A fashionably dressed lady stands in profile, looking right; the print she holds in her hand is a Mary Darly print "The lily macaroni". and "Satire on a woman admirer of satirical prints: (No.7) a well-dressed woman, wearing a long loose jacket tied with large bows with a skirt in the same material, a small bonnet and gloves, standing in profile to right, holding a macaroni print."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Female connoisseur
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from v. 2: Caricatures, macaronies & characters by sundry ladies, gentlen., artists, &c., Plate numbered '7' in upper right corner., An impression of a print from the Darlys' Macaroni series entitled The Female Conoiseur (1852,0214.362) was annotated by Horace Walpole "Mrs Darly" and is assumed to be her portrait, although that cannot be confirmed. See British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 54 x 39 cm.
Leaf 67. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A fashionably dressed lady stands in profile, looking right; the print she holds in her hand is a Mary Darly print "The lily macaroni". and "Satire on a woman admirer of satirical prints: (No.7) a well-dressed woman, wearing a long loose jacket tied with large bows with a skirt in the same material, a small bonnet and gloves, standing in profile to right, holding a macaroni print."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Female connoisseur
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 2" in upper left corner and "7" in upper right corner., An impression of a print from the Darlys' Macaroni series entitled The Female Conoiseur (1852,0214.362) was annotated by Horace Walpole "Mrs Darly" and is assumed to be her portrait, although that cannot be confirmed. See British Museum catalogue., For an earlier state, see no. 4692 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Second of three plates on leaf 67.
Portrait of a young man, full-length, facing the viewer but with his head turned slightly to the right. He lacks hands and legs beyond the knee and is seated before a lectern (right) with a drawing of a tree on the page. He holds a pen held against his mouth using his left elbow
Description:
Title etched below image., Text etched below the image: "This extraordinary young man was born Decr. 18, 1769, at Hook, in Hampshire, without arms or legs, as here delineated, occasioned as his mother supposes by a fright she suffered when pregnant with him. Notwithstanding these disadvantages he has by industry acquired the arts of writing & drawing, holding his pencil between the stump of his left arm and his cheek & guiding it with the muscles of his mouth. In order to assist these extraordinary efforts of ingenuity, this drawing was presented to him by Mr. Robertson, & Mr. Fittler kindly super-intended the etching. This print is sold by T. Inglefield at No. 8 Chapel Street, Tottenham Court Road, where ladies & gentlemen may see him & many more of his performances."--Below title., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Sold by T. Inglefield at No. 8 Chapel Street, Tottenham Court Road
Subject (Name):
Inglefield, Thomas, 1769-
Subject (Topic):
Abnormalities, Human, Phocomelus, Artists, British, and People with disabilities
"Portrait in profile of a young man who lacks hands and legs beyond the knee; full-length, sitting on a cushion before a lectern on the right, drawing a tree with a pen held against his mouth using his left elbow."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text within image., Etched below the image: These deficiencies were occasioned, (as his mother supposes) by a fright she suffer'd whilst pregnant with him. Notwithstanding these disadvantages he has by industry acquired the arts of writing, and drawing, holding and guiding the pen and pencil with the muscles of his cheek and arm., and Mounted to: 27.7 x 21 cm
Publisher:
Publish'd for T. Inglefield
Subject (Name):
Inglefield, Thomas, 1769-,
Subject (Topic):
Abnormalities, Human, Phocomelus, Artists, British, and People with disabilities
Hayter, George, Sir, 1792-1871, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1823]
Call Number:
Drawer 823.00.00.28+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The interior of the House of Lords, crowded with nobles in the benches and galleries on either side, attending the trial of Queen Caroline for adultery with Pergami, her Italian secretary; George IV stands, hands on hips, in the left gallery, the editors of the Times and Courier lean over the front bench below it, Robert Gifford, attorney general, stands in front of them holding a finger to his chin thoughtfully while Spinetti interprets for a witness, Majocchi, at the bar, behind which Tyrwhitt, Long and Castlereagh, sit sifting papers to the left of the Queen's solicitor and Denman, who takes a paper from Henry Brougham, the Queen sits to the right in front of the bar, Earl Grey stands in the right aisle, pointing with his right arm towards the witness, and the artist is shown standing with a folio under his arm on the far right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Initial letters of printmaker's name form a monogram., Sheets trimmed within plate marks., Five of the six prints comprising this image were issued as illustrations in: Descriptive catalogue of the great historical picture painted by Mr. George Hayter ... London : Gold and Walton, 1823. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.7373.1-5., and Annotated in black ink by an unidentified hand with numbers by each image matching those used for the printed key to the later published state.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821,, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830,, Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826,, Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820,, Tyrwhitt, Thomas, 1762 or 1763-1833,, Long, Charles, 1760-1838,, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822,, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854,, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868,, Lushington, Stephen, 1782-1873,, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845,, Hayter, George, Sir, 1792-1871,, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Subject (Topic):
Scandals, Trials (Adultery), Government officials, Judicial proceedings, Queens, and British
"Portrait group of the Society of Artists; men gathered around a table in a fine interior, some seated, attended by servants; with portraits of Grinling Gibbons, William Kent, John Michael Rysbrack, Gawen Hamilton, Marcellus Laroon, Michael Dahl, John Vanderbanck, and Charles Bridgman; a landscape painting on wall in background, a curtain to the right, after Hogarth."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Society of Artists
Description:
Title etched below image. and Dobson. Hogarth, 1902, p. 233.
Publisher:
Published May 1, 1829 by W.B. Tiffin, 3, Hay Market
"Portrait; short half-length to left, looking down, wearing a plain dark suit and full chin-length wig."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.
Description:
Title from dedication below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., "Chaloner Smith's third state is in fact a separate plate: there are several small differences, particularly in the chin."--Curator's comment, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.3485., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 26 (leaf numbered '82' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs 20th Feby. 1792, & sold by C. Townley, No. 38 Greek Street, Soho
Camp scene with soldiers from the Loyal Associated and Volunteer Corps of the City of Westminster, with an officer escorting the ladies through the camp (right) who honoured them with the presentation of colours; two horses in the center and a dog ready to pounce at an officer's hat seen in the foreground
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left side.
Publisher:
Pub. March 30, 1799 by Messrs. Schiavonetti, No. 12 Michaels Place, Brompton (Plate 1) by their most obedient humble servts. L.I. & N. Schiavonetti
Head-and-shoulders self-portrait of English painter Thomas Gainsborough, facing right and "Portrait of Thomas Gainsborough, after his self-portrait; half length, to the right, head turned to the front, his hair lightly curled over ears, wearing jacket fastened at waist and cravat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted after page 686 (leaf numbered '129' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published Nov. 27, 1810, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Name):
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788, and Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788.
