A fashionably dressed young woman stands before the mirror on her dressing table, a box of pins in her hand. Standing behind her on her huge bustle or "cork rump", her bespectacled hairdresser arranges her mountainous headdress, consisting of rows of curls on the sides and topped by rows of vegetables with ostrich plumes at the summit. A maid carrying a basket of feathers and vegetables approaches on the right
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd the act directs June 9, 1777, by J. Lockington, Shug Lane, Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Hairdressing, Skirts, Dressing tables, Interiors, Women domestics, and Clothing & dress
Three men and two women in a lottery insurance office, one man with quill pen behind desk. The other individuals all hold bills reading "Mess. Gosling & Co. pay the bearer one hundred..." Sign on back wall reads "Tickets insured by Iohnson & Co." and coat of arms of George III is visible on wall to the right. One of the women is a barmaid and holds 2 tankards
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Imprint from Lottery magazine.
Publisher:
Edward Johnson
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Lottery winners, Lotteries, Drinking vessels, Interiors, Coats of arms, and Clothing & dress
"Interior view of the court room in Trinity House, on Tower Hill; a few man gather around different points of a u-shaped table, others on chairs surrounding room; a large group portrait on far wall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 87., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 201.
Publisher:
Pub. Octr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"Interior view; watchmen assembling for their nocturnal rounds, wearing heay brown coats, black caps, holding lanterns."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Watch House, St. Marylebone
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 91., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 217., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Publisher:
Pub. Sept. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Marylebone (London, England), London (England), England, and London.
"Interior view of the north transept of Westminster Abbey; a group of figures stand with a guide admiring the monuments; a couple stand in left foreground, the man gesturing upwards."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 93., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 229.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"Interior view of Westminster Hall, showing the grand hammerbeam roof; groups of figures cluster in hall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 94., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 235.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Westminster Palace (London, England), and Westminster Hall (London, England),
"Interior view of Westminster Hall, showing the grand hammerbeam roof; groups of figures cluster in hall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 94., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 235., and 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 28.2 x 23.7 cm, on sheet 34 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Westminster Palace (London, England), and Westminster Hall (London, England),
"Interior view of the Banqueting Hall, adapted as a chapel; painted ceiling above congregation."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 95., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 239.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Whitehall Palace (London, England) and Banqueting House (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Religious services, Chapels, and Ceilings
"Interior view of the women's common room of the workhouse, situated on Poland Street; slim columns supporting ceiling; women sit on benches at tables."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 96., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 242., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Saint James (Westminster, London, England : Parish)
