Historical composition with Tell at the left taking aim with a cross-bow at the apple on the head of his small son who is tied to a tree at the righ; in the centre the Governor Gresler "of Ury" on horseback and in the background swooning women (center) and soldiers (left); after Zucchi
Description:
Title below image., With engraved text of the legend below title., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Published Jan. 2 1797 by Haines & Son, No. 19 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane
Subject (Name):
Tell, Wilhelm.
Subject (Topic):
Archery, Crossbows, Legends, Loss of consciousness, and Soldiers
Title from item., Quotation below title: He would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat., Numbered 'Plate 3' in lower right corner., Third in a series of four prints representing the parable of the prodigal son., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: farmhouses -- Fences -- Pigs -- Women -- Poverty -- Quotations: Bible: St. Luke, 15.V.16., and Publication pasted above bottom plate line.
Publisher:
Printed by Rd. Barry, Chart & Printseller, St. Katharine's, London
Title engraved below image., Quotation below title: He gathered all together and took his journey into a far country., Numbered "Plate 1" in lower right corner., First in a series of four prints representing the parable of the prodigal son., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: parlor -- Domestic service: footmen -- Wallpaper -- Furniture: armchairs -- Pets: birds -- Busts -- Architectural detail: doorway -- Quotations: Bible: St. Luke, 15.V.13., and Publication line pasted across bottom plate line.
Publisher:
Printed by Rd. Barry, Chart & Printseller, St. Katharine's
Title engraved below item., Plate numbered '403' in lower left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Statues: plenty., and Plate number repeated in contemporary hand in upper right corner, recto.
Publisher:
Published 6th November 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from caption below image., Four lines of verse below image, two on either side of title: So thence him far she brought into a cave, from company exiled ..., and Mounted on modern secondary support.
Publisher:
Published July 1st, 1797, by V. & R. Green, No. 14, Percy Street, Bedford Square
"Design in an oval. A young man (three-quarter length), directed to the right, with arms folded, smiles complacently. His elaborate neck-cloth swathes his chin, his hair, parted in the centre, falls loosely on his forehead and shoulders. He holds a looped hat. 'The kick' denotes the present fashion. Grose, 'Dict. Vulg. Tongue', 1796. Cf. BMSat 8191. For the series see BMSat 9101, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Quite the kick
Description:
Title from item. and Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: neckcloth.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard