Title supplied by cataloger., Questionable attribution to Bunbury and date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on secondary support, with wax seal [?] between the two sheets of paper.
Two men in Dutch costume with wooden shoes shown full length, facing each other. The figure on the left is shown in profile; the figure on the right facing the viewer. Both smoke pipes
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Possibly a print by Bunbury. Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on secondary support, with two wax seals [?] between the two sheets of paper.
Title devised by cataloger., Plate from: The Freeholder's magazine, or, Monthly chronicle of liberty, v. 2? (1770)., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Trades: farriers -- Crimes: horse-stealing -- Orders: Star of the Garter.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. and Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790
Volume 1, page 10b. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A grinning man with a long queue stands facing right, holding a pair of shears in his left hand. He holds wooden box that serves as a stool in his right hand, and under his right arm is a struggling dog. Behind him, in the upper left, hangs a sign with three fleur-de-lis that is lettered "LA VENGEANCE De crotteur royal Tond des CHIENS Proprement".
Description:
Title, printmaker, and publication date supplied by curator., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., For a version of this design in reverse, published 25 April 1771 by M. Darly, see no. 4668 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Mounted on page 10b in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Volume 1, page 10a. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: two figures on the left side of the plate, the right half being empty."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Peasant in sabots walking with priest and Peasant and monk
Description:
Title devised by curator., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Proof state?, Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Priests., Mounted on page 115 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 14.5 x 16.5 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Volume 1, page 10a. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: two figures on the left side of the plate, the right half being empty."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Peasant in sabots walking with priest and Peasant and monk
Description:
Title devised by curator., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Proof state?, Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Priests., Mounted on page 10a in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 14.5 x 16.3 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Volume 1, page 10a. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: two figures on the left side of the plate, the right half being empty."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Peasant in sabots walking with priest and Peasant and monk
Description:
Title devised by curator., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Proof state?, Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Priests.
Title devised by cataloger., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record, based on A dictionary of English costume by C. Willett Cunnington et al., London : A. & C. Black [1960], p. 249., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Wigs., and Watermark: J Whatman.
A man (a pugilist?) carrying his hat in his right hand runs along the street of Covent Garden Pizza, a switch in his left hand with a bundle of switches in under his left arm
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: [The] roaring blades who nightly rove, [the] fam'd Broughtonian sons ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: John Smith, fl. 1732-1746., Watermark: countermark W., and Manuscript note in later hand above image: Jack Smith better known by the name of Buck Horse -- The celebrated old pugilist -- Scene Covent Garden Piazza.
Publisher:
Publish'd & sold by Thos. Bowen, Printseller at [the] Golden Pallet in Shug Lane, near the Haymarket, St. James's
Detail of a reversed copy of William Hogarth's Southwark Fair. From the left portion of the original design showing a theatrical establishment showing the fall of Troy as a figure in a plumed Roman helmet (1) tumbles backwards as two figures (2 and 3) grasp a pole. The lantern center is labeled "The fall of Bajazet'. Above the drawing is the letter 'K'. Images are numbered as if to a key which is lacking here
Detail of a reversed copy of William Hogarth's Gin lane. A cross-looking S. Gripe pawnbroker (1) stands in the doorway of his shop in the slum of St. Giles, Westminster as he examines a coat and a saw strapped to it as another man (2) in a hat converses with him. Below a man (3) and dog both knaw on a bone. Above the drawing is the letter 'K'. Images are numbered as if to a key which is lacking here
Volume 1, page 68. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Caricature of two men, one on the left turning from his examination of a small object to listen to the other who stands in profile on the right with a tray hanging on a strap in front of him, who gestures as he talks."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by curator., Tentatively attributed to Francis Grose in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1925,0511.83., Contemporary note "by Capt. Grose" written in ink at bottom of sheet., Date from unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Mounted on page 68 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Volume 1, page 10a. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A French postillion wearing huge boots is seen from behind, walking away holding his whip
Description:
Title, printmaker, and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Postillions., Mounted on page 115 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 12.1 x 8.1 cm, on sheet 12.4 x 8.4 cm.
Volume 1, page 9. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 115. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A French postillion, whip in hand and wearing huge boots, is seen from behind looking over his right shoulder towards the viewer; a church is visible in the distance
Description:
Title, printmaker, and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Later state, with position of the figure's head altered and with additional shading added to the foreground. For an earlier state before these changes to the plate, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 75 B87 770., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides., Mounted on page 115 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; plate mark 14.5 x 10.1 cm, on sheet 15.1 x 10.7 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Postillions, French, Boots, Whips, and Coach drivers
"Satire: a postillion with huge boots holding his whip; a progress proof in pure etching before the addition in drypoint of the horse behind to the right."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1867,0309.1663
Description:
Title, printmaker, and date of publication from description of a later state in the British Museum catalogue., Early (proof?) state, before figure's queue added in drypoint and before the addition of background and foreground elements. For a later state with these changes to the plate, see no. 4743 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Mounted on page 115 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Postillions, French, Boots, Coach drivers, and Whips
A French postillion, whip in hand and wearing huge boots, is seen from behind looking forward, away from the viewer; a church is visible in the distance
Description:
Title, printmaker, and date of publication from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Early state, before position of the figure's head altered and before additional shading added to the foreground. For a later state with these changes to the plate, see no. 4745 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Mounted on page 115 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Postillions, French, Boots, Whips, and Coach drivers
Volume 1, page 10a. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A French postillion wearing huge boots is seen from behind, walking away holding his whip
Description:
Title, printmaker, and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Postillions., Mounted on page 10a in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 12.4 x 8.2 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Sheet annotated by Horace Walpole in ink in lower left corner: HW. ipse sc.
Volume 1, page 9. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 115. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A French postillion, whip in hand and wearing huge boots, is seen from behind looking over his right shoulder towards the viewer; a church is visible in the distance
Description:
Title, printmaker, and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Later state, with position of the figure's head altered and with additional shading added to the foreground. For an earlier state before these changes to the plate, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 75 B87 770., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides., Mounted on page 9 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and Sheet annotated by Horace Walpole in ink below plate mark: Etched by Mr. Bunbury.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Postillions, French, Boots, Whips, and Coach drivers
"Satire: a postillion with huge boots holding his whip, with a horse behind to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, and date of publication from British Museum catalogue. and Later state, with the figure's queue added in drypoint and with the addition of background and foreground elements. For an earlier state before these changes to the plate, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1867,0309.1663.
Volume 1, page 8. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A French postillion, whip in hand and wearing huge boots, is seen from behind looking over his right shoulder; a church is visible in the distance
Description:
Title and date from those supplied in the British Museum catalog for the print made after this drawing., Attribution to Bunbury based on inclusion of the drawing in a volume of the artist's work., Mounted with one other drawing on page 8 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and Original design for no. 4743 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
A French postillion, wearing huge boots, gestures with his arms outspread to the right
Description:
Title and date of publication from description of an earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Printmaker from signature on later state: H.B. f., Early state, before background elements, printmaker's signature, and figure's sleeve decoration added in drypoint. For a later state with these additions, see no. 4746 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Mounted on page 115 of: Bunbury album.
Volume 1, page 10a. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A French postillion, wearing huge boots, gestures with his arms outspread to the right
Description:
Title and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Later state, with drypoint additions to design. For an earlier state, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 75 B87 770., Mounted on page 10a in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 12.3 x 8.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Volume 1, page 10a. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A French postillion, wearing huge boots, gestures with his arms outspread to the right
Description:
Title and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue. and Later state, with drypoint additions to design. For an earlier state, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 75 B87 770.
Volume 1, page 8. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A French postillion, wearing huge boots, gestures with his arms outspread to the right
Description:
Title and date from those supplied in the British Museum catalog for the print made after this drawing., Attribution to Bunbury based on inclusion of the drawing in a volume of the artist's work., Mounted with one other drawing on page 8 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and Original design for no. 4746 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
A judge on a raised seat, plaintiff and defendants, witnesses or spectators stand below, surrounding a rectangular barrier within which is a table, at which a clerk is writing. Four counsel stand within the barrier, two to the right. of the judge, two to his left. The Judge (Mansfield) sits, his left forefinger raised, listening with a stern expression to the remarks addressed to him. In the centre, in back view, stands Lord Grosvenor, wearing a tie-wig with horns, to which he points, saying: "I only want to know for a Certainty whether I am entitled to this Head Dress". On the left in profile to the right. stand Lady Grosvenor, holding out a fan, and Cumberland. She says: "My case shall be laid before this Court, and I can have nothing to fear from an Upright Judge"; he says: "I can do no Wrong". Behind him on the extreme left is a woman wearing a hood and holding a fan. She says: "It was a Pity to disturb them when they were going to Prince Making". One of the counsel on the Judge's right says: "If her L-----d, has not bedded with her these two years She cannot be with Child, but she may be with Prince". The two counsel on the other side say: "The Lady acted upon Revolution Principles She is strongly attached to the Present Family, and, There is no actual Proof of Adultery." A man in back view says: "The Youth wanted a Sop in Pan." A cook, on the extreme right, says, laughing: "How his------R------y [sic] H---n---ss will be Roasted and Basted."--Brit. Mus. online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Trial of the Duke of Cumberland and Lady Grosvenor for criminal conversation
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date based on the date of the trial., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 33 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790, Grosvenor, Henrietta Grosvenor, Countess, -1828, Grosvenor, Richard Grosvenor, Earl, 1731-1802, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Satire on the trial of the Duke of Cumberland for criminal conversation with Lady Grosvenor at the King's Bench; most of the characters --lawyers and cuckolds -- shown with animal heads
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum. London : Printed for the authors, v. 4 (1770), page 19., and Mounted to 33 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, and Grosvenor, Henrietta Grosvenor, Countess, -1828
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right., Companion print to: The press gang, or, English liberty display'd., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 5 (1770), p. 193., Temporary local subject terms: Military recruitment -- Military uniforms: serjeant's uniform., and Mounted to 34 x 46 cm.
Title from item., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 4 (1770), p. 150., Temporary local subject terms: Coaches: state coach -- Yeomen of the Guard., and Mounted to 18 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Title from item., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 4 (1770), p. 111., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: state carriage -- Coachmen: state coachmen -- Petitions: City of London, March 14, 1770 -- Popularity: popularity of George III -- Spectators: enthusiastic spectators., and Mounted to 19 x 31 cm.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 7 (1770), p. 1., and Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: scepter -- Crowns -- Pictures amplifying subject: scenes from Hamlet and Mortimer -- Pickpockets -- Animals: fox -- Furnishings: carpet.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
English liberty display'd and English liberty displayed
Description:
Title from item., Companion print: The recuiting serjeant., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 5 (1770), p. 128., Temporary local subject terms: Naval recruitment: press gangs., and Mounted to 32 x 46 cm.
Title from item., Also published under the title: Hibernian method of raising volunteers., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Military draft: press gangs -- Naval uniforms: officer's uniform -- Sailors -- Banners-- Tradesmen -- Allusion to John Wilkes, 1727-1797 -- Allusion to George Montagu Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, 1716-1771 -- Allusion to John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, 1718-1792.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 5 (1770), p. 208., Temporary local subject terms: Audiences -- Thrones., and Mounted to 30 x 41 cm.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of the statement of responsibility., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 6 (1770), p. 78., Temporary local subject terms: St. Ignatius -- Josiah DuPré -- Gen. Richard Smith -- Mr. Frowde -- Mr. Andrews -- Mr. Call -- Monsieur St. Lubin., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 13 x 20 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
India.
Subject (Name):
East India Company. and Haidar Ali, Nawab of Mysore, approximately 1722-1782
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of the statement of responsibility., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 6 (1770), p. 78., Temporary local subject terms: St. Ignatius -- Josiah DuPré -- Gen. Richard Smith -- Mr. Frowde -- Mr. Andrews -- Mr. Call -- Monsieur St. Lubin., and Mounted to 14 x 20 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
India.
Subject (Name):
East India Company. and Haidar Ali, Nawab of Mysore, approximately 1722-1782
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Adultery -- Barrels -- Architectural details: garden wall., and Mounted to 24 x 16 cm.
Leaf 48. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Four antiquarians puzzled by an inscription written in strange lettering and order on a stone, but which reads: "Beneath this stone reposeth ..."."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Learned antiquarians puzzled
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Another, undated state of this print was published by Sayer and Bennett., Plate numbered "V. 3" in upper left corner and "13" in upper right corner., Copy in reverse and with some embellishments of The puzzle. London : T. Bowles, 1756. See Library of Congress, call number PC 3 - 1756 - Puzzle (A size) [P&P]., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Antiquarians -- Epitaphs -- Puzzles., Second of two plates on leaf 48., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 25.2 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Leaf 48. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Four antiquarians puzzled by an inscription written in strange lettering and order on a stone, but which reads: "Beneath this stone reposeth ..."."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Learned antiquarians puzzled
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Another, undated state of this print was published by Sayer and Bennett., Plate numbered "V. 3" in upper left corner and "13" in upper right corner., Copy in reverse and with some embellishments of The puzzle. London : T. Bowles, 1756. See Library of Congress, call number PC 3 - 1756 - Puzzle (A size) [P&P]., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Antiquarians -- Epitaphs -- Puzzles., and Matted to 49 x 37 cm.
Title engraved above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: The gentleman's museum and grand imperial magazine. London : Printed for the author ..., 1770-1772., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Wakes: Irish wake -- Naval uniforms -- Furniture: bed with canopy -- Drinking., and Mounted to 15 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Wake services, Military uniforms, Sailors, Canopy beds, Chamber pots, and Alcoholic beverages
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Newmarket -- Male dress: jockey -- Pictures amplifying subject: horse racing.
"An engraving representing Lord Holland as an old fox, seated at a table and starting back in horror from a book which is presented to him by an angel who cries: -- "This is the black Catalogue of thy Misdeeds". The book is inscribed: -- " Sins which L d H nd has committed against God his K his Country & himself"; it comprises two columns of imperfect, unconnected, and reversed words and scribble, and one legible word "Ayliff". To this word the finger of the angel is directed. For this name of a steward to the Fox family, who was alleged to have been wrongfully hanged by means of Lord Holland, see "Ayliffe's Ghost", British Museum Satires No. 4038. At the front of the table is a book inscribed, besides illegible scribble, with: -- " Accompts to be Settled in the other World"; this is an allusion to the charges of vast peculation which were brought against Lord Holland, the so-called "notorious defaulter of unaccounted millions"; see "Frontispiece to the Middlesex Petition", British Museum Satires No. 4289, and "Renard Stating his Accounts", British Museum Satires No. 4299. An imp sits at the table and acts as Lord Holland's secretary; a second imp crouches behind his chair and niches gold from a large bag."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 4 (1770), page 168., Temporary local subject terms: Records: catalog of misdeeds., and Mounted to 32 x 37 cm.
"A number of ladies (eleven in all) sit at a table at the head of which is their president or chairman. They are balloting for the admission of a member, according to the 'Authentic Rules of the Female Coterie' printed in the 'Gentleman's Magazine', 1770, p. 414, by which ladies balloted for men and men for ladies. The president sits in a raised chair, a hammer in her right hand; she says: "Mr Driver the New Member shall be admitted & duly return'd by me the proper Officer if upon examination he comes up to the Standard". Remarks from other ladies (left to right) are: "I hold up my hand for Mr Driver, if it had not been for him, several Noble Families would have been extinct that have now a numerous Issue"; "The ability of every Candidate ought to be strictly Examined"; "The Gentleman to be elected into this Society shall not be Husband to any of us"; "No our plan is to supply the deficiency of Husbands"; "I move for the Admission of Mr Driver as a Member. He has a promising Leg, an happy Assurance, & to crown the whole he is an Irishman"; "Lady H------n [Harrington] has her Reasons for not suffering Mr Driver to return to Ireland, but she must not Engross him all to herself". The lady on the President's right is writing in a large book. On the table are writing materials, books, one being 'Essay on Man', a bottle marked "Eau de Vie", a tray with coffee-pot, cups, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Plate from: The court and city magazine. London: Joseph Smith, v. 1 (1770)., Temporary local subject terms: The Female Coterie -- Dishes: coffee set -- Literature: Reference to Essay on man by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)., and Window mounted to 20 x 25 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Clubs, Tables, Coffeepots, Coffee cups, Writing materials, and Books
"Satire on the Coterie, a society of ladies and gentlemen, presumably the one about which Horace Walpole wrote to George Montague on 6 May 1770. People are gambling for high stakes ("Mortgage", "£50,000", a jewelled necklace), cheating at cards, flirting, drinking, kissing; a lady holds up a miniature of her husband while embracing anothe rman who makes the sign of the cuckold behind the portrait; a couple are heading up a staircase."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., One line of text below image: Well, this is certainly one of the most useful institutions! Lame lover., Plate from: The London magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed for R. Baldwin, v. 39 (1770), page 495., Temporary local subject terms: Gambling: card game -- Lighting: wall sconces -- Allusions to adultery -- Literature: The lame lover by Samuel Foote, 1720-1777., and Window mounted to 14 x 20 cm.
Title from item., "Engraved after an original picture, in the possession of Thos. Browne Esqr."--Below title., and Temporary local subject terms: Watch -- Navy: sailors -- Paviour -- Signs: Union Fire Insurance Company -- Birds: cocks.
Publisher:
Published by Heny. Parker, No. 82 Cornhill, and Thos. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Butchers, Chimney sweeps, Taverns (Inns), and Tobacco pipes
Title from item., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 4 (1770), page 230., Temporary local subject terms: Petition of the City of Westminster -- Furniture -- Mythology: satyr., and Mounted to 32 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Title from item., Publication place and date from Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, 4406., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of statement of responsibility., Plate from: The gentleman's museum and grand imperial magazine. London : Printed for the author, v. 1 (1770), Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: bedroom -- Furniture: dressing table -- Male dress: shoes -- Weapons: sticks -- Allusion to horse racing -- Allusion to racing horses: 'Eclipse' -- York., and Mounted to 14 x 20 cm, mounted again to 23 x 30 cm.
A scene in a coffee-house. Two men, one in a queue wig and with a pistol, another in club wig and with a sword, are fighting a duel while three frightened customers are trying to leave and another one cowers behind a settee next to a low table with coffee service on it. Behind another settee, a barmaid holds up her hands in horror. The gentleman with the pistol uses it to parry the sword thrusts of his opponent whose forehead is bleeding. A cat with an arched back and a dog barks look at the scene from the left. The room is decorated with a large mirro and shelves with wine glases, china bowls, and pitchers
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Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
