"A man stands on a rostrum (left) reading nearsightedly from a book, with the expression and gesture (right fist clenched) of a ranting actor. The audience are much moved. Two men try to lift a fainting lady, resembling Mrs. Wells, from her chair (right). A man seated near her astride a bench inspects her through a quizzing-glass with amusement; his neighbour (? Topham), also astride, gapes at her with consternation. On the rostrum are two placards: 'Tomorrow | As you like it, with Select | Poems and To Night, First | Orlando Furioso, | Second | The Victim | with Part | of Mr Sheridans | Speech in | Westminster Hall' (see BMSat 7331). On the wall are three framed pictures or prints (left to right): a fox looking in at a window; an actress raising a dagger to stab herself; two cupids, one raising an axe to strike the other who lies prostrate."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Imprint from impression in the New York Public Library., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., Companion print to: Comic readings., Mounted on modern secondary support., and Added in later hand above title: June 1810.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 25, 1791, by C. Knight, Brumpton [sic], and W. Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
Volume 2, page 78. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: Annals of horsemanship ... London : Printed for W. Dickinson ..., 1791., Text below title: Cavat lapidem non vi, sed saepe cadendo., For a brief mention of the illustrations to Annals of horsemanship, see page 446 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted on page 78 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Published March 25th, 1791, by W. Dickinson, No. 24 Old Bond Street
"The Duke of York and his bride walk arm in arm, in the manner of a tramping soldier and his wife. A large bundle on his back is inscribed 'L. 300000'; he uses his sabre as a walking-stick. She is pregnant, and carries a large money-bag: 'Pin Money £50000 Pr Annm'. Behind them (left) in the distance is a castle with a flag inscribed 'Berlin'. The Duke wears regimentals with his star; the Duchess wears a simple straw hat, tilted back to show a tiara."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Rare news for Old England
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., One line of text below title: "See the conquering hero comes., Temporary local subject terms: Marriages: Duke of York's, 1791 -- Crowns: tiaras -- Dowry -- Bags of money -- Military uniforms: regimentals -- Castles: Berlin -- Literature: quotation from Nathaniel Lee's Alexander the Great, iv, 2 -- Weapons: sabre as a walking staff., 1 print : etching & stipple engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.8 x 21.2 cm, on sheet 31.3 x 24.1 cm., and Mounted on leaf 23 of volume 8 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 14th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827 and Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820
"The Duke of York and his bride walk arm in arm, in the manner of a tramping soldier and his wife. A large bundle on his back is inscribed 'L. 300000'; he uses his sabre as a walking-stick. She is pregnant, and carries a large money-bag: 'Pin Money £50000 Pr Annm'. Behind them (left) in the distance is a castle with a flag inscribed 'Berlin'. The Duke wears regimentals with his star; the Duchess wears a simple straw hat, tilted back to show a tiara."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Rare news for Old England
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., One line of text below title: "See the conquering hero comes., and Temporary local subject terms: Marriages: Duke of York's, 1791 -- Crowns: tiaras -- Dowry -- Bags of money -- Military uniforms: regimentals -- Castles: Berlin -- Literature: quotation from Nathaniel Lee's Alexander the Great, iv, 2 -- Weapons: sabre as a walking staff.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 14th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827 and Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Trades: apple venders -- Walking staves: canes -- Old women.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Octr. 1, 1791, by J. Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street
Volume 2, page 75. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three scenes with animals and humans wearing guards under their chins."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Titles from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: Annals of horsemanship ... London : Printed for W. Dickinson ..., 1791., For a brief mention of the illustrations to Annals of horsemanship, see page 446 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted on page 75 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publishd. March 25th, 1791, by W. Dickinson, No. 24 Old Bond Street
Title from captions above or below each image., Date of publication based on that of a similar print with the same title published 25 Mar. 1791 by W. Dickinson. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0214.465., Three designs on one plate, each individually titled., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text below image in lower right, possibly the printmaker's signature., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of a son of wealthy brewer and an unidentified young woman separated from her husband who later brought a suit against the brewer
Description:
Titles engraved below images., From the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and Country Magazine, 1791, page 243., and Mounted to 21 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Published 1st July 1791 by A. Hamilton Junr., Fleet Street
Volume 2, page 82. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Dr Priestley sitting at a garden table, looking at a mouse in a semi-circular cage, smiling as he listens to Mrs Barbauld who stands pleading for its release and another woman and Charles Rochemond Aikin, a little boy look on, with trees all around; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Sixteen lines of verse below image, eight on either side of title: Oh! hear a pensive prisoner's prayer, for liberty that sighs; and never let thine heart be shut against a wretch's cries ... Vide Mrs. Barbauld's poem., and Mounted on page 82 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 20, 1791, by Thos. Macklin, 39 Fleet Street
Title from item., Plate from: Bon Ton magazine, Dec. 1791, v. i, p. 363., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: sitting room -- Singers -- Music sheets -- Furniture: sofas.
