled floor in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Perspective intérieure de l'eglise Cathédrale de St. Paul : qui fait voir le dome, les piédroits et les arcs qui le supportent, ainsi que les entrées du choeur et des aîles de la nef
Description:
Titles in English and French engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
