"Portrait of Sir William Morice, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing brocaded jacket with lace collar; in an ornamental oval on a pedestal with draped curtain beyond"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir William Morice
Description:
Title from text within image. and Text printed below image: In the Collection of Sr. William Morice Bart.
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parlmt., Aug. 26, 1747.
Call Number:
747.08.26.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An intoxicated young man walks to the right, his eyes shut and head slumped to one side. He is supported by an older woman, his arm over her shoulders, as she holds his hat in her left hand. A younger woman on the man's right is picking his pocket with her left hand as, with her right hand, she gracefully lifts her skirts above the cobblestone street. A link-boy with a torch leads the way to the right. In the distance another link-boy is running also toward the right. In the distance is a statue of Charles I on horseback
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Possibly based on the character of the Irish Teague from Sir Robert Howard's play, The committee. See Goodwin.
Publisher:
Sold by T. Jefferys at the corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross and W. Herbert at the Golden Globe on London Bridge
Subject (Name):
Howard, Robert, Sir, 1626-1698
Subject (Topic):
Children, Ethnic stereotypes, Intoxication, and Pickpockets
"View of the palace from the surrounding formal gardens; a brick wall dividing gardens, a fountain and paths in gardens outside palace to the left; in the foreground two trees to the right, figures strolling amongst it and in formal gardens to the left and beyond."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print of identical composition
Alternative Title:
Palais Royale de Hampton Court
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication based on Robert Sayer's earliest year of activity. The address "near Sergeants Inn, Fleet Street" only appears on his very early prints; see British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 87, no. 9., Plate numbered "7" in upper right corner., and Leaf 52 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Richmond upon Thames (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Hampton Court (Richmond upon Thames, London, England),
View of Windsor Castle from across the river Thames, with boats on the water and two swans to the left. Three men with fishing poles and two women are seen on the bank in the foreground; a tree stands on the right
Alternative Title:
Palais Royale de Windsor
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication based on Robert Sayer's earliest year of activity. The address "near Sergeants Inn, Fleet Street" only appears on his very early prints; see British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 87, no. 9., Imperfect; plate number erased from upper right corner of sheet. Missing number supplied from impression in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession no.: 29635:13., Plate numbered "8" in upper right corner., Watermark: 1804., and Leaf 19 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Berkshire (England) and Thames River (England),
Subject (Name):
Windsor Castle,
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces, Official residences, Rivers, and Boats
Title from caption above image., Attribution to John June from an unverified card catalog record., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Twelve lines of verse in three columns below image: Ye smarts whose merit lies in dress take warning by a beaux distress ..., Temporary local subject terms: London: Holywell Street, Strand -- Street scenes: The Strand -- Buildings: Temple Bar -- Signboards: Trades -- Street stalls -- Butchers' shops -- Fishmongers' shops -- Butchers -- Signs: ship -- Bunch of grapes -- Practical jokes -- Animals: dogs -- Crowds: pedestrian crowds -- Flowerpots: pots on windowsills -- Dandies -- Female dress, 1747 -- Male dress, 1747., Watermark: Strasburg bend., and Window mounted to 27 x 34 cm.
"Scene of the dual from David Garrick's play 'Miss in her Teens'; two men duelling, behind them two women berate the fighting men, the lady on the left claims "On my words he is a bully", and the lady on the right addressing the man on the right claims "Is all your fury gone Mr Flash"; all whole length."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Modern duel
Description:
Title etched below image., Added title from British Museum catalogue: The modern duel. (No. 3)., Publication information from the the magazine in which this plate appeared., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: The London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed for R. Baldwin, 1747, v.1, p. 200., and Mounted to 23 x 29 cm.
"View in Cheapside, looking down the wide street with the church on the right, the old shop signs over-hanging the pavements on either side."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print of identical composition
Alternative Title:
Eglise de St. Marie le Bow dans Cheapside, London
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication based on Robert Sayer's earliest year of activity. The address "near Sergeants Inn, Fleet Street" only appears on his very early prints; see British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of the city of London and public buildings therein, accurately engraved from the originals taken on the spot", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 86, no. 8., Plate numbered "10" in upper right corner., Watermark: Curteis & Son 1806., and Leaf 41 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Cheapside (London, England),, England, and London.
Title engraved above image., Four lines of song in two columns below image: Lullaby baby bunting, your daddy's gone a hunting ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Elections: Westminster elections, 1747 -- Election procession -- Effigies: K.B. -- Newspapers: Whitehall Evening Post; Westminster Journal -- Trades: chimney sweepers -- Tools: chimney sweeper's implements -- Butchers -- Cleavers -- Furniture: cradle -- Language: crazy meaninn infirm -- Signs -- Jacobites -- Uniforms: beefeater's uniform -- Sir Thomas Dyke -- Mr. Butcher, "Two-Shilling" Butcher., and Watermark: countermark IV.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Stafford, Granville Leveson-Gower, Marquess of, 1721-1803, Warren, Peter, Sir, 1703-1752, Clarges, Thomas, Sir, 1688-1759, Phillips, John, 1701-1763, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, and Egmont, John Perceval, Earl of, 1711-1770
publish'd according to act of Parliament 30 Sep. 1747.
Call Number:
Sotheby 44 Box 100
Collection Title:
Plate 44. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 40. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In the weaver's workshop, Tom Idle sleeps, spindle in hand, at his loom beneath a ballad of Moll Flanders, having drunk from a large tankard lettered "Spittle Fields"; Francis Goodchild concentrates on his work while light streams through the window onto ballads of "The London Prentice" and "Whitington, Ld Mayor" on the wall above his head; a cat pulls at Idle's shuttle and the master, Mr. West, enters shaking his cane at his idle apprentice
Alternative Title:
Fellow apprentices at their looms
Description:
Title engraved above image., Series title engraved above image; plate numbering below image., State and publisher from Paulson., and 1 print : engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 26.2 x 34.4 cm, on sheet 29.4 x 38 cm.
