Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd as the act directs, A.D. 1769.
Call Number:
769.00.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an oval frame, a half-length portrait of woman with a black veil over her head looks left. In her right hand she holds a mask; around her neck is cross. She wears pearl earrings, pearls in her hair, and a strand hangs from the jeweled rose at her breast
Alternative Title:
Fair nun unmasked
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker identified in Chaloner Smith who based his description on the 1780 copy published by Sayer., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered '8' in lower left corner., Two lines of verse below title: On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore ... Pope., Reversed copy of this print was published in 1780., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume: masquerade dress -- Allusion to 'The Fair Nun' -- Literature: quotation from The rape of the lock, canto ii.7, by Alexander Pope, 1688-1744., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Accessories (Clothing & dress), Dancers, Jewelry, Masks, and Masquerades
Title from item., In lower right corner: Price 1 s. 6d., State without publication year and with price. Another state, with publication year and without price, is in the Morgan Library., Temporary local subject terms: Skeletons -- Female dress, 1769 -- Watches -- Literature about women -- Reference to Seramis of the North -- Reference to masquerades -- Reference to dancing -- Literature: quotations from John Gay -- Quotation from Thomas Otway., Watermark: countermark W., and Publication year inserted in contemporary hand as '1750'.
Publisher:
Pub. according to act of Parliament, 3dr of Octr., by MDarly, 39 Strand
Title from item., Below title: Engrav'd after an original picture of Mr. John Collett, in the possession of Mr. Smith., Later state, with part of the plate plate cut off at top resulting in removal of some design, and with publication date added to imprint. Cf. No. 4251 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Temporary local subject terms: Trades: dancing master -- Dancing -- Musical instruments: kit -- Furniture: side chair -- Pictures amplifying subject: monkey and cat dancing -- Architectural details: nailed floorboards.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, & Jno. Smith, No. 35 in Cheapside
A tall, thin old woman receives dance instruction from a small dancing master as he holds a violin in one hand. Above them a painting on the wall shows a monkey and a cat in a similarly engaged. Behind them on the right near the door, two young girls look at the scene smiling and whispering together. The room is empty except for a coat is thrown over a side chair; the wooden floorboards with nails are bare
Alternative Title:
Grown ladies taught to dance
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, & Jno. Smith, No. 35 in Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Allegories, Cats, Dance, Dancers, Monkeys, and Musical instruments
Title engraved 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 Temporary local subject terms: Lectures: philosophical lectures -- Furniture: bookshelves -- Spyglasses -- Literature: allusion to Aristotle, 348-322 B.C. -- Globes -- Astronomy -- Animals: goats -- Natural philosophy.
A laughing well-dressed man looks through a large round glass, his left hand in his pocket. A bailiff, standing to his left, puts his hand on the man's left arm while presenting him with a writ. In the background is a large, four-story building in front of which stands a sedan chair. From a building across the street hangs a large sign with Shakespeare's likeness, signed 'Shakespear.'
Description:
Title from item., Four lines of verse in two columns below image: Sir Fopling Flutter through his glass inspects the ladies as they pass ..., Lewis Walpole Library 769.00.00.08.1+: Subject identified in a later ms. note below plate as Charles Fleetwood, Manager of Drury Lane Theatre., and Temporary local subject terms: Eye-glasses: quizzing glass - Slang: 'fopling' -- Bailiffs -- Signboards -- Allusion to William Shakespeare -- Documents: writs -- Vehicles: sedan chair -- Literature: reference to The man of mode, or, Sr. Fopling Flutter by Sir George Etherege. 1635?-1691.
Publisher:
Published according to act in 1769, by John Bowles, at No. 13 in Cornhill, London
A laughing well-dressed man looks through a large round glass, his left hand in his pocket. A bailiff, standing to his left, puts his hand on the man's left arm while presenting him with a writ. In the background is a large, four-story building in front of which stands a sedan chair. From a building across the street hangs a large sign with Shakespeare's likeness, signed 'Shakespear.'
Description:
Title from item., Also published in 1769 by Carington Bowles., Publication date burnished from plate. Publication date inferred from Carington Bowles printing of 1769., Four lines of verse in two columns below image: Sir Fopling Flutter through his glass inspects the ladies as they pass ..., Identification of the subject as Charles Fleetwood, Manager of Drury Lane Theatre considered dubious by Chaloner Smith. See reference to another state in British mezzotinto portraits ... / by John Chaloner Smith. London : Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883, v.1, p. 217, no. 36, and Temporary local subject terms: Eye-glasses: quizzing glass - Slang: 'fopling' -- Bailiffs -- Signboards -- Allusion to William Shakespeare -- Documents: writs -- Vehicles: sedan chair -- Literature: reference to The man of mode, or, Sr. Fopling Flutter by Sir George Etherege. 1635?-1691.
Title etched below image., Probably by Philip Dawe. See Chaloner Smith., Subject identified in an unverified card catalog record as the Countess of Coventry., Reduced version of no. 21 in British mezzotinto portraits, v. 1, p. 158., and Temporary local subject terms: Female dress: lady's maid -- China: wash-bowls -- Soap.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Coventry, Maria Gunning Coventry, Countess of, 1733-1760