The interior of barber shop: On the left a man stands before a mirror, face contorted as he wipes his jaw, unaware of the boy behind him pointing and laughing at him as he holds the man's pigtail in his hand. Another customer is shown in the center seated on a chair, the barber behind him about to cut off his pigtail as well. The third man sits in a chair on the right, reading a newspaper; his lower head is also shorn of its pigtail. The room show other customers as well as stands for wigs. Above the door on the right hangs a sign "R. Crop'em, hair dresser", a second sign beneath reads "Shave for a penny. Crop for two penny." Through the window on the left in the back, is a display of ladies' hats
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 8, 1791, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Volume 2, page 78. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: Annals of horsemanship ... London : Printed for W. Dickinson ..., 1791., Text below title: Ingrediturq solo & caput inter nubila condit., For a brief mention of the illustrations to Annals of horsemanship, see page 446 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted on page 78 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 25, 1791, by W. Dickinson, No. 24 Old Bond Street
"Two racing men in consultation on a race-course, with horses, jockeys, and a post-chaise in the background (left). They lean against a paling in front of the gable-end of a wooden barn or stable. One (left), with short unpowdered hair, wears a high-crowned hat and a long coat with many capes, he holds a riding-whip and a 'List of the Horses' printed in three columns and headed by a print of horses leaving the starting-post. The other wears a cocked hat, powdered hair or wig, and holds a 'Betting Book' and pencil-case in his right hand. Both wear spurred top-boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., After Robert Dighton. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '607' in lower left corner., No. 44 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering., and 1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; plate mark 35.2 x 25.2, on sheet 38.6 x 27.1 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Fences, Gambling, Horse racing, Race horses, Racetracks, and Stables
"Two racing men in consultation on a race-course, with horses, jockeys, and a post-chaise in the background (left). They lean against a paling in front of the gable-end of a wooden barn or stable. One (left), with short unpowdered hair, wears a high-crowned hat and a long coat with many capes, he holds a riding-whip and a 'List of the Horses' printed in three columns and headed by a print of horses leaving the starting-post. The other wears a cocked hat, powdered hair or wig, and holds a 'Betting Book' and pencil-case in his right hand. Both wear spurred top-boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., After Robert Dighton. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate numbered '607' in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Fences, Gambling, Horse racing, Race horses, Racetracks, and Stables
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 September 1791]
Call Number:
791.09.02.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A French patriot, wearing a cocked hat with large tricolor cockage, rests his hand on a bludgeon; from his pocket issues the "Rights of Man. Paine". In the background a noose dangles from a lamppost on which is fixed a bleeding head"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., and Mounted to 37 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Septr. 2, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N.3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
Subject (Topic):
Decapitations, History, Gallows, Nooses, and Street lights
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Bourbon Family Compact treaty, 15 August 1761 -- Berkeley Square: Lansdowne House -- Joseph Jekyll, M.P., as a monkey -- John Morris, M.P., as a bear -- Bears -- Monkeys., Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with initials G R below., and Mounted to 32 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 26, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Jekyll, Joseph, 1754-1837
Subject (Topic):
Great Britain, Politics and government, and Trained animals
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Lorgnettes -- Seals -- Slang: dock., and Mounted to 37 x 20 cm.
A simple-looking countryman scratches his head as he stands between a solicitor and a barrister in front of Westminster Hall; the solicitor, on the left, taps his nose and grins towards the viewer. The barrister with a watch and chain with fobs hanging from his vest holds four documents tied with string in his left hand. Two barristers are seen entering Westminster Hall in the distance (left). In the center of the design, lower edge, the title is represented by musical notations for sharps and flats -- a flat between two sharps
Description:
Title from text below image., Design attributed to Dighton., Verse below title: Law is like a fashion, folks are bewitched to get into it. It is also like bad weather, most people are very glad when they get out of it., Companion print to: A sharp between two flats., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered '605' in lower left corner., Later issue of No. 3763 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., No. 43 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Westminster Hall (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Clocks & watches, Clothing & dress, Customer relations, and Lawyers
A simple-looking countryman scratches his head as he stands between a solicitor and a barrister in front of Westminster Hall; the solicitor, on the left, taps his nose and grins towards the viewer. The barrister with a watch and chain with fobs hanging from his vest holds four documents tied with string in his left hand. Two barristers are seen entering Westminster Hall in the distance (left). In the center of the design, lower edge, the title is represented by musical notations for sharps and flats -- a flat between two sharps
Description:
Title from text below image., Design attributed to Dighton., Verse below title: Law is like a fashion, folks are bewitched to get into it. It is also like bad weather, most people are very glad when they get out of it., Companion print to: A sharp between two flats., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered '605' in lower left corner., Later issue of No. 3763 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., 1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; sheet 34 x 25 cm, mounted to 35 x 26 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, resulting in partial loss of imprint and plate number., and Music notes below image removed.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Westminster Hall (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Clocks & watches, Clothing & dress, Customer relations, and Lawyers
"Sir William Chambers sits in profile to the left at a small round table; on it is a house of cards which is falling in pieces. From his pocket protrudes a paper inscribed 'Art of', scored through, followed by 'Grant of Parlt'. Beside him on the ground (right) is a large book or portfolio: 'Art of Building and Rebuilding or Palladia improved by S---W---C'. Other papers (left) are 'Affidavit It was only a crack signed - Adam [and] Wyat' and 'Bills for the repairing S. H." On the wall are three pictures: (left to right) (1) a rock entitled 'Inigo Jones', (2) a picture in a broken frame: 'The House that Jack built', a view of the north (Strand) front of Somerset House, (3) 'A Ruin A View on the Thames', a picture of the south front of Somerset House in ruins."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Great architect modelling, Sr W- in his study, and Sir William in his study
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: House of cards -- Furniture: round pedestal tables -- Pictures amplifying subject: Somerset House -- Parliament grants -- River Thames -- Affidavits -- Reference to cracks in the Somerset House structure -- Allusion to Inigo Jones's work on Somerset House -- Allusion to Robert Adam, 1728-1792 -- Allusion to James Adam, 1730-1794 -- Allusion to Sir John Thynne, d. 1580 -- Allusion to Andrea Palladio, 1508-1580., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with initials GR below.
