"Satire on the professions of medicine, law and the church with three practitioners in a well furnished interior disputing which is the superior; each wears the dress of his profession. The lawyer holds a sealed document; the clergyman a book letterd ...
"A satire on William Pitt on his accepting office in government showing him reacting in horror to the sight of the ghost of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough who appears in her shroud saying “Furies Wheres my 10000 £”, in one hand she holds a paper letter...
Alternative Title:
The ghost of a Duchess to William Pitt Esqr
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publishd. for L. Raymond
Subject (Name):
Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714, Marlborough, Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of, 1660-1744, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
"In a room, a group watching as a man sitting at a round table builds a house of cards, which tumbles down as a figure leans in at right, the man and a man standing in outdoor clothes behind looks at him with dismay; in the right foreground two young ...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Robert Sayer
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Children, Dogs, Drawing rooms, Furniture, Interiors, Playing cards, Screens, Tables, and Toys
"Satire on the affair of Admiral Byng, showing his ghost appearing to Newcastle, Anson and Hardwicke who are seen through a transparent screen."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764
An elderly man and woman are sitting in armchairs in front of a cottage, each smoking a pipe. The woman holds a glass, the man a pitcher. They are surrounded by farm animals. A beehive, a birdcage and birdhouses are in the background
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Jno. Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill
Subject (Topic):
Dwellings, Livestock, Birdcages, Birdhouses, Beehives, Chairs, and Windmills
"A satire on marriage; An old man seated with one leg bandaged and raised on chair in front of him, being attended to by a maid; behind him his young wife is locked in an embrace with her younger lover."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Adultery, Women domestics, Medical equipment & supplies, Medicines, Crutches, Clocks & watches, Draperies, Birdcages, Parrots, Chairs, and Bells
Two chairs drawn from images in the stained glass at Strawberry Hill, with a note in the lower right corner in ink: "The height of the seat will determine the scale." Additional details and notes in pencil throughout
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink in upper right corner above drawings.
