Verse - "Is there never a man in all Scotland,". - In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the first and second as well as the third and fourth columns are separated by plain rules., Mounted on leaf 61. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Scotland
Subject (Name):
Armstrong, John, d. 1528
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Ballads, English, War, Battle casualties, Soldiers, Armies, and History
On the left, a meagre Scotchman shown full-length in rags, scratching between his fingers and scratching himself against a sign-post. In the distance is on a hill is Edinburgh Castle. To the right, under a tavern sign with a picture of an ox and the words "Roast & Boil'd" stands a well-dressed, well-fed Englishman holding a large pot of "London Porter". He leans against a post; behind him is St. Paul's in the distance
Alternative Title:
North and South of Great Britain
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Francesco Bartolozzi, after a painting by Paul Sandby. See British Museum catalogue., Formerly attributed to William Hogarth., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in R. Paulson's Hogarth's graphic works., and On page 207 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Published June the 11th 1781 at the Ancient & Modern Print Warehouse, No. 28 in the Hay Market by A. Torre and I. Thane
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland, England., England, and Scotland.
Subject (Topic):
Relations, Ethnic stereotypes, and Signs (Notices)
On the left, a meagre Scotchman shown full-length in rags, scratching between his fingers and scratching himself against a sign-post. In the distance is on a hill is Edinburgh Castle. To the right, under a tavern sign with a picture of an ox and the words "Roast & Boil'd" stands a well-dressed, well-fed Englishman holding a large pot of "London Porter". He leans against a post; behind him is St. Paul's in the distance
Alternative Title:
North and South of Great Britain
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Francesco Bartolozzi, after a painting by Paul Sandby. See British Museum catalogue and later state., Formerly attributed to William Hogarth., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in R. Paulson's Hogarth's graphic works., On page 207 in volume 3., and Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Mr. Nichols's Book, 3d, edit., p. 407.
Publisher:
Published June the 11th 1781 at the Ancient & Modern Print Warehouse, No. 28 in the Hay Market by A. Torre and I. Thane
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland, England., England, and Scotland.
Subject (Topic):
Relations, Ethnic stereotypes, and Signs (Notices)
"An Edinburgh wynd or close. A man seated on a bucket is using it as a latrine. A man holding a bucket stands behind him, screening him with his cloak, and turning round to call "Haud your Hond Lossie" to a woman who is emptying a bucket of filth from a first-floor window. A man is seated on the ground on the right by a steaming cauldron, across which is a large spoon. He is calling "Twa dips & a wallop for a Baubee". The men are in Highland dress. Beneath the title is engraved: "Yi dunna ken what I can dee For I can set ye doon & cure ye tee"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1st 1781 by J. Langham, St Brides Passage Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
Refuse disposal, Privies, City & town life, and Clothing & dress
"Half length portrait in profile to the left of a man holding a music score. He is fat and smiling, and wears his own scanty hair. After the title is engraved, "Singing Psalms of a Morning and over a Bowl of Punch Scotch Tunes at Night.""--British Museum online catalog
Alternative Title:
Mr. Campbell the jolly presenter of the Cannongate Kirk in Edinburgh
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Gillray by T. Haviland Burke and D. Perrins., Date from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
"A girl standing in the middle of a circle of spectators in a village, wearing a veil and with her arms outstretched as if partaking in a game, the group including a figure in kilt in the left foreground and a shepherd behind, a church(?) tower visible above trees behind and landscape beyond at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Kate of Aberdeen and Scene in the Scottish Highlands
Description:
Title from text below image., "It is assumed that the inscribed engraver's name is a mistake, and should read 'P.W. Tomkins'"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed to a circular shape with loss of all text apart from the statements of responsibility. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1870,1008.36., Eight lines of verse below title, beginning: "Now Blithsom oer the dewy mead ...", and Mounted on page 33 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs March 4, 1782, by T. Macklin, No. 30 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Villages, Country life, Celebrations, and Shepherds
On the right, the representatives of George III gathered on a dais under an ornate canopy with the King's initials on it, preside over a session of the Assembly. In the foreground, the ministers of the Church of Scotland are engaged in discussion and reviewing of documents. The surrounding pews are occupied by petitioners and their attorneys while the general public views the proceedings from the galleries above
Alternative Title:
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Hugh Paton, Carver & Gilder to the Queen
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland. and Scotland
Subject (Name):
Church of Scotland. General Assembly.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Judicial proceedings, Courtrooms, and Clothing & dress
Five poverty-stricken Scotsmen are depicted walking to attend Parliament, four having crossed the Tweed river, the one on the furthest left about to cross. He is labelled "famine", the next two in the center are dancing a reel, and further to the right another (possibly Dundas) carries his breeches on a pole. The figure on the far right is leaning on two sticks. He is possibly Lord Adam Gordon
Description:
Title from item. and Mounted to 28 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as [the] act directs Jany. 1784 by J. Smith & sold at No. 66 Drury Lane
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland
Subject (Name):
Gordon, Adam, Lord, approximately 1726-1801. and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811.
Subject (Topic):
National characteristics, Scottish, Poverty, Walking, and Clothing & dress
Lord Monboddo is seated at a writing table in his study regarding the viewer intently
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay, 1837., and Printmaker from no. 6694 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires
The figures are identified as John Campbell and Alexander Campell, with the Edinburgh character Baillie Duff, a blind Irish piper, Meek, and a fish-horn blower. This print was produced in response to Alexander Campbell's publication of a print that satirized John Kay, "A Medley of Musicians"; cf. British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Let puppy's bark and asses bray, each dog and cur will have his day
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Name):
Campbell, John, -1795. and Campbell, Alexander, 1764-1824.
