"A scene in the House of Commons. Burke stands on the shoulders of two seated members: his right foot is on the left shoulder of Powys, his left on the right shoulder of Sawbridge. His arms are crossed on his breast, his right arm clutching his left s...
Alternative Title:
Burke on the sublime and beautiful and ***** on the sublime and beautiful
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 6th April 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton S[tre]et
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Powys, Thomas, 1737-1809, and Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795
"A scene in the House of Commons. Burke stands on the shoulders of two seated members: his right foot is on the left shoulder of Powys, his left on the right shoulder of Sawbridge. His arms are crossed on his breast, his right arm clutching his left s...
Alternative Title:
Burke on the sublime and beautiful and ***** on the sublime and beautiful
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 6th April 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton S[tre]et
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Powys, Thomas, 1737-1809, and Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795
"A scene in the House of Commons. Burke stands on the shoulders of two seated members: his right foot is on the left shoulder of Powys, his left on the right shoulder of Sawbridge. His arms are crossed on his breast, his right arm clutching his left s...
Alternative Title:
Burke on the sublime and beautiful and ***** on the sublime and beautiful
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 6th April 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton S[tre]et
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Powys, Thomas, 1737-1809, and Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795
Volume 2, page 35. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An organ grinder turning angrily to left at the sight of a soldier placing his hand on the arm of a beautiful girl from his troupe playing the mechanical organ at left, his dog at his ankles reflecting his sentiment by growling at another at the sold...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 20th, 1785, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Street musicians, Organ grinders, Drums (Musical instruments), Soldiers, Monks, and Dogs
A view of a barber's shop with images of customers receiving various stages of services: shaving, hair cuts, care of wigs. Two dogs fight over a wig in the foreground
Volume 2, page 31. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A scene in a barber's shop during the Westminster Election of 1784. The centre figure is a man seated, full-face, swathed in a sheet, while a boy (left) applies tongs to his hair, which a man (right) is combing. From the pocket of the boy protrudes a...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, May 12, 1785, by J. Jones, Great Portland Street, & W. Dickenson [sic], No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805., Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Political elections, Barbers, Barbershops, Dogs, Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, Shaving equipment, and Wigs
Volume 2, page 31. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A scene in a barber's shop during the Westminster Election of 1784. The centre figure is a man seated, full-face, swathed in a sheet, while a boy (left) applies tongs to his hair, which a man (right) is combing. From the pocket of the boy protrudes a...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, May 12, 1785, by J. Jones, Great Portland Street, & W. Dickenson [sic], No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805., Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Political elections, Barbers, Barbershops, Dogs, Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, Shaving equipment, and Wigs
Volume 2, page 23. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three visitors regard with amusement a soldier who acts as barber. A soldier sits (left) outside a tent, his hair lank and undressed, his chin lathered, a cloth round his neck. The barber stands flourishing a razor; he is in full regimentals, wearing...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. June the 25th, 1784, by C. White, Stafford Row, Pimlico
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Military uniforms, Military officers, Soldiers, Tents, Barbering, Shaving equipment, Spades, Axes, Servants, Turbans, Riding habits, Whips, and Rifles
A lawyer wearing spectacles and with a feather pen in his mouth sits at a tall desk in his study while country bumkins solicit him with payment in dead animals and produce -- e.g., rabbits, fowl, and piglets. His clerk (behind him at the desk) smiles ...
Alternative Title:
Avocat de la campagne avec ses clients
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6912; a similar group of men in a similar room stand or sit at a rectangular table singing from a large music-book held open on the table. Punch-bowl, wine-bottle, glasses, pipes, a tumbler are on the t...
Alternative Title:
Allegresse
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Singing, Smoking, Pipes (Smoking), Wine, Drinking vessels, and Dogs
"Satire: a parson saying farewell to his family as he prepares to ride off on his unkempt horse to give a 'Charity Sermon'; they stand outside a thatched cottage on the right and a milestone indicates that they are 70 miles from London; their small bo...
Description:
Probable reissue of no. 3756 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, pt. 2. Original issue without imprint date; dated in the Catalogue ca. 1760.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69, St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the act directs
A fat parson stands in the grounds of a country house as a footman on the right doffs his hat to him and a dog jumps on him in greeting. A fashionably dressed young woman walks on the park grounds (left) and looks coyly back towards them; behind her ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the act directs
A fat parson stands in the grounds of a country house as a footman on the right doffs his hat to him and a dog jumps on him in greeting. A fashionably dressed young woman walks on the park grounds (left) and looks coyly back towards them; behind her ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the act directs
A fat parson stands in the grounds of a country house as a footman on the right doffs his hat to him and a dog jumps on him in greeting. A fashionably dressed young woman walks on the park grounds (left) and looks coyly back towards them; behind her ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
A man sits a tavern table facing left, his right arm raised as if making a strong point. On the table is tankard filled with a large head of froth; on the tankard are etched the words "Spotted Dog Holy Well sc." From his pocket a rolled document with...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797. and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Taxation, Politics and government, Beer, Debates, Drinking vessels, and Taverns (Inns)
"Social satire: a crowd of invalids and loungers on the North Parade in Bath."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Bath (England),
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Health resorts, City & town life, Terraces, Crowds, Staffs (Sticks), Wheelchairs, People with disabilities, Umbrellas, Wheelbarrows, and Street vendors
"Social satire: a crowd of invalids and loungers on the North Parade in Bath."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Bath (England),
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Health resorts, City & town life, Terraces, Crowds, Staffs (Sticks), Wheelchairs, People with disabilities, Umbrellas, Wheelbarrows, and Street vendors
"Fox (left) standing on English soil, and Hervey, Bishop of Deny (right), standing on land representing Ireland, embrace across a narrow piece of water inscribed 'St George's Channel'. The bishop resembles, and is probably copied from, the figure in B...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1st August 1785 by Thos. Cornel [sic], Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Bristol, Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th earl of, Bp. of Derry, 1730-1803, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Clergy, Bishops, Ships, Fires, and Torches
"Fox (left) standing on English soil, and Hervey, Bishop of Deny (right), standing on land representing Ireland, embrace across a narrow piece of water inscribed 'St George's Channel'. The bishop resembles, and is probably copied from, the figure in B...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1st August 1785 by Thos. Cornel [sic], Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Bristol, Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th earl of, Bp. of Derry, 1730-1803, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Clergy, Bishops, Ships, Fires, and Torches
"Fox (left) standing on English soil, and Hervey, Bishop of Deny (right), standing on land representing Ireland, embrace across a narrow piece of water inscribed 'St George's Channel'. The bishop resembles, and is probably copied from, the figure in B...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1st August 1785 by Thos. Cornel [sic], Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Bristol, Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th earl of, Bp. of Derry, 1730-1803, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Clergy, Bishops, Ships, Fires, and Torches
"Fox (left) standing on English soil, and Hervey, Bishop of Deny (right), standing on land representing Ireland, embrace across a narrow piece of water inscribed 'St George's Channel'. The bishop resembles, and is probably copied from, the figure in B...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1st August 1785 by Thos. Cornel [sic], Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Bristol, Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th earl of, Bp. of Derry, 1730-1803, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Clergy, Bishops, Ships, Fires, and Torches
"Lunardi, slim and handsome, walks diagonally towards the spectator from the right, supported on a staff, his left hand held out as if begging. On his back is his collapsed balloon, a large bundle from which project a net and two oars or propellers. H...
"A clumsy and ramshackle two-wheeled chaise numbered '63', with a folding hood (raised) and a broken wheel, is driven (left to right) along the sea-shore. The driver sits on the hind-quarters of the horse, flourishing his whip; the reins are of rope. ...
An Italian family, in a poverty-stricken room, practise for opera. A young man stands full-face, singing, his fingers interlaced across his chest. He wears an open, ruffled shirt, awaistcoat, breeches, and ungartered stockings. To his right an old man...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 1785 by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho. Sold by W. Hinton, No. 5 Sweeting Alley, Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Vulpius, Christian August, 1762-1827, Paisiello, Giovanni, 1740-1816, and Vestris, Auguste, 1760-1842
Subject (Topic):
Children, Families, Italian, Mothers, Musical instruments, Musicians, and Singing
An Italian family, in a poverty-stricken room, practise for opera. A young man stands full-face, singing, his fingers interlaced across his chest. He wears an open, ruffled shirt, awaistcoat, breeches, and ungartered stockings. To his right an old man...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 1785 by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho. Sold by W. Hinton, No. 5 Sweeting Alley, Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Vulpius, Christian August, 1762-1827, Paisiello, Giovanni, 1740-1816, and Vestris, Auguste, 1760-1842
Subject (Topic):
Children, Families, Italian, Mothers, Musical instruments, Musicians, and Singing
"[Left image] One of two designs on the same plate, see BMSat 6864. A cobbler (left) preaches in a bare, raftered room with a casement window. He stands behind a reading-desk on which is a large, open book, leaning forward, pointing, gesticulating, an...
Alternative Title:
Essay on the sublime and beautiful
Description:
Two images on one plate, each individually titled below.
Publisher:
Pub. April 10, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Casement windows, Podiums, Public speaking, and Shoemakers
"[Left image] One of two designs on the same plate, see British Museum Satires No. 6864. A cobbler (left) preaches in a bare, raftered room with a casement window. He stands behind a reading-desk on which is a large, open book, leaning forward, pointi...
Alternative Title:
Essay on the sublime and beautiful
Description:
Titles from text etched below each image.
Publisher:
T. Cornell
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Casement windows, Desks, Public speaking, and Shoemakers
"Pitt lies prone on a whipping-block; Fox (left) holds up his coat-tails in his left hand, while he raises a birch-rod in his right, Pitt's bare posteriors being much scarred. Pitt says, "This is a question of feeling not Argumt"."--British Museum onl...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd by E. Jackson, Mary le bone Street
Subject (Geographic):
England) and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament
"The trunk of a tree projects horizontally from a trestle on which it rests. Within its circumference is the head of Lord Sydney, in profile to the right, facing the point of an auger with which a judge (Loughborough), whose head is in back-view, is b...
Alternative Title:
Boring a secret of state
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, and Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Logs, and Drilling & boring machinery
"The trunk of a tree projects horizontally from a trestle on which it rests. Within its circumference is the head of Lord Sydney, in profile to the right, facing the point of an auger with which a judge (Loughborough), whose head is in back-view, is b...
Alternative Title:
Boring a secret of state
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, and Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Logs, and Drilling & boring machinery
"The trunk of a tree projects horizontally from a trestle on which it rests. Within its circumference is the head of Lord Sydney, in profile to the right, facing the point of an auger with which a judge (Loughborough), whose head is in back-view, is b...
Alternative Title:
Boring a secret of state
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, and Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Logs, and Drilling & boring machinery
"Five elderly barristers are grouped round an oblong table on which are writing-materials; all wear large tie-wigs. The client sits 'chapeau-bras', hands on knees, in an arm-chair (left), listening with gaping mouth and stupidly eager expression. He a...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Oct. 17, 1793, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly ...
"A mail-coach, driven right to left, is overturning, the off back wheel having fallen off. The near horse is falling, the other rears violently. The driver has dropped the reins and holds up his arms; he is hidden by the guard seated on his left who f...
Alternative Title:
Persons and property protected
Description:
Title from text above and below image.
Publisher:
Published by S.W. Fores Carracature [sic] Ware-House, No. 3 Piccadilly, London
"A party of revellers gathered in a cosy room by a fireplace, under the jolly gaze of the slightly grotesque hosts who sit grinning at centre, looking out to the viewer; the forfeit has just been announced that a young countryman ('Ralph Jones') shoul...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Bowls (Tableware), Cats, Dogs, Fireplaces, Holidays, Kissing, Mirrors, and Tables
"A party of revellers gathered in a cosy room by a fireplace, under the jolly gaze of the slightly grotesque hosts who sit grinning at centre, looking out to the viewer; the forfeit has just been announced that a young countryman ('Ralph Jones') shoul...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Bowls (Tableware), Cats, Dogs, Fireplaces, Holidays, Kissing, Mirrors, and Tables
"A scene in the House of Commons. Pitt stands by the table in back view, right arm held out, his head turned to address Fox. Fox (right) and North are seated on the front Opposition bench; Fox, wearing his hat and holding a stick, bites his fingers an...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 17th March 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, Hatsell, John, 1743-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Politicians, Public speaking, Benches, and Staffs (Sticks)
"A scene in the House of Commons. Pitt stands by the table in back view, right arm held out, his head turned to address Fox. Fox (right) and North are seated on the front Opposition bench; Fox, wearing his hat and holding a stick, bites his fingers an...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 17th March 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, Hatsell, John, 1743-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Politicians, Public speaking, Benches, and Staffs (Sticks)
"A scene in the House of Commons. Pitt stands by the table in back view, right arm held out, his head turned to address Fox. Fox (right) and North are seated on the front Opposition bench; Fox, wearing his hat and holding a stick, bites his fingers an...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 17th March 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, Hatsell, John, 1743-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Politicians, Public speaking, Benches, and Staffs (Sticks)
Volume 2, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A wooded scene in the immediate suburbs of London, with St. Paul's in the background. Two 'cits' with guns prepare to fire, since their dog points at a bush, behind which, concealed from the sportsmen, squats a man excreting (left). A man holding a p...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Septr. 1st, 1785, by J. Jones, No. 63 Great Portland Street, Marylebone
"A fat man (left) seated in an arm-chair, his swathed left leg supported on a stool, his crutches and an open 'Treatise on Gout' beside him. A meretricious-looking young woman bends over him, putting her right hand on his right shoulder and holding hi...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 30th - 1785 - by J.R. Smith, No. 83 - Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Prostitutes, Servants, Wine, Crutches, Dogs, and Cats
"Two officers of high rank sit together in a cabin, gambling intently at cup (actually spike) and ball. One (left) wears a star; the other, who is older and stouter, watches the dangling ball held by his companion. At their feet is a pile of coins on ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1st, 1802, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
"Two officers of high rank sit together in a cabin, gambling intently at cup (actually spike) and ball. One (left) wears a star; the other, who is older and stouter, watches the dangling ball held by his companion. At their feet is a pile of coins on ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1st, 1802, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
"Two officers of high rank sit together in a cabin, gambling intently at cup (actually spike) and ball. One (left) wears a star; the other, who is older and stouter, watches the dangling ball held by his companion. At their feet is a pile of coins on ...
"Between Fox and Surrey, Powys, the second violin, is seated on the ground, looking with an agonized expression (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6413) towards Fox, the first violin. From Fox's pocket hangs a paper: 'Irish Propositions set to music for ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published [the] 7th June 1785 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Lilford, Thomas Powys, Baron, 1743-1800, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, and Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814
Subject (Topic):
Trained animals, Concerts, and Musical instruments
"Between Fox and Surrey, Powys, the second violin, is seated on the ground, looking with an agonized expression (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6413) towards Fox, the first violin. From Fox's pocket hangs a paper: 'Irish Propositions set to music for ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published [the] 7th June 1785 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Lilford, Thomas Powys, Baron, 1743-1800, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, and Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814
Subject (Topic):
Trained animals, Concerts, and Musical instruments
"Between Fox and Surrey, Powys, the second violin, is seated on the ground, looking with an agonized expression (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6413) towards Fox, the first violin. From Fox's pocket hangs a paper: 'Irish Propositions set to music for ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published [the] 7th June 1785 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Lilford, Thomas Powys, Baron, 1743-1800, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, and Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814
Subject (Topic):
Trained animals, Concerts, and Musical instruments
"[Left image] The Prince of Wales (right), wearing his star, kneels at the feet of a lady (left), his right hand holds her left hand, his left hand is on his breast. The lady wears a large feathered hat and has some resemblance to the Duchess of Devon...
Description:
Titles etched below images.
Publisher:
Pub. March 18, 1790 by S.W. Fores, N. 3, Piccadilly
Leaf 10. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6790. Fox in the foreground (right) leans back disconsolately in a low chair; in his right hand is an empty purse, in the left 'Pitts Speech'. Beside him in his upturned hat are a dice-box and dice. On ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Apl. 25th, 1785, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
"A companion print to BMSat 6790. Fox in the foreground (right) leans back disconsolately in a low chair; in his right hand is an empty purse, in the left 'Pitts Speech'. Beside him in his upturned hat are a dice-box and dice. On the left Burke, strip...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Apl. 25th, 1785, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
"A companion print to BMSat 6790. Fox in the foreground (right) leans back disconsolately in a low chair; in his right hand is an empty purse, in the left 'Pitts Speech'. Beside him in his upturned hat are a dice-box and dice. On the left Burke, strip...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Apl. 25th, 1785, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
"An eloping couple drive headlong in a coach and four (right to left) pursued by an angry father on a galloping horse who shakes his whip at them. He is followed by three grooms on horseback. The man leans from the off window of the coach, the lady fr...
"An eloping couple drive headlong in a coach and four (right to left) pursued by an angry father on a galloping horse who shakes his whip at them. He is followed by three grooms on horseback. The man leans from the off window of the coach, the lady fr...
"A young man, his arm around the waist of a coy young woman, whispers in her ear and gestures towards the cover of a wood at left, at the edge of which they stand; in the mid-distance at right, another man rides away from the wood, leading a riderless...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 30th, 1785, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
"[Top image] A lady (left) and a yeomanry officer (right), both three-quarter length, sit side by side. She has an open music-book on her lap, and gazes at him. He wears a high feather-trimmed cap, short tunic, and sabre, and is playing a flute. [Bott...
Description:
Titles etched below images.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 15th, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Stt
"[Top image] A lady (left) and a yeomanry officer (right), both three-quarter length, sit side by side. She has an open music-book on her lap, and gazes at him. He wears a high feather-trimmed cap, short tunic, and sabre, and is playing a flute. [Bott...
Description:
Titles etched below images.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 15th, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Stt
"[Top image] A lady (left) and a yeomanry officer (right), both three-quarter length, sit side by side. She has an open music-book on her lap, and gazes at him. He wears a high feather-trimmed cap, short tunic, and sabre, and is playing a flute. [Bott...
Description:
Titles etched below images.
Publisher:
Pubd. 12th Augt. 1785 by T. Smith, No. 6 Wardour Street, Soho
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Military officers, Flutes, Hugging, and Kissing
"Design in an oval. half length portrait of Pitt in the House of Commons, standing at the table on which are books and two documents inscribed 'Parliamentary Reform' and 'Commutation Act'. Three shadowy seated figures watch him: Fox (left) says, "Oh t...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 18, 1785, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
"The interior of an artist's studio. A young man is seated in an armchair at his easel, with palette and brushes. On the canvas is a classical scene: a goddess surrounded by naked infants. His nude model (right) reclines sleepily on a sofa (right), ho...
"The interior of an artist's studio. A young man is seated in an armchair at his easel, with palette and brushes. On the canvas is a classical scene: a goddess surrounded by naked infants. His nude model (right) reclines sleepily on a sofa (right), ho...
"Gilpin gallops (right to left) past the 'Bell' at Edmonton. His wife leans from the balcony over the door. With her are three children and a woman holding an infant. Two horsemen are in pursuit, one holds up Gilpin's wig. A spaniel barks. The inn app...
Alternative Title:
John Gilpin's return from war
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Chasing, Dogs, Families, Horseback riding, Horses, and Taverns (Inns)
The profiles of an elderly and ugly pair, registering hostile anxiety, meet, their tongues touching, while between them is a punch-bowl. Just above their heads two doves bill on a branch
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 23 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Bowls (Tableware), Couples, Doves, Kissing, and Older people
The profiles of an elderly and ugly pair, registering hostile anxiety, meet, their tongues touching, while between them is a punch-bowl. Just above their heads two doves bill on a branch
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 23 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Bowls (Tableware), Couples, Doves, Kissing, and Older people
Leaf 10. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6791. Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North (left), seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pa...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1785, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Yawning, Public speaking, Sewing, Interiors, Poverty, Chairs, Stools, Mirrors, Bellows, Lanterns, Spiders, and Cobwebs
"A companion print to BMSat 6791. Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North (left), seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pair of bellows, emblem...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1785, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Verso of leaf 91. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6791. Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North (left), seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pa...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1785, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Yawning, Public speaking, Sewing, Interiors, Poverty, Chairs, Stools, Mirrors, Bellows, Lanterns, Spiders, and Cobwebs
"A companion print to BMSat 6791. Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North (left), seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pair of bellows, emblem...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1785, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Verso of leaf 91. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6791. Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North (left), seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pa...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1785, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Yawning, Public speaking, Sewing, Interiors, Poverty, Chairs, Stools, Mirrors, Bellows, Lanterns, Spiders, and Cobwebs
"Two designs on one plate. Top (BMSat 6868): A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep....
Alternative Title:
Nap in town
Description:
Title etched below images. Each image signed and dated in image and each with an imprint statement below.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
"Two designs on one plate. Top (British Museum Satires No. 6868): A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in th...
Alternative Title:
Nap in the country ; Nap in town
Description:
Titles etched below images.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
Leaf 54. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two designs on one plate. Top (British Museum Satires No. 6868): A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in th...
Alternative Title:
Nap in the country ; Nap in town
Description:
Titles etched below images.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho and Field & Tuer
"Two designs on one plate. Top (BMSat 6868): A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep....
Alternative Title:
Nap in town
Description:
Title etched below images. Each image signed and dated in image and each with an imprint statement below.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
"Two designs on one plate. Top (BMSat 6868): A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep....
Alternative Title:
Nap in town
Description:
Title etched below images. Each image signed and dated in image and each with an imprint statement below.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
Two designs on the same plate. Upper design: A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep....
Alternative Title:
Nap in town
Description:
Lettered beneath each image with title; lettering within image on upper design: "Rowlandson. 1785."; below lower design: "London Pubd by S.Alken, No.3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho".
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
"Two men, much caricatured, with large heads, in consultation. Both are fashionably dressed, and wear hats; one (l.), standing full face, wears spurred boots, the other, standing in profile to the left., wears buckled shoes."--British Museum online ca...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed & published as the act directs, Octr. 20, 1785, by W. Hinton, copper plate printer, No. 5 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange, engraving and printing in general
