An assembly of men from a variety of walks of life assemble in a town square as a soldier prepares training. A small group of boys (right) whisper at their ineptitude
Description:
Title from caption below image., In stone, at lower left: Designed & executed on stone by D.C. Johnston No. 13 Franklin Street Boston., In stone, at lower right: Lith of Pendleton, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
A receipt on engraved letterhead with a vignette demonstrating the creation of wallpaper and with the name and address of the merchant (Grant); receipt made out to Mr. Bowen (Bowers?), dated 1 June 1820, and signed by Chs. Grant. Also engraved in vignette is the name of the merchant and a patriotic appeal: "Grant, paper-stainer, near the Old Market, Boston ... Americans encourage the manufactories of your country if you wish for its prosperity."
[London?] : publishd according to act of Parliament, [1770]
Call Number:
Drawer 770.00.00.22.1
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
, Massachusetts, as a European city and shows the
Description:
Title from item. and Three columns of "References" below title, explaining persons and objects numbered in the design: No. 1. Represents Ld B--e on [the] coast of France in [the] character of Doctor Franklin ...
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Massachusetts
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Grenville, George, 1712-1770, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Politics & government, Government officials, Scales, Manners & customs, Industrial productivity, and History
Portrait of David Garrick, seated at a desk, with his wife standing behind him, reaching to grasp the pen that he is holding in his right hand and "Portrait of David Garrick, three-quarter length, seated at a writing table, to the left, looking at viewer, his head supported by right hand, which also holds a quill, his right elbow resting on table; pointing down to the right with left hand; behind him his wife stands, reaching over the back of the chair towards the desk with her right hand, looking down towards Garrick."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Massachusetts Historical Society, call no.: Special
Publisher:
Published for the proprietors
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779,, Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822,, Garrick, David, 1717-1779., and Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822.