"Portrait of William Beckford after Reynolds (Mannings 149); head and shoulders facing to left, in cravat and plain coat."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later proof state
"Portrait of William Beckford after Reynolds (Mannings 149); head and shoulders facing to left, in cravat and plain coat."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.:1876,1209.45.
"Portrait after Lawrence (Garlick 836); standing three-quarter length slightly to left, looking to right, his arm leaning on a high table at right with a letter in his hand, desk behind at left"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, and artist from Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
"A game of billiards is being played on a table, one corner of which only is visible, so curiously elongated that it gives the impression of a triangular table. The two players stand by the corner of the table, the one who is about to make a stroke ap...
"Portrait of William Beckford after Reynolds (Mannings 149); head and shoulders facing to left, in cravat and plain coat."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state of similar composition
"Portrait of William Beckford after Reynolds (Mannings 149); head and shoulders facing to left, in cravat and plain coat."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state of similar composition
"A man, in profile to right, wearing a tailcoat with a whip sticking out of his pocket, breeches and stockings, holding a hat with both hands (Lord Brougham), walking towards a man standing in profile to left, wearing a tailcoat with a whip sticking o...
Alternative Title:
Schoolmasters abroad!
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Ducôté & Stephen's lithography, 70 St. Martins Lane
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, Great Britain., and France.
Subject (Name):
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868 and Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850
"A section of the deck of a small sailing vessel, seen from outside; cockneyfied passengers, depicted with a sailor's contempt, hang over the rail in misery or walk on deck. The helmsman (left) stands impassively in profile to the right."--British Mus...
Published as the Act directs, November 11th, 1835 for the propietor by Messers. Ackermann, Strand, C. Tilt, Fleet Street, Reeves & Sons, Cheapside, Riddle & Co., P.N. Row, Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket and, and T. Bird, 134 Oxford Street
"Conspirators prepare an explosion in the vaults of the House of Commons (or of a building symbolizing the Constitution). Massive triple pillars support Gothic arches, the inscription [used by George as a title] etched across the centre pillar round w...
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, St. Vincent, John Jervis, Viscount, 1735-1823, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, and Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844
Three separately titled images on one sheet. THE LION THAT WAS MISTAKEN FOR AN ASS: A hybrid creature symbolizing French King Louis Philippe I, which is half lion (wearing a crown and with "Le Roi" on its forehead) and half donkey ("Le Citoyen" on its...
Description:
Title from text below the individual images.
Publisher:
T. McLean and A. Ducôte's lithography, St. Martins Lane
Subject (Name):
Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850
Subject (Topic):
Lions, Donkeys, Snakes, Academic costumes, Mortarboards (Caps), and Kneeling
"Midshipmen at table in a confined space, with a low roof, lit by a candle stuck in a bottle, which casts heavy shadows. They drink grog from tea-cups with a blue interior rim. Eight midshipmen sit at the table, bare except for a jug and bottle; of th...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Sailors, British, Interiors, Intoxication, Ships, and Servants
"A man, thin, elderly, and bald, leans back despairingly in an arm-chair by the fire, grimacing with upturned eyes, and holding a (useless) medicine-bottle. He is tormented by six little demons; one bores into his skull with an auger, another with a b...
Alternative Title:
Headache
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Pain, Headache, Devil, Demons, Fireplaces, and Hand tools
"A bare foot, inflamed and hideously swollen, rests on a cushion. The demon of gout, snorting fire, spreads himself over the affected part, digging in barbed fangs and sharp teeth. His barbed and serrated tail waves above him."--British Museum online ...
