Mr. Harley, with a very large belly and a shirt with lace trim, standing full-length in profile to right wearing on his head a cuckold's horns from which hangs a sign "A room to lett unfurnish'd". From his mouth a bubble reading, "I am one of the heads of the city." In his left hand a book open to pages that read, "The city poll dedicated to the Cheese mongers, trunk makers, etc. From his right pocket a letter, "At the court of C.C., it was carried NEM-CON that he was realy & not politically ill."
Alternative Title:
Figure that appeared in a Mazarine gown
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication date in British Museum catalogue: October 10, 1768, the date of the masquerade., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 1 (1768), p. 148., and Mounted to 30 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Oxford Magazine
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, City council members, Horns (Anatomy), Masquerades, and Obesity
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Description based on imperfect impresion; sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 3 (1768), p.129., and Temporary local subject terms: Riots: St. George's Fields, May 10, 1768 -- Military uniforms: Foot Guards -- Ships: wrecked ships -- Nooses -- Flags: Union Jack -- Emblems: jack boot as a reference to Lord Bute -- Reference to William Allen, d. 1768 -- Reference to the Princess of Wales -- Justice Samuel Gillam, fl. 1768.
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Two lines of text below image: He valiantly seized the petti-coat and the boot at the portal of his own mansion. Daily Adv., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 1 (1768), p. 35., and Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Buildings: Mansion House, London -- Gallows -- Emblems: petticoat as the reference to the Princess of Wales -- Emblems: jack-boot as the reference to Lord Bute -- Lord Mayor -- Riots: March 28, 1768 -- Orders: Order of the Garter -- Male dress: mayor's robes -- Trades: sausage woman.
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Publication date in Stephens: July 1768., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 1 (1768), p. 78., and Temporary local subject terms: Tolls: toll bar -- Tolls keeper -- Riots: St. George's Fields, May 10, 1767-- Toll tickets -- Maclaughlin, fl. 1768 -- Reference to Willilam Allen, d. 1768 -- Reference to Lord Bute.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804 and Rigby, Richard, 1722-1788