Volume 2, page 80. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A kneeling woman reads the palm of a girl standing at left in travelling clothes with a basket on her arm, two others watching, leaning on a fence behind, children and a dog sitting beside a fire at right, over which a large pan hangs; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Fourteen lines of verse below image, seven on either side of title: Last Friday's eve, when, as the sun was set, I, near yon stile, three sallow gipsies met ... Vide Gay's Pastorals., and Mounted on page 80 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 20, 1791, by Thos. Macklin, Poets' Gallery, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Subject (Topic):
Baskets, Fences, Children, Dogs, Campfires, and Pots & pans
"Rebecca Howse, as in British Museum Satires No. 10788, similarly posed but more upright, and seeming to stand for a portrait. She wears a neat fichu, a light print apron covers the greater part of her striped dress, and no cloak; her shoes are tied, not buckled."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Leaf 36 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
A monkey wearing a military uniform and holding a sword and a flag "Volunteer cavalry" sits astride an ass. From a basket hanging from the saddle hang a portrait of Fox with the caption "In place" and a portrait of Fox with the words "Out of place"; below the portraits can be seen a papers, the top the words "Tantararara rogues all" . The ass stands in a trunk with bundles of newspapers and paper hanging off the sides or in the lid, identified with the words: Telegraph, Parliament speeches, Gazettes extraordinary, Fashionable occurrences, Independent [sic] elections, Law suits. On the ground around the trunk are papers with titles: Speech of Mr. Deputy Did[...], 20 s. notes, Examination of Faro's daughters before the Justice
Description:
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: I Taylor 1801.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 10, 1797, 12 Charg. Cross
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Baskets, Donkeys, Military uniforms, Monkeys, and Newspapers
Three couples and a young boy are picnicking outdoors. The large women with exaggerated sleeves and large bosoms exclaims: "Lauk, how hot the sun is to my back!" Everyone is oblivious to the fact that a fire is raging under the kettle behind her
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 269.
Leaf 5v. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A woman, wearing a basket on her back and holding a plate of fish, stands on a city street; two men carry a sedan chair in the background on the left
Description:
Title from verses etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented : accompanied with views of several principal buildings of the city. Edinbr. : Sold by L. Scott ..., 1803., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
L. Scott
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Fishmongers, Baskets, and Sedan chairs
Title engraved below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint and song verses below title. Imprint statement supplied from: A catalogue of 18th-century British mezzotint satires in North American collections., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Cherry venders -- Irishmen -- Female costume: high-waisted dresses -- Reticule -- Miniature portrait as a brooch -- Pets -- Architectural details -- Wrought iron fences -- Songs: Patty O'Blarney.
Publisher:
Published 20th Sepr. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Peddlers, Baskets, Hats, Miniatures (Paintings), Dogs, Doors & doorways, Fountains, and Children
"Seven enormously fat and brawny Irishwomen approach (right to left) the quayside at Billingsgate, below which are fishing-smacks. All carry baskets on their heads, two smoke pipes. An eighth woman, also smoking, sits on a low stool on the extreme left, with cod and lobsters spread out for sale. In the background (right) an open pent-house attached to the large houses flanking the dock is filled by tiny figures with baskets of fish; a man ascends a ladder towards it from the water with a basket on his head. One of the pent-house stalls is placarded 'Salt Cod Bar . . Ling Pilcha[rds]'. In the background larger vessels lie at anchor against buildings on the south side of the Thames."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate marked "11" in upper right corner., and Mounted to 29 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Sept. 18, 1810 by T. Tegg No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Baskets, Fish, Fishing boats, Fishmongers, Piers & wharves, and Street vendors
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Seven enormously fat and brawny Irishwomen approach (right to left) the quayside at Billingsgate, below which are fishing-smacks. All carry baskets on their heads, two smoke pipes. An eighth woman, also smoking, sits on a low stool on the extreme left, with cod and lobsters spread out for sale. In the background (right) an open pent-house attached to the large houses flanking the dock is filled by tiny figures with baskets of fish; a man ascends a ladder towards it from the water with a basket on his head. One of the pent-house stalls is placarded 'Salt Cod Bar . . Ling Pilcha[rds]'. In the background larger vessels lie at anchor against buildings on the south side of the Thames."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with first half of imprint statement burnished from plate., Date of publication based on earlier state with the complete imprint "Pubd. Septr. 18th, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside." Cf. No. 11626 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., "Price one shilling coloured.", Plate numbered "11" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 190., and Leaf 11 in volume 1.
Publisher:
Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Baskets, Fish, Fishing boats, Fishmongers, Piers & wharves, and Street vendors
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Seven enormously fat and brawny Irishwomen approach (right to left) the quayside at Billingsgate, below which are fishing-smacks. All carry baskets on their heads, two smoke pipes. An eighth woman, also smoking, sits on a low stool on the extreme left, with cod and lobsters spread out for sale. In the background (right) an open pent-house attached to the large houses flanking the dock is filled by tiny figures with baskets of fish; a man ascends a ladder towards it from the water with a basket on his head. One of the pent-house stalls is placarded 'Salt Cod Bar . . Ling Pilcha[rds]'. In the background larger vessels lie at anchor against buildings on the south side of the Thames."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with first half of imprint statement burnished from plate., Date of publication based on earlier state with the complete imprint "Pubd. Septr. 18th, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside." Cf. No. 11626 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., "Price one shilling coloured.", Plate numbered "11" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 190., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23 x 33.3 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of plate number., and Mounted on leaf 11 of volume 11 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Baskets, Fish, Fishing boats, Fishmongers, Piers & wharves, and Street vendors
"A ragged girl with a basket of mackerel confronts a woman at the front door of a respectable house; at their feet a dog and cat snarl at each other; lower right, the shadow of two unseen men watching the scene; in the background, a shop sign showing the traditional image of 'A man loaded with mischief'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Maquereaux, maquereaux monsieur, madame en voulez vous des maquereaux
Description:
Titles in English and French etched below image., Printmaker and publication information from first plate in series., Eighth plate from: Twelve London cries done from the life by P. Sandby. London, 1760., and Plate numbered "8" beneath lower right corner of image.
Publisher:
F. Vivarez and by P. Sandby
Subject (Topic):
Street vendors, Fishmongers, Baskets, Dogs, and Cats
