"Bird's eye view over Vauxhall Gardens, with figures surrounding bandstand and the Prince of Wales's pavillion in centre, triumphal arches at right and supper boxes at either side of the gardens, the conical roof of the 'Elegant music room' at extreme...
Alternative Title:
General prospect of Vauxhall Gardens Vüe d'etaillee des Jardins de Vaux Hall
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Vauxhall Gardens (London, England),, England, and London.
"View of the gardens fronting Somerset House, with the River Thames on the left, Westminster Abbey and Bridge in the distance on the left, and Somerset House and gardens on the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de Jarden Royal de Somerset, du cote de la riviere
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Thames River (England),, Westminster Bridge (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Somerset House (London, England), and Westminster Abbey,
Subject (Topic):
Gardens, Rivers, Castles & palaces, Bridges, and Boats
Two young women, attired in low-cut, fine dresses, their veils pulled back over their hair exposing their pretty, young faces, sit in a semi-embrace on a blue loveseat in a garden, one looking lovingly into the eyes of the other with her hand posed to...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, chart, map and printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Benches, Convents, Gardens, Garden walls, Monks, and Nuns
"View of Grosvenor Square with a circular garden in the centre"--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Vüe de la Place de Grosvenor a Londres
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
"Norther end of the Cross Walk; the suburban fields screened by a theatrical backcloth with view of a ruined viaduct, a lake and waterfall beyond; elegantly dressed figures in foregroundt"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state...
Alternative Title:
Vüe du Centre de la Grande Alleé du Jardin de Vauxhall
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
publish'd according to act of Parliament, Decr. 2, 1751.
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 111+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Norther end of the Cross Walk; the suburban fields screened by a theatrical backcloth with view of a ruined viaduct, a lake and waterfall beyond; elegantly dressed figures in foregroundt"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state...
Alternative Title:
Vüe du Centre de la Grande Alleé du Jardin de Vauxhall
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
"View of the hospital, from behind the gates at the end of the long approach; countryside scattered with villages and roads behind; figures in foreground and carriages approaching hospital; in foreground a tavern on the left and part of a walled garde...
Alternative Title:
Vü̈e d'Hopital des Enfans Trouves
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck, near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
"The walk lined with trees continuing to the left; elegantly dressed figures clustered in groups in foreground, the band stand and pavilion to the right"--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Vüe de la Grande Alleé du Jardin de Vauxhall, prise de l'entree
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published 12th May, 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street
"A view of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, with the river in the foreground, boats dotted on the water, and the Rotunda in Ranelaigh Gardens to the right of the hospital."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de l'Hòpital Royale de Chelsea et de la Rotunde des Jardins de Ranelagh
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England), and Ranelagh Gardens (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Veterans' hospitals, Hospitals, Rivers, Gardens, Rotundas, Rowboats, and Sailboats
"A view of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, with the river in the foreground, swans and boats dotted on the water, and the Rotunda in Ranelaigh Gardens to the right of the hospital"--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of th...
Alternative Title:
Vüe de l'Hopital Royal des Invalides à̀ Chelsea et de la Rotonde dans les Jardins de Raneleagh auprés de Londres
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
A view of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, with the river in the foreground, swans and boats dotted on the water, and the Rotunda in Ranelaigh Gardens to the left of the hospital
Alternative Title:
Vüe de l'Hopital Royal des invalides à Chelsea et de la rotonde dans les Jardins de Ranelagh auprés de Londres
Description:
Title from letterpress text printed beneath, English on the left, French on the right.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament August 20, 1761, et à Paris chez Basset rue S. Jacques a Se. Genevieve
Subject (Geographic):
Ranelagh Gardens (London, England),, England, and London.
"View of the garden with figures promenading at the banks of the river, a building with lantern tower at left, figures punting before a footbridge in the centre, the river turning to right in the distance"--British Museum online catalogue, description...
Alternative Title:
Veuë de la derriere façade de la Cassina, et d'une partie de la Riviere Serpentine, terminée par le cascade dans les jardins du Comte de Burlington, a Chiswick
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for John Ryall at Hogarth's Head in Fleet Street, John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhil [sic], T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, & Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet-Street
A view of Ranelagh Gardens during a masquarade, with the revellers wearing masks. After a design by Canaletto. For an engraving of the same scene in reverse, published by Robert Sayer in 1752, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 188...
Alternative Title:
View of the canal, Chinese building, rotunda, &c. in Ranelagh Gardens, with masquerade Vüe du canal, du batiment chinois, de la rotunda, &c. des Jardins de Ranelagh, un jour de masquarade Masquerade angloise
"View showing the north front of Bethlem Hospital, looking across the gardens; figures in foreground and on paths outside hospital."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of the hospital of Bethlem Vü̈e de hopital de Bethlehem
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck, near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Volume 2, page 41. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young woman wearing a plumed hat, carrying a feather fan, walking in a garden, past an urn set on a plinth, with two other women standing behind her to right, one fastening a corsage, wearing a striped scarf over her hair; after Bunbury."--British ...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 26th, 1785, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Tencin, Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de, 1682-1749.
The first two or three paragraphs of the preface, and possibly the chapter "Of the art of laying out gardens among the Chinese" were written by Samuel Johnson. Cf. Fleeman.
Publisher:
Published for the author, and sold by him next door to Tom's Coffee-house, Russel-Street, Convent-Garden; also by Mess. Dodsley, in Pall Mall; Mess. Wilson and Durham; Mr. A. Millar, in the Strand, and Mr. R. Willock, in Cornhill
Final scene of six images showing the progress of a courtship gone wrong. The characters are monkeys in human dress. The original suitor having lost his tail to his revival runs away while the new suitor and the object of their desire lift their arm...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Courtship, and Gardens
A conversation piece: John Rich and his family relaxing in the gardens at Cowley; three men on the right stand admiring a painting; two women on the left sit by the table in conversation, behind John Rich who reclines on pillows on grass, an open book...
Manuscripts, in a single hand, listing the produce sold to Lord Glenbervie -- all vegetables -- and the fruit listed separately as sold to Lady Glenbervie for the period 31 January 1814 till 20 December 1814. The seedsman is identified as James Astin...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Astin, James. and Glenbervie, Sylvester Douglas, Baron, 1743-1823.
The fourth of six scenes showing the progress of a courtship, the couple being monkeys in human dress. A second male monkey dressed also a fine gentleman offers a rose to the well-dressed female monkey. The scene takes place in a formal garden
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Courtship, and Gardens
A collection of sixty-four prints (mostly engravings and etchings) showing views of London and its vicinity, including views of Chelsea with Ranelagh, Hampstead, Highgate from Upper Halloway, Old Bedham with the gardens in front, Whitehall with the ga...
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., Thames River (England), Saint James's Park (London, England), Twickenham (London, England), and London (England)
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[2 July 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 81. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two persons walking away from the spectator down a rectangular piece of grass, bounded by shrubs, and also on the left by a symmetrical line of trees. Under the shrubs on the right is a garden seat. The nearer figure wears a hood and cloak over very ...
Alternative Title:
Jack on a cruise. A missey in [the] offing
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs 2d July 1772 by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Kensington Gardens (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Gardens, Shrubs, Trees, Sailors, British, Costumes, and Dogs
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[2 July 1772]
Call Number:
Bunbury 772.07.02.04.1 Impression 1
Collection Title:
Page 81. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two persons walking away from the spectator down a rectangular piece of grass, bounded by shrubs, and also on the left by a symmetrical line of trees. Under the shrubs on the right is a garden seat. The nearer figure wears a hood and cloak over very ...
Alternative Title:
Jack on a cruise. A missey in [the] offing
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs 2d July 1772 by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Kensington Gardens (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Gardens, Shrubs, Trees, Sailors, British, Costumes, and Dogs
Opposite page 11. Bibliographical and literary anecdotes by William Bowyer, printer, F. S. A., and
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Medley print with a portrait of and verses by Alexander Pope. In the centre, a portrait of Pope in informal dress, presented as if lying above other prints, anti-clockwise from right: a coin of Quenn Anne; an extract from "The Rape of the Lock" with ...
Alternative Title:
Encomium on Mr. Pope and his poems / by his Grace [the] late Duke of Buckingham
Description:
Title from engraved text beneath portrait at center of design.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744,, Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714,, and Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, British, Poets, Coins, Gardens, May poles, and Dance
Engravings by Edward Rooker, Charles Grignion, Tobias Müller, James Basire, W. Wollett, Paul Sandby, F. Patton and J. Major; after William Kent, William Chambers, Smeaton, John Joshua Kirby, William Marlow and Thomas Sandby.
Publisher:
Printed by J. Haberkorn in Grafton Street, St. Anne's Soho : Published for the author, and to be had at his house in Poland Street ; likewise of A. Millar, D. Wilson, and T. Becket, all in the Strand : of R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall : R. Sayer, in Fleet-Street, A. Webley in Holborn : J. Walter at Charing Cross : and Dorothy Mercier at the Golden Ball, Windmill Sreet, Golden Square
The fifth of a series of six scenes showing a courtship between two monkeys in human clothing. A second monkey dressed as a fine gentleman prepares to cut off the tail of the suitor as his paramour looks on with arms raised in distress
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Adultery, Envy, Gardens, and Revenge
Manuscript, in a single hand, of 8 descriptions in poetry and prose of William Shenstone's Leasowes estate, each titled "Shenstone's Walks" and numbered 1 to 8. Addressed to "Zattoo," the narrator leads the reader through various walks on the grounds...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, and Leasowes Garden (Halesowen, England)
Subject (Name):
Hull, Thomas, 1728-1808. and Shenstone, William, 1714-1763.
Subject (Topic):
Architectural inscriptions, English poetry, Elegiac verse, English, Gardens, Gardens, English, and Social life and customs
"Bird's eye view of St James's Palace looking across formal gardens towards the City of London; cavalcade with coaches advancing down the Mall on the right"--British Museum online catalogue
"A young woman with hair dressed high and a large hat, sitting in a garden holding up a sheet of music (titled Sweet Echo; with a waterfall on the right flowing into a stream running past her."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, map & printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Gardens, Hats, Music, Waterfalls, Hairstyles, and Clothing & dress
A copy of Hogarth's design and C. Grignion's print, first version: Tailpiece to the catalogue of pictures exhibited in Spring Gardens. A monkey dressed as a connoisseur waters with a watering can three withered and sapless trees in pots. A banner unde...
Copy of Hogarth's tailpiece to The catalogue of pictures exhibited in spring garden 1761. A monkey dressed as a connoisseur waters with a watering can three withered and sapless trees in pots. A banner under the pots is labelled 'EXOTICKS'. In his rig...
A view of the front of the temple at Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill includes the circular garden and the ornamental urns planted with small trees leading to the temple's entrance. To the left the doors of the large iron gates are closed. A man ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Temples, Outbuildings, and Gardens
A view of the front of the temple at Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill includes the circular garden and the ornamental urns planted with small trees leading to the temple's entrance. To the left the doors of the large iron gates are closed. A man ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Temples, Outbuildings, and Gardens
"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 lef...
Alternative Title:
Palais Royale de Hampton Court
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French.
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 Kensington Palace from the surrounding gardens, as altered in the reign of George II; many gentlemen and ladies meandering through garden paths or gathering in small groups on the grass."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Palais Royale de Kensington
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Name):
Kensington Palace (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces, Official residences, Gardens, and Trails & paths
The third in a series of scenes: A monkey dressed as a fine gentleman kneels before a well-dressed female monkey who looks away demurely behind her fan. The scene takes place in a formal garden
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Courtship, Gardens, and Marriage proposals
"Satire on the newly-rich owner of a suburban villa and garden at Islington: an ill-dressed man stands facing front, legs apart leaning on a stick and staring angrily as he complains about damage to his property; his hat lies on the ground beside him;...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs April 30th, 1772, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1777]
Call Number:
777.05.01.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Shown half length, a fashionably dressed woman faces right, her enormous hair occupying most of the image. At the top of her hair is a formal flower garden surrounded by hedges and tended by a diminutive gardener with a rake. On the sides are sausage-...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly May 1, 1777 where may be had Bath caricatures
Lith. & Pub. by Sarony & Major, 117 Fulton St. N.Y. and Entered according to Act of Congress, A.D.1846, by Sarony & Major, in the Clerk's Office of the Dist. of N. York
Subject (Topic):
Child care, Mother and child, Mothers, Children, Gardens, Fountains, and Toys
Volume 2, page 82. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Dr Priestley sitting at a garden table, looking at a mouse in a semi-circular cage, smiling as he listens to Mrs Barbauld who stands pleading for its release and another woman and Charles Rochemond Aikin, a little boy look on, with trees all around; ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 20, 1791, by Thos. Macklin, 39 Fleet Street
A companion to Plate I, the firefighters have become gardeners and the water flows onto the trees in pots that surround the statue of George III, royal steams of benevolence. Lord Bute is the head gardener
Alternative Title:
Times. Plate 2
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 29, 1790 by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Cities & towns, and Gardens
